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Priest finishes year as missionary Fr. Joe Corpora makes trip to Rome to celebrate conclusion of Jubilee Year of Mercy

By NATALIE WEBER News Writer

ND responds to email threat

After ministering communion during the concluding Mass of the Jubilee Year and returning the chalice and remaining hosts to St. Peter’s Basilica, Fr. Joe Corpora realized he was in the same v icinit y as the Pope and joined a crowd of priests waiting to meet him.

“I didn’t go back to my seat,” he said. “I quick ly wandered into the crowd of all the priests and just sort of found my way, standing there as if I belonged. A nd then I just kept inching up.”

In April 2015, Pope Francis announced an Extraordinar y Year of Holy Mercy — a Jubilee Year — a time to be dedicated to

Photo courtesy of Fr. Joe Corpora

The Universit y received a bomb threat v ia email early Tuesday morning, according to an email sent to students, facult y and staff by the Office of Campus Safet y.

After an investigation conducted by Notre Dame Securit y Police (NDSP) and local, state and federal law enforcement, officers determined there was no danger to the campus communit y, according to the email.

Universit y spokesperson

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Fr. Joe Corpora speaks to Pope Francis in Rome last week. Corpora served as a Missionary of Mercy for this past Extraordinary Year of Holy Mercy, making himself available for confessions and presentations.

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Post-election forum aims Celebration of Las to foster dialogue, inclusion Posadas begins

By ERIN SHANG

By MEGAN VALLEY

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Sponsored by Show Some Skin, Diversity Council, Africana Studies Club and Student Government, a student-run post-election forum Tuesday night titled “Can We Still Talk?” discussed ways to foster an inclusive community and positive dialogue at Notre Dame.

Senior Leah Jacob, a representative of Show Some Skin, said this year’s election brought about lots of questions about our identities. Jacob opened the forum explaining its central idea — to “point out that silence results in indifference” and “center students’ voices.”

“We really want to establish this consciousness in college,” she said. “And we will move from only talking about the problem to finding a solution, and try to find how to build a more inclusive environment for everyone.”

The Notre Dame community gathered Tuesday night at the Grotto to kick off the fourth annual celebration of Las Posadas. The event, whose Spanish title means “lodging,” represents Mary and Joseph’s search for shelter before Jesus’s birth.

Traditionally, Las Posadas is celebrated over nine days, but at Notre Dame it only lasts for three ever since it was started by Farley Hall rector Elaine DeBassige, sophomore organizer Audrey Immonen said.

“We’re hoping it’s a tradition that continues even when she’s not rector, so we’ve started to decentralize it; we’re working with Fisher Hall and Campus Ministry, who are hosting for the second and third nights,” she said.

DeBassige said she started

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Natasha Reifenberg, left, and Leah Jacob speak in South Dining Hall during the forum, which discussed microagressions.

Saint Mary’s senior Brenna Leahy and Notre Dame senior Jourdyhn Williams, representatives of Diversity Council, examined reasons for and ways to address microagressions in the post-election time period.

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“Microaggression can happen every day,” Williams said.

“It can be verbal or nonverbal.

It is non-violence, but it’s still hurtful.”

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the event because she missed celebrating it with her family in New Mexico.

“Every year since I can remember, my mom has hosted,” she said. “W hen I was growing up, people would dress up as Mary and Joseph and someone would lend a donkey for Mary to ride to the house. Once you’re in the house, it would be blessed by the priest for the advent season.”

Beginning at the Grotto, attendees — led by Mary and Joseph, portrayed by junior Katie Sisk and sophomore Gavin Ennis — walked and sang hymns as they made their way to Farley Hall, the organizer of the event and host for its first night.

Both Ennis and Sisk said portraying the couple was a very spiritual experience.

“It was such a gift, ref lecting on what it was like to see LAS POSADAS PAGE 4

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Student Players to stage production of ‘Stop Kiss’

By MEGAN VALLEY Associate News Editor

Notre Dame Student Players will show their production of Diana Son’s “Stop Kiss” for the first time Thursday night in Washington Hall.

Sophomore director Roisin Goebelbecker said she chose the play because it centers on two girls in the beginning of their romantic relationship.

“I recently became aware of how ridiculous heteronormativity is and how it’s extremely difficult for young people who are homosexual, bisexual [or] transgender to find stories they can relate to.

Trying to imagine that is really hard because I can look around and see myself represented every where,” she said. “‘Stop Kiss’ tells the story of young people struggling with their sexuality without making them really weird or out there. It’s presented as a very normal thing.”

“Stop Kiss” centers on the relationship between Sara and Callie, two young women who meet in New York City in the 1990s. During their first kiss, the two girls are the victims of a gay-bashing, which is not shown on the stage.

“They become friends and, slowly, throughout the course of the show, their friendship becomes something more,” Goebelbecker said. “But both of them have only been in relationships with guys before, so they really struggle to

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Dennis Brow n said the threat involved the use of an explosive dev ice.

figure out what they’re feeling and what the other is feeling.”

The story is not told chronologically, but instead follows the story leading up to and following the attack “overlapped,” Goebelbecker said.

The play alternates between a scene from before the attack and one following the attack.

“There’s going to be a moment [for the audience] of not really knowing what’s going on, but it’s pretty clear that time has passed: the first scene is the two girls meeting and the next is one of the girls being interrogated by the detective, and she refers to the other girl as if they’ve been friends for a really long time,” she said. “ … We’re also going to be using costuming, and the actors have worked to be very aware of where they are chronologically before each scene.”

The cast and crew for “Stop Kiss” are “really small,” with just six actors, including sophomores Courtney Becker and Erin Vaughan as Callie and Sara. (Editor’s note: Becker is a news writer for The Observer.)

“They’re all so great,” Goebelbecker said. “Everyone from day one really cared about the story, for a lot of the same reasons I did. That was really obvious in how willing they were when they came to rehearsal.”

Following the attack, Sara is in the hospital and those scenes focus more on Callie,

Goebelbecker said.

“A lot of Sara’s influence in the show is in how she affects Callie. Callie doesn’t take risks; she takes the easy route, at the beginning of the show,” she said. “ … Sara encourages her to take a leap and actually stand up for herself.

“You see that arc before the attack and then once that happens, Callie kind of reverts to where she was before, because once she takes a risk, it results

in someone she cares about deeply being hurt. You see her have to make that transformation again, without Sara there to really push her.”

Overall, Goebelbecker said she hopes the audience has a chance to connect and identify with characters they might not know otherwise.

“I think it’s so easy to see people who are different from you as some group you can put in a box, which makes it

hard to relate to them,” she said. “This story can open the door to getting to understand people you might not know personally.”

Performances will take place Thursday and Friday at 7:30 p.m. and Saturday at 4 p.m. Tickets are $5 and can be purchased at the LaFortune Box Office or at the door.

“As part of the investigation, NDSP checked on possible sources of the threat but found none at Notre Dame,” Brown said in an email.

Brown said he could not release any more details while

the investigation was still ongoing.

Later Tuesday afternoon, students, faculty and staff received another email from the Office of Campus Safety reminding them how

to respond in emergencies, such as a an active shooter situation.

The email said members of the campus community should report suspicious behavior or safety concerns

immediately by calling NDSP. “You play a critical role in maintaining campus safety,” the email said. “... Simply put, if you see something, say something.”

