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Contenders Notre Dame picks up another top-15 victory behind Adams, defense

CHRIS COLLINS | The Observer

Irish junior running back Josh Adams looks to turn the corner and run upfield during Notre Dame’s 35-14 win over North Carolina State on Saturday at Notre Dame Stadium.

Adams rushed for 202 yards during the game, including a 77-yard breakaway touchdown run. The Heisman contender had 27 carries for an average of 7.5 yards.

ND proves itself legitimate title contender Ben Padanilam Editor-in-Chief

I’m stubborn.

Anyone who knows me knows that I hate being wrong.

I like to think I’m not unreasonable about it, but I will stand my ground for argument’s sake until there’s nothing left for me to argue about.

So, as much as I hate to admit it, there’s nothing left for me to say about this Notre Dame team but one thing.

I was wrong.

After covering this team for the first time last year and having to spend week after week talking about the issues of leadership, development and accountability as it beat itself on the way to a 4-8 season, I had my share of doubts about this year’s team.

Maybe it was the cynicism that followed and prevented see PADANILAM PAGE 3

By JACK CONCANNON Sports Writer

The play looked all too familiar to anyone who has followed the Irish this season.

Junior quarterback Brandon Wimbush took the snap out of the shotgun and turned to his left, handing the ball to junior running back Josh Adams up the middle. Most teams might be happy to get four yards on a run up the middle, but, as Irish fans have come to expect, the seas parted and there was room for Adams to run. The junior back, who has run his way into the Heisman conversation, was gone and 77 yards later, he crossed into the end zone.

The Irish lead was up to 35-14 against NC State, and they never looked back.

No. 9 Notre Dame’s offense has found much of its success on the ground so far this season, averaging 7.06 yards per rush, good for second in the country behind Stanford. Against No. 14 NC State (6-2, 4-0 ACC), Irish running back Josh Adams

eclipsed the 200-yard mark for the second time this season, overcoming NC State’s No. 6-ranked run defense to dominate the game. Despite his individual achievement, Adams believes that his performance is a product the whole team working together.

“I think that it comes down to our offensive line and the confidence that we have in them as a team,” Adams said. “In the running back room, we want to do whatever we can to help our team win. If that’s in the pass game or the run game, it’s about doing the little things. Our game and our offense is built off those guys up front. They lead us on offense, and we feed off of them.” Before that Adams breakaway touchdown, Notre Dame (7-1) and NC State started the game modestly on offense. The Irish began their day with a punt, and the Wolfpack would go three-and-out on their first drive to answer.

The Irish were backed up heavily on the ensuing drive, forced to punt out of

the end zone. This proved problematic for the Irish, as pressure got to senior punter Tyler Newsome, and the punt was blocked by NC State redshirt-sophomore defensive end James SmithWilliams and recovered in the endzone for the game’s opening score with 10:05 left in the first quarter. Irish head coach Brian Kelly was impressed with the team’s resolve after the blocked punt.

“What was most impressive for me was after you get a punt blocked, it has a real tendency to affect a football team, our guys never f linched,” Kelly said. “They wanted to get back out on the field and get back to work. That’s hard to build.

It took us a long time to get that.”

The Irish response was quick. Junior C.J. Sanders returned the kickoff back to the 40-yard line, and the Irish only needed two plays and 29 seconds to go 60 yards. An Adams 35-yard run was followed immediately see ADAMS PAGE 2

Notre Dame’s ‘grit’ leads to defensive crackdown

By MEAGAN BENS Sports Writer

The Irish once again were able to walk away with a victory over a top-15 opponent due to their persistent defense and mentality.

Although North Carolina State put on the pressure early on, forcing an Irish punt that was blocked and recovered as a touchdown

by Wolfpack redshirt-junior linebacker Germaine Pratt, Notre Dame’s defense came out on top.

“It’s grit,” Irish senior linebacker Drue Tranquill said. “We go out there and give an atrocious play on special teams, which is totally my fault as a quarterback of that team. But there wasn’t a guy on the sideline that flinched. You would think we got a stop on defense, that was their response. It’s just a group of guys that buy into what we are doing.”

“Coaching as long as I have, when you get a punt block it has tendency to affect the team, our see GRIT PAGE 3

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by a 25-yard connection between Wimbush and graduate student tight end Durham Smythe in the endzone to tie the game at seven.

NC State would take over on its own 29 a few possessions later and used big plays to move down the field.

Redshirt-junior quarterback Ryan Finley connected on back-to-back passes of 18 and 42 yards to march his team down to the Irish 15-yard line.

He then connected with sophomore wide receiver Kelvin Harmon on a 15-yard pass in the back of the endzone to put his team back on top.

The Irish would respond, stringing together a 14-play drive on the legs of Adams and some costly Wolfpack penalties. The Irish ran 11 running plays on the drive, ending in a third-and-goal quarterback draw that Wimbush scored on from three yards out.

The Irish then forced an NC State punt, taking over on their own 40-yard line.

Once again, the Irish offense hummed, moving down the field in 10 plays behind the arm of Wimbush and the legs of Adams. Wimbush completed three passes on the drive for 26 yards, including an 11-yard touchdown to sophomore wide receiver Kevin Stepherson along the sideline.

The play appeared to be incomplete, but was overturned upon review that showed Stephenson keep one foot inbounds. Wimbush took notice of the efforts by Stepherson and others during the game. “[Notre Dame receivers] are spectacular, you’ve seen it all year,” Wimbush said. “When I give them a chance all those guys make plays, whether it be the tight ends and wide receivers. We’re glad to have KJ [Stepherson] back; he had a hell of a game; we went out to make plays and we made plays.”

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would each put together short drives before the half, but ultimately failed to threaten the end zone. The Irish headed into the locker room with a 2114 lead.

The Irish came out in the second half on defense and immediately began to put the game away. The Wolfpack had driven into Irish territory before Love jumped a short route and took the ball all the way back for a 69-yard touchdown.

It broke a streak of 338 straight passes thrown by Finley without an interception. Love thought the play that led to his touchdown was unusual, but was happy with the result.

“It was kind of a weird play.

I think they tried to draw us offsides,” Love said. “I made a read and I picked the ball and then was waiting. I thought they might have blown it dead, the quarterback didn’t move to come tackle me, I was a little worried it wouldn’t count. But then I got some great blocks; it was a great play.”

The Wolfpack answered

back by returning the kickoff after the interception back to the Irish 42. They drove down the short field all the way to the Irish 6-yard line, facing a fourth down and one. The Wolfpack chose to go for it and ran the ball with senior H-back Jaylen Samuels, but were stuffed in the backfield for a loss, allowing the Irish to take over on downs and squashing any momentum the Wolfpack were looking to generate.

The Irish and Wolfpack traded punts once again, and the Irish had the ball on their own 23 with 4:27 left on the clock. After an incomplete pass, Adams broke through the Wolfpack defense with a 77-yard run. “[Adams] continues to play against top competition and continues to excel on a very good football team,” Kelly said. “Josh is an outstanding player, his physicality is great.

I don’t know how many runs he has had outside the tackle box, they’re all inside. He’s got

the speed to extend the play like he has. He’s unique player in that regard.”

The Wolfpack offense finished the game with four three-and-outs, generating a total of 16 yards of offense on those four drives. The suddenly stagnant Wolfpack offense made it easy for the Irish to run out the clock.

The Irish didn’t score in the fourth quarter, but they controlled the ball for 12:49, making it impossible for NC State to come back with its offense on the sideline.

After the game, Kelly had high praise for his group and was excited about the team’s competitive mindset going forward.

“We’ve gotten better each and every week. We’ve established a mindset as to how we play, and the kids are trusting the teaching,” Kelly said.

“This is a team that’s getting better.”

Contact Jack Concannon at jconcan2@nd.edu

KATHRYNE ROBINSON | The Observer

Irish sophomore cornerback Julian Love runs an interception back for a touchdown during Notre Dame’s 35-14 win over North Carolina State on Saturday at Notre Dame Stadium.

Love’s pick-six was the first interception off of Wolfpack redshirt-junior quarterback Ryan Finley all season and Love’s second pick-six of the season.

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Julian love’s pick-six ends ryan finley’s interception-free season

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NC State redshirt-junior quarterback Ryan Finley had a streak of 338 straight passes without an interception. Irish sophomore cornerback Julian Love ended that three minutes into the third quarter, when he picked off a pass near the sideline of his own 30-yard line. Surrounded by the entire defensive line and aided by a critical block from sophomore defensive lineman Daelin Hayes, Love reached the endzone for his second pick-six of the season.

Josh Adams was at it again versus the Wolfpack. The junior running back rushed for 202 yards in the game, 77 of which came in a breakaway touchdown in the style that has become characteristic of the Heisman contender. The touchdown run closed the game’s scoring. Adams had 27 carries for an average of 7.5 yards per carry against NC State. Adams also had runs of 21 and 35 yards against the No. 6 ranked rush defense in the country.

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Research analyzes alcohol use Student government confronts alcohol culture in Board of Trustees meeting

By NATALIE WEBER Associate News Editor

Student government presented research on alcohol culture at Notre Dame during its semi-annual report to the Universit y Board of Trustees on Oct. 19.

“We looked at alcohol culture at Notre Dame and we said, ‘W hy do students drink here? W hat are the factors that feed into an alcohol culture? ’” senior and student body president, Becca Blais, said. “And when I say ‘alcohol culture,’ that’s not just the presence of alcohol.

It’s heav y use. We actually have a higher rate of usage of alcohol than prett y much all of our peer institutions both academically and athletically.”

Blais said student government began its research by examining why students drink.

“We came up w ith about 12 reasons: the residence life traditions, the Notre Dame bubble, social interactions, [a] work hard, play hard [mentalit y], stress, parietals, lack of conversation on the topic, tailgating and football, this perception that

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there’s nothing else to do, alumni, policy enforcement and the double standard — specifically in the dorms — and then home and prior life experience,” Blais said.

