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University updates Title IX policy Two additional deputy Title IX coordinators hired; ‘alternative resolution’ process added as option

By KATIE GALIOTO Managing Editor

The University implemented a number of changes to its process of reporting and resolving cases of sexual assault, sexual misconduct, dating violence, domestic violence and stalking at the beginning of the academic year.

The changes included the hiring of two additional deputy Title IX coordinators, an increase in the role of the deputy Title IX coordinator in the administrative resolution process — which can result in disciplinary consequences

— and the new option of pursuing an “alternative resolution” in lieu of disciplinary action.

“We always get feedback about incidents that have occurred,” University vice president for student affairs Erin Hoffmann Harding said. “We’ve made a variety of changes trying to be responsive to what we’ve learned and how we can be more supportive of all students.”

These changes were rolled out in the midst of an unsettled lawsuit against Notre Dame filed in April by a former student — referred to as “John Doe” — alleging

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he was unjustly dismissed from the University less than a month before his graduation.

Doe was experiencing episodic depression and suicidal thoughts in the summer and fall of 2016, according to the original lawsuit, and sent related texts to his girlfriend — referred to as “Jane Roe” — over the course of months. Roe perceived the texts as sexual harassment and dating violence and reported the incidences to deputy Title IX coordinator Heather Ryan on Oct. 14, according to documents from a preliminary injunction hearing in the Northern District Court of

Indiana. After an investigation and subsequent administrative hearing, the University found Doe in violation of its sexual harassment policy and expelled him, with an opportunity to re-enroll at a later date.

The lawsuit alleges Notre Dame mishandled the case and conducted an investigation full of “procedural flaws, lack of due process and inherent gender bias, designed to ensure that male students accused of any type of sexual misconduct or harassment — concepts that do not apply to John’s conduct — are found responsible.”

Judge Philip Simon ordered the University to permit Doe to take his final exams in May, stating in his order following an April 28 injunction hearing that “the University’s limits on hearing testimony — particularly the application of its narrow witness standard — might be found to be arbitrary or capricious in several respects.” Notre Dame was required to grade Doe’s work, the order said, but it could still withhold his degree and ban him from campus pending the result of the case. see POLICY PAGE 4

Saint Mary’s professors encourage new minor

By GINA TWARDOSZ Associate Saint Mary’s Editor

Saint Mary’s has expanded its list of minors to make way for the start of something new: a musical theatre minor.

Specialist in costume design Melissa Bialko said in an email that she proposed the idea for the minor — which requires 17 credit hours — to her colleagues after years of polling students and alumnae.

“I presented the idea to my wonderful colleagues after several years of polling alums, and after hearing many times that students were interested in such a minor,” she said. “My colleagues in see MINOR PAGE 3

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Fr. John Jenkins speaks at a Mass on Bond Quad commemorating the trek Fr. Sorin made to Notre Dame, concluding Notre Dame Trail.

By LUCY LYNCH News Writer

175 years ago, on a snow y November day in 1842, Fr. Edward F. Sorin traveled more than 300 miles north from Vincennes, Indiana, to Notre Dame, where he developed his v ision for the Universit y. Over the course of 13 days, thousands of participants walked any where from 15-41 miles each day — some walking the full journey made by Father Sorin — to commemorate the founder’s journey, w ith the

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trek concluding Saturday morning.

In a Mass follow ing the venture, Universit y President Fr. John Jenkins said Sorin demonstrated resilience and showcased love in his determination to found the Universit y. He said the original dream constantly expands to include more indiv iduals interested in enhancing the mission of Notre Dame.

“That’s the way it’s always been w ith Notre Dame,” see TRAIL PAGE 3

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By TOM NAATZ News Writer

On Friday night, thousands of students and community members watched as a “five foot nothing, hundred and nothing” character slipped through a poorly secured gate and into the North Tunnel of Notre Dame Stadium. As he emerged from the tunnel, a wide expanse of green spread before him, anchored by two goalposts. Rows of bleachers ascended to the sky. The diminutive character, dwarfed by the arena that expanded around him, walked awestruck onto the field he was seeing in person for the first time.

Previously, this scene was a

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dramatization that existed only in the film “Rudy.” Yet on Friday night, that changed. Thousands of moviegoers relived the title character’s experience and viewed events from his vantage point as they attended Flick on the Field, a screening of the iconic Notre Dame movie on the stadium’s new video board.

For co-directors of student life on the executive cabinet of student government, Caitlin Murphy and Tim O’Connell, the event was a capstone to several months of planning and coordination between the administration and various student groups.

“We were approached about the idea by a couple of people our first few weeks,” O’Connell said. “We started to push it up in

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the next few weeks to vice president for campus events and security Mike Seamon, who immediately brought in higher ups in the administration.”

According to Murphy, collaboration was key.

“Intense planning started last week,” Murphy said. “Casey St. Aubin with the Division of Student Affairs was integral in planning the event.”

Most of the planning was handled by the administration and happened over the summer, Murphy said. He said he and O’Connell both envisioned an event reminiscent of last year’s presidential debate watch on South Quad. see RUDY PAGE 4

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music, dance and theatre were enthusiastic, and we moved forward, collectively agreeing upon the 17-credit hour music, dance, and theatre-based curriculum.”

Bialko said she credits her colleague for the establishment of the minor.

“Katie Sullivan, professor of acting, took all of our thoughts and composed our formal proposal, which was readily accepted by our friends on the Curriculum Committee and in Academic Affairs, who were necessary and helpful in this process,” Bialko said.

Sullivan said in an email that her students’ enthusiasm propelled the minor forward.

“We have known that our students love musicals and that there is always a really high turnout when we produce one, so we gathered that the interest would be there,” she said. “We also wanted to promote the interdisciplinary nature of this theatrical genre, which is a definite underpinning to the liberal arts tradition and philosophy that Saint Mary’s is built upon.”

Sullivan said the minor will feature a wide range of dance, music and theatre classes.

“There will be an assortment of selected and pertinent courses in singing and piano in order to develop one’s understanding of the structure of music and to help in being able to sight-read

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as a singer,” she said. “As well, there will be selected types of dance technique that are frequently used in musical theatre productions.”

The minor spans disciplines and trains students in the various components of theatre, according to Sullivan.

“Also required are an introductory acting course, a more advanced one focusing on musicals and a course on stagecraft so that students can learn some of the rudiments of getting a show actualized and on its feet, in terms of scenery, lighting, props, costumes and sound effects,” she said.

Dance professor Michele Kriner said in an email that students do not need to have advanced dance experience to minor in musical theatre.

“All levels of proficiency are welcome, from beginning to advanced,” she said.

Bialko said she feels the minor is important to the theatre program because it engages students in the arts.

“I think [the minor] is a new way to draw interest into our arts programs,” she said. “This is a joint program for music, dance and theatre, and it allows arts students to enrich their academics in a way we have not been previously able to offer.

However, we also intend this musical theatre minor program for students of any major or minor.”

Bialko said students with an interest in musical theatre who may not want to major in Paid Advertisement

theatre or the arts will find the musical theatre minor especially endearing.

“We want the student who was active in theatre in high school or loves musicals or simply wants an arts degree to be able to fulfill herself without having to commit to a major in theatre,” she said. “While most theatre majors double with other programs — and we create an especially flexible curriculum in order to accommodate doubling in other majors — we fully appreciate that the theatre major is not for everyone, whereas our 17-credit-hour musical theatre minor should be readily completable by students in any field. This is truly for the business or bio student that adores theatre but simply does not have the time for another major.”

Kriner said the minor will broaden students’ performance abilities and increase their knowledge for potential teaching careers.

“Musical theatre has been presented onstage at Saint Mary’s for years,” she said. “This minor will give students more tools and experience in musical theatre that can broaden their ability to contribute to musical theatre as an onstage performer or perhaps at a school that they might teach at in the future or their community after college.”

Sullivan said students will not need to have expertise in singing or dancing to minor in musical theatre. “[Students] will be learning

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how to do these things, and they will all start at different places with different strengths and weaknesses and different amounts of past experience,” she said. “All are equally welcome.”

