The event is el campito’s largest
“with patrick, that was a lot of strategizing for the year,” she said.
stitt, the vice president, was in chicago completing a finance in ternship, but she said she contrib uted to the summer work virtually.
lee said the 17 department di rectors each have five to fine goals for the year, which are outlined on the student government prog ress tracker. The website is set up
el campito’s curriculum is taught in both spanish and english, and it is “the only li censed, naeyc accredited bilin gual child development center in northern indiana,” according to their website.
Kelly recounted the story of how haines built a plane with her husband, attempting a flight across the atlantic and succeed ing. haines then opened a neigh borhood bookstore in baltimore, which “became a forum where people came and taught and shared ideas,” Kelly said.
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“we serve [primarily] latino families,” mitchell said. “it’s in our nature as a bilingual center low-income, sometimes nonenglish speaking families are our main base that we provide for.”
“This is where the Taco battle is so important,” pulaski stated. “it gives us the ability to improve the
haines appeared alongside amy mcauliffe ‘90, assistant di rector of the cia’s weapons and counterproliferation mission center, in a discussion titled “The u s intelligence community: assessing global Threats in service to country.”
annual fundraiser and helps the center support its families.
on Friday, director of national intelligence (dni) avril haines appeared at the debartolo performing arts center to discuss her career, the role of the intel ligence community and global threats to the united states.
Patrick Lee, Nicole Baumann and Sofie Stitt (from left) spent the summer strategizing for a successful school year. They serve as the student body president, chief of staff and vice president, respectively.
“years ago, there was a movie. liam neeson played a retired intelligence officer. when asked who he was, he said, ‘i have a par ticular set of skills, skills i’ve ac quired for a long career, skills that make people like me very scary for people like you.’ well, i don’t know how scary the director makes
“every morning, a car pulls down west executive drive at the white house. and this woman gets out and goes into the west wing and every day, she and her briefers go to the first customer, the most important customer of national intelligence in the world, the president, and present to him the daily presidential brief. and that is how the president starts his day because this is the person who holds the secrets, the night mares that you and i fear,” Kelly said.haines
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over the summer, patrick lee, sofie stitt, nicole baumann and the rest of notre dame student government were hard at work for the student body.
he recounted haines’s= bi ography, from being raised on the upper west side to moving to Japan to study judo at a dojo before studying physics at the university of chicago. haines also spent her teenage years caring for her mother, who died when she was 15 years old.
“The night event is great because it’s for the whole family. it’s not just … you come in, you eat, you leave … it’s a party,” mitchell said.
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El Campito to host taco battle Director of national intelligence visits campus
el campito child development center, a bilingual early childcare center in south bend, will host its third annual Taco battle fund raiser featuring local vendors on Tuesday.Theevent will be hosted at two united Federal credit union loca tions on ireland rd. south bend and main st. in mishawaka from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the evening, the event will be hosted at el campito in south bend from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. a $10 ticket gets tacos from lo cal vendors and the ability for at tendees to vote for their favorite. The flyer for the event states that the revenue will work to “promote the educational, social and eco nomic success of culturally diverse children and their families at el campito.”aleynamitchell, director of de velopment and community out reach for el campito, noted that the fundraiser will include much more than just tacos.
shelley pulaski, board mem ber and treasurer for el campito, stressed the financial impor tance of the fundraiser for the organization.“what’sso crucial about this fundraiser for el campito is it gives us unrestricted funds that we can spend on our institution,” pulaski said.The money raised in the Taco battle will be put towards a new hvac unit as well as other tech nological improvements for the almost 100-year-old facility.
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haines, who was appointed by president biden as the seventh dni and the first woman in that position, serves a key role in the administration.
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baumann, the chief of staff, said she came back to the university for the whole month of august to help lee with planning and orga nization for the coming school year after spending the first part of the summer in los angeles working with non-profit organizations.
The discussion was part of the notre dame international security center’s (ndisc) Jack Kelly and gail weiss lecture series. Kelly, a notre dame alum with 28 years of active and reserve duty as a u s army officer, intro duced haines.
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haines next began a career as a lawyer, going to georgetown law and ultimately becoming an attorney advisor at the state department. she was then ap pointed to national security positions in the obama adminis tration, including as deputy direc tor of the cia and deputy national security advisor.
began by discussing the intelligence community, inviting students to consider careers in the field.“as somebody who has been in different parts of [the intelligence community], it is truly one of the most extraordinary places to work and yet, it’s also one of the most challenging places to figure out,” she said. “i think as a student, as somebody who’s thinking about a career at some point, this gives us an opportunity to frankly talk to you a little bit about it, but also answer some of your questions. so my hope is as you think things through, you will do so.”
people, but she does have a special set of skills,” Kelly said.
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currently, the organization has finished 15 out of the 90 goals out lined, making them 16.5% of the way to completion.
a talk by Dr. Mary Healy Professor of Sacred Scripture, Sacred Heart Major Seminary Thursday, September 22 | 7:30 p.m. Driscoll Auditorium, Holy Cross College
safety after parietals was a mas sive change to notre dame student life that was implemented this fall after three years in the works. The
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For students who are not in volved in botero’s project, the Taco battle gives the tri-campus the opportunity to become involved in and gain a greater awareness of the south bend community.
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Lee, stitt and baumann all ex pressed excitement about the new progress tracker, saying it will help keep the cabinet on track.
final push was brought about by Lane obringer, director of gender relations, Title iX and women’s initiatives.Thenew rules state that if a stu dent feels unsafe in a dorm envi ronment past parietals, they can leave without fear of repercussions, baumann said.
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baumann, who described the tracker as a “holistic view,” also noted that the tracker and goals may change throughout the year.
country.Theleadership team also said they are working toward better communication in the coming year. They will start to implement better social media engagement and a podcast called “Pod, country, notre dame.”
haines and mcauliffe took ques tions from ndisc students, rang ing from the challenges of potential politicization of intelligence to ten sions with china and intelligence reform.one
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stitt said they encourage inter ested students, especially firstyears and transfers, to get involved in student Government by com ing to their weekly coffee chats and reaching out to department directors.Lee,echoing stitt’s sentiment, called for any interested students to bring them ideas.
