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Guest speaker defines military history Lecture examines war dynamics from multiple perspectives, role of war in European history By NICOLE SIMON News Writer
Jesse Kauffman, associate professor of histor y at Eastern Michigan University, presented a lecture on the nature of militar y histor y and the role of war in European histor y in DeBartolo Hall on Monday. Kauffman said his definition of militar y histor y aids him immensely in his approaches to teaching and conducting research. “It can be ver y difficult to define with any kind of precision or clarity exactly what militar y histor y is,” Kauffman said. “I think it can help clarif y things by dividing militar y histor y into
three distinct, but overlapping subfields.” At one end of the spectrum is operational histor y, Kauffman said. Once the sole branch of militar y histor y, operational histor y has come to encompass just one aspect of militar y histor y as it is known today, he said, and it refers to the classic, detailed narrative of battles and large militar y formations on battlefields. “It has an important role to play within the role of militar y histor y and within histor y more generally,” Kauffman said. “Operational histor y enriches our understanding of the dynamics of see MILITARY PAGE 4
BAVO director prepares to take on new role By COLLEEN ZEWE News Writer
After eight years directing the Belles Against Violence Office (BAVO), aiming to raise awareness about and prevent acts of violence and sexual assault, Connie Adams is leaving Saint Mary’s. Adams accepted a position with Green Dot, a bystander intervention training program BAVO itself implements, according to an email vice president for student affairs Karen Johnson sent to the College community Jan. 24. BAVO’s student volunteers reacted to the news with both pride in Adams’s new position and sadness about her departure, senior and member of BAVO Jessica Ladd said. Ladd said Adams has served as a role model for her. “She has been a visual
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representation of the kind of social worker I want to become,” Ladd said. “I admire her uplifting personality, her love for [Saint Mary’s] and the students and her dedication to the work she does.” Ladd said Adams’ work in BAVO has involved counseling, conducting bystander intervention training, establishing awareness programming and the helping to organize the annual Take Back the Night event, in which members of the community march together in protest of sexual assault. Ladd said though the office will be different without Adams’s assistance, she and other student volunteers will have the opportunity to take on more leadership roles. Senior and member of BAVO Katie Long said Adams is working hard to ensure a smooth transition when see BAVO PAGE 3
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Jesse Kauffman lectures about his definition of military history by presenting three perspectives in which one could classify military history. He also discussed the impact of war on Monday in DeBartolo Hall.
Senior Class Council hosts guacamole competition By LUCY LYNCH News Writer
Senior Class Council will host a “Guac Off” event at Legends of Notre Dame on Wednesday night at 7 p.m., where teams of seniors will compete to create the best guacamole. The event is open to taste testing from all grades, and the senior class
judges will be determined via raffle at the event. Senior class vice president Janet Stengle, who helped organize the event with Campus Dining and Legends, said she has received positive feedback about the competition. “Campus Dining was really enthusiastic about the idea,” Stengle said. “Legends has
been great. They are providing fresh ingredients and all the materials needed.” The 10 teams are comprised of up to three people, and each will receive its own station with the basic ingredients Legends provides, including avocados, tomatoes and cilantro. Stengle said see GUACAMOLE PAGE 4
College’s Dance Marathon sets fundraising goal By MARIA LEONTARAS News Writer
Dance Marathon — the culmination of Saint Mary’s year-long fundraising effort for Riley Hospital for Children in Indianapolis — consists of more than 12 hours of standing, but even the planning phases keep the organization’s members
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on their feet. This year’s Marathon will take place on April 7, and with the date rapidly approaching, the club is still working to reach its goals, club president and senior Meg Brownley said in an email. “This year’s goal is to surpass last year’s total, which was around $133,000,”
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Brownley said. “We are doing well, but we are always looking for more people to get involved and fundraise for this incredible cause.” Dance Marathon will continue to raise money through different campus events and fundraising push days leading up to the event see MARATHON PAGE 4
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Designer explores sources of inspiration By COURTNEY BECKER News Editor
Visiting design lecturer Brook Kennedy spoke about the value of draw ing from the env ironment for ideas in the field of industrial design Monday during a talk sponsored by the Art, Art Histor y and Design program at Notre Dame. Kennedy, an associate professor of industrial design at Virginia Tech, said his work primarily focuses on solv ing problems through natural solutions. “My central research question now is how can biolog y play a role in informing unique design solutions that support … env ironmental solutions,” he said. W hile there are many terms for the t y pe of biolog ybased design he practices, Kennedy said “bio-inspiration” sums the technique up nicely. “I favor bio-inspirat ion because it’s t he most inclusive, it’s t he most broad a nd it sor t of covers a mi x,”
Kennedy sa id. “That’s basica lly just desig n t hat’s somehow inspired by a natura l system.” Kennedy said he returned to this way of thinking after working at OXO — a manufacturer of household and office supplies that is know n for the design of its fruit and vegetable “sw ivel peeler” design — for several years, during which time he played a large role in starting a line of products designed around young children, called OXO Tot. However, Kennedy said he eventually found that he wanted to transition back to solv ing large-scale problems, such as water shortage throughout the world. “This was sor t of a turning point in my ca reer when I wa nted to go back to a n academic sett ing w it h a litt le more f reedom to t r y to understa nd or look for potent ia l ways of solv ing problems.” Kennedy said bio-inspiration has led to “essentially a collar which replicates what a woodpecker does naturally
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Kennedy describes some of his past projects and his approach to implementing biology in his designs as “bio-inspiration.”
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she leaves. “She is working hard to get things done so that each of our committees can continue to function as normal throughout the semester,” she said. “At our training at the start of the semester, [we] talked with Connie about how our involvement in BAVO is going. ... I think it was important to all of us to see that Connie is planning ahead and making changes so that we can be successful moving forward.”
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BAVO Student Advisory Council (SAC) member and awareness and outreach chair senior Katherine Piscione said she and Adams bonded well this year, as the two of them met twice a week. “I feel as though I could tell her anything,” Piscione said. Long said BAVO plans awareness events throughout the school year, which range from being serious in subject to more relaxed. “Some of my favorite BAVO events have been Take Back the Night and a spa night that we did to promote self-care,” Piscione said.
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Brook Kennedy, an associate professor of industrial design at Virgina Tech, presents Monday on several sources of inspiration for his work in industrial design, including drawing from the environment.
to help prevent concussions in sports,” as well as his ow n design of a “macronaut,” which he described as a “little magnif y ing glass for the front of your smartphone.” This small dev ice, he said, allows one to take extremely close-up, high definition photos of something w ith just a smartphone. Kennedy said the macronaut even has benefits in the health care world, as it can help to zoom in on superficial health issues, such as skin blemishes, for faster diagnoses. Sw iss electrical engineer George de Mestral, who invented Velcro, inspires Kennedy, he said, as the invention of Velcro came about through bio-inspiration. Kennedy said de Mestral was fedup w ith burrs sticking to his clothing and his dog’s fur when he realized
he could replicate the hooks that caused these burrs to stick to fabric for a productive cause. In addition to the macronaut, Kennedy said he developed a new form of 3D printing, know n as Corrugated FDM 3D printing, after draw ing inspiration from the layers in clamshells. According to the art department’s website, Virginia Tech “recently filed an international utilit y patent application” for this particular invention of Kennedy’s. Another project Kennedy described his work on is the sy nthesis of a material that ref lects the water-w icking qualities of leaves and other materials found in nature, such as lily pads. Kennedy said this idea struck him when he noticed how many people tried to keep their
bicycle seats dr y during rainstorms through the use of plastic bags. College students, he said, could particularly benefit from bike seats made w ith material that draws from the waterresistant qualities of these leaves. W hether it was w ith OXO or through bio-inspiration, in each design capacit y Kennedy has worked, he said, there is one unif ying factor: Coming up w ith a design for a product, and subsequently testing that design, is never the result of a simple formula. “There’s a big backstor y to design,” Kennedy said. “For ever y thing that comes out onto the market, there’s a lot of hard work that goes into it.”