Student government found w idespread abusive drinking produced several negative effects, including unhealthy drinking, sexual assault and lack of intellectual curiosit y, Blais said.

“We saw that 66 percent of females and 46 percent of males who indicated that they had experienced nonconsensual sexual intercourse while at Notre Dame

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W hile ma ny students choose to go out to celebrate a f ter footba ll ga mes, some prefer to stay on ca mpus.

To accommodate t hose students, Sa int Ma r y’s cont inues to of fer Fif t h Qua r ter events — onca mpus act iv it ies intended

Students sign a petition outside of South Dining Hall in favor of a filter that would block pornographic websites on University Wi-Fi.

By CIARA HOPKINSON News Writer

To conclude W hite Ribbon Aga inst Pornog raphy ( WRAP) — a week long effor t to bring attent ion to t he consequences w idespread pornog raphy use ca n have on relat ionships a nd huma n sex ua lit y — Students for Chi ld-Oriented Policy (SCOP) inv ited students to of fer t heir suppor t for a f i lter t hat wou ld block pornog raphy websites f rom t he Not re Da me WiFi. Members set up tables outside Nor t h a nd Sout h

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Dining Ha lls a round luncht ime, seek ing to engage t heir peers in honest conversat ion.

Senior a nd member Ca roly n Ebner sa id SCOP hopes to foster product ive dia log ue about t he issue.

“I t hin k it’s not somet hing people a re w illing to ta lk about, which is t he t rouble, so I t hin k our prima r y goa l for t his week is to draw attent ion to t hat a nd t r y to remove t he silence a nd sha me a round it,” Ebner sa id.

The Universit y forbids t he see WRAP PAGE 4

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said that they were unable to prov ide consent because they were asleep or incapacitated as a result of drugs or alcohol,” Blais said.

According to the Universit y’s 2016 Sexual Conduct and Climate Questionnaire, 17 percent of males and 26 percent of females obser ved a fellow student who was unable to give consent to sexual advances because of drugs or alcohol.

An unhealthy alcohol

Judge Sergio Moro w ill deliver the 2018 Commencement address at the May 20 ceremony, according to an email sent to the Notre Dame student

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Fifth Quarter encourages on-campus activities

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to engage t he Col lege communit y a f ter Not re Da me at h let ic events.

The Of f ice of Student Involvement (OSI) — including director Gloria Jen k ins a nd sta f f assista nt Ka it ly n Sta n k iew icz — pla n t he Fif t h Qua r ter events.

Senior resident adv isor A lyssa Rogers sa id she helped pla n a nd lead

severa l Fif t h Qua r ter events t his yea r to ensure t he events cater to students’ needs a nd interests.

Successf u l act iv it ies so fa r have included a mov ie v iew ing, a spa act iv it y a nd t riv ia night, since t hey established a comfor table

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Former President of the United States George W. Bush and former First Lady Laura Bush participated in the dedication of O’Neill Hall on Friday night, the University announced in a press release Saturday.

According to the release, Bush’s participation in the event marked his sixth visit to Notre Dame’s campus, including when he served as the 2001 Commencement speaker and

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received an honorary degree.

The press release said Bush participated in the dedication due to his friendship with Joseph I. O’Neill III — after whom the building is named — and his wife, Jan. A graduate of the class of 1967, O’Neill has been a member of the University Board of Trustees since 2001, according to the release.

The 100,000-squre-foot, seven-story O’Neill Hall is the building on the South

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side of Notre Dame Stadium and will be the new home of music and sacred music at the University. To accomplish this mission, the building houses the LaBar Family Recital Hall, LaBar Family Performance Hall, a music library, a production lab, a lecture hall, classrooms, rehearsal spaces, practice rooms and faculty offices for both the department of music and for department of sacred music at Notre Dame.

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atmosphere in which students can bond, she said.

“I chose [to help with] Fifth Quarter because I enjoy planning events and meeting new people on campus,” Rogers said.

Rogers said Fifth Quarter events were originally intended to encourage students to stay on campus after football games, but now they have become a great alternative for students who do not like to go to the games at all.

“I personally think that the events are a nice alternative to the game if you aren’t interested in football or just feel like taking a weekend off,” Rogers said. “They help build community among students on our campus, are a great way to meet new people and the actual activities are really fun this year.”

Stankiewicz said this year OSI also received help from Le Mans hall director Nicole Hundt since planning Fifth Quarter events is a team effort. The events encourage a variety of ways for students to celebrate a Notre Dame victory, she said.

“Not everyone is interested in the party scene or going out after the Notre Dame football games,” Stankiewicz said in an email. “And even those who do like to go out come to Fifth Quarter events because they want a fun activity

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on campus and they want to do something different. This benefits students because it gives them a diverse offering of events in an alcohol free safe environment.”

There was also a Fifth Quarter event during freshmen orientation to provide students an alternative to Domerfest, Rogers said.

“We decorated little pots and planted succulents,” Rogers said. “We also did some henna tattoos. Unfortunately, there wasn’t much interested in the event because everyone went to Domerfest. But I think it would be really successful as a Fifth Quarter event for next year.”

The events garnered a solid turnout so far this year, Stankiewicz said.

“Our SMC trivia event had about 25 people,” Stankiewicz said.

In the spring, OSI hosts similar events called Overtime after basketball games, and ideas for this spring include boxing classes, meditation and massages, Stankiewicz said. Fifth Quarter events have been a tradition at Saint Mary’s, and Stankiewicz said OSI is pleased with thepositive reception the events have received this year. a tradition at Saint Mary’s, and Stankiewicz said OSI is pleased with the positive reception the events have received this year.

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cu lture ca n a lso negat ively impact relat ionships, Bla is sa id, in pa r t icu la r bet ween fema le students a nd ha ll sta f f. “[ We saw] for exa mple, women being a f ra id to go back to t heir dorms for a percept ion of being judged a f ter drin k ing — so not going back home a nd instead spending t he night elsewhere —a nd how da ngerous t hat ca n be,” Bla is sa id.

Senior a nd student body v ice president, Sibonay Shew it, sa id student government’s resea rch relied heav ily on a yea r-long study conducted by t he McDona ld Center for Student Well-Being.

“On top of t hat, we collected input f rom t he student senate,” Shew it sa id. “The execut ive cabinet ta lked to t he Of f ice of Communit y Sta nda rds [a nd] dif ferent administ rators, looked update prev ious boa rd repor ts a nd t hen just [ta lked to] students.

We t ried to get as ma ny voices as possible.”

Based on student government’s f inding, t he execut ive cabinet made severa l recommendat ions for improv ing a lcohol cu lture at Not re Da me. Bla is sa id t he f irst recommendat ion focused on exa mples of hea lt hy drin k ing in

residence ha l ls.

“We went a round a nd we asked a lot of people, ‘Have you ever seen hea lt hy drin k ing on ca mpus? ’” she sa id. “There were a few posit ive a nswers, a nd it was most ly ga me watches a nd stuf f li ke t hat. So we wa nt to see more oppor tunit ies for students, especia lly underclassmen, to interact w it h upperclassmen a nd a lcohol in a rea l ly sa fe way.”

Bla is sa id student government proposed replacing pa rieta ls w it h quiet hours, creat ing consistency in policy enforcement a mongst dorms a nd focusing on bui lding hea lt hy relat ionships bet ween students a nd ha l l sta f f.

“This w ill come out of conversations w ith rectors, primarily on the best practices in the dorms,” she said. “Some of the dorms are doing a really, really good job at building sustainable, healthy hall communit y, so what are they doing to build that communit y, and how can rectors emulate those practices? ” Prov iding information about events in South Bend would also help counter an abusive alcohol culture, Blais said.

“That’s where we would be advertising more of the alternatives that students have in South Bend as opposed to drinking all the time,” she said. “Again, this is also focusing on our drinking population at Notre Dame, which is about 80 percent, which is high.”

Student government chief of staff and junior Prathm Juneja said student government hopes to continue the conversation on “ever y thing from the alcohol issue in terms of safe drinking, sexual assault [and] the drug policy, etc.”

“We’l l be compa ring ot her universit y policies, policies t hat ot her Not re Da me students have had — whet her it’s summer housing or abroad housing — so t hat we ca n have t he best col lect ion of informat ion as to what policies a re ef fect ive for t he Not re Da me student popu lat ion a nd which ones a ren’t a nd which one t he students on ca mpus a re in favor of,” Juneja sa id.

Though t he repor t focused prima ri ly on a lcohol cu lture on ca mpus, Bla is sa id, student government a lso considered t he potent ia l ef fects of t he new housing policy on Not re Da me’s a lcohol cu lture.

“Look ing at t he t hree yea r housing policy, if you’re requiring students to stay on for t hree yea rs, how w i l l t hat a f fect a lcohol cu lture ? ” she sa id.

“Especia l ly considering a ll t hese factors t hat we

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ment ioned before, such as relat ionships w it h ha l l sta f f a nd rectors a nd pa rieta ls a nd ever y t hing, how do students interact w it h t heir dorms? W hat t y pe of ex perience a re we look ing for in t he dorms, a nd how does a lcohol play a role in t hat? ” W hi le student government made cer ta in recommendat ions to t he Boa rd of Tr ustees, members a re not look ing for cha nges to t he Universit y’s a lcohol policies, Bla is sa id.

“We’re not ask ing for a new policy,” she sa id. “We’re ask ing for a conversat ion.”

“I k now t hat w it h t he new housing policy t here was a lot of conf usion about what student government’s role was in t hat decision, seeing t hat housing recommendat ions were t he focus of t he prev ious boa rd repor t,” Shew it sa id. “So, t he biggest t hing to be clea r is t hat wasn’t necessa ri ly t he focus of [Bla is], [former student body president] Corey [Robinson] a nd [former student government chief of sta f f ] Michael [Ma rkel’s] boa rd repor t in t he spring, a nd a new a lcohol policy wasn’t t he focus of our presentat ion or repor t to t he boa rd t his yea r.”

