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Town halls detail campus enhancements University vice president discusses broadening current shuttle service, expanding Eddy Street Commons

By LUCAS MASIN-MOYER News Writer

With the opening of Campus Crossroads, Jenkins Hall and Nanov ic Hall scheduled for later this year, the Notre Dame campus is undergoing large-scale changes. However, the expansion of the Universit y continues beyond even these projects.

Throughout the week of Feb. 20, executive v ice president John Aff leck-Graves discussed various Universit y issues and projects at a series of tow n halls.

In a tow n hall addressing the human resources department Tuesday in McCourtney Hall, Aff leckGraves began by addressing one of the areas of greatest facult y and student concern: parking.

Aff leck-Graves said that there w ill be three major upcoming changes to parking — a new shuttle ser v ice, a parking garage and a paved lot on the current site of O’Hara-Grace graduate student housing.

These recommendations came from a parking committee assembled by A ff leckGraves, who said he wanted to preser ve the Universit y’s atmosphere while still expanding parking.

“The whole idea here is that we want this to be a pedestrian campus,” he said. “ At the same time, we all work here, and we want to be able to get to our buildings, and the weather isn’t always great.”

One of the central elements see TOWN HALLS PAGE 4

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Fulbright grants fund research for ND students Observer Staff Report

Twent y-seven Notre Dame students were granted Fulbright grants in the 2016-2017 program, according to a Universit y press release. These Fulbright awardees are currently

working on their projects abroad.

Notre Dame was tied for second w ith Georgetow n Universit y in the number of Fulbright scholars this year. Notre Dame trailed behind Brow n Universit y which was in first place.

The Fulbright U.S. Student Program Top Producing List appeared in “The Chronicle of Higher Education” on Feb. 21. This is the first time Notre Dame has appeared on the list for three see FULBRIGHT PAGE 4

University honors Cardinal for serving marginalized Observer Staff Report

The Universit y announced Monday that Cardinal Luis Antonio Gokim Tagle, Archbishop of Manila, Philippines, had been chosen to receive the 2017 Ford Family Notre Dame Award for Human Development and Solidarit y.

The press release stated

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Tagle had been selected for the award because of his dedication and advocacy for marginalized communities.

“He has been a tireless champion of the poor, as much by example as by word,” Fr. Robert Dowd, director of the Ford Family Program in Human Development Studies and Solidarit y, said in the

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Club protests potential invite

release. “He spends time listening to the most marginalized, working to ensure that their experiences and concerns inform his ministr y and the Church’s efforts to promote justice and peace.”

According to the Universit y, Tagle w ill be v isiting Notre Dame to see CARDINAL PAGE 4

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Students assemble outside Main Building on Monday to voice concern over the potential of Trump addressing students at Commencement.

By EMILY McCONVILLE News Writer

About 30 people gathered outside Main Building on Monday to demonstrate against Donald Trump’s potential inv itation to speak at the Class of 2017’s commencement ceremony, citing hateful rhetoric and discrimination against minorities and marginalized

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groups.

College Democrats, Diversit y Council and We Stand For organized the demonstration in order to “protest the possibilit y of President Donald Trump speaking at Notre Dame’s Commencement this year” and ask Universit y President Fr. John Jenkins to “rescind see PROTEST PAGE 4

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Guest speaker reflects on intimacy, dating

By SYDNEY DOYLE News Writer

Kerr y Cronin, the associate director of The Lonergan Institute at Boston College, spoke at Saint Mar y’s on Monday about the search for the other and the meaning of intimacy.

Cronin said she was inv ited to Saint Mar y’s to speak about sexualit y in the dating and hookup culture on college campuses nationw ide, through a Catholic lense.

Cronin said she sends her ow n students on dating assignments and uses the assignments as practices of intimacy and v ulnerabilit y then asks them to w rite ref lections about their experience.

“Within the ref lections,

there were really important themes about intimacy; however, there tended to be a bit of a gender div ide,” Cronin said.

Cronin said that when it comes to being intimate, it can be challenging. She said the ref lections she received were full of regret for not being more open when they had the opportunit y to create intimacy.

“We have ver y few ideas about how to go about finding intimacy,” Cronin said.

Even though it can be hard to find, Cronin said people have examples of intimacy w ithin relationships throughout their lives in their relationships w ith family, friends, significant others and God. Cronin said she defines

intimacy as a certain t y pe of closeness bet ween t wo people in any relationship.

“Intimacy is a t y pe of closeness in which much of ourselves, both hidden and

must treat the other person the same way in order for intimacy to come about.

“We must be where we can see, allow and value all parts of the other,” she said. “W hat

“Intimacy is a type of closeness in which much of ourselves, both hidden and not, are clearly expressed and are received by another person.”

Kerry Cronin associate director, The Lonergan Institute Boston College

not, are clearly expressed and are received by another person,” she said. “It is where many parts of ourselves are being seen and are allowed to be articulated and valued.”

Cronin said people also

is stopping us from intimacy is our inabilit y to let the other person be other.”

In order to achieve full intimacy, Cronin said that we must be aware of the high and low frequencies of intimacy. High frequency is

the fast paced, new intimacy that overlooks the f laws and annoyances of a person one loves. She said the low frequency intimacy comes when ever y thing has calmed dow n and a person sees the f laws of the other but loves them any way.

“American culture makes us addicts of intensit y: We only want the rush of intensit y,” she said. “[However,] intimacy often has long stretches of road.”

Cronin said that intimacy is possible to achieve w ith anyone if people open their eyes to others.

“Intimacy is the abilit y to see who is right in front of us and to let ourselves be seen.”

Contact Sydney Doyle at sdoyle01@saintmarys.edu

Panel advocates for careers in sustainability

By COURTNEY BECKER News Writer

The Career Center hosted a panel discussion Monday informing students on how to pursue careers in sustainabilit y through advocacy and communit y leadership.

South Bend cit y’s director of sustainabilit y Therese Dorau said she did not know she wanted to be involved in sustainabilit y immediately after graduating college. She said she stepped away from a Ph.D. program in chemistr y at the Universit y of Michigan to pursue a more fulfilling career before entering the field.

“I [needed] to find a way to keep the science that I love, but do more w ith it,” she said. “I was just ver y unhappy. There wasn’t really a ‘why’ to my work as a Ph.D. student in chemistr y.”

Dorau said she encourages students to look for ways to apply what they are learning through their classes to broader areas of interest.

She said this led her to what she is passionate about today, rather than feeling limited to one area of work.

“I’m a person of faith, and I do believe that there was a hand involved in pushing me to the brink of hating

chemistr y so much that I had to find something else,” she said. “ … I was really grateful for the failure that I experienced as a teaching candidate at Michigan, because it allowed me to discover a field that I honestly didn’t know ex isted [and] that combined a lot of my interests.”

There are a variety of majors and areas of study that can be applied to sustainability, Dorau said, if that is where a student’s passion lies.

“There is always a way to take your skill set and the practical things that you’re learning, and apply them to the cause that you care about,” she said. “As I talk to students, I always tell them that my goal is always to say, ‘W hat is your major? W hat is your career interest? ’ and then I can steer that toward sustainabilit y. I can always find a home for you in the sustainabilit y realm.”

Megan Anderson, associate organizing representative of the Indiana chapter of the Sierra Club — an env ironmental advocacy organization — said her interest in sustainabilit y stemmed from personal experiences ser v ing communities that have been affected by env ironmental issues, but that

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she didn’t have a clear idea of how to become more involved until she went to

“There is always a way to take your skill set and the practical things that you’re learning and apply them to the cause that you care about.”

Therese Dorau director of sustainability City of South Bend

college.

“I kind of developed this lens of what I thought I might be interested in,” she said.

“I didn’t really know much about it, I didn’t know what env ironmental justice was until I was in college [and] I didn’t know how systemic this issue was.”

Anderson said discovering how much carbon pollution comes from the state of Indiana alone inspired her to start volunteering w ith the Beyond Coal campaign at Indiana Universit y, which led to her current career.

