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notre dame dedicated its new hydroelectric facility, called nd hydro, on the dam of st. Joseph r iver in down town s outh bend last week.
“a t that time, c atholic brothers were really ex panding their ministry to teaching,” g riffin said. “ i f
“ i had three kids in or en tering high school at the time, and i knew if i only
m ichael g riffin, senior vice president and interim provost of h oly c ross c ollege, said that the c ollege was originally founded to train h oly c ross brothers to teach at the high school level.
The 2.5 megawatt facility is situated along the riverbed beneath s eitz park and has been generating power for the university since its comple tion in may.
The c ollege was founded on s ept. 19, 1966 by h oly c ross b rothers whose mis sion is to be “educators in the faith” to men and wom en everywhere — especial ly the poor, afflicted and oppressed.
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“ we must strive to inform a national and global audi ence about our academic work,” Jenkins said.
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“a s a source of clean, re newable energy, the state-ofthe-art facility will generate an estimated 7 percent of the electricity for campus and offset 9,700 tons of carbon dioxide annually, benefiting both the university and sur rounding community,” the
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statement said. a ssistant vice president of utilities and maintenance paul Kempf said that plans for nd hydro have a long history.
i n addition to improving the perception of research programs, Jenkins said, The u niversity also aims to im prove the research programs themselves.Jenkinsannounced two new u niversity goals, cen tered on graduate programs, asserting that n otre d ame will aim “to provide superb graduate and professional programs that are grounded in disciplinary excellence, foster interdisciplinary con nections and are applied to the world’s most pressing problems and for advanced human understanding through scholarship and re search that seeks to heal, en lighten and unify.”
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fan in an i rish c atholic household that saw two of his brothers attend the u niversity.“i’vebeen coming to games here since i was 10 years old,” he said.
i n addition to teaching at n otre d ame, r yan currently does additional policy work for the a merican e nterprise i nstitute, a public policy think tank. b ut after 20
saw my kids on s undays, i just wasn’t going to have the kind of relationship i need ed or wanted.”
n ow, r yan guest lectures at n otre d ame and serves on the board for the w ilson s heehan l ab for e conomic o pportunities ( leo ). Teaching at n otre d ame was appealing for r yan af ter he left c apitol h ill, hav ing grown up a n otre d ame
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a statement announcing the plant’s dedication said that it brought notre dame one step closer to its sustain ability goals.
p aul r yan knew it was time to move on after 20 years in the h ouse of r epresentatives. Two terms as the youngest speaker of the h ouse since 1869 was
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n otre d ame will launch ef forts to more effectively com municate its achievements in research, global engage ment and diversity and in clusion, u niversity p resident Fr. John Jenkins said in his annual address to the fac ulty Tuesday evening. a recent survey authorized by The u niversity last year revealed that n otre d ame is significantly less well known for its research than it is for its c atholic mis sion and football program, Jenkins said. v ice presi dent of public relations Joel c urran will coordinate a strategy to better advertise n otre d ame’s research and
“This dates back to around 2010, when we were working on our long-range plan for utilities,” Kempf said. “one of the things we were looking at during that time was how to reduce our carbon footprint.”
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Jenkins added that it is important that a greater emphasis on research does not lead to a decrease in the quality of teaching.
On Tuesday Fr. John Jenkins discussed research programs, univer sity goals and increasing diversity in his annual faculty address.
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g auging public percep tion helps understand the perspectives of benefactors and prospective students, he said.“it would be foolish to ne glect public perceptions of The u niversity for we know that such perceptions drive the students who apply to attend, the faculty we can attract and the support we receive from benefactors,” Jenkins said.
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blossomed and wilted and this is the third time to put it back to good use.”
had a bearing or something like that leak, you’re not going to put any oil into the river.”
“The DNR, in particular, was about fish migration, and we will protect the fish so that they don’t get injured going through the turbines. So we designed it to be fish-friend ly,” Kempf said. “I certainly learned way more than I ever expected to learn about fish.”
Kempf said that by opening ND Hydro, Notre Dame has become a part of the dam’s story.“This is sort of the third coming of hydropower to South Bend,” Kempf said. “This resource, this dam that was built in 1844, has sort of
While construction con tinued, Kempf said the University was careful to listen to the input of local stakeholders and environ mental groups, including the Indiana Department of Natural Resources (DNR) and the Indiana Department of Environmental Management.
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With the hydro facility com pleted, the University con tinues to search for different ways to reduce its environ mental impact.
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“The use of the whole park space came back so there’s no open channels, everything is buried, so you can’t see most of what we’ve done,” Kempf explained. “You can literally walk right over the top of all of this sort of stuff.”
“[South Bend’s] industrial growth dates back to when the dam was built in 1844,” Kempf said. “There were all these little factories that used hy dropower … they used the wa ter to spin water wheels that turned into mechanical ener gy to make textiles … this car ried on until about the 1900s when that mode of industry kind of Kempfdied.”recalled another chapter in South Bend’s hy droelectric history.
“This is just one lever we’ve pulled of a number,” Kempf said. “When you think about how you would invest your money, you build a diversified portfolio. And so the world is out there trying to decide what’s the best way to green the world and reduce carbon. I think our philosophy has been to have a diverse portfolio of assets that help us because they all do have different ben efits and none of them are perfect,Kempfright?”saidthat the burden to reduce the University’s car bon footprint needs to be be lieved by every member of the community.“What’sstill really impor tant, that I think people some times forget, is that each and every one of us needs to make a commitment to use less en ergy,” he said. “There’s noth ing that does more to reduce carbon footprint than elimi nating energy that never has to be produced.”
dam.“We were aware of the fact that the city had, back in the ’80s, gotten an exemp tion from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC),” Kempf said. “The city had long thought that they would use that permit to find a third party who could make a profit venture out of produc ing electricity and potentially generate some income for the city as well. As it turns out, over a 30-year period, no such parties came forward.”
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But the University stepped up, hoping to make a longterm investment for future carbon reductions — and FERC transferred the exemp tion to Notre Dame.
While exploring different options for green energy, the University contacted the city to re-open negotiations into use of the St. Joseph River
The University aimed to maximize energy output, without compromising the integrity of the surrounding environment, but the site was also small in size, so the proj ect required extensive plan ning. After years of permitting and design, construction commenced in the summer of
After a little less than three years of construction, the fa cility was finished this past May and ran throughout the summer.Kempf, a life-long resident of South Bend, reflected on the project. He said the facility
“And then there was a preeminent farm imple ment manufacturer in South Bend called the Oliver Plow Company. And Mr. Oliver bought the whole West prop erty on the side of the river he actually built a hydroelectric plant that powered his facto ries,” Kempf said. “He owned the hotel in town. He owned the opera house in town. So a good part of downtown and his factory fed off of this and that ran until probably the late 50s and early 60s.”
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Additionally, the hydro fa cility is actually buried under neath the park.
a different design of turbine, it’s unique. This is the first installation in North America of that turbine and it’s the largest installation in the world,” Kempf said. ND
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u kraine triggering an energy crisis in e urope and c hina ex periencing economic strug gles, r yan expects a global recession to occur down the road.While p resident Joe b iden currently mulls running for re-election in 2024, r yan said b iden “missed the moment of being a cen trist” during his term and has instead inflamed the polarization between the two parties. h e explained that many r epublicanleaning suburban voters voted for b iden because they
stalking and other forms of interpersonal violence, in cluding here at s aint m ary’s, unfortunately. i think it’s important to not only learn the warning signs but also show that those affected by stalking are not alone,” she said.riddle’s talk made the point that stalking can happen to anyone.
culture war “entertainment artists” overshadow them. i f he were in office right now, he said his number one priority would be fighting inflation.ryan said the econ omy is on the cusp of a recession. The federal gov ernment has been fuel ing inflation by spending, threatening business es with higher tax es and raising taxes on businesses, he said.
to continue to welcome a wide array of views on campus in the future.
appropriate follow-up to such reports,” he said.
“ i understand that this range of views creates tensions and draws criti cism from one group toward another,” he said, adding that he views the range of opinion as a “great strength” for The u niversity and hopes
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“ i n July, The u niversity an nounced a $25 million com mitment to increase base compensation for eligible faculty, staff and student workers. This followed a $14 million one-time em ployee appreciation award for eligible employees in a pril and a $50 million pool for this year’s annual merit increases” Jenkins
said, touting the largest re curring compensation in crease in The u niversity’s history.“our challenge at n otre d ame in the next decade will be to produce fruits worthy of the blessings we have received.” Jenkins de clared, “a nd the hopes so many have in The u niversity to be ever more powerfully a force for good in the nation, the world and the church.”
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of speakers and faculty invited to campus in recent years, ranging from “1619 p roject” journalist n ikole h annah-Jones and trans portation secretary p ete b uttigieg to s upreme c ourt Justice c larence Thomas and former speaker of the h ouse p aul r yan.
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d ebbie r iddle, an edu cator on stalking, spoke at s aint m ary’s Tuesday night to discuss the importance of speaking out regard ing stalking. a fter r iddle’s sister was killed by her stalker in 2003, she dedicated herself to sharing that story and serving as a catalyst for change.iesha
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us to let people know that this is a huge national is sue,” she said.
“ i t does happen, and it will happen unfortunate ly for some students, but even if it is one student, that is still one student too many,” m iller explained. domain.”
“ i agree with conser vatives on the culture war, but i ’m not a culture warrior. i don’t like inflaming [the] culture war because it just polarizes,” he said. “ i do think you should take a stand against ridiculous, woke ex tremes, but i don’t think it’s great to try to politically profit off of these things, because all you end up doing is polarizing the country.”
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a s a part of ongoing diversity, equity and in clusion efforts, Jenkins revealed the construction of the new c enter for d iversity and i nclusion in La f ortune s tudent c enter will begin in d ecember. Jenkins also highlighted that this year’s incoming class is the most diverse in n otre d ame his tory with students of color and international students composing 40% of the class.
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Jenkins went on to comment on the breadth of the opinion
“ i f you or someone you know are experiencing stalk ing, please reach out, there are people here that want to help you and are trained to help you,” b aumann said. m iller said that she per sonally works to help student through their trauma.“onething i do to help stu dents is process their expe rience and connect them to resources outside of myself,” m iller said.
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anti-poverty foundation in his hometown of Janesville, Wisconsin.“incongress, i always thought it was important to do multiple things in your life,” r yan said of his portfolio of enterprises.
b aumann described how bavo helps students dealing with a stalking situation.
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“ h aving d ebbie here to kind of tell her story about her sister stories is a way for
“We have the exact wrong fiscal policy right now. This thing is not the i nflation r eduction a ct, it’s sort of the opposite,” r yan said of the package signed into law in a ugust.although he said the f ederal r eserve re sponded to the pandemic well, they were too late to re spond to inflation, he added.
disliked former p resident d onald Trump and expect ed b iden to govern from the center-left.bycatering to the progres sive left, b iden passed on an opportunity to work across the aisle to put together deals, he said. a s a result, populism has become more pronounced in u. s . politics, he added, and polarization is preventing major progress from occuring.
involvement and advocacy ( osai ) said that learning about stalking can help others by identifying, and knowing when to get help.“ithink it’s important to not only learn the warning signs and learn how to help others and ourselves, but also to show those who have been affected are not alone,” b aumann said.