Ladd said the BAVO’s upcoming plans include hosting speaker and author Danielle McGuire and organizing events for Sexual Assault Awareness Month in April. Piscione said she admires Adams’ hard work in the office and sees her as a positive role model. “She won’t stop until she has done absolutely everything she can for you and goes above and beyond with everything she does,” Piscione said. Ladd said she thinks Adams’ replacement should also have an understanding of the culture and relationship among
Saint Mary’s, Notre Dame and Holy Cross College. Adams’s uplifting personality, Ladd said, made dealing with serious subject matter of sexual assault easier. “She is compassionate and empathetic, so students are open to seeking her guidance and looking to her as a resource,” Ladd said. Johnson’s email said the College will not dismantle BAVO, but instead search for a new director later in the spring. “She set the program up in such a way that even when she’s gone, the office will still
be able to help any student who needs it,” Piscione said. Piscione said she would want Adams’ replacement to know that the bond at Saint Mary’s is tight, and the BAVO team is like family. “I think [Adams’s] replacement needs to have the same dedication and loyalty to Saint Mary’s and it’s students that [Adams] has,” Piscione said. “That’s part of what makes [Adams] so great. [Her replacement] also needs to have a high level of compassion.”
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war and the societies that fight them.” Operational histor y, however, has its limits when it comes to analysis, Kauffman said. On the other end of the spectrum, he said, is a term coined the “new” militar y histor y. “[‘New’ militar y histor y is] much more amorphous and ambiguous than operational histor y,” Kauffman said. “It arose by applying the questions and methodolog y of social and cultural histor y to militar y institutions, particularly armies.” This approach to militar y histor y, Kauffman said, includes applying ideas such as citizenship and gender to the analysis of militar y histor y. Its shortcoming, however, occurs when militar y histor y becomes nearly devoid of war. “New militar y histor y has broadened out to include not just studies of armies, but really almost any kind of social and cultural histor y that intersects with, even in a kind of tangential way, with war,” Kauffman says. “At best, topics bear a faint family resemblance to the field as it used to be.” He said the “new” militar y
histor y often loses sight of the violence that comes with war. “If the term militar y histor y is going to have any meaning at all, it must not lose sense of that terrible thing at its core,” he said. Kauffman said he identifies a third and final perspective of militar y histor y as an intermediate between operational histor y and the “new” militar y histor y. “The war and society approach blends what is best at both of the far ends of the spectrum, while avoiding each of their excesses,” Kauffman said. This approach, Kauffman said, can be viewed as a synthesis of traditional operational histor y of war and the ‘new’ militar y histor y of outside inf luences. “It is the study, ver y broadly speaking, of the interrelationship between wars, as well as militar y institutions and the larger political, social, technological, economic, even cultural context within which they are created and which wars and militar y institutions, in turn, inf luence,” he said. It is this approach that Kauffman said is the prevailing perspective of militar y histor y and the one he applies to his own teaching and research.
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In his approaches to military history, Kauffman identifies operational history, “new’” history and a middle ground that combines the two. The lecture also considered the impact of outside influences.
He said this methodolog y relates to some of the broad themes of militar y histor y he teaches, such as armed forces and their organization, the way different societies fight wars and the impact of wars on both politics and
culture. “I focus mainly on World War I, and I look at the way states, especially Germany, reacted to the unforeseen demands of total war, how they tried to mobilize their resources to fight this kind
of war,” Kauffman said. “I’ve also looked broadly at the way the war interacted with other historical forces and processes.”
Marathon in April, Brow nley said. She said the Marathon w ill take place in the Pfeil Center at Holy Cross College. First-year A lison Schibi is a member of the Dance Marathon catering committee, which plans food-related fundraisers know n as Give Back nights. “I am involved w ith the catering committee this year, as we take care of Give Back days at local restaurants, the food prov ided at many of our events and, of course, for the day of the actual marathon,” Schibi said in an email. “Our committee has been working hard getting Give Back days and preparing for the big Marathon day.” “This year is really exciting because we are in the process of making Dance Marathon a tri-campus club
w ith the help of some ama zing and dedicated Notre Dame and Holy Cross students who have stepped up,” Brow nley said. Brow nley said the club plans to have areas to sign up for the Marathon at all three campuses to further encourage the involvement of students from all schools. Though the event is called Dance Marathon, skilled dancers are not the only people who can attend the event, Brow nley said. “There is so much going on throughout the day and so many inspiring kids [that] you w ill forget what time it is,” she said. “Bad dancing still saves lives. The day of Dance Marathon is magical because it is a g y m filled w ith passionate and driven college students coming together to change the lives of kids who deser ve a happy childhood. It is so inspiring to meet the kids you are
impacting and know that your work matters to these brave fighters.” It is these kids, Schibi said, who led her to consistently participate in the club. “I participate in Dance Marathon for the kids,” she said. “Supporting the Riley families brings joy, and each patient deser ves the chance to be a kid. Dance Marathon gives hope.” Brow nley said the event has given her the opportunit y to create lasting memories. “My favorite part of Dance Marathon is meeting the incredible people who are passionate about this movement like I am,” she said. “I have made the best friends and the best memories w ith Dance Marathon, and that is something I am so grateful for.”
A lthough the teams and judges are limited to the Class of 2018, Stengle said Class Council wants this event to be inclusive for all guacamole lovers. “We want it to be a fun event for ever yone who comes, not just the people who are making the guacamole,” she said. “We’re tr ying to do something different and get people involved in
various ways. You can be mix ing, you can be judging, you can be just hanging out, watching and hav ing fun, so that’s our goal.” Stengle sa id Senior Class Council encourages people to come, cheer t heir f riends on a nd enjoy a night of g uaca mole Wednesday. Addit iona l ly, Senior Class Counci l’s nex t event, “Life Beyond t he Not re Da me
Bubble,” w i l l place Feb. 11 at noon in t he Da hn ke Ba l lroom in Dunca n Student Center. Featuring presentat ions f rom Sout h Bend Mayor Pete Butt ig ieg a nd Lou Holt z, t his event w i l l of fer adv ice to t he Class of 2018 for post-g rad life, Stengle sa id.
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Students participate in the Marathon on April 1, 2017 at the Pfeil Center at Holy Cross College. It will be hosted there again this April.
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Legends’ catering levels the play ing field for all competing teams and is easy and safe, as ingredients w ill come chopped and ready for guacamole preparation. Senior Class Council utilized Facebook and email to spread the word about
Wednesday’s “Guac Off,” she said. “Email has been super effective because it’s the one way you can actually reach ever y single member of the class,” Stengle said. “We’ve been promoting over Facebook, as well, and spreading through word of mouth, and it seems like people are really excited about it.”