“I learned Indiana has a lot of coal plants and that

we put out as much carbon solution as some small nations, which isn’t right,” she said. “We have not that big of a population, but our homes are really inefficient and our coal plants are big and dirt y. … Some of your power is coming from one of these super polluters. It’s the sixth largest carbon polluter in the nation.”

Katie Otterbeck, member of Notre Dame’s class of 2015 and campaign organizer at We Are Impact — another env ironmental advocacy program — said she first began working to make a difference at Notre Dame through GreeND when she arrived as a student.

“I lived in Lew is Hall, and from my dorm room w indow I’d see — in plain v iew — our coal-fired power plant on campus,” she said. “So if you don’t know, we still burn coal here on campus. … It felt like what we were doing in GreeND wasn’t enough, and we had to do more.”

Otterbeck said she and the rest of GreeND led a campaign to encourage the Universit y to divest from fossil fuel companies as a “political statement.”

“We have an ethically charged endow ment,” she said. “So, therefore, the

things that we’re invested in make a statement about our values, and if it’s w rong to w reck the climate then it’s w rong to profit from that w reckage. … [GreeND’s campaign] coinciding w ith the pope’s encyclical on climate, Notre Dame then announced in August of 2015 that it would invest $25 million in renewable energ y as a fuel source on campus as part of a sustainabilit y package.”

A lthough the Universit y still has work to do in becoming a sustainable campus, Otterbeck said this commitment is a step in the right direction and showed her the value of initiative and advocacy in a communit y such as Notre Dame.

“We have a lot of work still to do on this campus,” she said. “This campus needs to be 100 percent renewable and we have a fight to fight. But that still felt like a personal v ictor y for me, and that’s really all to say that I believe that the most effective way to enact positive social change is through backing up hard-hitting research w ith citizen activ ism and then advocacy.”

Contact Courtney Becker at cbecker3@nd.edu

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to expanding parking, yet maintaining a pedestrian atmosphere, is a shuttle serv ice, he said.

“The basics of what they want from the shuttle ser v ice are no more than a 10-minute wait during peak time and no more than a 15-minute wait at other times,” Aff leck-Graves said. “We’re going to put technolog y up so that you are at least able to see where the shuttles are.

So you can sit in your office and see when you wanted to go dow n.”

The second major parking project the Universit y hopes to undertake is the construction of a self-funded parking garage near Legends, Aff leck-Graves said.

Finally, A ff leck-Graves said a temporar y lot w ill be built on the east side of the Universit y.

“In t he nex t yea r or so, we’re schedu led to ta ke dow n O’Ha ra-Grace, so t hey asked t hat when we ta ke t hat dow n, we conver t it into a pa rk ing lot,” he sa id.

“W hen t hat comes dow n, we w il l pave it, a nd it w ill become a sur face pa rk ing lot, but t he long-term pla n for t he Universit y has t hat schedu led for a resea rch bui lding somet ime in t he f uture.”

The second major project the Universit y is undertaking is the expansion of Eddy Street Commons from its current end at St Vincent Street to Howard Street. The project is scheduled to take 12 to 18 months. This area w ill include retail and apartment spaces, w ith one of the key innovations being a new “f lex space” on the first block of expansion.

“The rents in Eddy Street are ver y high, so there is a way to make a lower price point for young entrepreneurs or people who want to start a business, and that’s what the f lex space is,” Aff leck-Graves said.

“There’s a big w indow in the front that can be used for a store … it’s a kind of mixed apartment-business thing.”

Aff leck-Graves said the second block of expansion w ill also include a revamped Robinson Communit y Learning Center, a grocer y store and graduate student housing to coincide w ith the demolition of the O’HaraGrace residences.

“The next block dow n w ill be prett y much a mirror image, except the first

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level w ill be apartments, not businesses,” he said. “We’re hoping at least one of those, in the southernmost block, w ill be a graduate housing complex.”

Aff leck-Graves also touched on plans to open up Campus Crossroads brief ly to the public during Welcome Weekend 2017.

“We’re opening it up to the whole communit y,” Aff leckGraves said. “In a sense, it’s a dr y run. The idea is, open it softly … test the v ideo board, test the seating.”

At the Athletics tow n hall on Thursday, athletic director Jack Swarbrick and Universit y President Fr. John Jenkins discussed inclusion and specific goals for the athletic department and the Universit y as a whole.

Swarbrick spoke on Jenkins’ recently deceased mother and how she acted as a model for inclusion. “[The Jenkins home] was the place where friends and strangers and, it seems like, half of Omaha gathered. It was in a ver y natural way a place of inclusion — a place where ever yone was welcome,” he said. “That’s the essence of the mission of inclusion and building diversit y, and I think it ex ists best when it ex ists naturally in the lessons of someone like Helen Jenkins.”

Jenkins then outlined his three major goals for the athletic department.

“The first thing is integrit y,” he said. “That’s absolutely critical for ever yone at the Universit y, but because athletics is so prominent, it’s critical. W hat I mean by that is, compliance w ith NCAA regulation and other regulations, but also to act in a way that you can be proud of and Notre Dame can be proud of you.

“Second, we’re about these kids, our students … and help[ing] them grow as people — educationally, morally, spiritually — and grow into responsible adults,” he said.

Jenkins’ concluding goal for the department was to w in championships. Jenkins said these three goals must all be achieved and none left out in the pursuit of excellence.

“If we do the third and not the first two, we’re not Notre Dame,” he said.

The Universit y w ill hold one more tow n hall Tuesday at 11 a.m. in Washington Hall.

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the inv itation he made to then-candidate Trump, and inv ite a different Commencement speaker,” according to the Facebook event page.

The Universit y has not made a n of f icia l a nnouncement on whet her it has inv ited Tr ump to spea k at commencement. Vice president for public a ffa irs communicat ions Pau l Brow ne sa id t he Universit y inv ited a ll prima r y president ia l ca ndidates, including Tr ump a nd Hilla r y Clinton, to ca mpus last yea r to spea k at a n env isioned series on foreig n policy. None of t he ca ndidates accepted. A sepa rate inv itat ion wou ld have to be issued for a commencement spea ker.

In a n inter v iew w it h The Obser ver in December 2016, Jen k ins sa id he had not decided whet her to inv ite Tr ump to be t he commencement spea ker. In response to a quest ion at a tow n ha ll meet ing on at hlet ics about whet her he k new who t he commencement spea ker wou ld be, Jen k ins responded in t he negat ive.

College Democrats copresident A ndrew Ga lo sa id Monday’s demonst rat ion was a follow-up to a pet it ion w ritten by members of College Democrats a nd t he Diversit y Council, a lso in December, which asked Jen k ins not to inv ite Tr ump to spea k at commencement. The pet it ion ga rnered over 3,000 sig natures. Ga lo sa id Jen k ins’ of f ice had not responded to t he pet it ion.

“In the short term, we’d like to have some clarit y in terms of where Fr. Jenkins is at in terms of his thought process and decision-making process, but really this is about making sure we don’t have President Trump as our commencement speaker and that we really do honor our graduates and we honor our values,” he said.

During the demonstration, Galo urged Jenkins to make “a principled choice, a moral choice” not to inv ite Trump to commencement.

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exchange program gives students one-year grants to teach English, study or research abroad, according to the press release.

“The unprecedented prominence of t he

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“We know that commencement is a special time for all students and for all graduating seniors,” he said. “I myself am a graduating senior, and . . . we’ve worked way too hard for this to be the final event for our time here at Notre Dame.”

Diversit y Council cochair Mylan Jefferson said the group is against inv iting Trump to commencement because his words and actions are not inclusive, which goes against the mission of the group.

“2017 graduates ... they shouldn’t have to worr y about their safet y on campus or feeling like they need to protect themselves from any of the hateful words or actions that may be taken against them, so we strongly urge Pres Jenkins to rescind the inv itation to Donald Trump, because this is a time for us to celebrate,” she said.

Senior X itlaly Estrada told the stor y of her parents, who came to the United States from Mex ico as young adults and “built an empire, and this empire was not determined by monetar y things that they ow ned but rather the education that they have offered us throughout the years.”