Bialko said she hopes students have fun with the minor and also gather necessary skills to propel themselves into graduate education.

“I hope students gain an enhanced appreciation for the various skills needed for a successful life in the world of musical theatre, and I hope they simply have fun as well,” she said. “It is important to enjoy fun things and to enrich ourselves in terms of our passions, not only to move our careers forward.”

Sullivan said students should not worry about their expertise as stage performers.

“It is performance-based,” she said. “But one can certainly be going through it with the idea of getting generally knowledgeable about musical theatre. ... Starting very beginner is equally expected.”

Music professor Nancy Menk said those worried about the required voice and piano classes do not have to be expert singers themselves.

“The idea behind taking voice and piano is, even if you’re not a singer, you would learn how to talk to a singer,” she said. “If you’re working with a singer on the stage, you would understand what they’re doing. It doesn’t mean you have to become a great singer yourself.

Just knowing how the voice works and what’s important to

a singer will help you work with a singer.”

Professor Mark AbramCopenhaver said students who earn this minor will gain applicable life skills.

“You pick up with the skills you come in with and we expand upon that,” he said. “It’s analogous.”

Sophomore Sandy Tarnowski said she awaits earning a minor in musical theatre.

“I feel more included,” she said. “Not many people appreciate musical theatre all that much, and to have a program that celebrates musical theatre makes me feel more included in the theatre program and at college in general.”

Sullivan said she is happy to talk with anyone who is interested in learning more about the minor. She said the new musical theatre minor will teach students valuable skills, no matter which path in life they wish to pursue.

“Theatre, in itself, teaches one how to be creative, imaginative, collaborative, analytical, how to compromise, meet deadlines, organize one’s tasks and how to communicate,” she said. “Our new musical theatre minor will be no different in that respect, and those learned skills will be applicable and needed in all sorts of careers and work situations in which one may find herself over the years. Theatre teaches a person invaluable skills and readies a student for so many different paths in life.”

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for t hose who a re most v u lnerable.”

One trail participant, Sara K lepper, joined her mother, a ’77 alumna for a five-day pilgrimage north.

“For us, it was important just to come out and pay tribute to Father Sorin and the original founding of the University 175 years ago,” she said. “So to get back to our roots, the University’s roots and to celebrate Our Lady with family, friends and classmates was really special.”

Some walkers documented their experiences in an online journal that included the geographical trail description as well as the lessons learned throughout their journeys. In an August 27 entry, participant Timothy Deenihan said the trail aided in self-discovery.

“To go on this pilgrimage, I had to let go of who I was,” he said. “The same can be said for returning from it. ... We mustn’t spend our days, not even our hours, holding on to what we were. We have to let go, we have to choose a direction, left or right, so that we may become what we will be.”

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Jenkins said. “It began w ith a small group and a dream. And as they struggled to realize that dream, so many others joined them to be part of the Notre Dame family and to help. We celebrate and thank all those who made this Universit y what it is today.”

According to Jenkins, troubling events around the world concern him, particularly recent expressions of white supremacism. He encountered an article arguing that universities should promote openness to debate, rather than offer moral clarit y, he said.

“Perhaps, we here at Not re Da me, fol low ing in t he footsteps of Fat her Sorin, ca n of fer somet hing more,” he sa id. “We a re cer ta in ly committed to t hese epistemic v ir tues a nd t he pursuit of t r ut h, but at t his Cat holic universit y, we add to t hem ot her va lues, such as a commit ment to t he dig nit y of each a nd ever y person, a w illing ness to ta ke responsibilit y for t he common good a nd a specia l concern

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In creating the event, Murphy said she wanted to take advantage of the stadium’s new facilities.

“The jumbotron is brand new, and we asked, ‘How can we use it to create a spectacular student event?’” Murphy said. “There was also no football game this weekend, so we thought it would be a good event to hype up football to the freshmen.”

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An initial date for the trial has not been set.

Hoffmann Harding said she could not comment on an unresolved court case. Of the policy changes, however, she said similar revisions and improvements are made each summer.

“We try to learn from each and every situation where a student has been hurt or harmed and look at it every summer,” she said. “We’ve looked at it every summer since I’ve been in this role.”

For its most recent changes, she said Notre Dame looked to Baylor University’s newly-implemented model.

“Baylor’s system is one of the most recent that has had input … from the Office of Civil Rights, but also from outside folks with expertise in fairness and ensuring that we can be supportive of students involved in these situations,” Hoffmann Harding said.

Ryan said the University is in the process of hiring the two new deputy Title IX coordinators, who will collaborate with her to fill the position’s heightened responsibilities.

Instead of contracting work with external investigators as Notre Dame has done in the past, deputy Title IX coordinators will now conduct investigations by talking to the complainant and respondent, interviewing witnesses and examining information provided.

This change was made in response to student feedback about conversations with external investigators and the timeliness of investigations, Hoffmann Harding said.

“In some cases, [students] felt a bit less comfortable sharing information with an external investigator, as excellent and well trained as they are,” she said.

In the past, once an investigation was complete, a Title IX case was referred to the Office of Community Standards for a hearing. Now, a three-person panel — comprised of the deputy Title IX coordinator conducting the investigation, a member of the Office of Student Affairs and another individual from the Title IX office — will recommend a finding and outcome, Ryan said.

“Everything will happen much sooner than it’s happened in the past, in terms of timeline for a student who’s experiencing this,” she said.

In his injunction order, Simon pointed specifically to delays in the investigation and hearing

According to O’Connell, the event provided a bonding opportunity for new students.

“The date was targeted for freshmen,” O’Connell said. “We wanted to make sure they had something Notre Dame related to do on their first Friday night here,” O’Connell said.

For many students, the screening marked their first experience with the renovated stadium.

“I really wanted to see the new addition to the field,” freshman Caroline O’Callaghan said. “I felt

like it would be cool to sit on the field and watch the movie.”

With a large turnout, there was an undeniable sense of community amongst the attendees.

Sophomore Alice Felker explained that this aspect of the event was what drew her to attend.

“It’s a big community builder,” she said. “A lot of the student body came out to celebrate Notre Dame and be on the field.”

The film was marked with instances of cheering from the assembled crowd. During one

sequence that featured the “Notre Dame Victory March,” the student body clapped as it would during a football game. During the movie’s final moments, as the on-screen student body began to chant “Rudy! Rudy!” some of its real-life counterparts joined in.

But the loudest ovation of the evening came when Rudy, after being rejected from Notre Dame three times, was finally admitted to the University.

“When Rudy got his acceptance letter and everyone clapped, that

was really special,” Murphy said.

“I think we all felt the same way when we got our letters and just bringing that community together was a great moment.”

Murphy said the event represents the best of Notre Dame.

“We’re very thankful to everyone who worked the event,” Murphy said. “This really was an event that exemplified the spirit of the Notre Dame community.”

processes as merits to why Doe’s case had some likelihood of success, part of the burden of proof required for the order allowing Doe to take his exam. Simon wrote that in its handbook, the University sets a goal of finishing each case within 60 days of the initial report; the decision in Doe’s case was made 111 days later.

Additionally, Doe filed complaints against Roe in February that “evidently remain pending,” Simon wrote, preventing Doe’s allegations from drawing Roe’s character and credibility into question.

Now, Ryan said, after a final report is released by the investigative panel — stating whether or not a respondent is found to have violated University policy and recommending disciplinary action, if necessary — both the complainant and respondent have the opportunity to accept the outcome. If either party contests the decision, the case moves to an administrative review proceeding to determine if there was a procedural flaw, substantive new information or insufficient evidence to support the recommended finding — reasons for which the University accepts as grounds for review.

“This scope allows us to have an administrative review board really look at a case in a way that is comprehensive and really responding to student concerns,” Ryan said.

“They’d be able to still have an opportunity to speak in front of that panel and share information, ask questions.”

The administrative review board is now chosen from a pool of trained individuals from the University appointed by University president Fr. John Jenkins, she added.

