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Bella and Jon Tyler were married for 8 years. The pair was like “fire and ice,” Jon said. They recently had a daughter, Matilda Tyler.
on July 1, 2021, the university of notre dame announced that the bookstore’s management was go ing to be changed from follett to barnes & noble college (bnc), a transition that has been in prog ress over the past 14 months.
“nothing was handed to her, nothing. she fought, scrapped, and clawed. she tried to excel in every thing she put her mind to,” Jon said. “she tried to light up every room she was in because she knew how it was when someone didn’t pay at tention to her or underestimated her.”after
when junior lane obringer transferred to notre dame from saint mary’s college last year, the self-described extrovert from charlotte, north carolina, was ea ger to make new friends.
Junior Lane Obringer hopes to walk 500 miles with her classmates by the end of her time as a Notre Dame undergraduate student.
in 1988, and he launched his fash ion company in 2001. his designs have been featured in museums around the world, including the metropolitan museum of art and the museum of modern art. he is known for his reconceptualiza tion of the suit, and he has dressed celebrities like lebron James, michelle obama and cardi b each year, ndais gathers a group of faculty fellows, gradu ate students and undergraduate
notre dame’s partnership with bnc has paved the way for further networking, giving the university an opportunity to collaborate
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obringer said she wanted to create a way to meet lots of people from diverse backgrounds and per spectives in an environment where they could have real and honest conversations.Thisbecame the inspiration behind the instagram account she founded last semester, @ lanewalksnd.
Junior hosts walks with 500 students BNC renovationbookstorecompleted
over again … and i am a very ex troverted person, but i wanted to create a platform to streamline the process rather than attending a million club meetings.”
“The renovation was completed in august 2022, and the newly re modeled hammes bookstore is open and serving guests,” bnc regional manager derek holbert wrote in an email.
Thom browne joins nine other faculty fellows, including three notre dame professors, a writer from the new york Times, and fac ulty from universities across the country.meghan sullivan, direc tor of ndais, wilsey family
gabriella (bella) Tyler, a graduate student in david hyde’s lab, died on sept. 4, 2022. bella, 33, was in her third year of a ph.d. program in the department of biological sciences at the university of notre dame. bella was an untraditional stu dent in every sense of the word, Jon said. he explained that bella was homeless at 15 and that she worked
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Jon explained that bella knew she would pursue a career in the sciences after going to just one biol ogy class at gwinnett.
hard for everything she achieved.
Bella Tyler, a graduate student pursuing her doctoral degree in biological sciences, died on Sept. 4
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“Through its strategic alliance with sports merchandise leaders fanatics and lids, bnc will help deliver an elevated retail experi ence for students, faculty and the notre dame community,” holbert wrote. “customers can discover expanded brands from champion and under armour, to Johnnie-o, peter millar, vineyard vines, dooney and burke and femalefounded jewelry line, Kyle Kavan.”
“she got a license plate that said ‘ged to ph.d.,’” Jon Tyler said of his late wife bella. “[The phrase] would remind her to get that ph.d., and that it’s not how you start, it’s how you finish.”
“it was difficult to meet new people. you felt like you were liv ing your freshman year all over again while being a sophomore, and covid probably made things difficult as well,” obringer recalled.
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“believe it or not, the first 30 days didn’t go so well. she ghosted me,” Jon said jokingly. “i still kept on pur suing her and trying to get to know her, and after about six months of
getting her ged in 2012, bella pursued an undergraduate degree at georgia gwinnett college where she lived in lawrenceville, georgia, with her husband.
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The university decided to un dertake this project with the goal of improving the experiences of students, faculty and visitors at the bookstore.“wesought an elevated expe rience for faculty and students regarding course materials, and bnc answered this need,” vice president for university enterpris es and events, anne griffith, wrote in an email.
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dame institute for advanced study (ndais) an nounced that Thom browne ‘88, a former gQ designer of the year and three-time winner of the cfda menswear designer of the year award, is this year’s artist-in-residence.brownegraduated from notre dame with a degree in business
“she came back home [after class] and told me ‘i found out what i want to do.’ and i said, ‘what are you talking about? nobody finds out what they want to do this young,” he said. “she said ‘i haven’t decided what i wanted to do yet, but i know it is going to be science.’” bella and Jon had a successful marriage of more than eight years after meeting through an online dating platform, Jon said.
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“one thing I noticed is the carpet used to be a much darker color than it is now,” cleary said. “I feel like they really opened up the space and
cleary also noted the change in the distribution of apparel on the two floors of the bookstore.
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hyde said he mourns the loss of such a talented scientist and men tor, especially for the students who didn’t know her yet. he explained that bella wanted to use her Ph.d to teach other nontraditional stu dents and to show that everyone belongs in science.
“Inspired by notre dame’s his toric campus architecture, specific design elements were added to pay tribute to the look and feel of other campus landmarks including gold metal finishes that mimic the de sign of the university’s basilica,” he wrote.
hyde said he noticed a change in bella’s demeanor when she be came a mother.
similarly, bnc’s “Adoption and Insights Portal” is a new resource intended to specifically benefit faculty. It will allow faculty to “eas ily research and choose affordable course materials,” holbert wrote. more new features intended to improve fan and visitor experiences include convenient delivery options, the custom Zone — which allows fans to customize one-of-a-kind
“Go back in your mental time ma chine to January 2021, december 2020. It was peak pandemic, so cial distancing was everywhere,” sullivan said. “And I think some thing that was very much on the minds of all the notre dame folks that we were talking to is ‘we want public life to come back, we want to be able to be in public spaces again, but we have no idea what that’s gon na look like.’”
Another change holbert expects to be beneficial to notre dame stu dents and faculty is the addition of social“Thespaces.social spaces placed throughout the bookstore provide intimate spaces for community gatherings,” holbert wrote.
“she always wanted to be a mother,” he said. “We always talked about how she wanted her babies to grow up and love science just as much as she did. she couldn’t wait to take our little baby to school.”
Futrell said he and bella bonded over their shared backgrounds at the conference, and he got to know her generous nature.
to “all.bnc offers students access to course materials across multiple formats to meet any student’s needs or budget, which we believe will benefit our students greatly,” he wrote. “This includes more than one million digital titles, a flexible rental program with the most ex pansive title list in the industry and access to the nation’s largest used textbook exchange.”
The ND Institute for Advanced Study will host designer Thom Browne as artist-in-residence. He will host a touch football game on campus.
browne will visit campus each
“one, I want the notre dame community to realize that top fash ion designers, like Thom, say and make interesting arguments about public life and what it means to us in ways that other people cannot,” she said. “second, we want for Thom’s engagements to elevate conversa tion and attention about how seri ously notre dame takes art and design.”sullivan also wants to give notre dame students a chance to “peek behind the curtain” of a business and fashion empire.
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during his spring visit, browne will engage with a one-credit course titled “strong suits: The Art, Philosophy, and business of Thom browne,” which is co-taught by sullivan and michael schreffler, associate dean for the arts and as sociate professor in the department of Art, Art history and design. The course will meet each Friday for six weeks, and class discussions and guest speakers will revolve around academic perspectives on the Thom browne company. The course will culminate in lunch with Thom browne where students are encour aged to ask the designer questions, sullivan said. The application for the class is due on monday, oct. 3.
him. It’s kind of a public art piece. It’s kind of marketing. It’s a bunch of things all at once,” sullivan said. sullivan said she is very ex cited to invite a distinguished notre dame alumnus back as an artist-in-residence.“Torealizethat, just in our own backyard, we have this depth of tal ent to pull from and engage, I think it shows that notre dame is the best in the world when it comes to this kind of work,” she said.
“We’ve heard great feedback on new features and renovations, such as the bright and upscale décor, hat Zone, custom Zone, The Gilded bean and fast-moving check out,” Griffith
talking, we ended up going on our firstJondate.”described the moment bella got into notre dame’s graduate program as surreal and explained that she applied on a whim be cause of an application waiver she had received.
Finally, browne will host his an nual touch football game/fashion show at notre dame this fall.