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Three years after he left c ongress, r yan said he does not miss the “performance politics” that are growing increas ingly prominent. i nstead of working to formulate and negotiate actual policy solutions, politicians to day choose to “entertain” in the culture war in an attempt to get famous fast, he said.
just are trying to stick to their wish list of progres sive things,” r yan said, specifically referencing immigration and inflation.
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“ n othing is getting done that is substan tial. n o big problems are getting solved, and they
There are still policy makers in c ongress who care about making good policy, he said, but the
s aint m ary’s, pro grams like bavo attempt to prevent situations like those.
r iddle sharing her fam ily’s experience serves as a resource to the c ollege com munity, m iller said.
“They’re playing catch up. They were late. They should have been stopping the asset purchases earlier. m oney supply was too high too fast for too long,” r yan said.ryan said he does not know when the economy will start to significantly im prove. The f ederal r eserve will keep raising interest rates to about 4 or 4.25% and hold them there, he pre dicted. a nd with the war in
Jenkins turned his fo cus to the wage increase that took effect in a ugust.
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“ bavo is always going to take the students’ lead. s o sometimes that is dealing with it more on a personal mental health level and getting support. o ther times that is bringing in law enforcement or campus safety to help as well,” she said.baumann said that these resources have been help ful when utilized by s aint m ary’s “Therestudents.area lot of indi viduals that are affected by
The r epublican party has also seen its “center of gravity” shift farther toward the extreme as well, he“Wesaid. have the same problem in our party, so i understand the pressure. i know very well,” he said. “ b ut [ b iden] succumbed to it.”
m iller, the b elles a gainst v iolence ( bavo ) co ordinator, said that “letting people and students know the resources that are out there” is important.
Jenkins urged the fac ulty to help foster a “speak up” culture that can pre vent sexual misconduct scandals that have plagued other universities, refer encing the program “Living n otre d ame’s values,” insti tuted by the office of human resources.“Wemust also empha size the importance of reporting misconduct of any kind and ensuring
r iddle discussed her sister’s story through out her talk, and recount ed how reaching out to police didn’t lead to much progress.hereat
Former Speaker of the House Paul Ryan in 2019 at the DeBartolo Performing Arts Center speaking at a Wilson Sheehan Lab for Economic Opportunities (LEO) event. Ryan serves on the board of LEO.
“I love that the community is so small that you pretty much know everybody from students all the way up to professors, and even admin istration for that matter,” he said.Payne- m iller hopes to see more partnerships between h oly c ross, n otre d ame and s aint m ary’s.
“The h oly c ross, n otre d ame and s aint m ary’s tri-campus … really is one of the only places in the world where you have three colleges founded by each of the three parts of c atholic religious life — priests, sisters and brothers. I often say that 46556 is the most unique zip code in c atholic higher education.”a safer church.”
m icah Finley, a gree n d ot senior fellow, said he has been happy to see gree nd ot become more receptive to student in put this year following the program’s administrative revamp.“Weare trying to transition [gree nd ot] to being more student-run so that students’ request in how they want to see gree nd ot can actually be formed around how they feel and what they want to see,” Finley said.
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happens to them as well just as equally as it does to women,” Finley said.
“ h oly c ross c ollege re ally provided a foundation where the brothers could live and study together,” he explained.In1968, the c ollege be came coeducational just two years after its founding because the brothers saw a
“I want [everyone] to know that gree nd ot is a place where they have a voice, that they can be heard and to let them know that they’re not alone,” Finley said.
“The scheduled train ings, which are already at max registrations, start ed on s eptember 11 and go through o ctober 9, also overlap with m oreau first year course, where first year students were reintroduced to gree nd ot dur ing week four’s curriculum,” m iller wrote.
“ o ur message is that any forms of violence or harm are not okay, and every one has a role to play.” and sustainable domain.”
These recent admin istrative change mir rors the expansion of gree nd ot’s focus this year from violence prevention to all forms of harm, m iller said.“With the program now transitioning its fo cus on all forms of harm, to include mental health, discrimination and ha rassment and alcohol, in stead of just power-based personal violence, the new
c ole said that she was drawn to h oly c ross because she wanted to pursue the elementary education major that they offer. The program has allowed her to sit in on student teaching sessions since her first year.
“ o ne thing I definitely want to do for gree nd ot more in the future is to put more emphasis on the male aspect. m ales tend to really not express their feelings a lot and they tend to ignore situations even though stuff
“ b esides clubs … we can
When it was founded, h oly c ross c ollege ini tially offered two-year pro grams, but over the years, it expanded to become a fouryear college.
s tudents gathered on Library Lawn from 9-11 p.m. Friday night for n otre d ame’s third celebration of n ational gree nd ot d ay.
mission of gree nd ot is to inspire a culture of care by creating awareness, teach ing intervention skills and promoting a campus en vironment that does not tolerate harm,” m iller wrote.
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Finley said he is taking initiative this year, under the expansion of gree nd ot’s mission, to publicize cam pus safety efforts equally between genders.
Finley said he is hope ful about good that will be brought out of gree nd ot’s new overarching health and wellness perspective, provided that the message continues to spread.
Though gree nd ot has begun to pivote outward in new directions this aca demic year, m iller said the fundamental goal of the pro gram has not changed.
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Students gathered outside on Library Lawn this past Friday to celebrate national greeNDot day with mu sic, food trucks, lawn games and tables with information about trainings students can sign up to take.
you look around the country at some of the best c atholic high schools, many of them were begun by brothers in the 50s and the 60s.”
chance to expand their mis sion, Griffin explained.
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m iller, who chairs the gree nd ot steering com mittee, drew attention to the various
“The brothers saw that it was not only them who could benefit from the education. s o very quickly, before many other colleges, including n otre d ame [that became coeducational in 1972], the brothers decided to open up h oly c ross to women and men to join,” Griffin said.
“ s ince the inception of the program, gree nd ot was implemented under the gen der relations center,” m iller wrote.This initiative to strength en gree nd ot oversight be gan back in m ay of 2022, m iller said. In the past, the gree nd ot program had been managed by a volunteer steering committee.
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Previously, brothers would pursue degrees at institutions like n otre d ame or s t. e dward’s University in Texas. h oly c ross was the first of its kind, Griffin said.
h oly c ross themed cookies and had food trucks out on the courtyard.
c oming from a small high school, c ole said she also appreciated having a small college community where she knows the majority of students.student body president of the c ollege, sophomore d ion Payne- m iller also praised h oly c ross’ tightknit community.
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a d J played music as attendees enjoyed two large inflatables, food trucks and lawn games. m andy m iller, the program director of student health and wellness initiatives for the division of student af fairs, said the event provid ed students a space to talk about campus safety.
s ophomore s ara c ole said she thought Founder’s d ay was a great way to build h oly c ross camaraderie.“It’sjusta great way for students to hang out and be in community,” c ole said.
“This event allowed students to come together as a community and stand up against all forms of harm that happen and learn how to take action,” m iller wrote in an email.
“ o ther schools [with com parable programs] generally only allow students to start practical experience with teaching their senior year,”
s o far this year, gree n d ot has targeted their mis sion to first-year students through efforts during welcome weekend and the m oreau first-year seminar. The senior fellows have also helped with the initiative to offer larger campus-wide bystander trainings for stu dents of all grade levels, m iller said.
work together for our overall community of s outh b end and m ishawaka,” Paynem iller Griffinexplained.saidthat Founder’s d ay at h oly c ross really highlights the uniqueness of the tri-campus community.
saidthegreesuchwrote.aspresentandouraretee,studentstudentseringtablesorganizations.student-safety“multipleinformationalwerepresent,consistofsignsupforbystandtrainingsandrecruitingtothegreendotadvisorycommitagroupofstudentswhopassionateaboutmakingcampussafer.callistospeakUpwerealsotosupporttheeventreportingoption,”millerInadditiontolargereventsastheannualthendotdaycelebrationorflickonthefield,millergreendotspreadsitsmissioninsmallerwaysdailyonnotredame’scampus.“Greendot’smissionisbeingcarriedoutdailythroughtablingeventsaroundcampus,tabletentmessagingwithinthedininghallsandweeklybystanderinterventiontrainingsonsundayafternoonsindahnkeballroom,”millerwrote.
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s tudents marked Founder’s d ay by wearing their ma roon and silver h oly c ross gear to show off their school spirit.The c ollege distributed
s tudent gree nd ot work ers gave out free towels to attendees at Flick on the Field to raise awareness of the program on campus. / c ourtesy of m indy m iller n ew this academic year, the gree nd ot program is being housed under the student health and well ness unit, directed by as sistant vice president for student health and wellness c hristine c aron Gebhardt, m iller said.
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“The University has in vested in establishing a staff position to oversee the gree nd ot program. s tarting in m ay 2022, the position of program director of student health and wellness initia tives manages the day-today operations of gree nd ot and since has implemented a newly paid student program assistant position and hired six senior fellows to help with bystander intervention trainings, campus outreach, relationship building and marketing and communica tions,” m iller wrote.
scary.Yet, I struggled to manage the extent to which I allowed others into my physi cal space. This usually meant that I wasn’t imitating physical contact, just ac cepting it. In one instance, cuddles turned into fondling, which turned into kisses, which turned into ‘I’m not used to physical touch, ’ ‘can you slow down?’ ‘This is an overwhelming amount of physical interaction for me.’ For this rela tionship, I would eventually dismiss my limited physical needs and redirect my energy towards regulating my nervous system every time it was disrupted — all while remaining in a position that met my new companion’s needs. Instead of progressing into action, my language transformed back into silence. I would exert my physical and sexual boundaries until doing so exhausted me. I would fail to remove myself from traumatic sexual situations with the thought that “I couldn’t feel anything anyway,” which made doing so unnecessary. As the autonomy I held over my body was denounced by others, my agency dwindled. my mind and body returned to the feeling that physical engagement was obliga tory, with the newly developed thought that sex was compulsory. compulsory sexuality “is a belief system that eschews consent and preaches instant gratifi cation for people who want sex, but cares not for the safety, comfort, health, or autonomy, of people who do not. It doesn’t just ask us to comply. It makes way for others to demand, manipulate, coerce, and force us into situations in which we are expected to disregard our own well-being for the sake of ‘normality,’” accord ing to sherronda J. brown in her book “refusing compulsory sexuality: A black Asexual Lens on our sex-obsessed culture.”
“‘Asexual’ as we use it, does not mean ‘without sex’ but ‘relating sexually to no one.’ This does not of course exclude masturbation, but implies that if one has sexual feelings, they do not require another person for their expression. Asexuality is, simply, self-contained sexuality,” orlando stated. however, the asexuality element of my queerness bothered me, as its most rec ognized definition is simply being “without sex” or unable to feel arousal. After years of jokes and off-handed comments from friends, family and strangers that I “didn’t feel anything,” I had amassed insecurities over my ability to be expressive as a person and affectionate in my relationships. I felt that this newly discovered aspect of my sexuality affirmed my inability to connect with others on a broad spectrum. especially given that I had developed a notable aversion to physical intimacy growing up.
can be different for each of us, for some it might literally be saint-like figures in our lives, for some it might be playing a video game in a quad with dear friends or around a charcuterie board talk ing about our deepest worries.
