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Students hope to save Waddick’s Rumors inspire petition opposing possible changes to popular campus cafe

By ABIGAIL PIPER News Writer

In the past couple weeks, students have shown concern over the future of Waddick’s, the campus cafe inside O’Shaughnessy Hall. Rumors about possible renovations to the popular dining and coffee spot sparked major backlash among its frequenters.

One such student, senior Susan Lefelhocz, began a petition “to keep the unique and beloved coffee shop Waddick’s unchanged.”

“I posted a Facebook status update about them thinking about changing Waddick’s and I got, like, 60 responses of people saying, ‘I love this see WADDICK’S PAGE 3

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Students frequent Waddick’s, a cafe in O’Shaughnessy Hall. In response to rumors of potential renovations to the facilities, senior Susan Lefelhocz started a petition to oppose any changes.

Committee prepares next round of suggestions

By MEGAN VALLEY Assistant Managing Editor

Two years after being formed by executive v ice president John Aff leckGraves in 2013, the Worker Participation Committee (WPC) made its first round of recommendations in its rev iew of the Universit y’s licensing codes of conduct,

specifically regarding the Universit y’s prohibition on the production of Notre Dame–licensed products in China. The main recommendation was to conduct a pilot program to see if the Universit y could exert its inf luence w ithin selected Chinese factories to achieve and sustain certain worker rights.

Nearly three years after those recommendations, the Universit y is producing licensed products in China. Both the WPC and its student counterpart, the Student Worker Participation Committee (SWPC), are preparing to make another round of see COMMITTEE PAGE 4

Breen-Phillips Hall organizes Meal Auction

By CIARA HOPKINSON News Writer

Continuing its long-held signature event, BreenPhillips Hall (BP) will host its 34th annual Meal Auction on Friday evening, giving students the chance to bid on meals with their favorite professors and campus celebrities along with sports

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tickets, signed sports gear and gift baskets. The event is a team effort, with BP residents reaching out to local businesses and personal connections for donations, as well as contacting professors and coaches regarding meals.

“You have to contact a lot of people and there’s a lot of logistics that go into it, but

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now that it’s the day before the event I’m super excited,” sophomore Maria Herrera, one of the event commissioners, said. “Yes, it’s been kind of a lot of work, but it definitely will pay off because I feel like we prepared really well for it.”

Preparation included see AUCTION PAGE 4

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The second College Assembly will take place Friday from 3-4 p.m. in Carroll Auditorium of Madeleva Hall, according to an email College President Jan Cervelli sent to the Saint Mary’s community Wednesday.

Cervelli said in the email that all members of the community are welcome to attend, as this event will offer guests the opportunity to learn new information about the College’s strategic initiatives.

“The Assemblies offer an see ASSEMBLY PAGE 3

Air Force ROTC plans basketball tournament

By ANDREW BENNIS News Writer

The Notre Dame Air Force Reser ve Officers’ Training Core (ROTC) w ill host 56 teams and more than 800 students for the 32nd annual Fly in’ Irish Inv itational Basketball Tournament this weekend. The competition has grow n to become the largest ROTC sporting event in the countr y, Saint Mar y’s sophomore and Air Force ROTC cadet Marta Kernan said.

“It started out as a group of [ROTC members] tr y ing to get together and have fun, but more people just kept joining and joining” she said.

The tournament w ill begin Friday, w ith the finals held Sunday. Early games w ill take place primarily in the Joyce Center Fieldhouse, while the championship game and three-point competition w ill

be held in Purcell Pav ilion.

The championship w ill also be live-streamed for the first time this year, Notre Dame junior Natalie Petro said.

An Air Force ROTC member, Petro was responsible for coordinating the tournament this year.

Kernan — who w ill be participating in the tournament for the first time — said she is excited to see ROTC cadets from schools from all over the countr y and meet new members as well.

“I’m looking for ward to seeing ever yone from around the countr y,” she said. “It w ill also be really cool because I have friends from the Universit y of Day ton who w ill be coming.”

Petro also said one of the best things about the tournament is the opportunit y to make new connections. The event has grow n see ROTC PAGE 4

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By MARY STEURER News Writer

To celebrate the Lenten season, the Notre Dame Basilica choirs will host a concert Saturday at 8 p.m. in the Basilica of the Sacred Heart. The choirs will perform two pieces by French composer Gabriel Faure — “Requiem” and “Cantique de Jean Racine” — as well as an opening and closing hymn.

Four choirs — the Liturgical Choir, the Women’s Liturgical Choir, the Folk Choir and the Basilica Schola — will perform.

Additionally, a professional orchestra will provide instrumental accompaniment.

Women’s Liturgical Choir director and organist Patrick Kronner will conduct the choirs for the performance of “Requiem.”

Although the music will be presented in concert form, it was originally composed to accompany liturgical prayer, Kronner said.

“It’s totally functional music that you would sing at Mass,” he said.

Kronner said Faure composed his work specifically for the repose of the dead and centers on themes such as consolation and deliverance.

Senior Rosemary Pfaff, a vocalist in the Folk Choir, said several distinct movements comprise “Requiem,” which concludes with a piece entitled “In Paradisum.” “‘In Paradisum’ is just lovely,” she said. “It

has ethereal beauty that seems really appropriate for a requiem.”

J.J. Wright, director of the Folk Choir, will conduct “Cantique de Jean Racine,” Kronner said. Faure composed the piece for a work by French poet Jean Racine, “Word, one with the highest.” It explores a wide variety of Lenten themes such as God’s mercy and the need for sinners to repent, Kronner added.

To match a broad range of themes, the piece features several tonal changes, Kronner said.

“It’s a masterpiece in miniature,” he said.

“It’s perfectly balanced. The way it fits together structurally, the way he paints the text — it’s just really incredible.”