In the past, a case review board consisted of three faculty and administrators, according to a transcript of the April injunction hearing. Simon discussed the review of Doe’s case in his order, referencing a “conclusory and dismissive denial by the Conduct Case Review Board” as another merit of the case to allow Doe to take his exams. Simon wrote that the board refused to consider Roe’s “cherry-picked” text messages and “evidence pertinent to Jane’s credibility and state of mind,” which could have qualified as reasons to remand the case to the Office of Community Standards before taking any disciplinary action.

Hoffmann Harding said in previous years, when a case came to the Title IX office, a complainant had two options: to pursue an administrative resolution, potentially dealing with disciplinary

consequences, or — if the deputy Title IX coordinator found no threat to the general community — to close the case. Now, complainants have the additional option of an “alternative resolution,” she added.

“This has the objective of stopping a behavior, but not necessarily going to that next step, a disciplinary outcome,” Hoffmann Harding said. “So it involves sharing the feedback … and then basically agreeing that it ceases and desists, but not necessarily taking that next step.”

Ryan said participation in the alternative resolution process would be voluntary for both parties and entail non-disciplinary outcomes, such as mediation, support services or a non-contact order. The goal of it all, she added, is to make the process more “restorative.”

“It’s going to be very individual, depending on the needs of the complainant and the nature of the concern,” she said.

This option was not available in October, when Roe made her

complaint against Doe. Ryan Willerton, Notre Dame’s vice president of career and professional development and former director of the Office of Community Standards, said the disciplinary outcomes were meant to be “educational,” while speaking about the old process at the injunction hearing in April. In his court order, Simon wrote that he did not find this testimony to be credible.

“Being thrown out of school, not being permitted to graduate and forfeiting a semester’s worth of tuition is ‘punishment’ in any reasonable sense of the term,” the judge wrote.

Hoffmann Harding said the University is always looking at ways to adapt policies and procedures to ensure it is “providing student care in the fairest and most compassionate way.” And despite the numerous changes made to the University’s process of dealing with Title IX cases internally, the process of reporting sexual harassment or misconduct remains the same, she added.

“I think it’s very important to realize that most things really haven’t changed in terms of getting support from confidential or nonconfidential resources,” Hoffmann Harding said.

The University introduced the changes in its summer training and Welcome Weekend programs and will continue to publicize them in other ways, such as the Moreau First Year of Studies courses. Ryan said she will be hosting a monthly “Lunch and Learn” series, where students are welcome to discuss and learn about the new policies.

“We’re trying to make it accessible and transparent for all of you so that students have enough choices and agency and the support they need,” Hoffmann Harding said.

“That’s truly at the underline of what’s driving all of this.”

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By NICK OTTONE Scene Writer

All through Kathryn Bigelow’s new film “Detroit” runs a strain of anger — the titular city a racially riotous powder keg sparked by a seemingly routine bar bust.

Working from a fiercely journalistic script written by common collaborator Mark Boal, Bigelow of “The Hurt Locker” and “Zero Dark Thirty” fame focuses her camera on a different war, the battle for America’s soul still raging through Ferguson, Missouri, and Charlottesville, Virginia, today: the struggle for justice alive in Detroit’s summer of 1967. However, despite its best intentions, “Detroit” rarely reaches the righteous evocative heights it seems so eager to reach, posing messy questions to society without the empathetic character work necessary to ground such difficult subject matter.

“Detroit” begins with a prologue explaining white flight and the worsening conditions in the city’s crammed homes. Soon, police break up an unauthorized bar where black vets are celebrating their long-awaited return, sparking riots that engulf the streets. Looting is rampant, and black politicians implore their constituents to cease destroying their own neighborhoods. The tensions in the city rise with every passing day, as officers like Phillip Krauss (Will Poulter) indiscriminately shoot unarmed black men with stolen goods. The Dramatics, a Motown band led by Larry Reed (Algee Smith), has their concert canceled, and Reed seeks refuge with his friend at the Algiers Motel. When a guest at the motel fires a toy gun at the police, Krauss and his partners unrelentingly interrogate and threaten every resident of the motel, while an on-duty black security guard, Melvin Dismukes

By OWEN LANE Scene Writer

All through Kathryn Bigelow’s new film “Detroit” runs a strain of anger — the titular city a racially riotous powder keg sparked by a seemingly routine bar bust.

Working from a fiercely journalistic script written by common collaborator Mark Boal, Bigelow of “The Hurt Locker” and “Zero Dark Thirty” fame focuses her camera on a different war, the battle for America’s soul still raging through Ferguson, Missouri, and Charlottesville, Virginia, today: the struggle for justice alive in Detroit’s summer of 1967. However, despite its best intentions, “Detroit” rarely reaches the righteous evocative heights it seems so eager to reach, posing messy questions to society without the empathetic character work necessary to ground such difficult subject matter.

“Detroit” begins with a prologue explaining white flight and the worsening conditions in the city’s crammed homes. Soon, police break up an unauthorized bar where black vets are celebrating their longawaited return, sparking riots that engulf the streets.

Looting is rampant, and black politicians implore their constituents to cease destroying their own neighborhoods. The tensions in the city rise with every passing day, as officers like Phillip Krauss (Will Poulter) indiscriminately shoot unarmed black men with stolen goods. The Dramatics, a Motown band led by Larry Reed (Algee Smith), has their concert canceled, and Reed seeks refuge with his friend at the Algiers Motel.

When a guest at the motel fires a toy gun at the police, Krauss and his partners unrelentingly interrogate and threaten every resident of the motel, while an on-duty black security guard, Melvin Dismukes (John Boyega),

(John Boyega), arrives on the scene soon after to find tragedy.

Bigelow constructs her plot and characters toward a killer second act, a remarkably tense sequence unparalleled in her filmography, narrowing down to one room, a handful of characters, and a clear power dynamic.

“Detroit” begins and ends as an expansive portrait of the city’s racial tensions, reveling in an objective documentarian view to expose and undermine institutions, but this second act sequence is essentially a horror and a survival tale. Poulter portrays Krauss as a thoroughly sadistic, racist cop, turning in a chillingly evil performance. Boyega’s Dismukes toes the line between law enforcement and the black victims, occupying a space of fascinating ambiguity. His character embodies the archetype of the “Uncle Tom,” yet it constantly affirms why his actions are instrumental to saving lives. Frequent Bigelow cinematographer Barry Ackroyd expertly places audiences within these terrifying scenes, and Boal’s script continually evokes comparisons to Ferguson and contemporary policy brutality cases to remind audiences that these atrocities still occur.

However, “Detroit” fails when it approaches the terror of racism. Throughout the film’s first half, Krauss dominates the picture, leaving audiences in search of a protagonist. Although Reed eventually fulfills this duty, the film immediately shifts into horror-movie mode, transforming the black guests of the motel into faceless victims. As an audience, we do not spend adequate time with Reed or Dismukes to allow a strong empathetic connection to form and, therefore, while we naturally fear for the lives of human beings on screen, we are given little beyond this as reason to care. The film

keeps concepts of racism and segregation abstract because of its imposed objectivism, which manifests as a somewhat cold emotional distance. Other films of racial violence, such as Ryan Coogler’s realistic “Fruitvale Station” and Jordan Peele’s heightened “Get Out,” thrive because of the empathy they build for their protagonists.

Perhaps Bigelow means to present a clear-eyed view of such violence, connecting the clear racism of the Algier Motel incident to more subtly racist mechanisms at work in the present-day criminal justice system. In this she succeeds, but the victims remain largely nameless, a mass of black bodies destroyed by white institutions, the problems destructive but abstract.

“Detroit” asks every audience member a simple question: Why? Why did this happen, and why do these events echo through history, reverberating through Ferguson and Charlottesville? Bigelow asks the messy questions necessary for a story such as this, even when the problem remains faceless, through utilizing her impressive skills with tension and suspense, crafting an alternately expansive and intimate epic that demands to be seen.

arrives on the scene soon after to find tragedy.