I had initially opened myself up to physical intimacy for the sake of normality. however, I learned that my opposition came from never having developed the voice to assert my physical boundaries, regardless of the person or physical space in concern. I had already lacked the agency needed to protect my space — my peace — before I set out on a conquest to feel something. To embrace feeling with others. on this journey, I experienced a gradual expansion of physical intimacy in pre-existing relationships. I underwent sexual trauma. I began to practice set ting physical boundaries and felt what it was like to have these boundaries chal lenged. In the future, I hope to remain open to physical intimacy with others and to further explore my self-contained physical intimacy. As it turns out, I was the first person I needed to embrace.
natasha and I accomplished something on the short subway ride this summer. We filled a deeper hunger. something that can’t always be accomplished with an all-youcan-eat buffet or a 300-person party.
The subways are a unique way to be in a forced community with one another from very different walks of life. our lives col lide in extraordinary and soulful ways as we attempt to get to work, friends and our daily chores. sometimes that means having a woman yell at you about God or having a stranger’s armpit right in your face.
I’ve never felt more holy or more catholic than being around the table with the com munion of saints on earth. Filling my soul with the deeper hunger that I have, that we allThishave.table
For me, it’s when I’m around those five tables pushed together to fit everyone in. I think about natasha joining us at that table. A task that might even require pull ing up a sixth table. so that my cousin one day might say, “I was sitting next to my step mom’s, step dad’s, grandson’s friend from a subway.”Inmyopinion, filling this deeper hunger requires two things, (1) being more inten tional about the ways we connect with others and (2) being more open to the un known gifts of others.
both of us were raised catholic. We found ourselves within and of each other in ways we would never have expected.
A lot of times when I go out to a party I have so much fun, but end up feeling unsat isfied. or, when I repeat my majors intro duction for the eight billionth time in a day. It’s similar to when I go to the dining hall and eat a burger or two. It provides me with filling, but not satisfaction.
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my face was stuck deep within my book. I didn’t even notice her when she sat next to mme.ygrandma and grandpa live in a small cul-de-sac on county road 18 in the middle of nowhere california. They’ve lived there in the same house for 50 years, blossoming into a sprawling family full of love. every christmas eve-eve making tamales with my grandma’s sisters and then having an other giant feast on christmas eve. christmas is always a multigenerational, multi-family extravaganza.
We’ve had just about everything happen within our family that might be considered anti-catholic by some of today’s loudest catholic voices: divorce, suicide, gay mar riage, babies out of wedlock, alcoholism, drug use, immigration from mexico, prison sentences—you name it, it’s probably hap pened in our family.
I hopped on the manhattan-bound “L” train at 10 a.m., late for work. I overslept and took my sweet time getting up. That’s what summer internships are for messing up, right? The car was lightly filled. most of the people had already made it to their rest ing places for the day.
on this particular ride, I collided with natasha. A young woman who couldn’t be much older than I, in her early 20s, just beginning her journey with life. With a bandana wrapped around her head, dark brown hair outlining her face and giant reusable bags in her hands.
natasha looked over my shoulder and asked me what book I was reading. I was re-reading my favorite book from middle school, “The secret Life of bees,” by sue monk Kidd. It’s about a young girl in the south that finds community with her for mer housekeeper and three black honey farmers in the middle of south carolina. It touches on community, race, faith and loss in really beautiful ways.
earlier this week, I picked up mitch Albom’s “The Five People You meet in heaven.” A book where eddie, a grizzled war veteran who dies a terrible death, meets five people who illuminate the unseen con nections of his life. Albom’s premise is his version of heaven is a wish to have “people who felt unimportant here on earth- real ize, finally, how much they are loved.”
my dad describes how every christmas he can be found sitting next to his “ex-step mother in law’s ex-husband’s stepson’s wife” and how she is the most wonderful woman you could ever meet on the planet. Love palpably oozes out of every crack, corner and crevice.
social intimacy and commitment are often a lot harder to come by and less prevalent than most of us think it is in our lives. We have fewer close friends than ever before. reported loneliness at record high levels. deaths of despair are higher than ever in our history.
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While I couldn’t change my sexuality, I could change the way I interacted with people. In fall 2021, I embarked on a journey of cultivating intimacy in new and existing relationships. during this journey, I faced challenges with setting physi cal boundaries in my new relationships. For my existing relationships, I simply had to ask who was comfortable incorporating physical touch into our commu nication style. For example, I would offer or ask for hugs, and my friends would politely decline. They showed me what it was like to set physical boundaries. In my new relationships, I gravitated toward people who embraced me as a greet ing. At the same time, I worked on managing the anxiety that came with engag ing in physical touch. I was making progress. Physical intimacy began to feel less
This gradually led into a conversation about our own communities, what we were doing on this manhattan-bound train and who we were. natasha and her family moved to new York when she was about five and she’s lived there ever since. she, like I, has experienced death and ad diction in our families. both of us lost two parents before we got to high school and
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Life in our family can sometimes be re ally messy, with that many people and big personalities there are always squabbles, somebody is mad at somebody else or someone has too much to drink. however, given all this, I’ve never experi enced more love and grace than when I’m around those five tables pushed together to make room for everyone.
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Physical intimacy — touch — had never been an asset in my life. I struggled to conceive it as a connector between myself and others. I found it to be an invasion of my senses, an obligatory form of greeting among familiars — a form of coun sel. I would befriend people who felt the same and often had adverse responses to physical intimacy. The only downside to this was that when I was finally ready to open myself up to physical intimacy, there was no one there to embrace.
Talking with natasha provided some thing new: connection with other people in a really substantive way. new York is enor mous and often times felt overwhelming in the number of people around with connec tions sometimes fleeting or nonexistent.
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I first allowed myself to consider the fact that I was asexual in the winter of 2020, with the assistance of a friend. They asked about my sexuality — I told them I identified as queer, but I hadn’t fully defined what queer was for me. We then proceeded to discard one sexuality after another until we landed on asexu ality. The following definition of asexuality, which I resonate with most, was published in “The Asexual manifesto” by Lisa orlando in 1972
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In the book, eddie meets someone who’s life he didn’t even know he had impacted so deeply and is told, “strangers are just family you have yet to come to know.”
I read r yan Peters’ “ not a serious program” col umn that appeared the week after the m arshall game. As an attendee at that game, I would like to make a couple comments relative to what is hap pening in the stadium during games. I agree with him that nd s tadium I s no T I n TI m I dATI nG. It once was. I am a 1970 graduate. I have been in the stadium many years since. I believe it was in 1967 that legendary s outhern c alifornia coach, John mcKay, stated that n otre d ame s tadium was the worst place to play because of the noise level. That noise was created by human voices. We didn’t have a loudspeaker blaring electronic noise between plays. We were so loud the opposing team couldn’t run plays. As another example, several years ago I was sitting in the lower level in the southeast part of the stadium mixed in amongst Pitt fans. As the teams were warming up, a number of Pitt fans were having a great time carrying on about how Pitt was going to maul us. With the “kickoff cheer” and the subsequent roar from the student body and fans in the stadium, they looked shocked and surprised. They sat down, and there was hardly a
whimper out of them for the rest of the game. What is different? I submit that the use of elec tronic noise and piped in “cheering” has taken the student body, the fans and the band out of the game. I was at the m arshall game and was appalled at the lack of noise support from n otre d ame fans. I don’t believe the fault lies totally with them, however. The electronic noise took them out of the game from the start. While I like the lead up to the opening kickoff with Kathy r ichardson and the d ropkick murphy’s, it needs to be timed effectively so that the student body can let the opposition know it is a force. From the opening kickoff on, it seemed that the electronic noise was piped in between every play. It not only took the student body and fan cheers out of the game, the electronic noise also stepped on the an nouncer and the referees. In short, it became the game.Ifnotre d ame wants to have an intimidat ing stadium, it needs to put the noise back into the student body, the band and its fans. We were constantly reminded in the weekly run-up to a
In november of 2021, the r epublican Party man aged to pull off an upset victory in the v irginia gubernatorial election, and came very close to winning new Jersey’s governorship as well. c onsidering both states had given Joe b iden comfortable, 10 plus point victories back in 2020, the shift in these states’ political mood strongly implied the American electorate was souring on Joe b iden’s administration. c ommentators char acterized the strong r epublican performance in parts of the country that have leaned towards d emocrats in recent years as a backlash against the b iden White house’s policies, wokeism and a stalled legislative agenda. r egardless of what one’s political leanings may be, there is no denying the opening act of the 2022 campaign showed the wind was blowing behind the r epublican Party’s back. As the new year rolled in and inflation began heating up, sticker shock further buoyed the G oP’s standing as the b iden administration was handed a barrage of challenges to deal with. multiple polls indicated that r epublicans were far more moti vated than their d emocratic counterparts to turn out and vote in the fall, and found b iden’s approval
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o n another note, the results of primaries in some competitive states weakens r epublicans in what would otherwise be easy strong showings for them. In state after state, r epublican primary voters chose to nominate candidates with former president Trump’s endorsement to the general election ballot, often picking candidates that hail from the most aggressively hard right and Trumpian wings of the G oP. In safe r epublican states like Wyoming, this would usually not be an issue. however, the r epublican primary choices in states like Arizona, Pennsylvania, o hio and new
In just over a month and a half, the United s tates of America has a very important date to keep: the 2022 midterm elections. s ince the winter of 2021, every instance of significance that has dominated the news cycle at one point or another has come to be judged through midterm lenses, as political analysts, strategists and commentators weigh in how anything that happens may or may not have an impact on the decision the country makes later on this fall. c ontrary to previous midterms, this year’s contests are much more of a head scratcher, as the leadup to them has been a complex mine field that can befuddle even the most devoted fol lowers of the chaos that is contemporary American politics. Throughout the course of the summer, the consensus on how november was going to look has been constantly changing, and many races remain anybody’s guess.
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home game that we were a part of the n otre d ame “team,” and that we needed to let the opponents know we were there. We believed our participation had an effect. I think it did. o pposing teams were intimidated. o ur players told us that and thanked us.If notre d ame wants to fix the noise in the sta dium, fix the electronics.
o n another matter, we had first time guests with us. I was honored and excited to show them the campus, traditions such as the “Trumpets in the d ome” and take them to the c onvo to the upperlevel sports history displays. e ven though both ac tivities were promoted in pre-game materials and the game program, “Trumpets under the d ome” was a whimper by the statute of s acred heart, and the c ondo was locked down so that no athletic displays could be visited. An attendant told us it was by order of the University. s o much for that.