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Courtney Becker, left, and Erin Vaughan perform as Callie and Sara in “Stop Kiss.” The play, which is being directed by sophomore Roisin Goebelbecker, presents the struggles the two women face in their relationship.

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Katie Sisk and Gavin Ennis, dressed as Mary and Joseph, lead a group of students in Las Posadas. The annual Latino tradition celebrates the Advent season and includes singing, prayer and reflection.

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themes of mercy, forgiveness and solidarity. Corpora, a priest in residence in Dillon Hall, served as a Missionary of Mercy, commissioned by the Pope last December at the beginning of the Jubilee Year.

When he met the Pope, Corpora thanked him.

“I said to him: ‘Thank you very much for sending me out as a Missionary of Mercy. I’m very grateful.’ And then he [the Pope] says: ‘Oh,’— and he points his finger — ‘First of all, thank you, but it’s not over yet.’ And then I thanked him for what he did for the Church and for the world.

And I said ‘I love you,’ and I just lunged out and hugged him,” Corpora said.

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cause microaggressions toward others, Leahy added, though they don’t intend to cause harm.

“We speculated on where microaggressions come from, and there can be various sources — their prejudice, social status, even the internet,” she said.

In a college context, Williams said, microaggressions are generated when people don’t address others as people worthy of higher education.

“Sometimes these are only intended to be jokes, but cause harms,” Leahy said.

Sometimes microaggressions come from people’s privileges, Williams added. Privileges are very different from prejudices and even harder for themselves to realize.

Senior Jessica Pedroza, another keynote speaker, addressed the issue of hateful rhetoric on college campuses. She said people sometimes lack the awareness of how damaging language can be toward others.

After the concluding Mass, Pope Francis sent an Apostolic Letter — a letter bearing the name of the Pope — to the Missionaries of Mercy to inform them that although the Jubilee Year had ended, their ministry had not.

“This extraordinary ministry does not end with the closing of the Holy Door,” the letter said. “I wish it to continue until further notice as a concrete sign that the grace of the Jubilee remains alive and effective the world over.”

Corpora said the job of the missionaries was to be especially available to hear confessions and give presentations on mercy.

“What the Holy Father asked is that we do the following things: hear confessions as often as we were asked to hear them, and give talks and

conferences on mercy and — specifically and as much as possible — to hear the confessions of priests also,” Corpora said.

Corpora said hearing the confessions of other priests was a special blessing, as it gave him the opportunity to help priests understand the message of mercy they share with others.

“A particular grace of the year has been hearing confessions of priests,” he said. “You know, priests desperately want to believe what they tell other people: God is merciful, God is forgiving, God understands. We all tell that to people — hopefully we do — but somehow you can’t tell it to yourself.”

“It’s like, you know, you can’t tickle yourself,” he added. “Someone else has to

carry God next to [Mary’s] heart,” Sisk said.

Along the way, stops were made to read passages from the Bible and Latino theological works.

“I chose [readings] close to immigration, because that’s such a current topic,” DeBassige said. “I thought that’s a natural thing to talk about, especially since Mary and Joseph were migrating from one place to another. It just seemed very appropriate to focus on that.”

Many students who attend have never heard of Las Posadas before but appreciate learning more about Latino spirituality and culture, DeBassige added.

“The campus is growing in diversity,” she said. “There’s a large Latino community here, so a lot of students have told me when I brought Las Posadas

tickle you. So priests can’t tell themselves about God’s mercy — someone else has to do it. So I feel privileged to have heard the confessions of many, many, many priests during the year, to tell them what they’ve been telling others is true for them too.”

Corpora said that according to Pope Francis, mercy provides the context for all other values.

“The way the Pope would say it, all the other values have to be understood in terms of mercy,” Corpora said. “So, there’s a lot of people that would say ‘If you have too much mercy, you have no justice.’ The Pope would say it — and I don’t know how really to understand this — but even God’s justice is understood in terms of God’s mercy.”

Corpora says he believes

here that they felt like they were home again.

“I think that to share pieces of your life on campus with other people, that’s how we become closer together — and to get a little picture of somebody’s world.”

DeBassige also stressed the social element of the event, in addition to the prayers, hymns and worship. Once the group arrives at the destination for the night, the host location serves food and beverages to provide an opportunity to socialize.

“In the Catholic Church, we pray as a community. And if we don’t come together as a community, then it’s just not as fun,” she said. “I want to encourage everyone to come.

There’s friendship and food afterwards, so there’s no downside to it.”

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the Year of Mercy will continue to have an impact, although it has ended, if people deliberately choose to live it out daily.

“There’s a danger that it won’t [continue to have an impact] because even though a year is a long time, it’s trying to make a dent in what really has been the Church at its worst, when it has not seemed merciful,” he said.

“But I believe, you know, as the Pope says in his Apostolic Letter, the Year of Mercy is not meant to be a parenthesis in the life of the Church, but the very foundation of the Church,” he said. “So the only way it will impact the Church is if people continue to make it an intentional way of life.”

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“In the context of this election, a lot of hateful speeches were made against another race,” she said.

“This caused so much panic and fear.”

“No one is illegal,” Pedroza said.

“They are still humans that deserve respect.”

She added, it is “dehumanizing to call undocumented people illegal.”

“In general however, we still see in the news, in middle school, that small kids were bullied by hateful languages,” Pedroza said. “Yet we should know that language is important and hateful rhetoric is happening in a lot of places.”

The key to tackling hateful rhetoric and microaggressions is to listen, Jacob said.

“It’s not about winning an argument and proving that others were wrong,” she said. “We at the same time still should show them our respect without interrupting them.

“Conversation is very important, especially when we need to let marginalized groups be heard.”

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Students participate in group discussions during Tuesday night’s forum in the Hospitality Room of South Dining Hall. The forum discussed ways to build a more inclusive Notre Dame community.

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By KELLY McGARRY Associate Scene Editor

For some, “Spirited Away” lives in our memories as a childhood classic. Others came upon it later in life in response to the acclaim adults awarded to the children’s movie. Whatever experience, “Spirited Away” touched enough lives to sanction a 15th anniversary celebration.

Though “Spirited Away” is only one among many incredible animated films from the world-renowned Studio Ghibli in Japan, it stands apart — in part because it was the most successful film in Japanese history, but also because it was the most successful at permeating a mainstream audience in the United States.

The film’s ability to span across cultures owes much to the care and attention put into the English adaptation by Disney. The dialogue for the English version was directed by John Lasseter, director of animated classics such as “Toy Story.” The combination of his own animation experience and an appreciation for Miyazaki’s work made Lasseter the perfect choice for the task.

We can thank Disney for making the film accessible to us as an audience, but we can only thank its director and animator Hayao Miyazaki for the imaginative yet relatable story. In its boundless imagination, “Spirited Away”

By ADAM RAMOS Scene Writer

Donald Glover is historically corny. Not corny in the fun, Troy and Abed from “Community” sense, but corny more in the vein of throwing a desert festival in your own honor, naming it “Pharos,” and asking attendees to “dress in your frequency color.” Whether it’s comedy, acting or music, the Atlanta native struggles with authenticity, resulting in a pretty standard level of corniness throughout most of his projects. But in 2016, things are different: everything is finally coming together for Glover and the results are astounding.

