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FOOTBALL FRIDAY FEATURE

Band gears up for home game Marching band members reflect on traditions that foster community

By COURTNEY BECKER News Writer

A head of his first Midnight Drummer Circle, sophomore Patrick Falvey didn’t know how many people would come. The numbers at the Friday night band tradition ama zed him.

“I walk up to the Dome and see this enormous crowd of a few thousand people all there for us to start game day,” Falvey, a quad drummer on the Notre Dame Marching Band, said. “[To] kick it off was a really thrilling experience.”

The main event of a Notre Dame home football game weekend is, of course, the game. But v isitors to campus also prioritize attending the Midnight Drummer Circle or one of the Band of the Fighting Irish’s other traditional pre-game performances, such as Trumpets in the Dome and the Concert on the Steps of Bond Hall.

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Assaults reported in crime log Observer Staff Report

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Kim Forbes plays the piccolo at Darrel K. Royal—Texas Memorial Stadium, where Notre Dame lost its season opener to the Longhorns 47-50 on Sunday. This Saturday, the Irish face Nevada at home.

A rape was reported Wednesday to a University administrator, according to the Notre Dame Security Police crime log for Thursday.

The alleged rape occurred Aug. 28 in Keough Hall, according to the entry.

Students did not receive an email crime alert from NDSP alerting them that the report had been filed.

Additionally, the crime log reported an update to an alleged rape that occurred Aug. 5. The rape was reported to the St. Joseph’s County Police, and the location of the alleged rape occurred in the Fisher Graduate Apartments, according to the update.

Information about sexual assault prevention and resources for survivors of sexual assault are available online from NDSP and from the Committee for Sexual Assault Prevention (CSAP).

ND sells Campus remembers lives lost in 9/11 more Ginsburg tickets

By DREW LISCHKE News Writer

Students will have a second chance Friday to apply for tickets to see U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg speak during her first-ever visit to Notre Dame.

The main event, “A Conversation with U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg,” will be held in Purcell Pavilion on Monday from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., and is free

Starting at 8:46 a.m. Sunday — the time the World Trade Center’s north tower was struck — the Basilica bells will begin ringing; they will continue to ring until 9:03 a.m., the time that the second tower was hit.

Sunday marks the 15-year anniversary of 9/11 — 15 years since the biggest attack on American soil since Pearl Harbor.

There will be several opportunities Sunday for Notre Dame students and community members to remember those who lost their lives in the terrorist attacks.

University President Emeritus Fr. Edward Malloy, who was in office when the attacks occurred,

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Flags commemorate the anniversary of 9/11 in a display on South Quad last fall. The University will host a number of events Sunday to remember the victims of the terrorist attacks.

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More than 800 people have RSVP’d on Facebook for the Lewis House of Pancakes (LHOP), Lewis Hall’s signature fundraising event.

From 9:30 p.m. to 1 a.m. all four f loors of Lewis Hall — plus the basement — will offer a variety of breakfasts foods, including bacon, cinnamon rolls, pancakes, eggs and juice.

“We don’t really have to do a lot of encouraging, everyone just wants to be a part of LHOP,” Lewis Hall president, junior Lizett Pink said. “You can’t really hide from LHOP because it happens right there on every single f loor.”

For five dollars, students receive entry and a plate for unlimited access to the food.

Proceeds from ticket sales are donated to the Food Bank of Northern Indiana, a charity that Lewis Hall hopes to expand their relationship with over the course of the year.

“Now we’re trying to go and volunteer there and learn more about them,” Pink said.

Signature events co-commissioners sophomores

Annie Hynes and Sarah Hynds are coordinating the event. “[Hynes and Hynds] have done so much of the planning,” Pink said. “It’s been awesome.”

Hynes said residents of Lewis get involved in the event in a variety of ways.

“We send out one spreadsheet and it has shifts for everything throughout the week,” Hynes said. “There’s a lot of involvement throughout the whole process that people can do.”

She said some residents promote the event by wearing the chicken suit — the hall’s mascot — and chalking the sidewalks. Others sell tickets, set up for the event or cook the food.

Pink hopes to see an attendance of 1,500 or more this year — 300 more than last year’s event — and to bring in a larger profit for the Food Bank of Northern Indiana.

“This year we got enough funding from [the Student Activities Office] to cover the entire cost of LHOP,” she said.

Hynds said the event not only raises money for a local charity, but also fosters a sense of community within

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A student purchases his LHOP tickets from dorm representatives in South Dining Hall. Tickets are on sale Friday for $5 at North and South Dining Halls from 5 p.m. through 6:30 p.m. All proceeds go to charity.

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“It brings a lot of spirit within our own dorm and really gets people together,” Hynds said.

Pink said the event also builds a sense of community outside of the dorm.

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kind of open up Lewis so that all of campus can come,” she said. “I think it’s a really good community builder.

Just bringing everyone together and bonding over food is great.”

Students can purchase tickets at the door or at North and South Dining Halls from

5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Friday.

“It really brings Lewis together as well as I feel like people from across campus,” Pink said. “W hy shouldn’t you come to LHOP? It’s going to be so fun.”

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SMC expands summer study abroad programs

By JORDAN COCKRUM News Writer

Saint Mary’s debuted two new summer study abroad programs this summer: the London LEB Program and an archeology program in Trim, Ireland.

Both programs are open to students from all majors. The London LEB Program is a fourweek program. Archeology in Ireland is a six-week program, but two- and four-week long options are also available, according to the Center for Women’s Intercultural Leadership (CWIL).

“I have always wanted to study abroad, but by virtue of being a transfer student and someone who is double majoring, I could never do a semester program,” senior Adrienne Whisman said. “So, I looked for summer programs.”

Junior Kiersten Lieurance said students participate in the London LEB Program through Maryville University in St. Louis. This past summer, two Saint Mary’s students were participants: Lieurance and senior Allison Burns.

“It was so culture-driven,” Lieurance said. “We went to the businesses for class — it wasn’t classroom-based, it was more learning and cultural experience.”

The program consists of one class and one practicum.

Lieurance took a globalization course, coupled with a practicum at the Victoria and Albert Museum. “[The] part that I liked best about my classes was the opportunity I got to go and visit all of these prominent businesses in London,” Burns said. “We went to City Hall, the Houses of Parliament, Wharf, Fuller’s Canary Brewery and many others,

and [we] discussed topics of globalization with prominent business leaders.”

Participating in a practicum allows the students to take things they learned in their classes and take it into the real world. As part of their practicum, Burns and Lieurance studied an exhibit at the museum and, using what they gathered, created a marketing plan.

“The London LEB Program helped me within my major by being able to actually go and see some of the places [and] things I’ve learned about in class,” Burns said.

“Any program or experience that exposes me to the history, religion, art, literature and philosophy I’ve only previously read about in a book is amazing.”

The opportunity to work in the museum added to the cultural experience the students received from living in London, Lieurance said.

“It was a completely different culture, but everyone we worked with was very welcoming,” she said. “I think it was more a learning experience, getting to understand the difference between their culture and our culture and how that affects the worldly businesses.”

The archeology program also presents an opportunity for students to gather “real world” experience.

Students stay in Trim and excavate the remains of a 13th century Dominican friary, according to CWIL. “The Trim program is unique,” Whisman said. “It allows students to integrate into Irish culture through a homestay family as well as loads of free time to explore not only Trim, Ireland, but also the rest of Ireland and the U.K.”

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Kiersten Lieurance and Allison Burns pose in front of the London Eye. The two participated in the four-week London LEB Program, which consists of one class and one practicum.

Study abroad programs at Saint Mary’s are coordinated

by CWIL. Karen Chambers, faculty coordinator of the Ireland program, said CWIL tries to listen to the requests of students as to which programs they would like to partake in.

“On occasion, we have had students request some type of active archaeology experience which we previously had not been able to offer in our portfolio,” she said. “We have a long relationship with Maynooth University — next fall is our 40th year partnering with Maynooth — so we have a long and sustained interest from our students in Ireland, so this program combined the two interests.”

This responsiveness led to the establishment of the archeology program. Whisman and senior Caylin McCallick are two of the students that

participated in this program.

“I decided to go because I love history and the thought of being a part of discovering even a small part of history was extremely intriguing,” McCallick said. “I wanted to go to a place where I wouldn’t get in trouble for touching historical artifacts.”

Students work with the Irish Archaeology Field School and with professors that work on site with them, Chambers said.

It also fulfills several requirements for students.

The program facilitates a homestay for students and requires them to walk to and from the work site. The homestay provides a cultural experience for students that cannot come from simply visiting Ireland as a tourist, Chambers said.

“Ireland is a rich culture, but those who visit as a tourist miss much of the culture that makes it different than U.S. culture,”

she said. “Our Trim program is highlighted by a homestay experience in which students are invited into the home life of a family in the town.

Understanding cultural differences is inherent in the liberal arts education — seeing that ideas can be viewed differently and learning to appreciate that difference.”

Whisman experienced this exploration of culture during her time in Trim.

“The fact that the dig excavated a medieval friary made me nerd out so hard,” she said. “The dig and the program helped me see history as it was and how it is still with us today. I walked to the dig site every day passing ruins and castles. America doesn’t have the luxury of seeing the remains of history from 800 years ago, or even 5,000 years ago.”

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The moment sophomore Cam Kormylo heard there would be a space for food sales in Dunne Hall, he knew he had to transfer into the new dorm and open his ow n snack shop.

“I went to those initial meetings for the new dorms, just to check it out, see what was up and they said they were going to have a space food sales,” Kormylo said.

“Honestly, w ithin a second, I knew I had to do it. That’s really the main reason I moved into Dunne Hall.”

Kormylo has worked on creating a location w ith “different kind of food sales” in the new dorm since last December. The final result: a taco stand.

“I was working on all my recipes over the last year and really tr y ing to perfect them this summer,” he said.

Admittedly, Kormylo said he did not know he wanted to do tacos right away, but after getting some feedback from friends and family, he thought a taco shop would be the perfect addition to Notre Dame dining options.

“I kind of went back and forth w ith quite a few ideas, but I really kept on coming back to tacos,” he said.

“Once we settled on it, I

mean, we just started cooking immediately. It was a lot of work.”