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“in every scenario in which we are doing our job in association with issues that are at the center of politics and partisan debate, there is obviously the risk of getting caught out in the stands,” haines said. “What i have found is that the best antidote to it in a sense is truly to just be as focused as one can be on exactly what your job is and not paying attention to some of the cra ziness around it … Whether or not i’m worried that it’ll happen, i can’t let that affect the decisions that we make, right?”
what we’re going to do in response and whether or not there’s any op portunity to deter … and then they come back and they said, ‘Folks are really skeptical,’” haines said. “and so [the president] turned to us and said ‘You know, you got to start sharing, you have to help them un derstand what you’re seeing and why.’”haines discussed the role of in telligence and national security, particularly in formulating the an nual threat assessment.
next, haines discussed the im perative to coordinate across the intelligence agencies and integrate findings.Thirdly, haines discussed set ting priorities by managing the budget for the intelligence com munity. Finally, she said she works to facilitate strategic discussions about the direction of american intelligence.discussing the challenge of briefing officials and the press without allowing personal procliv ities to bias the intelligence, haines said that, in her experience as a lawyer in the state department, credibility was key. she said that was achieved by leaving con clusions about policy to those responsible.“ihadtostick to my brief right. in other words, you sort of provide the legal views without providing the policy. What i’ve learned in that position over the years was that
“i think one of the most interest ing things over the last few decades in my view is that we are expand ing the definition of what national security is in all kinds of ways. When you look, for example, at
haines discussed how the office of the director of national intelligence (odni) was born out of 9/11 and the government’s re sponse to the perceived heightened security risk. she summarized the office’s role in four priorities.
Firstly, serving as the principal intelligence advisor to the presi dent, as well as senior national se curity“Whatofficials.myorganization tries to do is really to pull together what the elements are doing and to facilitate their work so that we can get intel ligence before [the president] and key folks who are having to make decisions, right intelligence that they can use in a form that allows them to use it to make a decision at a moment when they need it,” haines said.
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“i remember being in the office with the boss, the president, and he said, ‘okay, you know, [national security adviser] Jake [sullivan], [secretary of state] Tony [blinken], you guys gotta get out there and start talking to our allies.’ because if this was gonna happen, we’ve got to actually figure out with them
Dr. Mary Healy is a professor of Sacred Scripture at Sacred Heart Major Seminary in Detroit and an international speaker on topics related to Scripture, evangelization, healing, and the spiritual life. She is a general editor of the Catholic Commentary on Sacred Scripture and author of two of its volumes, The Gospel of Mark and Hebrews.
which are really two of our highest values,” Lee said.
discussed the war in Ukraine, including handling skep ticism towards intelligence in the leadup to Putin’s invasion.
classroom outside, not just on the campus of notre dame but also in the greater south bend area,” botero said.
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[building] quality for the children … to [install] air purifiers, better Wi-Fi, all the electronics that are needed in this day and age.”
question concerned the odni’s ongoing review of docu ments seized at former president donald Trump’s mar-a-Lago re sort and whether the office might
many of the completed projects were oriented toward new student engagement, such as “Football 101” for international students and “Flick on the Field” at the end of the first week of classes.
Tatiana botero, teaching profes sor of spanish at notre dame and el campito board member, teach es a community-engaged learn ing class that gives her students the opportunity to document the immigration stories of many el campito families.
students will also be able to learn more about possible volunteer op portunities with el campito. “i always want to encourage my students to try to break the walls of a classroom and be able to ex perience what’s happening in the
my credibility was attached to my ability to do that,” she said. “and it is equally true in my experience in the intelligence community, that you really do have to be, in my view, quite careful about providing our analysis.”haines
become mired in political contro versy like the Fbi
“We think that the progress tracker goes a long way for both accountability and transparency,
Two major improvements to stu dent life occurred in the residence and dining halls.
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our annual threat assessment, you will see global health safety, food technology, environmental degra dation and climate change. all of these things are represented,” she said. “climate change has been identified as an urgent national security priority by the president of the United states.”
Lee explained that one of the main goals of the progress tracker is to combat voter apathy.
“[The executive cabinet mem bers] are always looking for new ideas from their department chairs, as well as from the student body,” she said.
Lee said he was happy about finishing a movement started by previous departments and about how they collaborated with administrators.“certainlycredit to the previous administrations, but it’s been our approach since we took office that the administrators that we worked with on safety after parietals, and as well as most administrators, actually share goals with our or ganization,” Lee explained. “We approached those conversations at first with a cooperative mind set, as opposed to an adversarial mindset.”stittemphasized that, although the cabinet has completed the
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initiative, they will continue to pro mote those resources to the stu dent body.
so interested students can click on each department and scroll through all of the goals. Lee said more information can be found by contacting each department.
another one of the campaign’s main goals was to bring back healthier options for students in dining halls. The cabinet accom plished this by not only bringing back vegan and vegetarian options for every meal and carving stations on Thursday, but also by changing the dining hall hours to be open until 8 p.m. on weekends.
coming up, baumann said she is excited about bringing back the sustainability cup, race relations Week in october and the suicide memorial prayer service, among various other programs in the works.some of the goals for the cabinet won’t be completed until the end of their term, such as Pridefest 2023 and back the bend.
baumann noted that this year, back the bend will hopefully be a national endeavor, with alum ni clubs joining throughout the
“i think i can speak for the three of us in saying there’s really noth ing that we wouldn’t do for the stu dent body,” Lee said. “if anybody wants to see anything or they have any ideas, come chat and we’ll make it happen.”
“The number one thing that we encountered in our election was voter apathy. a lot of times, people don’t know what student Government is and what we do,” he said. “now, we have made sure that if anybody ever asks that ques tion, they can reference this exten sive guide and immediately know what’s going on.”
“i’ve always been a big believer that no matter what you do in life, you have to know how to transfer your professional, aca demic, intellectual and interper sonal communication skill sets to every environment,” she said. some of Limón’s most impor tant policies have been in dif ferent areas not related to her educational background.
“most of the policy that i’m known for is actually not educa tion,” Limón said. “i’m known for environmental policy, consumer protections, women’s issues and naturalLimóndisasters.”saidshe hopes to act in the best interest of the com munities she serves, and her main goal is to elevate the needs of the individuals in these communities.“ihaveadapted to being a leader that the community needs of me, and the community will decide when they no longer need the skill sets and the values that i move forward,” she said.
senator Limón discusses women in politics
“i very quickly understood that the issues that our com munity cares about weren’t lim ited to the classroom, because it turns out that whatever’s hap pening in the community is go ing to show up in the classroom,” Limón said.
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on Friday morning in the hesburgh center auditorium, california state senator monique Limón spoke about the intersection between her experi ence working in public office and her Latina identity. The lecture is part of hispanic heritage month and was hosted by the hesburgh Program in Public service and the institute for Latino studies.
Limón said there needs to be “an individual and collective commitment to ensure there are more marginalized communi ties represented in public office,” and women need to see others they identify with and support in these positions.
she became involved with non-profit community organi zations to help students, and this motivated her to make the switch from implementing poli cy to creating it.
“a nd at that moment, no mat ter how much i cared about edu cation, i had to turn immediately
to become a policy expert in nat ural disasters,” Limón said. she explained that she had to use her skill set to tackle differ ent issues.
