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Student helps with Louisiana flood relief effort Notre Dame sophomore raises funds for victims of flooding after torrential downpour in Louisiana By MEGAN VALLEY News Writer
A torrential rainfall starting Aug. 11 caused 20 Louisiana parishes to be designated federal disaster areas by the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Eleven people have been confirmed dead, according to news media outlets, and thousands more have lost their homes. Sophomore Gaven DeVillier and his family are doing their best to provide relief. “Mom was really restless on Saturday, as we all were, and she decided that we needed to do
something to help out,” DeVillier said. “She posted on Facebook and got in contact with some friends and said ‘Hey look, we’re gonna have a donation drop-off at our house, and then we’ll take the supplies to wherever they need to go.’ She sent that out Saturday night and early Sunday morning, just to let people know. “It got to the point around noon [Sunday], our carport was full with supplies. My mom contacted some of the people at the local high school, Brusley High, and they were gracious enough to help, so a few of them went out. We thought there was going
to be four people there; it turned out it was over 50. Fifty people volunteering to take the stuff we had and shipping it to where it needed to go.” DeVillier, who is from Brusley in West Baton Rouge, said his family’s home was not damaged. “If you look a map of the parishes that were considered disaster zones, there’s a circle around West Baton Rouge,” he said. “We were lucky to not be affected directly, but my best friends’ houses, my high school teachers’ houses, they all flooded, or a lot of their houses flooded. We had 12 teachers from my high school,
Catholic High, who had at least some damage to their homes. Much of the organization and communication between the shelters within the East and West Baton Rouge parishes was done by DeVillier’s mother, he said. The DeVillier family and other volunteers took supplies to shelters across the region, including Port Allen Parish Center, the River Center and Celtic Studios. Additionally, the DeVillier’s family assisted in organizing relief efforts for members of the Catholic High community, where his father teaches senior physics and his brothers are
seniors. “[Tuesday], we spent the morning trying to coordinate which students from Catholic High needed help, whose houses were flooded,” he said. “The school wanted to get together and see what it could do for its own community. It was a volunteer invitation to the teachers; we probably had like 30 students come too that just showed up. The turnout was incredible that first day and continuing on through the week.” DeVillier spent several of his see FLOOD PAGE 3
ND students experience Rio Olympic Games By EMILY McCONVILLE Associate News Editor
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Notre Dame senior Lindsay Allen orders dinner at the new Jimmy John’s location on Eddy Street on Sunday. The restaurant joins other chains such as Chipotle, Blaze Pizza and Five Guys.
Jimmy John’s franchise opens on Eddy Street By COURTNEY BECKER News Writer
While new additions such as Dunne Hall, Flaherty Hall and Smashburger were being unveiled on Notre Dame’s campus over the summer, a new Jimmy John’s location also opened on Eddy Street between the Hammes Bookstore and Blaze Pizza.
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Tyler Grummel, first assistant at Jimmy John’s, said the restaurant’s new location was chosen largely due to its increased proximity to Notre Dame’s campus — with the restaurant’s location on Michigan Avenue formerly being closest to campus — and takes Domer Dollars to account for added student business.
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“We’re closer to campus and we wanted to increase business that way,” Grummel said. “This store, especially, is mainly Notre Dame-based clientele [and] we take Domer Dollars over the phone and at the registers. We’re getting a lot more business because of that, too. We got it every see EDDY STREET PAGE 3
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The U.S. women’s gymnastics team emerged onto the floor of the Rio Olympic Arena and sat down, awaiting the routines of the women’s allaround team competition. Wild applause greeted them, the packed arena and millions around the world cheering the star-studded quintet on. In the row of seats behind them was senior Payton Erlemeier. “I was low-key trying to keep my cool, but I was so excited to see them,” she said. Erlemeier was an NBC Olympics intern, a job she had gotten after working for the network at Notre Dame football games. She arrived in Rio several days before the Games began and watched the city make last-minute preparations. “It was really cool to see everything come together,” she said. “Some days you could wander anywhere, and then as it got closer to the Games, security got tighter.” Erlemeier worked primarily
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at the gymnastics arena. Not far away, fellow senior Noemi Ventilla was volunteering for the press team of the badminton arena. Ventilla had wanted to work at the Olympic Games since she was 10 years old, when her hometown, New York City, was bidding to host them. “New York never got the Olympics, but since then it’s been on my radar as something I could do and something I really wanted to do,” she said. By the time the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro rolled around, Ventilla’s interest in the Games had expanded to a senior thesis on their impact on host cities. She traveled to Rio with a Glynn Family Honors Program research grant, as well as the volunteer position. She spent 11 days working at the badminton arena, visiting newly-renovated buildings and neighborhoods, watching events and talking to people from all over the world in town for the Games. Ventilla’s specific job, the see RIO PAGE 4
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Students cheer the Notre Dame women’s volleyball team on to victory against the Broncos of Western Michigan on Saturday. The Irish also defeated Seton Hall and Cleveland State over the weekend at the Golden Dome Invitational.
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Jenkins announces new center in Mexico City By RACHEL O’GRADY Associate News Editor
Editor’s Note: A version of this story appeared online July 8. Notre Dame plans to open an office in Mexico City, University President Fr. John Jenkins announced Friday. “It’s a first step, with lots more to do, in making Mexico City one of seven global gateways in the world from which we can launch student and faculty exchanges, engage in joint research and build partnerships with business and with your great academic institutions,” Jenkins said in a speech to the Club de Industriales in Mexico City, which the University made public in a press release. Jenkins said Mexico is
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last days of vacation helping his former educators, including his senior guidance counselor, religion teacher and English teacher. “The work included tearing out sheetrock, bleaching the walls, because that’s how you kill the mold cheaply, tearing out the carpet, tearing out the flooring, moving everything, sorting things out that were ruined,” he said. “It wasn’t fun work.” While DeVillier said his family did “a lot of help,” he also said the relief efforts weren’t about his family. “It really wasn’t us, I would say that it was primarily the Holy Spirit coordinating people together,” he said. “You wouldn’t be able to believe it if you didn’t see it: people were jumping into the water to
“indispensable,” and the University wants to be a part of the nation’s future. “Notre Dame is excited by the promise of innovation and applied research in collaboration with Mexican businesses and universities,” he said. “In the long run, all of that may very well buttress economies and help people out of poverty in both of our countries.” The University currently partners with the Universidad Popular Autónoma del Estado de Puebla two hours from Mexico City and has a site coordinator for study abroad students there, but a Mexico City center would be the sixth in a network of Notre Dame “Global Gateways” that includes London, Dublin, Jerusalem, Rome and Beijing, each with
save other people, people were waiting in line for two and a half hours to get to where the flooding was in baton rouge so they could drop off their boats to go do search and rescue. The United States military, the National Guard, they don’t have those kind of numbers. But the Cajun people really rallied around our own.” The DeVillier family isn’t done yet. DeVillier, who is active in the Knights of Columbus on campus, said the Notre Dame chapter is planning on donating profits from its first steak sale to help the people of Louisiana. “My mom is still organizing supplies,” he said. “Cajuns love to cook — she’s also organizing hot meals to be delivered to volunteers throughout Baton Rouge. She’s still working.” Contact Megan Valley at mvalley@nd.edu
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its own faculty and staff, academic programs and ability to sponsor research and events. Jenkins said while the University initially looked to Europe and Asia to build global partnerships, establishing a Mexico City center is part of an effort to direct attention southward. “That orientation is critical for understanding the changing demographics of the United States,” Jenkins said. “It is critical for higher education. And it is critical for the future of the Catholic Church in the United States. It is also critical to confronting economic and social issues of the Americas North and South; and how Catholic educators in both hemispheres come to terms with providing the great equalizer — a good
education — to rich and poor alike.” According to Paul Browne, University vice president for public affairs and communications, there is currently no concrete timeline for the project. The University’s ties to Mexico date back to the late 1800s, according to Browne. “Fr. Zahm, who was the vice president of Notre Dame at the time, was a scholar on Latin American geology and archaeology and he went on digs in Mexico for some artifacts. … During his exposure, he saw an opportunity to get Mexican students to Notre Dame, he arranged for private train cars all the way from Chihuahua to South Bend,” Browne said. According to Browne, there are currently 35 students from
Mexico studying full time at the University. In the speech, Jenkins criticized divisive comments directed at Mexico and Mexicans living in the United States, calling such comments “churlish, insulting political theater, for certain.” “The vitriol directed at the Irish — felt by Irishmen serving in the U.S. Army who defected to Mexico — and later the Italians, and other waves of immigrants to the United States — sadly is not a thing of the past; certainly not for Mexicans in the United States who have been slandered in extraordinary ways, as has Mexico itself,” Jenkins said. Contact Rachel O’Grady at rogrady@nd.edu
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Senior Grace Watkins and 2015 alumnus Alex Caton share a meal at the new Jimmy John’s location on Eddy Street. The new location opened between the Hammes Bookstore and Blaze Pizza on June 22.