Kormylo said he started grav itating towards tacos after working w ith a Top Chef champion, Stephanie Izard.

“Her general manager ow ns a taco bar and it really felt like a good move,” Kormylo said. “It was working w ith a lot of things I was comfortable w ith — what I knew — and you know, ever yone likes tacos so that worked out really well.”

Despite the generally positive reception of the taco idea, Kormylo said he wanted to make sure he covered his bases and had something for ever yone.

“We have gluten-free tacos, vegetarian tacos, vegan tacos,” he said. “We really are aware of allergens and the like. It’s important to us that people like and eat our food.”

Kormylo worked w ith fellow sophomore Ryan Green to open up the shop, Dungeon Tacos, in the basement of Dunne Ha ll.

“We just did a test run last week, just to see how it would go,” Green said.

“Honest ly, it went great and the tacos were turning out fantastic.”

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“We’re super busy a lready,” Green said short ly after opening. “It’s been a great response, I’m rea lly excited that we’re doing this.”

Kormylo took a brea k from f lipping tortillas on the grill to look around the k itchen, and said he was pleased w ith how things are going.

“I mean, they’re really

going well,” he said. “We had a line that was all the way from the stairs to the chapel in Dunne, which is really great.”

Green said it was far more people than he thought would show up.

“We had about 65, I mean, at least 65 people in line,” he said. “That was insane.”

The shop sold out of tacos at about 10 :15 p.m. Thursday night, after selling about 250 tacos, according to Kormylo.

“We actually bought food for the whole weekend,” Kormylo said. “Yeah, so it was a good night.”

The steak tacos and potato tacos have been the most popular, Green said.

“We started w ith more of both those, but they’re just f ly ing off the grill,” he said.

“It’s great that we’ve been getting the response we’ve been getting.”

Additionally, Green said people have been going for their meal deal.

“Essentially it’s just any two tacos and a drink for five bucks,” he said. “It’s a great deal.”

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Notre Dame received $128 million in research funding for fiscal year 2016, the second highest in school history, according to a University press release.

This year was topped by only the 2015 fiscal year, in which the University received $133 million in research funds.

“The research, scholarship and creativity of Notre Dame faculty continues to make a difference in multiple ways across our country and around the world,” University

President Fr. John Jenkins said in the release. “The growth in external funding is a tangible testimony to the importance of their work.”

According to the release, funded research projects cover a variety of disciplines, including energy, economics and everything in between.

For example, Alan Seaubaugh, chair professor in the college of engineering, and his research team won a $5.8 million award to support the Center for Low Engergy Systems (LEAST), a Notre Dame-led initiative working

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to devise new concept for energy-efficient devices to reduce power in electronic systems.

For his research on advancing the empirical study of global religion in mainstream academia, sociology professor Christian Smith received a $4.9 million award from the Templeton Religion Trust.

And faculty from the College of Science and College of Engineering — led by Frank Collins and Scott Emrich — received a $2.8 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to support Vectorbase,

a bioinformatics database that provides web-based resources to the scientific community on invertebrate vectors of human pathogens.

The University supports research in more than 20 facilities and in each of Notre Dame’s colleges, according to Notre Dame Research’s website.

This year, 57 percent of awards came from federal funding, with 16 percent from foundations and 15 percent from industry sponsors, according to the release. Local and state governments,

foreign entities and nonprofit organizations also sponsored various research projects.

“This was another strong year for Notre Dame Research and it ref lects the talents of our faculty and students,” Robert Bernhard, vice president for research, said in the release. “Due to their hard work and great achievements, we are celebrating another successful year for research funding and finished strong with the highest month of funding — nearly $23 million in June — in the University’s histor y.”

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Sophomore Cam Kormylo, founder of Dungeon Tacos, prepares a taco at the official debut of his snack stand Thursday night.

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Professor researches biological impact of bats

By GINA TWARDOSZ News Writer

After recent heav y rains, South Bend’s mosquito population has grow n, and w ith it the risk of insect-borne diseases.

Assistant professor of biolog y at Saint Mar y’s Laura K loepper, along w ith her team of students, seniors Cassi Mardis and Stephanie Dreessen, thinks she found a way to keep the mosquitoes in check: turning to the bats for help.

Bats eat insects, K loepper said, and although they prefer moths and beetles due to a higher fat content, they’ll also eat mosquitoes.

“It’s kind of like, if you’re at a big salad bar and there’s not a lot of meat, you’re going to eat a lot of the salad,” she said. “So they w ill eat mosquitoes and, w ith all the f looding we have been having, if we had a thriv ing bat

population, they would definitely be helping to eat some of the mosquitoes we have around.”

K loepper said she believes bats can prov ide a solution to the mosquito problem and that bat houses can bring bats to residential homes and yards.

“We ca n encou rage bat s to l ive a mong us,” she sa id, “People ca n put up bat houses, t hat’s one t h i ng t hey ca n do. It’s ha rd somet i mes to get bat s to ta ke up residences i n bat houses.

It’s not necessa r i ly a n ‘i f you bu i ld it t hey w i l l come,’ it’s more of ‘i f t hey ’re a lready i n you r bu i ld i ng, [t hey w i l l come ].’”

Dreessen, who has a bat box in her home, said her experience w ith hav ing a bat box has been generally positive.

“My dad, over the summer, decided to put a bat box in,” she said. “It does take time

for bats to realize the housing is available, but they w ill find it once they know where it is.”

There are various designs and st yles of bat houses on the market.

“It’s like a box,” Dreessen said, “Within the box, there are little sections, almost like a maze, and they’re really small, because bats are only so big and bats really like warm env ironments, so they’ll just cluster in there right next to each other.”

Mardis said bats can eat up to 1,000 mosquitoes in a single hour but are still regarded as pests.

“Many people think bats are a scar y thing, but they are extremely beneficial to the env ironment and actually not so scar y,” she said.

Additionally, K loepper said the concern that bats carr y deadly diseases such as rabies isn’t true.

“Most people are scared

of bats because they hear bats have rabies, and a lot of mammals carr y rabies,” she said. “The statistic is that only 1 percent of all bats that have been brought in for testing have been tested positive for rabies.

“The thing to understand is if a bat has rabies, it is already going to ex hibit abnormal behav ior that w ill make it be more likely to be brought in for testing. So it’s thought that that 1 percent is highly inf lated. You’re more likely to get rabies from a w ild raccoon in your yard than you are a bat.”

Recently, a fungus carried over from Europe has been reducing the population of bats found in the United States, specifically those in the northeast, and now, the Midwest.

“It’s called W hite-nose sy ndrome, and it’s a fungus that has just been w iping out bat populations,”

K loepper said. “It is thought that the fungus was brought over to the United States by humans.

“It affects bats that hibernate, and we are in a cold climate. The bat species we have around here that would normally be f ly ing around are hibernating bats, and these are species that are incredibly v ulnerable to W hite-nose sy ndrome.”

K loepper and her team said utilizing bats can help to not only save the bats but also to decrease South Bend’s pesk y, and now dangerous, mosquito problem.

“W hen they tried to spray insecticide to kill off the mosquitoes, they in turn killed off the bees,” Dreessen said, “And [bats] are a different approach to that, but one that is more ecological and safe.”

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SMC names new director of Center for Spirituality Observer Staff Report

The Division for Mission at Saint Mary’s recently welcomed Arlene Montevecchio as the new director of the Center for Spirituality.

According to a College press release, Montevecchio earned a bachelor’s degree in religious studies from St. Norbert College, a master’s degree in theological studies from Harvard Divinity School and is currently pursuing her Ph.D. in systemic theology from Duquesne University.

Montevecchio, who took over in the role July 18, served as the director of Center for Social Concerns and as an adjunct faculty member at Gannon University in Erie, Pennsylvania.

“My hope is to raise the profile of the Center locally and nationally to honor the vision of the Sisters of the Holy Cross in faithfully responding to the signs of the times in our Church and world,” Montevecchio said

in the release. “We will continue to offer high-quality programming, bringing relevant topics in religion and spirituality to the campus and wider community in order to better reflect on the relationship between faith and reason and the individual and social dimensions of spirituality, including attention to poor and marginalized voices.”

Judy Fean, vice president for mission, said in the release that Montevecchio has already done meaningful work for the College.

“Montevecchio’s leadership and expertise will be instrumental in continuing the good work of the Center for Spirituality,” Fean said in the release. “She has already scheduled known speakers for the fall and spring lecture series that will engage the local and broader community in relevant topics that impact our world today and call us to a deeper understanding of the social dimensions of spirituality.”

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but ticketed.

Due to a high number of sales after the event was initially announced Aug. 30, ticket reservations were temporarily suspended. Students received an email Friday morning stating that additional tickets will be available to members of the student body Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on a first-come, first-serve basis.

On the day of the event, doors open at 4:30 p.m. Monday, and students are encouraged to arrive

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will lead a prayer service on South Quad at 9:15 a.m. near the flag pole.

The service will include the presentation of colors by the Notre Dame ROTC Color Guard and the playing of the national anthem by members of the Notre Dame Marching Band, followed by a procession to the Grotto.

Faculty members at Notre Dame have also organized a panel discussion titled “Fifteen Years after the 9/11 Terrorist Attacks: Reassessing the Threat of International Terrorism and the Domestic and Global Response,” scheduled for Sept. 22.

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by 5 p.m. to pass through security checkpoints. Attendees should enter through the south side of the Joyce Center.

Photography, videography, weapons, backpacks, purses and large bags will be prohibited from the event, according to the email.

Ginsburg has served on the U.S. Supreme Court since her appointment by President Bill Clinton on Aug. 10, 1993. Prior to assuming her seat on the Supreme Court, Ginsburg served as general counsel to the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) from 1973 to 1980 and subsequently served on the

organization’s national board of directors from 1974 to 1980.

Ann Williams, a U.S. Circuit Judge and 1975 law school alumna, will serve as moderator for the conversation. Williams was appointed to the Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit in 1999. She currently serves on the University’s Board of Trustees.

The event is sponsored by the Office of the President, Notre Dame Law School and Notre Dame Student Government.

Tickets are available online and more information can be found at nd.edu/Ginsburg.