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a lthough Limón’s commit ment to higher-level education has influenced her policies, she said people assumed that when she got to the legislature she was only going to focus on education, since that was her strength.
“There are times when you have to break bread with individu als and not always agree with them.”her family also taught her important skills that helped her persevere when running for office.“my parents always taught me the skills that it takes to work hard to overcome barriers and move forward,” she said.
demographics are changing, and “as issues become more complicated and include many different communities, we are starting to branch out to think about who reflects the values that are important for the vot ers,” Limón said. “With my background, i have felt not just an honor to represent my com munity, but also a way to bridge stereotypes.”Womenmake up just over 30 percent of the california state Legislature, but over 50 percent of california’s population.
Limón is a first-generation college student and was born and raised in santa barbara, california. she graduated from the University of california, berkeley and received her mas ter’s degree from columbia University.in2016,Limón won the state assembly seat and in 2020, she won the state senate seat. she serves the nineteenth senate district, which includes santa barbara county and part of venturaLimóncounty.isthe first woman of color to be elected from the dis trict to the state a ssembly and the first person of color from the district to be elected to the state senate.although she represents a mostly white voter base,
she was able to build this net work because she grew up in a big household with a large ex tended“Familyfamily.has taught me a lot about politics,” Limón said.
“This makes other people in my community invisible,” she said.it’s been important as a rep resentative to ensure the voices of the community who aren’t always at the table are elevated and do so in a way that creates
a nother problem Limón iden tified in her community is that, when people think of santa barbara, they only think of the pockets of wealth.
more allies, Limón said. before she became involved in politics, Limón was a member of the santa barbara Unified school district board of education, and her educational background taught her about the issues she cares about from a policy per spective. she worked with many students who were the first in their families to go to college and qualified for financial aid.
Limón said her connection to her community and her large network of students and their families made her a successful candidate for public office.
“i did go in really focused on education, and i had this history being on the school board, and i cared a lot about it. but what happens when you’re in office is that, sometimes, you don’t get to pick what you work on,” Limón said.ayear into her term was the beginning of the Thomas Fire. The fire affected ventura and santa barbara counties and was the largest fire in california for six months. over 100,000 people were evacuated from her district.
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house. As she plays in the woods, n elly encounters another little girl who looks remarkably similar to her, and they become instant playmates in the way that only eight year olds can.
At little m arion’s house, n elly meets her grand mother as a middle-aged woman and tries not to flinch with shock. n elly is able to relive memories with her grandmother and say a proper “au revoir” now that she has been given the opportunity.
“Juniper” follows m ack, who decides to escape to her family’s summer cabin to mourn her sister’s death alone, but her old high school friend, Alex, has other plans. The film is an impressive first feature with emotional characters, great cinematography and fun editing. The props are a surprisingly fun highlight — especially m ack pouring vodka into the comically biggest water bottle I’ve ever seen.
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As I was watching n elly and m arion during the film’s long and often silent takes, I realized that “Petite m aman” really encapsulates the different mother-daughter media I turn to for comfort. It em bodies the same idealism of “Gilmore Girls” that in essence is about the tension and joy of mother and daughter Lorelai and r ory being friends in a pic ture-perfect, small American town. It also echoes the themes of A24’s “Lady b ird” and “ e verything e verywhere All At o nce” that focus on the angst and pain of daughters trying to live up to their mother’s expectations and make them happy. The wise eight year old m arion answers all of n elly’s anxieties in a tender scene where she simply says, “You didn’t invent my sadness”.
her neighborhood — but for others, like my friend who was in tears beside me during the screening, the film can be a poignant exploration of loss.
Through the film’s delicate time-bending and in tentionally simple storytelling, we are able to fill in the gaps ourselves. In an interview, s ciamma said: “I did not put too much detail about the life of the characters in it. It’s not about how they feel … it’s about how we feel. e ven if you have a good rela tionship or bad relationship with your parents, you don’t have to fit in with the film, the film will adapt to you.” For me, the film was a delightful way to re member all the stories my mother has told me about her childhood — playing hide and seek with kids in
In fact, there is an indie film genre called “mum blecore,” where the low budget filmmaking focuses on naturalistic acting with a lot of dialogue, pri oritizing the relationship between the characters rather than developing an active plot. This film utilizes the genre perfectly, unfolding the complex relationship between two friends layer by layer.
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As they’re in the process of packing up the house, m arion goes back to the city for a few days, leav ing n elly with her father. Though it’s unclear why m arion is going away, n elly feels nervous and sad in her mother’s absence and wonders if she is the reason why m arion is often unhappy.
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even more claustrophobic weekend. h ow m ack interacts with each character changes the longer she’s stuck with them, and each one sees a differ ent side of her that challenges what she thinks is right. It all surrounds her in an unstable atmo sphere that swings from peaceful to venomous without warning, and it feels like we’re getting just a glimpse of her life as she learns to open up again after her sister’s death.
n otre d ame alum Katherine d udas ‘14 just wrote and directed her own feature film, “Juniper.” That alone should be enough to convince you to see it, but ignoring the n otre d ame school pride part, this film is fantastic in its emotional evolution of grief and what we cling to when remembering lost loved ones, as well as the harsh reality that some times our memories aren’t always the full picture. b eing a film major, it’s so inspiring to know not only that d udas once sat in many of the same class rooms as me, but also the knowledge that she has achieved what I’ve been dreaming of my entire life. What’s even more inspiring is that d udas filmed this project during the height of the c ovid lock down, pushing through the toughest filming ob stacles by keeping it small and isolated and using those limitations as part of the film’s premise.
The core cast is fantastic. Katherine d udas used her improv background in the writing process by letting the three actresses improvise the major ity of their lines. Their chemistry strengthens the film, and it clearly shows when they naturally add and enhance each other’s dialogue to keep each scene snowballing into deeper emotions. The ac tresses even get their own writing credits, which I think is a nice touch and helps emphasize the col laboration that happens with such a small crew.
A surprise introduction halfway through the film especially flips every dynamic on its head when Alex’s brother shows up to also help m ack in his own way, breaking a girls trip getaway into an
They say that great things come in small packag es. In just 73 minutes, French film “Petite m aman” (translated “Little m om”), directed by c éline s ciamma, tells a touching story of motherhood and memory.Thefilm follows eight-year-old n elly, right after her maternal grandmother passes away. n elly and her parents go to the grandmother’s old house in the countryside to move her things, and this is where they discover n elly’s mother m arion’s old school books and toys. The film envelopes you in the clean coziness characteristic of a grandmother’s house, replete with butter cookie tins filled with sewing paraphernalia and quaint, floral wallpaper.
o ver the course of the film, s ciamma’s brilliant magical realism reveals itself. n elly’s new playmate is m arion — except not her thirty-one year old self stressed by the pressures of motherhood and mod ern life. This is m arion as she would have been at eight-years-old. n elly and little m arion make hot chocolate together, explore the woods and go over to each others’ houses to play elaborate games where they pretend to be countesses and inspectors.