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so often at the other store, but now people are coming in almost every day and paying with Domer Dollars.” Sophomore Alex Daugherty said he is excited to have a Jimmy John’s within walking distance that also delivers to campus. “I am really excited about having one on Eddy Street that I can just walk to because I definitely wouldn’t have walked downtown or I’d call it to have it delivered,” Daugherty said. “If it’s going to be a nice day then I won’t mind walking over, but … if delivery time is going to be a lot faster than it was from downtown, then I’m definitely going to have it brought to the door [when it’s cold].” The new location has already seen an increase in business since students have returned to Notre Dame for the start of a new school year, Grummel said, and despite being within walking distance of campus has continued to receive many delivery orders from students. “Ever since the students got
back there’s definitely been an increase, especially on the night side with foot traffic and deliveries to campus,” he said. “I think because we’re closer and we can get there even faster now [delivery has] grown because we can actually live up to the ‘freaky fast’ standard.” Junior Jennifer Mulvey said she is happy to see another different addition to Eddy Street and is likely to make the walk over to Jimmy John’s instead of placing an order for delivery because of the short distance from campus. “I’m really excited [about it],” Mulvey said. “I’d probably walk over versus order. We have a Subway on campus, which is kind of similar, but if you’re walking to Eddy Street I think that’s kind of a unique one for Eddy Street.” Daugherty echoed Mulvey and said he’s happy to see a simple and fast sandwich option added to Eddy Street, something he believes was missing in the past. “There wasn’t really a basic sandwich option,” he said. “You have Bar Bici, which is really specialized, and Chipotle of course, [and] I don’t count
McAlister’s [Deli] because McAlister’s feels more sitdown than carry-out, where Jimmy John’s is kind of a niche that wasn’t filled yet.” The restaurant, which serves “fresh gourmet sandwiches” according to its website, remains open until 3 a.m. Thursday through Saturday, Grummel said, due to the high amount of business the new location attracts because of foot traffic to and from bars on Eddy Street. “Because we’re between the two bars we get a big rush right as we’re closing at night [so] we are open until 3 a.m.” he said. Grummel also said the restaurant is always looking to hire new workers to keep up with the evening rush if any Notre Dame students are interested in an off-campus job. “Right now we’re just mainly focusing on [hiring] more night staff,” he said. “We always have a nice flow of people coming and going because we do have a lot of students work for us, so in the summertime they move away and don’t always come back and then it switches off.” Contact Courtney Becker at cbecker@nd.edu
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result of a nearly two-year application process, was to show mainly Chinese and Japanese photographers of badminton, a popular sport in Asian countries, where to go. She had little work to do at first. “Once the quarterfinals and semifinals started, a lot more press started showing up and it got a lot more exciting,” she said. For her thesis research, Ventilla visited the sites of the Olympic events, many of which had previously existed but were renovated for the Games. “They were really trying to make the Olympics have as little of a negative impact as they can so they were reusing a lot of the stuff they had,” she said. “The place where I was working was a convention center from the ‘70s. It had been there and it will continue to be there.” Erlemeier worked as a “runner,” on hand for sometimes 10 or 15 hours a day to help NBC commentators, production crew or other network employees. She watched many gymnastics events and said the Brazilian athletes drew the biggest response. “Whenever any of their athletes went out, the arena would just erupt, it would go crazy,” she said. In her free time, Erlemeier explored Rio with other interns, including two local students. She would go to other events. She watched Michael Phelps, who grew up not far from Erlemeier, win one of several gold medals. “Seeing him in person and swimming — it was a really great moment when he
touched the wall,” she said. Ventilla missed swimming and gymnastics but watched events in track and field, fencing, weightlifting, table tennis and, of course, badminton. She also saw the national team of Hungary, where her family is from, play water polo twice. “I wasn’t going to leave Rio until I saw water polo,” she said. The Games’ operation was “pretty disorganized,” Ventilla said, but fears over security and the Zika virus she saw in United States media were overblown. “I’m so glad I went because I saw it with my eyes instead of the eyes of the media, which really helped,” she said. “I think I had a more accurate view being down there than I would have just reading all the terrible things.” Erlemeier said she never felt unsafe. “I thought Rio did a better job than people gave them credit for,” she said. Ventilla said she was continually impressed with the global nature of the Olympics — her fellow volunteers were from Mexico, China and Iran, and two Japanese men gave her the country-specific pins that many attendees were exchanging. “Everyone was super friendly,” she said. “I feel like the Olympics has this unique ability to make people excited and want to share stories.” For Erlemeier, the best part was just being there. “See everything in person, having those moments of when Simone [Biles] finishes and the place erupts, it’s an incredible feeling to be part of something so big.” Contact Emily McConville at emcconv1@nd.edu
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Senior Noemi Ventilla at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium before a water polo match during the 2016 Olympic Games.
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A view of the Rio de Janeiro landscape during the 2016 Summer Olympics. Notre Dame students took advantage of the opportunity to work, conduct research and watch world-class athletes at the Games.