“With new self and mobile check-out technology, custom ers can check out via their phones on the sales floor, making it easier than ever to bring home the best of notre dame books, gifts and apparel,” holbert wrote. “new de livery options allow customers to purchase in-store and have their items shipped home, picked up af ter a game or delivered to their hotel. This offers Fighting Irish fans the convenience of purchasing prod ucts without needing to carry them around during games.”
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Jon said he had never doubted what his wife was capable of.
As part of her award, bella and her family, including new daughter matilda, traveled to chicago in July to take part in a national leadership conference. Pat Tillman ceo, dan Futrell, was part of the team that welcomed her into the program.
“she was a little hesitant on put ting in her application because, you know, notre dame is a prestigious school, but she did it,” he said. “she was floored that the university of notre dame would consider her.”
“What she would want in her honor is for me to continue to touch people the way she did. Life is too short to be negative and mean,” he said. “We always had the philoso phy, treat the janitor the same way you treat the principal.”
“In July, she and I connected over a brief conversation about foster care as part of our lives and how we
The football game usually takes place in central Park and is attend ed by models, actors, fashion edi tors, photographers, dancers and other artists. every “player” wears
“I was so happy for her, and I’ve always believed that she could do it,” he said. “no doubt in my mind that she could reach this, and she did.”At notre dame, bella was a bril liant student and researcher, david hyde said. hyde, a professor of bio logical sciences, runs the lab where bella was working on her Ph.d
holbert said another prominent student-specific renovation is the introduction of new course materi als and resources that are accessible
to be a faculty fellow each year. They were inspired by the connection be tween browne’s designs — which often involve suits and formal event wear — and the idea of a person’s public appearance.
Griffith and holbert both em phasized that the management transition not only involved ma jor changes to notre dame’s five bookstore retail properties but also
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“being a parent just changes 99% of the people in a very positive way. I mean, their whole demeanor on life improves,” he explained. “There’s a lot of responsibility going on, and she just embraced all of it in a positive way.”
ndAIs staff and a faculty advi sory board announce the theme a year in advance, and it usually involves a “big, ethical question,” sullivan said.
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can grow from that and continue to serve others who are still in that system and try to also provide a positive example,” Futrell said.
First-yearwrote.student martha cleary, who has lived in south bend for four years, offered insight into the positive differences she has noticed since the renovation.
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Griffith added that students, faculty and visitors all seem to be thrilled and impressed with the changes to the bookstore.
“It’s really meant to kind of cel ebrate touch football as a fam ily activity for a lot of Americans on Thanksgiving and to celebrate the connection of his brand with this piece of Americana and American culture which he obviously came to love when he was a student at notre dame,” sullivan said.
semester, and both visits will in clude public-facing events. on oct. 25, browne and notre dame alumnus michael hainey, former editor of GQ magazine, will sit down to discuss how fashion in fluences public life.
When asked what he will re member most about bella, Jon laughed.“herspirit,” he said. “You could never, ever catch her on a bad time, especially with her mind. she was so smart, beautiful and was pas sionate about everything.”
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In bella’s memory, Jon said he hopes people will learn her story and take inspiration from it.
“[she] developed this project on her own to look at Parkinson’s dis ease and look at the regeneration of a specific type of neuron, dopa minergic neurons,” he explained. “she loved the project because it had a clear application to human disease.”hydesaid he loved working with bella because of her mature mind set, perseverance in the lab and clear goals. “bella was loved by ev erybody in the lab,” he said.
bella and Jon recently welcomed a new addition to their lives: a daughter matilda Tyler. Jon said matilda, now five months old, was the missing piece in bella’s life.
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the latest Thom browne designs.
This year, 30 students can volun teer to be fitted in Thom browne de signs and participate in the football game. students can apply to be in the football “draft” before sept. 25.
“With bnc’s strategic omnichan nel merchandising partnership with Fanatics and Lids, notre dame will have the most innovative mer chandise and apparel programs available in the college market, as well as cutting-edge online and mo bile accessibility,” holbert wrote. however, according to holbert, one of the most beautiful changes is in the actual design of the bookstore.
project.hyde said bella’s project was aiming to look at the degenerative nature of Parkinson’s disease. her project specifically looked at dopa minergic neurons — cells designed to respond to and send dopamine in the brain — in a zebrafish model of the disease.
“[browne] is the top designer in men’s fashion for sure right now,” sullivan said. “When it comes to top fashion designers who engage athletes and celebrities, he’s every where. And his work is weird and cool. You can’t look at that picture of oscar Isaac in a skirt and not start doing philosophy.”
college Professor of Philosophy and author of “The Good Life method,” explained the key questions guiding the“What’stheme. great about public life, wwhat’s challenging about public life? What do we want public life to be like in the future? Where did our ideas of the public-private distinc tion come from? how does public life matter to us?” sullivan said.
made it much more welcoming.”
Jon said he hoped his daughter will know her mother’s kindness.
Futrell expressed his deepest sympathies for the loss of bella and said he hoped to honor her in small part by being a part of her daugh ter’s education in the future.
“she did [everything] with kind ness. she never treated anybody different,” he said. “even when other people seem ugly, she always saw the best in everybody.”
sullivan said that she has a few goals for browne’s engagement with notre dame this year.
“she [wanted to] go to a school where she could impact nontradi tional students,” he said. “All those students are now going to have this void that they don’t know that it’s a void, but they would have had an opportunity to be inspired by somebody who’s really talented and very passionate.”
“There didn’t used to be any women’s items on the first floor, which meant women had to go upstairs to shop. The new layout, which has both men’s and women’s clothing on the first floor, is far more inclusive and convenient,” she said.
Another recent event in bella’s life was her recent award from the Pat Tillman Foundation, a scholar ship fund for veterans and spouses of veterans who have displayed im pactful leadership ability in their fields. bella was a part of the 2022 class of scholars, which was an nounced in June 2022.
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“In this very building a few floors up while my wife and daughter were enjoying campus all that Friday, I was up there
Boyle, a Democratic congress man from Pennsylvania’s second district serving his fourth term, is an alumnus of Notre Dame’s Hesburgh Program in Public Service and the inaugural semes ter in the Washington program.
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certain only her close friends were going to sign up for walks.
He discussed the upcom ing midterms and said that while “bread and butter is sues” and contrasting the Republicans’ agenda with that of the Democrats under Biden, maintaining a big tent party is key.“You have to tailor it to your district. The message I would have in northeast Philadelphia would be different than I would have in suburban Philadelphia,” heBoylesaid.
In her studies, Obringer said she finds it interesting that 97% of psychological studies focus on the clinical or abnormal, while only 3% of studies focus on positive psy chology. She tries to incorporate positive psychology into her walks and the interactions she has with
“It’s understanding how people and teams work; how to make you like your job,” she explained.
Obringername.”added the walks have allowed her to connect with many people outside of her typical so cial circle. Furthermore, the @ lanewalksnd project relates to Obringer’s future career goals.
“On any given day, I could be voting on energy policy, and then, next, voting on tax policy, and then voting on NATO, and then next voting on a welfare is sue and next voting on a defense issue,” he said.
“Sharing a personal experi ence and conversation is a truly impactful way to get to know an other person on a deeper level,” Mahoney said. “[Lane’s project] is such an inspiring project and a great way to unite students in the ND community.”
“So that’s what taking their pho to at the end of the walk and post ing it on the Instagram is about … because you feel like, even though it’s very, very small, you’re part of something larger and, ultimately, that’s what I think a lot of Notre Dame students strive for,” she said.
Sarah Mahoney, a sophomore environmental science and premed student who walked with Obringer in April, said “there was never a gap” in their conversation.
“At our opening dinner, the vast majority of parliamen tarians from the UK, France, Germany … did not believe there
afternoon,” he recalled. “I was su per interested in hearing about the project and asked her ques tions about how she keeps up all the walks. Lane was interested in my video-making. We finished the conversation with the wholesome story of the last time she cried.”
In his introductory remarks, Boyle discussed his work across policy issues in the House of Representatives, identifying himself as a “generalist.”
On Friday morning, Rep. Brendan Boyle, ‘99, spoke to a group of students about his career path, pursuing oppor tunities in politics and current legislative priorities.