For most of his career, Glover has operated in the peripheries of multiple mediums, never completely embracing a particular style or persona. After beginning his career as writer on NBC’s “30 Rock,” Glover landed a lead role on “Community” playing the quirky, underachieving ex-high school football star, Troy. When “Community” began to develop its cult following, the Atlanta native branched out, dabbling in acting, standup and music, sometimes simultaneously. And all things considered, he was pretty successful. Glover’s expressly nerdy persona garnered him fans and praise, yet he always seemed to fall short of fully establishing a formidable voice in any one particular genre.

Glover’s weakest outlet was always music. Under the rap moniker “Childish Gambino,” a name bequeathed via a “Wu-Tang Name Generator,” Glover’s Kanye-lite beats and listless lyrics almost always fell short. Childish Gambino’s major label debut, “Camp,” is a self-obsessed mix between the very worst of Odd Future and the very best of Hoodie Allen, a potent combination for vomiting out lines like, “This Asian dude, I stole his girl, and now

has been compared to “Alice in Wonderland,” where the heroine enters a world where reality and logic don’t hold. Just looking at the characters in “Spirited Away,” you can see that there were no limitations on the figures animated. Some characters, like the villain Ubaba, take on a modified human form. Others take the forms of animals, vegetables and entirely unrecognizable otherworldly creatures, each with a distinct way of moving.

In this wildly creative landscape, Miyazaki somehow still achieves a complete relatability to the heroine.

Unlike Alice, Chihiro doesn’t stumble upon a magical world serendipitously. She is unwillingly thrust there, eliciting our sympathy for the once bratty 10 year old.

Following her family’s seemingly catastrophic move, she must fight through losing her parents and her identity before discovering the strength that was always inside her.

Imagination and relatability are strengths that might also be found in the best American animated films, but “Spirited Away” stood out to an American audience partially because of those qualities that our films tend to lack. In an interview with Roger Ebert, Miyazaki said of movies filled with frantic action, “The people who make the movies are scared of silence, so they want to paper and plaster it over,” he said. “They’re worried that the

audience will get bored.” Miyazaki explains the importance of allowing time for emotions to sink in. Where many directors, especially of children’s movies, are afraid that the audience will lose interest, Miyazaki uses what he calls “ma” — a slow-moving, yet always-moving emptiness — to give his films the biggest emotional impact. At two hours and five minutes, “Spirited Away” is at the longer extreme for a children’s movie. The temptation to speed up the film was probably there, but he knew that it was important to have that breathing room.

Extremely detailed animation and a soundtrack in perfect harmony with the visuals are characteristics that we might not even notice on first watch. Miyazaki mused in a 2002 interview, “I believe the human brain knows and perceives more than we ourselves realize.”

The success of “Spirited Away” seems to be a testament to that notion.

The 15th anniversary re-release is an opportunity to relive a beloved film or immerse in it for the first time.

“Spirited Away” will play in select theaters, including Cinemark 14 in Mishawaka. Showtimes for the English dubbed version are Dec. 4, 12 and 4 p.m., and for the Japanese version with subtitles Dec. 5, 3:15 and 7 p.m.

he got that Kogi beef.” Corny may be an understatement.

Even Glover’s much-hyped and over-promoted sophomore effort, “Because The Internet,” felt tiresome.

Despite an impressive list of features including Chance the Rapper, Miguel and Azealia Banks, the album felt like an overstuffed conceit to the problems surrounding Glover’s previous works. Even worse, any supposed racial or social commentary Glover hoped to convey felt hollow and disingenuous. “An elephant never forgets, so my dick remembers everything,” Gambino boasted on the album’s “Freaks and Geeks,” once and for all proving why his core demographic was not-so-edgy high school suburbanites claiming to be “into rap.”

In 2014, NBC cancelled “Community” and Glover released an EP called “KAUAI.” At just 7 songs, “KAUAI” was Glover’s most cohesive work to date. While the EP still suffered from the usual Gambino issues, and even included a ridiculous Jaden Smith recited spoken word love letter, “KAUAI” found the rapper pivoting. The usual deep bass, aggressive lyrics and choppy flow of albums past were replaced with breezy synths and soulful falsetto choruses. The EP’s closer “V.3005 – Beach Picnic Version” reimagined “Because The Internet’s” pop hit “3005” into a relaxed beach dream, and it works. The production and arrangements on “V.3005 – Beach Picnic Version” seemed to point in the direction of Glover’s superb new singles.

2016 finds Glover taking a giant artistic leap forward.

After a cryptic announcement confirmed news of a new Gambino record titled “Awaken, My Love!,” Glover dropped two singles, both showcasing an entirely new direction for the Atlanta rapper. The first, “Me and Your Mama” is a sprawling mix of gospel, funk and blues, centered around a distraught Glover lamenting an

unreciprocated love. Complete with a dazzling intro and an Alabama Shakes-reminiscent chorus, “MAYM” shines. And then we got “Redbone,” Glover’s greatest song yet. Sultry, pitched-up vocals float over a sea of 70s’ funk and Tom Tom Club-esque synths in the track. The ingenuousness that seemed to plague past projects is completely stripped away in “Redbone” — in its place is soulful authenticity. In the song, Glover preaches for his audience to “stay woke:” slang for “be alert,” poignant commentary in today’s chaotic socio-political landscape.

Glover’s other recent endeavor — FX’s highest rated comedy, “Atlanta” — shines equally bright. As creator, writer and star, Glover crafts a surreal yet realistic world in “Atlanta.” In the show, Princeton dropout Earnest “Earn” Marks (Glover) attempts to navigate a complicated adulthood while struggling to manage his estranged cousin turned popular rapper, Alfred “Paper Boi” Miles (Brian Tyree Henry). Lakeith Stanfield shines as the spacey sage Darius, a close friend and confidant to Miles. Not without a few speed bumps, “Atlanta” is one of television’s most innovative programs, pushing the boundaries of a comedy while acutely capturing the absurdity of life as a 20-something in 2016.

For whatever reason, things have finally clicked for 33-year-old. All of Glover’s previously disjointed projects are beginning to converge and any lingering corniness is thankfully dissipating. If you haven’t had a chance to watch “Atlanta,” you’ve got a pretty great potential binge on your hands this winter break; and make sure to stay woke for Glover’s upcoming album, “Awaken, My Love,” due out next week.

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Grateful for home Susan Zhu Graphics Editor

I have been thinking a lot about sweet potatoes. They are always fresh out of the oven when I arrive home, and the first thing on grocery lists during fall and winter. My mother knows many things about me and that includes my infallible love for sweet potatoes. There is nothing quite like the feeling of sliding a spoon into a smooth, warm sweet potato. They are nature’s greatest dessert and much too good for this world — too pure. I am not sure what humanity did to deserve the gift of sweet potatoes but I thank my ancestors for their assumedly angelic acts.

For me, sweet potatoes epitomize time at home. I, like many college students, did not cherish the feeling of home until I lived in a dorm with 200 other girls and had to fend for myself for eight out of 12 months of the year. I did not cherish the feeling of home until I really only went home for the holidays. I did not cherish home until a phone call was the only way my parents could comfort me during a trying time. I did not cherish home until it became somewhere I could escape to.

In approximately 50 days, I will be flying across the Emerald Isle and spending a semester in Dublin, Ireland. I will be there for four months, and because of my younger sister’s strange school vacation schedule, it will be the longest that I’ll go without seeing my family. I will no longer have the scheduled times of escape during the semester nor will I smell sweet potatoes come out of the oven in my kitchen for 120 days.