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By MAREK MAZUREK Scene Writer
A famous line from “The Entertainer” sings, “I won’t be here in another year if I don’t stay on the charts.” Luckily, Billy Joel remains the idol of his age, confirmed by his latest show at Wrigley field. For over 40 years now, Joel has been exactly that — an entertainer — and Friday night in Wrigleyville was no different. Though nearing 70, Joel still has the chops and charisma to captivate a crowd — if the very drunk, middle-aged woman in front of me was anything to go by. Joel stuck mostly with his greatest hits, opening with “Angry Young Man,” “My Life” and “The Entertainer.” There were a few slower songs — “Just the Way You Are,” “And So It Goes” and “She’s Always a Woman” — but as always, Joel’s more poppy material carried the show. From the start of the night — “Prelude/Angry Young Man” — the
By KELLY McGARRY Associate Scene Editor
The sauna calling itself Legends Night Club filled to a comfortable capacity to welcome Saturday night’s opening act. The Social Animals, a down-to earth indie alternative band with an Americana edge, fearlessly kicked off the semester’s first Legends show. The Social Animals brought a refreshing mix of popular covers and originals from their appropriately named debut album, “Formative Years.” Playfully plucked notes along with the vibrant personality of frontman Dedric Clark kept the audience engaged. The Americana style manifested itself in The Social Animals’ most well-known song “Let Me Go” in a sound that bordered on country. A full on dorm-party vibe ensued at the on-campus event when the band played their rendition
drums were electric and very, very loud, as were Joel’s vocals, which seem to be just as good now as they were in 1975 — a feat many aging rock stars would kill to pull off. And it wasn’t just Joel. Joining the New York native on stage were a slew of guest saxophonists, guitarists and even an opera singer and Joel gave each time to shine. “Say Goodbye to Hollywood” and “New York State of Mind” featured soaring saxophone solos while “The River of Dreams” — perhaps the best performance of the night — was graced by Gary, Indiana, native Crystal Taliefero on the congas and vocals. But above all, the night belonged to Joel and his fans. Joel’s career has been full of ups and downs, and playing a fifth straight sold-out show in Wrigley Field was never a given, even for the Piano Man himself. And the tens of thousands of fans knew that. Their passion — singing and dancing like they wore younger mens’ clothes — drove the concert. Though technically
spot-on, this show wasn’t for the critics or the money, but for loyal Billy Joel fans everywhere. And, in a city known for Lollapalooza and more hip groups, it was refreshing to see an old-fashioned entertainer put on a memorable show. Yes, it’s easy to attach the word “entertainer” to Joel, but in the truest sense of the word, that’s what he is. Joel knew what the crowd wanted and he gave it to them, twice even having the audience pick between two songs in what he called a “fielder’s choice.” In between songs, Joel was still his usual witty self, working in “Take Me Out to the Ballgame” and pulling out a flyswatter when a fly threatened his bald head. And that’s not the mention the jabs about his ex-wives after “Just the Way You Are” and “She’s Always a Woman” and the potentially intentional poke at Kanye when Joel commented on his own lack of frills saying, “That’s it for special effects, the piano goes this way the piano goes that way. You can’t
fly this thing.” Joel saved his best for last and the high point of the concert was the last third which included “Scenes from an Italian Restaurant” and a 40,000 member singa-long to “Piano Man” where everyone in the audience swayed back forth like they were singing the Alma Mater. The encore kept everyone on their feet with “We Didn’t Start the Fire,”“It’s Still Rock and Roll to Me,”“Uptown Girl,”“You May be Right” and “Only the Good Die Young” in quick succession. While he may not be doing backflips off his piano like he did when he still had hair, Joel still knows how to put on a show. If you like even just a few of his songs, it’s well worth it to make it out to a show. Friday night’s show at Wrigley emphasized Joel’s effect on the musical world and on the lives of his millions of fans. “Only the Good Die Young,” but the greats — like Joel — will live forever.
of R. Kelly’s “Ignition Remix,” causing a universal sway to break out among crowd members. Their version of the popularly recreated “When Doves Cry” proved a more sophisticated cover. The combination of a mature sound and youthful energy indicate a promising future for the young band. Overall, The Social Animals left the audience pleasantly surprised, none too impatient for the headliner’s turn. A selection of free snacks rejuvenated concert-goers between sets. Popcorn, pretzels and nachos will allegedly be available for free at all upcoming events at Legends — monumental news for hungry music fans. The excited audience packed tightly around the stage for headliner Atlas Genius, an alternative pop-rock band from Australia. The group is lead by brothers Keith and Michael Jeffrey, whose familial connection was
apparent. The energetic audience came prepared for the upbeat dance songs that characterized the show. From the first song throughout the entire show audience members readily clapped along with the drumbeat, jumping up and down nearest the stage and taking full dancing liberty in the less-crowded back areas of the nightclub. Electronic musical elements and flashing lights created a futuristic atmosphere. The relatively young band drew original songs from the two albums they’ve recorded since 2011, but didn’t limit themselves, playing a variety of covers as well. Tears for Fears hit “Everybody Wants to Rule the World” suited their tireless style well, but high points of the night were brought on by expressive originals. As if the dancing was not already infectious in the crowd, frontman Keith
Jeffrey announced one of the band’s biggest hits, “If So,” saying “This one’s for dancing.” When Atlas Genius unexpectedly began there encore with The Weeknd’s “The Hills,” it might have been another cheap crowd-pleasing pop cover to make the audience sing along, but their version of the song proved more meaningful. A rock style made the familiar lyrics seem edgier, bordering on disturbing. The high-energy night culminated with top hit “Trojans,” expending whatever energy was left in both audience and performers. Overall, Atlas Genius’s set made for a playful night at Legends, filled with unrestrained dancing. Students left the event sweaty and satisfied.
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The ultimate battle Anisah Awad News Writer
It’s a rivalry as old as time. Superman versus Batman, The Yankees versus The Red Sox, not even your local mailman and the neighborhood dog could ever compare. No one really knows how it got started, or even why, but since the earth has been spinning around the sun, Chacos and Birkenstocks have been mortal enemies. It also seems that along with the brands, the wearers have been hashing it out whenever the topic comes up. Don’t wear either type of fashion-backward sandal home for Thanksgiving because you never know who in the family wears what. Wearers of both will say their style is superior, so we’re going to break it down and look at the facts. The Chaco brand sells themselves as a type of footwear for the “outdoor-minded,” but let’s be honest, how many of their wearers are actually using them to hike up anything but their stairs to their room? Durable and waterproof, you can finally toss out your Crocs (which I won’t even get into for the sake of my sanity) and get that sexy z-strap tan line as you sign up for rock climbing classes or shower in the communal bathrooms on campus. With a pair averaged at a steal of $90, you can have multiple pairs of the plastic shoes with different colored straps for every outfit. For many this versatile shoe is the way to go. In the other corner with over 200 years of history and “Jesus sandal” jokes, the Birkenstock is a preferable option for those who are looking for more of a weird uncle who probably could be deemed a hoarder vibe, or a super cool, western European professor vibe. These strappy leather shoes are the perfect pretentious version of Adidas slide ons, for those who want to pretend to be put together. Make any outfit slightly more hectic by adding old mismatched socks under your “Birks,” you’ll feel instantly cooler as you walk to class. Chaco has some serious competition with their multiple variations of strap width, color, and texture. For those two college students in the entire world that haven’t picked a side yet, it can be a tough decision. It sets the precedent of who you want to be and how you want to live your life. It is very important to pick which aesthetic you want for the rest of your entire life. You could either be a free spirit who spends all day asking others to hammock and talking about how you’re thinking about going vegan, or you could discuss how the Brexit spiked Japanese inflation while sipping on a fair trade cup of coffee. Both are viable options but you have to remember, you can never switch sides. Contact Anisah Awad at aelsayedawad01@saintmarys.edu The views expressed in the Inside Column are those of the author and not necessarily those of The Observer.