In response to a question about America’s role on the global stage, Boyle emphasized two priorities after reflecting on the Arab Spring and other events from the past twenty years.
“Two goals immediately come to mind, and they’re sometimes in conflict. One would be to pro mote democracy and human rights as much as we can around the world. And then the second is stability,” he said. “We can not retreat from the world.”
“The benefits of doing this proj ect are definitely meeting other people,” she said. “That sounds kind of surface level, but there’s something to be said about walk ing around campus and seeing a friendly face or recognizing
Boyle, who serves on the influential Ways and Means Committee, recounted key expe riences as a lawmaker.
He tied the issue to political practice, saying he’s been espe cially active on the issue because of a large Ukrainian presence in his district in and around Philadelphia.Boylesaid that this combina tion of constituent services and policy encapsulates the job of a congressman.“There’sin the district and there’s in the Capitol. The time that I’m back home is not time off … So in some ways, it’s almost a hybrid of two different positions combined into one,” he said.
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Ricardo Ramirez, director of the Hesburgh Program and an associate professor of political science and Latino studies, in troduced“CongressmanBoyle.
actually are much more friendly with one another than cable TV would have you believe,” he said.
casting votes and participating in hearings. So literally at Notre Dame, congressional votes have been cast, and I was casting my votes for our amendments, de feating the other side’s amend ments for the Build Back Better Act, which ultimately did pass out of the Ways and Means Committee,” Boyle recalled.
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A psychology major with minors in innovation and entrepreneur ship and gender studies, Obringer hopes to pursue a career in orga nizational health, which she de scribes as “fun HR.”
eachOnwalker.everywalk, she said she takes into account this question: “How do you make someone feel like a valued member of a community?”
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Boyle was in Brussels days before the Russian inva sion of Ukraine for the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, to which he’s a delegate.
Many of the students identified themselves as residents of a par ticular representative’s district. Boyle interjected when a senior from Sarasota, Florida, men tioned he was from Republican representative Vern Buchanan’s district.“I’mfriendly with Vern, too. That should reassure people that people on both sides of the aisle
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“I thought … I wouldn’t really meet other people, and my first four walks on the very first day were all people that I had literally never seen in my entire life,” she said.That very first day was Easter Monday this past spring. Soon, Obringer was going on four walks every day last semester, including Saturdays and Sundays.
He also talked about recent legislative action. Boyle, who made history as the first House member to cast a proxy vote on behalf of a colleague amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, discussed being in committee hearings and voting during a trip to Notre Dame a year ago.
Boyle has served as a champion for the working and middle-class fami lies, particularly on issues related
would be a war and did not be lieve there would be an inva sion,” he recalled.
“If you walk around Capitol Hill and you walk into congres sional offices, you see just how young the individuals are who have a great deal of responsibil ity,” he said. “And I can tell you from the perspective of want ing to hire good people, we’re constantly looking, and the best thing you can do is be the person who, on a campaign, shows up, volunteers for things, is on time and has a great attitude.”
to social and economic justice. He, himself, is the first in his family to attend college, and he’s the son of a janitor and a school crossing guard,” Ramirez said.
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Her thoughtfully-designed Instagram feed features pho tos of each student she’s walked with, decorated with their names and facts about them in Obringer’s flowy and often colorful calligraphy.Obringer started @lanewalksnd last semester and, when she be gan the project, she said she was
For the duration of each walk, Obringer said she tries to give walk ers space to talk about whatever theyJuniorwant.Drew Braaten, a business analytics major with an interest in filmmaking, walked with Obringer at the beginning of this semester. He called the walk a “15-minute, new friend appointment.”
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Friday, he opened with brief introductory remarks and then fielded questions from students invited from various majors, mi nors and political clubs.
This semester, she said she’s lim ited her schedule to three walks per day so that she can “be more pres ent” with every walker.
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also discussed moments when he had to make tough de cisions in politics. Sitting on the foreign affairs committee, he opposed the Iran Nuclear Deal and remained steadfast despite pleas to support it from powerful places.“President Obama lobbied me on Air Force One. Fortunately, it turns out the flight from D.C. to Philadelphia is a very short flight,” he said. “And I was never invitedThroughoutback.” his remarks, Boyle emphasized the importance of getting involved in politics. He pointed out that people in high positions of power within congressional offices are often young and can make a signifi cant impact.
In the account’s bio, a link leads to a Google Calendar where any Notre Dame student can sign up for a 20-minute, one-mile walk around Saint Mary’s Lake with Obringer. As of Sunday, she has walked with 73 students and is al most 15% of the way to her goal of walking with 500 students before she graduates in spring of 2024.
The hardest scenes to watch are intentional. m uch of the male character’s past is hard to watch in his self-excusing negligence and false prom ises, while his actions show his true nature. The female character, on the other hand, doesn’t have a past. s he has no inner conflict, flaw or even a purpose to be involved. s he’s just stuck there. The comparisons to Alex Garland’s “ m en” (criticized for a male writer’s use of a blank female character
difficult to know how much what he says is true, and his friends fail to provide insight into his true intentions. e ven though he may be a fascinating character, he is a toxic individual.
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For example, one of the most difficult scenes to watch was when s tephen’s friend Wrigley ( s pencer h ouse) asks for help when studying for his economics exam. e van ( b randen c ook) apologizes profusely for not being able to help him while s tephen says he doesn’t have enough time. In many ways, I wish Wrigley’s storyline was highlighted.
for a two-dimensional-anti-male, feminist horror film) are so laughable that it sinks this film into ruin.“barbarian” is a fun watch in the beginning that accidentally drops all promises by the half way point. What is left is its broken theme that wants to speak truths too little too late in the run time with no explanation as to why. It is too busy prioritizing the schock value of genre clash and horror set pieces to effectively present its actual purpose. There’s not enough time with the iso lated characters to flesh out their struggles, and the actual, sub-textual horror behind the scares is left off screen. The film’s cracks in the founda tion are invisible yet deep, causing the whole sto ry to crumble under the quickest scrutiny. In the end, the risk of tackling guilty men’s response to sexual assault was too catastrophic in the name drops alone; it needed time to grow and be part of the film’s message, but it had no energy or depth to explore correctly.
As the episodes proceed, we learn that Lucy wants more than a casual relationship while d iana is hesitant to take him back. In the end, s tephen effectively convinces them to stay with him.Itis
The director’s choice for bridging the past and present naturally presented spoilers. e ven though these foreshadowing details somewhat piqued my interest, the decision to intention ally show the future unfolding didn’t fare well. Instead, it simply felt unnecessary. For instance, the tragic death of Lucy’s roommate m acy (Lily m cInerny) lacked the shock value it deserved.
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o n Wednesday, s ept. 7, the first three epi sodes of the new h ulu series “Tell m e Lies” was released. While the first episode begins in the present, the director takes us back to Lucy’s first year of college.
n ow to where this film truly fails: what the characters stand for. o ne is a blank victim that exists only to be the “final girl” and the other is a predator that never realizes that his excuses are fantasies. The former is supposed to be the central character, but the camera and theme only seem to care about the latter. This is because “ b arbarian” secretly revolves around men in denial for being the monsters we read about in accusations. It’s an intriguing premise that is clouded in execution. The worst part is that this underlying reality of sexual assault gets painted over when the preda tory man serves as the comedic relief while the female victim gets no characterization at all.
I first need to give credit to writer-director Zach c regger for the adrenaline rush that is his first horror feature. The constant character reveals and genre-switching works every time in escalat ing the real tension of the story. The visuals are the impressive highlight, emphasizing how clever each character is — or the lack thereof — in si lently creative ways. s ome choices the characters make pull genuine laughs out of the audience, while others are jaw-dropping in shock value. This emphasis on surprise is the film’s strongest feature. It does not last the entire runtime, but it keeps you guessing on the edge of your seat.