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I’m really excited to see what Katherine d udas does next. The way in which the camera follows her characters is personal, especially as it sits with them realizing their mistakes, yet she still knows when to cut to keep the story flowing. h er comedic timing offers a lot of entertainment to balance out the heavy emotions, both of which are earned through the fantastic acting and a great use of a single location. e ven though there are not a lot of big names in this film — even with its incredible original indie-pop soundtrack — I believe we have the chance to give Katherine d udas and the rest of her creative team the atten tion they deserve. m ore people need to talk about thisYoufilm.can stream “Juniper” on s howtime. Go Irish!
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While her mother is gone, n elly begins to play in the woods alone near the house. h er imagination is captured by stories that her mother told her about the huts she used to build out of tree branches when she was growing up. The film’s cinematography is gorgeous, with the fall colors in the picturesque for est and the whimsical decor of the grandmother’s
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The film utilizes each character in clever ways to keep the tension through every scene. m ack is on the verge of breaking the entire runtime, and any time she is about to feel in control, the film brings in another reveal to keep her on her heels.
It’s a quick watch of only 71 minutes, and every person involved knocks it out of the park.
It’s a weird feeling that I have been involved closely with both schools. While some deny it and try to say it isn’t true, we all know that there are people at n otre d ame who look down on those who attend h oly c ross. I’ve never known why and it confuses me everyday. There are people like me who are just as if not more involved with both n otre d ame and h oly c ross, yet they are not given as much respect, only because we proudly represent the s aints instead of the Irish.
I’ve had my fair share of experiences with n otre d ame kids (even those who are/were Gateways), some who are the nicest people I’ve ever met and those who brush me off as soon as I mention that I go to h oly c ross. It sucks that as soon as I cross the street over to n otre d ame — despite being involved in so much — that I still feel like I don’t deserve to be here. I got denied entry, I’ve come to terms with that, but all that I ask is that I get the same respect from people here that I give to them. Is that too much to ask? I thought we were called a tri-campus for a reason.
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As those close to me know best, ever since I was 11 years old I wanted to go to n otre d ame. While it was due to watching “ r udy” and fall ing in love with n otre d ame football, I learned more about the University, its academics and its c atholic tradition. It only led me to fall in love with it more. While I was never the best student, I thought I would be able to attend school there someday. e veryone I knew, from family, friends, teachers, even my dentist, said I was like a modern day r udy. Fast forward to my senior year of high school, I got my deci sion letter… denied.
emphasizes a more focused attention to what really matters in our short lives. We ought to at tend to our relationships because those really do matter.relationships with others and oneself is a concept that the main character trend jumbles. Assigning everybody but yourself the role of side character is not only a utilitarian outlook but also demeaning. Thinking that others only serve their purpose by their utility in benefiting your life is a flawed mindset. It has it that another’s value is inherently lower because the story does not directly follow them. Their lines are scripted and numbered. After they perform, a director pulls them off set and they vanish in relevance to the production. With respect to oneself, perceiv ing yourself as a main character tends to border on narcissism, a dubious outcome for a seeming ly good intention. And I get it, people place their lives into a movie narrative because they desire to assert a degree of control over a chaotic world that seems uncontrollable. A movie is a struc tured form of media that has a plot characterized by exposition, rising action, climax and denoue ment. Attaching oneself to that sort of stability is a reasonable endeavor, a noble one at that, but I find assigning an inferior value to others truly problematic.Iposeasolution to the main character issue: b e real with yourself but more importantly, be real with others. This is quite the opposite of the fiction fairyland of positivity supported by this trend. e mbrace authenticity, like when you find yourself cruising down an empty highway at midnight blasting music with your closest friends on a breezy summer night. Forget the Instagram story that convinces, in vain, your followers of your perfect lifestyle. Think about how grateful you are for life itself and that time spent with such close friends. That was not a main character moment, but it was a core memory shared among the people dearest to you. The accumulation of these times spent with other human beings is what we will ultimately remember when we lie on our deathbeds, not the multiple occasions of avo cado toast dates with your phone.
And if you are the demographic that I have hypothetically targeted, I apologize for creating such specific hypotheticals. I invite you to think about the prospect that you can live a truly ful filling life without being that guy, h im, a “girl boss” or the main character.
The holy hike never got easier
The main character trend finds its origin in social media on platforms like TikTok and Instagram, where influencers produce videos romanticizing their lives and encourage the audience to do likewise. o ften, these videos fol low the format of “a day in the life of a (insert occupation),” a mock public service announce ment to do something or even self-help vlogs. m ore specifically, influencers call their audi ence to find seemingly mundane activities or routines and add a h ollywood-esque aesthetic to it. In essence, living as a main character in your own movie entails putting on the rose-colored glasses. Under this internet pretense, you might find yourself eating avocado toast inside a cozy brunch café on a sunny s unday morning. You did it for the aesthetic. The phone eats first, right? Take a step back from your hypothetical seat by the window and realize what is going on. You paid $13 for two slices of avocado toast, though you do not like the taste of avocados. You queued 45 minutes outside sweating, waiting for a table to open. You along with every other main char acter seated in the café were independently en gaged in a scene from their movie. Turns out you happened to be just like everyone else.
What I am insinuating is that the whole main character mantra is unrealistic — flawed. It suf focates the subscriber in a cloud of toxic posi tivity. “Your life is a slay. You ought not worry about what others say about you because they are simply haters, side characters, really. You only live once.” m y life is, in fact, not a slay. There are struggles, disappointments, triumphs, frustra tions and everything in between. It is vital to acknowledge both the good and the bad and con textualize their significance in the grand scheme of things. Although haters do exist, educated criticism is a healthy means of gauging, even reg ulating, one’s life. If I am acting foolish, I hope that my friends will hold me accountable on the grounds that they care for me. It is true that one only lives once, but that acronym carries a load ed connotation: glorifying haphazard actions on account of limited opportunities. I am not shoot ing down taking risks or doing dangerous things. I simply propose an alternative to Y o L o , one that
Thinking of yourself as the main character in some sort of extravagant movie is a mindset that I find both annoying and problematic. b ut before I nail my 95 theses into words, I ought to explain the context before the student population of main characters motions to excommunicate me.
Fast forward to senior year. I have taken multiple classes at n otre d ame, work for The o bserver and The s hirt committee, all while still being a student at h oly c ross. I have em braced h oly c ross like my second home, and will always continue to represent them with great pride. s aying that though, I can’t admit that it doesn’t hurt taking the “holy hike” all the way to r iley h all, passing by the Golden d ome and thinking about what could’ve been.