Est rada sa id commencement was supposed to be about her fa mi ly, as wel l as t he fa mi lies of students who a re black, LGBT, t ra nsgender or Muslim, a l l of whom she sa id were discriminated aga inst under Tr ump.

“This is for all of them,” she said. “So I cannot stand idly by as I watch this universit y attempt to inv ite this hateful bigoted man. I cannot.”

English and Africana Studies associate professor Stuart Greene said he agreed w ith Jenkins that Trump should be listened to and public discourse should be civ il, but that Trump contradicts the values of the Universit y as a place of respecting human dignit y.

“Even in his silence, his lack of action in addressing the enormous rise in hate crimes across the U.S. his silence, until recently, about Jews in this countr y

who are the v ictims of a Holocaust that this administration failed to even recognize, and to be silent amid all the v iolence, sends a ver y powerful message to those who don’t embrace the dignit y of all indiv iduals that it’s okay to persecute, that it’s okay to be v iolent, and I cannot in good conscience embrace . . . the ver y idea that we should inv ite someone that contradicts the ver y mission of Notre Dame,” Greene said.

Carolina Arroyo, associate professional specialist of political science and adv iser of the College Democrats, said Trump “has incited v iolence,” such as the recent shooting of t wo Indian men in Kansas which left one man dead and is being investigated as a hate crime.

“Someone that is on our email list . . . made a ver y good point that if we had a student here that said those kinds of things or took those kinds of actions, that student, number one, would not be accepted, and-or if that person came to the Universit y, would be expelled,” she said. “So how can we accept a person like Donald Trump to come here and speak to us? ” Anyone who wanted to speak was inv ited to do so.

Topics included responding to arguments that liberals do not care about free speech, standing up for people w ith disabilities, arguing against Trump’s planned ta x cuts and increase in militar y spending, recalling stories of discrimination by Trump supporters and a contentious argument about diversit y on the Class of 2017 Facebook page.

At the end of the rally, Wallace said the organizers would send another letter to Jenkins asking him to respond to the December petition.

The College Republicans are planning to encourage Jenkins to inv ite Trump to commencement during Jenkins’ upcoming office hours, according to club v ice president Dylan Stevenson.

Catholic Social Tradition Conference, “Soul of Development.” Tagle w ill also be celebrating Mass on March 24 in the Basilica of

the Sacred Heart.

Tagle w ill receive the award March 24 at 8 p.m. in the McKenna Hall Auditorium.

a nd t he Graduate School,” Jef f rey Thiber t, associate director of Not re Da me’s Flat ley Center for Underg raduate Schola rly Engagement sa id in a statement to t he Universit y.

Contact Emily McConville at emcconv1@nd.edu

The Universit y hopes to continue its success w ith the 51 students that have been named semifinalists for a 2017-18 Fulbright grant. The preliminar y results w ill be available by May.

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Making the transition back from abroad Selena Ponio Associate News Editor

I didn’t realize how much I liked breakfast.

I spent last semester in Toledo, Spain, where ever y meal was pushed back at least three hours and breakfast just did not ex ist. Scrambled eggs were unheard of and boxes of cereal were a rarity in our local Suma (a chain of grocer y stores in Spain).

Coming back, the change in dinner times from 10 p.m. to 6 p.m. and the ex istence of breakfast were examples of easy transitions. The transition back into U.S. culture was something I anticipated and in several ways looked for ward to — I’ve woken up early to get breakfast at the dining hall more times than I have in my previous two years here just because the concept of being able to make scrambled eggs again excited me so much.

However, I only thought about the transition back into the familiar and didn’t consider the transition into the unfamiliar. For example, not being surrounded by Spanish at all times. Coming back, hearing and speaking Spanish was restricted into these hour and 15 minute blocks ever y Tuesday and Thursday.

The hardest transition was realizing how many of my closest friends went abroad the semester after I returned.

Campus transformed a little for me as I became acutely aware of the fact that what made Notre Dame so homey for me was the people, and that things like how the Dome looked in the snow or the rare days that feel like springtime were supplementar y.

In many ways, the transition coming back from abroad was harder than the transition going abroad to a different countr y. Going to Spain, I braced myself for new experiences ever y day and welcomed the unfamiliar. I didn’t realize that feeling of unfamiliarity would have a ripple effect coming back.

However, I’ve become increasingly thankful for this feeling of unfamiliarity. Going abroad pushed me out of my comfort zone, gave me a host family that acts as a reason to return to Spain in the future and exposed me to a multitude of cultures and different ways of life.

Coming back from abroad has taught me to appreciate my friendships in a different way; although no longer a 30-second walk from my dorm room, the Sky pe sessions and constant “I miss you” texts w ith my best friends in London and Ireland have me feeling excited for the reunions we’ll experience this summer and senior year.

Contact Selena Ponio at sponio@nd.edu The views expressed in the Inside Column are those of the author and not necessarily those of The Observer.

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Why the Cold War stayed cold Devon Chenelle The Gadfly

In the years following the Allies’ triumph, optimists’ hopes for a tranquil and amicable new world order governed from Washington and Moscow were disappointed as, seemingly inexorably, the world was divided into opposed spheres. After the Korean War, Suez Crisis and the failed Hungarian revolution, humanity trembled in terror at the seemingly incipient prospect of nuclear holocaust. Yet the Cold War remained so, and could be turned to inferno by neither the Cuban missile crisis, nor the war in Vietnam nor even the USSR’s unstable final years.

How did two utterly hostile powers, diametrically ideologically opposed, engaged in prox y and secret conf licts in ever y corner of the earth, with vast arsenals directed towards each other, avoid war?

Could it be that it quite simply never made sense for either power to make war on the other, and that thus Russians and Americans were guided, if not towards peace, at least away from the unimaginable horrors of nuclear exchange and modern total war?

This may seem like a startling proposition to modern Americans, conditioned by the odious rattling of the militar y-industrial complex’s mouthpieces recklessly all too often showcased on the cable news. Yet the possibility of Russo-American mutual interest in peace merits at least exploration, for if the notion held true 25 years ago it holds true today, and recognition of such a situation could prove invaluable in our increasingly uncertain world.

Since the 1648 establishment of the modern international political system at Westphalia, states’ conduct and relationships abroad have been understood to be governed by the pursuit of polities’ vital international interests, and the interaction of those interests with those of other states. These vital interests are generated by the exigencies of military defense, the projection and extension of national economic interests and sentiments produced by international political, social and cultural ties, alongside a suite of less pressing considerations.

Through the conf luence of these factors, certain places and situations are rendered into issues of existential importance to a polity, and others of near-total irrelevance. Despite the scattered gibberings of neoconservatives — whose doctrine of universal crusade shares far more with the notions of Joan d’Arc, Robespierre and Lenin than with Washington, Lincoln or Roosevelt — such is the case for America as well. Aspiration to global hegemony is a doomed madness suitable only for the doomed madmen — Hitler, Napoleon, etc. — who have held

it. Since the adoption of the Monroe Doctrine, the United States has claimed dominance over the entire Western Hemisphere — a dominance now long unchallenged, and thus undoubted. To this sphere of inf luence was then added Western Europe, a connection confirmed by the decisive American interventions in both World Wars and maintained by commercial exchange. To this was added the Western Pacific and Oceania, in steps proceeding from the economically driven acquisition of Hawaii, accelerated by the conquest of the Spanish Empire’s Pacific possessions and solidified by our defeat and dismantlement of the Japanese Empire. This sphere of inf luence, comprising half of the globe, in addition to much of the wealthiest portions of the other half, might appear wildly overextended to some. Yet in modern American political discourse, to restrict our sphere of interest constitutes, for some, such moderation as to risk being labeled treasonous.

Far outside the above-delineated area lies all of the territories even the most rabid Russo-phobe might perceive to be within the scope of V ladimir Putin’s ambitions. American meddling in Ukraine, historical cradle of the Russian people, serves no conceivable purpose, particularly in that country’s openly secessionist east and south. Other states beset by Putin’s meddling are even more irrelevant to American interests. Recent talk of admitting Georgia to NATO is as strategically ridiculous as it is linguistically. As usual, Mick Jagger was right when he sang “you can’t always get what you want.” In international politics, you have to pick your spots. In not remotely one of the locales aff licted by Russian revanchism does it make any sense for America to oppose Russian efforts.