Michael Desch, who will sit on the panel, said not only was the U.S. surprised by the attack, but “the attacks seared themselves into popular consciousness” by coming about 10 years after the Cold War era.

“It was a vivid reminder of the dangerousness of the world at a time when we were feeling pretty good about ourselves,” he said.

The attacks came at a time in American history when international affairs were hitting a period of pacification, Desch said. As a result, the acts of terrorism came with further and much larger implications.

“After this attack, we saw an increase in the belief that the U.S. had to become more deeply engaged in running the world with

military might,” he said.

As the years go by, each new class of students remembers less and less about what it was like to live in the U.S. on and after Sept.

11, 2oo1. In just a few years, college freshmen will have been born after the attacks occurred.

That makes remembering the events even more important, Desch said.

“Since the freshmen of the graduating class of 2020 were only three and four at the time of the attacks, it is not only important for the University to commemorate the attacks, but also to critically evaluate big events such as these to learn from them,” Desch said.

Contact Drew Lischke at alischke@nd.edu

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The Notre Dame Marching Band performs in Fenway Park at the Nov. 21, 2015 game against Boston College. In additon to the band’s many traditions, members said they look forward to walking out of the tunnel and onto the field during each home football game, which they will do for the first time this year at Saturday’s game against Nevada.

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player Danny Cohen said one of his favorite traditions is the band’s march to Notre Dame Stadium on Saturdays.

“The march-outs are really cool because … I see all of the kids right on my side looking at me, or putting their hands out and being like, ‘Oh my gosh, look at all these people,’” Cohen said.

“It’s the coolest thing to see their amazement and how much of an impact the band has on the game day experience. I’ll never be a [Division I] athlete, but I get to impact these people who come in such a way that it’s really special.”

Falvey said he loves to see the effect the band has on younger fans in particular.

“As a young fan I was in awe of the band … but now being a part of it, I definitely feel like I’m a part of something bigger than myself,” he said.

“Just seeing the excitement and the joy we bring to fans, especially younger fans like myself back in the day, it’s really cool to see the effect that we have on people.”

Junior clarinet player Carolyn Ebner said she feels a sense of responsibility to ensure ever yone’s experience watching the band is memorable.

“One of the things they tell us in band is that ever y time you perform, it’s someone’s first time seeing you and someone’s last time seeing you, which is just something that I really take to heart,” Ebner said. “… Now it’s my responsibility to make someone else awestruck by that and just to kind of make it magical for them.”

Senior drum major Danny

Martin, who played trumpet in the band for the past three years, said he is excited to experience these traditions as a viewer instead of a player and has already been humbled by the difference.

“Being able to actually witness the hard work that people have put in and to hear the band playing and not be playing myself [is going to be the biggest difference],” Martin said. “To be able to both participate in that, but also witness it and be able to see how much time and effort that all these people have put into this program, into the game day experience at Notre Dame as a whole, I’ve been ver y humbled by the work and the dedication of the members of the band, and now as drum major, being outside my section, I can see that on a base level.”

Junior trumpet player Grace Garr y said the amount of work the band puts in brings them closer as a community.

“We tr y and do a lot of bonding,” Garr y said. “For example, we have a band buddy system [in which] the upperclassmen become band buddies with an incoming freshman. … The band just does a really good job of looking out for one another.”

Martin says this closeness leads to individual section game day traditions that most fans don’t even realize take place.

“The clarinets always go to the Fr. Sorin statue and play, the baritones always play outside the Dome after we finish Trumpets Under the Dome and each section typically has something like that,” he said. “ … Little things that are unique to the band that also, if you do happen to stumble upon them

as a fan, can be a really cool experience.”

Despite the number of memorable traditions that take place before the football game, junior trumpet player Robert Gallant said the most ex hilarating moment

for band members during a home football game weekend is the trot out onto the field for the pregame show.

“Ever yone in band says you get six home games a year, so you only get 24 trots out of that tunnel,” Gallant said.

“You don’t want to take any of them for granted.”

A full schedule of the band’s performances is available at ndband.com.

Contact Courtney Becker at cbecker3@nd.edu

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Graduate student Greg Ramos plays the clarinet with the marching band. The band hopes to foster a sense of camaraderie among its members and engage in usual traditions, such as the Drummer Circle.

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The whole picture Susan Zhu Graphics Editor

Recently, I got to take an engagement-t y pe photoshoot w ith the love of my life: a McDonald’s X L sweet tea. It was fun, it was easy, and I didn’t really think about what the pictures would be used for. I laughed, joked and the results were priceless.

I didn’t always go about photos this way. A year ago, whenever a photo was taken of me, I would ask myself, “Will this be the picture they use in my obituar y? ” I smiled in all of those photos, to protect the image that I had built for myself. You couldn’t see through my ironclad shining smile that it took great effort to make it through each day. It was a question I asked myself daily: “How w ill they represent me in the news if I killed myself ? ” Progress for me was when I stopped thinking that question whenever I took a photo. After months and months of therapy, I wanted to build an honest image of myself. I wanted to take a photo and see a person I recognized, instead of a stranger I had constructed. I wanted to be a person whose outside appearance ref lected her inner personalit y and light, not one whose appearance masked hatred and loneliness.

The best thing you can give the world is your most honest self. It is ex hausting to keep up w ith a facade, which is something you only use to protect yourself. I challenge you to give the world your most honest self, be it good or bad.

I still have an x iet y. I have had depression. I no longer let those diseases dictate my life and who I am. I wanted to show that having an x iet y doesn’t prevent you from liv ing a full, satisf y ing life w ith lots of joy. Do not let your fears and your struggles define you. Show the world that you live in spite of them. Be an honest example, but not one that shows up in the nightly news as a shock factor.

Next time a photo is taken of you, ask yourself: “Does this ref lect the whole person that I am, and is this my most honest self ?

Contact Susan Zhu at szhu4@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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Engage for excellence Editorial This weekend, as we pour into Notre Dame Stadium for the first home football game of the year, many of us w ill be wearing this year’s iteration of The Shirt. On the back of The Shirt there is a message to “surrender to excellence” — part of a longer quote from Universit y President Emeritus Fr. Theodore Hesburgh, which reads, “There has been a surrender at Notre Dame, a surrender to excellence on all fronts, and in this we hope to rise above ourselves w ith the help of God.” However, there is one front w ithin our lives here at Notre Dame and Saint Mar y’s where we have failed to “surrender to excellence:” We have shirked our responsibilit y to be politically active and engaged citizens, choosing to surrender, not to excellence, but to apathy and ignorance.

In past editorials, we have w ritten about the need to vote and the great responsibilit y we have as voters, especially in the face of historically low young voter turnouts. A lthough show ing up to the polls is an important component of being a politically engaged citizen, it is not sufficient for true political engagement.

Political activ ism requires a dedication to discovering the truth, standing up in protest against injustices and challenging one’s nation and one’s self to engage in constructive dialogue. To be fully engaged citizens, we must let go of our collective insecurities and personal indifferences.

The scope of our political ineptitude extends far beyond the ballot box. This past week, our campus became the most engaged it has been in a long time when several hundred people joined a Facebook event protesting the changes made to North Dining Hall. The fact that we can become fired up about minor changes in the food ser v ices department, but not about the ver y real and troubling issues facing us today, is deeply alarming and indicative of our failure as students and as citizens.

As this Editorial Board sees it, t wo main factors drive a lack of engagement across our campuses. First, there are some who do not know how to become engaged in certain topics or situations. W hether due to time constraints, disinterest or even just not know ing where to look, some of us are simply unaware.

For this group, the first step is easy: educate yourself.

There are more than enough clubs, events and resources on our campuses to ensure that all of us can explore and develop well-informed conv ictions on where we stand.

Then there are those of us who actively choose not to partake in necessar y conversations, despite the conv ictions we hold. In some ways, those in this group present a greater challenge to developing a politically involved campus, for they have the knowledge to make a difference, yet choose to do nothing.

Complacency is inherently an act of cowardice,

especially when presented w ith the opportunities afforded by our education. W hat is the point of a being a college student if not to challenge ourselves and our beliefs, to grow outside of our comfort zones and to ask the truly important questions?

To be able to pa r ta ke in t he conversat ion on ca mpus, we must f irst rea li ze t hat polit ics is a dia log ue t hat requires understa nding a nd pat ience, not agg ression a nd stubbornness. Conversat ions must be just conversat ions ; t hey ca nnot be debates in which people ex pect a “w inner,” but rat her open a nd respect f u l dia log ue.

It is our right to have an opinion, and it is our opportunit y to share that w ith our classmates. Conf licts w ill naturally occur given the bipartisanship that div ides our nation across sharply defined lines. However, we are asking that you step over those lines and reach out to the other side, keeping an open mind and a sense of respect for your counterparts.

To some, this prospect may seem scar y — and they have ever y right to be scared. Developing into politically active citizens requires that we boldly step out of our comfort zones and engage those around us, even if we think our peers hold different opinions. It’s a challenge, but the rewards of being a passionate citizen are plentiful.

At the same time, it is important to ensure that we don’t mistake aggression for passion. Nothing w ill ever justif y belittling, mocking or disrespecting those we converse w ith, no matter how different their values are from our ow n.

Furthermore, political activ ism is just as fundamental to our education at the Universit y and the College as our academic studies and our vocational development.

It carries w ith it a weight of moral responsibilit y.

As the youth of the United Kingdom found out this past summer, political apathy can have serious consequences. In June, the U.K. voted to leave the European Union in a move that shocked the world, causing panic in financial markets worldw ide. However, it turned out that those in the 18- to 24-year-old demographic — those who would be liv ing w ith this decision far more than any other generation — were the ones w ith the worst voter turnout.

With that decision to not vote, to not know and to not engage came an outcome which was unexpected, and the ramifications of which we may not fully understand for years to come.

As it stands now, older generations are the ones making the decisions that w ill impact our nation for years to come, yet we are the ones who w ill live w ith those decisions.

So when we don our game day shirts this weekend, we ask that you consider the questions posed by Fr. Hesburgh’s call to surrender to excellence.

Will we stand up and transform the political dialogue on campus? Or does our political activ ism only extend as far as the like button on a Facebook event?