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You are not the main character
You are not that guy. You are not h im. You are not a “girlboss.” You are not the main character. And that is fine. n either am I. n either is anyone.
Jonah Tran is a first-year at Notre Dame doubling majoring in finance and economics and minoring in classics. Although fully embracing the notorious title of a “Menbroza,” he prides himself on being an Educated Young Southern Gentleman. You can contact Jonah by email jtran5@nd.edu.
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It was heartbreaking to say the least. Less than a week later, I found out I got accepted to h oly c ross c ollege. While my mom was ecstat ic that I got into college. I forced a fake smile on my face, which was believable enough that she never knew that I wasn’t happy when I got my letter (I know you’re reading this mom, I’m sorry you found out this way). Instead, my whole mindset was, “ o K, work your butt off and transfer over,” so I did. To keep this short, I got denied again and then again my sopho more year. I made a promise to myself to not try my junior year, as I thought only being at n otre d ame for one year would make me feel like I wasn’t truly ever a student.
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b y looking at climate change through an in tersectional lens, we can dissect why this issue
disproportionately impacts marginalized com munities in order to create specific solutions. A majority of women lack agency in decisionmaking around the issues that impact them the most, one of the most prevalent being climate change. Women experience unique vulnerabili ties from climate change and therefore can of fer specific solutions to the issues that impact them the most. It is essential that more women’s voices are integrated into the decision-making process around solutions to combat climate change. e specially since women leaders put more of an emphasis on making change rather than being in charge, this commitment to jus tice and equality can make a huge difference in combating both climate change and gender injustice. Additionally, a strong emphasis on the community will allow for momentum to build in creating specific solutions for a multiplicity of issues. d r. Katharine Wilkinson, a writer and climate activist, describes a specific approach to combating climate change. “ c ore approaches to climate leadership: things like compassion, connection, creativity, collaboration, care, a commitment to justice, all of that is open to people of any gender.” Promoting the inclusion of women in leadership positions will allow for more collaboration and more targeted solutions that combat climate change while addressing the drastic impact the environment has had on mar ginalized communities. As Ireland’s first female president said, “ c limate change is a man-made problem — with a feminist solution!”
It is essential that we begin to integrate intersectionality into decision-making in order to accurately analyze how and why certain com munities are being impacted more than others on a global scale. The inclusion of marginalized voices into the decision-making process around climate change is essential in creating meaning ful, impactful and multidimensional solutions that evoke change in specific areas.
c limate change has impacted every person on this planet. From an increase in wildfires and floods to a lack of access to other natural resources, this human-made catastrophe has affected everyone. h owever, some are more dis proportionately impacted than others because of the marginalization and oppression of certain communities due to social hierarchies and stan dards. s pecifically, women have been the most affected by climate change, for women make up a majority of the world’s poor population and are therefore more dependent on natural resources. For reference, 70% of the 1.3 billion people living in poverty are women and 40% of the world’s poorest households are headed by women. Additionally, a lack of education and access to leadership positions make it difficult for women to offer ideas in the decision-making process around climate change. Therefore, femi nism offers a way to look at how climate change disproportionately impacts women — specifi cally women of color —and how we can empower women to become agents of change.
In a patriarchal society — a social system in which men hold the power — gender roles play a huge part in how our world functions. Gender roles — a role determined by cultural norms that apply to a specific gender — create inequali ties as individuals are expected to act a certain way to be accepted by society. o n a global scale, women often provide the role of caretaker for families and communities. In some developing countries, women cannot find the time to main tain an education, if they have access to it, due to the expectations of gender roles, especially during climate catastrophes. Also, women who are racial minorities are the most impacted by climate injustice, for marginalized communities face social stigmas and inequalities that limit access to equal rights. The addition of climate change only delays the fight for equality and puts marginalized groups in a more vulnerable situation. This is why intersectionality is criti cal to understanding systems of oppression — a term coined by feminist and scholar Kimberlé c renshaw that analyzes how different aspects of identity intertwine and intersect to determine an individual’s experience in the world. b y using
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While climate change is an issue created by humans, gender equality is dramatically suffer ing from this worldwide environmental issue. e specially in developing countries, which also tend to be minimal contributors to the issue of climate change, environmental crises impact these communities the most. In places where access to natural resources is already minimal, climate disasters have a cataclysmic impact.
Grace Sullivan is a freshman at Notre Dame studying Global Affairs with a minor in Gender Studies. In her column I.M.P.A.C.T. (Intersectionality Makes Political Activist Change Transpire), she is passionate about looking at global social justice issues through an intersectional feminist lens. Outside of The Observer, she enjoys hiking, painting and being a plant mom. She can be reached at gsulli22@nd.edu.
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c limate change as a feminist issue
this tool, we can draw attention to the root of the problem: the variety of social inequalities in society that directly impact people’s access to fundamental human rights.
A specific, current example of how the climate crisis disproportionately impacts women is shown through the catastrophic flooding taking place in Pakistan. o n Aug. 27, the banks of the Kabul r iver burst due to the monsoons in Pakistan, causing nearby cities to be over whelmingly affected by flooding. In n owshera, displaced families and individuals reside on the sides of roads in tents and shelters in col leges, universities and student hostels. In her article, d iaa h adid details how many women were abandoned by their husbands during this climate crisis and are attempting to take care of and provide for their families. In this conserva tive area in Pakistan, it is rare to see women in public because it is frowned upon by the culture. This social norm has made it increasingly dif ficult for women to have their needs met after being displaced from their homes. m any moth ers are struggling to receive food for themselves and their children because it is a common oc currence for men to take food from women. Additionally, minimal access to the bathroom has put mothers and families in uncomfortable situations where they are unable to use the rest room for extended amounts of time. Women are also suffering from a major lack of period prod ucts. In a conservative area where many women already lack fundamental human rights, climate catastrophes like this put women in even more vulnerable situations where their basic needs are unable to be met. e specially in an area with very low greenhouse gas emissions, many women are unaware of the issue of climate change. n ow more than ever, we need a feminist solution that empowers women’s education and equal access in order to promote gender equality while simul taneously combating climate change.
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“I wanted to run the ball. I felt like we were moving
“That’s the greatest thing about football: It’s the greatest parallel to life,” Te’o said. “It’s not gonna start off the way that you wanted it to. Keep going. Like, life’s not al ways gonna be the way you want it to be. Keep going. And so, you can’t do anything about 0-2, but you can do something today.”
thing that you could estab lish with your players,” Te’o said. “That’s what kind of led to all of our success in 2012 on the defen sive side of the ball, is because all of us guys on the field would do anything for coach diaco … and now they have it as the head man, so what a great blessing, opportunity.”Thissentiment extends to Te’o himself. The Irish alum partici pated in the notre dame football team’s victory march, stopping first to address the crowd in front of hesburgh Library. In his speech, he noted that Freeman had reached out to him to give the notre dame community a boost ahead of saturday’s game against cal, to which he responded, “I’m there,Alongcoach.”with this showing, Te’o spoke to the players ahead of saturday’s game. he likened the team to his “little brothers,” not ing that he has kept in contact with a few of them over the years and addressed them as someone who has gone through similar ex periences before.