Sophomore Theresa Rice, a member of the Women’s Liturgical Choir, said she admires “Requiem” for its striking dynamic shifts and how it pairs “large, exciting choral sections” with “softer moments.”

Assistant director of the Liturgical Choir Jonathan Hehn said in an email that the concert directors spent weeks planning the performance before the choirs began rehearsals.

“Each of us, to varying degrees, has helped coordinate various aspects of the logistics, and those who are conducting portions of the concert itself have done hours of score study in order to be prepared to run rehearsals,” he said.

An added challenge, Hehn said, was

making time for the choirs to practice.

“I’ve observed that the logistics in coordinating a concert in a Basilica with a very busy liturgical schedule can be difficult,” he said.

“The choir members, we know, also have busy lives, so a thanks is owed to them for giving of their time so generously during this whole process.”

Pfaff said she looks forward to the concert because she views it as a way to serve others.

“Ministry through music is a wonderful thing to be a part of,” she said. “It’s a beautiful opportunity to be a part of Notre Dame’s choral tradition during a special liturgical time.”

Kronner said he believes listener engagement is key to fully experiencing a concert.

“You can just kind of be immersed in it and let the sound surround you,” he said. “[Or] you can sit there with the text just as you would listen to a homily. You can let it challenge you.”

Rice said she hopes guests will find the concert to be a chance for introspection.

“Music helps me gain a lot of peace, but also gives me an opportunity to lose myself,” she said. “I hope [the audience] has a chance to relax into the music and just let it speak to them.”

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Class facilitates political activism at College

By SARA SCHLECHT News Writer

Students in the Advocacy for the Common Good class have been preparing all semester for a march to advocate for the passage of a clean Dream act.

In the past, the students in the class have worked in smaller groups on different issues of political advocacy. Their campaigns have featured issues such as gun control and immigration, sophomore Sophie McDevitt said, but this year’s group decided to do something different.

“This is the first year where the entire class has been working on the same issue,” she said.

On Friday afternoon, the Saint Mary’s students involved in the march will meet

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coffee shop,’ and even alumni say ing, ‘I graduated but this used to be my favorite place,’” she said. “I was like, OK, maybe I can make this into a petition.”

Lefelhocz said she did not anticipate the petition would be ver y successful, but it soon went v iral among students and Notre Dame groups on Facebook, receiv ing nearly

in front of Le Mans Hall, McDevitt said, and march to Senator Joe Donnelly’s office.

Students from Notre Dame and Holy Cross will also participate in the march, leaving from locations on their respective campuses.

“The goal is to put pressure on Congress to … continue DACA and keep it open to people,” she said.

Professors, local media and multicultural groups from the surrounding community have been invited to participate in the march, sophomore Guadalupe Gonzalez said.

McDevitt said the group hopes to demonstrate their commitment to this issue.

“We want to put a physical face on this — to really show him that we’re serious,” she said.

Throughout the semester,

McDevitt said, the class has used a variety of methods to advocate on behalf of DACA. “We’ve had a petition and a couple of call-ins … to show them how serious [we are],” she said.

In addition, Gonzalez said a group of students from the class has previously met with Donnelly.

The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) recently stated their support of the passage of a solution to the uncertainty surrounding DACA. The tri-campus community ref lects this goal as a group of Catholic institutions, McDevitt said.

Due to the complexity of the issue, students in the class had to begin by evaluating their knowledge of the policy.

“The first step we [took] as a

class was to come together in workshops to understand the issue of DACA. … We all came from different backgrounds of knowledge on the issue,” Gonzalez said.

By sharing their knowledge, McDevitt said, class members helped other Saint Mary’s students to see the impact they can have on people that could both benefit or suffer as a result of the loss of DACA. “From [then], it’s been a movement to educate others and educate ourselves — to push for more awareness on our campuses,” Gonzalez said.

The students in the class have also used social media to share their campaign with the local community.

Beyond Friday’s march, students plan to continue using social media to advocate for

this cause, Gonzalez said, as well as host more vigils.

“We’ve raised a lot of vigils,” she said. “A lot of Catholic Social Teachings say that we should [strive] for social justice, and this is a social justice issue.”

Vigils have helped make this discussion larger than politics, Gonzalez said, as the support of the USCCB has drawn out the religious aspect of the issue. This recent publicity has drawn attention to the subject on all three Catholic campuses.

“There’s definitely been some pushback from [the campuses], but I think a lot of people have opened up to supporting [DACA],” Gonzalez said.

500 signatures.

Junior Lydia Costello shared the link on Facebook, say ing, “Some issues are nonpartisan. Sav ing Waddick’s, the ultimate Arts & Letters retreat, is one of them.”

Junior Fra n k Haga n, a self-dubbed “Waddick’s a f icionado,” made a plea in t he Class of 2019 Facebook g roup t hat ga rnered plent y of attent ion.

“The administration wants to deface [Waddick’s]

pristine beaut y and replace it w ith just another cog in the oppressive corporate machine,” Hagan said in the post.

He then appealed to the common values of Notre Dame students, urging, “if you care about libert y and indiv idualit y, about small business and croissants, join the fight.”

Like many students, Hagan said Waddick’s is a part of his week ly routine.

“Waddick’s is a

little communit y, you know, there’s a family spirit here,” he said. “Ever y Tuesday and Thursday I get an iced coffee and a croissant. The coffee here’s cheaper and the coffee here’s better.”

Campus Dining said Waddick’s would not be removed, but did not disclose an exact plan for the coffee shop.

“The one thing I can share is that there are no plans to permanently close Waddick’s and it is being considered for renovation,” Luis A lberganti, director of retail dining, said in an email. “There w ill be an announcement about this coming soon, it is a project that we are ver y excited about.