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In my previous reviews of historical, non-fiction films, I have discussed the difficulty of adapting these works for the screen. Historical, non-fiction films, if the viewer is knowledgeable, do not have surprises, do not have particularly exciting character development and have a pressing obligation to be historically accurate — especially if they retell well-known historical events. There are three ways, however, that films of this nature can avoid these restraints and, in doing so, manufacture their own surprise and excitement. They can take on the genre of historical fiction (“Saving Private Ryan,” “Inglorious Basterds”); they can pick a rather unknown, specific historical topic to cover (“The King’s Speech,” “Schindler’s List”); or they can be so well done that the films themselves at times completely avoid fictionalizing (“Lincoln”). The recently released “Darkest Hour” fabricates its own delight and excitement through the latter — chiefly through the performances of Gary Oldman, Lily James and Kristin Scott Thomas. The film centers around the life of Winston Churchill (Gary Oldman) during the period immediately before Great Britain’s entrance into World War II. It chronicles his proceedings in Parliament as he ascends to the position of
Prime Minister, his life at home with his wife Clementine (Kristin Scott Thomas), his decisions in the war room and his symbiotic relationship with his secretary (Lily James). The period during which the film takes place covers only a few months ending with Britain’s entry into World War II, and in doing so it is able to better delve into historical events and character development than a biopic covering the entirety of the war. As historically concise and accurate as “Darkest Hour” is, Gary Oldman’s ultra-realistic depiction of Winston Churchill is the film’s most enticing draw. The film and Oldman’s performance function similarly to the way these aspects function in Steven Spielberg’s “Lincoln.” In “Lincoln,” from the outset, the audience knows that Abraham Lincoln will be assassinated at Ford’s Theater, just as in “Darkest Hour” the audience knows that Churchill will assume the position of Prime Minister and Great Britain will join World War II. Audiences know exactly what to expect and what will happen, so, instead of aiming for surprise, both of the films aim for incredible historical accuracy and compelling depiction of characters. Daniel Day-Lewis as Abraham Lincoln and Gary Oldman as Winston Churchill bring the films to life and give them excitement not born of human reflex, but rather excitement born of human intrigue. Seeing an actor who depicts Winston Churchill so accurately that the fictional
element of the film fades out of mind is just as exciting as an impending crisis, only in a different manner. The way in which the film approaches Churchill, however, makes Oldman’s performance all the more impressive. Instead of solely focusing on Churchill the statesman, the film also focuses on Churchill the husband, the Londoner and the legislative maverick. It doesn’t glorify him but portrays him exactly as he was in the 1930s and 1940s British political sphere: divisive. Oldman, underneath pounds of makeup, captures all the many facets of Churchill brilliantly. Oldman is composed, irritable, caring and war-oriented in all of the ways that Churchill was. His depiction isn’t one where you struggle to find the Churchill in Oldman, but rather one where you struggle to find the Oldman in Churchill — an attribute few actors can claim to have mastered in any of their characters. “Darkest Hour” isn’t a momentously ambitious film. It doesn’t create something new, it doesn’t talk about a subject that film has never touched on and it doesn’t necessarily leave you begging for more. Its aim, however, is not to accomplish any of those things. The aim of “Darkest Hour” is to depict something truthfully and honestly. It fulfills this aim phenomenally and perhaps better than any other film this year.
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“Breaking The Cycle”
Presence of sexual assault/“As of Now”
Graduate student Indi Jackson and Vincent Augusto’s documentary “Breaking The Cycle” followed student filmmaker and Notre Dame track and field shot putter Indi Jackson back to her hometown of Detroit. In the documentary, Indi asks her mother about her experiences as a lesbian African-American single mother raising her biological daughter. She gained even greater perspective by interviewing her mother’s father. Indi’s interviews of her mother and grandfather paint a vivid picture of the African American experience over the past several decades. In the documentary’s most moving moment, Indi expresses her own surprise from behind the camera, questioning why she has never before heard her mother’s deepest thoughts on her life. Indi’s mother, whose comfortable charm in front of the camera was truly impressive, reveals that not sharing some things was a crucial component of passing down a better life to her daughter.
Mirroring the attention our society is currently giving to the topic of sexual assault and its victims, this year’s film festival included three selections centered on the topic. The films, “Rescued,” “The Aftermath” and “As of Now” each portrayed sexual assault in a different light, creating a nuanced interpretation of the complex issue. The most successful of the bunch, “As of Now” portrayed the often-criticized Title IX hearing process in the wake of an assault at a familiar offcampus party setting. The film’s strength lies in its attention to detail — each vivid setting feels real, and the dialogue and chemistry between the film’s leads, Grace Guibert and Liz Hynes (both ‘17), is very believable. The effect is humanizing, forcing the viewer to empathize with the victim and consider more deeply the long-term effects of an assault.
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The Notre Dame Student Film Festival impressively showcased the talents of more than 20 students from Notre Dame’s Film, Television and Theater department. This year’s festival included 13 diverse films, creating a refreshing mix of genres and styles from start to finish. The three biographical documentaries all provided superb, emotionally charged glimpses into a motley collection of human beings. Dramas like “As of Now” showcased acting fine enough for Hollywood films while the awesome production value of “Hive” was reminiscent of “Black Mirror.” Well-placed comedic shorts like “Smoke Break,” “Kittens” and “Freaky Fast” provided laughs in a two-hour festival that engaged with both heady and emotional topics.
“Sam” Senior Audrey Grewe’s documentary “Sam” was the Audience Choice Award winner for good reason. “Sam” tells the story of Audrey’s younger brother, Notre Dame freshman Sam Grewe. Sam shined on whatever sports field he graced as a child and didn’t let a cancer diagnosis keep him out of athletics for long. The documentary details Sam’s partial leg amputation and eventual rise to Paralympian success while featuring hilarious narration from his older sister. “Sam’s” place at the Notre Dame Film Festival seems like fate. Sam Grewe’s story is intimately tied to Notre Dame, as he was a constant companion to the Fighting Irish Football team during their historic 2012 season. The humorous repartee between the siblings combined with Sam’s natural charisma made “Sam” both inspirational and personally engaging.
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“Spilt Milk” “Respectfully, Tony” It’s not easy humanizing murders, but in “Respectfully, Tony,” seniors John Haley and Julia Szromba do just that in under 15 minutes. The emotionally resonant documentary follows former death row inmate Tony Amadeo’s return to society, intimately portraying a troubled man’s search for normalcy and purpose on a southern ranch in Texas. The film’s patient diligence in capturing the essence of both Amadeo and his peaceful rural environment provided the film festival with some of its most moving movements. Like many of the other films featured in the festival, “Respectfully, Tony” ends on a serious note, detailing the number of death sentences issued in the U.S. since 1973 across a peaceful evening sky.