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Mrs. Brown Rebecca Feng Redefining Beauty

The first time I met Mrs. Brown was in Virginia Woolf’s essay “Mr. Bennett and Mrs. Brown.” Woolf introduced to me this old woman, in her 60s, sitting in the corner of a train from Richmond to Waterloo.

There was a line I dare not forget: “She gathers herself together with superb dignity.”

Woolf says, “The impression she (Mrs. Brown) made came pouring out like a draught, like a smell of burning.” I wonder what imposing beauty Mrs. Brown has that Woolf feels an urge to write a story about her. Yes, she is a small woman whose feet, “in their clean little boots, scarcely touched the floor.”

Yes, she seems to be a neat woman — “everything buttoned, fastened, tied together, mended and brushed up.” What else?

Has she saved lives? Has she fought for world peace? Has she spent sleepless nights thinking about income equality in her country? Has she witnessed extreme poverty? Has she travelled around the world?

Has she had the fortune of attending Notre Dame (or for geographical and transportation limitations at the time, Cambridge or Oxford)? If not, I wonder, what qualifies her to be in Woolf’s story or in anybody’s story really? Am I not better looking and more accomplished than Mrs. Brown? Why not me? I sigh — time is different.

I am too fast; sometimes I cannot even catch up with my own thoughts, as if someone else put those

thoughts into me. So let me put my mind to rest for a moment and allow myself the leisure to sit down and think deeper.

First of all, what is a story? My advanced fiction writing professor wrote the following sentence on the board: “A and B, but C, then D.” My editor at Forbes commented at the end of my draft, “Does it create something new for the readers?” Virginia Woolf spoke through the yellow pages and fragrance of ink, “catch me if you can.” None of these says a story should be about a socially-defined successful person.

So when we finally sit down to conduct the sacred task of writing a story, what known or unknown person should we start with? Do we search our memory for a person we admire? Do we start from our closest friend because we know them best? Do we look back into the history to find a hero of the old times? Or do we look around our surroundings and finally set our eyes on a normal, withered, suffering, little woman and place our faith in her?

I think it depends on our confidence in our ability to discover and share beauty. The stories of great people have been observed and recorded by many but the story of an “old lady in the corner opposite” on the train remains untold. Is it because her emotions are not strong enough or her life is not valuable enough? No, at least none of us will admit to it. Then why is her story still hidden? Are there too many Mrs. Browns? But there are also a lot of us.

Who are we? That’s a question I have posted for myself and failed to answer.

Throughout the years, history has remembered

those who fought and won and those who fought and lost, but it is quite oblivious about those who simply lived and died. We are not history. We are human beings, created to live and die, with one another. We should never desert Mrs. Brown.

Woolf believes that Mrs. Brown has “unlimited capacity and infinite variety.” However the majority of us, myself included, opt for the less time-consuming way of observing Mrs. Brown. We pass her by on the street, in the pub or in the library. We smile, be polite, trust our eyes have conveyed all the friendliness she needs and, in the end, we desert her. “But the things she says and the things she does and her eyes and her nose and her speech and her silence have an overwhelming fascination, for she is, of course, the spirit we live by, life itself.” I heard Woolf protesting through the pages.

In our busy schedule, shall we start by observing Mrs. Brown’s blue patterned dress? Then maybe her white hair, painted by age? Then her two little feet, withered with time yet having walked on high mountains and wide plains. Eventually, maybe we will see her way, and indeed every Mrs. Brown’s way, of “gathering herself with superb dignity.”

Rebecca Feng is a senior at Notre Dame, double majoring in accounting and English, but traveling and living abroad is her real education. She read Shakespeare and old English poems in Scotland last semester and interned at Forbes Magazine Asia business channel in New York this summer. Email her at yfeng2@nd.edu for story ideas and comments.

Letter to the editor

An avocado broke my finger Last May, I embarked on an adventure that would ultimately change the direction of my life (and my left middle finger). I worked with the Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Gulu, Uganda. From these incredible women I learned so many things, like how to make industrial quality liquid soap, groundnut butter and mango marmalade. During this time, I learned to embrace a simpler life where I appreciated what I had and did not miss what I lacked.

Part of this new routine involved picking our own produce, like avocados. One sunny afternoon, I assisted one of the compound’s workers, Sunday, in his task of harvesting avocados. Never dreaming that, of all the things I had done during the summer, this could be a risky endeavor, I joyfully joined the escapade. I watched him throw down the massive fruits to my site partner. I did not think about how Ugandan avocados are the size of my head or that they are hard as rocks in that stage of growth. I did not think about how my site partner (who succeeded at cradling several of the f lying bombs out of the air with the utmost finesse) is an accomplished softball player and therefore comfortable with that kind of catching action. All I thought was that I was in Uganda. I was having an adventure. And, gosh darn it, I was going to catch an avocado.

The first two attempts failed stupendously and the poor fruits slipped between my outstretched hands, slamming onto the ground. The third try proved to be the charm. I put on my game face and caught one of those suckers right out of the air.

This, unfortunately, made me cocky, and when the fourth fruit f lew my way, I used poor form and

proceeded to slam my middle finger vertically into the avocado.

The injury itself didn’t particularly bother me; I took some Motrin and just tried to blow it off. I worked at the vocational school’s health center, where I saw brave people bearing the brunt of their aff lictions when medical resources were lacking, and I was not going to stir up a fuss about some finger injury. It wasn’t until one of the sisters saw my purple, crooked finger a few days later that she instructed me to go to the clinic. Once there, I was told there wasn’t anything I should do, but I was given antibiotics and instructed to “put some aloe vera on it.” I didn’t want to question the wisdom of medically-trained professionals too much, so I followed their instructions and didn’t think about my finger for the rest of the summer. I was, after all, living with people who had lived through the horrors of Joseph Kony and come away with so much worse than injured fingers. Broken or not, I had no right to complain or ask for further medical attention for a finger when I was working with a young man who didn’t have arms.

It wasn’t until I came back to the States, had my finger X-rayed and was given a splint and some occupational therapy rehabilitation putty that the full impact of that experience hit me (pun intended). In a developed world, I was allowed to worry about my finger. I was allowed to think about the long-term effects of a non-fatal injury.

I was allowed to worry about how such an injury might change my quality of life in a way my friends in Uganda were not. The differences in our health care systems that I had slowly absorbed during the summer came down to this: I expected my health

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care provider to offer me the tools to lead an uninhibited, quality life, whereas in Uganda they simply hope for life.

What becomes of the sense of self-worth when such messages are internalized? How can human dignity be universal when resources are distributed in such a way that some people can expect complete care while others are grateful for a heartbeat? Must we only care about the well being of the whole person, down to their fingers and toes, in places of aff luence?

This summer, I learned that living without could give you so much more in life. When you don’t rely on physical amenities, you seek fulfillment in yourself and your surrounding communities. I learned that living simply does not mean you simply live.

Even simple living, however, requires a few basic necessities that still grossly lack in many parts of the world, including adequate access to water, food, education and health care. These are the basic things that we, as a global community, hope to provide for all persons. Still, we need to ensure that we view this quest for betterment through the lens of universal human dignity. It shouldn’t be a luxury to care about the holistic care of a person.

All people should value their quality of life. They should not feel shame for voicing needs or pains.

Of course, big picture development goals are important, but so too are the little ones. Self-worth is a treasure. All people are important, even their fingers.

Rosemary Pfaff junior Sept. 8

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By ADRIAN MARK LORE Scene Writer

The suburbs of Des Moines, Iowa, bloom around the city like a springtime fractal. It’s 4 p.m. in 1996. You gulp down a sandwich, grab a half-empty backpack and run out through the door and into the summertime. Sparing the headgear, you hop on your bike, pedaling under a tart sun toward a best friend’s house in a rush. You had talked about making a trip to the record store after school; that new album was finally out.

But when you pull the brakes on his driveway, it’s autumn. The blood-orange leaves gather around your feet.

He doesn’t answer the door. You knock again, and when he comes, it is to tell you that he has a girl over – talk later, yeah? A chilly winter breeze whips off your cap.

When you look back, the snow has settled inside your open backpack, blanketing your baseball cards, ruining your cassette player. You feel childish and stupid, suddenly.

In many ways, the quiet sensitivity of Midwestern indie rock outfit Wilco is

By JOSH BATISTA Scene Writer

After the success of his debut album “Rodeo,” Travis Scott delivers grungetrap and dark textures on his second studio album “Birds in the Trap Sing McKnight.” Heavily criticized as underdeveloped, the 24-year-old Scott establishes his place in the hip-hop scene with “Birds.” Despite appearances by big names like The Weeknd, Young Thug, Cassie, Kid Cudi, Swizz Beatz, Bryson Tiller, André 3000 and Kendrick Lamar, Scott maintains the spotlight on this album. Scott is known for his delinquency and wild stage presence, and those mannerisms emerge out of the dark trap stew that he hosts in “Birds.”

In the first track “The Ends,” Scott abstains from his usual auto-tuned vocals in exchange for some solid rapping. On first listen, you may not even recognize that André 3000 is rapping. A smooth transition into “Way Back” follows.

Overall, each track on “Birds” blends JOSEPH HAN | The Observer

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post-melancholy — it breathes a mood of lost innocence like a given. This is especially true on the band’s 10th studio album “Schmilco,” whose songs exude not nostalgia for suburban rites of passage, but describe with reverence the white American experience — a mood tinged subtly with self-aware bitterness.

The record’s opening track “Normal American Kids” best represents this. If the title sounds tongue-in-check, the lyricism is heartfelt and adeptly complemented by pastoral guitar strumming.

The song describes the existential discomfort of life as a member of humankind’s most privileged demographic, as well as the consequent desire to detach oneself from it — as though somehow this would justify the gloom of consumerism and suburban emptiness.

Essentially, the song is a solemnly selfconscious criticism of so-called “First World problems.”

The following track “If I Ever Was a Child” continues along this theme.

Here, Wilco communicates with younger versions of themselves, like hardboiled adults turned into disillusioned

seamlessly into the next due to smart executive production by Scott himself — a dark, detuned synth extends throughout. “Way Back” transitions from an uptempo track into a “808s & Heartbreaks”-sounding track. It eventually grows into a metallic symphony with overdriven guitars and swelling violins.