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The future of Republicans When I was a junior in high school, I ran for president of the model United Nations (MUN) club. I had been a member since I was a freshman, and, while I was no longer as interested in MUN as I had been when I first joined, I knew I had to run for office. My main opponent was, in my opinion at the time, going to radically alter the course of the club in a way that was dangerous to its primary goal of regulated, intellectual discussions on the most pressing issues facing the world. How? Well, he was popular. When I was a freshman, the club had about 20 members. In a school of nearly 2,000 students, this was quite small. We’d come together for our weekly meetings, make a few jokes about the Holy See and the DPRK, listen to our advisors talk about our upcoming conferences, and then introduce the debate topic for the evening. The executive board of the club would pass out detailed fact sheets about the conflict or problem, so that even the students with very little knowledge of the subject could create and defend reasonable arguments. It was an environment where I was challenged with problems and ideas I had scarcely considered before, where my peers truly wanted to engage in these conversations. Before the seniors graduated, a new executive board was elected. Many of the members had decided to throw their votes to the less qualified presidential candidate as a joke, assuming the advisors would step in. They were wrong. The new president was a disaster. There was always some issue with the t-shirts or collecting money for the upcoming conferences. He even abandoned our own school’s conference to take the ACT (having known the date months in advance and that, while the exam could be done another day, his duties as secretary general could not) without telling the advisors. The club grew to 30 members, but many of them were new, and because of our president’s natural tendency towards inefficiency, few were taught to debate well. By the third year, even under a much better executive board, the club began to split: returning members who took the club seriously and new members who just wanted two days off from school for the MUNUC conference, scheduled time to hang out with their friends, and something to put on their college applications. The group had swelled to over 60, but meetings regularly ran for nearly two hours, rarely with any debate time, and our advisors were more than a little frustrated. As one of only two members to remember Model UN as it had been freshman year, I felt my club had gone completely off the rails, and I decided it was my responsibility to get it back on the track. My main opponent, though a third-year member, was of the new faction. He had, in fact, brought in many of the new members, because he was well-known as a fun (or at least, unintentionally amusing) guy. I thought he would be the absolute end to Model United Nations as
I knew it. My fellow opponents did as well, and we all agreed that, in case of a run-off election, we would vote for one of us and not MUN’s Trump. There wasn’t a run-off. He won by a landslide. I went home and cried. Not because I lost — fine, I cried primarily because I lost and because I took high school Model United Nations far more seriously than the actual ambassadors to the United Nations. But secondarily, I cried because I thought that, had I won, I could have changed course. I realized at the start of senior year that was not the case. Far more frightening to consider for my fellow Democrats and those Republicans still holding out against their presidential nominee: It’s not the case now. Trump’s support is more dangerous than his presidency could ever be. He could win, and even be reelected, and spend at most 8 years fighting against the bureaucracy, the Supreme Court and Congress to put in whatever strange and unworkable policies he might want. It would be scarring, yes. But the real damage has already been done. So many voters want change — they want some mystical return to greatness. Should we colonize Antarctica, enslave the penguins, free them over a hundred years later, then allow political and social injustices against them to continue indefinitely? They want to break down what they see as a corrupt political system, led by ‘Crooked Hillary,’ ‘Lyin’ Ted’ and crew – and they see Donald Trump as the way. The Republican Party is forever changed by this candidate who has hijacked their platform, but, more importantly, they are bound by the massive number of supporters he brought with him, all of whom want this kind of ‘Republicanism’ to stay. The party has no choice but to bow down to more polarized rhetoric and murky-at-best ideology, because that’s what people want. Republicans in Congress and famous conservatives around the country are falling in line. The Notre Dame College Republicans shamelessly gave in on a single issue – the single issue at Notre Dame, abortion – one which Trump holds merely for pandering. And while the mechanisms at work here on campus and across the nation could be studied and theorized and discussed forever, the point is that this is actually happening. I think many of us against Trump have fallen into the trap of thinking that this election is a freak accident, and if we can survive it, the parties will return to the status quo. But as much as his name appears in the media, this election is not really about Drumpf anymore. It’s about keeping the attention of his supporters, who may very well decide in the future to call themselves Republicans, independent of this candidate, campaign and election cycle. Win or lose, it seems these new Republicans are here to stay.
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The case for American exceptionalism Liam Stewart Conservative Conscience
America. What does it mean to you? For some, it means liberty and opportunity; for others, it means football tailgates and family BBQs. But for many Americans, it is a story of great adversity and unparalleled achievement. While they recognize that it is not perfect, nor has it ever been, many Americans see the U.S. as a beacon of hope and freedom for all mankind. In the eyes of some at home and abroad, however, there is something fundamentally wrong with this worldview. Almost daily, some prominent figure can be found denouncing the evils of early American history, the excesses of American culture, the f laws of American foreign policy or the inequality in American society. More often than not, these indictments are based on misguided information and a distorted view of reality. Americans, in turn, are often criticized for their national pride, and unfairly characterized as biased or ignorant. Perhaps, as an immigrant to this great country, I can offer an explanation for American exceptionalism that will not be dismissed as blind patriotism. American exceptionalism is the belief that the United States is inherently different from other nations, specifically in regards to its unique history, values and unrivaled success. It is a nation born from the understanding that God, not government, bestows upon people their unalienable right to liberty. Individual freedom is so profoundly engrained in American society that most of the world can hardly understand it — whether that’s the guarantee of gun ownership, the sanctity of trial by jury or the rights of citizens to say what they want and financially support whichever political candidates they
choose. The founders of this nation believed that constitutionally protected freedom would allow individuals to generate wealth and live prosperously without government infringement. They were right. The great American experiment that began in 1776 would succeed in creating the wealthiest, freest and most powerful nation in the history of civilization. The values of free enterprise, market capitalism and private industry created the largest and richest economy the world has ever known. These values help us understand how the United States, with less than five percent of the global population, represents almost 30 percent of total world economy. One of the most pervasive misconceptions is that America is somehow losing its competitive edge in scientific and technological development. This could not be further from the truth. The U.S. accounts for 40 percent of global spending on research and development, employs 70 percent of all Nobel Prize winners, and houses three-quarters of the world’s top 40 universities. Each year, American factories lose millions of jobs to foreign competitors with low-cost labor; yet the U.S. remains overwhelmingly the world’s leading manufacturer. How is this possible? It’s because American manufacturing is doing what it has always done: moving forward, maximizing efficiency and pursuing the greatest profits. From Microsoft to Apple, from Google to Amazon, Americans have proven time and time again to be world’s preeminent innovators. Perhaps even more impressive than America’s economic success, is its accent to global leadership. How did a weak and relatively insignificant union of colonies become the world’s greatest superpower? As fascism, and later communism, spread virulently around the globe, the U.S. remained true to its core democratic values. This commitment to
protecting freedom, coupled with the bravery and sacrifice of millions, ensured that America would triumph in the face of great evil. By the end of the twentieth century, America was not only the most powerful nation in the world, but also the cultural center of contemporary Western civilization. The U.S. overwhelmingly leads the world in music, movies, literature and even modern art. In some ways, America’s military supremacy is not nearly as impressive as Hollywood’s cultural inf luence. I believe America is a truly exceptional nation, and I am incredibly thankful for the privilege to call it my adopted home. I disagree fully with those who think this is a nation in decline, or a nation falling behind the rest of the world in any meaningful way. The United States certainly has problems, and Americans are in need of stronger, more effective leadership if they are to overcome the numerous challenges facing this nation. As another presidential election draws near, the future of America has never been more uncertain. However, it’s important to remember that America is no stranger to adversity. The true measure of a peoples’ strength is its capacity to meet new challenges in the face of overwhelming odds. If American history has shown us anything, it is that it’s capacity for overcoming such challenges might well be limitless. Liam Stewart is a sophomore in the College of Arts and Letters, majoring in political science. Liam was born and raised in the beautiful Irish city of Dublin, although he has been proud to call Seattle home for the past six years. He enjoys country music, hardback books and binge-watching TV shows. He can be reached at lstewar4@nd.edu The views expressed in this column are those of the author and not necessarily those of The Observer.