One of the freshest entries this year was the festival’s opening film, “Spilt Milk,” a nursery rhyme–themed detective noir style film. In the comedy, Detective Murdock (senior Al Oszewski) is tasked with uncovering a cookie-jar thief, resulting in a wild goose chase around the nursery-rhyme world. Oszewski, along with almost all of his fellow actors and actresses in the film, shine with great comedic timing and presence. But it is one of the film’s creators, Tanner Cipriano (‘17), who delivers the film’s, and for that matter, the festival’s, funniest performances as the too-close-forcomfort cop. Contact Adam Ramos at aramos5@nd.edu and Owen Lane at olane@nd.edu LAUREN WELDON | The Observer
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR
The world needs all of us Nicole Caratas Senior News Writer
As an English writing and humanistic studies double major, I’ve heard it all. “Oh, are you going to teach?” “What are you going to do with that?” “What do your parents think?” “Oh, you’re in easy majors! You just read all of the time!” Nothing bothers me more than the way people are quick to assume that my majors are “easy.” STEM fields get a lot more respect than humanities fields, but that doesn’t make one more difficult than the other. More importantly, being in different fields doesn’t make one discipline more valuable than the other. And I’m not just saying this because I’m tired of people looking down on my majors. I’ve heard people talk about other majors, like elementary and secondary education, and say even worse things. “Oh, they’re just making lesson plans.” “It’s not the same thing. Some majors are just harder than others. Education just isn’t like math or engineering.” Now, I’m not trying to say math and engineering and other STEM majors are by any means easy. I’ve taken math and science classes, so I know that it takes a lot of work to spend four years doing that. But English is also difficult. And I have no doubt that education is also. I had someone rant to me one time about how his brother “only” did a thesis in film studies, but the brother tried to compare that thesis with this person’s thesis in math. He was upset that his brother would ever think that something like a film studies major could be comparable to math. Any education is valuable. Going to college is an amazing opportunity that a lot of us take for granted. And the fact that so many people get to choose what they go to school for is incredible. No one should look down on other people’s majors. Just because something seems easy to you doesn’t mean it’s easy for everyone. More importantly, no one’s work in college is less valuable than anyone else’s. Just because you think your major is hard and more important based on societal values does not give you the right to look down on people. Our society needs engineers, doctors and scientists. It also needs writers, historians, scholars and educators. If there was no place in society for a major or discipline, they wouldn’t exist. Especially in our small communities here at Saint Mary’s and Notre Dame, we should all uphold each other’s academic work rather than compare and judge. All of our work is important. It all has value. And one person’s perceived level in intensity is not the end all be all of how important a major is. We are better than that, and the world needs all of us. Contact Nicole Caratas at ncaratas01@saintmarys.edu The views expressed in the Inside Column are those of the author and not necessarily those of The Observer.
I am pro-woman and pro-life To the author of the article published last Wednesday entitled “Pro-life and pro-woman? ”: I am pro-life and I am pro-woman and I am not a contradiction. I am w riting as the president of Notre Dame Right to Life, representing our movement of pro-life, pro-woman, pro-human, humans. We designed t wo sets of posters for this year’s March for Life. One said, “because ever y life is worth fighting for.” The other said, “pro-life and pro-woman.” I held both, because I firmly believe that the t wo movements fit together beautifully. W hy a “pro-life feminist” is not a contradiction: You w rote in your article that “contemporar y feminism is over whelmingly pro-choice.” It is important to note that there is a large contingent of modern day feminists that are pro-life (New Wave Feminists, Feminists for Nonv iolent Choices, Susan B. Anthony List, etc.). Many people have many different ideas about they believe it means to be a feminist. The pro-life movement considers itself to be pro-woma n because we do not believe t hat abor t ion is a n integ ra l tenet of feminism. We do not believe abor t ion liberates women or t hat abor t ion is necessa r y for women’s equa lit y. Abor t ion hur ts women: physica lly, emot iona lly a nd cu ltura lly. Sex select ive abor t ions overwhelmingly discriminate aga inst g irls. Abor t ion per petuates oppression of t he most ma rg ina li zed in societ y (t he unborn) a nd doing so in t he na me of women’s f reedom f rom oppression seems illog ica l. We ma rch for a n end to abor t ion w it h t he a im of better protect ing unborn persons a nd women aga inst t he negat ive ef fects of abor t ion. As a pro-life feminist, I believe we should be striv ing for a societ y in which abortion is unthinkable. W here ever y mom to be has the emotional, financial and temporal resources she needs to be able to raise a child. W here our societ y has high standards regarding maternal/paternal leave, women’s health care and pregnancy resources, particularly for the incarcerated and other vulnerable women. W here the first words a woman hears upon discovering she is pregnant are not “you’d have to drop out of school” or “you can’t raise a child on your own.” W here pregnancy is treated as a gift to be celebrated, not a medical condition to be cured of. I understand that some women are put in very difficult situations and may feel that abortion is their only choice. I do not mean to belittle those barriers: They are real. However, as a feminist, I believe we should be fighting to remove these barriers that prevent women from being able to choose life for their children. I believe that being pro-woman means understanding that women deserve better — better than abortion and better than the situations which lead them to abortion. A quick note on American politics: There is no political party that is entirely prolife, as you mentioned. Unfortunately, that is a never-ending concern for individuals who are holistically pro-life. As someone who cares about women, the unborn, those in poverty, the elderly, individuals with disabilities, refugees and any
human person with dignity (which is every human person in case you were wondering) — there are few politicians who represent me. Your grievances seem to be with the two-party system: not with Notre Dame Right to Life or the broader pro-life movement. So, I will continue to do my duty as an American citizen and try to be the most informed voter I can be and hope that one day I won’t have to make value decisions when I vote, such as who needs more protection from the government this cycle, the unborn or those on death row. I did not attend the Women’s March because I was not welcome: We have discussed the possibility of providing opportunities for students on the March for Life to also march in the Women’s March because we share many goals: workers’ rights, civil rights, disability rights, immigrant rights, environmental justice, ending violence and good healthcare for women. I think it could be incredibly powerful to march as a pro-life feminist at the Women’s March because it would show the world that the pro-life and the pro-women movements are not mutually exclusive as you and many others believe. However, other goals of the Women’s March are incompatible with the pro-life vision of human dignity and women’s healthcare. We believe that the intentional killing of female life in the womb and the grief which many women experience because of abortion are anti-women and therefore inconsistent with our own goals as a holistically pro-life community. Last year, pro-life groups came to the Women’s March and they were shunned. Instead of effectively communicating their solidarity with the aspects of empowering women that pro-life feminists agree with, they were told to leave. Although some pro-life groups have attended the Women’s March both years, we decided against officially promoting it as a club due to the overwhelming pro-abortion tenet. To those who believe the pro-life movement isn’t as holistic as it claims to be: Please, do some research. Look into what your own University’s pro-life movement does. Check out our website. Talk to a board member. Consider coming to an event. Join us at Hannah and Friends, where we play basketball and dance with individuals who have disabilities. Volunteer with us at Hannah’s House, a home for women in crisis pregnancies. Spend time at Holy Cross Village, where we throw holiday parties for elderly women and men. We often get requests to throw baby showers for women who don’t have the time or finances to do it themselves — maybe you could attend or help us plan one? If you aren’t busy on Fridays, we babysit the children of parenting students so they can attend class and spend less time worrying about finding and paying for childcare. We’d love to have you work alongside our Pregnancy Resources commission that has desperately been trying to get the word out about the resources Notre Dame has for pregnant and parenting students.