Despite their variety, each contributor on the album manages to hit a traditional triplet flow or auto-tune rap similar to the sound that Future pioneered. Underground rapper Nav brings a generic rap sound to “Biebs in the Trap.” Fortunately, the catchy hook and Scott’s charisma pull out Nav’s half of the song from being a trap anthem, where Scott and Nav do not hold back from drug references. With Scott’s opening bar being “Nightmares, high life, sleepy, night night,” drugs become the only recurring theme in “Birds.”

Although he lacks any sort of overarching message in his music, Scott communicates his drug-addict persona as

romantics trying to pinpoint the moment when things changed, though feeling little certainty of what exactly changed or how. Was it out behind the school parking lot, smoking a first cigarette? Or dropping out of college, with little direction in life?

On one level, the vision of childhood channeled on “Schmilco” feels oppressively near — the trading cards peeking out from under off-brand booze and unfinished tax returns — but just as often it feels impossibly distant. As though to complement the fleeting nature of the feeling, the album’s run is unusually brief, most of the songs clocking out in under three minutes.

But to be sure, “Schmilco” is not a sad album, even if its longest track is named “Cry All Day.” It is merely honest — and refreshingly so. “Cry All Day,” indeed, is not about unshakeable and debilitating sadness as much as it is about owning up to emotion, an action that has counterintuitively become taboo in the context of urban America’s theatrical and antiseptic interpersonal relationships.

This is where the tension on “Schmilco”

something he struggles with.

In “Guidance” featuring Roy Woods and K. Forest, a poppy instrumental is juxtaposed with a heavy chorus including vocals by all three artists.

This juxtaposition creates a dichotomy of conflicting emotion: You want to dance and simultaneously drown in your own misery — a staple of Scott’s sound. The 14-track album is an emotional roller coaster, a step up from Scott’s unorganized freshman album “Rodeo,” full of too-long tracks with dramatic changes halfway through. In “Birds,” Scott manifests dual musical ideas and switches between emotions seamlessly.

In “Goosebumps,” Scott sings and raps cockily over an ethereal dreamlike instrumental, “Yeah, we gon’ do some things, some things you can’t relate / Yeah, ’cause we from a place, a place you cannot stay.” He creates and exudes superiority, asserting his place as an important figure in the hip-hop game. Kendrick comes in unexpectedly

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festers. “Kids say the darndest things,” say adults, but perhaps it is that they say the most honest things. What happens when they begin to lie for their self-interest?

Something is lost, something that Wilco attempts to put into words on this record.

Their lyricism alone does not always capture it — which may be impossible with some transcendent themes — but their effortless musical craftsmanship, on this record as polished as ever, never fails to convey what words cannot say.

Contact Adrian Mark Lore at asanch11@nd.edu

“Schmilco” Wilco Label: dBpm Reccomended Tracks: “Normal American Kids” If You Like: Arcade Fire, Bon Iver, Angel Olsen

By ADAM RAMOS Scene Writer

with flows from “Untitled Unmastered,” creating interesting textures.

Despite Scott’s limited thematic content, “Birds in the Trap Sing McKnight” is a solid sophomore album. Scott creates a new environment for all featured artists and brings out a new side in each of them, yet the rookie stands out in a project crowded with seasoned elites.

Contact Josh Batista at jbatista@nd.edu

“Birds in the Trap Sing McKnight” Travis Scott Label: Grand Hustle Reccomended Tracks: “The Ends,” “Biebs in the Trap If You Like: Young Thug/Jeffrey, Desiigner, PARTYNEXTDOOR

In Rae Sremmurd’s recently released sophomore effort, “Sremmlife 2,” one track, “Black Beatles,” features a thought-provoking pastiche: Fortysix years since the release of their final album, The Beatles still manage to infiltrate pop culture. “I’m a f----- black Beatle, cream seats in the Regal / Rockin John Lennon lenses” Sremm’s Swae Lee boasts on the track — testament to The Beatles special legacy within the music world.

Author Chuck Klosterman is interested in special legacies. In his latest book, “But What if We Were Wrong,” Klosterman aims to reimagine our society through the perspective of a far-off future. Throughout the work he argues that the way we understand our contemporary society will change radically in the distant future. In this way, Klosterman develops provoking insight on today’s society, the society of the past and the way we interpret recorded history.

Of interest is Klosterman’s ability to trace past historical trends and apply them to a modern context. Specifically, Klosterman takes aims at the way music genres progress through time, claiming, “As the timeline [of music] moves forward, tangential artists in any genre fade from the collective radar, until only one person remains; the significance of that individual is then exaggerated until the genre and individual become interchangeable.”

Applying this logic to the genre of rock music, Klosterman argues one group has “immediate and sensible”

potential for undergoing this process — The Beatles. In defending this rationale, Klosterman states, “The Beatles defined the conception of what a ‘rock group’ was supposed to be … The Beatles were the first major band to write their own songs, thus making songwriting a prerequisite for credibility; they also released tracks that unintentionally spawned entire sub-genres of rock.”

The idea that The Beatles may end up representing an entire genre someday isn’t exactly revolutionary. In fact, many music figures have alluded to The Beatles with this sort of cultural legacy in mind; Rae Sremmurd is far from the only one. Most references to the Fab Four materialize as comparisons: bold claims from artists stating their similar potential for embodying an entire genre. But is any contemporary artist justified in making this comparison? More importantly, what genre — if any — is at a point historically where such an artist could emerge?

Possibly, the most attractive answer is hip-hop, more specifically, rap: a genre currently in the midst of a stylistic and thematic explosion, a neo-golden era. Today’s rap music is advanced by a diverse group of topnotch artists constantly pushing the boundaries of acceptability. It’s not a huge stretch to imagine an artist today who will embody the entirety of rap as time goes on.

It seems the most obvious, or as Klosterman would say, “immediate and sensible,” choices from our current pool of rappers are Kanye West and Kendrick Lamer. Both artists are self-proclaimed “Black Beatles” and

each have pivotally altered today’s rap-scape.

In pouring over West and Lamar’s respective “Black Beatles” claims, two very disparate, albeit viable, depictions of rap emerge.

“What’s a black Beatle anyway? A f---- roach?/ I guess that’s why they got me sitting in f----- coach” (“Gorgeous,” Kanye West).

In classic “no prisoner” fashion, Kanye West conjures The Beatles to self-acclaim, while also acknowledging institutional racism. In this vein, if Kanye West one day embodies rap, the genre will be thought of as a provocative, in all senses of the word, vehicle for exploring societal taboo.

Kanye West’s transcendent ability to progress the musicality of rap has inspired an entirely new generation of rappers and garnered almost unparalleled critical praise – all while maintaining almost constant controversy.

Rap, in the Kanye West definition, is equal parts celebration and unrest. While songs like “Gold Digger,” “Stronger,” “Heartless” and “Famous” play out like euphoric pop songs, other tracks like “Jesus Walks,” “Hell of a Life” and “Blood on the Leaves” concurrently present incredibly jarring messages through equally compelling means. Under West, rap lives a dynamic yet confrontational existence.

“Judgment to the monarchy, blessings to Paul McCartney / You called me a black Beatle, I’m either that or a Marley” (“Control,” Kendrick Lamar’s feature).

Kendrick Lamar embraces the Beatles comparison. Don’t misinterpret the claim though, just like West, Lamar has tremendous confidence in

his craft. Not only does he put himself on the same level of inf luence as Paul McCartney, but also of Bob Marley – and to be fair, he’s not far off.

Born in wisdom, bred in contemplation and delivered with precision, every line of Kendrick Lamar’s social poetry breathes deeper meaning. Compton, California’s Kendrick Lamar has spent the past 10 years ambitiously reassigning the role of social awareness within the greater scope of rap. Lamar’s undoubtedly iconic “good kid, m.A.A.d city” is a brilliantly intimate exploration of the urban struggle via a multitude of perspectives. The equally important follow up, “To Pimp a Butterf ly,” evolved to universality, rejecting the notion of a pop album via jazz-inspired hooks and heavily nuanced verses.

Rap then, in the Kendrick definition, is provocative in a progressive sense. Simply stated, in switching from the West universe to the Lamar, pop is traded for jazz and confrontation for levitation.

Let’s acknowledge that although it’s fair to say both Kanye West and Kendrick Lamar will inevitably be remembered for a while, in the very long run history rarely plays out as expected. Klosterman is the first person to admit this, “Our world is not reasonable. And the way this question [who will embody the genre] will be asked tomorrow is (probably) not the same way we’d ask it today.” It seems whether Black Beatles or Dung Beetles, we all must obey the progress of time and her stories.

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Horoscope | Eugenia Last Happy Birthday: It will be difficult to keep things straight this year. Make a point to take notes and document everything to prevent you from being caught in a personal predicament that could upset your domestic life. Leave nothing to chance, and you will be able to turn your plans into a reality. Home improvements and personal changes are favored. Your numbers are 4, 11, 23, 28, 31, 33, 47.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19): Act on your own behalf. If you don’t like the information someone gives you, keep looking for answers and solutions. Take charge of your life and refuse to give in to pressure from someone who is only looking out for his or her own interests.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): When it comes to your health, finances or contractual matters, you will not be thinking clearly. Take a moment to evaluate your situation before you make a decision that may affect you emotionally or physically. Don’t take unnecessary risks.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Do your best not to get into an argument. You’ll end up in a stalemate if you aren’t diplomatic. It’s best to keep the peace and offer support rather than criticism. Put your energy into making a positive personal change.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): A problem will surface with one of your peers or someone who is in charge of teaching you new skills, making it difficult for you to do your part effectively. Working on your own will bring the best results.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): You don’t have to take control or be in the spotlight today.

Sit back and watch what others are doing and learn from their experiences.

Honing your skills will pay off more than trying to display them prematurely will.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Don’t give in to someone who is trying to bully you into something you don’t want to do. Temptation can lead you astray and cost you emotionally, financially and physically if you aren’t careful. Saying “no” is an option.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Problems will be apparent, but expanding or diversifying your knowledge and skills will help you bring about positive changes.