Make debates boring again Stephen Raab Let’s Talk Smart
Throughout the election season, we’ve seen the various candidates square off in innumerable debates across America, and the one thread through all of it is showmanship. These events have drawn packed crowds, cheering and applauding wildly whenever the candidates stop speaking. In an effort to keep social media buzzing, the moderators have taken to pulling questions from Facebook. It’s a circus with clowns aplenty, and the networks are more than happy to keep it up. W hile it’s loads of fun to watch, this styleover-substance debate structure has major f laws that limit the useful potential of the debate. For instance, grandstanding for cheap applause is a massive part of the reason why insurgent candidates have become so popular. Listening to a detailed, nuanced explanation of how immigration or trade policy is assembled doesn’t draw massive applause from the live studio audience. W hat will do that is cries of “we’re going to build a wall!” or “the one percent!” Small wonder Donald Trump has f lourished in this environment — he’s an entertainer, not a politician. So who is at fault for this devolution of political discourse? The short, unpleasant answer is “ever ybody.” Both parties’ leaders have mortgaged the quality of their primaries in exchange for firing up the base. The networks have ignored their responsibility to generate content that informs viewers instead of pandering. The bulk of the blame, however, lies with the people. The
consumers begged for this style of coverage, and now they’re getting it. It’s the simple mechanics of capitalism at work — if someone wasn’t buying, they wouldn’t be selling. The more aseptic the debates can get the better. Ideally, the candidates would face off in an empty room painted white, wearing beige suits and drinking skim milk. A radio address would be still better yet, as listeners would be undistracted by the physical appearance of the candidates. (Consider — was Franklin Roosevelt’s policy agenda any less powerful because it was delivered from a wheelchair?) There’s still plenty of reason to have the debates, of course — a strong presidential candidate must be able to make a persuasive argument in real time in the face of opposition, as he or she will be expected to do during negotiations with other world powers. But behind those closed doors, there will be no crowd to cheer on a personal attack or off-topic rant. The moderators of the general election debates know this; accordingly, the audience of these inter-party contests is not permitted to cheer, boo, or make any noise whatsoever. W hy, then, is this behavior not only tolerated but encouraged in primar y debates? Aren’t we supposed to be vetting the best candidate to face the opposing party in the general election? There’s also a time and a place for applauseline politics. That time and place is out on the campaign trail. In front of throngs of dedicated supporters, it’s perfectly fine for a candidate to rile up the crowd with emotional rhetoric. On the other hand, a debate should not be about generating these lines, but rather holding the
candidates accountable for them. There will doubtless be pushback to this strateg y from the broadcasters, who have discovered that the GOP debates in particular are a license to print money. I certainly can’t unilaterally force them to make better debates, and I wouldn’t expect them to voluntarily make that decision in the face of good business sense. But if they’re so content-averse, there’s no point in their pretending to be news organizations rather than entertainment centers. If ratings really are all that matter, CNN, Fox and the like would be better ser ved airing episodes of “The Big Bang Theor y,” as that routinely pulls in comparable viewership numbers and is about as relevant to the issues. We deser ve — and desperately need — a debate structured in rigid examination of the issues rather than razzle-dazzle. Since this cycle’s primaries are over, I can only hope that the networks recognize and correct their mistakes in the future. If not, I modestly suggest they go the opposite direction. Have the candidates introduced with their own theme music like professional wrestlers. Make them sit above dunk tanks and dunk the one with the lowest Twitter score at the end of the debate. Have the audience throw tomatoes at candidates they don’t like. After all, this isn’t anything important — this is just the presidency of the United States. Stephen Raab, an MSM Candidate at the Mendoza College of Business, graduated 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 this column are those of the author and not necessarily those of The Observer.
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Horoscope | Eugenia Last Happy Birthday: How you navigate the challenges of the upcoming year will be crucial. So many opportunities, as well as distractions, will make it difficult for you to know what to do first. Organization and setting priorities will help you maintain your balance, peace of mind and a little wiggle room when things become hectic. It won’t be easy, but the rewards will be worth the effort. Your numbers are 5, 11, 24, 29, 33, 35, 46. ARIES (March 21-April 19): Take stock of what you have to do. Personal responsibilities are best cleared up quickly so you can get on with the plans that are more enjoyable. You need a little “me” time to reorganize your thoughts and plans. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): You’ll be offered excellent suggestions that will make your home life better. Creating a space to work on creative projects will be a good idea. Make decisions for practical reasons. Emotionally charged motives will lead to disappointment and regret. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Someone unique will enter your sphere. Size up what sort of contributions you can make and consider what you have done in the past in order to maximize the possibilities of the future. Use your imagination. CANCER (June 21-July 22): A change will do you good. Visiting someone you enjoy spending time with will spark new ideas for how to enhance your life. A romantic gesture will result in future plans and the desire to make personal improvements. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Money matters will surface if you have been too generous. An investment or joint venture will be based on false information. It’s best not to put your trust in anyone but yourself. Do your own thing and try to avoid loss. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Doing what you can to bring worthwhile improvements to your community, family or country will enrich you in more ways than you thought possible. You will receive an unexpected gift that will encourage you to work less and enjoy life more. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Stay out of the line of fire. If you meddle in someone else’s affairs, you will end up taking the blame for whatever goes wrong. Put greater effort into your home and establishing a good relationship with those you love. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Travel, communicating and sharing with people who enjoy the same activities as you will inspire you to make personal changes that will enhance your life. Offering assistance to an organization you believe in will be enlightening. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Making a change or promise without taking time to weigh the pros and cons will leave you in a vulnerable position. It’s important to take your time and wait to see what everyone else does before you commit to anything. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Good fortune is heading your way. Check out an intriguing investment opportunity. Children and family members will offer support when you need it. A special arrangement between you and someone you love will improve your personal life. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Don’t make an abrupt change just to appease someone else. You have to be able to live with any decisions you make without feeling like you are being taken advantage of. Meet others halfway, but say “no” to a lopsided proposal. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Your friendly attitude will be the difference between having a good time or not. Don’t let anger or demands rise to the surface, ruining your chance to spend a wonderful day with someone you love. Birthday Baby: You are well-rounded, fetching and alert. You are sensitive and proactive.