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Sarah Drumm senior president, Notre Dame Right to Life Jan. 29
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Talking about the gray area ... will you listen? Show Some Skin The Cost of Silence
Earlier this month, Babe.net published a pseudony mous account of a 23-year-old photographer’s (“Grace”) messy date w ith actor/ comedian A ziz Ansari. The reaction to the piece has been div isive; many suggest her complaints are representative of the #MeToo, #TimesUp and modern feminist movements hav ing gone too far. Due in part to clickbait-y journalistic f laws and sensationalized stor y telling, the conversation has since shifted away from the stor y’s intent: to encourage a reconsideration of heterosexual dating culture, affirmative consent and tox ic gender dy namics. Let it be clear: No one is tr y ing to equate the form of misconduct detailed in the Ansari accusation to more v iolent crimes like rape. There is a great deal of outrage directed toward an imagined group of angr y millennial feminists believed to be conf lating the issues. Because Grace’s stor y falls in a difficult grey area, critics find difficult y pinpointing where exactly A ziz went w rong. Indeed, the particular details of their encounter could be argued ad nauseam. But that something is technically legal does not make it ethical. That something is the norm does not make it right. That it was done by a man who is far from a monster does not mean the act was harmless. As Samantha Bee said, “it doesn’t have to be rape to ruin your life, and it doesn’t have to ruin your life to be worth speaking about.” Many suggest that Grace should have left the situation earlier, said “no” more firmly, used physical force to stop the action and so on. But consent often isn’t as black and white as a verbal yes or no. For women in particular — who are so frequently taught that men’s approval is paramount, who are made to think that their
self worth stems from sex appeal, who are so often silenced by the voices of men around them, who are conditioned to appease and acquiesce despite their ow n discomfort — it’s nearly impossible to escape such a situation w ith a simple “no.” In its stead, Grace opted for softer “noes,” both nonverbal and verbal (“not yet,” “let’s take it slow,” etc.). This phraseolog y isn’t foreign to men’s vocabularies. In other situations, both men and women employ similar tactics for polite rejection. An inv itation to a part y you don’t want to attend? “I’m not sure what my plans are.” “I would like to, but ...” “Maybe another time.” W hen an outright “no” is uncomfortable to deliver, this way of speaking successfully communicates declining an offer. To pretend other w ise is counterproductive. Grace’s eagerness for their date is not consent. Grace’s choice to return to Ansari’s apartment is not consent. That this is “how things work” or “how men behave” or “how dates operate” is not consent. Passiv it y is not consent. She resisted — verbally and nonverbally — while he persisted. I, along w ith so many of my peers, recognized in Grace’s stor y an all-too-familiar, stomachchurning feeling: the realization that your sexual partner doesn’t care whether or not you’re present in your body — that you are there only to please. It’s a v iolation difficult to put into words. It leaves you frozen and silent and scared. That’s not to say that Ansari was necessarily ill-intentioned. He seems to have been genuinely unaware that his persistence was not well received. Ansari has little precedent for considering a woman’s experience in romantic pursuit (although his book on modern dating and selfproclaimed feminism might have suggested he was more in touch). The aggressive male pursuit of women “play ing coy” is inextricable from almost any w idespread heterosexual romance narrative. It, too, is conditioned. And that merits
reconsideration. For men like Ansari, it may require an active unlearning of social norms. It takes effort and empathy to recognize positions of power and priv ilege when they operate largely to benefit oneself and at the expense of others. To think Ansari’s behav ior is natural or unavoidable is a back wards attitude. He is no Weinstein, but normalizing his behav ior (or becoming preoccupied w ith the fate of his career) because it falls in the gray area is a dangerous game. Perhaps the most telling response lies in the hundreds of t weets, comments and posts that echo the same sentiment: “If what A ziz did is assault, then ever y girl I know has been assaulted.” And that’s so close to getting the point. These statements — intended to mitigate Ansari’s guilt — underscore just how necessar y a new normal is. So many women can recall an instance in which a sexual encounter that began as positive pivoted to v iolating. So many women have gritted their teeth through an uncomfortable, painful and unsafe sexual encounter. The gray area is massive and daunting. Defining it may begin w ith women advocating for themselves. So here we are. We are speaking up. We are telling our stories. We our raising our voices so that the next girl might be better equipped, and the next boy may be more conscious. I hope you listen. Grace Guibert was an actor in Show Some Skin: Break the Silence. She currently resides in Chicago, you can contact her at vguibert@alumni.nd.edu Show Some Skin is a student-run initiative committed to giving voice to unspoken narratives about identity and difference. Using the art of storytelling as a catalyst for positive social change across campus, we seek to make Notre Dame a more open and welcoming place for all. If you are interested in breaking the silence and getting involved with Show Some Skin, email nreifenb@nd.edu
Don’t hate Brady: A letter from an Eagles fan Patrick McKelvey In Moderation
We’re just five days away from the biggest sporting event of the year. On Sunday, the Philadelphia Eagles will take on the New England Patriots in Super Bowl LII. W hile most analysts expect the Patriots to win, they also believe it will be a close and exciting game. I’m an Eagles fan. I’ve loved this team since I was a little kid. On Sunday, I’ll put on my Carson Wentz jersey. I’ll try and find the closest thing to a cheesesteak South Bend has to offer. I’ll be nervous, but I will watch intently with hope in my team. I will cheer hard for the Eagles — and it seems like most of the country will too. Despite the reputation Philly fans have, it was an easy choice for many. The Patriots are among the most hated franchises in all of sports. Many are just tired of seeing them contend year after year. Others believe cheating allegations have tarnished their legacy. A lot of people dislike Bill Belichick, the team’s hoodie-wearing, unnervingly stoic head coach. But most don’t like Tom Brady. Actually, most can’t stand Tom Brady. I can’t imagine why. Brady is, inarguably, the
greatest quarterback of all time. Along with LeBron James, Serena Williams, Derek Jeter and Tiger Woods, he has defined this generation of sport. We’ve been lucky to watch his career unfold over the last two decades. He holds a number of records, including for most Super Bowl wins and most Super Bowl MV Ps. In 2017, he mounted a 31-point comeback against the Atlanta Falcons to win Super Bowl LI. In this year’s AFC Championship Game, Brady played and won with 12 stitches in his throwing hand. Oh, and he’s also 40 years old, the oldest quarterback in the NFL, showing no signs of slowing down. He is a born competitor. There is nothing detestable about how Brady plays the game. Only admirable. And then there’s something that happened last year, in a press conference before the Super Bowl. Brady was speaking to the media when a 7-yearold named Joseph was given the chance to ask a question. He looked to Brady and said “Many people say you are their hero, but who is your hero? ” Brady smiled at the boy. “W ho’s my hero? That’s a great question,” he replied. He thought for a moment before saying “Well, I think my dad is my hero, because he is someone I look up to every day, and — ” He paused there, as if to think again. His eyes welled up with tears. He sniff led.
Tom Brady — cool, collected, always unfazed Tom Brady — was choked up. He closed his eyes, nodded and smiled at Joseph. “My dad,” he said again. It was his most humanizing moment ever. In that instant, he was more than the Brady most of the world sees. He was more than a shark-like, invincible, five-time-champion quarterback. He was just Tom. It’s easy to forget that he is more than a football player. He’s also a person, like you and me. He has hopes and dreams. He loves his parents and his wife and his children and his job. He has successes, and even a few failures. He’s just a person, who happens to be really, really good at football. I’m still an Eagles fan. I hope Nick Foles and the rest of the team can lead Philadelphia to its first ever Super Bowl victory. But on Sunday, I’ll be rooting for my team — not against the other one. Tom Brady makes it very hard to root against him. Patrick McKelvey splits his time between being a college sophomore and a grumpy old man. A New Jersey native and American Studies major, he is interested in a legal career after graduating Notre Dame. If you can’t find him at the movies, he can be reached for comment at pmckelve@nd.edu
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Horoscope | Eugenia Last Happy Birthday: You can be innovative and creative without going overboard. Curbing habits and budgeting wisely will help you maintain your lifestyle without stress. You’ll have more control over your emotions, but less when it comes to making decisions. Having a goal in mind and a plan in place to achieve it will encourage better choices and behavior. Your numbers are 4, 9, 14, 20, 26, 33, 42. ARIES (March 21-April 19): Keep busy. If you neglect to take care of your responsibilities, you’ll be faced with criticism or complaints. Strive for perfection in all that you do. Hard work will pay off and bring you the recognition you desire. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Following the crowd or letting someone coerce you into taking care of responsibilities that don’t belong to you will result in a loss of valuable time that should be spent accomplishing your own goals. It’s OK to say “no.” GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Reach out and do what you can for others. Listen to what’s being asked of you and give an honest appraisal of what you think you can realistically achieve. Look out for your personal interests. Self-improvement will boost your confidence. CANCER (June 21-July 22): Channel your emotional energy into creative endeavors. Expand your interests and explore what life has to offer. Don’t make rash decisions or burn bridges. Look inward and do your best to keep the peace. Choose personal growth over criticizing others. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Simplicity, moderation and discipline will be required if you want to get things done. Concentrate on personal improvements and nurture relationships that mean a lot to you. Eliminate bad habits and be realistic when setting your goals. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Set the record straight and start working toward your goal. Preparation and dedication will help you overcome any obstacles you come up against. Think big, but don’t take on too much or make promises you can’t keep. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Take time out for yourself. Rethink your strategy and consider the best way to cut back. Saving money and time should be your primary concern. A change will do you good, but only if it’s geared toward striving for less stress. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Your discipline will pay off. Concentrate on creative projects and you will come up with a winner. Refuse to let someone intervene or get in the way of finishing what you start. Personal goals and inner growth will be enlightening. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): You’ll be quick to jump in and make a decision. Before you take on more than you can handle, consider how you have dealt with money matters in the past and identify the lessons you learned from past mistakes. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Do what you do best and don’t let anyone stand in your way or slow you down. An opportunity that allows you to use your imagination will help you expand your interests and devote more time to something you enjoy. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Pay more attention to those around you. Listen carefully and make sure you fully understand what’s going on before you agree to something you may regret. Look inward and you’ll discover ways to improve your life and your future. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Creativity coupled with discipline will bring remarkable results. A chance to make money doing something you love should motivate you to invest more in yourself and your attributes. Don’t settle for less when you are worth so much more. Birthday Baby: You are creative, unique and compassionate. You are curious and thoughtful.