Some of the details are still being worked out, stay tuned for more information.”

Lefelhocz said modif y ing Waddick’s would be one of many changes, such as the six-semester housing mandate, that represent a bigger trend on campus.

“There’s all these changes happening that the school says we wanted, but students didn’t ask for, and now one of them is Waddick’s,” she said.

Lefelhocz and Hagan said they both heard from non-student sources that Waddick’s was going to be

remodeled.

“I was talking about it w ith a friend in Waddick’s and someone said ‘I see you in here a lot. This change really is happening,’” Lefelhocz said.

Both Hagan and Lefelhocz also said they heard food ser v ices would be scaled dow n and it might expand into the art galler y across the hall.

“I come here for the food and iced coffee, and both of those things are apparently on the a xe,” Hagan said. “I think you could just get more seating but also keep all the food and coffee and stuff.”

“I heard it would just be a coffee machine,” Lefelhocz said.

Lefelhocz said she was asked to close the petition, which had gained 476 signatures, until she had a discussion w ith a dean about renovations.

“I was told that if we don’t accept the renovations, we can reopen the petition,” Lefehlocz said. “If they need to expand it, then I understand that, but to completely remodel it and do away w ith the things that people love, I’m not on board w ith that.”

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Students participate in the Flyin’ Irish Invitational Basketball Tournament in 2017. The tournament is the largest sporting event hosted by the Notre Dame Air Force Reserve Officers’ Training Core.

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significantly over the years, she said, and it is easy to find people who know about the event.

“It’s fun when you go to field training [w ith members of other ROTC programs], you get to appreciate it,” Petro said. “On the second day I mentioned the Fly in’ Irish Basketball Tournament, and two people had heard of it.”

W hile the env ironment is friendly for the most part, it can get competitive at times, which Kernan said is likely due to the nature of multiple ROTC programs coming together.

With the tournament

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recommendations.

“The last big thing was, basically, it’s been decided that we’re going to produce in China. Now the question has become ‘How do we ensure that the factories where we’re producing meet certain standards? ’” SW PC member and junior Adrian Mark Lore said. Editor’s note: Lore is a former Associate Scene Editor for The Obser ver.

Junior Jack ie Brebeck, SW PC secreta r y, sa id Not re Da me’s latest big cha nge f rom t he administ rat ion was ack nowledg ing a w illing ness to back out f rom cont racts w it h indiv idua l factories at t he end of last semester.

“There are these certain minimum requirements that are already in place,” she said. “The administration has basically confirmed

taking place in the middle of the Notre Dame basketball season, it can be difficult to find time for so many teams to play, Petro said.

“We tr y to schedule the tournament around the basketball program so that we can get enough courts,” she said.

Both a men’s and a women’s team are crow ned as champions at the end of the tournament. Last year’s w inners included the Texas A&M Tri-Militar y in the men‘s bracket and the Marquette Golden Eagles Army ROTC in the women’s bracket, but both Kernan and Petro said they are confident in Notre Dame’s chances at this year’s tournament.

W hile Not re Da me has mu lt iple tea ms

pa r t icipat ing f rom a ll t hree milita r y ROTC bra nches, Kerna n sa id a g roup of cadets k now n as “t he scrappers” a re pa r t icu la rly hopef u l t his yea r.

“Scrappers are the players that are not on the ‘real’ [Air Force ROTC] team,” she said. “They’re mostly miscellaneous people, but they are great athletes.” Kernan, who is on one of the scrapper teams, said Both Kernan and Petro are members of scrapper teams, and Petro said she is confident in her team’s abilit y to dominate the tournament.

“We’re going do great, of course,” she said. “We’re going to w in the whole thing.”

that, if those companies don’t meet those requirements, they’re w illing to say now ‘We’re just not going to produce w ith you.’”

Lore and Brebeck said one of the major recommendations the SW PC was working on was the formation of a consortium w ith other colleges and universities.

“There are other schools that have already been ver y conscious in this and are, honestly, kind of ahead of where our Universit y is, so in our recommendation we say that Notre Dame should become a leader in this, especially because of Catholic social teaching,” Brebeck said.

If the recommendation for the consortium is accepted, the formation of the group could start as soon as “late, late spring,” w ith a conference that would then begin the consortium, Lore said.

The consortium itself would then likely start in the fall.

The SW PC is dedicated to ensuring the Universit y would remain a leader of the consortium.

“We think that Notre Dame has a really rigid commitment to their values …

I’d like to see the Universit y keep leading the consortium,” Lore said.

Lore said Notre Dame’s business makes up a mere percentage of work for most of these factories. Pushing too hard at once could result in the factories deciding it isn’t worth it to do business w ith the Universit y, and in favor of business that “demands less.”

“We have to be conscious of how much power we have in changing what the companies do,” Lore said.

The consortium, Brebeck said, would help address this problem by cooperating w ith more of the institutions w ith which these factories are working.

“I feel like we are pushing

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choosing a theme, recruiting more than 30 volunteers to contact businesses and creating section gift baskets to include in the raff le. This year’s theme is “Around the World,” which Herrera said was versatile enough for the hall to create interesting and creative baskets.

“We tr y to do a gift card for each of the baskets so there’s some incentive for the person who w ins the raff le to have some freedom in what they do, but then we also tr y to incorporate the theme w ith it,” she said. “One of the sections did a book theme, so they got a lot of different books and a map that you can color in a countr y if you’ve read a book from that countr y, which is something a little different.”

A ll proceeds from the auction go to Meals on W heels South Bend, an organization that delivers meals to homebound residents of St. Joseph Count y.

“Meals on W heels really relies on our donations because we give them any where from $4 to 7 thousand, so they kind of count on that,” junior Lauren Hebig, one of the event’s commissioners, said. Editor’s note: Hebig is a former graphic designer for The Obser ver.