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Olympics remind us youth matters Alex Carson Assistant Managing Editor
When you’re new at Notre Dame, you answer the same questions so often the answers get drilled into your head. I live in O’Neill Hall; I’m an applied and computational mathematics and statistics major (say that three times fast); I’m from this little suburb of Chicago known as Indianapolis. But as you start to grow older, you develop real, meaningful relationships. Those relationships lead to a new question every August: “What did you do this summer?” As far as stock answers go, mine’s pretty easy. I spent the first few weeks of it teaching high schoolers some assorted calculus topics — remember arc length, integration by parts and the shell method? — and then, by and large, did nothing until I took the GRE in August. Because I should at least pretend I have a plan for what happens after I graduate in May. Oh, right, I also celebrated an NBA title in June with my dad, whose 52-year-long dream was finally realized. During the last couple weeks of this summer though, like most sports fans, I turned my attention south toward Rio for the 2016 Olympics. Setting aside the infrastructure and other assorted problems — of which there were plenty — and the absurdity of the Ryan Lochte situation — which only served to def lect attention away from deserving storylines late in the games — these Olympics were quite great. We said fitting goodbyes to two of the greatest athletes of all time, Michael Phelps and Usain Bolt. I can’t really remember an Olympics where Phelps didn’t compete — that’ll be weird if he isn’t talked back for 2020 — and Bolt has dominated sprinting like nobody has before and, more than likely, nobody will again. Phelps is the greatest male swimmer the world’s ever seen, and Bolt is the greatest male sprinter. But instead of focusing on the greats walking away,
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what about the ones coming in? Because it was a fantastic Olympics for some of the world’s youngest athletes. Let’s say what’s true: No other athlete dominates his or her sport quite like Katie Ledecky does with distance swimming. And after four gold medals and a silver in Rio, she’s just 19 and has no real competitors, at least in the 400- and 800-meter freestyle events (yes, it is meters at the Olympic level). And then you have Simone Biles who, like Ledecky, is also 19 and the greatest athlete her sport has ever seen, though that idea Is perhaps a little less out of the blue in gymnastics. I’m one of those people who really don’t know what’s going on in gymnastics — I think every routine looks pretty fantastic — but you don’t have to in order to enjoy and appreciate her greatness. Getting out of the American bubble, we saw Canadian 16-year-old Penny Oleksiak emerge as a rising star in the pool … and then tweet Drake asking for concert tickets. As I’d expect any teenage girl to. Setting aside that today’s youth are somehow inherently lazy — at least that’s what old people love to yell about — the Olympics presented an interesting idea to me: That I can take inspiration from those younger than me. That’s not how the typical maturation process goes. We look up to parents or coaches, politicians or teachers, but never really think to look back a few years. So let’s answer the question again: What did I do with my summer? Yeah, sure, I taught a bit, coached a bit and studied a bit. Nothing too much. But through it all, from the kids in my classroom in May to the ones on my TV screen in August, I re-learned a valuable lesson: Our youth matters. In the classroom, on the field or working on a community service project. Contact Alex Carson at acarson1@nd.edu The views expressed in this Sports Authority are those of the author and not necessarily those of The Observer.
Bengals run out of steam against Jacksonville Associated Press
JACKSONVILLE, Florida — The Cincinnati Bengals were so sharp against Jacksonville that Andy Dalton and several teammates were done long before halftime. Dalton led the Bengals to two touchdowns in three possessions, earning him a little extra rest in a 26-21 loss to the Jaguars in the preseason Sunday night. “It was a good outing for us,” Dalton said. “Two touchdowns in the first half of a preseason game is pretty good, and we got them both ways. ... It’s a good feeling to do it both ways.” The Bengals (2-1) felt good on both sides of the ball, too. Dalton found Giovani Bernard for a 19-yard score on a thirddown play, and then Jeremy Hill capped a 9-minute drive with a 1-yard scramble to the pylon. Defensively, the Bengals held Jacksonville to just 90 yards in the first half. Jacksonville’s first three drives: turnover, threeand-out and three-and-out. Cincy’s only concern in the regular-season dress rehearsal was the health of three Pro Bowlers. Receiver A.J. Green left in the first quarter with a bruised right
knee, but the team said it was nothing serious and he should be fine for the opener. Cornerback Adam Jones strained a calf in preseason warmups and did not play. And special teams ace Cedric Peerman broke his left forearm and could be sidelined for the season. Safety Tashaun Gipson (bruised knee) was Jacksonville’s only injured starter. The Jaguars (0-3) had bigger problems — the offense and defense both failed to show — that raised questions about what’s supposed to the franchise’s most talented team in nearly a decade.
Rookie watch Bengals: WR Alex Erickson scored for the third straight game, stating his case to make the team. Erickson caught a 21yard TD pass from AJ McCarron early in the third quarter. It was his second TD catch of the preseason. He also returned a punt for a touchdown. Jaguars: DE Yannick Ngakoue got the start ahead of Dante Fowler Jr., but only because the Jaguars wanted to see Ngakoue get some snaps with the firstteam defense. Ngakoue finished with two tackles.
Position battles Bengals: Second-round pick WR Tyler Boyd, vying to start opposite Green, had a 9-yard reception. Jaguars: Fourth-year RB Joe Banyard ran 11 times for 54 yards, including a 7-yard TD run in the third quarter, and had his most extensive work of the preseason. Banyard and Corey Grant are competing to be the fourth-string back.
Injury update Bengals: LB Vontaze Burfict and TE Tyler Eifert were among a dozen players ruled out before the game. Jaguars: Eight players were ruled out beforehand, including DT Roy Miller, rookie DT Sheldon Day and FS Peyton Thompson.
Quotable Bengals: “I do feel faster this year because I feel healthier.” — Hill. Jaguars: “Well, we played pretty bad. I don’t think we did a whole lot of things. We played bad at every position and usually that is what happens when you play bad: you do not score a lot of points.” — quarterback Blake Bortles.