In an interview, Putin once said “It’s not by chance that Russia and the U.S. forge alliances in the most critical moments of modern history. That was the case in WWI and WWII. Even if there was fierce confrontation, our countries united against a common threat, which means there’s something that unites us. There must be some fundamental interest which brings us together.” I must agree.

The bear and the eagle are each unparalleled and unquestioned apex predators of their own demesnes, yet one would never see this formidable duo locked in combat for supremacy over the entirety of the animal kingdom. Let us hope America and Russia can act with similar wisdom.

Devon Chenelle is a junior in Keough Hall. He is a history major with an Italian minor. He can be reached at dchenell@nd.edu The views expressed in the column are those of the author and not necessarily those of The Observer.

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This is your root beer on sugar Stephan Raab Let’s Talk Smart

God As anyone who knows me can tell you, I love root beer. I never had a taste for Coke nor Pepsi, and so I spent most of my childhood searching for alternative soda options. It’s my favorite beverage to get at any restaurant casual enough to permit it. If such a thing exists, I consider myself an amateur root beer connoisseur.

W hen my family celebrated my high-school graduation, I had a five-gallon keg of 1919 draft root beer on hand to drink “neat” or “on the f loat.”

Recently, however, I bought a bottle of IBC root beer — an old standby of mine — from LaFortune’s Smashburger, and I noticed several things right off the bat. First, they added a label to the face of the bottle as opposed to the minimalist packaging they’d used before. Second, there was a header above the brand name reading “made with real sugar.” Curious, I tried a taste. It was good, but not as good as I remembered it being. The difference from what I was used to from the IBC brand was night and day. I’ve had one or two since, but it’s no longer one of my favorites.

W hen a marketer says “real sugar,” what they mean is cane sugar or beet sugar. In contrast,

what’s in most sodas is high fructose corn syrup.

Corn syrup is extremely cheap due to American farm subsidies leading to massive corn production, so it makes sense for food companies eager to cut costs to adopt it as a base for their product.

However, recent popular pressure has branded high fructose corn syrup as some sort of horrible chemical responsible for any disease you’d care to name. A lot of this perception comes from the “naturalistic fallacy” — a belief that a processed product like high fructose corn syrup is inherently worse than one that is supposedly less refined.

I would recommend that those seeking inherently natural options sweeten their drinks with chunks of raw sugar cane; remember to stir vigorously!

This is not to say that all cane-sugar root beers taste bad. I’ve had some excellent ones over the years; I can particularly recommend Fitz’s, which I encountered when visiting Washington University in St. Louis. And I will be the first to admit that I may have grown up with so many high fructose corn syrup root beers that I’ve become acclimated to their unique f lavor. But I feel that more and more companies are “healthwashing” their products by switching out corn syrup for “real” sugar. You may recall Pepsi and Mountain Dew “Throwback,” which similarly traded on the real sugar angle with a nostalgia

filter layered on top. In cases such as IBC, this has come at the cost of a different taste.

Let’s get one thing straight — excessive sugar consumption is bad for you regardless of its vegetable of origin. Americans, myself included, consume far more sugar than we need to or probably should. On the question of sugar types, both the FDA and the Mayo Clinic have concluded that high fructose corn syrup is no worse for you than “real” sugar. High fructose corn syrup root beers aren’t health food, but they’re not the ones marketing themselves by saying “It’s good for you!

See? We added sugar!”

Finally, it would be the worst step in the world for beverage companies to switch to sugar-free or reduced-sugar formulations. Have you ever had diet root beer? It’s worse than no drink at all and should be avoided at all costs. If you’re looking for a healthier way to drink root beer, go for reducing quantity, not quality. Now if you’ll excuse me, I’m off to get a Barq’s.

Stephen Raab, an MSM Candidate at the Mendoza College of Business, graduated from Notre Dame with a Bachelor’s in chemical engineering in 2016. He enjoys matching wits with all comers at sraab@nd.edu The views expressed in the column are those of the author and not necessarily those of The Observer.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Stop making anything anything On Feb. 22, dorm elections took place. W hich means, in the week or so preceding, residence halls were wallpapered w ith campaign posters, ev idence of how much each candidate was w illing to spend out of their black and white print quota in order to earn the vote of their fellow students.

At best, these are legitimately amusing; usually, at worst, they’re either aesthetically horrendous or they irk you because the kid running for senator was a real jerk at a part y that one time.

But this year, there has been a disquieting trend in branding and slogan usage. It is endemic to political campaigning due to its origins, but it has disseminated into other forms of common discourse and it needs to be addressed.

“Make Great Again.”

Walk back w ith me, to the faraway epoch of summer 2015. Noted unpredictable, rich person Donald Trump has descended the escalator in his eponymous tower in order to declare his candidacy for president. This is a veritable goldmine for comedians and pundits across the countr y.

Jon Stewart can barely contain his glee; Fox News can barely contain their viewership. People from all spots on the political spectrum tune in to see the spectacle.

W hat do they all have in common?

Nobody takes this seriously for a second.

“Make America Great Again” is nothing more than a cheesy phrase inscribed on cheap red trucker hats easily lampooned by John Oliver or throw n back in Trump’s face during a particularly cringeworthy debate. It is harmless. It is fun. Even as Jeb, Marco and Ted all fall, even as Hillar y runs a ground game about as effective and well-organized as that of the Cleveland Brow ns, it is a piece of whimsy, the stamp on a defective package that would never be delivered.

I don’t have to tell you what happened on Election Day. I hope I don’t have to tell you what’s happened since then. But what I apparently do have to tell you is that this rallying cr y is not a joke anymore.

With Trump in office, “Make America Great Again” carries weight. It bears the heft of executive orders that tear families apart and deny innocent people the right to enter the “land of the free.” It sw ings w ith the might of the priv ileged class using their words and actions to make the marginalized fear for their lives on a daily basis.

It is the set of words printed across the w recking ball that may bring dow n this entire system of government for good.

This is not a personal attack on any voter or citizen. This is a human being asking other human

beings to think about the words they use before they continue to normalize a slogan of fear, one w ielded by the #tcot (“Top Conser vatives on Tw itter”) and the dangerous people who adv ise the unstable president. This is a white man asking other white men to stop and consider groups less fortunate; sections of societ y that do not see a fun tw ist to a popular saying when you promise to “Make (Your Dorm) Great Again,” but instead sense the looming threat of ostracization. Notre Dame is home to all of us, but it’s hard to feel safe when the same phrase chanted by those who want to wall off our border is thoughtlessly plastered on bulletin boards all over campus, advertising ever y thing from potential hall presidents to Legends’ Hip Hop Night.

Words, and the effect thereof, do change. But, despite how it may seem w ith fake news and alternative facts, words have power. It is time to recognize that impact behind “Make Great Again” and work to remove it from our popular lex icon. It’s no longer a laughing matter.

Plus, it’s been almost two years. Come up w ith something original.

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Horoscope | Eugenia Last Happy Birthday: Take life in stride. Live in the moment. Give yourself a chance to use your imagination and designate time to the projects, pastimes and people that make you feel passionate. Don’t limit what you can do. Freedom comes from allowing yourself to experience your heart’s desires. Use your insight and perception to discover your potential. Your numbers are 2, 13, 18, 22, 26, 38, 43.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Put the past behind you and learn to live in the moment. Don’t give in to anger, revenge or worries that will pass if you are grateful for what you have. True change begins within.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Get involved and be a participant. If you don’t try to change your life, you cannot complain. Your voice will be heard if you are passionate about what you say and want. Join forces with like-minded people. Use intelligence instead of force.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Decide what you are going to do next, but don’t share just yet. The element of surprise will give you the edge you need.

Someone with less integrity could steal your idea or take credit for your work if you are too vocal.