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The story branches itself into three characters that play off different genres to clash against the scares. What starts as a stranger-danger thriller suddenly cuts to a horror-comedy with delicious parallels, before once again cutting to a period horror with 80s-era serial killer stereotypes. Yes,
to the portrayal of Lucy as an emotionless char acter. s he breaks up with her boyfriend the morning before leaving for college and all of her actions were not explained. There is no back story, instead the director alludes to the diffi culties with her mother. h er struggles should have been explored in a deeper way in order to enhance Lucy’s character arc. h er character is very unlikable.
the stereotypes are rampant throughout, but they are oftentimes used to double down on each genre in intriguing ways. s adly, this switching of genreplay only happens in the first half of the film and disappears before reaching its full potential. o nce the story merges into one lane, it leaves a collection of questions to be discarded and the remaining conflict to fizzle out in the end.
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Editor’s note: This review includes mentions of sexual assault.
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e pisode one should’ve been stronger, but the following two episodes managed to create com plex characters that were not only interesting to watch but you also found yourself despising them. s tephen (Jackson White) was a mislead ing image; he found himself in a dramatic love triangle with his ex-girlfriend d iana and Lucy.
“ b arbarian” is a genre-twisting horror film preying on the fears of dark basements, “nice guy” strangers and rust-belt neighborhoods. What seems like a simple, entertaining premise quickly transforms into a lurking exploration of a horror found in real life. Unfortunately, its the matic mystery falls apart under its own hypocrisy.
In the scene where Lucy writes a nonfiction piece for her fiction class, she feels person ally attacked by their harsh criticisms of the main character. I found this scene to be funny because it made me question whether or not I should’ve sympathized, and it opened my eyes
e ven as the series continues to progress I still couldn’t help but think that there should’ve been a different focus. h owever, despite being a train wreck, it is hard to stop watching.
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In his first letter, the apostle John makes a star tling remark: “I write these things to you who be lieve in the name of the s on of God, that you may know that you have eternal life” (1 John 5:13 esv ). John is saying that we can know that we are saved, that we have been regenerated by the s pirit, that all our sins have been forgiven, and that, when we die, we will pass through h eaven’s gates. h ow can a c hristian make such an audacious claim and not be arrogant and self-righteous? After all, those of other religions would blush to make such a boastful proclamation. The answer: because c hristianity is utterly unique from every other religion. All other religions say your righteousness — your good works, your piety, the deepness of your spiritual ity — is what saves you. s ure, God is gracious, but if you do not do enough, pray enough, read enough or participate in spiritual activities enough, there is no hope for you. c hristianity, on the other hand, says that we are not saved by our works at all but wholly of grace.
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Let us examine what this means. The b ible teaches that just one sin, one white lie, one lust ful thought, one arrogant remark is deserving of an eternity in h ell ( r omans 5:12, 6:23). “[A]ll who rely on works of the law are under a curse; for it is written, ‘ c ursed be everyone who does not abide by all things written in the b ook of the Law, and do them’” (Galatians 3:10). “[W]hoever,” James writes, “keeps the whole law but fails in one point has be come guilty of all of it” (James 2:10). o n the basis of your works, you stand guilty and deserving of God’s wrath. n othing you can do can “make up” for your sins. c an a criminal tell a judge, “I know I’m a mur derer, but my x hours of community service make up for it”? In the same way, your good deeds can’t cleanse you of your sin. m ore than that, you have no good works before God to begin with because man’s heart is not naturally good but evil and wicked (John 3:19-20; r omans 1:29-32; Genesis 8:21). Thus, it is said: “‘ n one is righteous, no not one; no one understands; no one seeks for God. All have turned aside; together they have be come worthless; no one does good, not even one’” ( r omans 3:10-12). e ven our best actions are “like a polluted garment” (Isaiah 64:6) to God and even they, if we were to be judged only on them, call out for our condemnation. This is not to say that all sins are equal but that all our actions are corrupt and dark because they flow from an impure and de praved heart. s ee, then, how helpless your endless strivings and “good works” are before God. All your works condemn you. b y your works, you cannot be justified.Yet,amidst our depravity and sin, we read this: “ b ut God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with
s ome of us are born with the idea that true love exists. It’s a belief system that keeps us locked up in a fantasy, turn ing real life into a disappointment over and over again. The reality is that love isn’t meant to be this fantasy of pure happiness, and looking for this fantasy is exhausting. At the end of the day all this deters you from noticing the real love you found at college. Those late nights running back from m ain c ircle to the dorm with your best friends. Those o livia r odrigo concerts in your room after a breakup, singing until your throats feel dry. The h uddle m art runs after every place closed at 9 and your stomachs are grumbling. The nights where they hold onto you until you can finally breathe again from all the crying.Thething is you have found true love (hopefully). You’ve known each other for many months and in all that time, you’ve never gotten bored of them. You fall more and more in love with them the older you get and the more experiences you share. You have an abundance of love already in your life. s ure, it’s not the love that kisses you by the d ome or proposes marriage at the Grotto. b ut, I know it will listen when you cry, it will celebrate your highs, promise to beat him up when he’s be ing mean, be first row at your wedding and grow along with you. And, honestly, there’s an eternal peace knowing you will always have someone in your cor ner who accepts you for all flaws. This type of love is forever. s o, keep it as close to you as you can.
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Another.sinceJesus paid it all and accomplished for us “an eternal redemption” ( h ebrews 9:12), noth ing can be added to it. n o offering for sin remains ( h ebrews 10:18) because we have been reconciled wholly through c hrist’s atoning death, a propitia tion “to be received by faith” ( r omans 3:25). We are not, therefore, saved by faith plus works but only by faith alone in c hrist and h is work alone. To suggest our works play a part in saving us and reconcil ing us to God is to deny the finished nature of the Atonement. For Paul, this meant to depart from the gospel and to try to be justified by works all over again (Galatians 5:2-4).
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Know, too, that this atoning sacrifice was not made for mostly good people or only a portion of our sins. It is a wholly sufficient and finished sacrifice made for the ungodly, for God’s enemies ( r omans 5:8,10), for those who are “by nature chil dren of wrath” ( e phesians 2:3) and “children of the devil” (1 John 3:10). These are those h e saved, and saves completely, cleansing them from all sin ( c olossians 1:13-14; 1 John 1:7). o ur hearts, too, are regenerated by the s pirit at conversion, transform ing the heart that once hated God into one that loves h im, desires h im and wishes to serve h im ( r omans 6:17-18). s alvation is all of grace, and it is secure because it rests on the finished work of
And like d olly said, “Anyone can be [...] fancied. It is a far greater thing to be truly loved.”
c hrist — by grace you have been saved” ( e phesians 2:4-5). “For while we were still weak, at the right time c hrist died for the ungodly …while we were still sinners, c hrist died for us” ( r omans 5:6,8). What does it mean that Jesus “bore our sins” (1 Peter 2:24) and “died for our sins” (1 c orinthians 15:3)? It means that, on the c ross, h e suffered the punishment and wrath our sins deserved in our place. h e took upon h imself the condemnation we deserved, which h e could do as h e was both God, whom our sins are against (Psalm 51:4) and who is infinite (making h im able to bear the punishment of our sins), and man, allowing h im to act on our behalf as our mediator and great high priest (cf. h ebrews 2:14-17).
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r ecently, I read “ e verything I Know About Love” by d olly Alderton, which I highly recommend reading before entering your twenties. I can’t say I have many experiences dabbling with love; however, I’ve always had this idea that I’ll meet this boy who would fix everything. It felt like finding this love would make life brighter. r omantic love seemed like the most exciting and worthwhile thing on this earth. h owever, the reality of dating in college is that you are on a completely different page than boys, and let me tell you that it is heartbreaking when you become aware of this.
s ome may be angered by this, but we should rath er rejoice that by c hrist alone we have been given a salvation that is sufficient, secured, and settled in h eaven. If it were not so, if Jesus died even for all but one of our sins, we would have no hope. If h e did not pay it all on the c ross, we could still expect nothing but God’s wrath and judgment. b ut h e did pay it all, and thus it can be written: “Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus c hrist” ( r omans 5:1). Praise be to God for truly amazing grace! All glory be to h im!