Nurture an important relationship and make a promise to work together to build a brighter future.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Someone will try to influence your train of thought. Be true to yourself and follow through with your plans to avoid dissatisfaction due to your inability to say “no.” Don’t give in or give up. Do what feels right.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Stick to what you know and do as much as you can from home. The less interaction you have with others, the easier it will be to get things done. Dealing with authority figures or institutions will not be in your best interests.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Let your past experiences lead you in the right direction. Someone will use emotional manipulation to confuse you. Don’t defer to anyone who is putting demands on you or trying to get something for nothing. You’ve got the upper hand.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Opportunity is heading your way. The changes you make will result in a higher income or personal changes that will make you look and feel your best. Take care of your needs, not someone else’s responsibilities.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Don’t feel like you can’t make changes or do things differently. Refuse to be bullied into something that is not in your best interest.

Follow the path that will lead to your good fortune, not someone else’s. Speak up and help those who are deserving.

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MLB | Pirates 4, reds 1

Time for LSU to get rid of Miles Ryan Klaus Sports Writer

This past weekend, I had the pleasure of taking in LSU–Wisconsin, one of the more entertaining games of college football’s inaugural week. As part of the experience, I had the opportunity to see first-hand the vapid “offense” that has simultaneously frustrated LSU fans for the past few years and barricaded the team from qualif ying for the College Football Playoff. The result, a sloppy 16-14 defeat at the hands of unranked Wisconsin, points to one simple conclusion: it is definitely time for LSU and its head coach, Les Miles, to part ways.

Of course, rumors swirled about Miles’ job security after last year’s 7-0 team eroded down the stretch.

Eventually, whether it was because top replacement candidates like Florida State’s Jimbo Fisher were unavailable/uninterested or some other reason, LSU decided to retain Miles and he triumphantly was carried out of Tiger Stadium after LSU ended a three-game skid by defeating Texas A&M in the final week of the regular season.

Despite this triumphant ending to a precarious final month of the season, the very same issues that had fueled Miles’ hot seat were readily apparent during Saturday’s loss and likely will be easily identifiable over LSU’s next few games.

Like it has the last three seasons, LSU’s quarterback situation was dreadful.

Brandon Harris, who was the only quarterback to attempt a pass in last year’s woefully inefficient passing offense, looked just as undeveloped as he did during LSU’s abhorrent three-game losing streak last November.

The archaic offensive design, which includes a number of inefficient pitch plays and futile pass attempts,

looked unchanged from last season.

In fact, the only noticeable change on offense from last year was the fact that offensive coordinator Cam Cameron, who himself has been trapped in Miles’ outdated system, worked from the sidelines, which Miles already decided will not be the case for Week 2.

W hen looking at the landscape of the FBS holistically, it is hard to say that any coach has done less with more than Les Miles.

This season, the Tigers returned nearly 80 percent of its tackles and 82 percent of its sacks to a defense that is loaded with former bluechip prospects. LSU also boasts a guy named Leonard Fournette, a once-in-ageneration running back who had 138 rushing yards Saturday in what many considered an “off game.” W hen taking LSU’s talent and experience into account, it will truly be impressive, in an undesirable way of course, if they end the year in mediocre standing as they have over the past few seasons.

In a sport characterized by unrealistic expectations and excessive turnover among head coaches, it is always an interesting exercise to observe coaches who have improbably overstayed their welcome and survived the botched implementation and development of their ineffectual systems. Just like a hypothetical defensive coordinator who sees his defenses filled with top recruits get repeatedly gashed in big games but still remains in a position of inf luence, Les Miles has clearly reached a point where his methodolog y and coaching is no longer putting LSU in the best position to reach its potential.

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PITTSBURGH — Ivan Nova is doing his part to improve baseball’s pace of play.

The right-hander threw a six-hitter to stay unbeaten with Pittsburgh and Jung Ho Kang hit a two-run double to key a three-run first inning as the Pirates defeated Cincinnati 4-1 on Thursday night, extending the Reds’ losing streak to five games.

Nova (12-6) pitched his second complete game in seven starts since being acquired from the New York Yankees in a trade on Aug. 1. He struck out four, walked none, got 15 of his outs on ground balls and retired the first 12 batters while throwing 94 pitches.

The game lasted 2 hours, 28 minutes during a season in which Commissioner Rob Manfred has fretted about the average time of major league games.

“I think my wife and everybody likes it when I get home

early, so I try to make it as quick as possible,” Nova said with a grin.

Nova improved to 5-0 with a 2.53 ERA in seven starts with the Pirates. He has issued just two walks in 46 2/3 innings.

“It’s just more of what we’ve been seeing from him,” said Clint Hurdle, who became the sixth manager in Pirates’ history with 500 wins. “It was a really nice mix of pitches and pitching. No walks again. It’s the manual there of how you want to get it done in a quick and efficient way.”

Kang’s double opened the scoring and he came home on a single by Francisco Cervelli as the Pirates took an early 3-0 lead against Dan Straily (11-8).

Kang is 7 for 13 with seven RBIs in four games since being activated from the disabled list on Monday after missing 15 days with a sore left shoulder.

“He’s in a good place,” Hurdle said. “He’s seeing the ball well, looking really good in the field.”

The Pirates, still on the fringe

of the National League wild card race, won their second straight following an eightgame losing streak. They began a stretch of 15 consecutive games against teams with losing records.

The Reds dropped to 57-82, clinching their third consecutive losing season and 14th in the last 17 years.

Josh Harrison hit two doubles for the Pirates. David Freese and Cervelli had two hits each.

Zack Cozart singled in the Reds’ lone run in the sixth.

Andrew McCutchen countered with an RBI single in the bottom of the inning.

Straily gave up three runs and seven hits in five innings.

He struck out six and walked three.

“I wasn’t exactly where I wanted to be — but they had three hits (in the first) inning that were probably a foot away from a glove. Total,” Straily said. “So that’s just kind of the way it happened.”

mlb | brewers 12, cardinals 5

Brewers’ bats deliver to blitz Cardinals Associated Press

ST. LOUIS — Domingo Santana and Orlando Arcia hit back-to-back homers as the Milwaukee Brewers continued their recent road dominance routing the St. Louis Cardinals 12-5 on Thursday night.

Hernan Perez had four hits and three RBIs for the Brewers, who won their season-high fifth straight on the road and have won seven of their last eight games.

The Cardinals fell to 30-38 at home and dropped a half game behind the idle New York Mets for the second wild card spot.

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time Milwaukee hit back-to-back homers this season and the second time in four days as Chris Carter and Santana did it on Sunday at Pittsburgh.

Perez’s four hits matched a career high he set Tuesday against Chicago.

Arcia had three hits and raised his average to .367 over his last 15 games.

The bottom three hitters in the Brewers lineup reached eight times and scored six runs.

Martin Maldonado’s two-run home run in the sixth was his first since Aug. 13.

Brewers right-hander Junior Guerra (8-3) needed 74 pitches to get through five innings in his second start back from the

disabled list. It was his first career win against St. Louis in three tries.

Jaime Garcia (10-12) struggled for the fourth time in his last five starts, losing a career-high fourth straight decision. He gave up five earned runs in 3 2/3 innings — his third shortest outing of the season.

Cardinals reliever Mike Mayers retired just three of the nine batters he faced, giving up six runs.

He has given up 15 runs in 3 1/3 innings and has a 40.50 ERA. Kolten Wong’s two-run home run in the fourth was the Cardinal second baseman’s third in his last six games. Jose Martinez’s first major league hit in the eighth scored Jedd Gyorko.

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NEW YORK — Rookie Tyler Austin hit a solo homer in the bottom of the ninth inning to give the New York Yankees their season-high fifth straight v ictor y, 5-4 over the Tampa Bay Rays on Thursday night.

Brian McCann hit t wo homers for the Yankees, who moved a season-high nine games over .500 (74-65).

Austin homered off Erasmo Ramirez (7-11) on a 3-2 pitch for his third homer since being called up Aug. 13. Teammates met him at home plate by dousing him w ith water in a raucous celebration.

After blow ing three leads during the first six innings,

New York moved w ithin t wo games of Baltimore for the second AL w ild card and four games of AL Eastleading Boston. Resurgent New York plays 20 of its remaining 23 games against div ision opponents, putting it in position to compete despite selling off key pieces at the Aug. 1 deadline.

Tommy Lay ne (2-1) entered and struck out pinchhitter Logan Morrison to end the ninth.

The pesk y Rays kept erasing leads, getting two homers each from Kev in Kiermaier and Steven Souza by the sixth. This was the first game this season in which three players had multiple homers, per the Elias Sports Bureau.

New York had to use five relievers on a night when its bullpen was already short-handed.

Manager Joe Girardi said before the game he hoped to avoid using Dellin Betances, Tyler Clippard, Adam Warren and Luis Severino, so he had to dig deep in the bullpen when CC Sabathia went just four innings, allow ing three homers while throw ing 87 pitches.

McCann’s first homer led off the second inning and landed in the lu xur y suites just below the third deck in right field. His second put the Yankees up 4-3 in the fourth, giv ing him 19 for the season. He ripped a hard single to center in the sixth.

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3-for-20 slide and had hit just .232 w ith two homers since Aug. 1 — one of those homers came Tuesday against Toronto. The lefthanded slugger is one shy of his ninth straight 20-homer season and 10th overall.

Kiermaier homered tw ice in the first three innings, setting a career high w ith his 11th homer in the third.

He’s hit safely in a careerbest 12 straight games, the longest streak by a Ray this season.

The Yankees went ahead 2-1 in the first when A lex Cobb’s pickoff attempt to first hit Didi Gregorius as he dived back safely. The ball skidded away from first baseman Brad Miller, allowing Jacoby Ellsbur y to score

from third.

Souza had his third multihomer game of the season, and second at Yankee Stadium. After hitting a solo homer to right-center in the second, he crushed a ball 430 feet off the glass sports bar beyond center field in the sixth.

Souza had been in a 5-for40 slump w ithout a home run.

Cobb made his second start since hav ing Tommy John surger y in 2015. He allowed four runs — three earned — over six innings.