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h ampshire provide purple states with choices that are far more assertive in their right wing po sitions than their decisive pool of swing voters would prefer. These choices have caused plentiful amounts of worry among r epublican leaders and strategists, with s enate m inority Leader m itch mc c onnell going on the record saying “I think there’s probably a greater likelihood the house flips than the s enate. s enate races are just differ ent—they’re statewide, candidate quality has a lot to do with the outcome.” The r epublican base’s willing choice to favor candidates willing to echo every Trump talking point over their overall elect ability in a general election undercuts the party’s chances at retaking control of the s enate, but at flipping many house seats and governorships as well.As we head into november, it is impossible to predict the election’s end result with total accu racy. The leadup to America’s collective appoint ment at the ballot box has certainly proven itself to be confusing and chaotic, and has given us more mixed signals than the male lead in a cheesy romcom from the 1990s. The highest inflation in the last four decades, soaring gas prices, the incum bent administration’s lagging poll numbers, the F bI raid on former president Trump’s m ar-a-Lago estate, the overturning of r oe v. Wade and a ram bunctious primary season are all flashing con tradictory signals as to how America will vote in seven weeks. however crazy things may appear to be, the civic duty remains, and it is still everyone’s imperative to make sure they make their voices heard come nov. 8. As the date draws nearer, make sure to make a plan to vote, and either vote early while home for fall break or request to vote ab sentee before it’s too late! As corny and cliche as it sounds, it’s on all of us.
however, a tumultuous summer sent that pre diction tumbling down, as the American political world was rattled by events that threaten to up end whatever consensus — fragile as it may have been — and send it down the drain. This June, the s upreme c ourt ruled that the c onstitution does not confer the right to an abortion. d obbs v. Jackson overturned five decades of precedent, in what was the biggest victory for the American c hristian right. o verturning r oe v. Wade trans formed the playing field for the midterms, as it gave d emocrats a good talking point to use to their advantage, as opinion polls showed most Americans disagreed with the landmark s upreme c ourt decision. Polls immediately saw blue poll numbers shoot up, and the enthusiasm gap be tween both parties significantly narrowed as well. e vidently, more d emocrats are now motivated to turn out and vote this november, which endan gers the G oP’s triumphant optimism regarding its chances later this year. The best example show casing how consequential d obbs v Jackson was to politics came later on in the summer, when voters in ruby red Kansas voted to reject an amendment to the state constitution that removed protections for abortion rights by nearly 20 points, a margin higher than the one former president Trump beat president b iden in 2020.
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rating among independent voters was also deeply underwater. b ack in the late spring, I would have joined the chorus of commentators that col lectively agreed a red wave was inevitable, and r epublicans were poised to sweep control of both chambers of c ongress.
And that was just the tip of the iceberg. After a quick bit of Googling to better explain what was going on here, I found out that shortwave sta tions are capable of having not just national but oftentimes global reach, and there are multiple directories you can use to find what stations are on the air. And boy, is it an eclectic bunch. First, you’ve got the religious broadcasters. Am and Fm radio bands are strictly regulated by the Fcc, and with a bunch of would-be radio sta tions applying for licenses, fees get expensive, and commercial broadcasters end up monopo lizing these spaces. shortwave is also techni cally regulated by the Fcc, but since shortwave signals are subject to international interference, the Fcc is much more hands-off about giv ing licenses, and it’s far less expensive to run a shortwave station. This means that religious broadcasters (mostly christian, but running the gamut from folks preaching about how Jesus isn’t really God to eWTn’s shortwave depart ment) find it much more hospitable to operate on shortwave, and honestly, who wouldn’t — what with the wider reach and less government bureaucracy to contend with? but wait, there’s more! many countries’ staterun media have shortwave presences, and I’ve been amazed to discover government-operated radio broadcasts from Turkey, vietnam, Japan, china, sudan and spain, just to name a few. Indeed, perhaps the most fascinating part of modern shortwave radio is that it is one of the final frontiers of the cold War. because of short wave’s global scope, authoritarian regimes are incapable of censoring it the way many of them censor the Internet, but that doesn’t mean they
Almost immediately, trouble struck the operation. Iraqi soldiers had been shot at by what appeared to be enemy forces upon entering a building and had called in for backup. one Iraqi soldier was killed in the battle and air fire was being set up to rain down on the enemy’s position. After hearing the news, Jocko came over to the building’s vicinity. With men and women on the ground ready to engage, Jocko realized his team of snipers were in this area and had recently moved buildings for a better vantage point.
When reading this story, what stood out to me most was the decision to take complete ownership for a situation which seemed to be out of his hands. There were so many factors that led to the shooting making it easy to blame the situ ation on the men under him. however, as the head of his unit, Jocko stood tall and let the blame fall on himself. he then explained to his bosses what went wrong, why it went wrong, and how he would ensure it would never happen again. This principle is incredibly difficult to apply to your life. It is so easy to blame failures on situations around you. I do it all the time.
If the teacher is at fault for a complex problem, then it’s not my responsibility to address the problem and get it right next time. If the random player caused my poor performance, then I should not change my strategy to do better next time. While I don’t think video game performance actually matters, the prin ciple stands true.
As students, we may not be leading navy seALs into war, but I think there’s immense value in applying extreme ownership to our lesser leadership roles and our individual decisions. If you want to grow and become better in all your pursuits, the first step is taking responsibility for your actions and their results, good or bad, and determining how to improve upon your next go around. As notre dame students, we all saw a great example of this in marcus Freeman after losing to marshall.
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In 2006, seAL Team 3’s Task Unit bruiser entered ramadi with one goal in mind: drive insurgents out of the city and build up the Iraqi forces to create sta bility in one of the most violent areas in the world. on the first major operation, Jocko Willink commanded his seAL forces alongside U.s. Army and marine men and women and inexperienced Iraqi soldiers.
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The United states and cuba are also in an on going propaganda war, but instead of jamming (which both we and the cubans realize doesn’t actually work all that well), both countries focus on using the shortwave band to its full effect. radio habana cuba is the station I run into the most when I’m listening to shortwave, while the independent U.s. Agency for Global media has a dedicated office of cuba broadcasting which transmits radio martí to the cuban people. since shortwave radio is so easily accessible, I’m able to tune into both stations and hear their spanish-language broadcasts, and I must say I really appreciate radio martí’s lighthanded approach. no need to beat the listener over the hand with government propaganda. “happy” by Pharrell Williams does the job just fine, thank you very much.
In his press conference, he answered reporters saying, “It starts with me, it starts with me as a head coach.” Through individuals like Jocko Willink and marcus Freeman, it is clear that leadership starts with the willingness to own one’s decisions and the results which follow. With that said, I believe that apply ing extreme ownership is a crucial step in growing as a leader and individual and is a principle that we should all strive to live up to, no matter how difficult it may be.
When the time came to talk to the investigators, Jocko had come to a decision on who to blame: himself. As the leader of the operation and these individuals, it could be no one’s fault but his own. even with his back against the wall, Jocko stuck to a crucial leadership principle: extreme ownership. no matter what situation arises, you must take responsibility for your actions and of those you are tasked to lead. Luckily, Jocko stayed on as leader of Task Unit bruiser and the mission was a raging success. The city was brought to relative peace and stabil ity thought to be nearly impossible.
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This excerpt was taken from the first chapter of Jocko Willink and Leif babin’s new York Times bestseller, “extreme ownership”, a book detailing the leader ship principles they applied in ramadi when facing a nearly insurmountable enemy on their home turf and how each principle applies to everyday life.
With that in mind, he and some of his men entered the building to find his sniper unit holed up. This was a seAL commander’s worst nightmare. Fratricide. blue-on-blue. A man killed at the hands of his own teammate. In the throes of battle, the group of Iraqi soldiers had gotten confused and entered a building they were supposed to never be near. This resulted in the sniper unit mistaking them for the enemy and engaging in back and forth shooting. A man was dead and one was injured. An airstrike was almost called on his own men. Jocko was soon contacted by upper level military and an investigation would be conducted as soon as possible.
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my two takeaways: first, you should buy a shortwave radio. The one I’m using now I got with reward points from doing legal research on Lexis, but a reasonable-quality shortwave radio will run you about $30 and has good value for money. second, I hope my profferings about the similarities between successful shortwave radio listening and a deep, fulfilling prayer life may prove useful to you in these weeks to come.
I am an avid fan of shortwave radio. It was my Gram and Grandpa who got me into the hobby. For years, they’ve had this big schaub-Lorenz radio from the 1960’s at their house. The radio is so old that it lists frequencies in kilocycles (kc) and megacycles (mc) because the hertz as a unit of frequency hadn’t been invented yet, but it works perfectly to this day in spite of the fact. That radio had four frequency bands: the standard Am and Fm that any radio has (except Am was labeled “mW” for “medium-wave”), plus “sW 1” and “sW 2”. We grandkids knew the radio had these extra buttons, but neither we nor Gram nor Grandpa knew what they did, and whenever we pressed the button out of curios ity, all we heard was static, so we all kind of as sumed that was the end of the matter. how wrong we all were. one rainy day when I was a sophomore in high school, I decided to fiddle with the radio once again and figure out the mysteries of “sW 1” and “sW 2”. Imagine my surprise when, after turning the tuning knob a bit, I start hearing a ticking noise. no, not that ticking noise, Potter Puppet Pals fans. After a few seconds, the source of the ticking ex plained itself: “At the tone, 22 hours, 35 minutes, coordinated Universal Time.” Then a beep, then more ticking. I had found my first short wave radio station, WW v from Fort collins, colorado. The idea of being able to pick up a radio transmission from the other side of the continent was mind-baffling, but my ears (and Google) did not deceive me.
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don’t try. For instance, south Korea regularly transmits broadcasts targeted to north Korea. however, north Korea responds in kind both by broadcasting propaganda toward the south and by “jamming” south Korea’s broadcasts, which works as well as a kid plugging his ears and saying “la la la la la!” when someone is saying something the kid doesn’t want to hear (that is, not well at all).
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When a test question is not clear to me, I think about how the teacher did not teach it well enough. or even when I play a video game with my friends, a bad performance immediately falls on the random player I was given. The biggest problem with this mindset is that you cannot grow if you live by it.
With so many variables leading to this tragic result, Jocko had to come up with an explanation for what happened. The Iraqi soldiers should have never been there. his men should have positively identified them as the enemy before engaging. movement of the sniper unit should have been better communicated across the board.
but what does any of this have to do with prayer? dear reader, I have three analogies (pardon the pun) which I’ve lately found help ful in my prayer life, and they’re all things that prayer has in common with shortwave radio. First, prayer, like listening to a shortwave radio, requires patience. If you’re not prepared to take a steady hand to the analog dial, you’ll miss sta tions you could’ve hit if you’d simply taken your time. so too with God’s voice in our lives — if we don’t take the time to listen to him, it’s not his fault if we aren’t hearing him. second, short wave radio signals tend to warble a bit, but if you’ve tuned the station to the right frequency, this is no cause to adjust the dial. st. Ignatius tells us “in times of desolation, never make a change” — the mere fact that we’re having trouble hearing God’s voice in our lives at any given point does not mean that we are necessar ily doing something wrong. Third and finally, on the shortwave band, if you’re paying enough attention, you’ll hear things you couldn’t pos sibly have expected. how much more true this is of our heavenly Father.
“If Anything Happens I Love You”
beginning of their relationship: As they “with held clouds,” they just kept driving.
Additionally, “ m atilda” largely struck a chord with queer audiences who felt seen and comfort ed with the ending “You could start a family who will always show you love.”
moments in life that feel unsubstantial.
Also, if this film has taught me anything, it’s that life is too dang short. c all your parents, your caregivers, siblings or anyone that cares for you. Just tell them “If Anything h appens I Love You.”
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This is what watching “If Anything h appens I Love You” is like. It’s like a punch to the gut.
d id I also mention that not a single word is spo ken in this film as well? The movie relies entirely on the expressions of the characters to display their grief, sadness, anger, confusion and overall vulnerability.