Bla is sa id she hopes t he repor t brings about cha nges in pa rieta ls a nd t he drin k ing cu lture.

“I hope t hat t he impact [of t he repor t] wou ld be a cha nge in pa rieta ls,” she sa id. “There’s a g roup w it hin t he rectors leading some resea rch on t his right now … I wou ld love to see hea lt hy drin k ing on ca mpus, to be led by ha l l communit ies a nd club communit ies a nd a l l over.

That wou ld be a ma zing.”

A hea lt hier drin k ing cu lture wou ld ex pose students to exa mples of hea lt hy drin k ing, especia l ly in dorm communit ies, Shew it sa id.

“I t hin k t hat t he best t hing we cou ld do for our a lcohol cu lture is to end t his taboo where students a re a f ra id to ta l k about a lcohol in t heir dorm or approach it as if it’s t his topic t hat ca n’t be ta l ked about a round adu lts or [resident assista nts]” she sa id.

Juneja sa id cha nges to t he drin k ing cu lture wou ld a lso help improve t he communit y as a whole.

“We wa nt to hopef u l ly ma ke steps towa rds ma k ing Not re Da me a sa fer, more equitable a nd more communit y oriented place,” he sa id. “That’s t he communit y on-ca mpus a nd of f-ca mpus a nd t he Sout h Bend communit y at la rge.” ome f rom f riendships.”

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use of its Wi-Fi net work to v iew porn, but t he policy is dif f icu lt to enforce while respect ing t he privacy of students. The f i lter, while it wou ld not be t he end-a llbe-a l l solut ion to t he issue of pornog raphy on ca mpus, wou ld send a n impor ta nt message a nd force students to consider t heir act ions more f u l ly, Ebner sa id.

“Putt ing a f i lter in, f irst of a ll, is technolog ica lly ex t remely dif f icu lt to do, to actua l ly f i lter out a ll t he websites t hat wou ld prov ide pornog raphy for people,” Ebner sa id. “So, f rom our point of v iew, it’s more like a sy mbolic statement f rom t he Universit y. … It’s not going to stop t he people who a re rea l ly watching a nd using it, but for people t r y ing to stop, it’s one more check on t hem to be li ke, ‘Okay, is t his somet hing I actua lly wa nt to do? ’” Senior a nd member Ma ria Kunat h sa id whi le ef for ts to prevent ot hers f rom v iewing pornog raphy or abusing a lcohol may ma ke it more dif f icu lt to access, t he users must u lt imately ma ke t he decision t hemselves.

“We a re not going to stop pornog raphy use,” Kunat h sa id. “If t his pet it ion passes, t hat’s not going to say t hat ever yone who has ever looked at pornog raphy is never going to do it aga in in t heir lives, but we’re hoping t hat people stop a nd t hin k.”

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body Sunday night.

Moro is a Brazilian jurist who has worked to combat corruption in his country, University President Fr. John Jenkins said in the email.

“Earlier this month in Sao Paulo, Brazil, I presented Judge Moro with the Notre Dame Award, and found him a courageous, conscientious, humble public servant dedicated to justice and the common good,” Jenkins said in the email. “I asked him if he would come to address the graduates of 2018 at our Commencement, and he generously agreed.”

Jenkins said in the email he encourages members of the Notre Dame community to inform themselves of Moro’s achievements.

“Because his work has not been extensively reported in the media in this country, his is less a household name here than it is in Brazil,” he said in the email.

Moro’s work — dedicated to exposing political corruption within Brazil — earned the name Operation Car Wash,

f rom a va riet y of a ngles, including f rom t he point of v iew of Cat holic teachings.

The Church condemns porn as object if icat ion of huma n beings made in God’s image a nd a v iolat ion of huma n dig nit y, she sa id.

“We’re hoping t hat a block, if it goes t hrough, g ives people pause a nd t hey say, ‘Okay, why is t hat? ’” she sa id. “W hy does t he Church teach t hat about huma n sex ua lit y? Is it good, is it bad, is t his somet hing I do, how does t his a f fect my life ?

We’re hoping t hat t he f ilter is a moment for a lot of people to pause a nd t hin k a nd say, ‘W hat’s porn? W hy a m I using it? W hy does Not re Da me t hin k it’s bad? ’” The u lt imate solut ion, Ebner sa id, has to come f rom students’ cha lleng ing a nd suppor t ing t heir peers — somet hing she has a lready seen a mong her ow n f riends.

“The biggest t hing w it h W RA P Week is t hat we’re not ex pect ing t his to f i x t he problem, but we just wa nt to get people ta lk ing about it,” Ebner sa id. “A nd I don’t t hin k t he Universit y ta k ing g ia nt act ions is going to be t he most ef fect ive t hing. I t hin k t he most effect ive t hing is for g roups of f riends to sta r t ta lk ing about it a nd holding each ot her accountable a nd g ive each ot her permission to be rea l a nd v u lnerable w it h each ot her. I t hin k t he rea lest help is going to come f rom f riendships.”

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according a Time magazine report. His contributions to a number of high profile cases revealed that lawmakers were accepting money in exchange for contracts with the staterun oil company, Petrobras, the report said, and as a result, hundreds of politicians were subjected to further investigation.

Moro became a federal judge in 1995, one year after he earned his bachelor of law degree at the Maringa State University in his home state of Parana. He then enhanced his legal knowledge by studying abroad at Harvard Law School, and he received a Juris Doctor from the Federal University of Parana in 2002.

When Jenkins presented the Notre Dame Award in Brazil, he said Moro exhibits exemplary behavior and showcases how to effectively promote justice, according to an National Public Radio transcript.

“As a result of Dr. Moro and his team’s good work, Brazil, instead of being infamous for corruption, has become a beacon for the rest of the hemisphere on how to fight it,” Jenkins said in the transcript.

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By MAGGIE WALSH Scene Writer

If you are wondering what Ezra Koenig of Vampire Weekend has been up to in the four years since his band’s latest record “Modern Vampires of the City” was released, here is part of your answer. In late September, Netflix released season one of Koenig’s anime-style brainchild, “Neo Yokio,” in its entirety. The series follows Kaz Kaan, a wealthy and terminally morose young adult living in a futuristic — and perhaps post-apocalyptic — version of a city that resembles both New York City and Tokyo. Kaan, voiced by Jaden Smith, is tasked with defending the city from demons intent on destroying Neo Yokio and its numerous wealthy socialites. His Aunt Agatha (Susan Sarandon) seems to serve as both his guardian angel and his tormenter: each episode revolves around the dangerous and complicated tasks that Aunt Agatha badgers Kaan into accomplishing. His two best friends, Lexy and Gottlieb, voiced by The Kid Mero and Desus Nice respectively, often join Kaan on his missions, or at the very least provide him with some liquid courage in the form of their signature Caprese Martinis. Musician and actor of Coconut Records and “Rushmore” fame, Jason Schwartzman, voices Kaan’s nemesis, the aptly named Arcangelo. The most enjoyable character is Kaan’s sidekick, a hilarious robot butler named Charles (Jude Law). Beyond the star studded cast, music fans will be happy to note that Will Wiesenfeld, better known by his artist name Baths, is one of the composers for the show’s enjoyable score.

By MATT MUNHALL Scene Writer

Margo Price opened her 2016 debut “Midwest Farmer’s Daughter” by sketching out her origin story: a childhood in rural Illinois, the loss of the family farm, a decade spent playing gigs in Nashville, the death of her firstborn child, the hard drinking and prison stint in the years that followed. Despite her tumultuous backstory, she expressed modest ambitions: “I want to buy back the farm / And bring my mama home some wine / Turn back the clock on the cruel hands of time.”

Price has been branded a revivalist for her embrace of old-school country sounds, but her new album “All American Made” reflects the urgency of the present moment. “Don’t clear your throat if you’ve got nothing to say,” she sings on the opening track, as if issuing a challenge to herself. On “All American Made,” however, Price more than delivers, with her razor-sharp songwriting making her the reigning poet laureate of the dive bar.

The record starts with an exuberant one-two punch that bolsters Price’s outlaw country credentials. “Don’t Say It” is a tequila shot of an opening track, with Price rattling off one-liners to an awful boyfriend — “Don’t

“Neo Yokio” is relatively unusual in that it is actually the side characters and not Kaan himself that viewers will find themselves favoring. Kaan, obsessed with Toblerone, pure black tuxedos and general elegance, is dramatic and conceited to the point of satire, “a lapdog of the bourgeoisie” as one character so nicely puts it. Kaan describes himself as “prone to melancholy.”

Kaan is certainly over the top, but simultaneously somehow heartwarmingly relatable. One of the best lines in the show is actually an excuse Kaan voiced in an effort to avoid his Aunt Agatha: “My existential dread is acting up today.” In other words, every college student’s favorite new way to explain away a gloomy disposition. When his girlfriend breaks up with him and moves to San Francisco, Kaan goes so far as to not only purchase, but also regularly visit his own tombstone in an ornate graveyard, toting fresh flowers and theatrical sighs each visit. Kaan’s behavior is certainly entertaining, but viewers will need to look to characters such as Charles and Arcangelo for the more lighthearted comic relief.

Distinctly New York cultural references, undercurrents of biting social commentary, and eloquent witticisms that fans of Vampire Weekend will appreciate as patently “Ezra Koenig,” offset the show’s relatively simple plot line.

Allusions to chopped cheeses and stereotypes of Long Islanders make this show surprisingly regional, but no less accessible to viewers. Hailing from The Bronx themselves, voice actors The Kid Mero and Desus Nice let their New York accents out in full force. A particularly powerful aspect of the show is

the setting of Neo Yokio itself, which is different from New York in that the lower side of Manhattan is nonexistent, or rather, underwater. The show does not linger on the Sea Beneath 14th Street, yet the setting is a reminder of the reality of sea level rise and climate change in New York City.