He gave up two homers and threw 89 pitches.

The Rays trailed three times during a 7-6 w in over Baltimore on Wednesday.

The paid attendance was 27,631, under 30,000 for just the second time at Yankee Stadium — the first was 27,532 on Tuesday. That was the first time under 30,000 since 2004.

Training room Rays: SS Matt Duff y w ill have surger y Friday on his left heel. Dr. Bob Anderson, team orthopedist for the NFL’s Carolina Panthers, w ill perform the operation. ... RHP Chase W hitley is expected to return follow ing Tommy John surger y in one of the next three games.

W hitley pitched for the Yankees in 2014 and ‘15 but was placed on waivers and claimed by Tampa Bay last November while recovering from the surger y.

Up next Rays: Rookie LHP Blake Snell (5-7, 3.39) starts vs.

New York on Friday night.

He struck out seven over six innings of one-run ball in a w in against Toronto last time out and has a 2.61 ER A in two starts against New York this season.

Yankees: RHP Michael Pineda (6-11, 5.10) pitches against Tampa Bay. Pineda is 0-1 w ith a 7.04 ER A over his past three starts.

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Houston manager ejected in loss Associated Press

CLEV EL AND — The Cleveland Indians took advantage of a controversial bases-loaded w ild pitch in their 10-7 v ictor y over the Houston Astros on Thursday.

The Indians scored a pair of runs on the play in the third inning that led to the ejection of Houston manager A.J. Hinch.

Replays showed Cleveland’s Lonnie Chisenhall fouled off the pitch from Dav id Paulino, but plate umpire and crew chief Jim Joyce stood by his ruling of a w ild pitch and Cleveland took a 4-1 lead.

Joyce told a pool reporter he didn’t see or hear the ball hit the bat and whether Chisenhall made contact wasn’t a rev iewable play.

“We did not have the ball hitting the bat,” Joyce said.

“Me originally, and then I went to each crew member and asked them the same thing. If any of them had it hitting the bat, I would have turned around and called a foul ball. My partners couldn’t help me on it.”

Hinch had an opposing v iew.

“I think ever ybody in the ballpark saw the play the way it happened except for the four guys on the field,” he said.

Cleveland led 2-1 when Chisenhall attempted to check his sw ing on a pitch in the dirt. The ball bounced away from catcher Jason Castro and rolled toward the on-deck circle near the Indians dugout.

Play was allowed to continue and all three runners — Francisco Lindor, Mike Napoli and Jose Ramirez — crossed the plate.

Hinch protested the ruling and was ejected by Joyce.

After a v ideo rev iew, Lindor and Napoli were allowed to score and Ramirez was placed at second.

Chisenhall was unavailable for comment but Castro, who didn’t run after the ball, also disagreed w ith the call.

“I thought it was prett y obv ious it was a foul ball,” he said. “(Joyce) just said he didn’t have the ball hitting the bat. The initial reaction is the biggest indicator, and you saw what happened. It was a prett y disappointing call for us.”

Lindor was on third base and immediately headed home when the ball rolled away.

“I heard a noise, but I don’t know if it hit the bat or hit the (catcher’s) mask,” he said.

Indians manager Terr y Francona wasn’t sure initially what happened.

“We have the abilit y to go to replay, which they don’t,” he said. “Nobody ever wants to have a call go against them.”

Joyce explained he called time because he was discussing the play w ith Castro and wanted to stop the action on the field.

“I have not seen the play yet,” Joyce said. “I w ill be looking at it tonight, you can bank on that.”

In game interrupted by a 55-minute rain delay in the middle of the sixth, Carlos Santana hit a t wo-run homer — his 30th of the season.

Lindor had three RBIs and Abraham A lmonte hit a t worun triple.

Cleveland split the fourgame series, opened a sixgame lead over second-place Detroit in the AL Central and finished 8-2 on its homestand.

Trevor Bauer (11-6) allowed five runs and seven hits in five innings. Cody A llen, Cleveland’s fifth reliever, struck out t wo in a perfect ninth for his 26th save in 29 chances and second in as many nights.

Making his first major league start, Paulino (0-1) gave up four runs and four hits in three innings.

Colby Rasmus and Yulieski Gurriel homered, and A lex Bregman had three RBIs for the Astros, who trail Baltimore by 2 1/2 games for the second AL w ild card.

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Golf The Belles are competing in another two-day tournament this weekend at the Hanover Fall Classic. Hanover is hosting the event, which will be held at Sunrise Golf Course in Madison, Indiana, on Saturday. Shadowood Golf Course in Seymour, Indiana, will be the playing location for Sunday’s matches.

Last weekend, the Belles secured a fourth-place finish in the Olivet Labor Day Invite by shooting 473. A rough first day put them in sixth place, but improvement the next day helped the Belles jump in the standings.

Junior captain Lydia Lorenc ref lected on last week’s outcome, saying it gave insight into what the team needs to do in order to succeed in the tournament this weekend.

“I think the team will come out more aggressive on day one than in the last tournament,” Lorenc explained.

“Now we have a better idea of our competition and our ability to play against them.

I know that we will start out strong and finish strong.”

The Belles started the season off by placing second in the Cross Town Rivalry Tournament in late August.

Saint Mary’s junior Kaitlyn Cartone emphasized the team’s excitement about the remainder of this season and said that their goals to

succeed are no exception for this weekend’s event.

“I think we are a really competitive team this year and we go into every tournament expecting to play well,” Cartone said. “This tournament is no different. We know that the competition is tough, but I have no doubt we can win this.”

Volleyball Saint Mary’s notched its first win of the 2016 season on Wednesday night against Manchester, securing victory by a score of 3-1 (25-23, 27-29, 25-20, 25-20).

The Belles (1-4) opened up a 14-9 lead in the first set, but the Spartans (1-4) brought it back to 18-18 and it remained close before the

Belles clinched the set thanks to a service error. Manchester took a 19-14 lead in the second set, on the back of seven consecutive points, but the Belles fought back to lead the set 27-26 before the Spartans eventually won the closest set of the contest.

The Belles took the third set, with the winning kill by senior left side hitter Meaghan Gibbons, before securing the victory in the fourth set thanks to a kill from middle hitter Colleen Kilgallon.

Kilgallon totalled 14 kills for the Belles, leading the team, while Gibbons notched up 10. Junior middle hitter Leah Buck led both teams in blocks with five, while freshman libero Kaylin Szucs led the match in digs with 21.

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The Belles will open conference play Friday when they play Adrian. The Bulldogs (41, 1-0 MIA A) won their conference opener against Trine 3-1 (25-8, 25-19, 18-25, 25-21).

The Bulldogs and the Belles will begin play at 7 p.m. at Saint Mary’s.

Soccer Saint Mary’s had a difficult start to its conference schedule, losing away to Albion 4-0 Wednesday night.

The Brits (2-0-1, 1-0 MIA A) were dominant in terms of creating chances, taking 24 shots and placing 20 of them on target, while the Belles (12-0, 0-1 MIA A) could only get away two.

Albion created pressure early, with three corner kicks inside the first four minutes, but freshman Belles goalkeeper Thallia Robles kept the scores tied for nearly half an hour, making seven saves.

Albion’s freshman forward Riley Burnette found the opening goal, however, in the 28th minute. The Belles conceded a second only four minutes later to go into the half 2-0 down.

Into the second half, Albion continued to dominate, and added two more goals. The best chance of the game for Saint Mary’s came just after the hour mark, when freshman defender Callie Doyle had a shot saved.

Robles finished the game with 16 saves, the most by a Belles goalkeeper in six years.

Next up for the Belles is a home encounter with Olivet.

The Comets (2-1-1) played out a 1-1 draw with Adrian in their MIA A opener.

Saint Mary’s and Olivet will kick off at noon Saturday.

Cross Country Saint Mary’s returns to action this weekend at the Alumnae Race Saturday.

The Alumnae Race, the second event for the Belles this season, follows the Belles’ 8th-place finish at last weekend’s Calvin Invite.

Senior Brittany Beeler led the Belles with a 13th-place finish and a time of 19:03.6.

Junior Reilly Pieri and senior Kaitlyn Alessi were the next top runners for the Belles and finished in 45th and 53rd, respectively. Katie Glenn led all freshmen runners for the Belles with a time of 21:23.0 in her first race with the team, which put her at 95th overall.

The Alumnae Race is set to begin at 11 a.m. Saturday morning at Saint Mary’s.

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Irish freshman forward Jennifer Westendorf corrals a pass during Notre Dame’s 1-0 win over Missouri on Sunday at Alumni Stadium.

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Irish scraped past Missouri in overtime thanks to a 25-yard shot from freshman for ward Jennifer Westendorf. Westendorf is currently the leading scorer for the Irish this season w ith three goals. Senior for ward Kaleigh Olmsted and senior midfielder Cindy Pineda are the leading assisters for the Irish, hav ing created two goals apiece.

The Broncos (2-2-2, 0-0-0 WCC), who sit just outside the top 25 in the NSCA A poll, have been w inless in their last four games, t y ing both of the last two 1-1. With their t wo w ins this season being in overtime and double overtime, Santa Clara has played quite a bit of soccer already w ith 64 total minutes of overtime overall.

Senior midfielder Jordan Jesolva has recorded three goals and one assist so far this season for Santa Clara.

Last year, the Broncos posted a 15-7-2 record, earning an at-large bid to the NCA A tournament where they were defeated by Arizona.

The Cardinal (5-0-0, 0-0-0 Pac-12) have been one of the best teams in the nation so

far this year, posting a perfect record, including a 1-0 win over No. 5 Florida. Stanford boasts two TopDrawerSoccer preseason first-team AllAmericans in senior goalkeeper Jane Campbell and junior midfielder Andi Sullivan, who has three assists so far. Senior defender Maddie Bauer was also named second-team AllAmerican and senior defender Alana Cook was named to the third team. Sophomore midfielder Jordan DiBiasi leads the Cardinal in goals this season with three.

The last encounter for Stanford was a dominant 3-0 v ictor y over Marquette, where the Cardinal outshot the Golden Eagles 31-2.