Herrera said this communit y engagement is one of her favorite aspects of the event.

“I love the fact that it kind of brings BP together,” she said. “Rather than just hav ing the BP communit y bond, it’s also for a greater good. I’m from South

to go big,” she said. “I want to go after the schools w ith the biggest contracts — they have the most inf luence, and we need to include them to be successful.”

The other major recommendation of the SW PC is determining which standards are the most important for the factories to meet, Lore said.

The Universit y’s work w ith Chinese factories requires auditing to see which worker rights standards are being met and to make changes to improve those ratings.

“China might not have certain labor laws, but we demand that they meet these standards, so those auditing companies, on our behalf, would go and check that they’re doing all that,” Lore said.

“So what we’re doing right now … is framing what we want that system to look like: W hat are our top priorities when it comes to

Bend, so I love the fact that there’s that engagement bet ween the BP communit y and Meals on W heels.”

Sister Mar y McNamara, BP’s former rector who passed away Feb. 7, left her mark on a Hall tradition Herrera said Sister McNamara loved. Though the commissioners suggested putting the auction online to raise more money, Hebig said, Sister McNamara wanted the event to remain student-centered.

“She didn’t want it to get to really high numbers for the meals w ith campus celebrities because she wanted it to be more for the students,” she said.

“The students couldn’t afford something that adults could afford.”

Hebig said the commissioners were concerned about garnering resident participation so soon after Sister McNamara’s unexpected death, but the BP communit y rallied around the event, which Herrera said it is holding in her honor.

“Sister Mar y loved the meal auction, she was super excited for it all the time, so we just wanted to keep it the same way it was to remember her and honor her,” Herrera said. “We’re doing it for Sister.”

This motivation, Hebig said, was a central aspect of the planning process for BP residents.

“That was a really cool thing: ever yone in BP was so connected,” she said.

“We decided to keep it the day it was because it was what Sister Mar y would have wanted.”

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what the companies need to meet and how often do we want to audit? Do we want to work w ith other universities? Right now we’re drafting a recommendation to the administration of what we would like to see.”

There are limitations to what these factories can accomplish at once, and some things cannot be implemented. For instance, Lore noted that unions weren’t “legally possible” in some areas, and thus aren’t a reasonable requirement to ask of factories.

“Obv iously, we want more than to ask them to meet the bare minimum, but in order to work well, you need to do it in stages,” Brebeck said.

“W hile it’d be ideal to ask for more, it’s more realistic to ask stage-by-stage. I think we’re asking for change at a reasonable pace.”

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The good old days Ben Padanilam Editor-in-Chief

“I wish there was a way to know you’re in the good old days before you’ve actually left them.”

When I took over as Editor-in-Chief a year ago, I had no idea what exactly I was getting myself into.

Sure, I had some expectation of the level of responsibility that would be required of me. And yes, I had some expectation of the amount of stress this job would cause me sometimes.

Oh, and I definitely had some expectation of how much time I would be spending in the basement of South Dining Hall.

But I had no idea that the iconic words of a fictional character on a sitcom adaptation would come to mean so much to me over the course of this past year.

In some ways, I was spoiled. Just a month after I took over, we had our 50th reunion as a paper, and I had many people who had been in my shoes telling me that this job was the best they’d ever had.

I think that’s what tipped me off that I might just be in the “good old days.”

Over the next 11 months, I got to play a role in doing exactly what I had hoped to do: tell the story of the Notre Dame and Saint Mary’s communities. Was it perfect? No. Did it go exactly to plan? Not quite.

But it was pretty close.

I could spend the next couple hundred words describing all of the things this year’s staff accomplished, but chances are you already know that if you’re reading this. And if not, you could spend hours scrolling through some of the great content produced in the last year.

Thing is, work is only a part of what made this the best job I will ever have. I enjoyed just about everything the job had to offer — the highlights, the tough decisions, the emails and the long nights in the office.

And the biggest reason for that, in my opinion, was the people.

It started well before I got this job; I can’t thank people like Greg, Mary, Zach, Alex and Renee enough for teaching me so much coming up through the Sports department, or Margaret, Kayla and Claire for their guidance when it came to learning about the paper as a whole. I wouldn’t have been in this position without all of you, your guidance and your friendship — you made me who I am as a member of The Observer.

But this year wouldn’t have meant anything without my staff. Katie, Marek, Rachel and Megan, thank you for being the best support staff I could have ever asked for. To me, having all of you as the “Jets” is fitting because this year would’ve never taken off without you.

Courtney, Martha, Elizabeth, Adam, Nora, Mary, Chris, Emma, Lauren, Alexandra, Molly and Madison — there simply aren’t enough words in this column to describe how thankful I am to all of you for your hard work as members of Gen. Board over the last year, and I hope I was able to express even a fraction of the value with which I cherish your friendship.

And to the rest of The Observer staff — including Deb, for who can forget her? — thank you for making each and every day so special.

The truth is, there wasn’t much that I could lean on for some stability in my life when I took this job. But each and every day, I could walk into the office and count on the people I worked with. They made me so proud. They picked up my spirits. And most of all, they made me feel loved.

So as I sit in The Observer office Thursday morning, having sent down the paper to our printer one last time, I can’t help but tear up. Because this place has become synonymous with home for me, and the people have become my family.

And the only way I can think to express my gratitude is to say I love you all.

For when I look back on this year, I realize I really was in the good old days, and I like to think I made the best of them.

But it’s bittersweet, too, because I sure as hell know I’m going to miss them.