I have no doubt that Dublin will become my new home away from home, and that I will carve out a space for myself in such a special place. However, I have to admit that my heart has already begun to hurt when I think about being away from home for so long in a completely foreign place.

I am not sure what my intention was for writing this piece, other than to urge you to really appreciate your time at home.

Regardless of your relationship with your family, it is important to remember that they have a bond with you that cannot truly be replicated by other relationships.

If you haven’t called your mom or your dad or your grandparents in a while, do it.

I always text my mom after I eat a sweet potato in the dining hall because it reminds me of home.

There really is no other place like home.

This holiday season, I am immensely thankful for the family that raised me to be the woman I am today, who taught me to fight for what sets my soul on fire and who always pick me up when I am down.

All of you have your own version of sweet potatoes. All of have the special things and moments that remind you of home.

Cherish it.

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.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Letter to the Board of Trustees So what do you think the Board of Trustees is doing this morning regarding the Notre Dame football program, which finished its season with a most disappointing 4-8 record after losing to archrival USC to cap a week that earlier brought NCAA sanctions to the program? a) Nada b) Nothing c) Zilch d) Trying to figure out how to personalize their luxury suites in anticipation of the grand opening of Campus Crossroads for the 2017 home opener against football powerhouse Temple with Brian Kelly returning as head coach of the Not-so-Fighting Irish for his eighth season, a tenure rivaled only by four previous Notre Dame head coaches in its formerly illustrative history e) Staring at their collective navel f) All of the above Any talk of Athletic Director Jack Swarbrick making the hard decisions concerning the fate of the Notre Dame Football program — and to an intricately related extent, Notre Dame’s position as a respected institution of higher learning with a proudly Catholic bent — is a waste of breath. The collective board of enervating ennui above them is where the real problem lies.

So what exactly is the Board of Trustees — there are 49 of them, mind you — going to do about it? I mean, it isn’t just the Three Pillars thing they should be worrying about.

We’re talking major cash cow here, and these things don’t exactly grow on trees.

You can’t tell me Notre Dame hasn’t taken a major financial hit with the fall from grace of its football program.

I mean, there’s the Vivid Seats thing, a secondary ticket market deal with the devil we have engaged to address the obvious lack of enthusiasm for Notre Dame Football. As it currently stands, why would anyone with a firm grasp of what’s happening with the football program in particular and the related fallout to the University as manifested by the underfunding of the $450 million Crossroads project: a) continue buying season tickets? b) ever want to enter the ticket lottery again? c) support an administration so numbskullingly bent on running its once proud football program into the ground?

It was rather obvious to anyone with a basic knowledge of college football that defensive coordinator Brian Van Gorder had to go after last year. So why did AD Swarbrick allow Coach Kelly to bring him back this year? Is Kelly such the Svengali that he controls most everything going on with football at Notre Dame — or was our AD that clueless regarding what had a very real possibility of happening this year?

Seven years in, and we’re back to where we started.

Twenty eight years since our last grasp of glory, and we’re getting too old to count that high anymore.

What about the fans? What about the alumni? What about the students? What about the players? What about the menopausal Golden Goose formerly known as Notre Dame football?

You’d think at Notre Dame where CSC — Cash, Strictly Cash — reigns supreme, we’d at least begin to think about enacting meaningful change, if only for the Goose’s sake.

Maybe a pill or two of hope that help is on the way — and not some stinking Jumbotron with nothing left for it to display when it inevitably gets here. We’re already saddled with the peripheral schmaltz of a rock climbing wall, artificial turf, smoke emanating from the tunnel and the seemingly-ubiquitous Ozzy Osbourne — and none of these things has one iota to do with winning football. I would hope that the giddy embrace of these distractions is not exactly what we should be touting in the courting of any prospective coach — i.e., one who really does know what it takes to win at Notre Dame. And so, it won’t be enough to announce that we’ve jettisoned our head coach; we really need to announce that whoever sold us this bill of goods is gone too.

Fortunately — or perhaps unfortunately for us older folk — we remember the days when we were somebody. And we have a hard time understanding why the current AD and president — who were around in those days too — seem to care more about the baubles and bling associated with Crossroads and something about improving the “Gameday Experience” rather than Notre Dame winning overall, whatever the odds.

A football program based on smoke and mirrors and edifice envy can only carry you so far. Sometimes you need to block and tackle and put the fade from the one yard line far, far away from ever seeing the light of day again. And so it’s time for the Board of Trustees to get its collective head out of its collective pocketbook and make it rain for someone obviously more worthy of leading us on the football field of glory — one ideally with real grass, but I digress.

And so, Board of Trustees, it’s up to you now to make it right after enabling it to be so wrong for way too long. No more hiding behind your bloated numbers. Do you not take winning seriously? Is it really enough for us to recount year after year the faded equivalent glory of our four Al Bundy touchdowns in one game from oh so long ago? Don’t you think we should strive for more?

Or have you never watched Rudy?

Michael Sydlik classes of 1973 and 1975 Nov. 27

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Thank you, 2016 Jack Rooney Irish Eyes

It’s been a really bad year.

At times, 2016 has been incredible, but all things considered, it’s just been bad.

Never in my 21 and a half years has a period of time been so filled with such joyous highs and crushing lows. There has been lots to be happy about: graduation, an enriching summer internship, a move to Ireland. But many of these happy moments were marked with challenges that limited their joy.

Graduation meant saying goodbye to a place and so many people I love. Moving to Ireland meant going 4,500 miles and an 8-hour time difference away from the girl I love. And then there’s the one big thing that overshadows it all: my dad’s death in June.

Now, as we near the end of what has been at times the best and overall the worst year of my life, I can only think of one thing to do with my last column of the year: give thanks.

Each year, Chicago Sun-Times cartoonist Jack Higgins draws a Christmas cartoon of Santa making his list, complete with hundreds of names. The Christmas cartoon is a way to thank the people who made the year what it was (Higgins is a family friend, so my family has appeared in the cartoon a few times).

I’ve always liked the idea, and while I can’t draw, I do have a few column inches to thank the people who made a bad year bearable.

First, a thank you to my family. There are never enough thank you’s, nor will there ever be. So I’ll keep saying it and trying to show my gratitude to all of you.

Mom, you’re the reason everything didn’t completely fall apart this year. Ned, your pursuit of your dreams constantly inspires me. Dan, I don’t know where I’d be without your kindness, good humor and unflagging

enthusiasm.

Dad, this will always be the year that we lost you, but it also the year that you showed me exactly what grace and dignity look like. Thank you for that, and for giving my brothers and me all of your love and everything you had.

To my entire extended family, thank you for always being there in the biggest and smallest of ways. I don’t have enough space to name all of you, but you know who you are and I hope you know my love for you knows no bounds. Specifically, Anna and Matt, thank you for your beautiful example of love, and for reminding me that joy exists in even the most difficult times.

And Megan and Robert, thank you for once again bringing more joy into our family. I can’t wait to meet baby Connor.

Caroline, I love you more than I can express in mere words, and I am so thankful that across oceans and continents, we can still share and grow in that love.

To my Notre Dame family, I miss you all, but cherish our memories, friendship and future. Patrick, Tom, Tommy, Connor, Collin, Joe, Tyler, Leanne, Katie and Michelle — Notre Dame wouldn’t have been the same without you. Thanks for sharing it all with me.