Stanford’s strong start to the 2016 season comes after a 2015 campaign in which it won the Pac-12 and earned a top seed for the NCA A tournament, before being upset

by Duke in the quarterfinals.

Like the Irish, the Cardinal w ill come into the game off a short rest after play ing Minnesota on Friday.

The Irish and the Broncos w ill kick off at 10 :30 p.m.

Friday at Buck Shaw Stadium.

Notre Dame’s game against the Cardinal w ill begin at 2: 00 p.m. Sunday at Cagan Stadium.

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Irish senior midfielder Cindy Pineda looks to settle the loose ball during Notre Dame’s 1-0 win over Missouri on Sunday.

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opinion, in each other that will lead to us all shooting some good numbers. It will help take the pressure off of the team aspect and allow us to just worr y about ourselves and our own game. We’re a different level of a team this year compared to years previous and I think that our scores will show it in this upcoming week and the many tournaments to come.”

Play ing at the oldest athletic club in the United States, Notre Dame w ill compete against San Diego, TCU, UC Dav is, Cal Poly, Santa Clara, Fresno State, host school San Francisco and others.

Last season, Notre Dame started the season off w ith a second-place finish at the Notre Dame Kickoff Inv itational and lost all momentum the follow ing competition, finishing 12th out of 14 teams at the Rod Myers Inv itational.

Ostrom said this team is bound for a much better result in this year’s second inv itational.

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Irish senior forward Kaleigh Olmsted sets to fire a shot during Notre Dame’s 1-0 over Missouri on Sunday at Alumni Stadium. Olmsted shares the team lead in assists with two so far this season.

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Irish sophomore Miguel Delgado follows through on an approach shot during the Notre Dame Kickoff Challenge on Saturday.

Ostrom said. “We are all ver y focused and that is being show n by the scores we are producing so far. And we all want to w in ver y badly so I think that’s a good combination for some good golf in these bigger events.”

Notre Dame w ill begin the two-day Oly mpic Club Intercollegiate tournament Monday morning, w ith play concluding on Tuesday.

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Irish sophomore forward Ian Aschieris dribbles the ball up the field during Notre Dame’s 1-0 win over New Mexico on Aug. 28.

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but so is Virginia Tech, so both teams are off to good starts, and we know both teams w ill be fairly confident. But also, both teams know there’s a long road ahead still.”

That “long road ahead” comes in the form of a grueling ACC schedule that the Irish w ill have to nav igate.

Nine of the 12 ACC teams are ranked in the latest top 25 poll, including five of the top six. Clark noted this year is the continuation of a pattern of dominance by the conference.

“The ACC is w ithout question, or has been in recent years, the strongest conference in the countr y,” Clark said. “It’s off to a good start this year, and I think that’s one of the fun things of playing in this league is that it is ver y competitive. If you take one off day you could be in trouble, so you’ve got to bring your ‘A’ game ever y week, because the guys know they’re going to be challenged.”

The Irish and Hokies w ill get the ball rolling at 7 p.m. at A lumni Stadium on Friday.

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Irish senior quarterback Malik Zaire steps up in the pocket to evade the pass rush during Notre Dame’s 50-47 loss to Texas on Sunday at Darrell K. Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium.

Zaire led three drives in the game for the Irish, but was relegated to the backup role Thursday when junior DeShone Kizer was named Notre Dame’s starter going forward.

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Irish sophomore defender Sean Dedrick looks to pass during Notre Dame’s 1-0 win over New Mexico on Aug. 28 at Alumni Stadium. Dedrick has started all four games the Irish have played this season.

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Tranquill in the secondar y w ill be sophomore cornerback Nick Coleman, who struggled against Texas and was eventually pulled from the game. Kelly said, however, that Coleman’s pride w ill push him to continue to work, and that he personally talked w ith Coleman to get him ready for Nevada.

“Nick really was a young man that got caught in poor techniques, he didn’t trust his techniques,” Kelly said.

“He was clearly, on Tuesday, not in a good frame of mind so I spent some time with him. Here’s the great thing about Nick Coleman: He’s won a state championship, he’s a winner, he’s got a lot of pride. I said, ‘Look Nick, this is where you turn it on and compete. You can’t give up on a guy like Nick Coleman. He’s got too much pride.”

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[the players],” Kelly says. “If he’s cleared, it’ll still be his decision to make. We want to always give our players the opportunity to go through the protocol and he wants to go through it. If he’s cleared tomorrow, we’ll still make a decision if he feels ready to play.”

Kelly also said that graduate student safet y Aver y Sebastian was cleared after going through concussion protocol Thursday and w ill play on Saturday. “[Sebastian] is going to play,” Kelly said. “At what level he plays, we’ll find out, but he practiced today. He feels good, he feels like he’s ready to play and wants to play.”

Kelly stated that junior Drue Tranquill and freshman Dev in Studstill w ill be the two starting safeties.

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He’s embraced his preparation, he’s embraced his role and what we’re asking him to do. That’s all I can ask for.”

W hile the starting quarterback position is no longer a question mark for the the Irish, the “X” receiver position is, as senior Torii Hunter Jr.’s status is uncertain for Saturday’s contest. Kelly said that Hunter, who suffered a concussion Sunday, w ill practice Friday, but w ill not play unless he feels ready to go.

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and he edged himself w ith the performance he had.”

Kelly did not specif y if he plans to play Zaire on meaningful snaps, but said Kizer needs to continue to be effective to hold onto the starting role.

“My expectation is: [Kizer] is the starter for this game,” Kelly said.“We know that, based upon what he’s done in the past, he’s ver y effective as a starting quarterback.

I expect him to continue in that role. If he’s not effective, if he’s not what he have know n him to be, we have one heck of a good quarterback ready to play.”

Kelly also praised Zaire’s attitude in the days following the announcement.

“I thought he had two ver y good days [of practice],” Kelly said. “In particular Wednesday and Thursday, I thought he was really focused, locked in and is ready to lead our football team.

That’s all I’ve asked him to be, ready to lead our team.

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No. 18 Notre Dame takes the field in its home opener against Nevada in just a day.

But unlike the days leading up to the contest against Texas, the Irish (0-1) know who their starting quarterback w ill be when they face the Wolf Pack (1-0).

Thursday evening, Irish head coach Brian Kelly elaborated on his decision to make junior DeShone Kizer “the guy,” say ing Kizer was awared the starting role based on his play at Texas.

“I don’t think I’ve ever had a cr ystal clear moment, other than: he was responsible for six touchdow ns and he didn’t take the first series of the third quarter,” Kelly said. “He made a prett y big statement. I said all along, I needed to let them play in a real game to break a logjam up. It was really tied in my eyes, we went into that game

Fresh off its early season success, No. 1 Notre Dame w ill kick off ACC play this Friday night against No. 15 Virginia Tech.

The Irish (4-0-0) moved from fourth to first in the latest Coaches Poll on Tuesday, garnering their seventh No. 1 ranking in the past four years. The Irish are remarkably well-rounded statistically, ranking second in the countr y in total goals scored (12), eighth in the countr y in goals-against-average (0.24) and seventh in save percentage (.947). This dominance has led to a promising start for the Irish and the lighting of the No. 1 sign atop Grace Hall, but head coach Bobby Clark warned not to put too much stock in the squad’s hot start, quoting a text he received from former Notre Dame soccer star and current U.S. National Team defender Matt Besler. “[Matt] texted me to tell

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Looking to build on their historic start at the Notre Dame Kickoff Inv itational, the Irish w ill travel to San Francisco to compete in the Oly mpic Club Intercollegiate on Monday and Tuesday.

The Irish started the season off by making a statement last weekend, w inning their inv itational by 23 strokes over Valparaiso and Detroit. Notre Dame also set their lowest 36-hole tournament score, recording an 11-under-par 557. Despite returning eight upperclassmen, it was a couple of fresh faces who led the charge for the Irish.

Freshmen John Felitto and Hunter Ostrom finished first and third, respectively. Felitto, who tied for the fourth-best round in Irish histor y w ith a score of 65 Saturday afternoon, shot a 7-under-par 135, while Ostrom recorded a 4-under

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the boys to remember that it’s not how you start, it’s how you finish; it’s about finding that rhy thm at the end of the year that w ill make the season truly special,” Clark said. “I think that’s ver y true … it’s just one game at a time. It’s great to get a great start and a nice ranking … but the only ranking that’s really important is the final one at the end of the season.

The Irish begin their march towards the postseason w ith their first ACC match against Virginia Tech. Notre Dame leads the overall series, 5-10, but the Hokies (4-0-0) are looking at a promising season themselves.

“We’ve got to handle the maturit y of their team as well as their transition,” Clark said. “They’re strong in set pieces as well, but we’ve got to make sure we play our game. We’ve got to do what we do well, because we don’t want to get taken out of our game. We’re [undefeated],

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Despite it being their first time out on the course as collegiate golfers, Felitto and Ostrom were much more concerned about qualif ying for the Oly mpic Club Intercollegiate than controlling their debut jitters.

“I really wasn’t that nervous at all during that first event,” Ostrom said. “I was a lot more focused on just qualifying for our first event at Olympic Club, which I was in pretty good shape for leading by one at 5-under for four rounds, so I was just going to try and play two good rounds.”

As they move for ward to next week’s Oly mpic Club Intercollegiate, the Irish are confident their potential this season is far above the 10th–place ACC finish they earned last season.

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No. 20 Notre Dame w ill begin a four-game road trip this weekend w ith t wo games in the Bay Area, facing Santa Clara on Friday night before a clash w ith No. 2 Stanford on Sunday morning.

The Irish (5-1-0, 0-0-0 ACC) have had success at home this season, w inning all five games they’ve played at A lumni Stadium and keeping five clean sheets.

But in their one game away from home so far, August’s encounter w ith Michigan, the Irish lost 2-0. Last year, the Irish had similar success at home, posting an 11-1-0 record, but couldn’t replicate their form on the road or at neutral venues, going a combined 3-4-1 away from home. Notre Dame w ill hope an improved record on the road w ill help them achieve more success than in 2015.

In their last encounter, the

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Irish freshman forward Jennifer Westendorf settles a pass during Notre Dame’s 1-0 win over Missouri on Sunday at Alumni Stadium.