Instead, we are shown the tense interactions the parents have with each other after losing their daughter. They are awkward, distant and un willing to be around one another, ultimately un able to connect due to overwhelming feelings of grief. It’s heart-wrenching to watch, as the audi ence knows both parents are hurting but have no idea how to support each other or process what happened.Thefilm’s art style is initially simplistic but for good reason. The movie’s black-and-white animation might seem like it came straight from a storyboard, but the art style helps por tray how the parents are feeling in their time of vulnerability. It is not until the m om finds a piece of her daughters’ clothing that this film truly begins to shine. h ere, the film bursts into faded watercolor to portray the ghosts of the past: their daughter’s life from family road trips to her first kiss. As the parents bond over the happy memories they made with her, they are fi nally able to support each other in their devastat ing moment of grief.
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b ut then, there’s the 10-second countdown to h arry s tyles’ “As It Was,” music video. Personally, I know at least 10 people who were eagerly await ing its arrival. s tyles’ new album “ h arry’s h ouse,” was not just an elevation of his personal musical journey, but a landmark in the unique soft rockpop
In a way, I think this contrast showcases how h arry has stopped taking life too seriously. h owever, he’s clearly demonstrating growth from his previous Playboy celebrity persona to a more mature and sensitive artist. Particularly, his ref erence to being over “whites and pinks” — the signature color for v ictoria’s s ecret — shows that he’s done dating models.
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Dirctors: Michael Govier, Will McCormack
Starring: Lindsay Marcus
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In “Little Freak”, h arry sings about the initial stages of the relationship where you don’t know a person well yet but are still intrigued by them. The song was beautifully written in a third-person perspective with lyrics like “tracksuit and a pony tail you hide the body all that yoga gave you” and “you never saw my birthmark.” The lyrics show how often people fail to see beyond the initial im pressions of their romantic partners and end up jumping feet-first into a relationship. These mis conceptions often result in broken hearts, and as
With all of this media attention, he’s become in creasingly aware of his fanbase. In “As It Was,” he playfully suggests that he “leave America” since his fans would like him to tour in places other than n orth America. (I stand firmly against this.) r egardless, it’s understandable he would miss his home in e ngland. “Love o f m y Life” is allegedly about the homesickness he experienced while touring around the world, ultimately reminding us that this is “ h arry’s h ouse” — and we’re just living in it.
Artist: Harry Styles
In this short film by m ichael Govier and Will m c c ormack, we see two parents grieving the loss of their daughter in a school shooting. With a run time of only 12 minutes, it does an amaz ing job of displaying the grieving process after a traumatic event. For a film about such a sensitive subject, there is actually no violence shown in the whole film. The closest instances of violence are the sounds of gunshots and police sirens.
This short film does not hold back in delivering its gut-punches. There is no “true” happy ending. n o deus ex machina that brings their daughter back to life. Just like real life, the parents must go on. They may not fully recover from what hap pened. (I mean, could anyone?)
The former boyband member has managed to grow up. Through the exploration of his personal struggles, s tyles has managed to make his house into a home. d espite this being his third solo al bum, he has managed to not lose his audience’s attention. We know he is going to continue outdo ing himself with every album and surprising us with bops!
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h arry suggests, “broken ankles.”
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sudden or expected, the death of a loved one is something we can never pre pare for. Grief is not easy. Imagine you stum ble across an old item — a beloved sweatshirt, a collar with a bell on it or a trinket in the back of a cabinet. You start to remember all the good memories associated with them — your uncle’s laugh, the hours spent playing with the fam ily cat, your grandma’s tendency to collect Jesus figurines. For a second, you run through every memory associated with this person, from the minute detail of your first meeting with each oth er until … you remember why you are remember ing them in the first place. They’re gone.
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n ow, he’s writing about his speculated girl friend, American actress and filmmaker o livia Wilde. In “ c inema,” he mentioned that he brings “pop to the cinema,” referring to their upcom ing movie project “ d on’t Worry d arling.” The h ollywood references continue in “Keep d riving” with references to a “black and white film cam era.” Additionally, “Keep d riving” digs deeper into privacy problems the couple faced at the
This is contrasted with “ m atilda,” an acoustic pop song including soft guitar. h ere, h arry is re flective, trying to work through ideas from previ ously strained relationships and generate feelings of acceptance. The title reminds me of the book “ m atilda” where the protagonist was rejected by her family for being magical but her teacher, m iss h oney, eventually believes and accepts her.
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Thegenre.album emits whimsical vibes, accentu ated by effortlessly picked guitar and rhyth mic beats that set the tone and enrich the rock aspect of the genre. Throughout the al bum, he transitions from puppy love to a deeper and more vulnerable romance. This dy namic is clear through two of the album’s tracks “Little Freak” and “ m atilda.”
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Favorite tracks: “Keep Driving,” “Grapejuice,” “Cinema”
Label: Columbia Records
The film’s whole message is about unex pected tragedy and how we react to it. s o while it’s good to mourn, it’s never good to do it by yourself, especially when there are others who might be going through the same thing. n ever shut people out, whether they are lending out a helping hand or not, because you both may need each other at the end of the day.
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Favorite tracks: “Thank God,” and “Whiskey Sour”
DIFFERENT MAN,
It was then that Princess e lizabeth became the
Fans of the pair have been eagerly awaiting a collaboration for years. In an interview with People m agazine, b rown said that his wife is his “secret weapon”, and they were waiting for the right song to come along. It seemed he was right about the secret weapon part. “Thank God” has remained the #1 song on the iTunes charts since its release on s ept. 9. A large part of that is the
gence from his typical style. m y favorite track would have to be “Whiskey s our” because of the beautifully melancholic mood of the song, which seems to transcend the partially frivolous nature of some of the other songs in the album.
Take Johnnie b oden, an e nglish designer who ships overseas to America and the owner of the place where I got a rugby dress with a b ritish flag on the collar. The website mentions royal fig ures who have worn pieces from him. It is also overwhelmingly seen that clothes the royal fam ily wears will almost instantly sell out. Queen e lizabeth reflects the everyday connections in theTheworld.love for this woman is apparent in the public fascination with her life. e ven the Welsh c orgis show how her life touched the world in a number of ways.
The impact of Queen e lizabeth extends to her role in e ngland, other countries and charities. There is also the cultural significance of her life. The television show “The c rown” follows the life of Queen e lizabeth II with some apparent dramatization.outsideofthe show, there is a discussion re garding Queen e lizabeth as a style icon. m ost have reached the conclusion that she was a style icon through her use of bright colors. Additionally, she would wear one color every day from head to toe. s he shows there is a connection between the roy al family and style.
Queen e lizabeth, even after having met with several politicians, never shared her own politi cal stances aside from two comments interpreted to be about b rexit. This stance is in accordance with the rule that royals must be apolitical. Queen e lizabeth encouraged civility and respect in the first speech. In the second speech, she re affirmed the idea of respecting someone who is different from you.
Queen e lizabeth was more than just a figure of stability. s he was involved in hundreds of b ritish charities and helped raise 1.4 billion pounds. s he was the patron of 510 charities including c ancer r esearch UK and the b ritish r ed c ross. The Queen promoted a culture of supporting charities
with time and money.
Queen e lizabeth was the person who in spired her country of e ngland and stood as a figure of stability for 70 years. h er father was King George v ’s second son and became King when his brother abdicated the title to marry an American divorcee. It was then that Queen e lizabeth II became the next in line for the throne. o n the b uckingham Palace balcony, she greeted them with her royal wave. d uring World War II, she was the one who delivered a publicQueenaddress.elizabeth II showed a commitment to her country throughout her life even as her family life changed drastically overnight. h er life changed forever when her father passed away in his sleep at the age of 56. Queen e lizabeth II was with her husband Philip, who was formerly the Prince of Greece before he relinquished his title.
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wife, Katelyn Jae b rown. Jae b rown released two songs in 2016 and has been absent from the per formance scene ever since, opting to pursue a degree from b erklee c ollege of m usic instead, graduating in 2019. The couple met in 2015 at one of b rown’s first shows and were married in 2018. s ince then, they have welcomed two daughters into their family.
Contact Ashley Hedge at ahedge@nd.edu
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d ickens, Austen, ownton Abbey, Queen lizabeth II: all of them filled the walls of my Irish-Italian household. What was it that made Queen e lizabeth so important to us? What made her the one who led me to be named r ose e lizabeth Androwich and my younger sister to al most be named e lizabeth instead of e mily?
Contact Rose at randrowich01@saintmarys.edu
IN MEMORY OF QUEEN ELIZABETH
Artist: Kane Brown
deviate from his usual style in either direction — one toward a resolute pop/rap and another to ward a more old-fashioned country feel with rock influence. h is song “Grand” is by far the most rap of any song he has released, going beyond his classic pop influence. Personally, I think the shift works for b rown. While the change would be too radical for other country artists, the song has been largely successful with his audience be cause of his pre-established place in pop music.
woman we know today as Queen e lizabeth II, the longest reigning monarch. h er address to the na tion showed how she wanted to be a person that the people of e ngland trusted in. As a monarch of 70 years, her importance to e ngland makes her loss even more difficult.
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After her death, e ngland entered a mourning period that would last ten days. e lizabeth II’s reign relates to American politics due to the con siderable amount of presidents she met. From Truman to b iden, she met with 13 successive Presidents. When she met Truman, she was still Princess e lizabeth, as she was crowned Queen a few months later.
“Different Man”
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That being said, I also found b rown’s more tra ditional country tracks — especially with the added subtle upbeat rock influence — to work ex ceptionally well on the album. h is tracks “ b ury m e in Georgia” and “ r iot” are energetic and in vigorating. They parallel some of the great hits of
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): keep your plans a secret until you are ready to put them into play. Approach someone who can offer a different perspective on something that interests you. you may want a change, but don’t take an emotional, physical or financial risk.
ARIES (March 21-April 19): Socialize, and an exciting proposal or information you can utilize to get ahead will develop. follow through with the promises you make. your words count only if they turn into something tangible. A lastminute change will ward off a risk.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Say what’s on your mind, reveal how you feel, and discover where you stand and what you can expect from others. l isten attentively, ask questions and verify information. Diligence, discipline and unique skills will lead to success and opportunities.
Birthday Baby: you are sensitive, unique and inventive. you are helpful and entertaining.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Trust and believe in yourself, and everything else will fall into place. l ook at the possibilities, use your creative imagination and find new ways to use your skills to accommodate what you want to unfold. Nurture relationships and avoid discord.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Put your energy where it can do some good. Anger won’t solve anything or help you win favors or respect. Compromise, make positive suggestions and create a picture with words that will help others visualize what you want to pursue.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Express your concerns and make suggestions. A passionate plea will have an impact on the way others treat you. Don’t waste money on entertainment when investing in yourself or your home will lower your stress and add to your comfort.
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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Oversee what others do, and compensate for any mistake or lack of finesse that might cost you from achieving your objective. Don’t put emotional pressure on yourself or others, but prepare to pick up the slack to ensure you get the desired results.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): l ook for a financial opportunity. Cutting back where you can and investing more time, effort and cash into something that interests you will improve your life. Altering how you choose to live is favored and will impact your overhead.
CANCER (June 21-July 22): use your insight, dedication and originality to help you develop a plan that will outmaneuver any competition you encounter. Play it safe and leave nothing to chance. Put your plan in place and follow through. Self-improvements are favored.