Koenig’s satirical and absurdist sense of humor, familiar to followers of his Instagram and Twitter accounts, permeates the series’ script. The comedy does not take away from, but rather supplements an underlying commentary on social class. The city of Neo Yokio revolves around the wealthy, or more specifically, the comically shallow anxieties of the wealthy.

In one of the final episodes of the series, Charles distractedly states, “Neo Yokio doesn’t concern itself with the safety of its slum denizens.” One cannot help but think of how applicable this line might be to the current social climate in the broader United States. This subtle political commentary should not be surprising for fans of Koenig, who was an avid supporter of Bernie Sanders in the lead up to the 2016 presidential election.

Although television is new territory for Koenig, the creativity and personality infused into “Neo Yokio” will draw in fans of Vampire Weekend’s clever lyricism. “Neo Yokio” is available now on Netflix in six, thirty-minute long installments: perfect for procrastinating schoolwork – within reason – throughout the hopefully short interval until Vampire Weekend’s forthcoming album is finally released.

call the doctor with a broken heart” — over her band’s rockabilly stylings. She follows it with the honky-tonk stomp of “Weakness,” a rollicking song about wrestling with one’s demons. (I highly recommend watching the track’s brilliant outlaw fantasy of a video, in which Price robs a liquor store and starts a gasoline fire.)

“All American Made” lives up to its name, both in its sound and its lyrical concerns; political without being didactic, it is an album about how hard it is to make it in America. While the country music of the ’60s and ’70s is an obvious influence — one hears hints of Loretta Lynn, Waylon Jennings and Merle Haggard — she and her band also draw from a number of quintessentially American genres, including soul, funk, R&B and gospel.

As a storyteller, too, Price often recalls Haggard, offering a working-class view from the heartland. On the plaintive “Heart of America,” she tells the autobiographical story of her family losing their farm in Aledo, Illinois. Price describes the hardscrabble life of farming, through a series of folksy adages: “You can pray to anybody’s Jesus / And be a hardworking man / But at the end of the day, if the rain don’t rain / We just do what we can.” Backed by the gospel quartet The McCrary Sisters on “Do Right By Me,” Price recounts the mundanity of growing up in a small town where

there “ain’t much for a girl to do except get knocked up and settle down.”

Most affecting is the title track, which posits that alienation and disaffection are as American as apple pie. “I wonder if the president gets much sleep at night / And if the folks on welfare are making it alright,” Price sings. “I’m dreaming of that highway that stretches out of sight / That’s all American made.” It is that specific, empathic lens on American life that makes Price such a great songwriter and “All American Made” such a triumph.

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“All American Made” Margo Price Label: Third Man Records Tracks: “Weakness,” “Do Right By Me” “All American Made” If you like: Waylon Jennings, Loretta Lynn, Merle Haggard

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The Puerto Rican flood

Inside Column

Turn it off

Ray Ramirez The Crooked Path

Selena Ponio Associate News Editor

Frustrated with Google Maps and my inability to follow its directions, I turned my phone off.

I surrendered to the labyrinthine streets of Madrid, allowing them to swallow me up completely as I looked around for a cafe to eat breakfast at.

Finally spotting an empty table at one outdoor cafe, I took a seat, repeatedly saying “lo siento” to an elderly man who came five seconds after me.

I tried to convince myself that giving your seat to older people only applied to bus or train seats, and not a rare seat at an outdoor cafe on a Saturday morning in Spain.

Over fall break, I did some research in Madrid and tackled my first solo trip. I was excited to navigate my own schedule, unrestricted from another person’s preferences. I had total freedom for when I wanted to do work, visit museums or choose a restaurant. I came in thinking I would be totally alone on the trip, but I wasn’t.

Sitting down at this busy outdoor cafe with a table for four all to myself, a woman asked me if she could sit with me for a cup of coffee. I said yes and she sat down, pulled out a cigarette and ordered a coffee. We proceeded to have a three-hour long conversation in Spanish about how she immigrated from Romania, worked at the Madrid Atocha train station, but wanted to leave the city and its economic pressures and trade it for the peaceful countryside.

Later that day I met Bruna, a 26-year-old woman from Brazil who worked marketing for Heineken and who was one of the most independent and open-minded women I had ever met. We spent an entire day together, eating in the market, walking around Parque Retiro and exploring various neighborhoods in Madrid.

Bruna and I then met Francisco, who was a graduate student studying international relations at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid, at a restaurant. He knew the best places to go at night and took Bruna and I around with his friends. At one point, our group consisted of people from Italy, Brazil, Germany and the United States.

A solo trip left me feeling anything but lonely and introduced me not only to new people, but cultures that I had never been exposed to before. It left me promising myself that the next time I was in a new place, I’d turn Google Maps off more often.

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The destruction brought to Puerto Rico by Hurricane Maria just a few weeks ago was intensified by more than a centur y of efforts by Washington and Wall Street to exploit the island.

Shortly after the United States seized Puerto Rico, Guam and the Philippines from Spain in 1898, Congress sought to minimize federal funding obligations while allowing treatment of these colonies unequal to that of states.

Puerto Rico was especially singled out for financial exploitation, as a 1917 law created a separate ta x system for the island not administered by the Internal Revenue Ser vice. Under this law, Puerto Rico was free to issue “triple ta x-exempt” bonds, relieved from local, state and federal ta xes. In turn, the federal government was relieved of responsibility to extend full support to the island. In the 1940s, mainland manufacturers came to Puerto Rico to use its large labor pool, low labor costs (Puerto Rico’s minimum wage was not aligned with the rest of the U.S. until 1983), and duty-free exports to the U.S. In 1976, with the promise of creating more goodpaying jobs on the island, the federal ta x code was amended to allow Puerto Rico’s companies to transfer income ta x-free to their U.S. parent companies. A number of mainland companies, especially pharmaceuticals, f led to the island. The program made lots of money for participating companies, but resulted in billions of dollars of lost ta x revenues, and provided relatively few jobs.

Seeking another source of income, Puerto Rican and mainland financiers revisited the triple-ta xexempt bonds. Initially such bonds were tied to traditional debt issued by Puerto Rican public corporations to fund power, water, and highway projects. Before long, with the help of Wall Street, Puerto Rico launched more exotic debt instruments, such as bonds tied to Puerto Rico’s new sales ta x. The bonds were issued as Capital Appreciation Bonds — the “buy now, pay later” favorite of municipal finance—and allowed Puerto Rico to borrow beyond limits outlined it its constitution.

By 2014 Puerto Rico needed to restructure $73 billion in bonds and another $30 billion in unfunded pension liabilities. Unlike a sovereign nation, Puerto Rico could not just print more money or, like a state, seek the relief of U.S. Bankruptcy Court to restructure its debt. In fact, Puerto Rico was removed from Chapter 9 eligibility of the 1984 U.S. Bankruptcy Code. W hen Congress addressed Puerto Rico’s debt in 2015, it could have reinstated Puerto Rico’s eligibility for Chapter 9, a strateg y preferred by many bankruptcy legal professionals.

Instead, Congress passed the “Puerto Rico Oversight, Management, and Economic Stability Act” (PROMESA). As with the 1917 law that gave Puerto Rico its own private ta x code, PROMESA set up a separate bankruptcy law outside of the federal

code available to the states. On July 1, 2016, the day after the law was signed, Puerto Rico defaulted on their debt. The whole matter is now the U.S. Federal District Court, instead of the more traditional U.S. Bankruptcy Court, as further evidence of Puerto Rico’s ongoing separate and unequal status.

This is the muddled economic environment into which hurricane Maria crashed, destroying much of the infrastructure and assets behind the debt. A month after Maria’s landfall, 80 percent of households remain without power, and half of the island is without communications. It was also into this environment that Donald Trump crashed, criticizing Puerto Ricans in a series of tweets that stated “Electric and all infrastructure was disaster before hurricanes,” and quoted a T V host who said of the territor y that “a financial crisis looms largely of their own making.” As aid efforts were just getting under way, Trump capped off the callous comments with “We cannot keep FEM A, the Militar y & the First Responders, who have been amazing (under the most difficult circumstances) in P.R. Forever!”

New York congresswoman Nydia Velasquez said on Twitter that the president’s comments were “outrageous, indefensible and irresponsible. We will not allow our gov’t to abandon our fellow citizens.”

Clearly oblivious to the histor y of Puerto Rico — and the large role the U.S. has played in creating the financial environment adding to the humanitarian crisis wrought by Maria — through his comments and actions Trump has assured that Puerto Ricans, U.S. citizens all, will remember the indifference and haughty dismissal of responsibility for ongoing aid and support. In the near term as many as 100,000 Puerto Ricans, by some estimates, are heading to the mainland, with most settling in Florida and Texas.

W hile residents in Puerto Rico, these U.S. citizens cannot vote in federal elections, but more than a million Puerto Ricans now live in Florida, a state Trump won by fewer than 113,000 votes.

Those current residents, and the inf lux of Puerto Ricans insulted and dismissed by Trump as little more than parasites, represent a new f lood landing on the shores of this countr y. Washington, Wall Street and Maria may have combined to create a tragic crisis that callous egotists exploit for their own ends, but Puerto Ricans are strong and proud citizens, and they won’t forget how they were treated. Politicians like Trump, and those that cower in his shadow, may well regret unleashing the energized f lood of Puerto Rican voters, and those who empathize with the plight of Puerto Rico.

Despite the sunny reports from Trump and FEM A, there’s a lot of work left to do in Puerto Rico. Here’s a good place to start.

Ray Ramirez is an attorney practicing, yet never perfecting, law in Texas while waiting patiently for a MacArthur Genius Grant. You may contact him at patrayram@sbcglobal.net The views expressed in this column are those of the author and not necessarily those of The Observer.