CANCER ( June 21-July 22): Do your best and don’t worry about what others are up to. Stay focused on what you have to contribute and how you can customize or make whatever you do your own. Meetings, business trips and partnerships look inviting.

LEO ( July 23-Aug. 22): Prospects look good if you are diligent. Show off what you have to offer and you will attract someone who you would like to work with. Expect to face criticism from someone jealous of your talents.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Share your thoughts and ideas with people who show interest. A partnership will enable you to achieve your personal dreams. Your creative imagination, insight and astute vision of what’s going on around you will bring good results.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Be prepared to deal with anyone who is trying to block your path. Know what you want and don’t back down. Work on making progress once you have completed your preparations. Trust in your ability to do things yourself. Celebrate your victory.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Expand your horizons and indulge in unfamiliar events that will engage your mind and prompt you to take on new challenges. Express your thoughts and utilize your skills, and you will improve your home and personal life.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Keep outsiders at a distance. Stay focused on home and family matters that directly concern your living arrangements and ability to make money. Emotional deception will surface if you are too revealing or open about your personal affairs.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Remembering the past will provide clarity to a situation you face now. Question what others do and don’t feel the need to follow a path led by someone impulsive or unpredictable. Put pressure on yourself to achieve excellence.

AQUARIUS ( Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Reconnect with people you have collaborated with in the past and you will discover a new opportunity. Personal changes will bring you greater confidence, encouraging you to bring about the changes that will make you happy. Romance is highlighted.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Reconnect with people you have collaborated with in the past and you will discover a new opportunity. Personal changes will bring you greater confidence, encouraging you to bring about the changes that will make you happy. Romance is highlighted.

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Leicester right to part with Ranieri Daniel O’Boyle Sports Writer

Sports fans aren’t meant to be rational.

Your team loses its star player?

It was secretly better off without him anyway. You lost six straight before meeting the best team in the league? You’re due. A star displays any number of character flaws? He’s just competitive. Analytics make your team look good? Numbers don’t lie.

Analytics make your team look bad? Just random numbers from a bunch of nerds who’ve never played sports in their life.

It would be ridiculous to ask most sports fans to make decisions without emotion. You have to account for that kind of irrationality.

That’s why it can be so difficult when a team makes a decision that creates deep, visceral outrage, but just might be right when emotion is removed. That’s what happened last week at the home of the most incredible story in modern sports: Leicester City.

Leicester’s story in 2015-16 gained global attention. The 5000-1 outsiders finished comfortably on top of the Premier League despite transfer and wage bills dwarfed by expected contenders like Manchester United, Manchester City and Chelsea.

Considering the sustained performances it takes to win a 38-game league season, such an upset was unprecedented in any sport.

Few people expected Leicester to win the Premier League again, but few could have seen the Foxes collapsing right back to where they were before the miracle season — hoping just to stay in the Premier League next season — either.

And yet that’s what happened.

Apart from impressive performances in the Champions League, where Leicester has reached the last 16 and could still make the quarter-finals with a good result against Sevilla, there’s little evidence that the defending champions ever had the season they did less than a year ago. As of Feb. 23, they were on a fivegame losing streak and sat 17th in the table — one place ahead of relegation territory. Riyad Mahrez and Jamie Vardy, stars of the 2015-16 campaign, looked more deserving of spots on the teams in the French second-flight and English fifth-flight from which they had been signed than they looked like Premier League Player-of-the-Year award winners.

So Leicester did something drastic. They fired Claudio Ranieri.

At first reaction, any fan of Leicester — and any sports fan who wanted to see the impossible

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happen — should be outraged.

In just a year, Ranieri became the greatest ever Fox coaches by doing something lightyears ahead of what the best possible expectations could have been. But maybe it had to be done.

How Ranieri transformed Leicester into title winners is still somewhat of a mystery. The Italian was a well-known manager with past Premier League experience as well as time spent managing in Italy, Spain, France and on the international stage.

He’d had his successes, but he was no miracle worker. In fact, his most recent stint was as coach of the Greek National Team, where a loss to the lowly Faroe Islands saw him removed from the job.

It’s even more clear that Ranieri didn’t really know how he won the league either. He made formation changes and changes to starting lineups, but nothing seemed to work. It’s clear that this team, which achieved something they never thought possible, needed some kind of change. Key players looked like they had lost all motivation, and when that happens, something needs to be changed. It happened last season for Chelsea, who fired their own club legend, Jose Mourinho, after shockingly sitting in 16th with similar issues of players lacking commitment. Unlike Chelsea, Leicester’s finances aren’t befitting a title contender, but with the financial boon from the previous season’s global attention and a place in the Champions League, they’re not minnows in terms of spending either, holding on to many of their key pieces from last year and adding expensive new ones like striker Islam Slimani in the transfer window.

If you still have your doubts, the decision by Leicester’s upper management seems to be getting early results, after the Foxes snapped their losing streak with a 3-1 win over Liverpool. After then-manager Nigel Pearson made an unlikely escape from the relegation zone in 2014-15 and Ranieri pulled off the ultimate miracle 2015-16, maybe Leicester again needs a new coach for their next chapter, whether it’s a Champions League fairy tale or just staying in the Premier League.

To anyone who cares about sports and the incredible stories they can produce, Leicester firing Ranieri is wrong. But when you strip away the emotion, it might just turn out for the best. It will never truly feel 100 percent right to me, but sports fans aren’t meant to be rational.

Notre Dame sets 21 personal records at ACCs

By JOE EVERETT Sports Writer

Hosting the ACC indoor championships for the first time in school history, Notre Dame gave the home crowd several strong individual performances throughout the competition while creating an electric atmosphere for the 15 schools involved.

Irish head coach Alan Turner said that from the perspective of the host of the ACC Championships, the weekend was a huge success.

“I think all the coaches and the athletes were thrilled that they were on a ‘big track,’ because a lot of the times were ‘lights out’ at this championship,” Turner said.

“The weather held off, we had a warm-up facility in the [Joyce Center] so everyone had plenty of space for that — we just have a lot of room — so I think that made it enjoyable for everybody, and the performances were great.”

Notre Dame had its fair share of great performances over the three-day competition. The women’s team finished in fifth place while the men’s team took eighth, and overall the Irish set 21 personal records. At the end of the meet, Turner said he saw improvement from his team and that they for the most part met his expectations, taking into account the absences of some key

athletes.

“Overall, we finished right about where I thought we would,” Turner said. “On the women’s side, we’re not 100 percent at full strength. We had nine scholarship athletes on the women’s side that didn’t suit up for various injuries, the big one being [graduate student] Molly Seidel, who’s won at these championships for two straight years and was the returning Indoor National Athlete of the Year. I lost my best sprinter two weeks ago at Clemson, and we had some other girls that were out, so we knew we weren’t going to be in the top three, but being fifth showed us that the ones who did compete can do so at a very high level for us.

“On the men’s side, we wanted to be in the top half. We just missed that by coming in eighth, so I’m still rebuilding and we still have some work to do there.

However, as a team and a program we’re on the right track, we’re getting better … and we’re going to use this performance as a springboard.”

Significant individual performances included that of sophomore Anna Rohrer, who won the 5,000-meter on Friday with a time of 15:38.11 — her first individual conference track championship in that event. The Mishawaka native also finished third in the 3,000-meter race with a time of

9:22.09. On the men’s side, senior Nathan Richartz took third place in the pole vault with a mark of 5.30 meters, landing him a spot in the NCAA Indoor Championships.

However, the star of the meet for Notre Dame was junior Jessica Harris, who led the Irish to a come-from-behind victory in the women’s distance medley relay Thursday with an unofficial mile time of 4:30 as the anchor leg. Harris then iced the cake by winning the women’s mile on Saturday with a personal-best time of 4:33.80. For Harris, who has consistently improved her mile time throughout the indoor season, the gold medals were a shock.

“I can’t believe it, it’s unreal,” Harris said. “I always thought of myself as an 800 runner, and so I didn’t even expect to run the mile this season, but learning a new skill and the strategy that goes along with it is definitely exciting.”