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Granted, notre dame was a little fortunate on that scoring drive, with an offside penalty bailing out Grupe. The kicker had missed a 45-yard field goal attempt after the drive stalled following a failed third-down conversion. still, the penalty gave the offense new life and they capitalized on cal’s mis take to even the score at 7-7.
the celebration, which backed up cal’s kickoff 15 yards.
“Audric made a great cut on an angle route off the lineback er and I threw it early because they were bringing pressure. he made a great catch and just ran with it,” said Pyne.
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Unfortunately for Lewis, a flag had been thrown on the play and Irish senior linebacker and captain J d bertrand was called for targeting and ejected from the game. It also meant 15 yards and a cal first down.
“I owe notre dame every thing,” Te’o said. “I was asked a question yesterday: ‘What is the best decision I ever made?’ And I said, ‘There’s two, there’s two of them. one, to marry my wife be cause she’s the anchor in my life. And she’s given me a daughter and a son on the way. And the second was to come to this school. And so I owe this school everything.”
on the first play of cal’s drive, it seemed like it was over. Plummer overthrew his receiver, and the ball went straight into the arms of junior cornerback c larence Lewis, who slid down and began cel ebrating with his teammates.
The defense played hard un til the final whistle and lived up to the pressure in the final minute. The unit had struggled in the first two games of the year, twice giving up 90+ yard touchdown drives in the final period. Those difficulties led to emphasis from the coach ing staff on finishing games.
Tyree was happy to get in creased touches, but said his focus was getting the win.
Longhetto nailed his second field goal attempt of the day, this time from just 34 yards out, to give cal a 10-7 lead. down three points, notre dame got the ball back with
on this occasion, Tyree re ceived the ball on the backedup kickoff, returning it 16 yards to set up the Irish at their own 40-yard line. From there, he took over the drive. he handled the ball six times from there with four carries and two catches, including the 21-yard touchdown grab after beating the linebacker coming out of the backfield.
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With the ball back in Pyne’s hands, the offense got back to work. Working off an efficient run game, notre dame was able to move the ball into cal territory, and on first down they broke out for their longest play of the game: a 36-yard com pletion from Pyne to estime.
After a cal punt from their own end zone and another quick punt from notre dame, cal took over at the 25 with a little over a minute left and no timeouts. Then, chaos ensued.
“That play was working. We had the momentum and the o-line was pushing guys off the line and opening up holes for me,” said estime. “We did run the same play four times, but if it works, don’t stop.”
down by three and show ing a lot of the same problems they had against marshall a week before, much of the home crowd, dressed in green from head to toe, booed as the Irish made their way off the field at halftime. notre dame came out strong in the second half. california received the ball to start, but a quick three and out forced a punt. This time, it was the Audric estime show. The sophomore running back had six carries on the drive, in cluding a dive into the end zone for the touchdown. Turns out, notre dame ran the same play four times in a row ahead of that score.
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“There’s a lot of coach ing that happened on that field today that we can learn from. but listen, if you don’t take a minute to enjoy these things, you’re going to regret it. That’s what I keep remind ing myself is enjoy this victory. We’ll get back to work tomor row, but again, I want to cel ebrate with those guys today.”
Pyne finished off the drive with a six-yard touchdown pass to junior tight end m ichael mayer on the next play. mayer featured less against cal than the first two games, with just two catches on 10 yards, but he was there when notre dame needed him. And Pyne found him to take a 24-17 lead in the fourth quarter.
“It was a rollercoaster for sure,” said Lacey of the fi nal drive. “but we knew if we were on the field, the game was in hand regardless. We weren’t worried about the next play or them scoring. We just knew we had to ex ecute, and that’s what we did.”
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the ball and so, let’s contin ue to run it,” Freeman said. eventually the drive stalled, and Grupe came on and converted a 47-yard field goal as notre dame evened the score at 17. now, in the fourth quar ter with the game tied, it was crunch time for notre dame on both sides of the ball. The defense responded with a phe nomenal series punctuated by senior defensive lineman Jacob Lacey’s second sack of the day. Three and out cal.
Plummer then threw a per fect dime to wideout Jeremiah hunter, who made an overthe-shoulder grab despite tight coverage from freshman cornerback Jaden m ickey.
That completion set up first and goal for the Golden bears. The notre dame de fense tightened from there, including a huge open-field tackle from graduate student safety dJ brown to prevent re ceiver mavin Anderson from scoring on a screen pass.
Freeman was incredu lous: “I looked at J.d and said, ‘J.d., really?’”
about four minutes left in the half. The drive started off promising before it all un raveled. Pyne was sacked on second down to set up a third and nine. before the snap, graduate student offensive line Jarrett Patterson was flagged for a false start, making it 14 for the first down. Then, senior offensive line Zeke correll made the same mis take and backed them up five more yards. It was the fourth false start penalty on notre dame in the first half, and all of them came on third down.
At this point in the game, coach Freeman told his squad to change the narrative and to do it through execution.
Facing their first deficit of the game, cal took over at the 25 after a Grupe touchback. The Golden bears moved the ball efficiently, going down the field in a long 10-play drive that ended with Plummer running the Qb sneak into the end zone on third and goal to retake the lead, 17-14.
Plummer and cal began to move the ball down the field and on third and 7, it looked like the defense had sealed it again. Justin Ademilola got to Plummer again and, as the quarterback tried to escape the pocket, Ademilola was able to drag him down and force a fumble.. The loose ball was re covered by graduate student cornerback Ta r iq bracy, who returned the ball for a touch down as the stadium erupted. but again, the call was over turned after video review made it clear that Plummer’s right knee hit the ground before he lost the football.
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“We prepared all week for this. We knew we had a chance to get after the quarterback and we emphasized it every day,” said Lacey. “It paid off.”
From that point forward, the Irish defense stepped up to the task. on the fol lowing drive, they forced a turnover on downs. senior defensive line man Isaiah Foskey was huge down the stretch and sacked Plummer on fourth and 10 with the bears threatening to score.
That mistake from sturdivant opened the door for notre dame’s special teams unit to make an impact as they did all game. coming in, the special teams unit was one of the few bright spots from notre dame’s first two games, and they kept it up on saturday. on returns, ju nior running back c hris Tyree and junior safety brandon Joseph consistently picked up yards, while graduate student punter Jon sot averaged 45.6 yards over seven punts and graduate student kicker blake Grupe was perfect on his field goal and extra point attempts.