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

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

The iced coffee manifesto Those unacquainted with O’Shag likely don’t know of the tiny cafe nestled by the building’s DeBart-side entrance. It’s called Waddick’s, and its carpeted interior and rustic oak furniture give off an aura befitting the lovechild of a library and a hunting lodge. At any given point there are probably a handful of Arts and Letters students with their noses in books and their hands on coffees. Speaking of, it is undoubtedly the best coffee spot for your buck on campus, and pairing one with their famous bacon, egg and cheese croissant is a breakfast fit for a king — or at the very least a history major looking to burn some flex points. It is also in danger of being disgracefully stripped down from a full cafe to a one-machine, one-cashier operation.

Waddick’s is much more than a coffee shop; it is the embodiment of Arts and Letters. You are bound to bump into one of your friends, classmates or professors there, and the genial atmosphere ensures the type of banter that builds genuine investment in each other’s academic endeavors and personal lives.

Intellectually stimulating or not, the face time Waddick’s fosters as an Arts and Letters hub deepens both the college’s and Notre Dame’s senses of community. Of course, people can (and do) gather at other establishments.

However, when the time comes for all of us to sit our kids down and indoctrinate them into the cult of Notre Dame, I doubt any of us will recount fondly our time spent at Modern Market or Starbucks. Certainly we enjoy these places, but subconsciously we understand that they are transactional, merely a means to an end.

The things that really imbue our Notre Dame experiences with color and meaning are our local, homey hangouts, from Nick’s Patio to the Backer. Waddick’s is no different. You’re greeted and served by one of your fellow students

or the amiable Vicky. If you’re there as often as I am (unlikely), they might even assign you a title (Iced Coffee Guy over here). With familiar faces behind the counter, folky-pop playing over the radio and quirky decor, Waddick’s just feels like a slice of home. Sure, I’m biased because living in Carroll means it’s usually not worth trekking back between classes. But I’m willing to bet that the 451 people who have signed the “Save Waddick’s!” petition thus far feel that same bit of home as well.

The proposed changes ultimately amount to reducing Waddick’s to something like the cold, impersonal a la Descartes stand in Jordan because Decio and Duncan make it redundant.

With the petition’s hundreds of signatures and an ungodly line into the Great Hall between every class period, it is hard to believe that Waddick’s has suffered much from the alleged competition. I do think everyone agrees that putting additional seating where the art gallery is would be a welcome change, but eliminating most of the offerings and staff save for the absolute bare minimum is an unnecessary degradation of an adored hole-in-the-wall.

With another tuition hike this week, it seems that Our Lady’s University is cash-strapped yet again. It would be shameful for the administration to dismantle a cherished student haunt while simultaneously asking for even more from us. Every year, our campus plays witness to the establishment of a new, palatial institute bearing the name of one of our dynastic families. In light of such prolific development, that funky cafe in O’Shag stands as a poignant testament to late Assistant Dean Waddick’s dedication to his students and as a tiny reminder that Notre Dame is a school, not a corporation.

Francis Hagan junior Feb. 28

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‘White lies’ at an apprentice White House Gary Caruso Capitol Comments

Revelations broke this week that 29-year-old W hite House Communications Director Hope Hicks — the longest-serving staff member who abruptly resigned — admitted in her testimony to the Intelligence Committee that she told “white lies” on behalf of the president. In any other W hite House, the events surrounding her departure (the fourth communications director to serve to date) would have been the major explosive news of the week. But her story did not even rise to a mere 15-seconds-of-fame cycle in what has become a reality television show administration under Trump.

Thirteen months into his presidency, we see a routine that developed into a pattern of somewhat predictable episodes. Trump time is finely chopped into minuscule sound bites and simple slogans that are easily conveyed to the average apathetic American. The president will also simultaneously express multiple sides of issues, post short accusatory tweets, advocate contradictory bi-directional policy stands or torment opponents with confrontational statements. W hatever the topic, he consistently fills in the blanks of his rhetorical template, regardless of the issue.

Ask anyone on the street specifically, “W ho is Kim Jong-un? ” Many will know, but responses may incorrectly range from a cousin of rapper Lil’ Kim to a variation of Kung Pao chicken. Ask them instead to name the North Korean leader, and most would not know or fumble the name’s pronunciation. Yet, in Trump time, just about anyone who follows news knows that “Little Rocket Man” is the leader of North Korea.

Congressional Republicans have quickly learned that Trump’s real estate showmanship impulses do not tow party orthodoxy. For example, Wednesday, with curtains drawn to dim the room reminiscent of Trump’s “The Apprentice” reality television setting, the president hosted a

roundtable discussion in the Cabinet Room. He and congressional Democrats and Republicans sat around the large boardroom table to discuss gun control policy in the wake of the shooting two weeks ago at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. He stunned Republicans in the room as he enthusiastically advocated for several gun control measures that have longtime been the antithesis of the National Rif le Association (NR A) and GOP dogma.

Trump moderated the discussion around the table as though the master quizzing his apprentices. At one point, he chastised Pennsylvania Senator Pat Toomey for his fear of the NR A. To Representative Steve Scalise, who was shot last year at baseball practice, the president told him not to include a provision to allow reciprocity between states for holders of gun permits. In response to Vice President Mike Pence’s presentation of Indiana’s violence restraining order law that removed guns from citizens involved in violence towards others, Trump uttered his famous unconstitutional remark, “Or, Mike, take the firearms first and then go to court. Because that’s another system … I like taking the guns early.

Like in this crazy man’s case that just took place in Florida.”

Throughout the session they discussed: 1.) strengthening background checks through the Fix NICS legislation and making those checks universal, 2.) arming persons in the schools, thus eliminating “Gun Free” zones, 3.) outlawing the “bump stock” device enhancement, 4.) raising the minimum age to purchase an AR-15 from 18 to 21 to mirror the age restriction on handguns, 5.) concealed carry reciprocity between states, 6.) violence restraining orders, and 7.) gun-free zones.