Next, Notre Dame will compete at the NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships on March 10 and 11 in College Station, Texas. Current rankings qualify the Irish for the women’s distance medley relay, the women’s mile, the women’s 5,000-meter and the men’s pole vault.

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NCAA men’s basketball | Virginia 53, UNC 43

Cavaliers upset Tar Heels in low-scoring contest Associated Press

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Virginia coach Tony Bennett took the blame for a poor approach in No. 23 Virginia’s 24-point loss at No. 5 North Carolina nine days ago.

On Monday night, he gave his team the credit for making a new approach work in a 53-43 victory against the Tar Heels.

Kyle Guy scored 17 points, London Perrantes had 13 and the Cavaliers used a small lineup to neutralize the Tar Heels’ size advantage. It produced the lowest-scoring game for North Carolina in Roy Williams’ 14 years as coach, and the lowest overall since 1979.

“We made a commitment about three weeks ago or two weeks ago that we’re just going to be a better defensive team by the end of the year,” said Bennett, whose team had already ranked as the stingiest scoring defense in the country much of the year. “We just have to be.”

Against the Tar Heels, the smaller, quicker lineup forced 12 first-half turnovers and freshmen sharpshooters Guy and Ty Jerome gave Perrantes to offensive lift Virginia needed, hitting all four of the Cavaliers’ first-half 3-pointers as they took a 27-23 lead into the locker room.

The Tar Heels (25-6, 13-4) got within 40-39 with 9:26 left, but

Perrantes made back-to-back 3s, rousing the crowd at John Paul Jones Arena to deafening levels. When Jack Salt added a putback that lingered on the rim, then dropped, the outcome seemed certain.

Guy, who got his second straight start, has energized the offense. He scored 19 in a victory at North Carolina State on Saturday.

“If he’s hitting shots and we can get him going quick, we’re going to find him. We’re able to get in the lane and make drives and kicks or we have any sets we run for him, if he’s able to get going, he spaces and opens the floor for a lot of people,” said Devon Hall, who scored 11.

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I could bet all the riches that I ever had/Rushing the night like a shark babe/Would it be bad/If I had to set the alarm/‘Cause those thrills that run up my back/You are my star/Nothing else

can lead me off track/Hey, yeah//You’re like a wildfire/Got me rising high/You’re innocence, who’s brave?/Drowning in, would you save me?/It’s a crime if you don’t/You’ll despair, by the throat.

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In the first half, Notre Dame got out to a quick 3-0 lead in the first seven minutes of the game behind a pair of unassisted goals from junior attack Mikey Wynne, followed by a goal by sophomore attack Ryder Garnsey.

Michigan quickly responded, converting on two goals of its own and cutting the lead to one, the closest the game would get. The Irish closed out the first period strong, with a deep shot converted by sophomore midfielder Drew Schantz followed by a goal from junior midfielder Pierre Byrne.

In the second period, the Irish went up a man multiple times after Wolverine penalties, but were not able to pull away. The game went to halftime with Notre Dame up 7-4.

Out of the locker room, Michigan struck first with a goal in the first two minutes. Less than a minute later, Garnsey connected with sophomore midfielder Timmy Phillips for a goal, and then got his own less than 15 seconds later. Garnsey said that regaining the upper hand was a focus out of the break.

“It was big to come out in the second half and get the momentum back on our side,” Garnsey said. “We didn’t finish the first half as well as we liked to, so we were pushing transition at the start of the second half, and that really put the momentum back on our side.”

After that quick one-two conversion, the floodgates opened for Notre Dame. The Irish did not concede another goal in the game, while adding seven more of their own throughout the half. Irish senior defender Garrett Epple said his defense locked the game down in the second half.

“We let up a few goals early,” Epple said. “We got on our heels a little bit, but we strapped down and started making some saves. [Senior goalkeeper] Shane Doss played really well in the second half

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there is obviously plenty of room for improvement, Aoki said he has diagnosed some of the issues his team is having that need to be fixed.

“We have got to play better infield defense,” Aoki said.

“I didn’t anticipate it being a difficulty for us at this point in the year, but as we start to figure it out, I think that will turn itself around. Across the entire team, individual guys are doing fine, but it’s as a whole that we need to improve.”

Aoki expressed confidence in his team, saying they’ll be able to right the ship as the season continues.

and we started guarding people. [Junior defender] John Sexton had a hell of a day, he was all over guys and all over the field. We ended up giving up only one goal in the second half and that was awesome for us. We feel pretty good about today, and we responded pretty well to them scoring a couple goals in the first half.”

Corrigan echoed Epple on the team’s defense, but also pointed to limiting wasted possessions and being flexible to strategic adjustments as keys to the team’s success.

“We did better defensively, which we needed to do,” Corrigan said. “We made some adjustments in the face-off game, which we also needed to do. It’s nice to know that we can be flexible in the game and make the adjustments that we need to make. All in all, it was a good day. I thought we didn’t have a lot of wasted possessions, and that won us the game.”

Garnsey, who led the team in points with two goals and two assists, said the team did not let up, even when earning a 10-goal lead.

“It was important to keep the pressure on today, because their goalie played really well,” Garnsey said. “So maintaining the pressure, getting good shots and using every possession that we had was really important. When you are facing a hot goalie, you know it’s important to keep the pressure on throughout the whole game.”

Sexton and freshman defender Jack Kielty lead the team in ground balls with four each, while 10 different Irish players found the back of the net in the blowout. Phillips was one of five players who scored multiple goals, contributing his first two career goals on Sunday.

Notre Dame begins a tough stretch in its schedule starting with No. 1 Maryland on Saturday at noon at Arlotta Stadium.

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“My message after this weekend was that we have to be positive, lock arms and band together to get through this stretch,” Aoki said.

“Sometimes you need some downward trends to fortify, and facing adversity can help a team. We knew we would hit tough stretches, even if we didn’t anticipate it coming this early, but so be it. We just need to be positive and get a little better every day.”

On deck for the Irish is a trip to Cary, North Carolina, for the USA Baseball-Irish Classic from Friday to Sunday, where they will face Maryland, UMass Lowell, Rhode Island and Monmouth.

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second half together, and that’s something we talked about a lot.

“You’ve really gotta weather that storm in the first t went y minutes, and once you get settled in you have to be prepared to make the adjustments, and you have to finish the game. …

It’s never really over until the final buzzer goes, and we did a nice job of adjusting and really fighting all the way to the end.”

It was the second time the Irish have played a top-10 team this season, and after going dow n 3-0 in the first half to the Blue Dev ils, there were signs that Notre Dame would replicate its loss to No. 11 Northwestern in the opening game of the season.

However, the Irish responded w ith their ow n 3-0 run to tie the contest w ith goals from sophomore attack Samantha Ly nch, freshman midfielder Savannah Buchanan and junior midfielder Molly Cobb. Duke’s defense forced a seasonhigh 14 turnovers in a single half and its offense added three more goals though, and at halftime Notre Dame trailed 6-3.

Halfpenny said the team never faltered, largely thanks to maturit y and leadership.

“This team is a ver y good team on the road, they travel well, they’re f lex ible, but more importantly no matter if we’re home or we’re away they carr y themselves extremely well,” she said. “I feel like they’ve been able to approach each situation w ith a championship mindset and really persevere through whatever is throw n our way. … I think at the end of the day, when you’re prepared and you’re confident and you trust yourself and your teammates, you’re able to continuously battle and let the result take care of itself.”

A ll year long, the Irish have been consistent w ith making halftime adjustments and upping their play after the break, and it was no different Sunday. In the second half the Irish only had five turnovers and outshot Duke 19-8 after trailing in that categor y 14-13 in the first half. Back-toback Irish goals to cut the Duke lead to 6-5 before the Blue Dev ils added another. The teams then traded nine goals over the next 10 minutes.

Duke held a slim 11-10 lead as the clock wound dow n, but w ith 2: 02 left, Ly nch scored on a freeposition shot to tie the game. Half a minute later, senior attack Grace Muller scored the w inner on her only shot of the day to cap Paid Advertisement

the comeback. Senior preseason A ll-American attack Cortney Fortunato held scoreless, but Halfpenny said it was a plus the Notre Dame’s offensive production came from other sources.