MLB | ROYALS 10, RED SOX 4
Mondesi’s late triple lifts Royals over Red Sox Associated Press
BOSTON — Raul Mondesi hit a bases-loaded triple and Eric Hosmer added a tworun single during an eightrun sixth inning, lifting the surging Kansas City Royals to a 10-4 victory over the Boston Red Sox on Sunday night. Salvador Perez hit his third solo homer in two games for Kansas City, which took two of three at Fenway Park and got its 17th win in 21 games. David Ortiz hit his 534th career homer, a solo shot, for the Red Sox, tying Jimmie Foxx for 18th on the career list. Boston has lost four of five. Matt Strahm (2-0) pitched
2 2/3 innings of hitless relief for the win. Eduardo Rodriguez (2-6) gave up five runs in 5 1/3 innings before the bullpen allowed five more in the sixth. The Royals chased Rodriguez and regained the lead in the sixth after the Red Sox moved ahead in the fifth. Alcides Escobar had an RBI single before Mondesi rocked his triple to the outfield-wall triangle in center. Cheslor Cuthbert had a run-scoring fielder’s choice grounder before Lorenzo Cain added an RBI single. Robbie Ross Jr. relieved and gave up Hosmer’s tworun single off the Green Monster before getting the final two outs.
Boston capitalized on center fielder Paulo Orlando’s error to score three times off starter Yordano Ventura in the fifth. Chris Young singled and Orlando dropped Sandy Leon’s f ly at the track, putting runners on second and third before a walk. Brock Holt drove in the first run with a groundout before Xander Bogaerts’ tworun single. Ventura gave up four runs — three earned — in 4 1/3 innings. Ortiz’s 31st homer went into the bleachers behind Boston’s bullpen in the fourth. Perez homered off a billboard above the Green Monster.
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mistakes has been a major focus for the team, according to McLaughlin, and committing only five errors to the Pirates’ nine allowed the Irish the take care of the second set, 25-20. In what would be the final set of Notre Dame’s home opener, the Irish took control. Sophomore libero Ryann DeJarld set the pace for her team, controlling the backcourt w ith a teamhigh 16 digs in the match while junior outside hitter Sydney Kuhn and senior middle blocker Katie Higgins pounded the Pirates at the net. Johnson ser ved for the third and final set, which the Irish won, 25-19, on another error courtesy of the Pirates. Notre Dame’s second game of the Inv itational had a different challenge for the Irish — Cleveland State was a much taller team than Seton Hall — but ended w ith the same positive outcome for the Irish, as the team took dow n the Vikings (2-1) in straight sets. The Irish changed up their starting lineup slightly, starting sophomore middle blocker Meg Morningstar and freshman outside hitter Jemma Yeadon which, as McLaughlin noted, was meant to give more players a chance to step up. “[We’re] just playing people and giv ing people opportunities,” McLaughlin said. “And we’ve got to continue to do that until somebody takes charge and ow ns a position.” After falling into a threepoint hole to start the match, the Irish went on an eight to one run led by Nunge and Fr y. Nunge, in particular, built on her momentum from Friday’s game, picking up seven kills in the first set alone. The Irish controlled the rest of the set,
as Morningstar and Kuhn both recorded multiple kills, while Yeadon scored the first point of her collegiate career in the 25-21 set w in. The second set was a tighter battle for the Irish, although they were able to come out on top courtesy of Nunge yet again. The Newburgh, Indiana, native won the set for the Irish, singlehandedly going on a 3-0 run to break a tie w ith the Vikings and close out the set, 25-22. She finished the match w ith a career-high 14 kills, topping her prev ious career-best mark of 10. After the match, McLaughlin said he considered the second game of the match to be its defining moment. “W hen it got tight, we made a couple really good plays and then we ser ved tight,” McLaughlin said. “I think it showed the value of and the importance of our ser v ing.” The third and final set of the match was highlighted by Cleveland State’s unforced errors, as the Irish cruised to a 25-18 set w in to take the match. Fr y took advantage of the breakdow n in the Vikings’ passing game w ith her third ace, one of Notre Dame’s eight aces of the match. Yeadon picked up a doubledouble in the first game of her college career, finishing the game w ith 10 kills and 12 digs. McLaughlin said he was impressed w ith Yeadon’s performance, especially as a freshman. “I think Jemma, for her first college match did some really good things,” McLaughlin said. “We’re asking an aw ful lot of her, but I think she can handle it.” In their final game of the Invitational and second game of the day, the undefeated Irish faced off w ith Western Michigan. McLaughlin said he told his team to approach the match
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Irish sophomore outside hitter Rebecca Nunge jumps for a tip during Notre Dame’s 3-0 loss to Pitt at Purcell Pavilion on Nov. 8. The outside hitter had 22 kills at the Golden Dome Invitational this weekend.
in the same manner as the others. “[It was the] same approach,” McLaughlin said. “We’re Notre Dame, and we have to get better. We have to address our weaknesses, we’ve got to fix things, and we’ve got to keep grow ing emotionally and playing mature volleyball.” The Irish went on a roll in the first set, taking a commanding 10-point lead at one point before ultimately w inning the set, 25-16, behind Plumlee’s five kills. Additionally, Notre Dame’s blocking abilit y was key against the Broncos (1-2).
Fr y and Morningstar each made their presence know n early on at the net, tallying up five and three blocks during the match, respectively. The second set was the closest of the weekend for Notre Dame. The Irish had match point w ith a two-point lead, but the Broncos scored the next two points to extend the set. After a string of points were traded, Yeadon was eventually able to put the set away, 29-27, w ith a kill. McLaughlin said he was proud of how his team performed under the pressure. “I’m telling you, it’s no fun,” McLaughlin said. “It’s a
grind. But at the end of it we made some plays and pulled it off, so I think you can learn some lessons from that.” The Irish charged for ward in the third and final set, led by Morningstar. Morningstar began placing her tips in hard-to-reach areas of the courts and recorded six kills in the final set alone, including the match-w inner. The Irish won the set by a score of 25-16. McLaughlin said he was pleased w ith his team’s performance this weekend at the Golden Dome Inv itational but is still looking for more. “For the first weekend, we made some progress, and I think the girls understand we have a lot more to go,” McLaughlin said. “It’s a process. It’s never enough, no matter how good we get. It gets better and better as we go so, yeah, for the first weekend, we did some good stuff and some not so good stuff. We’ve just gotta keep getting better. “It’s just part of learning the lessons we have to learn. Passing tests that we have to pass to become the team that we want to become. You know, we’re tr ying ever y day to form an identit y, and I think we took a step for ward [this weekend].” The Irish w ill next see action in the Shamrock Inv itational, which is set to take place Friday and Saturday at Purcell Pav ilion.
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Irish freshman outside hitter Jemma Yeadon readies for a dig in Notre Dame’s 3-0 win against Western Michigan at Purcell Pavilion. Yeadon made her first collegiate appearance in Saturday’s match against Cleveland State and finished with 16 total kills against the two teams.