Bigelow constructs her plot and characters toward a killer second act, a remarkably tense sequence unparalleled in her filmography, narrowing down to one room, a handful of characters, and a clear power dynamic.

“Detroit” begins and ends as an expansive portrait of the city’s racial tensions, reveling in an objective documentarian view to expose and undermine institutions, but this second act sequence is essentially a horror and a survival tale. Poulter portrays Krauss as a thoroughly sadistic, racist cop, turning in a chillingly evil performance. Boyega’s Dismukes toes the line between law enforcement and the black victims, occupying a space of fascinating ambiguity. His character embodies the archetype of the “Uncle Tom,” yet it constantly affirms why his actions are instrumental to saving lives.

Frequent Bigelow cinematographer Barry Ackroyd expertly places audiences within these terrifying scenes, and Boal’s script continually evokes comparisons to Ferguson and contemporary policy brutality cases to remind audiences that these atrocities still occur.

However, “Detroit” fails when it approaches the terror of racism. Throughout the film’s first half, Krauss dominates the picture, leaving audiences in search of a protagonist. Although Reed eventually fulfills this duty, the film immediately shifts into horror-movie mode, transforming the black guests of the motel into faceless victims. As an audience, we do not spend adequate time with Reed or Dismukes to allow a strong empathetic connection to form and, therefore, while we naturally fear for the lives of human beings on screen, we are given little beyond this as reason to care. The film keeps concepts of racism and segregation abstract because of its imposed objectivism, which manifests as a somewhat

cold emotional distance. Other films of racial violence, such as Ryan Coogler’s realistic “Fruitvale Station” and Jordan Peele’s heightened “Get Out,” thrive because of the empathy they build for their protagonists. Perhaps Bigelow means to present a clear-eyed view of such violence, connecting the clear racism of the Algier Motel incident to more subtly racist mechanisms at work in the present-day criminal justice system. In this she succeeds, but the victims remain largely nameless, a mass of black bodies destroyed by white institutions, the problems destructive but abstract.

“Detroit” asks every audience member a simple question: Why? Why did this happen, and why do these events echo through history, reverberating through Ferguson and Charlottesville? Bigelow asks the messy questions necessary for a story such as this, even when the problem remains faceless, through utilizing her impressive skills with tension and suspense, crafting an alternately expansive and intimate epic that demands to be seen.

Contact Nick Ottone at nottone@nd.edu

“Detroit” Kathryn Bigelow Starring: John Boyega, Will Poulter, Algee Smith

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Rethinking political discourse

Inside Column

Twenty years in America

Christian McGrew Bridging the Gap

Susan Zhu Senior graphic designer

In 1882, the Chinese Exclusion Act was signed into law, and it was not repealed until 1943. A little over 50 years later, in the winter of 1998, my parents and I came to the United States from Tianjin, China, with no family and a limited proficiency in English. I was 2 years old.

The thing about children is that they are easily overlooked, but they still see everything. I might have been 4, but I could see that I was different, even at my diverse preschool. I might have been 5, but I could see the way native English speakers looked at my parents when they stumbled over their English — the pity and the impatience. I might have been 6, but I could see that I would spend my first few years in America speaking for my parents when they couldn’t find the words themselves.

I am 21 now, and next year will mark 20 years in the U.S. for my family. In that time, I have seen the hard work and energy my incredible parents have put in in order to build a new life in a completely foreign country, thousands of miles away from friends and family.

Joe Biden recently wrote an op-ed in which he stated that immigrants are once again becoming scapegoats.

This reality hits me particularly hard because there was a time in the last century where my family would not have been able to come to the U.S. There was a time when hideous and racist propaganda was distributed in order to paint Chinese people as vermin, as unintelligent and as slave labor. There was a time when Chinese people lived each day under constant scrutiny and discrimination.

We are currently suffering from a bout of what I call ‘Not Me’ syndrome, in which people are apathetic and even fearful to of the struggles of others because it does not affect them personally. It is a privilege to be apathetic right now, and it is a privilege that millions of Americans and I do not have. In a country where your neighbor, your teacher, your friend and your co-worker could be and probably are immigrants, the issues of rising discrimination and questionable policies are no longer ones you can and should ignore. Nearly every group of immigrants has played the scapegoat at some point — likely your own family has experienced it decades ago.

Immigration affects each and every one of us and is the bedrock of this nation.

Twenty years later and I love this country. Twenty years later and I am proud to be an immigrant, to be from a country whose people have once been hated and mistreated. Twenty years later and I am grateful for the thousands who came before my family in order to lay the groundwork, to demonstrate perseverance and to have made it possible for me to have grown up here.

I have a lot of hope for the future, even if it might feel a bit hopeless lately. My hope will grow as people slowly become more aware of the changing landscape and choose to speak up. Hate may hurt societies, but it is apathy that destroys them.

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.

Over the course of the past year, we have witnessed concerning trends regarding the status of free speech on college campuses. Controversial speakers face great difficulty to speak, often due to controversial tactics used by protesters. Such happenings have created an unfortunate paradigm on campuses across the country, where fear of being ostracized and shamed stunts the very intellectual growth that we came to university for in the first place.

In this collegiate drama, instigation and violence replace mediation and conversation. Naturally, many such events strike many people as intrinsically and explicitly wrong. In many ways, they are.

They communicate that violence works; that if you want to wield influence, you better sharpen your elbows, not your mind. They communicate that the university administration is the handmaiden of intimidation. Worse yet, they create a culture of polarization that warps in and victimizes innocent people who never intended to get involved in violence in the first place.

At Notre Dame, we are blessed to learn in an environment where violent protest is almost universally shunned and free speech is rightly cherished.

As such, we have a unique opportunity to shift the paradigm to create communities on campus that facilitate dialogue between political opposites; that value the intellectual power of learning from opposing views; that don’t squelch viewpoint diversity but celebrate it. After all, isn’t that what a university education is all about?

At BridgeND, we are seizing this opportunity.

BridgeND is one of several chapters across the US that fall under the umbrella of the parent organization, BridgeUSA. At its core, BridgeND aims to create a collaborative community that values viewpoint diversity, engages in virtuous discourse and broadens students’ intellectual horizons by exposing them to a variety of viewpoints and the scrutiny of having their own views challenged, rethought and refined.

In addition to hosting our own meetings and events where students from all across the political spectrum come together to discuss issues of national importance, we work with other campus organizations to create a more prolific political environment. For instance, in one of our signature events called the Melting Pot, we brought various student leaders together to debate the topic of immigration. In addition to College Democrats and Republicans giving their party platforms, GreeND (an environmental group) spoke about the potential of climate migration, Right to Life (the campus Pro-Life group) focused on the morality of the issue through a Catholic lens, Young Americans for Freedom evaluated the economic implications of immigration from a libertarian standpoint and Students for Worker Justice spoke on the working conditions for immigrants and the impact of immigration on low-wage workers and unions. In doing so, students left with an expanded understanding of

immigration, understanding that it’s not as simple as left versus right, and with consideration of brand new ways of looking at the issue.

To understand BridgeND, however, you must first understand what we are not. For instance, we are not a “free speech” organization. While we recognize its importance, free speech for its own sake will not cure the ills related to toxic political cultures on college campuses, and in many cases, when left unfettered, it can leave us further from the end in sight.

Instead, we take a more deliberate approach to create communities with dialogue that foster epistemic humility, broaden intellectual horizons and generates genuine understanding. We do so by promoting viewpoint diversity, challenging student preconceptions and engaging in responsible discourse.

Furthermore, we are not a “College Moderates” organization. The end of moderation is compromise, which differs from the end we have in sight. While compromise may at times be an outcome, ultimately what we strive for is not concession but understanding; not moderation but empathy. Moderation also implies a bias towards low intensity, where pacification comes at the price of passion. At BridgeND, we prize passion. Arguments infused with passion — even to the point of ferocity — are both expected and appreciated. Ultimately, we envision a community where people can develop a genuine and holistic understanding of different viewpoints, and in doing so become sharper and more thoughtful in expressing their own beliefs.