To the Observer family, thank you for making seemingly endless hours of work some of my most fun, treasured times at Notre Dame. I’d like to give a special shout-out to Rachel, who’s been bugging me about giving her a shout-out in my column since I started writing it.

To everyone at O’Connell House, Notre Dame’s home in Dublin and my current home, thank you for truly becoming my family. I was thrilled to return to Ireland in August, and I remain so excited to wake up each day in Dublin. To all of the fall semester students and all the other new friends I’ve met here, thank you for making the past few months so fun.

To my travel buddies, and very best of friends, Kevin,

Marisa and Nora, thanks for exploring the world with me, and for all the laughs and games of hearts.

To all my friends on the Southside of Chicago, thank you for your loyal and loving friendship, especially as I’ve been almost everywhere but home in the past few years.

To the AMST clique and my fellow Thesis Geniuses, thanks for making a major feel like a family and making me always look forward to classes. Thank you, too, to Jason and all my other deeply devoted professors, who always challenge me to work harder and think clearer.

To all of my friends at the Tampa Bay Times, thank you for teaching me so much about journalism, and for showing me how to quickly form a bond with a group of people and a new place.

And to everyone in Alumni Hall, especially Fr. George and Fr. Bill, thank you for making the Center of the Universe a perfect home for four unforgettable years.

I worried that writing this column would be selfish; that it would waste space and ink with a personal message. But if anyone besides my mom is still reading, I hope you came to the same conclusion that I did. This column isn’t selfish because everyone has people like this who are always there for them and who, for better or worse, made 2016 what it was. So before the year is out, thank them. Tell them you love them. Then look forward to a much better 2017.

Jack Rooney is a 2016 Notre Dame graduate and The Observer’s former managing editor. He is currently spending a year living and working for the University in Ireland, and writes these columns to keep him busy and satisfy his need for journalism. Follow Jack on Twitter @ RooneyReports and/or email him at jrooney1@nd.edu The views expressed in this column are those of the author and not necessarily those of The Observer.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

What’s the matter with Brazil?

This Wednesday at 5 p.m. in room C130 in the Hesburgh Center, the Kellogg School of Global Affairs will host a current events panel to discuss “What is the matter with Brazil?”

I am Brazilian. I love being Brazilian and above anything else, I am incredibly proud of it. And as some may know, my country has been in the spotlight for many different reasons in the past years, some of which are not exactly positive.

In 2010, we elected our first female president. Dilma Rousseff was the candidate from the Workers’ Party, which had been in power for the previous eight years under two presidential terms. In 2012, we hosted the FIFA World Cup despite strong opposition from the Brazilian population. In 2013, a country-wide wave of protests asked for a political reform. Millions of people took to the streets throughout the country. The population was fed up with the corruption and the entrenched political system.

In 2014, Brazil entered into recession. In the same year, Rousseff was re-elected after a close race with her opponent.

In March 2015, a massive corruption scandal in our state oil company was discovered — Petrobrás had been used as part of a corruption scheme when Rousseff was still a member of its board of directors. The accusations assert that the scheme is responsible for the disappearance of nearly 30 billion reais — around 9 and 10 billion dollars in today’s exchange rate.

In the end of 2015, after accusations of misuse of campaign funds in 2014, Congress voted to start an investigation to assess whether Rousseff was responsible. In early 2016, the World Health Organization declared a public health crisis due to the Zika virus outbreak that started in Brazil.

In August 2016, Brazil hosted its first Summer Olympic Games. In the same month, Dilma Rousseff was formally impeached after the Senate voted, 61-20, to remove her from the presidency. Her vice president, Michel Temer, assumed the presidency and will preside until the end of the term on Jan. 1, 2019.

The real question is: what is the matter with my country?

In the past decade, the country has become significantly divided between the so-called left and right; it has been overwhelmed by economic instability; and the political system seems to be distancing itself from the population.

Brazil is a country pervaded by severe segregation between several social groups based on race, gender, income, sexual orientation and religion. Many believe that the current political crisis is responsible for intensifying many of the social issues in the country. Others believe that the political crisis is a result of an eroding social structure and a growth in the extreme political antagonism between left and right after more than 12 years of a socialist government.

We are also a young democracy; after 20 years under a military dictatorship regime, the first democratic presidential elections were held in 1985 and our first impeachment of this new era was in 1992.

Many Americans were shocked by the division of their country in this year’s elections between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, but Brazil’s division is much deeper. Unlike the U.S., our political scenario is divided into a spectrum that goes from far-left to far-right within the established government. Our differences are not only over different types of capitalism, but all possible political ideologies. The disagreement between communists, socialists, neoliberalists and environmentalists is one of the reasons why our political system is currently extremely complicated. Brazil now has 35 different parties, 28 of which have elected politicians for the 513 seats in the Lower House of Congress and the 81 seats in the Senate. Brazilian citizens vote for seven different political posts every election cycle; however, many still do not feel represented.

Additionally, the Brazilian political system is virtually divided between the two leading parties, the Workers’ Party and the Brazilian Social Democracy Party, known as PT (the left), and PSDB (the right), respectively. They have fought six out of the past eight presidential elections against each

other; since 1994, all presidents have been from one of these two parties.

This polarization is also responsible for a social feeling of animosity between two sides that bars most types of constructive debate about politics. The country is divided between those who believe the impeachment was an unfair, anti-democratic state coup and those who believe she was fairly judged for possible crimes she committed as president. Half praises the new president; the other half refuses to recognize his presidency. On every front, the country is divided.

Many people believe our political system has also been deeply shaped by sports. Brazilians are passionate people and the rivalry between soccer teams mirrors the rivalry between political parties. There is no consensus as to how soccer influences our society. Some argue it impassioned the Brazilian people and thus affected our political mindset.

Others say our love for soccer and how we do politics is a consequence of the passion of our people. The fact is that in Brazil, politics has become a game and right now, the fans are disillusioned.

So why should anyone care about what is happening in Brazil? Well, we have the fifth biggest population and territory in the world. We are among the top 10 economies in the world and our GDP is seventh in respect to share of the world GDP. We are the biggest economy and society in Latin America. If our country falls, several other world economies will fall altogether.

As the president of the Brazil Club and passionate Brazilian, I invite everyone who is interested in continuing the conversation to join us and the Kellogg School of Global Affairs this Wednesday to understand better how Brazil got to this point and what can happen as we go forward.

Daniela Narimatsu class of 2018 Nov. 27

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Crossword | Will Shortz

Horoscope | Eugenia Last Happy Birthday: Take time to research anything you want to do or obtain.

Preparation and facts will be key in helping you do what’s best for you. More than one opportunity will present itself, and if you let someone persuade you to make the wrong choice based on ulterior motives, you will regret it. Put your career and personal comfort first.

Your numbers are 7, 15, 19, 26, 34, 43, 49.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Stay on top of what’s being said. Establish your position from an honest and loyal perspective. Offer solutions and do the legwork in order to get things done your way. Travel, meetings and knowledge will all contribute to your accomplishments.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Keep your money and possessions in a safe place.