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National debates and housekeeping Gabriel Niforatos The Road Less Traveled

America is facing significant national issues that are of paramount importance to our culture. This October, the New York Times published an article about the grievous acts and misconducts of film producer Harvey Weinstein. NFL protests have sparked bitter debate on both sides of the aisle and raised questions about the extensions afforded by the First Amendment. President Trump often makes unfounded claims and then rejects any attempt at discussion to solve the issues he raises. These social issues concerning the profound mistreatment of women in the entertainment, business and public climates, as well as the protection of free speech for athletes are vital and demand us to take a stand and attempt to find solutions. However, with so many charged topics demanding our attention, it can be so easy to overlook the issues that are far more local and much closer to us in South Bend and our campus.

The median family income of a student from Notre Dame is $191,400. With that value in mind, it can be easy to forget that we live in South Bend, a place where the median household income from 2011-2015 was $34,523. The poverty level is high in the community outside Notre Dame, and while many of us are sleeping in dorm rooms, we must remember that there are homeless people encamped under Main Street. National issues surely demand our attention, but we have a responsibility as Notre Dame students to give back to the community around us.

And yet, the biggest thing we can do starts on our campus itself.

It was a Sunday night and, as midterms were fast approaching (I swear it’s not because I was procrastinating), I was in eager search of a quiet place to study.

I had already ruled Hesburgh Library as too far away and decided to go to Coleman-Morse Center in search of my perennial “have-to-get-work-done” space. After finding the first and second floors filled with people, I wound my way all the way up to the third floor, unceremoniously sat in the middle of the hallway, and got to work.

An admittedly uncomfortable hour on the floor had gone by. The passing to-and-fro of people soon became a distraction and I was disheartened to see my laptop computer nearing the end of its charge. That’s when the elevator door opened and a cleaning lady that I know wheeled her cart over and came up to me.

We chatted for a bit before she offered to take me to a spot where I could study far more comfortably and quietly. The “lesson” here is not that you should talk with cleaning ladies so you can study easier. Instead it’s a seven-word sentence that I think every Notre Dame student should take to heart. They are human beings like we are.

The important takeaway is that, while issues such as bipartisanship and ending poverty are some of the most important matters in our society, let’s start “small” and begin the vital process of dignifying the people who clean our dorms, cook our food and sweep the lecture halls.

I think that many of us take these people for granted. They are the ghosts you see under your eyelids when you grab a tray from South Dining Hall. They are the people who push the carts placed outside an empty lecture hall in DeBartolo. A reflection through a classroom, a smile in a hallway. Many of us ignore

them, or forget them, even if we don’t mean to be this way. Even if we do this subconsciously, I think that this is completely unfounded. They aren’t fixtures in the landscape or shadows in the background. They have dreams, thoughts, concerns and desires like all of us do. They have personality. They have story. Does cleaning after our messes alone at night make them less human? Would saying hello really disrupt our day?

Next time you see a cleaning lady by herself in your dorm or your secret study space, or a chef at South Dining Hall, pause for a second and say hello. Learn their names. It’s the least we can do. Even better, stop to have a conversation and hear the story and perspective of the people who work day and night to make our time here the very best it can be. For the unseen heroes who perform the tasks that allow our campus to be the wonderful place it is, I propose a change is brought about by extraordinary people doing ordinary things.

We have to remember that our journey here at Notre Dame is passing. We will walk the floors of our dorms and rush to class for four years. After that, we will be “dust tracks on a road” and the cleaning people will be the ones who sweep up after our footprints.

Next time you want to change Washington or sway Hollywood, start by looking in the halls of Notre Dame.

Gabriel Niforatos is a freshman who is double majoring in economics and political science. When he’s not at school he is busy hiking and running in the New Mexico mountain range. His email is gniforat@nd.edu.

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Graduate housing Notre Dame is planning to remove the graduate housing on the campus of Notre Dame. Sorry to say, but in this case John Affleck-Graves and the related administrators have it totally wrong. In the long run, this would be very damaging to The University.

Most people know Notre Dame because, as a modest size school, they play big time football. It is also known as an excellent undergraduate school that admits more selective students who are taught by very good professors. One key to the people who teach these students is that they are virtually all scholars who are active in the research of their respective disciplines. They are at the top of their academic fields.

Many years ago, Fr. Theodore Hesburgh made the vow to make the University into a first rate teachingresearch institution. This requires a graduate program that fosters research in academic disciplines that are being taught. Many faculty at Notre Dame have gained national and international reputations in their respective fields. They also teach the students who take the courses in their disciplines.

In order to have and maintain a good, active graduate program to continue research in the various fields, good graduate students are necessary. I believe I would be speaking for most faculty in that I would never have accepted the offer of a faculty position here if there was not an active research program in my discipline (biochemistry). There are similarities in faculty attempting to recruit good graduate students in our disciplines and the coaches of the sports’ programs trying to recruit good student-athletes. Graduate students are critical to virtually all of the graduate programs on campus.

It is a strange contrast of the University’s conflicting current decisions to require undergraduate students to live on campus for at least three years to enhance their campus culture. In contrast, the decision is the opposite for graduate students. There will no longer be a graduate student community if this decision goes forth. There are many reasons why such housing is

critical to the graduate programs.

First, of course, is that most beginning graduate students are new to the area and current graduate housing is on campus. Not all new graduate students have cars therefore transportation problems are diminished. Campus housing is within walking distance to all the important sites on campus. Students don’t have to search through a new city to find affordable, safe and accessible housing. Also, campus housing is significantly less expensive than local rental housing.

Most beginning graduate students have yet to meet new friends to share apartment space. Also, a fact of life, much of the less expensive rental properties are in less agreeable sections in town. It is important to remember, graduate student stipends are not very large.

Many of the graduate students who are pursuing degrees in experimental disciplines, such as science and engineering, spend long hours in their respective labs. The end of their daily work is dependent on the experiments and is rarely at fixed hours. Often the end of the work might well be at 1 a.m. or 4 a.m. It is easier and safer for a student to walk back to their “house” than drive across town at that hour of the night. It is also important to realize that in some of the sciences, nearly 50 percent of the students are females and females are in significant numbers in engineering. It is a concern that the new plans would put so many graduate students in greater danger.

Because of Notre Dame’s current reputation, many graduate students are foreign students. Very few have funds to purchase cars, they are unfamiliar with American culture, and have no knowledge of South Bend or Mishawaka. It is a distinct advantage to have graduate student housing on campus for students such as these. It is a distinct advantage to recruit both domestic and international students when there is campus housing available and they are not in the middle of a large city with little campus culture.

Graduate students, regardless of discipline, have many things in common. These include the stress

of classes, focus on their research and having some “life beyond the classroom/laboratory.” They have community. This is especially the case of married students. In some cases the spouse might not work or need to care for young children. They rely upon each other as community. For all the rhetoric of “The Notre Dame Family,” the attempt to remove graduate housing will badly destroy graduate family connections within the various programs. This will be a shame and somehow be in opposition to Catholic Social Teaching, as I understand it. Were the administration of the University to run in a democratic fashion by the faculty, there would probably be nearly universal opposition to the intended move by the current administration.

On behalf of the graduate students and faculty at Notre Dame, I implore the administration to rethink their decision. The University has recently built a significant number of new buildings to foster greater scholarship in various disciplines on campus. This has been a wonderful investment in the academics at Notre Dame. The administration appears to have forgotten that the basis of all of the scholarship expected is directly tied to and with the graduate students who all play a critical role in the actual work. They need to address this issue in these investments. With the significant endowment that the University has, they should be able to afford to provide good graduate housing and newer and better married-student housing. If graduate student housing will no longer be available, it will diminish the ability to attract good graduate students that, in turn will diminish the level of scholarship within our academy. In my perspective, diminishing the academic reputation of Notre Dame will be sinful.

Thomas Nowak professor emeritus department of chemistry and biochemistry Oct. 27

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Horoscope | Eugenia Last Happy Birthday: Proceed with caution this year when dealing with personal relationships, domestic matters and children. Strive to understand how others feel before you make decisions that will change the way you live.

Speak from the heart and be as frank as you can to maintain clarity and the ability to move forward with your plans. Your numbers are 7, 18, 21, 24, 30, 36, 44.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Participate in something you enjoy and you will make a difference. Your energy and ability to get things done will not go unnoticed. A chance to improve an important relationship is highlighted. Make special plans for two.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): You’ll be tempted by a joint venture or investment.

Look at all the possibilities carefully before you decide to get involved. Put your emotions aside and look at the practical aspect of whatever deal is brought to your attention.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Look for an opportunity to use your skills in new ways. Keep up with the latest technology and be aware of how others around you are advancing. Observation will do more for you than showing off what you can do.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): A day trip will help you relax and reevaluate. A visit with a sibling, relative or friend will be enlightening and give you plenty of ideas that you can implement into the way you want to move forward personally or professionally.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Relationships will need your undivided attention. Keep your emotions out of the conversation and the facts and figures at the forefront. It’s important for you to recognize that life is complicated and that it takes two to make a relationship work.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Consider your current position and what you can do to make improvements to your financial situation. Personal improvements or relocating to a place that offers greater opportunity should be considered. Personal and educational upgrades will help you excel.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Get involved in events, entertainment and the things that you enjoy and that make you happy. Children, close friends and your partner should be your priorities. Romance is encouraged and will make a positive difference to your personal future.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Offer alternatives to loved ones. An incentive will help you win support and hands-on help to achieve your goals. Your intuition is finetuned and will encourage you to make the right choices when dealing with financial matters.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Say less and do more. Aim to please, but not to use financial means to buy love. Listen carefully and don’t believe all that you hear.

Focus inward and do what you can to make self-improvements and positive life changes.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Don’t make a change or do something because someone else decides to. Try to do something you enjoy, even if it is on your own. A challenge will help you discover skills you didn’t know you had.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Look inward and figure out the best way to move forward. Less talk and more action will help you turn matters in your favor. Show your loved ones how much you care by offering your time and undivided attention.