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Nba | hawks 105, timberwolves 100
Looking back at NBA trades Marek Mazurek Assistant Managing Editor
Knee-jerk reactions are fun. Or I guess I should say they’re absolutely and utterly fantastic. In any case, they drive a lot of sports media content in today’s market, and one area where such reactions get a platform is in trade evaluations. When trades happen — particularly in the NBA — every TV personality has a take right away, it’s what they’re paid to do. But after the initial news breaks, the talk simmers down. Rarely do trades get examined after the players involved have settled into their new teams and put up meaningful data points. But in this column, I’d like to look at two of the most ridiculed trades in the NBA last summer to see how they’ve turned out half a season later.
Bulls/Timberwolves Chicago forward Jimmy Butler had been in the thick of trade talks for at least a year and a half. The Bulls needed to enter rebuilding mode and potential suitors had expressed interest, most notably Boston, who was rumored to be willing to give up draft picks. But the Bulls traded Butler to the Minnesota Timberwolves on draft night for Zach LaVine and Kris Dunn. The teams also swapped draft picks with Chicago taking the No. 7 overall pick and Minnesota switching to No. 16. The move was unpopular with Bulls fans to say the least. A group of fans even paid to put up a billboard calling for general manager John Paxson and vice president Gar Foreman to be fired. Everyone understood the necessity of giving up Butler to rebuild, but few thought a switch of draft picks and two non-stars was worth it. But halfway through the NBA season, and that trade is looking good for both teams. Butler is leading a budding Timberwolves team to the fourth seed in the Western Conference, and to everyone’s surprise, the Bulls aren’t doing too poorly either. With Minnesota’s pick, the Bulls took Lauri Markkanen, who has been much better than advertised. The Finn is averaging 15.3 points a game, while shooting 43 percent from 3-point range. Markkanen was also the fastest player in NBA history to
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make 100 3s. The most ridiculed part of the trade, however, was guard Kris Dunn. Dunn was the No. 5 overall pick in the 2016 draft, but severely underachieved in his first year in Minnesota. Dunn was one of the worst shooters in the league last year, shooting under 29 percent from 3, barely over 40 percent from inside the arc and just 61 percent from the free-throw line. This year, given the opportunity to be a starter, Dunn has improved his shooting percentages and is third in the NBA in steals per game. He has a long way to go before he’s a star, but with LaVine looking alright coming off of his injury, the Bulls have some solid young talent to build around.
Pacers/Thunder The other big trade which drew intense criticism over the summer was the Indiana Pacers sending Paul George to the Oklahoma City Thunder for Victor Oladipo and Domantas Sabonis. As with Butler, Indiana fans saw the writing on the wall, as George had been vocal about his desire to move to a bigger market and compete for a championship. With one year left before he likely left in free agency, the Pacers dealt him to the Thunder for two players without much production to their names. Oladipo was a role player in Oklahoma City on an offense bui lt around and solely for Russell Westbrook. He averaged around 15 points a game, but didn’t seem capable of more than that. Without Westbrook controlling the ball, however, Oladipo has blossomed into an All-Star and is averaging 24 points per game this year. Sabonis too, struggled with the Thunder, being pigeonholed as a spot-up shooter. But with the Pacers, Sabonis has improved his field goal percentage by 12 points and is a big part of a playoff contender. Obviously, the ultimate pros and cons of both trades will be known as the young players in Indiana and Chicago progress in their careers, but even just half a season later, both the Pacers and the Bulls look a heck of a lot better than many thought they would. Contact Marek Mazurek at mmazurek@nd.edu The views expressed in this Sports Authority are those of the author and not necessarily those of The Observer.
Atlanta rallies from 11 behind to beat Minnesota Associated Press
ATLANTA — Kent Bazemore scored 22 points, including a tiebreaking 3-pointer with 2:09 remaining, and the Atlanta Hawks rallied after trailing by 11 in the third quarter to beat the Minnesota Timberwolves 105-100 on Monday night. Bazemore’s clutch 3 gave the Hawks a 99-96 lead they did not relinquish. He added a blocked shot following a steal by Minnesota’s Jeff Teague and another basket to stretch the lead back to three. A layup by Taj Gibson cut Atlanta’s lead to 101-100. Following a missed short jumper by Dennis Schroder, Minnesota called timeout with 14.5 seconds remaining. Unable to make the inbounds pass, Teague was whistled for a fivesecond violation before trying to call a timeout. Schroder had 18 points, including four free throws in the final 11.3 seconds. The Hawks began the night with the NBA’s worst record but have won six straight home games against teams from the Western Conference. Jimmy Butler had 24 points and Andrew Wiggins scored 18 for Minnesota. Butler was sharp in his second game back after missing four with right knee soreness. He said he played “like a bum” while shooting 4 of 14 in Saturday’s win over the Nets in his return. He went 7 for
15 from the field and made each of his nine free throws against the Hawks. Gibson scored 17 points and Karl-Anthony Towns had 15 points and 13 rebounds for the Timberwolves. Minnesota appeared to be on the verge of putting the game away in the third period after leading only 58-55 at halftime. As the Hawks missed their first five shots of the second half, Gibson sank back-to-back baskets. Butler scored for a 7160 lead, but Atlanta quickly trimmed the advantage back to single digits. Atlanta committed nine turnovers in the third quarter but Bazemore hit a 3-pointer in his stretch of seven straight points to help cut the Timberwolves’ lead to 79-76 entering the final period. Two goaltending calls against Towns while trying to block shots by Ersan Ilyasova and Malcolm Delaney each tied the game, the second at 84-all. Tyler Dorsey’s 3-pointer gave Atlanta its first lead of the second half. Butler had a quick answer with a 3 for Minnesota. With the game tied at 90, Teague and Gibson each were called for a technical foul following Teague’s offensive foul. Schroder made only one of two free throws.
Tip-ins Timberwolves: After being limited by a sore ankle in Saturday’s win over the Nets,
Teague started and showed no signs of trouble in his return to Atlanta, his first NBA home. ... The Timberwolves began the night one game behind San Antonio for the No. 3 seed in the Western Conference. ... Minnesota fell to 1-7 on the road in January. Hawks: Atlanta visits Minnesota on March 28 to wrap up the two-game season series. ... Dewayne Dedmon, the 7-foot backup center, sank both of his 3-point attempts in the first half — one shy of his career high for a game. Dedmon had 10 points. Ilyasova also scored 10. ... The Hawks had a 44-35 advantage in rebounds, including 11 by rookie John Collins.