“Ever ybody is looking for their opportunities … it all depends on the defense we see that day, and who’s got the hot hand, but we’re constantly looking for one another,” Halfpenny said.

“I think that’s something we’re obv iously excited to build off of, when we’re able to have a number of other players contribute to the goals.”

W hile this marks the best w in of the relatively young Irish season, Halfpenny said the team is ready to build on it mov ing for ward.

“We know Duke well, they know us well, they’re an outstanding team, so to walk away and know that we were able to hit the road and be serious about this business trip and do all of our preparedness and come ready, I think that’s huge,” she said. “We’ll celebrate this one today, and tomorrow we’ll be turning the page and focusing on our first ACC home game against Louisv ille.”

The Irish play the Cardinals on Saturday at 3 p.m. at Arlotta Stadium.

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and body of Mikulski.

Blood picked up the win by unanimous decision.

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followed by a strong hook to the side of Dethlefs’ head.

As soon as the match resumed, both boxers engaged each other and traded a series of furious blows, but Camara landed more and earned himself a victory by unanimous decision.

146 pounds Alex “El Cadejo” Alcantara def.

Dominic “Angel” Angelotti Both fighters began conservatively, dancing around the ring and looking for openings. In the middle of the first round Alcantara, a senior from Alumni, began to take over, using his right hook to connect with Angelotti’s head and knocking the junior from Carroll to the ground.

The second round continued to highlight Alcantara’s offense, with him picking his shots carefully.

Angelotti’s height advantage did not help him, and Alcantara used fake swings at Angelotti’s body to connect on hooks to the head.

Angelotti managed some offensive attempts in the third round, but Alcantara kept his hands up and defended himself successfully.

He used his left hook to secure victory by unanimous decision.

Matthew “Raindrop” Yoder def. Conor “Babyface” Ward Yoder, a junior from O’Neill, showed his strategy in the first round by engaging the taller Ward, a Knott junior, in close quarters, pushing him into the corner and landing hooks from both arms.

The longer Ward retaliated with several quality hooks of his own.

Yoder continued his strategy in the second round and again found success when he was able to get in close, practically hugging Ward as he landed punches to the body.

In the third round, both boxers tired and lost a bit of discipline, and while Ward landed several blows to the head of his opponent, Yoder largely dictated the offensive flow of the round by pushing Ward around the ring, earning him a victory by unanimous decision.

154 pounds Chip Blood Mikulski

def.

Tim

Blood, a Sorin senior, asserted a physical presence in the first round, repeatedly driving Mikulski, a freshman from Duncan, into the ropes and landing a flurry of punches, although Mikulski was able to recover and stick Blood with a couple of quick jabs and hooks.

In the second round, Blood was able to counter-attack Mikulski’s cross, driving at his opponent and forcing him into the ropes again, although Mikulski escaped and landed some punches of his own near the ropes.

In the third round, Blood was controlled and a bit more conservative, but again managed the flow of the match by ducking under Mikulski’s swings and, as he had all match, landed flurries to the head

“Sloppy” Joe Guilfoile def.

Alex “The Roth of God” Roth Guilfoile and Roth, both masters of divinity students, were quick on their feet and aggressive in the first round. Roth was more on the defensive in the first round and used jabs to counter, while Guilfoile relied on jabs and followed them up with strong right crosses.

The second round began with both fighters throwing strong right hooks and each landed some head shots. Roth picked up momentum in the round by relying on his reach advantage by keeping Guilfoile at a distance and using the jab effectively.

In the third and final round, Guilfoile landed several right hooks and right crosses to Roth’s just after the opening bell sounded. Roth responded with jabs and tried to create distance, but he was not successful enough as Guilfoile defeated Roth by unanimous decision.

159 pounds Gregory Arts def.

“Mrong” Quinones

Joey

Both boxers were all over the ring in the first round, expending a lot of energy with strong punches to each others’ bodies. Arts, a Carroll junior, controlled the first round by landing several combinations to the body and head of Quinones, a junior from Keough, who was unable to find much of a rhythm due to Arts’ length and footwork.

In the second round, Quinones found success in trading blows with Arts in close quarters, although the longer Arts still maintained an advantage, as he would go in with a jab-hook combination and back away.

In the third round, Quinones appeared to tire, and Arts took advantage by going on the offensive and backing Quinones into the railing several times, landing several hard punches to the head and body of his opponent, earning him the victory by unanimous decision.

Garrett “FedEx” Schmelling def. Gio Lincon Both Schmelling, a Fisher senior, and Lincon, a senior from Knott, showed patience and restraint in the ring, as the number of punches thrown was fewer than in other bouts. Schmelling stayed low and relied on jabs and hooks, while Lincon was quick on his feet and used the jab effectively.

Schmelling opened the second round by making contact with a series of jabs and crosses and Lincon responded with jabs. Both fighters were had a strong defensive presence and covered themselves successfully. Schmelling had spurts of energy, in which he threw solid combinations and backed Lincon into the ropes.

The two competitors came out aggressively in the final round.

Schmelling’s punches were more successful as they landed on Lincon, as he stuck to jab-cross combinations.

In the end, Schmelling defeated Lincon by unanimous decision.

166 pounds Paddy “The Notorious” Lawler def. Sean “The Crouton” Flynn In the first round, intensity was high. Lawler, a Fisher junior, threw hooks with both hands and landed a series of blows to Flynn’s head, but Flynn, a law student, showed patience and used his technique to land several jabs and crosses. The round finished with an engaged crowd, as the fight was even early on.

Flynn got in multiple crosses and an uppercut to open the second round. Lawler reacted, however, with left jabs and a right hook and displayed lasting energy.

Lawler whiffed to open the third round and Flynn responded with an uppercut. Both fighters petered out towards the end of the fight, but Lawler continued throwing punches. Lawler was victorious by split decision.

Jack “Squad Socks” McDermott def. Danny “No Chill” Childers Childers, a junior resident of Keough, got McDermott, an O’Neill sophomore, into a corner to start the fight, employing a series of jab and cross combinations. Both fighters showed off their speed and agility. Childers got low to defend himself but seemed to tire out in comparison to McDermott by the end of the round.

In the second round, Childers came out in an aggressive manner and McDermott responded with impactful counterpunches.

Childers slowed down again toward the end of the second round, but was able to sneak in some right crosses.

McDermott landed multiple combinations in the final round while Childers threw right crosses to the face.

Both fighters appeared tired by the end of the fight, and McDermott was named the winner by unanimous decision.

174 pounds Jack “Hammer” Corrigan def. Mike “The Count of Monte Fisto” Krecek The match started off with sophomore Krecek, from Morrissey, swinging at Corrigan, a senior also from Morrissey, but Corrigan was quick to block Krecek’s fast attempts. Throughout the first round, Corrigan skillfully dodged Krecek’s punches while throwing in some effective hooks.

Entering the second round, Corrigan came out with speed and delivered a series of hooks and jabs. Krecek tried to retaliate but he was stuck on defense and started to get off-balance while throwing straight jabs.

During the third round, Corrigan and Krecek started to get tangled up while they alternated sending hooks to the head to each other.

Overall, Corrigan’s veteran skill and composure give him the win by split decision.

Chris “Dada” Harrington def. Jack “Not the Guy from Lost” Shepard Shepard, a graduate student

from Knott, came out with the first hit. After getting tangled up, Harrington, a masters of divinity student from Dillon, pummeled Shepard with quick punches and hooks, causing him to fall off balance. With a combination of jabs and crosses, Harrington kept Shepard in the corner.

During the second round, Harrington came out with speed and unleashed hooks on his opponent, while Shepard tried to come back with combinations of jabs and crosses.

As the third round came around, Harrington appeared visibly tired and Shepard took advantage as he threw in some straight punches to end the round.

In the end though, Harrington won by split decision.

185 pounds Cam “Crash Cadillac” Nolan def. Jack “Shadow Recruit” Ryan Right at the beginning of the fight, Nolan, a Duncan sophomore, backed Ryan, a Knott senior, into the ropes. Nolan continued to show his power while pushing Ryan onto the outside of the ring with effective hooks. After being pushed around, Ryan bounced back with a few hits to Nolan’s abdomen.