“Whether I get the ball or not, I’m always going to be happy with the win, but it hap pened to go that way today. I got a lot of touches and the opportunity to show my skills out on the field. I’m blessed to have that opportunity and I try my best to take advantage of it every time,” said Tyree. on the following drive, cal found its offensive rhythm putting together a 10-play, 69-yard drive deep into Irish territory. on third and 12, the Irish sent five men and pres sured Plummer, who was able to step up and get loose to pick up the first down on a huge 21-yard scramble.
After Ademilola’s sack, five seconds remained on the clock for Plummer and the Golden bears to take one last shot at the end zone. notre dame dropped seven into coverage for the fi nal play as Plummer heaved a long shot into the end zone. With every defender in the area — and three cal receivers there as well — the ball was juggled around in the air and eventual ly fell harmlessly to the ground.
“Found a way to finish. I’m proud of those guys. You know what? It is hard to win foot ball games,” said Freeman. It was notre dame’s first win of the season and the first of Freeman’s tenure at the helm of the program. It was also a win for drew Pyne in his first career start for notre dame.
“I remember I said to the sideline after we gave up that touchdown drive, I think we were down three, and I said: ‘This isn’t going to be a repeat. This isn’t going to be “here we go again.” We’re going to change the outcome of this game, and it’s going to be by our offense going out there and doing what we have to do and executing, and then our defense when we get the opportunity, we’re go ing to go out there and execute. And that’s what you saw. We needed that,” said Freeman. notre dame tied it on the following possession, driving it 46 yards and into cal ter ritory. The Irish committed to the running game on this drive, handing it off seven times to Tyree and estime.
Te’o said that in addressing an then 0-2 team, he spoke on how the game relates to life in general and gave them motivation mov ing forward into their eventual victory over the Golden bears.
“I’ve sat in those seats … I know you guys can’t see the forest from the trees, but I’m that older broth er that’s hovering in the helicopter over you that’s helping you navi gate your way,” Te’o said about his pre-game speech. “When they had their notepads out, they were writing notes and I was like, man, that meant a lot to me. You know, meaning that they were like, ‘oK, he has something to say that I need to hear.’”
Te’o mentioned that he misses the “chess game” of football, but that it is really the relationships he misses the most. he said that, even though his schedule is al ready busy, he wanted to come back and speak to the team be cause of the impact notre dame has had on his life.
Following the penalties, the Irish failed to pick up the first down, and with just four sec onds left on the clock, Freeman elected to punt the ball away instead of taking a chance at the end zone before the half.
After a quick series — and a sot punt that pinned cal inside their own 10 — the defense was back on the field. Immediately they showed they were up to the task, forcing two throw aways from Plummer and pres suring him in the end zone. on third down, the pressure got to Plummer, and Foskey and graduate student defen sive lineman Jayson Ademilola combined for a sack that was almost a game-sealing safety.
Happy Birthday: l eave yourself plenty of time to sort through emotional matters or situations that affect you and those close to you. rely on resourcefulness and the ability to discover and create unique solutions to any obstacles that stand in your way. navigating your way from one place to another will be challenging, but the rewards will be worthwhile. your numbers are 5, 18, 22, 25, 33, 40, 48.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): make changes that put a smile on your face. follow your heart and intuition when it comes to love, events that benefit you or a cause that concerns you. refuse to let anyone deter you from pursuing your dream.
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in this scoring drive, estime totaled 30 yards, nearly 40% of his total yardage on the day. Quarterback drew Pyne noted that at the end of the drive, the offense ran the same play four times in a row to get estime in the end zone. When asked about his thoughts on this fact, estime said the team should simply keep do ing what works.
estime talks brotherhood and ‘keeping the chains moving’ after first win of the season
try to get positive yards, no matter what.”head coach marcus Freeman said that sophomore running back Logan diggs had missed practice on Thursday due to an ill ness, which put more emphasis on estime and junior running back chris Tyree. estime said this did not change his mindset heading into saturday.
Irish sophomore running back Audric Estime carries the football against Cal. He led the team in total yards during Saturday’s game.
notre dame finally notched a win saturday against the california Golden bears — in no small part due to the running back corps. after struggling to get the run game going in the first two games of the season, the irish notched 147 rushing yards split be tween three players. one of them was sophomore running back audric estime, who led the rush ing category with 76 yards (51.7%).
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“Just don’t stop, you keep on do ing things that work,” he said. “and that play was working, and we just had the momentum. and the o-line were just pushing guys off the line and were just opening up holes for me, and we just executed and finished that drive.”
“it was really rewarding just busting our tails off during the week, having a tough week,” he said. “We got the win, so it’s defi nitely a satisfying feeling, but there’s a lot more work to be done.”
Thanks to the offensive line — which posted a stellar day compared to their earlier perfor mances — the running backs were able to find the lanes through the defense that they had struggled to execute previously. estime noted that the position group’s goal com ing into the game was to “run the ball, be dominant.” For estime, this came to fruition most notably in a series of rushes that got him
“i just pride myself that no mat ter what, i’m always gonna go for ward, get as many yards as i can, because that’s what keeps a drive going, keeps the chain moving,” he said. “no matter what, i got to
estime said that the running backs had a goal to have a “break out game” for all of them and get more than 100 combined yards; he and Tyree were able to do so, which he described as a “surreal moment.”“Justbeing able to do that, fulfill a goal that you set with your broth ers, is a surreal moment,” he said. “and there’s a lot more for this run ning back group with me, chris and Logan.”
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“i just had to do my job,” he said. “We just knew that we had a big ger load with Logan not playing. That’s something that we’re ready for, and we’re prepared for, and we just handled it.”
Pyne said that if he gives the ball to estime, the running back falls forward. estime said that his men tality is to just keep going, no mat ter how many yards he receives. his goal was just to move forward in whatever way he could.
i t looked as if the i rish were going to escape with a onenil victory before c avalier striker Kome Ubogue poked home the equalizing goal off an in-swinging corner kick in the minute 89.
The c avaliers were hot coming off two victories in which they had put up nine total goals to their
The i rish went into the match “just thinking about playing against a good team away from home and seeing if you can get a win,” r iley
The i rish will no doubt be riding high as they come upon a slew of home games against c hicago s tate, U nc and b oston c ollege.
Baffour finds back of net with seconds remaining to secure 2-1 Irish victory
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s uch hard-fought victories will pay out when it comes time for acc tournament and c ollege c up seeding.
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“c ompeting from the first to the last whistle [is] a quality we have,” r iley said.
“ v irginia is a very good team. We knew that coming in and playing at home. They are one of the best attacking set piece teams that we’ve played against, and they’ve got really good delivery and a lot of guys that are quite big,” r iley said.