News to me Hawks coach Mike Budenholzer was surprised when told before the game of his team’s streak at home against Western Conference opponents. “I had no idea that was the case,” Budenholzer said. “It’d be great to beat an Eastern Conference team, too. We play a lot more of them.” The Hawks are only 6-24 against the East. They are 7-11 against the West.
Up next Timberwolves: At the Toronto Raptors on Tuesday night. Hawks: Host the Charlotte Hornets on Wednesday night.
NBA | pacers 105, hornets 96
Oladipo’s big night helps Pacers to win over Hornets Associated Press
INDIANAPOLIS — Victor Oladipo scored 25 points, Myles Turner added 22 and the Indiana Pacers pulled away late for a 10596 victory over the Charlotte Hornets on Monday night. The Pacers have won two in a row and four of five. Kemba Walker finished with 23 points and a trio of 3-pointers to lead the Hornets, who have lost two straight and four of six. Dwight Howard had 22 points and 11 rebounds for Charlotte. Nicolas Batum made five 3s and wound up with 22 points. Both teams had chances to take control throughout the first 3½ quarters. Neither could until
Oladipo’s 19-footer spurred a 13-4 run, which finally gave Indiana a 94-86 lead with six minutes to go. After that, it was no contest. Turner’s 3-pointer started a 7-0 run that extended the lead to 10389 with 2:46 left — the biggest advantage of the game for either team. Charlotte couldn’t cut the deficit to single digits until the final minute in a game that featured 18 lead changes and 16 ties.
Tip-ins Hornets: Howard was dominant in the first half, grabbing seven rebounds and making eight of 11 shots. But he finished 9 of 14 from the field. ... Howard is the NBA’s active leader with 697
double-doubles in his career. ... The Hornets were 9 of 31 on 3s, shot 44.6 percent from the field and had 16 turnovers. They were outscored 22-14 in fast-break points. ... Charlotte has lost three straight and 14 of its last 16 in Indianapolis. Pacers: Domantas Sabonis made his 10th consecutive start and got his 12th doubledouble with 11 points and 10 rebounds. ... Turner made four 3s off the bench. ... Darren Collison had 13 points and six assists. Thaddeus Young had 16 points, four rebounds and four assists. ... Indiana shot 54.2 percent from the field and improved to 18-0 when shooting 50 percent or better this season.
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showing with the only loss coming in one bout against the Northwestern men’s club team. Ending the day, senior Paul Cepak, freshman Jack Rohan and junior Blake Murphy led the sabreurs to an undefeated day. The teams maintained their momentum going into the second half of the weekend taking on clubs teams from Clemson, Florida, Purdue, Indiana, McKendree, Michigan and Michigan State. The Irish women opened Sunday led by Roche, senior sabreur Madeline Gallagher and freshman Mari Summers, ceding a total of 20 points throughout eight matches. The men were even more dominant, giving up a total of 16 points. The day began without a loss from all three teams through two rounds against Clemson and Florida. Senior epeeist Christian Aguilar, sophomore foilist Alexander Ju and Cepak carried the team to an undefeated finish.
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our kids played with a lot of intensity today and we have a couple of tough [matches] on the road coming up. We felt like we wanted to show the intensity today and we did.” Within the doubles matches, freshman Ally Bojczuk and junior Rachel Chong had a 6-1 win over Eastern Illinois sophomore Emily Pugachevsky and junior
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Irish sophomore epeeist Zachary Cheng lunges at his opponent during the second day of the DeCicco Duals on Sunday at the Castellan Family Fencing Center. Cheng finished the tournament 15-1, dropping his only dual against Michigan State.
“We’re in the spot that we’re supposed to be and now we’re focusing on individual player development,” Kvaratskhelia said. “We’ll take whatever the bout showed us to make adjustments but we’re pretty happy with the results.” The Irish finished the weekend with a 12-0 record on
both men’s and the women’s sides advancing their records to 21-4 and 25-1, respectively. Notre Dame will host several top-10 squads this coming in the Northwestern Duals, also taking place at the Castellan Family Fencing Center. “We have to produce next weekend,” Kvaratskhelia said. “The ACC championship is 52
days away. That is our main focus right now what happens until then is irrelevant until we get to NCA A qualifiers. This is a process. “We’re in the spot that we’re supposed to be and now we’re focusing on individual player development. We’ll take whatever the bout showed us to make adjustments but
we’re pretty happy with the results.” The Northwestern Duals begin at the Castellan Family Fencing Center on Saturday and continue through Sunday, taking place all day both days.
Srishti Slaria, and Irish freshman Cameron Corse and sophomore Zoe Spence won 6-0 over freshmen Rachel Papavailopoulos and Karla Contreras. The No. 1 doubles team that includes seniors Brooke Broda and Allison Miller lost 6-4 to senior Grace Summers and sophomore Stella Cliffe. As for singles, Notre Dame rolled through singles and won all six sets. Freshman Caroline Dunleav y defeated Pugachevsky 6-0, 6-0, and
Corse also swept a 6-0, 6-0 victory against Contreras. Spence clinched the win with her 6-0, 6-2 victory over Summers. Miller had a 6-3, 6-3 win over Cliffe and Broda ended up with a 6-0, 6-4 win over Papavasilopoulos. Chong wrapped up the singles with a 6-3, 6-3 against Slaria. Louderback said he was pleased with her team’s performance, especially Corse’s persistence in her singles match. “She just rolled,”
Louderback said. “She played very well and she didn’t give up any points. She was very aggressive and served well. The way she played was very good. Going into that match, her opponent was solid in the doubles, so we thought it would be a tight match. She just played aggressive and rolled through it.” With two straight wins at home, Notre Dame will travel to No. 14 Ohio State next weekend to battle the Buckeyes (1-1).
“They are ranked No. [14],” Louderback said. “We lost to them last year in the second round of the NCA As at OSU. We ended up losing 4-1 or 4-0, but it was a tight match and we feel that it will be a good matchup.” The Irish will face off against the Buckeyes at Ohio State’s Varsity Tennis Center, their first away match of 2018, beginning Sunday at noon.
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Irish senior Allison Miller prepares for a forehand during Notre Dame’s 5-2 win over Purdue on Feb. 22 at Eck Tennis Pavilion. Miller won both her singles and doubles matches against the Boilermakers.
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Irish senior Brooke Broda returns the ball during Notre Dame’s 5-2 win over Purdue on Feb. 22 at Eck Tennis Pavilion.
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Irish sophomore guard T.J. Gibbs surveys the court for an oncoming pick while defending the ball at the perimeter during Notre Dame’s 80-75 loss to Virginia Tech on Saturday at Purcell Pavilion. Gibbs led the Irish in scoring with 22 points during Monday’s loss to Duke at Cameron Indoor Stadium, which was Notre Dame’s sixth straight loss in ACC play.