Someone will provide invalid financial information that can lead to loss. Show more concern about living within your means, and work on the self-improvement projects that will add to your success.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Channel your energy wisely and you will avoid an emotional situation that brings your progress to a halt. Nurture important relationships by taking care of responsibilities and easing the stress of someone you care about. A professional gain is heading your way.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): You don’t have to follow the crowd. Check out what interests you, identify what fits your needs and discard whatever appears to be a waste of time. An opportunity offered by a past partner or an employer looks promising but complicated.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Live and learn. Sign up for a seminar or try reaching old goals from a new angle. Explore possibilities and look for support from people you feel have something worthwhile to offer. Take on a challenge and play to win.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Focus on being the best you can be. Update your appearance and implement a good nutritional diet and exercise program into your routine. Don’t let anyone speak on your behalf. Live up to your beliefs, values and promises.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Taking on a challenge will turn into a game-changer. What you discover about others will be instrumental in helping you get ahead. Make sure to take time to do some self-discovery as well. Don’t let anyone put you down.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Don’t move backwards. Getting involved with people who have challenged you in the past will not help you get ahead now. Stay focused on the truth, stand behind what you have to offer and use your talents to reach your goals.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Positive changes at home will ease your stress.

Professional advancement will be based on your ability to get things done on time and without making a fuss. An unexpected idea will surface, offering new opportunities and benefits.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Keep life simple. Spend less, do more and focus on making personal achievements. Walk away from unstable situations or people to avoid being dragged into a dilemma that will make you look bad. Proceed with caution.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): The coast is clear to do your own thing. An energetic approach to work and helping others will put you in a good position for advancement. A change to the way you think will encourage others to follow your lead.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Stay in control. Focus inward and be the best you can be. Refuse to let anyone take liberties that will compromise you in the future. Listen, but don’t get into a dispute until you have the ammunition to win the battle.

Birthday Baby: You are outgoing, vocal and adventuresome. You are a leader, not a follower.

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nba | bucks 118, cavaliers 101

Firing Strong was a mistake Ben Padanilam Associate Sports Editor

As the regular season nears its close, college football fans have their eyes on one of two things: the College Football Playoff and the coaching carousel that is already in progress.

Several programs have already pulled the trigger on new hires. But there’s one in particular where that trigger seemed a little premature: Texas’ firing of Charlie Strong to replace him with Tom Herman.

There is no doubt that Strong’s record of 16-21 over his three seasons in Austin, Texas, left a little more to be desired. But during those three seasons, it felt as though Strong’s tenure as the first African-American head coach for the Longhorns was doomed from the start.

The fact is that Strong was never really given a chance or the support he needed. From the very beginning, the all powerful Texas boosters — the very boosters who had put pressure on Texas to make the coaching change it ultimately did — didn’t support his hiring; one only need to think back to Longhorn booster Red McCombs’ comments in 2014 following Strong’s hire, when he said Strong “didn’t belong” at Texas and called the hire a “kick in the face.”

It didn’t help matters when Strong’s only administrative lifeline and the man who hired him, former Longhorn athletic director Steve Patterson, was fired in just his second year on the job, tightening the already short leash the University had on Strong.

But that short leash was disadvantageous from the beginning, too. After all, Strong was succeeding Mack Brown, a well-respected and accomplished coach who also had already watched the program begin to decline, especially at the quarterback position, in his last several seasons. Strong came in with Brown’s players on the roster, not his own, and was expected to make it work anyways.

So when he didn’t after three seasons, just one season after

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his recruits finally composed the majority of the roster, Texas decided to let him go and bring in the coaching market’s hottest commodity to replace him.

Texas ignored the respect Strong’s players had for him, evident from the threatened boycotts by his players after reports of his firing leaked a week early ahead of the Longhorns’ season finale. It ignored that Herman’s Houston team had just as much of a tendency to lose to inferior teams as it did to show up for its games against nationally ranked teams.

It simply decided that a change needed to be made, and it prematurely pulled the plug on Strong’s tenure to make the splashy move of signing Herman.

Ultimately, it’s a move that could appear successful as soon as next season in the winloss columns, but it won’t be due to any coaching change.

The fact is that Strong built Texas into a deep pool of young talent, a pool which he admits is about one year away from competing at the heights the University and its fans were expecting. With freshman quarterback Shane Buechele, sophomore linebacker Malik Jefferson and junior running back D’Onta Foreman as its core — in addition to the top-10 recruiting class they have coming in — the Longhorns are set to contend as soon as next season, and they have Strong to thank for that, even if Herman is the one who will get to reap the benefits.

There’s no doubt that Herman is a good football coach. But it seems that Texas was quick to forget that so is Strong. He built up a young core for the program, and most importantly, he helped develop his players as both athletes and men.

So while Charlie Strong might no longer be the head coach at Texas, we should expect him to find another job — and thrive in it — very soon.

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

Antetokounmpo leads Bucks to win over Cavs Associated Press

MILWAUKEE — Giannis Antetokounmpo tied a career high with 34 points and the Milwaukee Bucks stunned the Cleveland Cavaliers 118-101 on Tuesday night.

Antetokounmpo added 12 rebounds and five assists while Milwaukee ended Cleveland’s four-game winning streak. Jabari Parker had 18 points and Michael Beasley had 17 off the bench for the Bucks.

LeBron James had 22 points for the Cavaliers, who fell to 13-3.

Kyrie Irving added 20 points.

Milwaukee led by 22 points in the fourth quarter and cruised past the defending champions, who benched their starters midway through the final period.

The Bucks outscored Cleveland by 14 points in the third quarter.

Cleveland rode hot early shooting to a 14-point first quarter lead, but Milwaukee closed on a 10-0 run and trailed by only two at the end of the period.

The hot hands of Antetokounmpo and Beasley sparked Milwaukee in the second quarter as the Bucks built an advantage of eight points before leading 58-54 at the half.

Friendly to a fault The Bucks took advantage of J.R. Smith’s affable nature for an easy dunk.

Right before an inbound play, Milwaukee’s Jason Terry stood up off the bench to say hello to Smith, sharing a handshake and hug along the baseline. Smith

was supposed to be covering Tony Snell, but with Smith mingling, Snell cut to the basket, received the inbound pass and dunked with nobody around.

Tip-ins Cavaliers: Channing Frye missed his second straight game following the death of his father on Nov. 24. He is expected to rejoin the team by Thursday. Iman Shumpert (left hamstring strain) returned to the lineup after a one-game absence. Cleveland’s bench totaled just five first-half points.

Bucks: Beasley, who entered averaging just more than eight points per game, scored 11 firsthalf points, connecting on 5 of 6 shots. Milwaukee shot 57 percent in the first half.

ncaa men’s basketball | wisconsin 77, syracuse 60

Badgers topple struggling Orange defense at home Associated Press

MADISON, Wis. — With big men who can pass and a veteran guard who can get on a roll from 3-point territory, Wisconsin has the tools to shred a zone defense.

Syracuse learned the hard way on Tuesday night.

Ethan Happ had 24 points and 13 rebounds, zone-busting guard Bronson Koenig scored 20 points and the 17th-ranked Badgers defeated the 22ndranked Orange 77-60.

Nigel Hayes added nine points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists.

“Shared the ball extremely well, were very unselfish. Made good adjustments,” coach Greg Gard said. “Just a group that’s getting closer and closer together, and as we get closer and closer together, the chemistry gets better.”

Koenig, the seasoned senior, was 6 of 9 from 3-point range, and the Badgers (6-2) shot 48 percent overall (11 of 23) from behind the arc against the Orange’s 2-3 zone.

Coach Jim Boeheim said his team was still learning the intricacies of the zone early in the season.

“Our defense was not good

the whole game, and our offense slipped in the second half,” he said. “But we just didn’t cover the shooters.”