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“UC-Irvine is a strong team, and we knew they were going to come in here with a lot of energy and quality players,” Panken said. “To be able to implement what we wanted to do and get the result we wanted is a big boost of confidence, knowing that we can play like that against any team in the country.” Notre Dame’s match against the Lobos (0-2) started four hours after the scheduled 2 p.m. kickoff time thanks to lightning in the area, but that didn’t stop 1,308 fans from coming back at 6 p.m. to watch the game. The Irish, who had been at Alumni Stadium nearly the entire day, didn’t have the same offensive production they had against California-Irvine, but their defense stepped up to shutout an aggressive Lobos team that outshot them in the match, 18-6. “New Mexico is an excellent team, and there’s no question about that,” Clark said. “I would say they’re a better team than the one we played in the semifinals [in the 2013 NCAA Tournament]. … They’re big and they’re physical, and they’ve got six guys over 6-foot-4, but I thought our central defenders were superb.” The lone score of the game came from Aubrey, who notched his second penaltykick goal of the season in the 41st minute. The Irish now have two penalty kick goals in the first two games of the season. They earned just one attempt all of last season. “It’s just something I’ve done growing up — hitting PKs,” Aubrey said. “I put it in the corner with a lot of power, so even if the keeper knows where I’m going, he can’t get to it.” That power was on display as both his penalty kick goals were scored despite the goalie correctly guessing which side Aubrey shot at. Both Notre Dame and Indiana finished the tournament undefeated, but the Irish took home their second straight title based on goal differential. The Hoosiers (20) had a goal differential of
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Irish graduate student midfielder Evan Panken heads the ball during Notre Dame’s 1-0 win over New Mexico at Alumni Stadium on Sunday. Panken scored the opening goal of the season against UC-Irvine on Friday night. Panken also serves as one of the team’s captains this season.
plus-three, while the difference for the Irish was plus-five. Clark said he hopes this tournament’s success will help carry momentum over to next week’s Adidas/IU Credit Union Classic, where they’ll compete against No. 1 Stanford, who won the NCAA tournament last season, and California. “You want to win everything,” Clark said. “Next week we’re at Bloomington, and we want to win that one. Everything you go into, you want to win it, but the focus at the moment is ‘What can we take from that game that we can take into next week?’ “Next week we’ll be playing Stanford, who is very similar to [New Mexico] and to the way they play … so that was maybe a good rehearsal for playing the current national champions.” Notre Dame will join Stanford, California and Indiana at the Adidas/IU Credit Union Classic starting Friday at Armstrong Stadium in Bloomington, Indiana. Contact Manny De Jesus at mdejesus@nd.edu
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Irish senior defender Brandon Aubrey fires a penalty kick during Notre Dame’s 1-0 win over New Mexico on Sunday at Alumni Stadium. Aubrey converted the penalty, scoring the only goal of the game.
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Men’s Soccer | ND 4, UC-IRVINE 0; ND 1, new mexico 0
ND sweeps in Berticelli Memorial By MANNY DE JESUS Sports Writer
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No. 12 Notre Dame’s match with Western Michigan on Sunday was postponed due to lightning. The Irish (2-1-0) and Broncos (2-0-0) were slated to square off at 5 p.m. Sunday at Alumni Stadium, but the match has been postponed to Monday at 7 p.m. This is the first game postponed for both teams this season. Notre Dame is coming off its first loss of the season Thursday to Michigan, 2-0, at U-M Soccer Stadium. Western Michigan, however, enters the contest riding a two-game winning streak after victories over Fort Wayne and Indiana. Kickoff for the rescheduled match will be 7 p.m. at Alumni Stadium.
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Irish junior forward Jon Gallagher heads the ball during Notre Dame’s 1-0 win over New Mexico on Sunday at Alumni Stadium.
No. 9 Notre Dame started its season off w ith t wo w ins after capturing its seventh Mike Berticelli Memorial Tournament title, defeating California-Ir v ine on Friday night and New Mex ico on Sunday night by scores of 4-0 and 1-0, respectively, at A lumni Stadium this weekend. The Irish (2-0) started their 2016 campaign w ith a dominating 4-0 v ictor y against the A nteaters (0-2), powered by junior for ward Jon Gallagher’s t wo goals and an assist. The opening score came from tri-captain senior midfielder Evan Panken, who received a cross from Gallagher, slid towards the left post and connected for the goal. Gallagher gave the Irish their second goal, scoring from six yards out on the right side of the field with a powerful shot in the upper
left corner of the net. Senior defender Brandon Aubrey scored on a penalty kick two minutes later to give the Irish the 3-0 advantage, and Gallagher scored his second goal of the match in the 78th minute to secure the win. After the win, Irish head coach Bobby Clark emphasized the importance for his team to replicate the way it played Friday on a consistent basis. “You got to [play consistently] if you’re going to make the [NCAA] tournament,” Clark said. “With the schedule we have, if we don’t play consistently, we won’t be in the tournament, but we enjoy and thrive in that.” Panken also praised the performance of his team and harped on the confidence boost the match gave them after going through the preseason without a win. see M SOCCER PAGE 11
VOLLEYBALL | ND 3, SETON HALL 0; ND 3, CLEVELAND STATE 0; ND 3, WESTERN MICHIGAN 0
Irish open season with best start in five years By ELIZABETH GREASON Sports Writer
W hen Notre Dame stepped out onto the gold medal court from the 2012 London Oly mpics — which had been placed in Purcell Pav ilion for the Golden Dome Inv itational — for their season opener Friday, it felt prepared to turn the tables on their unsuccessful 2015 season. W hen the Irish (3-0) stepped off that same court for the final time this weekend, they had done just that, w inning nine straight sets to close out the weekend undefeated. Notre Dame’s first challenge came against Seton Hall on Friday evening. The Irish came out v ictorious, shutting dow n the Pirates (0-3) in straight sets, 3-0. The play of junior middle blocker Sam Fr y and sophomore outside hitter Rebecca Nunge early on calmed the Irish and led the team into a rhy thm. Their eight kills apiece in the match allowed the Irish to build momentum over the Pirates, who struggled to find consistency and communication in the absence of senior libero Tessa Fournier. Junior outside
hitter Maddie Plumlee led the Irish w ith ten kills, and her steady ser v ice game regularly targeted Seton Hall’s weaker backcourt. In the second set, Notre Dame played more consistently, which Irish head coach Jim McLaughlin said the squad still needs to improve on. “I thought when we got tight and under pressure a little bit, we found our rhy thm,” McLaughlin said. “But we’ve got to be able to maintain it. There are some ebbs and f lows in the game, and we’re still shaken by them a little bit, so we lose our rhy thm.” The most memorable points in the match came from junior libero Natalie Johnson. She pancaked herself on multiple occasions, barely sliding a hand between the ball and the court, extending the point and giving the Irish the opportunit y to earn the point when it seemed like a lost cause. The second set was almost error free for the Irish, who were able to recover quickly from a poor pass, a lack of communication or a lost point. Eliminating see VOLLEYBALL PAGE 10
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Irish junior middle blocker Sam Fry prepares for a serve during Notre Dame’s 3-0 victory over Western Michigan at Purcell Pavilion on Saturday. Fry recorded 25 kills over the team’s three matches.