A commitment can be made.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Responsibilities will weigh you down. Delegate some of your chores to people you know will help you out. Confusion while traveling can be expected. Give yourself plenty of time to get where you want to go.

Birthday Baby: You are responsive, appealing and protective. You are distinctive.

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Football needs to fix targeting rule Marek Mazurek Assistant Managing Editor

It happens every weekend there’s football.

Sometimes it’s a sliding quarterback. Sometimes it’s a receiver as he’s falling down.

Whatever the scenario, there’s always a big hit — followed by a f lag, 15-yard penalty, an ejection in college and often a fine in the NFL. With the buzz surrounding concussion symptoms and their long-lasting impact, new rules have been implemented with an eye towards player safety. This is very understandable. The NFL needs to save face after concealing concussion research for years and adding more penalties for helmet to helmet hits is a great way to avoid lawsuits.

But, targeting calls in college, and helmet to helmet penalties in the NFL, have become so common they are hurting the product on the field.

The college game is where I have more of a problem with the rule, because the penalty for being found “guilty” of targeting is an ejection and missing the first half of the next game if the targeting occurs in the second half.

The logic behind the rule is that playing time is the single biggest thing players want and by docking playing time, it makes defensive players want to prevent helmet to helmet hits at all costs.

But that logic, while sound, backfires when referees don’t know how to correctly assess targeting calls.

The rule, as it’s written, includes any contact to the “head or neck area of a defenseless opponent” whether that contact is intentional or not. In addition, leading with the crown of the helmet, or “launching” are grounds for targeting.

This definition includes actual instances where players can get seriously injured, but it also includes a lot of other scenarios where the player being penalized did nothing wrong.

For every hit a player leads with their helmet and launches into the opposing player, there are three or four “targeting” calls where the offensive player ducks their head at the last second and makes contact with the defender’s helmet.

Or as we saw in the NFL on Thursday with Joe Flacco, a quarterback sliding at the last second gets hit by a defender hustling to the play.

Why should plays like these

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be targeting? A defensive player getting into the best possible position to make a tackle should be penalized for a last-second movement from an offensive player.

Similarly, when quarterbacks like Cam Newton or J.T. Barrett run, defenders can’t let up for a microsecond or they risk giving up yardage.

NFL athletes are too big and fast for defenders to play any less than 100 percent.

If you want to call a 15-yard penalty on these kind of incidental hits that are simply part of the game, no matter how well you teach “safe” tackling techniques, that’s one thing.

But suspending players with only a cursory review process is a miscarriage of justice. I am in favor of abolishing ejections altogether, but if ejections have to be part of the rulebook, at least take the time to really review the play — not just two minutes by the on-field referee who has the coaches yelling in his ear after the fact.

Let calls for suspensions be made by the league office or the NCA A with ample time to review the intent of the play in question. This would penalize players who are acting maliciously, but give those who were victims of circumstance a pardon.

Proponents of the targeting rule will tell you that defenders need to be taught better tackling techniques to avoid leading with the helmet.

And that’s an important step that should be implemented in high school and youth football.

But conditions in a tackling drill are vastly different than those in a live game.

Offensive players are running faster and coming at defenders in different angles than a scripted drill. And with both the college and professional game making pushes for less practices with full pads, that just means less time to practice the “safer” techniques.

Simply teaching better tackling techniques will not eliminate helmet to helmet hits.

In time, better fundamentals will undoubtedly reduce the risk of head injuries, but in the meantime, let’s stop fining and suspending players who are just playing hard.

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women that ran especially well were [Rachel DaDamio] and [Annie Heffernan], both running [to] their second A ll-ACC cross countr y accolade, so we’re especially proud of those two,” Sparks said.

The men’s team was led by freshman Yared Nuguse, who finished 24th overall with a personal-best time of 24:03.7 in his first ACC competition of his collegiate career. Nuguse was followed by Irish co-captain and senior Kevin Pulliam, who finished 37th overall with a time of 24:19.0.

Graduate student Bradley Wattleworth finished 41st overall with a time of 24:22.5 for the third best Irish time.

Coach Sparks talked about what the team will be working on over the next two weeks as it prepares for Regionals.

“I think there is some mental toughness that we just need to talk about — finishing the job. There’s some conditioning things as well that, as we let them rest up, for this last two to three weeks of the season, hopefully, their legs feel a little bit stronger and can finish things out in the appropriate fashion,” Sparks said. “So, work on the mental game a little bit but, also work on the physical game which at this point of year

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Irish junior Rachel DaDamio competes in the National Catholic Invitational on Sept. 15 at Notre Dame’s Burke Golf Course.

is not necessarily working harder it’s letting your body rest and recover.”

Coach Sparks recapped the meet by saying the men’s team showcased their improvement, and that despite the performance by the women’s team, he still has hope that they have their best race ahead of them.

“The men were tenth last year and moved up to finish seventh, so they’re trending in the right direction,”

Sparks said. “The women struggled a little bit the last mile of the race, whereas, we were second last year, we were second with one mile to go in the race this year and the wheels came off the last mile. We feel like we got ever y thing there to put it back together in two weeks, and now we just need to execute a little bit better.”

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Wheeler’s hat trick lifts Winnipeg over Pittsburgh Associated Press

WINNIPEG, Manitoba — Blake Wheeler scored three of Winnipeg’s five goals in the first period and the Jets routed the Pittsburgh Penguins 7-1 on Sunday night.

Brendan Lemieux scored his first career goal for Winnipeg on a slap shot from the point at 12:20 of the third. The son of Claude Lemieux made his NHL debut Oct. 20.

Andrew Copp, Joel Armia and Mark Scheifele also scored for the Jets, who chased Matt Murray early. Connor Hellebuyck made 31 saves.

Winnipeg (5-3-2) scored three times in a span of 34 seconds late in the first to break it open against the two-time defending Stanley Cup champions.

The Penguins (7-5-1), playing back-to-back road games after losing 2-1 in Minnesota on

Saturday, were on their heels from the start and didn’t score until Evgeni Malkin’s fifth of the season late in the second period.

Pittsburgh has been outscored 21-10 in the opening 20 minutes this season.

The Jets have played their best hockey this season in the opening period, outscoring their opponents 16-8.

Copp opened the scoring with his first of the season on a short pass in the slot from linemate Sean Matthias at 1:20.

The Jets remained on the attack but Murray stymied them until 13:58, when Scheifele fed Wheeler at the side of the net for his second goal of the season.

He added another at 17:44 and Murray barely had time to take his stance again before Armia made it 4-0 at 18:07. Murray was pulled and lost in regulation for the second time this season.

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seconds after that when Wheeler made it 5-0 at 18:18 with a goal against Murray’s replacement, Casey DeSmith.

The Jets lost 2-1 in overtime Thursday at Pittsburgh, one of two overtime losses for them this week following a win at Minnesota.

Winnipeg returned to Hellebuyck’s hot hand in goal.

He has all five Jets wins this season.

Pittsburgh tried to regroup in the second period and outshot the Jets 15-4, thanks partly to a string of minor penalties on Winnipeg. But the Penguins not get one past Hellebuyck until Malkin scored his power-play goal at 17:02.

Scheifele scored in the third when he one-timed a pass from Wheeler during a 4-on-3 power play at 10:28 to make it 6-1.

Lemieux’s goal about two minutes later completed the scoring.

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the back of the Notre Dame net to give the Tar Heels a 2-0 lead.

The Tar Heels scored another goal just two minutes later when Alan Winn scored his ninth goal of the season to extend North Carolina’s lead to 3-0.

Senior forward Jon Gallagher tried to put the Irish on the board during the 76th minute, but his shot went high. Senior midfielder Blake Townes also had a chance to give Notre Dame’s their first goal during the 87th minute, but the ball sailed wide of the goal.

North Carolina hung on to secure the 3-0 victory.

Notre Dame finished with a total of three shots on goal during the game, while North Carolina recorded

nine. The Irish recorded one corner kick during the game while the Tar Heels recorded six. The only save recorded by either team during the game was by Hubbard, who denied a North Carolina shot during the 46th minute.

Notre Dame recorded nine fouls during the game while North Carolina recorded three.

Notre Dame finishes regular season play with a 9-5-2 overall record and a 3-3-2 record against ACC conference opponents to finish in fourth place in the ACC Coastal Division.

The Irish’s pursuit of a conference championship will begin Wednesday at 7 p.m. when they host Pittsburgh in the first round of the ACC tournament at Alumni Stadium. The Panthers come into the game with an 8-9-0 overall record and a 2-6-0 record in conference play.

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Irish senior defender Monica Flores prepares to pass the ball during Notre Dame’s 3-0 loss to Duke on Sept.

21 at Alumni Stadium. Flores took one shot in the game and played all 90 minutes.

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NC State’s defense, which had given up just four goals at home all season, adjusted and kept chances limited for the remainder of the first half. Notre Dame would have another opportunit y in the 42nd minute when sophomore for ward Natalie Jacobs headed a pass from senior defender Monica Flores. The NC State goalie was able to make the save, however, and the game remained scoreless at halftime, marking the 11th time this season Notre Dame has gone to the locker room tied after 45 minutes.

In the 61st minute, Notre Dame was finally able to get on the board when junior midfielder Sabrina Flores got ahold of the ball inside the box and buried it in the left side of the net. It marked her first goal on the season and fourth of her career. The 1-0 lead did not hold for long as NC State (14-4-1, 6-3-1 ACC) went on the attack in the follow ing minutes and forced some rare mistakes out of the normally strong Irish defense. In the 66th minute, the Wolfpack notched things up as Tziarra King found the back of the net, getting the ball just past a div ing attempt by senior Notre Dame goalkeeper Lex i Nicholas.

From there, NC State continued to apply pressure, scoring just five minutes later to take the lead, a lead that would hold for good.