Overall, Trump assured the lawmakers that he would lead a successful bipartisan effort, saying, “I’m not worried about 60 votes. 60 percent, meaning, should be so easy. Should be 100 percent.”

Connecticut Senator Chris Murphy cautioned,

“I think you underestimate the power of the gun lobby.”

Trump countered, “I tell you what. The reason I had lunch with the NR A on Sunday — I called them and said you have to come over. Fellows, we’ve got to do something. They do have great points. I agree with that. They have great power over you people. They have less power over me. I don’t need it. W hat do I need? ” The president elaborated, “But I tell you, they are well meaning. I said to them very nicely, fellows, we’ve got to do something. We can’t keep restricting and we can’t keep — we have to do what’s right. W hen it comes to mental health and other issues, I said we have to do what’s right. I’m telling you, I think they’re there. I think they’re there. Some of you people are petrified of the NR A. You can’t be petrified. They want to do what’s right. They’re going to do what’s right. I really believe that. It was a very good lunch.”

On queue, Trump saturated his tried-and-true Trump time template — sans confrontation or torment during this special setting — answering California Senator Dianne Feinstein’s question about eliminating weapons of war currently easily accessible on our streets. The president favored strong gun control legislation by saying, “I believe it has to be very strong. I would rather have you come down on the strong side … I believe we’re on the road to something terrific.”

As a look of horror spread across the faces of the NR A-supported GOP lawmakers, the only thing obviously terrific at the moment was many little white lies.

Gary J. Caruso, Notre Dame ‘73, serves in the Department of Homeland Security and was a legislative and public affairs director at the U.S. House of Representatives and in President Clinton’s administration. His column appears every other Friday.

Contact him on Twitter: @GaryJCaruso or email: GaryJCaruso@alumni.nd.edu The views expressed in this column are those of the author and not necessarily those of The Observer.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Statement on insurance changes We, the Executive Board of the Notre Dame Chapter of University Faculty for Life, echo Bishop Kevin Rhoades in expressing support for Notre Dame’s plan to remove some abortifacient drugs from its health plan and begin offering natural family planning services. We are sincerely grateful to Fr. Jenkins for making these changes.

We also fully support Fr. Jenkins’s plan to positively present the Church’s teaching on contraception to health plan enrollees, and appreciate his eloquent description of “Humanae vitae’s” prophetic nature.

However, like Bishop Rhoades, we disagree with Notre Dame’s decision to begin directly providing what Fr. Jenkins calls “simple” contraceptives for several related reasons.

First, contraception is against Catholic teaching, as explained in “Humanae vitae,” “Evangelium Vitae” and the Catechism (#2370).

The administration’s wish to honor the conscience rights of those who use contraception does not justify the University taking an active role in providing the contraceptive drugs.

Second, we are concerned about the criteria that will be used for determining whether a drug is a “simple” contraceptive. The term “simple contraceptives” is not a medical term. We believe it is imperative to exclude all drugs and devices that may function by causing the death of a newly-conceived embryonic human being. According to FDA labeling and well-established scientific evidence, this includes copper IUDs, EllaOne (the so-called week-after pill and Plan B (morning-after pill). It may very well include other drugs and devices.

Third, we find exceedingly troubling the idea that any Notre Dame employee or student would financially “rely on” the contraception benefit (as stated in Fr. Jenkins’s letter), which is worth no more than a few hundred dollars a year. If there are employees or students on campus who must sacrifice basic necessities in order to pay an expense of a few hundred dollars — whether that expense be contraceptives or something else — we would suggest that the Christian solution would be for the University to pay a just wage or to give more financial aid, rather than pay for

contraceptives.

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Sincerely, Executive Board ND Chapter of UFL Martijn Cremers president Jeff Burks vice president Madeline Bradley secretary-treasurer Gabriel Reynolds executive board member David Solomon executive board member March 1

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Horoscope | Eugenia Last Happy Birthday: Share your thoughts and feelings and listen to what others have to say. Getting along will be half the battle this year. Your willingness to help others and to be forthcoming about what you need or want in return will help to ease stress and give you the platform you need to bring about change and peace of mind. Your numbers are 6, 14, 17, 21, 29, 36, 47.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Secrets are best kept that way. Focus on personal changes that will make you feel good about the way you look, what you know and the direction you are heading. Don’t share personal information or passwords.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Settle into something that interests you. Do your research and find out what’s needed to put your plans in motion.

Someone you least expect will help you make a decision that can change your direction and improve your life. Be open to new friendships and opportunities.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Partnerships will undergo distractions, uncertainty and a lack of trust if you don’t keep your communication open and honest.

Discuss the matters that have the potential to upset your life. Do your best to keep the peace.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Test the waters and say what’s on your mind. Not everyone will agree with you, but you will find out quickly where you stand and whom you can trust. Congregate with like-minded individuals and you will accomplish a lot.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): A solid strategy will make a difference. Don’t go into a meeting or an exam without having a well-thought-out plan in place.

Your future is dependent on how well you do when faced with a challenge.

Precision and detail are encouraged.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Emotions will flare up if you aren’t honest about the way you feel. Stay calm and make your points clearly and you will be able to overcome any misunderstanding or differences of opinion you have with someone you love.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Work quietly toward your goal. Keep your thoughts and intentions a secret until you have reached a point where you feel you have done enough research to persuade others to support your projects. A domestic change is encouraged.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Concentrate on what matters most to you. Extend a helping hand to someone you care about or a cause you believe in. Your input will be welcome and lead to all sorts of interesting new beginnings.

Love is on the rise.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Do your research before getting involved in something that someone else is trying to push on you. Change can be good, but it has to be for the right reasons and involve someone who has as much to offer as you do.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Consider drawing up a contract or at least laying out your plans and discussing the best way to reach an agreement.