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SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): reflect, then alter how you live and do things to suit your current needs. Don’t bend to someone trying to push you in a direction that suits them instead of you. Steer clear of busy venues that pose health risks.
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If Texas was the team that benefited second most from the model’s new projections system, then Usc is without question the primary benefactor.
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No. 3 ohio State at Wisconsin ohio state seems to be fitting a bit of a trend for this week’s picks. They are certainly a good team. The question is more “how good are they actually?” ohio state has not played anyone of conse quence so far (and I include notre dame in that statement, ZeLo ranks them 72nd.)
This should be a good game (in the eyes of ZeLo), with the Longhorns being the favorite to win (56%).
The Trojans have been an of fensive juggernaut this season, and ZeLo has them ranked as the 10th-best offense in the nation. That mark is likely held back by the model’s pre-season projec tions, which has the Trojans as an above .500 team (though one that had a chance at a solid bowl game).ZeLo is now singing a different tune, with the Trojans ranked as the second-highest team in the conference (only Utah is higher at 10th).
Week 3 CFB takeaways
t here’s nowhere else you can get closer to athletes carlos Alcaraz, rafael nadal, serena Williams. one day in cincinnati gave me and my family the opportunity to see all of these top-ranked players, along with dozens more. We went on one of
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Alcaraz won the U.s open in new York and subsequently became the youngest men’s tennis player to reach no. 1 in the world. That name was especially familiar to me. At only 19 years old, Alcaraz has become quite popular among young tennis players. I texted my brother, “didn’t we see him prac tice?” The answer was yes, we did.
players of more than 100 nation alities. And while you most likely know of the four grand slams in melbourne, Paris, London and new York, the tours are hosted in countries and cities all over the world, giving its global fan base a chance to see their favorites anywhere.Talktoa tennis fan in the U.s., and I would bet there’s a good chance their favorite tennis pro isn’t American. but even though they’re from a different country, they can most likely see them play in person in several cities across the U.s., from miami to d c
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Whether you want to check eating strawberries and cream at Wimbledon off your bucket list or need something to do in cincinnati for a day, try a tennis tournament. Go to watch tennis, hang out with friends, drink, eat — whatever! I promise it’ll be a grand slam.
I had gone to the Western & southern nine years ago and hadn’t been back since this August, but it had me thinking: Professional ten nis is the best sports experience for fans out of any sport out there. don’t believe me? here’s why.
As a disclaimer, I have played tennis my whole life, and it’s sort of a family sport, so I am a bit bi ased when it comes to rating how enjoyable tennis is to watch. but, there’s nothing tennis fans care about more than seeing good ten nis, and it’s easy to get sucked in.
moreover, while Wisconsin may not be a ranked team, they are not a poor team. ZeLo has the badgers with the nation’s number one defense, and their narrow loss to Washington state is their only blemish on the year. <br>With ohio state heading on the road for the first time this season against a confer ence opponent who should give the buckeyes a hard time on of fense. It will be time to see how good the buckeyes are.
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App s tate has officially made a habit of playing in the most thrilling game of the week. They began their season by scoring 40 points in the fourth quarter against n orth c arolina, yet somehow still lost after<br>failing to convert a pair of twopoint conversion tries in the game’s final minutes. Last week, they traveled to c ollege s tation and returned with the season’s biggest up set to date — a 17-14 win over n o. 6 Texas A& m dur ing which they shockingly held the Aggies to under 200
yards of total offense.
would stand until another Trojan touchdown with just over 10 minutes remaining.
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The Trojans are also the oddson favorite to make the confer ence championship. Just because ZeLo likes Usc does not mean that it thinks they are a lock against oregon state. however, thanks to be ing the road team, ZeLo has the Trojans as just a slight favorite (51.3%).In all fairness, the dis tinction is that Usc is the road team. If the beavers were on the road, it would be a somewhat dif ferent story.
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Less than a month earlier, I had gone to the Western & southern open, a hard court tour nament in cincinnati just before the start of the U.s open. It’s less well known than the grand slam, but all of the major players — both on the men’s and women’s sides — go there every year without fail. It was at this tournament my family and I saw Alcaraz practic ing on a court with just three rows of bleachers set up on either side. (There are high schools with more seating room than that.)
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With the third week of college football, ZeLo now boasts a re cord of 190-58 (76.6%). however, this weekend, the model went 54-18 (75%), so it was a slight dip from the prior weekends. I upped the in-season adjustments this week, so now the model is even more responsive to the Uscs and Texas’ of the world. hopefully, that will help to improve the model’s performance this week end. now, onto the picks!
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I think clemson is a bit of a paper tiger — mascot pun fully intended — and at least one of their next two opponents should unmask them. The Tigers’ offen sive production has been lacklus ter, with ZeLo ranking them 27th offensively (defensively, they rank fifth).clemson has a 62.9% chance of victory against Wake, which is pretty good, considering clemson is the road team. I think that number is a shade too high, and it would not surprise me if this is a closer contest than ZeLo expects and if the Tigers were to lose straight up.
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And, you have the freedom to choose who you watch. For in stance, in the early days of big ger tournaments, you buy your grounds ticket with an assigned seat in the center court stadium. however, you have free reign to any of the practice courts and oth er matches for the entire day. It’s almost too much freedom as you have to decide which players you want to see the most.
Like michigan, clemson has not played anyone of note, so they look like a reasonably dominant team to ZeLo. Unlike michigan, however, clemson has looked fairly unimpressive, with the Tigers blowing out Georgia Tech after a slow start, a weak showing against Furman and an (okay) win against Louisiana Tech. clemson enters conference play this week, and they start with no. 21 Wake Forest and then no. 12 nc state the week after. In other words, much like michigan, it is time to find out what precisely the Tigers are made of.
As a michigan fan (ducks to avoid rotten tomato), I have been following the Wolverines’ season closely. michigan started the year strong, with a record of 3-0 and an average margin of victory of 49.6. nevertheless, any team should do reasonably well against a sched ule of colorado state, hawaii and Uconn. I did a little experiment to see how well most teams would do against that schedule. of ev ery single team in college foot ball, 117 would be favored against csU, 130 against hawaii and 125 against Uconn.In other words, michigan has not played anyone of consequence. so that is why I picked this game. ZeLo currently has michigan with a 75.3% chance of victory. If michigan is as good as ZeLo thinks, they should get a solid win. If not, maryland might ex pose the Wolverines
Why tennis is the best fan experience in sports
No. 22 texas at texas tech Texas is arguably one of the big gest benefactors of my projectionlive stats updates. originally the model was not at all impressed with the Longhorns, having them as a middle-of-the-road team in the big 12. suddenly, Texas is one of its stars, and now Texas is projected as a top-2 or top-3 big 12 squad. Their in-state opponent, Texas Tech, is by no means a bad team. Tech ranks just outside the top 50, with Texas ranking 38th overall.
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App State wins another thriller
When it was announced that c ollege Gameday would be coming to b oone on s aturday for the m ountaineers’ game against Troy, App s tate fi nally seemed in position for a well-deserved, stress-free win in front of a<br>raucous home crowd and national audience. Instead, they put their fans’ nerves to the test once again with the unlikeli est of finishes in the midst of a season that has been full of them. The teams went back and forth throughout, with the lead changing hands in each quarter. Troy led 2114 at the half, but App s tate scored 10 unanswered points in the third quarter to take a three-point advantage that
No. 5 Clemson at No. 21 Wake Forest
With Troy leading by four and the clock ticking down, the m ountaineers went on a methodical 17-play drive that lasted nearly nine min utes. App s tate had first and goal from the five-yard line, but the Troy defense stood tall, getting four straight stops to force a turnover on downs and regain the ball with just<br>over a min ute left. After three run plays set up a fourth-andtwo situation, Troy made the interesting situation to intentionally take a safety, giving App s tate possession at around midfield with just
And with the four major tourna ments spread out from January to september, there’s never a shortage of high-level tennis to watch.
the qualifying days, where players are competing to make it into the main draw of the tournament. This means the top players are probably not playing actual matches, but that’s even better. Instead of hav ing an assigned seat in a large sta dium court setting, you can stake out your favorite players on the practice schedule and attend their 30-minute to two-hour practice sessions.Andmost will stay after practice to sign hats and tennis balls for all the fans who stuck around for the entire practice session. When I went to the tournament in 2013, novak djokovic stayed for nearly an hour interacting with fans along every inch of the fence.
What other sport has profes sional practices open to everyone in the venue? The athletes even just walk on their own to the courts, meaning the player casually walk ing next to you could be no. 1 in the world or someone’s hitting partner. You never know.
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Belles unable to obtain first season win
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There would be two shots on goal for the b elles, by sophomore mid fielder g race b arresi and sophomore forward m ary Kaczynski, before f ranklin would have a chance.
i n the first half alone, there would be ten s aint m ary’s shots to f ranklin’s one. a nd, by the end of the first half, the score was still tiedQuickly0-0. into the sec ond half, however, g rizzly Jaiden b aker found the back of the net, and kickstarted the momentum needed for a f ranklin win. a gain in the second half, the b elles outshot the g rizzlies eight to seven. b ut, the shots do not matter unless they can make their way past the goalie and into the net and the b elles failed to execute on this front. f ranklin was able to add another goal to the score in the 65th minute.
With less than three minutes to go, f ranklin scored again, securing their 3-0 victory over the b oelles.nly two days later, on s ept. 15, the b elles were
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back at home facing Lake f orest. u nlike in their bat tle against the g rizzlies, the b elles did not hold the momentum in the first half against the b ears.
o nly two minutes lat er, freshman midfielder f elicity m atthews found the back of the net assisted by b Thearresi.belles were inspired by their last goal, and less than two minutes after their first, junior forward Kaitlyn d ay tied the score. h owever, there ultimately was not enough time for the b elles to score again, and they were left with another tie on their record.
The b elles look to turn their luck as they finish off a series of home games on Wednesday against a nderson. The two teams will face off with the match starting at 7 p.m.
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i honestly think that nd can win this game. They have the defense to slow down unc, and the lack luster offense might find new life against a unc defense that would be lucky to stop a pee-wee foot ball team. however, you are not here for my takes. You are here for ZeLo’s takes. and like i said way back in august when i first wrote about what the model predicted for nd, this game should be a struggle for the irish. in fact, because of the two teams’ respective perfor mances, unc is now the favorite to win the match. The Tar heels have a 60.3%-win probability and an ex cellent chance to beat the spread.
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The b elles, 0-4-3, are approaching the mid-way point of the season look ing for their first win of the year.despite the score against the g rizzlies, the b elles were able to hold the ball for a good portion of the first half.The first shot was only seven minutes into the game, by sophomore mid fielder i zzi Linus.
a lthough s aint m ary’s ultimately had the first couple shots, Lake f orest would answer back almost immediately. f or a majority of the first half, possession was switched frequently between the two teams. This was until Lake f orest’s a nna h offman scored off of an assist from c aitlin m ulcahy. n ow with a 1-0 lead, the b ears did not al low another shot from the b elles for the remainder of theThehalf.second half opened up with a shot from the b ears, and a save from sophomore goalkeeper Kara s tacey. s tacey totalled four saves in the first half, and two in the second. f or a ma jority of the second half, the b elles and the b ears went back and forth. i t wasn’t
until the 79th minute that another Lake f orest player Paityn Tabor scored. u nlike Thursday’s game, however, the b elles were not willing to let them keep their lead.