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88-66. Different stor y, but same result. “Well, we hung for about 28 minutes, but they eventually wore us dow n,” Irish head coach Mike Brey said after the loss. “They’re so gifted offensively, and that run was ama zing. I’m proud of our group — we’re still tr y ing and scratching and claw ing and tr y ing to figure it out, but they were really good tonight. That offensive run they had in the second half just kind of broke our back.” In the first half, the Irish
shot just 30.6 percent from the f loor and were 4-for-15 from beyond the arc. After 19 seconds of scoreless action, the Irish spent 1,172 seconds of the half trailing while leading for just nine. Yet, they never found themselves trailing by more than 10 in the half. The defense forced seven Blue Dev ils turnovers and held Duke’s star freshman Mar v in Bagley III to four points on 1-for-7 shooting. Offensively, Mooney had a team-high 12 points and all four of Notre Dame’s 3s in the period, while Gibbs added 11 points of his ow n to keep the Irish w ithin striking distance. “They really were great,”
Brey said of Mooney and Gibbs. “For Johnny Mooney in this atmosphere, he’s really grow ing as a player. T.J., again, just doing his thing.” And after another eight minutes of back and forth action that saw them within six to open the second half, the Irish finally broke. After scrapping and clawing its way into games to compete until the ver y end, Notre Dame watched Duke hit five 3s during its game-sealing run, while the Irish — who trailed for all 20 minutes of the half — went scoreless for over six minutes and sparked the Blue Devils with multiple turnovers that turned into easy points at the other end.
“It’s definitely tough,” Mooney said. “You can’t turn the ball over on a team like that or they’ll make you pay, and that’s what they did tonight. They’re a great team w ith shooters ever y where, so yeah, you’ve just got to be better in these next nine games.” Beyond Mooney, who finished w ith 14 points before fouling out in the second half, and Gibbs, who led the way w ith 22 points, the Irish struggled to get production from the rest of its seven-man rotation. The other five players combined for 30 points, shooting just 11-for-36 from the f loor and 2-for-13 from 3 while turning the ball over
seven times. However, Brey said he thought the group has played well considering the lack of experience it had prior to the last few games, and he hopes that experience w ill pay off dow n the stretch of the season. “A ll seven of these guys, they’re doing ever y thing we ask them to do,” Brey said. “You’ve got some guys growing up, and hopefully that helps you in — people say, ‘It w ill help you for next year.’ I don’t want to go there yet. We still got some basketball to play, how about helping us for Februar y? ” Now sitting at 3-6 in ACC play and, according to the latest NCA A bracketolog y updates, sitting in the “Next Four Out” group, Notre Dame will have five days to prepare for the first game of the second half of its conference slate, a matchup with North Carolina State in Raleigh, North Carolina. W hile there is a chance they could get freshman wing D.J. Har vey or senior guard Matt Farrell back from injuries, the Irish are prepared to move forward with the same group it has played with of late. “I love our group, man,” Brey said. “We’re tr y ing to figure this thing out. Maybe we’ll have a few bodies back for N.C. State when we come back dow n this way on Saturday. We could use a couple more bodies back. “But now you’ve got the back nine of the league. We were 3-6 on the front nine, we’re going to have to do a little bit on the back nine of the league, and we’ll see if we can.” And that back nine w ill start Saturday at PNC Arena, w ith the Irish and Wolfpack scheduled to tip off at noon.
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Irish sophomore forward John Mooney, left, defends the paint as Hokies junior forward Kerry Blackshear Jr. attacks the basket during Notre Dame’s 80-75 loss to Virginia Tech on Saturday at Purcell Pavilion. Mooney fouled out during Notre Dame’s loss to Duke on Monday.
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Men’s basketball | duke 88, nd 66
Blue Devils top Irish behind second-half run By BEN PADANILAM Editor-in-Chief
“Again, it’s just kind of the same stor y.” For 28 minutes of Monday night’s game, John Mooney was right. In its prev ious five games, Notre Dame had played w ithout some combination of three key rotational players. In its prev ious five games, it had been w ithin three points of an ACC foe entering the final three minutes of play. In its five prev ious games, it walked away w ith a loss. For 28 minutes of Monday night’s game at Cameron Indoor Stadium, the Irish (13-9, 3-6 ACC) were right there against the fourthranked Blue Dev ils. After a first half in which the margin never grew larger than 10, Notre Dame found itself trailing just 42-37 after beginning the half w ith a steal by the sophomore forward Mooney and a 3 from junior guard Rex Pf lueger. However, an 8-0 run by Duke (19-3, 7-3 ACC) over the next minute saw the Irish
back on its heels, requiring a timeout to stop the bleeding at 50-37. But then the Irish surged back. Sophomore guard T.J. Gibbs hit a 3. Senior for ward Martinas Geben answered a Duke jumper w ith one of his ow n. Gibbs hit t wo free throws, Mooney slammed one home after a Gibbs steal and Gibbs added t wo more from the line. Suddenly, the Irish had pulled to w ithin six points at 58-52 w ith 12:21 remaining, and it looked to be the same stor y. Until it wasn’t. Over the next nine minutes, Duke would outscore Notre Dame 28-9 — fueled by an 18-0 run in the middle of it — and Notre Dame found itself far from w ithin three w ithin three minutes to go. Instead, Notre Dame trailed by 25 and would battle for a few more points over the game’s closing minutes until the final buzzer rang and the score settled at see M BBALL PAGE 11
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Irish sophomore forward John Mooney boxes out his man and looks to secure a rebound during Notre Dame’s 80-75 loss to Virginia Tech on Saturday at Purcell Pavilion. Mooney had 14 points in Monday’s loss.
FEncing | DEcicco duals
ND woMEn’s Tennis | ND 7, Eastern illinois 0
Notre Dame sweeps second match of year
ND tops club programs, NU
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By CHARLOTTE EDMONDS
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Notre Dame won its second match of the season 7-0 over Eastern Illinois on Saturday afternoon at the Eck Tennis Pav ilion. The Irish had not played the Panthers (0-5) since 1982, but left the match w ith their second 7-0 w in of the season. Irish head coach Jay Louderback said the matchup brought out Notre Dame’s intensit y, which w ill benefit it in future matches. “I felt like their girls in doubles team played well and it was good for us,” Louderback said. “We didn’t w in the match, we lost at number one doubles, but it was good for our one team to be in a tight match like that. We have Ohio State next week, so even though we didn’t w in that, it was a tight match that we needed to be in. Other than that I felt like
No. 1 Notre Dame continued its dominant streak in its third event of the New Year, going undefeated in the DeCicco Duals, its home event. The Irish hosted 11 teams at the Castellan Family Fencing Center on Saturday and Sunday. The teams were primarily clubs programs, aside from the Northwestern women’s varsit y program. “This was primarily for the second lineup of fencers,” Irish head coach Gia Kvaratsk helia said. “This allowed kids who could be contributors in the coming weeks to gain some experience.” Saturday opened w ith both the men’s and women’s teams going undefeated in foil and sabre against Detroit Mercy, w ith the women finishing the Titans off 26-1 for the women and and the men ending the day 25-2. Senior
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Irish sophomore Zoe Spence hits a backhand during Notre Dame’s 5-2 victory over Purdue on Feb. 22, 2017, at Eck Tennis Pavilion.
epeeists Marie-Anne Roche and Katherine Clarke continued their undefeated streaks against Way ne State, while sophomores Natalie Disher and Christina Boitano led the sabre team to a landslide v ictor y. The foil team continued the team’s success, led by junior Sabrina Massialas. Follow ing the t wo club matchups, the Irish took on their only ranked bout against No. 8 Northwestern. Roche, Disher and Boitano finished the day undefeated, joined by undefeated bouts from sophomore foilist Finnula Mageras, sophomore sabreur Regina O’Brien, epeeist junior Amanda Sirico and junior foilist Elyssa K leiner to beat the Wildcats 17-10. Sophomore Zachar y Zeller led the men’s team through Saturday as the only epeeist to go undefeated through three bouts. The foil team see FENCING PAGE 10