If you show the willingness to make adjustments, you will find it easier to come up with a workable arrangement. Invest time and you will be rewarded.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Look inward and decipher what you can do to improve your life, your outlook and the relationships you have with those you care about most. Positive change will encourage praise and keep you from getting involved in indulgent behavior.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Questioning your relationships with different people will help you get a better sense of who is good for you to hang out with and who isn’t. Take steps to get rid of emotional baggage and physical possessions that are weighing you down.

Birthday Baby: You are practical, aggressive and unusual. You are proactive and specific.

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NHL | SHARKS 7, BLACKHAWKS 2

Assessing NHL trade outcomes Jack Concannon Sports Writer

Sometimes, a good team is just one piece away from great. A lmost ever y contender has those one or two holes it wants to fill before the postseason starts, and Monday’s trade deadline was ever y team’s opportunit y to do just that. So who improved their roster? W ho gave up too much? W ho gained assets that w ill help greatly in the future? Here are the w inners and losers of the 2018 NHL trade deadline.

Winners Pittsburgh Penguins The Penguins already boasted two of the NHL’s best centers in Evgeni Malkin and Sidney Crosby, and the addition of former Senators for ward Derick Brassard to center their third line makes them outright terrif y ing.

The three-way trade w ith Ottawa and Las Vegas left the Golden Knights picking up 40 percent of Brassard’s salar y, so the Penguins were able to secure their thirdline star at a team-friendly cap hit. Losing a first-round pick hurts, but Brassard’s contract runs through the 2018-19 season, so this is a move that sets Pittsburgh up nicely over the next two seasons.

to give up a second-round pick. Several teams made moves for for wards of or near Kane’s qualit y Monday, but all of them had to give up guaranteed first-round picks. The Sharks robbed the Sabres in this one.

Losers Washington Capitals The Capitals have had defensive woes all season long. They have given up the 11th-most goals in the league and surrendered the 11th-most shots on goal in the league. Not horrific numbers, but far too pedestrian to compete for a Stanley Cup. The team acquired Michal Kempny and Jakub Jerabek for a third- and fifth-round pick, respectively, but neither of these players is good enough to really move the needle for the Caps.

The team was connected to McDonagh, Mike Green, Jack Johnson and even Erik Karlsson, but ultimately chose to do nothing at the deadline and watch almost ever y other team in its div ision make a move to improve its roster. If the Capitals reach yet another disappointing end to their playoff run this May, they should look back on Monday as a potential reason why.

Las Vegas Golden Knights

San Jose Sharks

The Las Vegas Golden Knights have over $27 million in cap space. They have tons of young talent and prospects w ith value. The Senators were looking to move superstar Karlsson, for whom the Knights were rumored to be after. A trade for Karlsson made all the sense in the world for the Knights to tr y to shock the world and contend this year, but they failed to make it.

Instead, they overpaid for Tomas Tatar. Tatar is under contract for four more years, and a proven secondline scorer. A first, second and third pick for Tatar, who comes w ith a prett y sizable $ 5.3 million cap hit, was an overpay in the context of this year’s market.

The Knights didn’t end up standing pat, but sometimes the best move is the one you don’t make, and avoiding this move would have been a better one.

This one is simple. They land Evander Kane from the Sabres, and they may not even have to give up a first-round pick. If Kane signs elsewhere this offseason, the Sharks only have

Contact Jack Concannon at jconcan2@nd.edu The views expressed in this Sports Authority are those of the author and not necessarily those of The Observer.

New York Rangers The Rangers are starting a rebuild on their ow n terms, and this trade deadline w ill help greatly in mov ing that process along. By mov ing Rick Nash, J.T. Miller and Ryan McDonagh, they acquired two first-round picks and a conditional secondround pick that could become a first rounder if the Lightning w in the Stanley Cup this season or next.

The team also acquired V ladislav Namestnikov, Ryan Spooner and Ryan Lindgren on top of these picks, all players who seem likely to contribute to the squad’s success in the future. Trading your star players hurts in the short term, but the Rangers have to be happy to get a haul like this in return.

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Pavleski leads San Jose to win over Blackhawks Associated Press

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Like most players on contending teams, Joe Pavelski enjoys this time of the year.

Somehow he rises to the occasion.

Pavelski scored twice and the San Jose Sharks reached a season high in goals in a 7-2 victor y over the Chicago Blackhawks on Thursday night.

At 79 points, the Sharks aren’t guaranteed anything just yet. That’s why Pavekski and Co. are playing close to playoff level hockey, even against a team like the Blackhawks, who have a slightly different agenda the rest of the season.

“It’s about execution and getting your chances,” Pavelski said.

Logan Couture, Timo

Meier, Kevin LaBanc, MarcEdouard V lasic and Barclay Goodrow also scored for the Sharks, who won their second straight at home after dropping three in a row on the road.

Artem Anisimov and Nick Schmaltz scored for the Blackhawks, who lost their seventh straight road game while allowing their most goals this season, matching the seven New Jersey scored on Nov. 12.

J-F Berube gave up six goals on 28 shots through the second period before he was pulled. Anton Forsberg allowed a goal in the first three minutes of the third period.

Anisimov gave Chicago a 1-0 lead in the third minute of play, the result of crisp passing from both Duncan Keith and Patrick Kane.

Pavelski tied it midway through the first period, taking a short pass from Brent Burns and bur ying it into the net.

Couture scored four minutes later and the rout was on.

Pavelski scored the fifth goal midway through the second, his 49th career multi-goal game.

“It was one of those nights the puck was going in,” Pavelski said.