The deleterious trends against viewpoint diversity on college campuses around the country threaten not only the wellbeing and livelihood of innocent people, but also pose a looming danger to the very principles that this country is founded upon. The men who framed the Constitution saw heterogeneity as a creative force that would compel us not to hate each other but would enable us to think more productively about the problems of the day. For them, heterogeneity was not a vice but a virtue. In the best moments in our history, this is what we have done.

As we begin a new semester, let’s bear in mind the vision of the framers of the society in which we live.

The price of polarization is progress, and progress is much too high a price to pay in a time when we need it more than ever. So this is an open invitation for you to join our community at BridgeND this semester, as we aim to harness Notre Dame’s intellectual force to create a productive environment from which we can all benefit. We hope you will join us.

BridgeND is a bipartisan student organization that brings students from across the political spectrum together in discussions concerning public policy issues. The viewpoints expressed in this viewpoint do not necessarily reflect the opinion of BridgeND, but are the individual opinions of the author. Contact BridgeND at bridgend@nd.edu or follow them on Twitter at @bridge_ND The views expressed in this column are those of the author and not necessarily those of The Observer.

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Embrace the applause Lauren Fox Life Goes On

If you do something embarrassing in the dining hall, expect a round of applause from onlookers to soundtrack your reddening face.

Probably no one has escaped a dining hall fumble; so first-years, don’t worry too much when your time comes.

Someone may bump into you and a cause a full glass of chocolate milk to spill down your shirt.

Maybe you shatter one of NDH’s easily breakable new plates. You might miss your seat as you go to sit down and spill the contents of your tray all over your body.

All these things have happened, and may happen to you. Honestly, you’re on a ticking time bomb.

It only took my overconfident freshman self three weeks to break the tray return line.

I’d just finished my meal in North Dining Hall and was approaching the tray return. It was pretty full, except for one open slot that was about to turn the corner and disappear. I slid my tray onto it. Then, I

realized my phone and lanyard were on the far side of the tray.

At this point, the tray was about to turn the corner and head for the back. But I couldn’t just reach and grab my items. A half-full glass of water stood in the way of my arm’s reach. If I accidentally knocked it over, it’ll be my water-soaked, broken phone entering the garbage bin. So I decided to pull the whole tray back out right as it was reaching the corner.

I pulled out the tray ... and jammed it against the wall Immediately, the whole column of tray returns stopped, as the others continued their path.

Bang. The next column of trays crashed into the one I’d stopped.

I had no doubt the farce was now becoming a scene, but I kept my reddening face staring straight ahead at this jammed tray.

I began tugging hard.

Bang. A third line of trays collided to join the traffic jam. Plates and cups slid and spilled.

Finally, one mighty tug and bam, the tray came loose. I nearly fell backward from the force. My tray

and its contents, including my phone and lanyard, went crashing to the floor.

I bent down, pretending to put my food back on my tray, but mostly just cowering from sight. A shocked dining hall worker approached me and caught my eye.

I think he knew not to even bother reprimanding me.

I took a moment to collect and prepare myself to face what would inevitably be a sea of staring faces.

But as I turned, just one table full of upperclassmen was staring at me. Not laughing. Not judging. Not even sarcastically clapping. Just shocked, wide-eyed and gaping.

So feel free to clap the next time someone makes a blunder in the dining hall, but when your time comes, take the applause in stride, and remember that life goes on.

Lauren Fox is a junior PLS major who enjoys listening to summer hits of the 2000s and playing 500 rummy.

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A sonnet by any other name ...

Ray Ramirez The Crooked Path

One of the services we offer is providing quick and mostly accurate information regarding popular educational topics. In addition, I am a big fan of the ‘exception to the rule,’ especially when the exception holds a key to understanding great poetry.

Accordingly, I’d like to pose and answer the question: When is a sonnet not a sonnet?

I’ve always maintained that an educated person should know one’s alliteration from one’s assonance, and similarly have at least some passing knowledge of basic poetic forms, such as the sonnet. The sonnet traditionally consists of 14 lines organized into a rhyming pattern. Some sonnets are divided into two sections: an eight-line section, the octet, and a six-line section, the sestet. Often the octet/sestet form is used to set up a premise in the octet and a resolution in the sestet. The form was used by the Italian poet, Petrarch, and is known as the Petrarchan or Italian sonnet.

Shakespeare used the sonnet form to explore complicated ideas about life and love and the fate that awaits us all. He divided the 14 lines of the Italian sonnet into three four-line sections, called quatrains, and finished it with a two-line section, called a couplet, that typically delivered the moral or punchline. This form has become known as the Shakespearean or Elizabethan sonnet. The quatrain rhyme pattern is abab cdcd efef (where the letters represent words with similar rhyming sounds) and the couplet is gg.

One other bit of poetic housekeeping: Shakespeare wrote his sonnets (and most everything else) in iambic pentameter, which means that the rhythm of speech is of an unaccented syllable followed by an accented syllable (that’s the

“iambus” or the “foot”), and each line of the poem has five “feet” (that’s the pentameter). By way of example, here’s one of Shakespeare’s most famous sonnets, “Sonnet 116,” in classic Elizabethan sonnet form (e.g., three quatrains and a couplet): Let me not to the marriage of true minds / Admit impediments. Love is not love / Which alters when it alteration finds, / Or bends with the remover to remove: / Oh, no! it is an ever-fixéd mark, / That looks on tempests and is never shaken; / It is the star to every wandering bark, / Whose worth’s unknown, although his height be taken. / Love’s not time’s fool, though rosy lips and cheeks / Within his bending sickle’s compass come’ / Love alters not with his brief hours and weeks, / But bears it out even to the edge of doom. / If this be error and upon me proved, / I never writ, nor no man ever loved.

Shakespeare uses the first quatrain to explore the quality of true love to survive “impediments,” the second quatrain to propose love is constant in a changing world, and the third quatrain to claim that such love lasts forever. The poet “drops the mic” in the couplet by stating that if he’s wrong, then all his work was for naught, and no one ever really loved at all.

You now have enough basic information to spot the “problem” in “Sonnet 126:” O thou, my lovely Boy who in thy power, / Dost hold Time’s fickle glass, his sickle, hour; / Who hast by waning grown, and therein showest/ Thy lovers withering, as thy sweet self growest. / If Nature, sovereign mistress over wrack, / As thou goest onwards still will pluck thee back, / She keeps thee to this purpose, that her skill /May time disgrace and wretched minutes kill. / Yet fear her, O thou minion of her pleasure! / She may detain, but not still keep, her treasure: / Her audit (though delayed)

answered must be, / And her quietus is to render thee.

That’s right — it’s a sonnet in name only. This 12-line poem is six rhyming couplets, with nary a quatrain in sight. In fact, in the 1609 Quarto version of the sonnets, this sonnet is closed with two sets of blank parentheses, like so: ( ) / ( ). In typical literary criticism fashion, these two sets of parentheses have been the subject of endless debate and scholarly concern. Were they deleted as being too racy for Shakespeare’s time? Perhaps they indiscreetly revealed the identity of the youthful object of affection. I think they might just serve as placeholders for the missing two lines of the classic sonnet form and answer the proposition of the closing couplet of “Sonnet 116” in that they were “never writ.”

Why the break in poetic form? Shakespeare wrote more than 150 sonnets, and the belief of many scholars is that the first 126 seem to be addressed to a young man with whom Shakespeare was infatuated; the remaining sonnets appear to refer to a mysterious dark woman. This pivotal sonnet, which breaks with tradition and form, may well be Shakespeare’s valedictory to a love that society could not accept (“ … nor no man ever loved”), or it may be a farewell to his own ebbing youth. Nature — and the effects of time — may be delayed, but that account must eventually be settled. The continuing beauty and impact of Shakespeare’s poetry suggest that perhaps it’s only true love that can serve as our memorial.