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a r ed b ull and fly, and I should’ve. Instead I sped through a blue-and-gold appropriate makeup look, ate a full plate of brunch and managed to remember to drink water, all in the span of 30 minutes. Impressive, I know, but I wanted to set myself up for success this game day.
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s hould you never scroll through the o bserver’s website ever again? o f course not. b ut the next time you head to the dining hall, consider grab bing a print copy instead. If nothing else, you’ll find the results to be much less catastrophic when you spill your cereal on that old-fashioned version.
outcomes than digital-based reading.” Your brain can better recall what it read by remem bering tactile cues (the feel and weight and even smell of the pages flipped) and where on a print ed page it saw something. In contrast, virtual reading has fewer cues and more distractions like app notifications or pop-up ads.
As the school year is quickly ramping up, so is the Fighting Irish football season. h owever, one thing that is painful to admit to many of my friends this weekend, and now to you, the reader of this column, is that I have never been to a n otre d ame football game before. I know, I know. h ow does a super-senior manage to never have gone to a football game, especially being just across the street from n otre d ame? The answer: I just wasn’t ever able to. I am a student who has at least two jobs at a time when on campus, way too many friends to keep track of and assignments that flood way over my head. s o, excuse me if I haven’t carved out some time for game days before. The thing is, I knew that this year was going to be different. I am still unsure of how much time I have left here as a student in the 46556 ZIP code, so it was important for me to jump on any opportunity this year to be able to see a bunch of sweaty young adults revel in the magic that n otre d ame s tadium has to offer. b ut, to begin such a massive undertaking, there had to be a plan, and like most of my plans it did not go all too well. The night before the game, I wanted to go to d rummer’s c ircle, a spectacle I have been lucky enough to witness before. o f course, I was unable to go because by the time I realized it was happening, it was one in the morning. s o, we’re not at a great start for the weekend. Then, while walking past s iegfried d ining h all on h oly c ross campus, I confirm with my friends that we are meeting at 11:30 a.m. for brunch; but come 11 a.m., all of us are running late. I have no eyebrows on yet, one friend already left without us, my other friend is on hour four of tailgating and we still have to buy snacks. I wanted to chug
I have no special vendetta against trees and I have, in fact, heard of this new fad that they call the World Wide Web. Instead, I believe print news offers three distinct advantages: it is better for accountability, it is immune to some trou bling new advancements in information warfare and it even helps make you smarter.
m oving along in this story, I met with one of my original group members, and then I joined a new group of girls. This was my best case-sce nario. I was wearing The s hirt along with a den im mini-skirt and my “going out” trashed white vans. I was hopeful that being with a group of girls would boost my confidence because being a 6’1 tall male-presenting person in a denim miniskirt in God c ountry, n otre d ame is still nerve-wracking. n onetheless, we ventured into d omer territory and made a couple of stops along the way. We passed by a tailgate where I ended up with a free shirt, we watched the b and c oncert at b ond h all and went for a bathroom break at s outh d ining h all. Things were looking up for sure. We saw classmates, professors and successfully evaded embarrassing exes along the way.Itwas 30 minutes until game time and we made our way to n otre d ame s tadium when the anxiety started settling in. I wasn’t sitting in the student section of this game so I found myself looking for another friend of mine that graduated last year. We hugged at Library Lawn and found our way to the gate closest to our sec tion. I walked slowly in anticipation. m y shirt is a darker color by this point so I knew worrying about my outfit was a lost cause, but I worried about getting in. It was the same type of anxi ety you get when going through T s A: I had no malicious intent in going to the game, but I felt guilty somehow. We got in, smiled at the event staff, wished them a good day and I was in. I al most cried. I still don’t know why I almost cried then, or when the band played, or when we got
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First, accountability. d id a politician really use that dreadful slur? d id a media outlet actually make a slanderous accusation? While it’s pos sible to update a website or delete a tweet before screenshots can record it, good luck trying to round up all the printed evidence.
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microtarget content with the same precision of online algorithms. Your virtual news feed can be curated to exactly match your views, lead ing to each person consuming content in their own highly personalized echo chamber. Yes, I’m aware that print newspapers can still attract distinct populations and write with bias. Try reading about the same topic in both the Irish r over and the o bserver! b ut a print newspaper can’t disseminate disinformation with the same surgical intentionality of a r ussian-made fake video of the Ukrainian president surrendering, distributed to only the people most likely to be convinced by it and nobody else. Yes, that really happened.Lastly,dealing in paper and ink actually makes you smarter. A 2018 study published in the e ducational r esearch r eview found that “paperbased reading yields better comprehension
a touchdown, or when I saw our new head coach on my souvenir cup, but I tell you, dear reader, I almost cried.
That is the thing about this football culture, specifically as a h oly c ross student going to a n otre d ame home game. It can often make students like myself, especially students of color, feel like outsiders or not part of the crowd. There was a moment when I thought to myself, “This is why people can’t believe I’ve never been to a game before.” b ut, I look back at yesterday’s game and, despite losing, I think about all the wins I had. I had great seats ( s ection 10, r ow 32, s eat 6), I had one of my best friends next to me, I had The s hirt and I had a culture of tradition and pride around me. The energy was addicting and invigorating all at the same time. n ow I wonder if I’ll ever find myself in a position to go back to witness the Fighting Irish on their home turf, but I know that I can cross this sequence of events off my bucket list. In the future I know three things to do: one, get a clear fanny pack; two, bring more sunscreen; three, sit in the student section for sure.
Gabriel B. Ibarra is a Chicago native currently attending Holy Cross College; majoring in Visual Arts - Studio Track with a minor in Elementary Education. If not crying to any of Taylor Swift’s rerecordings, you can find them somewhere in the tricampus causing chaos with laughs, pointed jokes, and one of many emotional support water bottles in hand, or leading Holy Cross College’s First Generation Club as the vice-president. Learning to write for a newspaper is harder than expected, so they can be contacted on Twitter @gbenito11 or via email at gibarra@hcc-nd.eduTheviewsexpressed in this column are those of the author and not necessarily those of The Observer.
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FPI is just a lot more con fident in its picks that it will rack up a large total. I expect FPI’s confidence to lessen as teams like Alabama stop play ing Utah state and start play ing games where the outcome is more questionable. still, I think the brier Point bridge is not going anywhere soon.
Another solution is to be a bit more aggressive with the strength of the schedule component and add a dis tinction between playing Power 5 teams and Group 5 teams.The fourth and final issue is how ZeLo plays against the spread. ZeLo is 33.6% against the spread, which is an atro cious mark.
earlier this week, when I wrote the “ZeLo Picks: Week 2 column,” I mentioned that de spite only being Week 2 (or 3, if you count the ever-annoying Week 0), ZeLo had some prob lems and shortcomings.
both models got the pick right, but on the sliding scale of correctness, FPI was “more right.” And there are a lot of in stances where that is the case; both models get it right, but ZeLo is a lot less confident in itsTherepick. is a mathematical way to measure this, called a brier score or net brier Points. essentially, brier Points are scored by taking the pre diction you made and run ning it through the following isnot22.8975.ZeL24.9951game,Thunderingmsoformula:25-((Predictedutcome-100)^2/100)=briercore.so,forexample,usingourarshalloutcome,sincetheherdwontheFPIwouldhavescoredbrierPoints,whileowouldhavescoredjustThatdifferencemightseemlikealot,giventhatitnotevenatotalthreepoints
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There are two fixes that I currently see. The first is also a separate minor issue: Fcs teams. I think I scored Fcs teams a little bit too strong ly, and as a result, ZeLo has much less confidence in pick ing against them than FPI. That is an easy enough fix and something I plan to incorpo rate next off-season.
because ZeLo is work ing off of stats, and because Group 5 teams perform against each other as Power 5 teams do, the difference be tween them is somewhat hidden, so when they faceoff ZeLo acts like it is two peers playing one another. The solution is to tweak the re cruiting numbers to either rec ognize the quality of players Power 5 teams are getting or the quantity they are getting.
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This does help ZeLo a little bit; when the two models have both been wrong, ZeLo does take less of a blow (the brier score formula I am using is 538’s, which tends to punish overconfidence).hadmarshall been upset, esPn would have lost 74.986 points while ZeLo would have only lost 74.7 (not a huge dif ference, but you get the idea).