Wisconsin led by as much as 17 in the second half before Syracuse (4-2) went on a 6-0 run capped by John Gillon’s layup with 11:25 left. Two Wisconsin turnovers in that span with Koenig on the bench gave Syracuse the opening.

Gard inserted Koenig back in the game and the Badgers went on a 7-2 run to retake a 16-point lead with 9:24 left.

Andrew White III led Syracuse with 14 points, but went scoreless in the second half after Gard assigned 6-foot-8 Hayes to defend the 6-foot-7 sharpshooter. DaJuan Coleman added 12 points.

With deft ball-handlers Happ and Hayes up front, Wisconsin gave Syracuse’s zone fits.

The 6-foot-8 Hayes found open shooters working from the high post. Happ expertly maneuvered around defenders in the low post for trademark baseline layups. Koenig softened up the zone from the perimeter.

Big picture Syracuse: White kept his team in the game early after

the Orange trailed by 14 midway through the first half. The transfer from Nebraska has fit in nicely as a go-to scorer from the perimeter, and his 6-foot-7 frame is well-suited for Boeheim’s zone. White was 4 of 6 from 3-point range in the first half, and Syracuse was able to chip away with Hayes and Koenig on the bench with two fouls apiece to get within 43-39 at halftime.

Wisconsin: Gard preaches ball movement and the importance of making the extra pass, both keys to playing the zone.

A senior-laden starting lineup also has the experience of facing different looks and pressure situations.

Lockdown Six-foot-3 guard Zak Showalter had the initial defensive assignment on White before the Badgers switched to Hayes after halftime.

“I wanted to make sure that I tried to get at least one steal where I just knocked it out of his hands,” Hayes said. “That way he’ll shield the ball when he comes off a screen. It makes it a little harder for him to catch and shoot it if he’s got the ball on his back hip trying to keep it away from me.”

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“We deserved to get the dagger on the three in the corner, we were just a mess,” Brey said.

“I tried to remind them that you aren’t going to beat a Big Ten team in the first half. They are going to make a run, they are a gifted offensive team, and I said it’s going to take 40 minutes. We had to get off to a good start in the second half, and I am really proud of that.”

Irish junior guard Matt Farrell, who committed five turnovers of his own in the half, said the team had to turn it around come the second half.

“I had way too many turnovers, that’s something I am not happy about,” Farrell said.

“I will be better with that. We were getting a little sloppy, and they went on that run to end the first half. We came in the locker room and regrouped and knew we had to take better care of the ball. I think in the second half we did a better job just executing and moving better, and that helped with the turnovers.”

Colson opened the second half with four quick points for the Irish, but his efforts were immediately followed by a 7-0 Iowa run as the Hawkeyes took a brief 52-50 lead.

The Irish immediately rebounded, pulling off a 10-0 run of their own, and did not concede the lead for the rest of the night. Brey said his team’s defense allowed it to take control in the second half.

“We defended early in the half, we got the ball to Bonzie at some spots, we executed some sets and I thought between our offensive execution and our defense, it gave us some breathing room again,” Brey said.

Down the stretch, the Irish converted four-straight field goals, pushing the lead to 81-65.

In the final three minutes, Notre Dame went a perfect 8-for-8 from the free-throw line, ending the day 30-of-33.

“The foul line is an unbelievable weapon for us,” Brey said.

“I think we are the best in the country from there. We get there, and then we capitalize when we get there.”

Irish senior forward and captain V.J. Beachem, who was perfect from the line on the night, also said that the team’s freethrow shooting will help the Irish throughout the season.

“The free throw line is a huge weapon for us,” Beachem said.

“That’s something, no matter what, we can keep throughout the season and that’s something we plan on doing.”

Notre Dame’s staunch defense gave them the victory, holding Iowa to 38 percent shooting on the night.

“I think defensively, we are ahead of schedule,” Beachem said. “Offensively, I think we can get better. We were really good down the stretch tonight, but finding ways to be consistent with our offense will be big for us.”

Most notably, Notre Dame held Iowa standout Jok to 15 points on 4-of-20 shooting after

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Irish junior forward Bonzie Colson looks to pass during Notre Dame’s 92-78 win against Iowa on Tuesday night at Purcell Pavilion. Colson had a career-high 17 rebounds and 22 points in the victory.

a 42-point outing in his previous game against Memphis. A combination of Vasturia and sophomore guard Rex Pflueger shut him down throughout the night.

“They were fabulous,” Brey said. “Rex Pflueger was fabulous. He really was chasing Jok most of the night. That is such a luxury, to have that guy come in, know who he is, just guard like a son-of-a-gun. That frees up Steve on the offensive end to take over the game when we

needed him to.”

The Irish also controlled the rebounding battle throughout the game, finishing with a 45-32 edge on the boards.

“We knew we were going to find our rhythm offensively, so we just needed to focus on defending better, rebounding better and that gets us going,” Colson said. “Just attack the glass. Every shot, me and Martin [Geben] are attacking and our guards are getting back.

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responded, however, as the Crusaders tied it up at 12:37 in the first period, thanks to Peter Crinella’s goal, and then took the lead off of junior forward T.J. Moore’s goal right at the start of the second. Notre Dame responded a little over 10 minutes later, as sophomore forward Joe Wegwerth slotted home a shot off assists from junior Jake Evans forward and freshman defenseman Tory Dello. The Irish then took the lead off of a power play a little over two minutes into the second period, when freshman forward Cam Morrison def lected a long range effort from junior defender Jordan Gross in.

In the third period, Bjork added an insurance goal at 4:40 with a moment of magic.

Ducking and weaving his way through three defenders, the forward skated to the bottom left circle, then ripped a shot across goal to give the Irish a 4-2 lead. Holy Cross pulled one back through power play halfway through the third, but were unable to find the equalizer, and sophomore forward Andrew Oglevie’s empty-netter with five seconds remaining, cemented Notre Dame’s trip

to the championship of the tournament.

It was a much different affair in the game against Clarkson, however. Although the Irish outshot the Golden Knights (8-5-3, 4-1-1 Eastern College Athletic Conference) 35-27, the offense could not find the back of the net, and Notre Dame went 0-7 on the power play. Clarkson grabbed a goal early in the first when freshman forward Devin Brosseau beat junior defenseman Luke Ripley and scored.

The second goal came from 4-on-4 action with 13:34 left in the second, as the Irish turned the puck over in their own zone, and Clarkson freshman forward Sheldon Rempal brought the puck around Irish junior captain Cal Petersen off of an assist from senior forward Troy Josephs. Notre Dame pushed to get on the board, and had a great chance with a 5-on-3 late in the third, but Clarkson freshman goalie Jake Kielly was stout throughout, making 35 saves on his way to being named the tournament’s Most Outstanding Player and picking up a shutout versus the Irish.

Notre Dame next plays this weekend as it travels to Amherst, Massachusetts, to take on UMass this coming Friday and Saturday.

Every time a shot goes up, just attack it. Try your hardest to get a rebound and be strong. That’s something Coach wants all of us to do.”

The 7-0 start is Notre Dame’s best since the 2010-11 season, and the Irish will look to extend their winning streak on Sunday against North Carolina A&T at 5 p.m. at Purcell Pavilion.