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While the b elles fought to at least earn a point, the clock ticked down.
That notre dame is a +2 un derdog despite opening up as a -1 favorite is surprising. as good as unc has looked on paper, the Tar heels boast wins against florida a&m, a shootout with appalachian state and a narrow win against georgia state. The Tar heels looked impressive in zero of those games, looking great offensively but atro cious defensively. i see the Tar heels as a bit of a paper dragon (or would it be paper ram
The s aint m ary’s soc cer team played two home matches over the weekend. a lthough they opened the weekend with a 3-0 loss to f ranklin, the b elles were able to salvage the weekend with a 2-2 tie to Lake f orest.
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The b elles have had mul tiple losses in the 4th and 5th sets recently, and van d e Walle says that in those mo ments she reminds the team that “We’re playing for the match, not just the set. p lay hard, play swing, don’t play safe...they don’t have that confidence yet and it’s because i ’m playing a lot of young, or new, people. They’re all talented, but they
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unable to keep up the scor ing streak and lost the first set 25-21.
preseason. They passed with flying colors, nearly scor ing 50 points for the third straight game in a 48-30 win that was never really in doubt. Kansas quarter back Jalon d aniels has been a dual-threat star, compil ing 10 total touchdowns and over 800 total yards through three games. The Jayhawks have coupled his play with a dynamic rushing attack, having run for over 250 yards per game and boasting four players that have already eclipsed the century mark in rushing yards. With tough but winnable games against d uke, i owa s tate, and T cu next on the docket, Kansas has a legitimate chance to enter a huge game against n o. 6 o klahoma with a 6-0 record.regardless of whether they do, though, Kansas looks like a team likely to still be play ing come bowl season for the first time in well over a decade.
big wins in the pacific Northwest i n the months since usc and uc L a announced their plans to make the jump to the b ig 10 in 2024, much has been made about the future of the p ac-12 without two of their most high-profile pro grams. s pecial attention has been paid to o regon and Washington, schools with historically successful foot ball and all-around athletic programs, and whether they would follow their c alifornia
b Y u was unable to match that feat, as they were thrashed by the d ucks on s aturday. o regon took a 38-7 lead in the third quarter be fore coasting to a 41-20 vic tory behind another great
m ary’s b elles hosted their second home game of the season this week, facing the Kalamazoo h ornets in a tough match on Tuesday evening. p rior to the start of the game, the la dies on both teams put green ribbons in their hair and laces in support of m ental h ealth awareness on college campuses.Thefirstset saw Kalamazoo get an early lead with an ag gressive offense, racking up 11 points in the first few min utes to the b elle’s four. The set continued with a stress ful back-and-forth, with s aint m ary’s gaining posses sion of the ball but being un able to keep it for more than one or two serves. f aults on the h ornets’ offense, how ever, opened the window for smc to close the gap with a few kills from junior out side hitter c olleen m c c arthy and bring the score to 17-15 Kalamazoo. The b elles were
s hay Theile serving a fivepoint streak. Theile just got back on the court after a 2 week leave due to a concus sion. smc won the third set 19-25.The fourth set brought on a stressful energy for both teams, keeping them on their toes and never allowing for more than a three-point lead for either of them. The h ornets emerged victorious after a 29-27 win. The fifth set brought on a similar play, with the beginning a close match, eventually leading to a Kalamazoo win 15-10.
f or van d e Walle, the team’s weakness is in their experience and newness to the team. “Their team chem istry is outstanding. They re ally love each other, they’re a close-knit team, which should translate into being able to hold each other ac countable… [but] they don’t, they’re still afraid to say the wrong thing.”
consistently compete for b ig 12 supremacy with the likes of o klahoma, b aylor and o klahoma s tate and battle for playoff berths. i nstead, m issouri won, and Kansas fell into an immediate tail spin that resulted in them becoming one of the worst programs in college football in the years since.
have experience at the col lege level, and it’s different than high school and club. e ven coming from a highlevel club, this is still way different because the players they’re playing against could be anywhere from 18 to 23.”
Jayhawk head coach Lance Leipold was hired away from b uffalo before the 2021 sea son, and while the team fin ished 2-10 in his first year, there were early signs of a shift in the program, such as an overtime victory against Texas and a tight loss against then- n o. 3 o klahoma.
a fter a respectable 2008 season, Kansas entered 2022 having won more than three games in a year just once while posting a dismal 8-106 conference record over the last 13 years. That is why it is so surprising to see Kansas off to one of the hottest starts of any team in the country.
“ i t’s what we do in the matches that’s hurting us,” said h ead c oach d enise van d e Walle after the game. “o ur practice and skill level is pretty solid, but right now i think being as young as we are we don’t have the expe rience in how to close out a match.”Thecurrent team is made up of 8 underclassmen, 6 be ing freshmen. van d e Walle added, “o ur first years are very good, they just don’t
showing from n ix and the offense. m any likely count ed the d ucks out after week one, but they suddenly look the part of a team capable of contending for a p ac-12 title. The same can be said for Washington, who improved to 3-0 with a surprising 3928 upset win over n o.11 m ichigan s Quarterbacktate.m ichael p enix Jr., in his first year with the h uskies after three years as the starter for i ndiana, has emerged as an early h eisman contender, and he showed why against the s partans. p enix threw for 397 yards and four touchdowns, and a Washington team that did not receive much atten tion during the preseason is now ranked n o. 18 and play ing as well as anyone in the conference.afterthep ac-12 decided to eschew divisions this season in favor of sending the two teams with the best confer ence records to the cham pionship game, a usc u tah matchup looked like the most<br>probable outcome. While those could indeed be the teams squaring off for the title, it should come as no surprise if o regon and Washington find them selves in the mix come the final weeks of the season.
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don’t have the experience to know how to close out a win. We don’t know how to finish yet.”as for today’s loss, she’s disappointed by the result. “ i n my opinion, looking at them, they were scared. i nstead of playing to win, they were thinking ‘ o h my gosh, we might lose’, so they played safe. We needed to be ultra-competitive during that, and we played safe, and lost.”atthe end, she adds, “ o ur future is good, but what we’ve gotta do right now is just continue to play and not lose confidence, and that’s hard to do when you’re getting beat… the more you lose, it’s hard to rebound until you get that win. You have to taste a win somewhere along the line.”The b elles host their next game at home against c alvin this s aturday, s eptember 24th.
That momentum has car ried into this season, where Kansas has ridden a highpowered offense to a 3-0 start. a fter a season-opening 56-10 win over Tennessee Tech — the type of game that recent Kansas teams would often narrowly escape from or even lose — the Jayhawks went on the road and defeat ed conference opponent West v irginia 55-42 in overtime. This week, they had their toughest test yet, traveling to face a h ouston squad tabbed as a top-25 team during the
a fter a dismal o regon de but following his transfer from a uburn, quarterback b o n ix got back on track against e astern Washington, throw ing for five touchdowns in a 70-14 win. That vaulted o regon back into the nation al rankings at n o. 25 just in time for a big matchup with n o. 12 b Y u, a team that had just knocked off a highly ranked opponent in b aylor.
15 seconds remaining. Three incompletions from quarterback c hase b rice later and the m ountaineers were down to their fi nal play. o n fourth down, b rice escaped the pocket and threw a h ail m ary that was deflected before being caught by receiver c hristian h orn at the seven-yard line. h orn scrambled around the edge of a swarm of Trojan defenders (aided by a crucial block from m ountaineers re ceiver Kaedin r obinson) and into the endzone, handing a pp s tate a 32-28 win. The m ountaineers will be back at home next week to face a strong James m adison team in a game that, if their cur rent trend is to be trusted, should be the greatest col lege football game of all time.
brethren to the b ig 10 or re main in a watered-down p ac-12. a ll of that is still up in the air (though recent re ports indicate that the b ig 10 is not currently interested in further expansion), but neither team let the chatter distract them as they picked up important victories this weekend. o regon entered the season surrounded by excitement and optimism as a borderline top-10 team under new head coach d an Lanning. That positivity dis appeared very quickly after the d ucks were obliterated by g eorgia in their season opener by a score of 49-3. With time comes perspec tive, though, and the loss has begun to look like less an indictment of o regon and more the result that every team unfortunate enough to face an unstoppable g eorgia team will suffer.
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s aint m ary’s turned the tables on the h ornets during the second set of the match though, scoring the first few points and quickly get ting into a steady lead after Kalamazoo scored on them. The b elles kept that lead for the majority of the game, with two scoring streaks in the set while freshman hitter m ia s hields served the ball. They were able to create a large gap in points, leading by eight at multiple times in the set. The set ended 15-25 for an smc win.
Kansas is for real o n n ovember 24, 2007, Kansas played their regu lar-season finale against m issouri. The Jayhawks, ranked n o. 2 nationally and holding an 11-0 record, need ed a win to clinch a spot in the b ig 12 c hampionship, where another victory would put them into the national title game. i t is interesting to think about what could have been: a national champion ship might have turned the Jayhawks into a football pow erhouse, a team that could
The third set gave the b elles their second set win of the night, with another 1321 lead against the h ornets. s ophomore outside hitter c ali a llen scored five points for the team with kills in the third set, assisted by s hields (two kills) and m c c arthy (three kills). s aint m ary’s was able to pass Kalamazoo’s early lead with sophomore middle hitter
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heesaid.ven from a young age soccer has always been nyenka’s pas sion. As child, nyenka played soccer year-round, mostly ca sually with friends and fam ily.upon arriving at Park center senior high school, nyenka tried out for his high school soc cer team as a sophomore and made the varsity team.
“Ifmost.I’mstarting, I’m helping the team, if I’m not starting then the person trained better than me that weekend, so that person is the better person for the team,” he said. “I know me playing is going to help the team win so I work hard to be in the starting lineup.”despite the team starting 2-2, nyenka feels that the team is poised to perform better in conference play (where they are 1-1-1) mainly because the team is connected, like a family.
That being said, here are my takeaways from the offense’s performance against c al.
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In the A cc , the Irish are ranked last in kills per set, and 13th in opponent’s kills per set.
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m oving forward that can’t happen. Pyne has to be able to get m ayer the ball and do it accurately. They can’t just forget to target him for two and a half quarters af ter it doesn’t work a couple ofmtimes.ichael m ayer is a gamechanging talent at tight end and he needs to be a focal point of the offense every single game.
“Get to know the person first before soccer so you guys are able to bond,” he said. “When you are on the field, you play harder you work harder for that person, because now that per son is like a brother to you.”
b eing able to score more efficiently will also take some pressure off their defense in games against high-scoring offenses like n orth c arolina and usc later in the year.
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s imply put, the Irish will need to find a way to gen erate more chunk plays on offense to increase their margin for error.
starting for the entirety of his career in high school was a trend that nyenka brought with him to holy cross. In the past two seasons, he has started in 23 games of a possible 23. In that time, nyenka has recorded 11 goals (the 10 he scored in the year prior led the team) and 8 assists.Though nyenka is a consis tent starter, that is not what mat ters
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field isn’t all on Pyne. The receiving core is limited for n otre d ame, both through injury and inexperience, and it’s clear that that posi tion group will need to find a way to improve quickly to give Pyne better options on theThisoutside.reality was reflected in Pyne’s top receivers on s aturday being two run ning backs.