ZeLo is .523 in the Toss-up category, .686 in the Lean bucket, .950 in the Likely grouping, and 100% for the solid category.
which is just a symptom of the confidence problem that ZeLo has. Instead of having 44 games classified as likely outcomes, ZeLo should have interpreted some of these matchups to be more sol ids than they were. I think the fixes for this problem are the same as before, change Fcs teams and statistical weighting.Thethird problem I have already talked about in other columns is the fondness ZeLo seems to have for Group 5 teams when they match up against Power 5 teams.
I am already see ing some levels of improve ment. In Week 0, ZeLo went 5-6 against the spread (.454), then 28-54 in Week 1 (.342) and this weekend 31-50 (.383). The difference could just be a bit of a random sample, but I do think ZeLo’s perfor mance against the spread will improve.And,of course, by address ing the other issues I have mentioned, I think ZeLo should also improve against the spread.
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difference, but through the first Week of college football, the difference in brier points is almost 285 points.
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And that is entirely true. As good as a 77.3% pick per centage might sound, even when compared to esPn’s FPI of 84%, there is an enor mous chasm between those numbers that go beyond the 6.7% difference. I hope to ad dress some of those problems and then offer a few different solutions.Firstthings first, I track both ZeLos and FPI’s performanc es in more ways than just their win-loss record. While that is a strong indicator of your cor rectness, there is a difference between me giving someone a 51% chance of winning vs. me giving someone a 90% chance of Ifwinning.Iam repeatedly more confident (and correct) about a result, I am making a bet ter forecast about the given outcome.Well,the same is valid with FPI and ZeLo. While ZeLo has agreed with FPI on a vast majority of the games the two models have picked, FPI tends to be more confident in the teams it picks to win.
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The second issue is that I think I weighted a lot of the raw statistics too lightly, so there is not enough separation between Alabama and Utah state. That fix is a bit more complicated, but I plan to ad just that too.
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Last year’s game against v irginia proved to be an important turning point in the Irish sea son. n otre d ame entered the game with a solid but uninspiring 4-4-1 re cord, showing flash es of promise but little consistency. After the Irish dispatched the c avaliers 1-0 at Alumni s tadium, the team would rip off a five game unbeaten run that stretched nearly the entire month of o ctober.Thatfive game unbeat en run would be part of a longer final stretch of the season in which the Irish won eleven of thirteen games, capturing a first-ever A cc championship and ad vancing to a second-ever c ollege c up in the process.
ZeLo’s lack of confidence rolls right into the second glaring issue I observe from the Week 0 and Week 1 data. The second method I use to track ZeLos stats is just by cat egorizing picks into four cat egories and seeing how ZeLo’s win-loss is doing in each of thoseThecategories.firstcategory is TossUp (50%-59%), Lean (60-74%, Likely (75%-94%), and solid (95%+).currently,
In part, I think ZeLo’s performance against the spread will improve when the lines are not minnesota -36. ZeLo is not built to work against those kinds of spreads; a significant percentage of ZeLo’s losses against the spread come from ZeLo cov ering on spreads that are 25+ points.Infact
After the game, head coach c had r iley lamented the result but saw some silver lining in an im proved second half performance:“creditto s yracuse, they were excellent today,” r iley said. “We were not at our best in the first half but managed to be down by one. I loved the team’s response in the second half and while we weren’t at our best they had to clear one off the line in the last minute. We will grow from it and be ready for [ vFriday’sirginia].” clash with the c avaliers in c harlottesville
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Take, for example, the Week 2 matchup of marhsall vs. norfolk state. FPI gave marshall a 99.3% chance of victory, while ZeLo only gave marshall an 85.5% chance.
In the second half, n otre d ame improved consid erably. s yracuse still got their chances in the form of eight shots, but the Irish showed some fight back and got a few looks on goal of theirTheown.best of those looks came with just a minute to go, when a n otre d ame corner kick generated a big chance on goal in a scramble in the six yard box. b ut the o range stood strong, clear ing the ball off the line and saving the victory.
s aturday afternoon, n otre d ame men’s soccer dropped their first A cc game of the season, fall ing 1-0 on the road to s yracuse.Itwasthe o range who con trolled the game off the bat, and the home side capital ized early. Giona Leibold fired home the opener, and what would prove to be the game winner, 22 minutes into the match.
n otre d ame enters this year’s clash with v irginia in a similar spot. A 3-2 win over m ichigan s tate showed the Irish have the potential to once again contend in the A cc b ut s aturday’s loss to s yracuse and a season opening de feat to s eattle have shown the team still needs to develop in key areas.
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c oach c had r iley and company will hope a match up against the c avaliers will once again be the catalyst of consistency the team needs heading into the back half of the season. n otre d ame will take on U vA 7 p.m. Friday night in c harlottesville, v irginia. The match will be broadcasted on the A cc n etwork.
no, the main problem is how the Likely category is at 97% when realistically, it should be a lot closer to 85%. This suggests that ZeLo has a classification problem,
The s yracuse domi nance would continue throughout the first half, as the o range racked up 14 shots in the first 45 minutes. Junior keeper b ryan d owd held firm, how ever, and the Irish were able to enter the break trailing by just one.
At first, the issue might seem like it is the Toss-up category, which is underperforming at 12-12, and while I would like to see the performance rise to around 55%, a 50% perfor mance is okay.
could prove an important barometer of where the Irish stand with reference to the rest of the A cc v irginia has had a turbu lent start to the season, getting blown out by n o. 9 m aryland but also earning an impressive 4-2 win against in-state and in-conference rivals v irginia Tech.
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notre d ame tipped off against the e ast c arolina University on noon on Friday. After losing the first two sets, the Irish went on take down the Pirates in the final three sets. ec U would go on two finish their week end with a 3-1 win against navy and a 3-0 shutout of o ld d ominion.
finishing 0-2 in the Long b each s tate Tournament in the first road trip of the 2022 sea son, notre d ame volleyball traveled to norfolk, v irginia this weekend for the Quest for the c rown Tournament. The Fighting Irish picked up two hard-fought wins against e ast c aroline and o ld d ominion on Friday but dropped a match to navy on s aturday to make it to 3-5 on the year. It was the first time in program history that notre d ame had played each of these teams.
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In the first set vs. the Pirates, the Irish made a late comeback thanks to the ef forts of graduate student blocker Kaylyn Winkler and junior libero h attie monson but ultimately fell short of success, losing 25-23. The second set saw 17 ties. The final one came at the score of 23-23, but ec U ended up prevailing to take a 2-0 set lead over the Irish. After jumping out to a 17-12 lead in the third set, the Irish were able to secure a set vic tory with their backs to the wall because of Pirate errors and two late kills by fresh man hitter Lucy Trump. ec U played a close game in set four, but the Irish were able to run a with it thereaf ter, wining the final two sets to pick up their second win of the 2022 season.
The Friday night stand out was m c c arthy who, picking up her fifth double-double of the year, racked up 18 kills and tallied 15 digs. s hields registered a team leading 17 digs, and m artin ended the night with five service aces.saint m ary’s was back in action s aturday in a match up against The c ollege of Wooster Fighting s cots. The b elles dropped a tough opening 25-15 but made an impressive showing in the sec ond set after trailing 7-1 early. A couple late kills and a service ace by s hields helped lead the b elles to a 2725 win-by-two vic tory over the Fighting s cots in the second set. Wooster limited the s aint m ary’s to only 11 points in the third set. In the fourth and final set, an 8-1 run by the Fighting s cots solidified Wooster’s match defeat of
r oss and Winkler. The Irish would go on to close out the set to tie up the match at 1-1 heading into the third set. Fending off a late run by the monarchs which brought the score to 23-20, kill and ace efforts by Winkler and s chrader respectively se cured the third for the Irish. o ld d ominion did not back down, taking the fourth set to force notre d ame bat tle in their second fifth set of the day. The monarchs came close to closing the gap and 12-11, but the Irish came alive with their second match triumph of the day in gratitude to back-to-back kills via WinklerWinkler.finished the game with 16 kills and five blocks with graduate student hit ter c lare d elaplane close behind with 14 kills and 2 blocks. r oss picked up a lucky 13 kills, and s chrader added another 44 stately assists.TheIrish fell on s aturday in their final game of the weekend tournament to navy’s m idshipmen in four sets in an attempt to battle back to an even-win loss re cord on the season. At the end of the match, s chrader led the team with 31 assists, Trump led the way with 14 kills and monson punched in 13 digs.