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

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Horoscope | Eugenia Last Happy Birthday: Improve your relationships. Take part in what’s going on around you and look for ways to contribute to situations that will affect your home, family or the environment around you. Find a platform to voice your opinion and contribute to your beliefs. Question what isn’t working for you and replace it with something that will contribute to your success. Your numbers are 4, 17, 26, 29, 31, 38, 43.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): You make partnerships work. Don’t let anger set in. If you aren’t happy with someone or something, discuss matters openly and honestly. Sharing ideas will help you find a workable solution. Participate and stay active. Romance will improve your personal life.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): A trip or visiting an old friend or relative will result in interesting information about a place you used to frequent or a person you once knew. Make plans to visit memorable people and places.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Help others by providing unique ideas and solutions. Don’t feel like you have to contribute time or money to make a good impression. You may be faced with an emotional situation linked to a job prospect.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Plan a get-together. A gathering will give you a chance to catch up. A lifestyle change or checking out different cultures or beliefs will give you a greater incentive to enjoy life and do things your way.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Counter an emotional incident before it ruins your day. Deal with the problem quickly to ensure that you can resume what you are doing or trying to achieve. Putting up with excessive behavior will make matters worse.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Share your opinions and plans. You will make a positive impact on others through your passion, dedication and desire to do what’s right. Short trips will encourage you to make smart moves or personal changes. Do what’s best for you.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Don’t let boredom lead to temptation or a change that isn’t in your best interest. Find an outlet to fill in whatever you think you are missing. Set up a workstation at home that will encourage you to start a hobby.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Make changes to your living quarters that will inspire you to expand your interests or delve deeper into a creative project.

Look for ways to market what you have to offer. Trust in your judgment and recognize your talent.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): You’ll encounter problems if you are too generous with your time or money. Invest in what you want to accomplish. A change at home should be conducive to working on projects that will help cut your overhead or bring in more cash.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Rely on what you know you can do, not on what you hope someone else will do. Don’t feel obligated to help others when you should be putting your time and effort into self-improvements instead.

Set a standard and stick to it.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Stick to projects that you can do alone. The less interference you encounter, the easier it will be to get through your day without a blowout. Arguing will not solve problems, but time and patience will help you make better choices.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): An idea or skill you have can be turned into a lucrative business. Look for ways to market your talent and you will find an outlet. A partnership may tempt you, but consider whether you really need the help.

Birthday Baby: You are inventive, enthusiastic and unwavering. You are discreet and mysterious.

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Fresh faces to lead Mets’ future Elizabeth Greason Sports Editor

For any Mets fan, Jose Reyes is an institution.

The Dominican with the contagious smile began his career with the Mets in 2003 as a rookie, making his Major League debut at just age 19 — the day before his 20th birthday. The speedster is the Mets’ all-time leader in triples and stolen bases and is the three-time National League stolen base leader, from 2005-2007. The shortstop won the Silver Slugger in 2006 and was the National League batting champion in 2011, before the Mets traded the icon to the Miami Marlins.

After jumping around the MLB for a few years, Reyes returned home to the Mets in 2016, slightly worse the wear, both on and off the field. The 34-year-old, while certainly still the same colorful personality he had been in his first stint with the Mets, prompting the same old “Jose” chant whenever he enters the batter’s box, had also battled minor injuries over time. And his primary asset, his wheels, had begun to fade with age, as speed does.

Enter Amed Rosario.

The shortstop signed with the Mets in 2012 as an international free agent and quickly became the talk of the entire Mets organization — the Mets’ top prospect, the future star.

Rosario made his Major League debut on Aug. 1 of this year, and has, so far, not disappointed. He has four home runs, eight RBIs and 23 hits in the less than one month he has been playing on the Major League stage for a struggling team.

The bold shortstop has also stolen four bases this month and been caught stealing just twice, leaving many — myself included — feeling as if the Mets found their new Reyes.

Of course, the Mets are a mess all over the place.

Reyes — who, although a shortstop in the past, has been playing third base due

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to the loss of David Wright — is one of very few the cogs in the wheel that is still working — but as with all players, he is starting to rust with age. There is a significant amount of maintenance that needs to be done for the Mets to have a successful future.

Dominic Smith is another integral aspect to the Mets’ future. The highly-touted prospect is another homegrown Met, like Reyes and Rosario. He made his Major League debut days after Rosario this season, on Aug. 11 against the Philadelphia Phillies.

W hile hitting just .184, Smith has driven in six runs and homered three times in his three weeks in the big leagues.

Like Rosario, Smith is one of the bright spots in the Mets’ future. W hile Rosario can replace the speed Reyes once had, Smith can bring the power. The Mets traded three home-run hitters this season in Curtis Granderson, Jay Bruce and Lucas Duda — they need to regain some of that with Smith.

Despite the downward trend of the 2017 season for the Mets, the future could be looking up. With Rosario and Smith gaining experience now and Michael Conforto poised to continue performing as he has this season — which earned him a spot on the All-Star team — the Mets could be in a position to do something special this offseason. W hile this is a trend for the Mets — struggling throughout the season, rebuilding slightly, going into a new season with inf lated hopes and entering the AllStar break looking for trade opportunities — the future could be something different. Rosario and Smith are different. They have been waiting in the wings; they’re homegrown and they are ready to make something happen.

Contact Elizabeth Greason at egreason@nd.edu The views expressed in this Sports Authority are those of the author and not necessarily those of The Observer.

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Hoskins homers again, Phillies defeat Cubs Associated Press

PHILADELPHIA — Bighitting rookie Rhys Hoskins homered yet again — and he added a game-changing diving catch to his repertoire.

Hoskins went deep for the fifth straight game, and his stellar grab started a triple play in the fifth inning, leading the Philadelphia Phillies to a 6-3 victory over the Chicago Cubs on Sunday.

“Their guy (Hoskins), who’s going to the Hall of Fame next week, makes another play,” Cubs manager Joe Maddon said. “He beats you with the bat.

He beats you with the glove.”

Hoskins led off the eighth with a drive to left-center to give him 11 home runs in his first 18 games over 64 at-bats, becoming the fastest in major league history to reach 11 homers. Yankees Shane Spencer and Gary Sanchez, who previously shared the mark for fastest to 11 homers, needed 81 at-bats.

Hoskins, who has 24 RBIs, was called up from Triple-A Lehigh Valley on Aug. 10. He’s batting .297 and slugging .828, with 11 walks and 13 strikeouts.

“I don’t think I’ve ever seen a

young guy look that profound at home plate,” Maddon said.

“Look at his walk to strikeouts.

That’s the part that tells me he can sustain, not necessarily this pace, but he can sustain because he doesn’t strike out.

He will accept his walks. He doesn’t expand the strike zone.

He uses the whole field. He’s a big guy with short movements to the ball. Pretty impressive.”

Hoskins’ only blemish was a seventh-inning error after moving to first base.

“He made an error finally at first base to prove he is actually human,” Maddon said.

Hoskins is taking his early success in stride.

“Is anyone having deja vu?” he joked. “To be honest, I’m just coming to the ballpark every day with the same mindset. Good stuff just keeps happening.”

Nick Williams also homered for the Phillies, who have gone deep in nine straight games, hitting 20 homers over that span.

Nick Pivetta (5-9) allowed three runs on six hits in five innings to get the win. Hector Neris worked a perfect ninth for his 16th save in 19 chances.

Anthony Rizzo had a pair of

RBIs for the NL Central-leading Cubs, who began play three games in front of Milwaukee.

The Phillies had a fifth inning to remember.

Rizzo walked and Tommy La Stella singled to begin the frame. Javier Baez then hit a sinking liner to left, and Hoskins made a diving catch.

Hoskins dropped the ball while transferring it out of his glove, but third base umpire Jerry Layne ruled right away it was a catch. Hoskins threw to second to double off Rizzo, who already was on third base, and second baseman Cesar Hernandez threw to first to get La Stella, who was caught in between first and second.

“The key to the game was when I put on the triple play sign,” Phillies manager Pete Mackanin joked. “Without question, anytime something like that happens, it kind of gets everybody’s energy up.”

Maddon challenged Layne’s ruling that it was a catch, but the call was upheld after a replay delay of 2 minutes, 29 seconds.