During the second round, Ryan had more of a spring in his step and threw in combinations of jabs and crosses, but Nolan’s powerful hits prevented Ryan from buying any time.

Moving into the final round, Nolan went wild with hooks and led the movement across the ring.

Ryan was able to include a few quick combinations, but Nolan ultimately won by split decision.

Dan “Thunder Road” Andree def. Isaac “Your Dad” Althoff Andree, an off-campus senior, came out swinging against Siegfried junior Althoff. Althoff was patient and swiftly moved around the ring delivering occasional punches, while Andree threw in effective crosses and hooks to end the round.

Entering the second round, Andree delivered a series of hits to the abdomen and a jab to the head, and Althoff waited for Andree to misread before hitting him with cross-jab combinations.

In the final round Andree came out with high energy, knocking Althoff into the ropes.

Overall, Andree proved his reputation as a strong lefty, as he took the win by unanimous decision.

199 pounds Jack Considine def. Chris Vazquez Considine, a senior from Dillon, came out with the first swing against off-campus law student Vazquez. Vazquez was able to throw some jabs and crosses to the face, but Considine delivered powerful one-two combinations.

In the second round, Considine swiftly delivered strikes to the head that Vazquez was left trying to dodge for a majority of the round.

When the final round started,

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Vazquez started by landing hooks in hopes of coming back, but Considine continued to deliver combinations that led to the referee stepping in.

With a referee stopped decision, Considine took the win.

Montana “Louisianimal” Giordano def. Aaron Bode “Wan Kenobi” The first round began with Keough senior Bode throwing quick punches to Alumni sophomore Giordano’s head. During the first round, Bode was able to get in some quick jabs to the head, but Giordano was able to deliver hooks that were equally as powerful to Bode’s head.

As the next round started, Giordano had a surge of power and delivered a hard uppercut, but Bode continued to hold his ground while throwing hooks.

In the final round Giordano coming out hard and Bode swinging in response. Bode was backed into a corner, but was ultimately able to land enough hooks to keep him in the fight.

Giordano was awarded the victory by split decision to move on to the finals.

Heavy Weight Pat “the Quiet Man” Gordon def. Erich “Daddy” Jegier As a tall, experienced southpaw, Gordon, a junior from Keough, dominated the fight from the first round. Jegier, an off-campus senior, tried to throw some punches but was unable to land them as Gordon moved forward with quick combinations, knocking Jegier to the ground.

During the second round, Jegier delivered a few hits to Gordon’s abdomen, but Gordon sent his opponent to the ground again with a flurry of hooks.

After taking time to get back up, the match was shortly called a win for Gordon in a referee-stopped contest.

Ryan “Eat at Yaz’s” Richelsen def. Jackson “The Flash” Wrede During the first round, Wrede, a junior from Knott, came out with a powerful uppercut, but Morrissey sophomore Richelsen was quickly able to adjust.

Throughout the round, Richelsen was able to take Wrede’s powerful hits and counter with quick onetwo combinations.

In the second round, Richelsen disrupted Wrede’s tempo and sent him into the ropes, but Wrede fought back and delivered strong hooks and a solid uppercut to keep him in the fight.

Richelsen did not appear as tired as Wrede and came out quickly in the final round, dodging and delivering straight punches and uppercuts to the face. Wrede had a small comeback with a series of hooks, but Richelsen walked away with the split-decision win.

Contact Darcy Dehais at ddehais@nd.edu, Meagan Bens at mbens@nd.edu, Brenna Moxley at bmoxley@nd.edu and Joe Everett at jeveret4@nd.edu

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Notre Dame routs Michigan in home opener

ND drops three games out west

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No. 4 Notre Dame improved its record to 2-0 on a windy afternoon Sunday, defeating Michigan 16-5. The Irish (2-0) showcased unrelenting offense and stalwart defense in the matchup, conceding only one goal in the second half while outshooting the Wolverines 54-21.

Irish head coach Kevin Corrigan said his team kept the pressure on Michigan sophomore goalkeeper Tommy Heidt until it was too much for him to handle.

“It was a lot like last week in some ways,” Corrigan said.

“We kept a lot of pressure on them, we kept putting balls on cage until the dam burst, like last week. I thought their goalie played very well. I looked up and saw shots were 33-13, but we were only up by a few goals.”

Notre Dame continued its slow start to the season this past weekend, closing the Tony Gw ynn Classic with losses to UC-Irvine, San Diego and San Diego State.

The Irish started off their West Coast trip by falling 18-4 to UC-Irvine on Thursday.

The game was opened up fairly early on by the Anteaters, who took a 7-1 lead by the fourth inning. Ultimately, not much went right for Notre Dame on the day.

Notre Dame started turning things in the right direction, sticking with San Diego for much of the game. However, the Irish fell victim to a big inning when the Toreros were able to tack on four runs in the third inning en route to handing Notre Dame a 6-2 loss.

“A little bit of everything went wrong against UCIrvine. Pitching didn’t do

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Sophomore attack Ryder Garnsey reaches for the ball during Notre Dame’s 16-5 victory over Michigan on Sunday at Arlotta Stadium.

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142 pounds Michael “Munchkin” Kappaz def. Riley “King in the” North Kappaz, a senior from Alumni, started the first round strong, landing several jabs to North’s body immediately.

He backed North, a Morrissey freshman, into the corner, but North’s quick footwork allowed him to escape. Kappaz finished the round the same way he started it, throwing hooks to North’s head and jabs to his body.

Relying on his strong combinations, Kappaz took command of the second round, too. Relying on his right hook, Kappaz managed to stay on the offensive for the majority of the fight. North attempted a few offensive moves using his height advantage, but failed to connect on most hits.

In the third round, North’s defense wavered and Kappaz found opening after opening,

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particularly well, our defense wasn’t strong and the game got out of hand,” Aoki said.

“San Diego was a game where we had one inning that hurt us with a combination of miscues and it ended up being the difference in the game.”

The Irish lost a close game Saturday, this time by a score of 7-6 against San Diego State.

The bats finally got going for Notre Dame with senior infielder and captain Kyle Fiala leading the way, going 4-for-5 with a two-run, inside-thepark home run in the seventh.

“Saturday I thought we played pretty well,” Aoki said.

“We pitched well and swung the bats well, but it was just one of those games where they made a play or two more than us. … I thought it was probably our best effort of the season.”

The three losses put the Irish record at 1-6 at this early point in the season. While

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picking him apart. Kappaz landed a definitive blow to the face, sending North to the ground and prompting the referee to end the fight.

Kappaz was declared the winner by referee-stopped contest.

Joaquin Camara Dethlefs

By Tobias Hoonhout Sports Writer

“Masagana” def.

Chris

Both boxers adopted a conservative approach in the first round, with Camara, a junior from Keenan, finding success with his quick left jabs to the head of Dethlefs, a Sorin junior, who countered with a jab-hook combination to Camara’s body.

In the second round, Dethlefs went on the offensive and attempted to fight in close quarters, but Camara was able to move and defend himself well, eventually landing a strong left jab that bloodied the nose of his opponent.

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Irish senior attack Grace Muller looks for a shot during Notre Dame’s 21-9 victory over Marquette on Feb. 14 at Loftus Sports Center.

No. 8 Notre Dame continued its recent tear in dramatic fashion on Sunday afternoon in Durham, North Carolina, coming back from a pair of three-goal deficits to down No. 10 Duke, 12-11, and give the Irish a victory their first conference game of 2017.

Irish head coach Christine Halfpenny said she was extremely proud of the effort her team put in against the Blue Devils (4-1, 0-1 ACC), who were at the time ranked one spot above the Irish (6-1, 1-0 ACC).

“This isn’t the first time that we’ve started a game down, but our players have a sense of confidence and belief about them and a trust in each other,” she said. “I think our team has built some great confidence off of the adjustments we’ve made so far in our six previous games, in which we were able to come out and put a strong see W LAX PAGE 10