Thedigs.now 3-5 b elles are back in action Friday, traveling to m anchester to face IU- n orthwest and Franklin at 6 p.m. and 8 p.m., respectively.
s aint m ary’s c ollege volleyball team headed into Angola, Indiana, Friday to com pete in the m IAA/ nc A c c rossover Tournament at Trine University’s m TI c enter. The b elles could not have gotten the results they hoped for this weekend, dropping all three matches against d ePauw University, The c ollege of Wooster and h iram c ollege.
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n avy jumped out to win the first set by an unlucky 13 points. A late block from s chrader and Winkler helped lift the Irish to a 2725 win in the second set. A 7-1 run by n avy to extend an early lead of 12-7 to 19-8 helped the m idshipmen push past the Irish in set three. In the fourth and fi nal set, an ace by freshman libero m aisie Alexander gave n otre d ame a late 2524 advantage. h owever, two subsequent kills by n avy and a service error from the n otre d ame ended Irish’s hope to win out the match up and sweep all three weekend games of tourna ment play.
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losses.Against h iram, m c c arthy earned a team-best 20 digs and led all players with 19 kills. Allen even registered a double-double of her own with 16 kills and 17
Belles sophomore Shay Theile winds up for a hit during Saint Mary’s Sept. 6 home match against Trine. Saint Mary’s lost this non-conference match in straight sets, falling 3-0 in South Bend.
o n the tournament’s first day, s aint m ary’s was tripped up against d ePauw in a 3-1 contest. The b elles broke away from the Tigers in the first set by aid of kills via junior c olleen m c c arthy and aces off the hand of freshman d elaney m artin. Kills by fresh man Grace b raselton and freshman m ia s hields helped the b elles build an 18-14 advantage into a 23-17 lead. d espite a 5-0 run by the Tigers late in the open ing set, s hields secured the game point with an ace at a score of 25-22.both sides battling for momentum, the second set saw nine ties through the first 24 points. m ore kills from m c c arthy and m artin plus an other much-needed ace from s hields were not enough to prevent d ePauw from closing out the second set as victors in a 25-16 win.
s aint m ary’s fell be hind five points early in the third set but were able to draw even at 2020 thanks to a timely m c c arthy kill. After this, d ePauw stormed back with three points in a row. The Tigers ended up fin ishing out the third set winning handily 2521. Though the b elles showed resiliency in the fourth set, d ePauw closed out a match victory with a 25-20 advantage in the fi nal set of play.
s aint m ary’s. s hields finished the match with 11 kills, sophomore c ali Allen added a team leading 11 digs and freshman r emington v incent accu mulated 20 assists for the b elles.Intheir second match of the day, their third and final match of the m IAA/ nc A c Tournament, the s aint m ary’s b elles took on the h iram c ollege Terriers. After falling in the first set 25-14, the b elles responded by tak ing the second set in a narrow 25-22 victory. b raselton closed out this one happy set with a solo block. d espite matching the Terriers at scores of 8-8 and 16-16, the b elles lost the third set thanks to a late three-point spurt by h iram. Fighting to the bitter end, s aint m ary’s dropped the fourth set of the match by four points to cap off their weekend slew of
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hopefully drawing on the positive momentum built toughly by the Irish this weekend in v irginia, notre d ame will head to Indianapolis next weekend for the 2022 b ulldog b rawl.
notre d ame was led of fensively by freshman hit ter Avery r oss who tallied 14 kills and sophomore setter Phyona s chrader recorded a career high 54 assists. As a team, the Fighting Irish racked up 66 kills, 64 assists and 60 digs.
Friday at 3 p.m., notre d ame will take on the c entral m ichigan c hippewas. o n s aturday, the Irish will then match up against the ohio University b obcats, also at 3 p.m.
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In set one, the Irish trailed at times by a margin of 12-4 and 23-9, eventually fall ing by a score of 25-14. The Irish jumped back out in the second set, expanding a 16-11 lead to a 23-15 ad vantage thanks to kills from
Later Friday evening, the Irish went on to defeat tour nament host o ld d ominion in five sets. The monarchs were 3-4 on the season be fore facing the Irish.
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“Too many times where run or pass, we didn’t get the ball carrier. You can’t let an offense run 95 yards at any moment, but especially not the fourth quar ter, when the game’s on the line, you’re up and you’re trying to, you know, put the game away,” heAftersaid. a touchback from the marshall kickoff, mayer was fouled and the Irish moved to
would return the ball would be when Tyree returned a kickoff from m arshall r ece verhoff 32 yards to the Irish’s 33 in the second quarter. While this play would eventually lead to an Irish turnover, Tyree im proved on last week when he averaged 11 yards per kickoff return.
To open the half, marshall punted, leaving the Irish at their own twelve. Two carries from sophomore running back Audric estime brought the Irish to a first down at the 28. buchner rushed and then hit styles for eight yards and a first down. estime was then stuffed twice, and the Irish turned the ball over on downs for a sec ondmtime.arshall faked a flea flicker and instead Talik Keaton took off past several defenders for a 30-yard gain. From the Irish 11, quarterback cam Fancher gained seven yards before senior linebacker Jd bertrand took him down. Graduate student defensive lineman Jayson Ademilola pushed the herd back to the seven and graduate student safety dJ brown made the stop on a quar terback, forcing another field goal attempt. verhoff made it though, and marshall extended their lead 12-7. While some red zone stops were there, the herd was able to march downfield repeatedly over the Irish.
The Thundering herd was just that though and were able to use the three minutes. marshall took the ball from their own 22 and, after a successful first down at tempt, and a facemask from se nior defensive end Isaiah Foskey, the herd crossed into their own half. Laborn and corey Gammage brought two more first downs, be fore colombi found harrison at the four. Laborn would run twice more for no gain as he found dJ brown and J.d bertrand waiting for him. colombi looked to pass, but bracy was there on the cover age. With 18 seconds left, the herd settled for a field goal to go up 9-7.
The Irish defense allowed one first down from marshall be fore turning on the jets. on third and seven, junior safety ramon henderson and graduate student defensive end Justin Ademilola took colombi down for a loss of eight. At fourth and 15, the herd punted and safety senior brandon Joseph returned it to the notre dame
“ o ur special teams put the ball in a great field po sition at the five-yard line, and we have to, when it matters the most, execute,” Freeman said.
Return game vastly improves o n the returning end, Joseph kicked off the game with a fair catch at the Irish 41. The first time a n otre d ame player
After the game, mayer officially broke the threshold of 120 career receptions, but he said he didn’t care about that. What he cared about was winning.
“We have to execute and that’s at the end of the game. Fourth
The43.last play that the special teams partici pated greatly in would be when b o b auer blocked a m arshall punt. While this seemed to spark a little bit of hope in the Irish fan base, it was ultimately too little too late.
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The Irish also saw three in terceptions to the herd’s none.
The herd outran the Irish 219 to 130 yards and marshall’s henry colombi saw 76% completion to sophomore quarterback Tyler buchner’s 56%.
The herd wasn’t done scoring though. steven Gilmore picked off buchner shortly afterward to make the score 26-15.
After40.seven plays, the Irish punt ed. marshall opened the drive at the Irish 6. mainly on the ground, the herd marched down the field yet again. Khalan Laborn broke several Irish tackles to bring the herd to the notre dame 6 on a 42yard run. colombi found devin miller through the air to put the herd up again. After the kick, the score sat at 19-15.