Philadelphia capitalized on the momentum-changing play with five runs in the bottom of the fifth off John Lackey (10-10).

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Johnson rallies to defeat Spieth in playoff Associated Press

OLD WESTBURY, N.Y. — Dustin Johnson faced long odds all day against Jordan Spieth until the longest drive led to an unlike playoff victory Sunday in The Northern Trust.

Johnson rallied from a fiveshot deficit on the front nine.

And on the final hole in regulation, after one of the most powerful players in golf chose to lay up from the rough, his 18-foot par putt swirled around the cup and fell in the back side for a 4-under 66 to force a suddendeath playoff.

Returning to the 18th hole, Johnson felt the wind switch and took on the lake with a 341yard tee shot — the longest of the week on that hole — that left him a lob wedge that he hit to 4 feet.

Spieth, who already made his share of big putts along the back nine at Glen Oaks, hit 7-iron to the back collar and missed his 25-foot birdie putt. Johnson

rolled in his short birdie putt for his fourth victory of the year.

Spieth, who closed with a 69, lost for the first time in six tries when leading by at least two shots. There wasn’t much he could do except take back that tee shot into the water on the par-3 sixth hole after building a five-shot lead. Johnson played bogey-free in the final round, and played his final 29 holes at par or better.

“I didn’t lose the tournament,” Spieth said. “He won it.”

The opening FedEx Cup playoff event featured two of the biggest names in golf who put on an amazing show on Long Island.

“I thought that was a fun show,” Spieth said. “I was hoping it wasn’t going to be that much fun.”

Johnson made up a five-shot deficit in five holes, and they battled along the back nine with big shots and big moments. They were tied on the par-3 17th when both hit into

a bunker, and Johnson blasted out to 4 feet with an easier shot and angle to the hole. Spieth had 18 feet for par and knocked it in, like he always seems to do.

On the closing hole, Johnson showed the kind of golf I.Q. that belies his simple outlook on life. After he sliced his drive up the hill and into a nasty lie in the rough, he chose to lay up instead of trying to hammer a shot to an elevated green.

But he made it pay off with a par, that got him into the playoff after Spieth lagged a 75-foot putt perfectly to get his par.

They finished at 13-under 267.

Johnson won for the first time since he wrenched his back during a spill down the stairs that knocked him out of the Masters and derailed his dominance in golf. He had won three straight tournaments against strong fields until that injury.

“I feel like the game is finally back in form like it was before the Masters,” Johnson said.

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down to injury in the middle of last season. She finished the match with 49 assists.

Four Irish players finished the match with double-digit kills: sophomore hitter Jemma Yeadon, junior hitter Rebecca Nunge, senior middle blocker Sam Fry and senior outside hitter Sydney Kuhn. Yeadon and Kuhn each picked up doubledoubles, with 19 and 16 digs apiece, respectively.

Saturday, the Irish had two matches — the first of which came against Rhode Island. Irish head coach Jim McLaughlin mixed up his starting lineup, most notably giving junior middle blocker Kristin Baer her first career appearance and start. McLaughlin also inserted outside hitters Lauren Woodard, a sophomore, and Maddie Plumlee, a senior, into the lineup.

The Irish took control from the start, controlling the first set and getting up 12-5 early en route to a 2513 set victory. Baer recorded her first career kill, and then recorded two more, putting her at three-for-three on the attack, the mark at which she finished the day. “[Baer] did wonderful,” McLaughlin said. “I should have put her back in [at the end of the match] — she hit 1.000, she was three for three. … It was just a decision made for the team, but I should have put her back in, and she’ll get more time [in the future].”

The Irish handled the second set in similarly easy fashion — putting the Rams (0-3) away 25-14. Woodard and Fry each went on runs in the game, ending with seven kills apiece. McLaughlin said he has been impressed with the exponential progress Woodard made throughout the spring and over the course of the summer.

“She had a really good spring, and I went back to spring and I think the first two weeks I was worried, I was concerned,” McLaughlin said. “Her pace of learning was f lat, and I talked to her about it and she became more mindful, knowing what her body was doing, knowing what she wanted it to do, had more awareness of what she needed to do to improve and then had a little task list and really was very deliberate about it. And then, once she started making progress, it became a little bit more contagious, and then you do that forever in your life. You just keep getting better. You keep learning, and I think she’s figured that out.”

Outside hitter Hannah Thompson and setter Monroe Olsen, both

freshmen, also saw their first career action in Notre Dame uniforms against Rhode Island. Thompson recorded one kill, three blocks and an assist in the match, while Olsen picked up 12 assists and a dig. McLaughlin was happy with the pair’s first performance.

“Any time you can get two or three freshmen on the f loor, it’s a great thing,” McLaughlin said. “Some people, it’s the first time they’ve ever put on a Notre Dame uniform and played, so it’s hard, it’s different.

Game day is different than practice, and they responded. They’ve got to get better, but I think for the first time out, just good composure, they played hard, they responded and they’ll get better.”

The Irish put the Rams away in the third set, 2521, and Fry and Woodard each finished with 12 kills.

Woodard also recorded eight digs and two service aces, while DeJarld notched 29 digs, earning her the spot as the Invitational MVP after Friday’s record-setting performance.

Saturday night, the Irish closed out the Golden Dome Invitational against New Mexico State. Notre Dame dropped the first set to the Aggies (2-1), but battled back quickly, taking the second set, 25-19.

“We lost the serve and pass, they passed better than we did, then we made seven unforced errors,” McLaughlin said on the first game. “And then game two, we passed better than they did, and we made no errors and they made some errors, so I think we just controlled the ball better, serve and pass and then took better swings.”

In the New Mexico State

matchup, McLaughlin returned some of his more familiar faces to the starting lineup, with Yeadon, Kuhn and junior middle blocker Meg Morningstar getting the nod.

Yeadon made her presence known in the second set, lighting up for seven kills in that set alone. Nunge also made a statement at the tailend of the set, dropping in back-to-back-to-back kills, followed up by a block that dropped in for set point.

The Irish handled the Aggies in two more close sets, 25-23 in the third and 25-21 in a fourth set in which they had to fight back, giving them the sweep of the Golden Dome Invitational.

“There were some ebbs and f lows. We weren’t shaken by it when [New Mexico State] got hot,” McLaughlin said on the fourth set. “We held the course, and it came back our way and the girls made some good plays.”

Yeadon finished the match with 20 kills, breaking her previous career-high of 18 kills in a match.

“Everything we do in practice, we just have to work on implementing it in games, so all we can do is get better, so we just have to hope that’s what keeps happening,” Yeadon said of the accomplishment. “ … I definitely feel [confidence] in myself.

I think I’ve had some good preparation.”

Yeadon was named to the all-tournament team, alongside Nunge and tournament MVP DeJarld.

The Irish will next take the court Friday at 11 a.m. against VCU at the BGSU/ Toledo Invitational in the Stroh Center in Bowling Green, Ohio.

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Irish sophomore forward Jennifer Westendorf dribbles up field during Notre Dame’s 5-4 loss to SIU Edwardsville on Nov. 11.

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back, giving us very consistent play. Brooke Littman was great in goal as well. She made some nice saves for us Friday and now she has three shutouts in her first four games.”

On Sunday, Notre Dame wasted no time taking the early lead against the Hawkeyes. In just the twelfth minute, Westendorf took a corner kick that ultimately made its way to junior defender Sabrina Flores who netted her first goal of the season and gave the Irish the 1-0 lead. One minute later, sophomore forward Natalie Jacobs was able to draw a foul in the box, setting up for a penalty kick that she was able to capitalize on, helping pad a lead that the team would not give up the rest of the way. Despite a strong effort by Iowa in the second half, the Notre Dame defense stood strong and Littman picked up her third shutout.

While it was a generally positive weekend, coach Romagnolo realizes there are some things her team can stand to improve on moving forward in the season.

“We need to work on connecting more of our passes

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so we can control the game,” Romagnolo said. “Beyond that we have to work on executing in front of the goal.