King added another pair of goals in the 77th and 85th minutes, completing the hat trick and capping off the 4-1 v ictor y. For NC State, this marked their sixth straight v ictor y, and the Wolfpack

w ill now go on to play North Carolina in a battle for state supremacy Friday.

On the day, Irish head coach Theresa Romagnolo said she saw some positive things out of her team, but noted they didn’t come consistently enough.

“Sabrina Flores scored a nice goal for us. At times we connected our passes and got into dangerous areas, but we didn’t do it consistently enough,” Romagnolo said.

“They scored on a set piece which we can’t continue doing, so that’s disappointing, but mov ing for ward we have to correct our mistakes and avoid doing the same things.”

Now eliminated from the ACC tournament, the Irish

await a potential bid in the NCAA championship. Notre Dame has played in the past 24 NCAA tournaments, most recently hav ing lost in the first round to SIUEdwardsv ille last season.

The selection show is Nov. 6 at 4:30 p.m. while tournament play gets under way starting Nov. 10. Until then, Romagnolo said she hopes her team can use the time off to rest up and get ready for the next step.

“We want to get rest, regroup, and see what we want to focus on mov ing for ward, and from there we w ill have our first round game,” she said.

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Irish senior forward Jon Gallagher keeps the ball inbounds during Notre Dame’s 3-1 win over Michigan on Oct. 10 at Alumni Stadium.

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the game on a good note, as the Irish hopped on the board just over three minutes in to take the lead 1-0. After a face off in its own zone, Notre Dame rushed out in transition with a three-on-two.

Sophomore wing Cal Burke beat his man by the boards and dished the puck across net to freshman line-mate Colin Theisen, who slotted home before Omaha’s junior goalie Evan Weninger could react.

But later in the period, the Mavericks (3-2-1) responded with two goals of their own, the second one second into a power play, to f lip the score line. Notre Dame had two power plays in the period, but failed to capitalize on either and went into the first intermission down 2-1.

In the second, Notre Dame came out firing. The Irish scored 32 seconds in on a power play that resulted from a penalty called at the end of the first, as Theisen added his second off of a pass from senior defenseman Jordan Gross, who with the assist became the 53rd player in program history to reach 100 career points.

Just a few minutes later, the Irish regained the lead.

A mistake by Omaha junior center Fredrik Olofsson gifted Notre Dame a chance, as Gross shot high but the rebound off the glass fell right to Irish junior forward Jack Jenkins who tapped in the sitter.

11 seconds later, the lead was two. Right off of the face off, Irish captain and forward Jake Evans dished the

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puck to sophomore forward Cam Morrison, who coolly rounded Weninger and slotted home to make it 4-2.

“The biggest thing was just trying to come out of our own end with some speed,” Jackson said on the adjustment the Irish made for the second period. “They do a good job on their fore-check and the whole key was just getting our center underneath our wing just to give him some support.

“It allowed us to come out with some speed, especially that ten minute span where we scored two or three goals, and then we showed some skill and ability in the offensive attack and we just have to build on that now and not forget.”

Although Omaha got a goal back on the power play at 12:21, Notre Dame responded with a goal of its own just under two minutes later. Burke dished to Gross who fired a slap shot from the blue line that whizzed past Weninger into the net.

Jackson was impressed with the performances of Gross and Evans, who combined for four assists and a goal in the game.

“They’re captains, they’re leaders of the team and they take it upon themselves to do what’s necessary to help our team win,” he said.

“Sometimes they have to give up a little bit offensively to defend, because they’re both out there against the other team’s top lines, and they have to go head-to-head with really good players and really good lines.

“Jake did a great job and the two guys on his f lanks tonight, you have a freshman [Colin Theisen] and a

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Irish senior defenseman Jordan Gross skates up the ice during Notre Dame’s 5-4 victory over NebraskaOmaha on Friday at Compton Family Ice Arena. Gross picked up his 100th career point in the game.

sophomore [Cal Burke] that both made that line a little bit more effective for us.”

In the third, Omaha had some great opportunities on the power play, but was denied by some great goalkeeping from Irish sophomore Cale Morris. The Mavericks did manage to get one back at 11:18, as junior forward Ryan Galt was initially denied by Morris but finished after the rebound fell right back to him. Omaha pulled Weninger in the final moments to try and get and equalizer, but Notre Dame managed to hold on for the victory.

Jackson was pleased with Morris’ performance, but admitted the starting goalie job is still up for grabs with freshman Dylan St. Cyr. “He made some big saves for us in the most important time of the game, and that’s important, timeliness

of saves is really important,” Jackson said on Morris. “I thought he made some key saves in the third period, and a couple of the goals, lot of traffic, point shots that they’d get through, and that happens to pretty much any goalie. For me, the most important thing was that he locked down in the third period, he didn’t have much chance on that one goal, but I thought he did a really good job in the third period and with a lead, that’s really important.

“Dylan is a really talented young goaltender, I don’t think we’re locked in to a number one. Two weeks ago, you would’ve said he might be in the lead and now you might think that Cale Morris is, and that could continue.

It’s hard for me to predict right now, because we have two really young guys in net

as far as experience goes.

“The next step is for somebody to play back-to-back.

Now that we are starting conference play next week, and every weekend is going to be tough, like this one was, there are no easy outs in the Big Ten.” After eight straight home games to start the year, the Irish will hit the road to open up Big Ten play against Ohio State next weekend.

“Our first road trip is going to be a big challenge for us,” Jackson said. “Hopefully we get a few guys back but the big thing is going to be to try to simulate what we did tonight, play with that competitive edge and do a little bit better job of playing the way we’re supposed to.”

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Irish freshman forward Colin Theisen brings the puck around the back of the goal during Notre Dame’s 5-4 win over Nebraska-Omaha on Friday at Compton Family Ice Arena.

Theisen scored two goals on three shots and was the only Irish player to score multiple goals in the game. Theisen opened scoring just three minutes into the first period.

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ND WOMEN’S SOCCER | nc state 4, nd 1

North Carolina State takes down Notre Dame

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By CHARLIE ORTEGA GUIFARRO

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Sunday afternoon, Notre Dame women’s soccer traveled to Raleigh, North Carolina, where it took on NC State in the ACC quarterfinals. W hile the Irish had beaten NC State earlier this season by a score of 4-0, the Wolfpack were able to secure the w in Sunday, defeating Notre Dame 4-1. The loss snapped a five game w inning streak for the Irish over NC State, including a v ictor y in last year’s ACC quarterfinals. This was Notre Dame’s fourth appearance in the ACC tournament.

Play got under way at Dail Soccer Field w ith fairly wet conditions, but the Irish (9-6-4, 5-3-2) didn’t let it fa ze them as the offense was on the attack early on.

Notre Dame was able to get off five shots in the first 15 minutes of action as well as t wo corner kicks. However, see W SOCCER PAGE 10

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Irish sophomore forward Natalie Jacobs attempts to defend a pass during Notre Dame’s 3-0 loss to Duke on Sept. 21.

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No. 16 Notre Dame dropped a 3-0 decision to conference-foe and No. 3 North Carolina in its regular season finale Friday night at the WakeMed Soccer Park in Car y, North Carolina.

The game was the first the Irish (9-5-2, 3-3-2) played in a week’s span since their prev iously scheduled game against Michigan State on Tuesday in East Lansing was cancelled due to rainy weather conditions.

The game got off to a slow start during the first 24 minutes as the only shot on goal during that span was a shot by North Carolina’s Lucas del Rosario in the 13th minute.

In the 25th minute, senior for ward Jeff Farina got Notre Dame’s first scoring opportunit y, but his header shot went w ide of the goal.

North Carolina (14-2-1, 6-11) scored nine minutes later when Jelani Pieters header ended up in the back of the

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net to give the Tar Heels a 1-0 lead.

North Carolina would go on to record the next three shots on goal during the next 21 minutes of play. The Irish went into halftime trailing 1-0.

Notre Dame recorded one shot on goal during the first half while North Carolina recorded six shots. The Irish had one corner kick while the Tar Heels recorded four.

Notre Dame had six fouls called on them during the opening 45 minutes while North Carolina had t wo called on them.

North Carolina looked to extent their lead during the first two minutes of the second half, but Notre Dame graduate student goaltender Chris Hubbard denied a shot from North Carolina’s Dav id October.

The next shot on goal didn’t come until the 72nd minute, when North Carolina’s Jack Skahan buried a shot into see M SOCCER PAGE 10

Notre Dame finished in the top seven, for both the women’s and men’s team, in the 2017 ACC cross countr y championships on Friday.

The women’s team finished in sixth and the men’s team finished in seventh.

The women’s team was led by junior Annie Heffernan, who finished 13th overall w ith a 20 :28.3 show ing.

Heffernan was followed by fellow veteran junior Rachel DaDamio, who finished 18th overall w ith a time of 20 :38.8, her new personal record. DaDamio and Heffernan earned A ll-ACC accolades w ith their top 21 finishes. Freshman Anna Sophia Keller finished third for the Irish and 34th overall w ith a time of 21:11.3.

Associate head coach Matt Sparks commented on the performance of the women’s team, noting that the unit was doing ver y well until the

last third of the race.

“We played a great first three quarters of cross countr y on the women’s side. We really struggled the last third of the race, we were in second place w ith about a mile to go and then the wheels came off. One thing we need to work on, on the women’s side, over the next t wo weeks, is running a complete race,” Sparks said.

“We came out and ran really strong for t wo and a half miles but, the race is three and a half miles and we just didn’t finish things.

The season is about putting all the pieces of the puzzles together and putting them together at the appropriate time. We can see where they are now, now we just need to push them all together when it matters most, which is right now.”

Nevertheless, Sparks had lots of praise for the veterans Heffernan and DaDamio.