Irish were trapped at their 27 after multiple incom plete attempts and were forced to punt. s ot came through, punting 61 yards to the m arshall 12.
junior tight end michael mayer for 18 yards. buchner found mayer again, who shook off a de fender, to make a 12-yard run to the goal line. To finish the drive, buchner rushed out wide to the left leaving three minutes in the half and Irish up 7-6. This was buchner’s fourth rushing touch down, his first of the season.
quarter. When the game’s on the line,” Freeman said. “We got to find a way to get a stop. We got to tack le Whilethis.” m arshall out worked n otre d ame in sev eral categories s aturday afternoon, the Irish spe cial teams outclassed the h erd’s unit. o n av erage, s ot punted the ball to m arshall’s 13. c omparatively, m arshall’s punter John m c c onnell averaged the Irish 30. s ot also out punted m c c onnells av erage yardage 42.3 to 36.8. The h erd also re turned one punt for a loss of three yards, and their one kickoff return managed just 20 yards.ultimately, the special teams set up the Irish for success, however, it was the rest of the team that were unable to execute, thus leaving the Irish to lose 26-21 and fall to 0-2 in the new Freeman era.
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“I really don’t think we were hurt that much in the vertical pass game,” brown said of where colombi found success when he did throw. “It was just those in termediate throws and rPos and things like that. You know, we can always correct this.”
Irish sophomore quarterback Tyler Buchner pushes through Marshall defenders during Notre Dame’s home opener on Sept. 10 in Notre Dame Stadium. Buchner left the game early due to a shoulder injury.
their own 36, seemingly shift ing the momentum once again. From there, buchner found mayer again, connecting this time for a 30-yard gain to the marshall 35. Tyree caught a pass and ran for nine yards and then buchner completed the 10 with a sneak around the side plus five more. From the 19, buchner hit junior tight end Kevin bauman who took off to the one.
The final time s ot would take the field would be with 10:32 left in the game. After a penalty, and mul tiple incomplete passes, the Irish were again forced to punt. s ot landed the ball 37 yards away at the m arshall 6.
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“I’m pretty frustrated because we lost but we’ll watch the film tomorrow. And Tuesday, we start preparing for cal and, you know, hopefully, we get a win there and several [others],” mayer said. “I mean you really can’t just sulk in these losses. I mean, we’re 0-2, yes, and it’s horrible, it’s horrible, but we’re just going to prepare for the next team. Try to execute the best we can execute and just keep playing.”
o ut of s ot’s four punts on the field, three of them landed within 15 yards of the endzone.
Freeman said the biggest issue though was the lack of tackling.
To start the fourth quarter, and bring his rushing touchdowns to five, buchner snuck into the end zone for six points. he then went around the side for two more. The Irish took the lead 15-12.
The next return would be late in the second quar ter when s tyles returned a kickoff 27 yards to the n otre d ame 27. h owever, with only 15 seconds left, the Irish were unable to make anything out of it. Later in the game, Joseph returned his first punt of the year, this time taking it up 15 yards to the Irish
From the marshall 25, the Irish gained a 15-yard penalty to move to the 40 before finding mayer over the middle. buchner rushed for another first down, but left the field hurt on the play. With junior drew Pyne in at quarterback, the Irish turn the ball over again. Pyne looked to pass, but ultimately threw the game’s third interception. owen Porter snagged the ball from the Irish.The defense came up with the stop again though as graduate stu dent linebacker bo bauer blocked the punt and the Irish took the ball on the 32. Through a marshall penalty, a sack, a completed pass and his own 13-yard run, Pyne managed to bring the Irish to the five. There, he found mayer to break into the endzone for the Irish one last time. he failed the two-point conversion though, and the Irish fell 26-21.
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s ot opened the Irish off with a 35-yard punt, landing at the m arshall 10, and the following drive for m arshall would be proven unsuccess ful. The next time s ot would see the field would be with 3:14 left in the first quarter. This time, s ot punted the ball 36 yards, landing on the m arshall 24, likely shorter than the Irish wanted. The Thundering h erd scored on that drive.
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in the red zone to start the sec ond. Laborn takes it up the middle for those four yards to break the scoreless tie. Up six, marshall kicker rece verhoff missed the PAT, wide right.
Junior quarterback Drew Pyne lands after getting hit by a Marshall defender in Notre Dame’s home opener Sept. 10. The Irish lost 26-21.
With these offensive stats also came a messy game for the Irish, and against an un ranked team, n otre d ame was only able to come up with 21 points. o n the defensive side, h oward c ross recorded 11 tackles, three of which were solos. d J b rown notched five tackles on s aturday, and he joined linebackers Jack Kiser
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and J d b ertrand with nine total tackles. Yet again, these silver linings came hand-inhand with missed tackles and broken coverage.
The Irish came out swing ing in their first possession of the second quarter. Junior run ning back chris Tyree returned the ball 32 yards to the Irish 33, followed by styles snagging 22 yards. The momentum was squashed though when micah Abraham stepped in the path of a pass to Lenzy at the Irish 48. still, the defense came up with the stop again, forcing a punt from marshall. both teams ex changed punts again after that.
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d uring s aturday’s game against m arshall, there wasn’t any individual player who was the reason for success, or lack thereof. Throughout the 60 minutes of play, there was rare consistency between any one player. Tight end m ichael m ayer stacked up 103 receiv ing yards, followed by wide receiver Lorenzo s tyles with 69. r unning back Audric e stime was second to only sophomore quarterback Tyler b uchner who had a total of 33 rushing yards.
“We challenged the kickoff return unit, and they did a good job of executing at the end of the game,” head coach m arcus Freeman said post game. “You know, you chal lenge b randon Joseph, hey, you got a chance to return [a punt] let’s return. [Joseph] did one time today and you got some positive yards. s o the special teams unit stepped up today. m ajority really pleased with that
Irish graduate student kicker Blake Grupe makes a field goal against the Buckeyes at Ohio Stadium in Columbus Sept. 3.
“It’s never easy to come in here after a loss, no matter to who, it’s disappointing,” Freeman said.
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The herd pushed forward on the back of caleb mcmillan who snagged two first downs into Irish territory. The Irish failed to tackle throughout the drive, giv ing up what looks like a touch down only for it to be called back due to illegal motion on marshall’s side. Jayden harrison reels in another first down from henry colombi to put marshall
And while they weren’t perfect on the night, espe cially with a failure to re cover graduate student place kicker b lake Grupe’s attempt ed onside kick, they were consistent.
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h owever, one position group remained consistent within the n otre d ame ros ter: the special teams unit. o n the punting end, Jon s ot totaled 169 yards on the day. o n the returning end, Tyree and s tyles totaled 59 yards (32 and 27 respective ly), and Joseph returned 15 yards on a punt.
It wasn’t until 8:10 left in the second that s ot would be needed again. This time, the
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notre dame football fell to marshall on saturday after noon, 26-21. This is the second Irish loss of the season, and the third of marcus Freeman’s ten ure as head coach.
“You know, we didn’t execute and it comes down to execution. We did not execute the way we needed to win in this game. And so we have to look at ourselves as individuals just as a team. We all have to look at ourselves, starting with the head coach on down and say, ‘okay, what do I have to do? What do we have to do to fix the issues that we’re having?’”notredame took the ball to open the game. sophomore quarterback Tyler buchner found sophomore wide receiver Lorenzo styles in the air twice for the first two first downs of the game. but that momentum didn’t last long as the game
With 5:03 left in the half, the Irish ran an early two-minute drill after a marshall punt. notre dame started the drive from their own 44 with a 14yard rushing first down from buchner. buchner went again for a seven-yard gain to the 36. After an offsides call, buchner completed a first down pass to
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started slow. neither team was able to score in the first five drives, leaving the first quarter scoreless. but it was marshall who broke into the end zone first, and that lead would ulti mately be enough to carry them to a Thewin.Irish took an attempt on fourth down. buchner found graduate student braden Lenzy down the sideline. but the wide receiver couldn’t get his feet down in bounds. Turnover on downs for the Irish. Ultimately, neither team could capitalize on this as marshall turned it over on downs seconds later. After failed rushing attempts, and a sack, graduate student punter Jon sot placed the herd at the 21.
Irish football trampled by Thundering herd in home opener, start season 0-2