Junior tight end m ichael m ayer is by far n otre d ame’s best offensive weapon. h e is a projected n FL first-round pick, and he’s slowly climbing to the top of a lot of n otre d ame’s tight end leaderboards. c oming into s aturday, it was expected that the All-American would be a safety blanket for Pyne. A reliable pass catcher in an offense sorely lacking a truly elite threat at wide receiver. Instead, m ayer had just two catches for 10 yards on just five tar gets. With b uchner under center, m ayer had nine targets against m arshall and eight against the b uckeyes.mayerhad four targets in the first quarter against c al and just one reception. In part, it was a product of Pyne’s poor play in the first half.That was most obvious on a crucial third down situa tion where m ayer got wide open in the middle of the field, but Pyne sailed the throw high and out of the 6’4” tight end’s reach forc ing a punt.
In the run game, they did a great job opening holes for Tyree and e stime, and allowed n otre d ame to control the tempo. In total, the two backs combined for 140 yards on 35 carries.
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gone on, especially the grad players and the core seven of us who have stayed, we’ve done a really good job of helping the freshman stay comfortable. As the weeks go on, it’s great to see their progress as they are trust ing us more and more and just everyone trusting each other.”TheIrish squad will need to be trusting in one an other as they look toward their packed schedule ahead of them. n otre d ame starts off their A cc run on Friday against Florida s tate. Though the s eminoles aren’t ranked, they have an 8-3-0Additionally,record. the A cc is not an easy conference for volleyball as three teams are ranked in the nc AA top 15: Louisville (2), Pittsburgh (10) and Georgia Tech (13).
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nyenka, a business major, stated he has ambitious plans after graduating from holy cross.“Ireally want to open a busi ness back in Liberia,” he said.
While the Irish are sure ly getting more comfort able with each other, they still need to perform well for anything to count.
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“We are more connected, be cause of coach omar, and our captains me and [senior Kamoy creary].This season’s emphasis has been off-the-field bonding, which was not as strong in years prior, according to nyenka.
c oming into s aturday’s game against c al, there’s no doubt that the offense was the biggest question mark surrounding n otre d ame football. They had only scored 31 points in the opening two games, and the season-ending injury to starting sophomore quar terback Tyler b uchner only added to the uncertainty.
Lack of verticality o n the surface, Pyne’s numbers are not bad, but they hint at a troubling lack of verticality from n otre d ame with Pyne under center. o n s aturday against c al, he averaged 8.8 yards per completion, a far cry from Jack c oan’s 12.5 YP c last year and even further from Pyne’s own 14.9 aver age in limited action last year.The location data on Pyne’s passes from s aturday tells a similar sto ry: 70% of his attempts were shorter than five yards in front of the line of scrim mage. n early half of Pyne’s pass attempts (11/23) on s aturday were screen pass es completed at or behind theAltogether,line. Pyne only at tempted three passes deep er than 15 yards with only one completion. This came after b uchner attempt ed 9 such passes against m arshall, completing three for 71 yards. Granted, this lack of aggression down the
h owever, they also showed a worrisome lack of explosiveness and the receiving core is still a big concern. It was encourag ing to see a willingness to adapt to what was working and ultimately, they were able to win the game. The onus falls on offensive co ordinator Tommy r ees to find ways for this offense to play to its strengths and hopefully continue to im prove across the board.
o n s aturday, the offensive line reminded us why we thought so highly of them coming into the year. After two shaky games where they struggled, there’s no question n otre d ame dom inated in the trenches this week. In fact, PFF graded sophomore offensive line men Joe Alt, graduate stu dent Jarrett Patterson and senior Zeke c orrell the top offensive players for n otre d ame last weekend.
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d espite giving up two sacks, they also did a great job in pass protection, of ten giving Pyne enough time to go through multiple reads. c oming into the sea son, high-level offensive line play and a tough run game was supposed to be
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attie m onson. I wouldn’t trade her for any libero in the coun try,” r ockwell said. “ s he’s a bright spot. In the gym, she’s a joy to be around. And she’s tough as nails. And that’s that combination. You don’t get that every day and it’s so fun to be able to push her; she wants to be pushed. s he wants to be better. And she challenges herself every day.”With Florida s tate on the horizon and the daunt ing task of playing n o. 13 Georgia Tech in the near fu ture, r ockwell and the Irish squad will be working hard to prepare for conference play.“one game at a time and one foot in front of the oth er,” r ockwell said.
It wasn’t pretty, but the bottom line is the offense did enough to win the game. After 0 first downs and just 28 yards on four posses sions in the first quarter, it was easy to start thinking the worse. b ut slowly, they turned it around. In the second quarter, they took advantage of good field po sition to score their first points of the game. After halftime, they looked even better, scoring on three straight drives after the break.outside of the fumbled snap in the second quarter, junior quarterback d rew Pyne didn’t make any egre gious mistakes in his first career start. h is final stat line was 17-23 (73.9%) for 150 passing yards and 2 touchdown. It’s a solid line.
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Junior middle blocker Lauren Tarnoff is cur rently ranked fourth in the A cc for hitting percent age, followed by graduate student middle blocker Kaylyn Winkler at 8th with .364.on the defensive side, m onson is ranked second in the A cc with 4.43 digs per set.“h
“I’m thinking more like on the sports side as well, creating a school for kids to come to school and play sports, but focus on ac ademics as well. The hope of that is to bring kids over to the united states to play in college so they can earn a college degree.”
“When you talk to other coaches, you can feel the differ ence when it is just about soccer and when it’s about the person,” nyenka said. “When I talked to coach, it was more about him seeing me as his son.”
The offense saw some sig nificant progress against c al. They ran the ball well with someone other than Tyler b uchner for the first time, and the offensive line stepped up in a big way.
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“When I first joined people thought I wasn’t going to make the team, I ended up starting,” hePlayingsaid. in minnesota, nyenka met a holy cross alum on a sunday league team and connected him to coach Gallo. once nyenka met Gallo on a recruiting trip in november, he knew where he wanted to play.
While the team stats are not as good as they would have hoped, there are mul tiple Irish players ranked with impressive stats.
the backbone of this team — on s aturday, they played like it.
s ophomore Audric e stime and junior c hris Tyree combined for eight receptions and 87 yards out of the backfield to lead the Irish.even so, it’s telling that the two biggest passing plays came when they were able to run past the line of scrimmage and receive the ball in space down the field.First, Tyree ran uncov ered out of the backfield where Pyne hit him for the 21-yard touchdown. Later, he hit e stime on an angle route out of the backfield where he beat the lineback er to catch a pass that he turned into a 36-yard gain after the catch.
The season has not been go ing the way the saints would have liked.“We have been a little frustrated,” she said. “We know how good of a team we are; that is not a question, the talent on the team … that’s not questionable.”Primackbelieves that the squad is capable of solid play and can make a turnaround on the season.
“The biggest key with that right
“I just love flying through the air … I love getting the rush of taking a girl 1-on-1, throwing myself in front of the ball and being able to guide my back line,” she said.
has been a goaltender almost her entire athletic career, realizing that she loved the position from her first game in net.
Sophomore goalkeeper Taylor Primack kicking a goal kick. Holy Cross tied their last match against St. Francis 0-0, Primack had six saves.
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might be nervous to start as a fresh man, Primack was ready.
now is just to let that go because we can’t change it,” she said. “It’s gone, we’re in conference play.”
With a 2-0 win against Governors state last saturday, a game in which Primack recorded a shutout, that turnaround might have just begun.
A major component in the shift of the team’s dynamic was the Irish finally mesh ing and becoming com fortable with one another. In addition to a brand new coaching staff, the Irish welcomed six freshmen onto the team, including outside hitter Avery r oss, as well as three graduate stu dent transfers. With the in flux of new members, there is always a transition time needed. h owever, with the new players, there were re turning ones willing to put in the work to guarantee a successful season.
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“I was born in Liberia. back home kids used to play soccer, just kicking it around, as soon as you can walk,”
For Primack, those players are hope solo and carli Lloyd, both of whom played on the 2015 Us Women’s World cup team.
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into this weekend to kind of continue to build on what we’ve already got.”
know, the big thing we talk ed about in our gym is mini mizing errors, and then just trying to maximize what we do well. And I think that’s probably our biggest area of growth is getting better at little things, eliminating some of those errors that maybe we were doing early on. We’re not seeing quite as much right now.”
The Irish have gotten cleaner in their game. In the first two games of the sea son, the Irish had 67 kills to their opponent’s 102. In the most recent two games, the margin is 89-77 in favor of the Irish.
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Primack attributes the difference in performance to a combination of things, injury being among them. nevertheless, she is not letting it stop her or her team.
LikeWritermost athletes, holy cross sophomore goaltender Taylor Primack has role models who in spired her to play her chosen sport.
Also boasting a win over Governors state is the hcc men’s junior forward Gabe nyenka. Unlike Primack, nyenka has been playing soccer from a young age.
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“ n ot to be cheesy but whether you win or not, you want to just play bet ter and better with ev ery match every weekend. And that’s what we did,” r ockwell said. “It was fun to see our upside get a little higher, and we know where we could be if we sustain a level of execution and play. s o we’re definitely gonna use that momentum going
Junior libero Hattie Monson serves the ball in the Notre Dame 3-2 win over Milwuakee. Monson leads the team with 177 digs on the season.
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Unlike most collegiate athletes, however, Primack waited un til the 4th grade to begin playing soccer competitively. The love of the game came almost instantly, with Primack going all in after the women’s team won the World cup in Primack2015.
Primack has maintained a good save percentage this season, allow ing 11 goals on 58 shots (81%), and has recorded three shutouts.
Primack recorded an strong first year in net. In her 16 starts, she faced 124 shots, allowing just 14 goals for a save percentage of 88.7%. she recorded eight total shutouts (a school record) and had a record of 8-4-2.The performance was good enough to get her onto the ccAc All-conference second Team.
Primack is just a sophomore, but she has been starting in net for both years for holy cross, recording 24 starts in 24 games. While some
“I kind of knew going into it that what it was going to be, but for me, it didn’t change anything,” she said. “I’m never going to sit here and be like, oh it’s good enough just be cause I am starting, just because I’mThoughplaying”there were some adjust ments to the college game (Primack says her biggest adjustment was the change in intensity and speed),
“I expect us to make the tourna ment, I fully do,” she said. “I think we are fully capable of it, I expect nothing less.”
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n otre d ame volley ball’s head coach s alima r ockwell came onto cam pus with a rocky start. The Irish opened up the sea son 0-2 against Texas Tech and m ississippi s tate be fore winning in the fifth set against m ilwaukee. The Irish then traveled to the Long b each s tate Tournament where they also went 0-2 on the week end. This would be the start of a nine-game road streak. s ince the Long b each s tate Tournament, however, the Irish have shifted their luck. The Irish went 1-4 for the first five games of the season, and 4-1 in the latter five.“I think at first it was a lot of experiments, we were just trying to figure out a good lineup,” r ockwell said. “What was going to work for us? What combina tion of players can execute best on the court? b ut, you
“It definitely had its ups and downs for sure, playing with all new people around you is definitely something you need to get used to and it definitely puts you back into your freshman state,” junior libero h attie m onson said. “As the weeks have