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Irish junior forward Brianna Turner drives toward the basket during Notre Dame’s 129-50 win over Roberts Wesleyan on Nov. 4. Turner currently has 999 career points. If Turner scores against Iowa, her 1,000-point achievement would come days after senior guard Lindsay Allen scored her 1,000th career point in Notre Dame’s win over Louisiana-Lafayette.

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the ball down and use the shot clock on offense a little bit more than I would like.”

Another area the Irish hope to improve is in their low-post offense, which begins first and foremost with Brianna Turner. The junior forward has seen increased attention from opposing defenses this season, as teams have both played her more physically and been quick to send help to force the ball out of her hands. McGraw said the Irish will look to get more creative to get her better looks offensively.

“She’s shown tremendous

toughness,” McGraw said of Turner. “I’m really pleased with the way she’s continued to be aggressive while people are being so physical with her — not just her [matchup] but everybody out there. She’s being double-teamed and triple-teamed, so there’s always somebody whenever she turns around. We’re working on some things to help her get free, some different sets that can get her the ball and different spots where she can be a little more effective.”

McGraw added that having had since Sunday to prepare for Iowa has allowed her team to prepare for the challenges the Hawkeyes present on both ends of the court and implement changes of their

own, including the sets designed for Turner.

“I’m just really glad we have two days of practice for this game,” McGraw said. “This is a difficult team to prepare for, so we had some things [Monday] that we definitely need to work on, and we really could use a little bit more time, but to have two practices and a shootaround, I think, gives us a good amount of time to work on things.”

One player Notre Dame will continue to be without is Ali Patberg. The sophomore guard missed all of last season with a torn ACL, and she has only been able to play in two games this year due to her being recently diagnosed with walking pneumonia.

McGraw said Patberg will be out for another week or two, and while she has handled the adversity well, her absence has been felt due to the difficultly in designing lineups without being able to plug her in.

“It’s really frustrating for everyone because we really want to try to give [senior guard] Lindsay [Allen] a rest, so now we’re trying to figure out if [junior guard] Mychal Johnson or [sophomore guard] Marina [Mabrey] can run the team,” McGraw said. “So they’re having to be thrown into a situation they weren’t quite ready for.

We didn’t think we were going to need them to do that this year, so it’s really in our

preparation — we have so many different lineups we have to look at now.”

Regardless, McGraw said she does think the Irish are in a good position at this point in the season, and she expects them to continue to move in the right direction with Wednesday’s contest.

“I think we’re in a really good place right now,” McGraw said. “I like where we are. I like how we finished the TCU game. We faced adversity in Houston and handled that pretty well. Our first true road game will be a pretty good test for us, but I think one we’re ready for.”

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Irish freshman guard Jackie Young leaps past a Redhawks defender during Notre Dame’s 129-50 victory over Roberts Wesleyan on Nov. 4 at Purcell Pavilion. Young scored 15 points over the course of the game.

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Men’s basketball | nd 92, Iowa 78

Irish top Hawkeyes in Big Ten/ACC Challenge

By R.J. STEMPAK Sports Writer

Notre Dame took down Iowa on Tuesday night 92-78, overcoming 14 turnovers on the night.

The Irish victory came as part of the Big Ten/ACC Challenge and improved the ACC’s record in the Challenge to 3-1.

“God, I am excited about our team,” Irish head coach Mike Brey said. “I love my team, there is a great toughness about them, they had game pressure on them, had to do tough stuff to win against a very good offensive team, and I think we grew some more. We grew in Brooklyn and grew in this situation. The thing I look at is the field-goal percentage defense against a gifted offensive team. A lot of guys made big plays to help us win.”

Junior forward and captain Bonzie Colson led the Irish (7-0) with 24 points and a career-high 17 rebounds. Senior guard and captain Steve Vasturia was close to notching a double-double with a 22-point, nine-rebound performance of his own.

Sloppy offense prevented the Irish from capitalizing on a

strong defensive performance in the first half. After Iowa secured the tipoff, neither team was able to get on the board until Vasturia nailed a 3-pointer two minutes into the contest. Just a minute later, Irish junior forward Martinas Geben took a seat on the bench after two quick fouls.

The game remained close in the first 10 minutes, with the Irish up 20-17 midway through the half. The Irish were able to extend the lead to 41-26 with just over three minutes left in the half.

Momentum completely stopped for Notre Dame, however, as it did not score for the rest of the half. The Hawkeyes (34) put together a 13-0 run, with Hawkeyes senior guard Peter Jok contributing seven straight to close to half. With 11 turnovers and only five assists in the first half, Notre Dame went into the locker room at halftime up by a narrow 41-39 margin. Brey, despite the rough finish to the half, said he knew his team was not going to pull away from Iowa in the first half. see M BBALL PAGE 10

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Irish junior guard Matt Farrell jumps into a defender during Notre Dame’s 92-78 victory over Iowa on Tuesday night at Purcell Pavilion. Farrell scored 16 points and dished out seven assists in the contest.

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ND readies for test in Iowa City

By BEN PADANILAM Associate Sports Editor

Over Thanksgiving break, the Irish hosted the seventh Shillelagh Tournament at Compton Family Ice Arena.

On Friday, No. 12 Notre Dame cruised to a 5-3 win over Holy Cross, but fell to Clarkson in the championship on Saturday, losing 2-0.

The Irish (7-5-2, 3-2-1 Hockey East) offense exploded in the first game of the tournament, as five different players tallied goals in the win. Junior captain Anders Bjork led the way with a goal and two assists, while junior forward Connor Hurley also had a goal and an assist. Hurley broke the deadlock just 3:46 into the first, as Bjork sparked a chance with a cross-ice pass to sophomore forward Dylan Malmquist.

Malmquist, in turn, dished it to Hurley, who f lipped it over the glove of Crusader goalie Paul Berrafato for the early lead.

Holy Cross (5-5-2, 2-2-2 Atlantic Hockey Conference)

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Irish junior forward Connor Hurley hustles up the ice during Notre Dame’s 4-1 loss to UMass-Lowell at Compton Family Ice Arena.

No. 1 Notre Dame w ill travel to Iowa to play its first true road test of the year Wednesday in the annual ACC-Big Ten Challenge.

The Irish (6-0) have played one game away from the confines of Purcell Pav ilion this season, but it was a neutral-site adventure in Houston against LouisianaLafayette on Nov. 22. This time, however, they travel to Iowa Cit y, Iowa, to take on the Hawkeyes (5-2).

“Iowa is a ver y young team,” Irish head coach Muffet McGraw said. “They have some really good post players. They have a senior who’s been ver y steady for them — I think she’s probably their most experienced player and probably their best player. But their young players are really talented, so I think this is a game where we’ve got to be ready to take their best shot. First true road game, so it should be interesting.”

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McGraw was referring to was guard A lly Disterhoft, who is the leading scorer for the Hawkeyes at 18.1 points per game this season. She and sophomore for ward Megan Gustafson — who is averaging 17.6 points per game over Iowa’s first seven games — have paced the Hawkeyes on the offensive end of the f loor this season. Given the success the inside-out duo has found for Iowa this season, they could pose problems for the Irish. McGraw noted the area the Irish have struggled in the most this season so far is slow ing dow n opposing offenses, which has kept them from increasing the pace of play as they would like at times.

“I think teams slow us dow n w ith their offense, and it’s hard for us to combat that,” McGraw said.

“Defensively, we need to tr y to press them a little bit more [and] tr y to force the tempo a little bit more. They can’t really stop our transition game, but they did slow see W BBALL PAGE 11