On Sunday we got after them early and took our foot off the pedal. While we showed some nice flashes we need to be more consistent moving forward, but overall we walk away with a positive weekend.”

As the team moves on, the next challenge awaiting them comes this coming weekend when South Carolina and Santa Clara come into town for the Notre Dame Invitational. Romagnolo hopes to take what they learned this weekend and improve upon it as this team continues to learn its identity early on in the season.

“I think there’s a lot of potential with this team. We’re still in the process of figuring out who we will be and what our identity is, how we will compete and play and what our mentality will be like …

We want to work on keeping the ball and controlling more of the game. Creating more quality chances and executing while also staying defensively organized and disciplined will put us in good shape.”

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Irish captain and senior forward Jon Gallagher speeds past a fallen defender during Notre Dame’s 2-1 overtime victory over Cal Poly on Sunday at Alumni Stadium. Gallagher leads the team in shots this year.

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to play well, and I thought we played superbly well in the first half. We connected our passes, we made some pretty good chances but didn’t take them, and got our goal on the penalty kick. “ … We let them hang around, and they came out and went very direct, tried to knock everything in behind us, and that caused us some problems. It gave us something different to deal with, they stopped trying to pass their way through and tried to knock their way through. I thought the whole back line — [senior] Patrick Berneski, [graduate student] Matt Habrowski, [juniors] Sean Dedrick and Felicien Dumas — the whole four in the back handled it pretty well.”

Although Notre Dame came out on top, the Irish had to consistently work around the Toreros’ defense before penetrating through. San Diego

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notably kept an eye on Irish senior forward Jon Gallagher, but Clark said he is confident Gallagher will deal with the pressure.

“Jon did well,” Clark said. “He still caused trouble, and he had his moments. He is going to be a marked man, it’s something he has to live with [because] he has the reputation now. You know, Messi, Ronaldo — when they’re playing every week, that’s what they deal with. Jon will handle it, and that should open up space for other players as well.”

Against Cal Poly, Gallagher found a bit more space to work with. The wreigning ACC Offensive Player of the Year fired off a record 14 shots against the Mustangs (0-2-0), but none found the back of the net, mostly due to strong goalkeeping by Cal Poly juior Simon Boehme.

After Dumas and Farina connected on another cross and header to give the Irish a lead in the eighth minute, Boehme — who made 12 saves — denied the Irish again and again to ensure the game remained close. While the Irish outshot the Broncos 30-11 and kept the ball in their opponent’s half for most of the game, Cal Poly made the most of their opportunities.

The Mustangs tied the game at one in the 83rd minute when a saved shot by graduate student goalkeeper Chris Hubbard rebounded out of his reach, allowing Mustangs junior midfielder Jose Rivera to slot the ball into the back of the net and send the game into overtime. While the Irish had many chances but few results, Clark said he liked what he saw from the offense.

“They make chances,” Clark said. “When a goalkeeper has that many saves, you know you’re getting offense and making opportunities. I think we could’ve had more goals, but as long as we have one more than the opposition, I’ll settle for that.”

And that one goal the Irish needed came in overtime. Just after the start of the second overtime period, Farina took a pass at the top of the box from Habrowski and sniped a shot from just inside the box past Boehme, giving the Irish a golden goal and a dramatic 2-1 victory. Evidenced by Farina’s three-goal weekend, Clark said having the senior back in the lineup brings a major boost to the team, as does having a great pitch to play on.

“He’s been fantastic all preseason,” Clark said. “When we lost him last year … we struggled to put things together, so it’s great having the big man back. He and Jon are a tremendous tandom. We’re a passing team, and so full marks to [the grounds crew] — this is the best shape the field’s ever been in.”

Next up, the Irish hit the road to face UConn on Saturday at 7 p.m. at Morrone Stadium.

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ND secures pair of wins to begin season

By MEAGAN BENS and JOE EVERETT Sports Writers

Notre Dame started off its regular season on the right foot this weekend by winning the 2017 Mike Berticelli Memorial tournament inside Alumni Stadium after victories against San Diego and Cal Poly. While Indiana also won both of its tournament games, the Irish officially won on total goals, 4-3, clinching their eighth victory in tournament history.

Coming into the weekend after a successful preseason, the Irish (2-0-0) continued to make their mark with a 2-0 victory against the Toreros (0-2-0) on Friday night. Outshooting their opponent 17-2, the Irish dominated on their home field.

Senior Kyle Dedrick caused chaos in the Toreros’ box, forcing a deflection off the hand of a San Diego defender. In the 41st minute, junior defender Felicien Dumas marked his first career goal after taking the penalty kick, giving the Irish a 1-0 lead.

For the remainder of the first half, the Toreros struggled to gain possession and create any

possible chances, registering zero shots in the first 45 minutes. Returning the field after halftime, San Diego played more direct and tried to get the ball behind the Irish, but Notre Dame’s defense held firm. In the 82nd minute, San Diego had a promising shot towards the left post, but the ball sailed over the crossbar.

With the game still up in the air, Notre Dame claimed their victory with another goal in the 84th minute. Sophomore Tommy McCabe connected with Dumas on the left wing, and he crossed it to unmarked senior forward Jeff Farina at the right post, who headed the ball into the net for his seventh career goal.

Building upon their winning streak, Irish head coach Bobby Clark said he continues to be pleased with his team’s performance.

“You’re always hoping you will play well because we haven’t really seen both of the teams coming in here [in San Diego and Cal Poly],” Clark said. “They’re kind of coming in unseen. But the thing was see M SOCCER PAGE 11

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Irish senior forward Jeff Farina battles with a defender for positioning for a header during Notre Dame’s 2-0 win over San Diego on Friday. Farina scored three goals in two games for the Irish over the weekend.

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Notre Dame perfect in opening tournament

Defense leads Irish to victory

By ELIZABETH GREASON

By ALEX BENDER

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The Irish opened their season by hosting — and sweeping — their annual Golden Dome Invitational on their home court, though not within the familiar confines of Purcell Pavilion, but instead the Compton Family Ice Arena.

Notre Dame (3-0) began its season Friday evening against Valparaiso. The Irish put away the first two sets easily, 25-16, 25-19. While the Crusaders (1-2) managed to squeak past the Irish in the third by just two points, Notre Dame battled back in the fourth set to put the match away.

Junior libero Ryann DeJarld tallied 38 digs, the most by any Notre Dame player in a four-set match, and senior setter Caroline Holt made her first appearance since going

Facing off against Minnesota and Iowa, No. 24 Notre Dame walked away from its weekend trip to Iowa City with a tie and a win, respectively, moving the team’s record to 2-0-2 on the season.

Action got underway Friday night when the Irish took on Minnesota in the first leg of back-to-back Big Ten match ups. The start of the game saw sophomore goaltender Brooke Littman face some good chances from the Golden Gophers (2-0-2), but she was able to stave them off and keep the game scoreless.

To start the second half, the Notre Dame offense was firing on all cylinders, creating a number of close chances that came up just short. But in the 56th minute, it was sophomore Jennifer Westendorf who broke the deadlock. The forward took a pass from freshman forward Eva Hurm and buried it in the

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Junior libero Ryann DeJarld returns the ball during Notre Dame’s 3-1 win over Valparaiso on Friday at Compton Family Ice Arena.

back of the net, picking up her second goal of the season. The lead would hold for another 15 minutes before Minnesota sophomore Nikki Albrecht was able to get one past Littman, marking the first and only goal she has given up all season.

Play throughout the rest of the game was ultimately not enough to give either side the decisive goal, resulting in a 1-1 tie after a 110 minutes.

Despite being able to walk away from Sunday’s afternoon contest against Iowa (2-1) with a 2-0 win, Irish head coach Theresa Romagnolo was actually more pleased with Friday’s performance, pointing out the strong play of a number of team members.

“Offensively I think as a group we were better Friday, maybe being a little fresher, presenting some nicer attacks,” Romagnolo said. “I thought [junior defender] Rachel Heard had a great weekend in the see W SOCCER PAGE 10