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hockey | nd 5, omaha 4

Irish come from behind to take down Omaha

By TOBIAS HOONHOUT Asscoiate Sports Editor

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Irish sophomore forward Cam Morrison looks for the puck during Notre Dame’s 5-4 win over Nebraska-Omaha on Friday.

For the second weekend in a row, No. 8 Notre Dame rebounded w ith a w in in the final game of the series after an opening loss. The Irish used a four-goal second period to beat the Mavericks of Nebraksa-Omaha 5-4.

Head coach Jeff Jackson was pleased w ith the way his team bounced back.

“It was a much better effort,” Jackson said. “I thought we competed harder, I mean we had a real good spell there in the second period to change the game where we played the way we want to play. We just have to find a way to be able to do that for 60 minutes. We competed hard, I thought we had a lot of guys that are getting an opportunit y to play more minutes and play in more important situations and tonight they handled it well.”

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guys never flinched,” Kelly said.

“It was as if nothing ever occurred other than lets get back on the field and get to work.

Took a long way and a lot of time to get there. But we never flinch, we take one play at a time, and the cumulative effective is what you saw today, that we can run the ball 15 to 16 times against a very good NC State team.”

Less than a minute after the Wolfpack (6-2, 4-0 ACC) put the first seven points on the board, a combination of junior C.J. Sanders’ 32-yard kickoff return, junior running back Josh Adams’ 33-yard rush and junior quarterback Brandon Wimbush’s 25-yard completion to graduate student tight end Durham Smythe put Notre Dame back in the game.

The Irish moved into the second quarter letting up one more touchdown — redshirt-junior quarterback Ryan Finley’s 15yard pass to sophomore wide receiver Kelvin Harmon — and then shut down the Wolfpack’s offense for the remainder of the half and the game.

Entering the second half, Notre Dame robbed any of North Carolina State’s momentum to creep back up on the board. Sophomore cornerback Julian Love made the first interception off of Finley this season and made a 69-yard return for a touchdown. It was Love’s second pick-six of the season.

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“On body pass break ups and holding a team that is so efficient offensively to seven points has got to be one of our best performances defensively,” Kelly said. “That’s an outstanding quarterback [in Finley] and even on the drive they scored he had to make three outstanding throws. [Junior linebacker Te’von] Coney was all over the field and he received the game ball. He had back-to-back games and played really good football.

Love had the pick six again, it was a momentum swing.”

Noting the pick as the defining moment of the game, Love gave credit to the entire defensive line.

“Honestly that’s our front seven on the first and second down just making huge plays,” Love said. “Because then the percentages of us winning if they are down increases a lot. As one of our main goals each game, third down percentages, we worked really hard on it and we worked on it all week. Just executing it is the biggest part.”

Despite being up 21-14 before the play, Love said the pick-six was crucial to the whole team’s confidence and second-half performance.

“Thought we really needed it,” Love said. “We were up but you always need that turn of momentum and crushing blow to the opponent. After that, the offense was hitting them and the defense was doing their thing ... I credit two guys. [Defensive coordinator Mike] Elko calling great plays and he is really

inspiring and leading us. And [sophomore cornerback] Troy Pride Jr., he’s the heart to the secondary and he’s a funny guy, after every dead ball he raises our spirit.”

Continually forcing the Wolfpack to punt, the Irish gave a defensive player, Coney, a game ball to reward to his nine tackles on the day.

“It’s awesome as an individual to work hard and see it paying off,” Coney said. “More importantly, I have to thank the guys around me and the coaches.

Without them I wouldn’t be at this point ... Having that dominant mindset and just trusting our coach was a big key for us as a defensive and offensive whole.

They put us in the right spots to make the right plays and win games.”

With a 7-1 record and four regular season games to go, Tranquill noted that the team is mentally prepared to take on future games.

“Confidence is a choice, you can go out there and choose it because there are negative thoughts that can always creep in your head,” Tranquill said.

“Guys are just behind it in what we are doing and they’re loving doing it with one another. We’re just having fun, whereas most teams dread going to practice on Tuesdays, we look forward to it. We’re excited to get in the weight room and get after this Wake Forest team.”

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Scoring Summary 1

1st

2nd

3rd

4th

Total

7 7

7 14

0 14

0 0

14 35

Nc state 7, notre dame 0

Germaine Pratt 0-yard blocked punt return (Carson Wise kick)

10:05 remaining

NOTRE DAME 7, Nc State 7

Durham Smythe 25-yard pass from Brandon Wimbush (Justin Yoon kick)

9:36

remaining Drive: Two plays, 60 yards, 0:29 elapsed

2

Nc state 14, Notre dame 7

Kelvin Harmon 15-yard pass from Ryan Finley ( Wise kick)

14:48

remaining Drive: Seven plays, 71 yards, 2:46 elapsed

Notre Dame 14, nc state 14

Wimbush 3-yard run (Yoon kick)

9:37

remaining Drive: 14 plays, 72 yards, 5:11 elapsed

Notre Dame 21, nc state 14

Kevin Stepherson 11-yard pass from Wimbush (Yoon kick)

5:30

remaining Drive: Eight plays, 60 yards, 2:18 elapsed

3

Notre Dame 28, nc state 14

Julian Love 69-yard interception return (Yoon kick)

12:05 remaining

Notre dame 35, nc state 14

Josh Adams 77-yard run (Yoon kick)

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me from believing this team could truly string together top-15 wins — something the numbers suggested wasn’t possible in the Brian Kelly era.

And maybe it was the close loss to Georgia in the only game this team faced adversity this season, seeing it lose yet another onescore game and giving me every reason to find something, anything, to explain away the dominance it showed in the games that followed.

But doing so now would just be unreasonable.

So it’s over Coach Kelly — you’ve finally convinced me that you’ve put last year in the past and I can count on you to win when it matters.

Coming into Saturday’s game, I was convinced North Carolina State would be the toughest matchup Notre Dame has seen this season. An offense with only three turnovers? A defense ranked No. 6 against the run in the country? A team coming off a bye week, giving it twice the time to prepare for this game?

That had “loss” written all over it for the Irish (7-1) in my book, and why I predicted a 31-24 Wolfpack win.

Boy, was I wrong.

It started ugly — four of Notre Dame’s first six plays from scrimmage went for negative yardage and NC State (6-2, 4-0 ACC)

proceeded to block a punt in the endzone and recover for a touchdown just five minutes into the game.

The Wolfpack defense line seemed as formidable as advertised, and Notre Dame was trailing for the first time since Boston College in Week 3.

Adversity had struck. Here we go again.

Except it never did.

The Irish bounced back, outscored NC State 21-7 the rest of the first half and put them away in the second half for a 35-14 win.

And they did it with the dominance they displayed against Temple, Boston College, Michigan State, Miami (OH), North Carolina and USC. The defense was outstanding, holding the nation’s previously 24th-ranked offense to just 263 yards and seven points. The picksix by sophomore cornerback Julian Love — Wolfpack redshirtjunior quarterback Ryan Finley’s first interception of the season — pretty much cemented the hiring of defensive coordinator Mike Elko as the most impactful move Kelly made this offseason, emblematic of a defense that executes the fundamentals and has the ability to change the game with turnovers.

And the offense took it to the nation’s sixth-ranked run defense for a total of 318 rushing yards, 202 of which came from junior running back Josh Adams. Between his eight runs of at least 59 yards this season and his 8.86 yards per

carry average, all the Heisman talk is certainly warranted.

Yet, I think it speaks just us much to the talent of the offensive line he runs behind — and so does he. The unit continues to put him in a position where if he can make one tackler miss, he has the chance to break off a long run.

But regardless of who deserves the recognition, it’s the combination of the two that makes Notre Dame dangerous, even when junior quarterback Brandon Wimbush isn’t a part of the running attack.

And Wimbush’s final numbers — 10-of-19 for 104 yards and two touchdowns — might not impress, but he made throws when it mattered Saturday. He picked up several key third downs, and he was 8-for-12 in the first half when the game was not already in his team’s control. This team doesn’t need Wimbush to carry it to wins, it just needs him to play his part — and it’s a part he’s proven himself now capable of playing.

So I was wrong about this team, but Saturday showed me the error of my way.

And that leaves me with only one thing left to say.

Welcome to the Playoff conversation, Notre Dame.

Contact Ben Padanilam at bpadanil@nd.edu The views expressed in this column are those of the author and not necessarily those of The Observer.

4:11

remaining Drive: Two plays, 77 yards, 0:16 elapsed

statistics RUSHING yards 318 50

PASSING yards 104 213

total yards 422 263

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CHRIS COLLINS | The Observer

Irish junior quarterback Brandon Wimbush crosses the goal line for a touchdown during Notre Dame’s 35-14 win over No. 14 North Carolina State at Notre Dame Stadium to give Notre Dame back-to-back wins over top-15 opponents. Wimbush passed for 104 yards and two touchdowns in the game while picking up 21 yards on the ground.

Send them packing

SARAH OLSON | The Observer

Irish junior Brandon Wimbush looks to fire a pass during Notre Dame’s 35-14 win over NC State on Saturday at Notre Dame Stadium.

The Irish had to bounce back from a blocked punt that resulted in a touchdown, putting them behind in a game for the first time since Boston College on Sept. 16. However, Josh Adams and the Irish rushing attack carried Notre Dame to a 35-14 win over the Wolfpack. The junior running back rushed for 202 yards, including a 77-yard touchdown run in the game.

KATHRYNE ROBINSON | The Observer

CHRIS COLLINS | The Observer

Senior linebacker Nyles Morgan, left, leaps over a teammate tackling Wolpack receiver Kelvin Harmon.

Josh Adams rushes upfield during Notre Dame’s 3514 win over NC State at Notre Dame Stadium.

SARAH OLSON | The Observer

Irish freshman defensive lineman Myron Tagovailoa-Amosa, left, and junior defensive lineman Jerry Tillery charge at NC State redshirt-junior quarterback Ryan Finley during Notre Dame’s win 35-14 win Saturday.