With less than 40 seconds remaining in the game, v irginia won yet another cor ner. b ut sophomore forward m atthew r oou was able to clear the loose ball to Kaffour, who bounded downfield and punched in the game winner with less than 10 seconds re maining on the clock.
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Irish freshman midfielder KK Baffour scored a last-second winner against Virginia as the Irish won their first ACC game of the season.
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a fter nearly missing out on a tie opportunity in the final minute of a 1-0 loss against s yracuse last weekend, the n otre d ame men’s soccer team bounced back against the University of v irginia in a 2-1 victory Friday night. This win was mostly by virtue of a final second goal off the foot of first-year midfielder KK b affour.Theirish remained dead locked in a scoring standstill with the 4-2 c avalier team over the opening 45 minutes of play at Klöckner s tadium in c harlottesville, v irginia. d espite the mutual shutout throughout the first half, v irginia controlled 58 per cent of possession and let fly seven shots on goal com pared to just four from the i rish.The c avaliers maintained their stranglehold over pos session just past the outset of the second half. i n minute 68, the i rish produced the match’s first point on a cor ner kick which trickled into the goal after it was deflected off a c avalier bystander.
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h ead coach c had r iley was thrilled at his players’ performance coming off a tough loss to an undefeated s yracuse team.
“ i was really proud of the way that the group handled [U va ] for the most part. o bviously they got one on us, but the group did a great job making sure that that was the only one,” he said.
“ i t’s all about kind of just growing from game to game,” r iley
“ i t’s an unbelievable mes sage to the team,” r iley said. “You have to keep pushing to the very end and to their credit, [this team] does that.”
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said. i t’s a bonus that U va will a have a “very high r P i at the end of the year.”
Thesaid.irish’s matchup against c hicago s tate is a 7 p.m. es T kickoff at a lumni s tadium on Wednesday, s ept. 22.
“ v irginia is one of the greats in the history of col lege soccer,” he said. “ i t was a great environment to test our group, and i felt they stood up to it really well.”
“That’s what we always talk about.”coach r iley was very com plementarity of the tough ness of the U va soccer program and their fans.
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overall for everybody. because if everybody’s on their P’s and Q’s, we’re gonna win the big one.”The Irish entered the game 0-2 on saturday, with hopes of being in the running to win “the big one” dimming signifi cantly. Though the team has struggled, head coach marcus Freeman has still received sup port from fans in the wake of his 1-3 record as the leader of the program. Te’o said that he reached out to Freeman when he was initially hired to tell him how happy he was for his promotion.Te’ocompared Freeman to bob diaco, former assistant coach of the notre dame foot ball program that led the team to a national championship showing. This comparison, Te’o said, bodes well for the team moving forward.
on that final drive, it seemed like the first win of the Freeman era might never come. Two turnovers were brought back after further review, giving the california Golden bears one final chance to tie the game and force an overtime.
“There was a conversation be tween me and God,” said head coach marcus Freeman about that final drive. “There was some, ‘Lord, what is going on?’” but there was no time for prayer. In that moment, it meant the defense would need to step up one final time — and that they did. A broken-up hail mary attempt sealed the 24-17 win, as notre dame football finally got off the starting blocks in 2022. It was a huge moment for a defense that had been prob lematic late in games this year. Against both ohio state and marshall, late 90+ yard touch downs sealed the Irish’s fate. on saturday, the defense finished
the field for the Golden bears. Freeman had some words for his quarter back following the fumble.
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After that missed field goal, notre dame got the ball back, but after graduate student wide receiver braden Lenzy picked up 8 yards on a pass while in motion, disaster struck. Junior quarterback drew Pyne lined up under center but couldn’t get a handle on senior cen ter Zeke correll’s snap, and cal’s oluwafemi oladejo beat Pyne to the loose ball to flip
the game the way their coaches had been preaching all week.
First, sturdivant laid out for a 15-yard catch on third and 10 to keep the drive alive. Then, on the next play, Plummer faked the handoff and rolled right. There, he looked up field and saw a wide-open sturdivant running to the corner of the end zone. Plummer’s pass was on the money to put the Golden bears on the board with an 18yard touchdown. sturdivant also received an unsports manlike conduct penalty onANYA RUFFINO | The Observer
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enjoys seeing the notre dame family when he attends game days. Te’o said that he always stops by several locations on campus, including south dining hall — checking to see if the cooks are still working there —and touches base with famil iar ushers and Guglielmino Athletic complex workers. starting with Te’o, three members of the notre dame linebacker corps in the past de cade have gone on to win the prestigious dick butkus Award; the most recent recipient for the Irish was Jeremiah owusuKoramoah in 2020. When asked about the type of standard he wants set for notre dame fol lowing this success, Te’o said that although he is proud to be an award winner and wants more accolades like this for the program, he merely wants each player to perform at their best.
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For the first time since his netflix documentary, “Untold: The Girlfriend Who didn’t e xist,” Irish football legend and heisman Trophy finalist manti Te’o was back on notre dame’s campus. This was Te’o’s fourth visit back to south bend, and it was a warm homecom ing for the former linebacker; when he was announced in notre dame stadium, the ap plause he received brought Te’o to tears. While its layout has changed significantly since his time in Irish uniform, he said that notre dame itself remains a home for him each time he returns.“There’s just so many new things, but as far as the feel, it’s always the same,” Te’o said. “home is always going to be home. You know, on a good day, bad day, when you go home that’s … that’s your sanctuary. And that’s what notre dame is forForme.”notre dame being his home, Te’o mentioned how he
Legendary Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te’o looks out toward the crowd during Saturday’s 24-17 Irish win over the Cal Golden Bears.
“I told drew, ‘relax, man, go out and be drew Pyne and execute,’” said Freeman.
“he reminds me of coach diaco to me, just somebody that you will literally do anything for, and I think that as a head coach is the most important
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It was a happy ending to what was ultimately an incon sistent game for notre dame in terms of execution. early on, it seemed like more of the same anemic offense as the first two games. The Irish had four three-and-out posses sions to open the game and totaled 28 yards and just one yard on the ground. regardless, the defense played well. And cal kicker dario Longhetto’s 45-yard field goal attempt hit the left upright, meaning the game was still a scoreless tie at the end of the first quarter.
Notre Dame running back Chris Tyree carries the football against Cal. He totaled 154 all-purpose yards and a touchdown on Saturday.
After the Irish turnover, Jack Plummer and the Golden bears were set up in prime field posi tion just outside the red zone, and they did not waste it. Plummer connected twice with freshman receiver J. m ichael sturdivant to make it count.
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“I want everybody to be at the top of their game. because if we’re all at the top of the game, it gives us the best opportunity to get the main prize,” Te’o said. “I don’t really preach specific excellence. I want excellence
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notre dame beats cal, marcus Freeman gets first win as head coach