The sixth goal came with two seconds left in the second. Berube caught the puck but couldn’t hang on. V lasic came around and fired a shot off the back of Berube’s pads and into the net.

Jones blocked Anthony Duclair’s penalty shot with five minutes left to play.

Schmaltz scored in the final minute.

NCAAM basketball | RUTGERS 76, INDIANA 69

Rutgers defeats Indiana for statement conference win Associated Press

NEW YORK — For the first time since joining the Big Ten, Rutgers looks as if it belongs.

Corey Sanders scored 28 points and last-place Rutgers upset Indiana 7669 Thursday night to advance to the quarterfinals of the Big Ten Tournament.

The 14th-seeded Scarlet Knights (15-18) face third seed and No. 8 Purdue at Madison Square Garden in the final game of Friday’s quadruple-header.

“It was great play ing at home, especially for the seniors,” Sanders said.

A lot of people laugh at the thought of Rutgers, the State Universit y of New Jersey, being New York’s Big Ten team but it has certainly felt that way the last t wo nights at the Garden.

The Hoosiers (16-15) started the game on a 17-3 run, but were manhandled for the most part by Rutgers over the final 30 minutes.

“We just showed ever ybody that it’s not the same Rutgers that’s going to keel over and die,” said Mike Williams, a senior from Brook ly n. “This is March Madness, man.”

Rutgers led by seven w ith 10 minutes left in the second half, but the Hoosiers had it tied less than t wo minutes later. Indiana never could get the lead back. Back-toback buckets by Sanders had Rutgers up by three and Geo Baker’s 3 from the left w ing made it 56-50 for the Scarlet Knights w ith 5:12 left.

A runner off the glass by Sanders put Rutgers up six w ith 1:23 left and 15 seconds later his breakaway slam made it 67-59 and brought dow n chants of “Let’s Go Rutgers !” and “R-U!” from the partisan crowd. One more slam by Sanders, this time on a baseline drive that had just a touch of former Knicks star John Starks in it, capped Rutgers biggest basketball v ictor y in decades.

Sanders had 23 points in a v ictor y against Minnesota on Wednesday night.

“I think he has something to prove here,” Rutgers coach Steve Pikiell said.

Rutgers has won t wo games in a single conference tournament for the first time since 1998 in the Big East. The last time Rutgers won three conference tournament games

was 1989 in the Atlantic 10.

The Hoosiers raced out to a 24-8 lead, getting to the basket w ith ease. With 7:28 left in the first half, Rutgers had more turnovers (five) than field goals (three) and Sanders was 0 for 4.

“I think we were shooting 11 percent at the time and I looked up and they were shooting like 54 percent at that time,” Sanders said.

“We weren’t getting enough stops and our defense had to kick in so our offense could get going.”

Sanders led the Rutgers rally at the end of the first half, scoring 10 points, including a right-handed slam off a steal. The Scarlet Knights closed w ith a 17-2 run and led 29-28 at halftime.

“I think it just comes dow n to us not getting enough stops,” said Juwan Morgan, who led Indiana w ith 15 points and nine rebounds.

Now, w ith the Big Ten basketball tournament being played in New York for the first time — about 35 miles away from Rutgers’ campus in New Brunsw ick, New Jersey — the Scarlet Knights have themselves a true B1G moment.

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Irish junior guard Arike Ogunbowale dribbles up the court during Notre Dame’s 86-67 win over North Carolina State on Feb. 25.

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Ogunbowale led the ACC in regular-season scoring at 20.3 points per game. She sits in the top-15 in the ACC in free-throw percentage, steals, 3-point shooting percentage, defensive rebounds and minutes played.

Additionally, the ACC allconference team was named this week. In addition to Ogunbowale, Mabrey and junior forward Jessica Shepard were named to the team.

Ogunbowale and Shepard were named to the First Team and Mabrey made the Second Team. This marks the third time in five years Notre Dame has boasted three all-conference honorees.

With its attention now turned toward the tournament, Notre Dame will look to continue its string of success in conference postseason play, as only the Irish and Albany of the America East conference have won their conference

tournaments each of the past five years. Just last year, Notre Dame’s path featured wins over Virginia (18-12, 10-6) and Louisville (29-2, 15-1) before defeating Duke in the championship. Both Ogunbowale and Mabrey were named to the All-ACC Tournament Team last year.

The Irish have reason to be confident heading into their matchup Friday, as they are 3-0 versus their potential opponents, beating Georgia Tech (18-12, 6-10) 77-54 on Jan. 7 and 85-69 on Feb. 11 as well as defeating Virginia 83-69 on Feb. 15. Should they advance, the ACC semifinals will be held Saturday followed by the championship Sunday. A potential highlight of the tournament would be a rematch between the Irish and Louisville, as the Cardinals defeated Notre Dame 100-67 in January.

The ACC tournament begins Friday at 6 p.m. for the Irish, who will take on Virginia at Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro, North Carolina.

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Irish junior guard Marina Mabrey directs the offense during Notre Dame’s 86-67 win over N.C. State on Feb. 25 at Purcell Pavilion.

Brey said of the senior forward.

“Those kids missed him, they missed his edge, his confidence, that he gets calls — we haven’t had a guy that can get calls in a while.

“He made some of those plays I haven’t seen in two months and I’m like, ‘Oh man did we miss that.’ A big offensive rebound in traffic, put-back 3-point play.

Just a deflection with his length in the back of the zone. Twentyone minutes was something to build on. We’ll get him higher in minutes on Saturday, I guarantee you that.”

In those 21 minutes, Colson totaled 12 points, nine rebounds and three blocks. More impressively, Colson picked up eight points and five rebounds in the first seven minutes of the game.

“I’m sure a lot of committee members watched tonight and see him being productive,” Brey said of Colson’s Senior Night performance. “And he’s only going to be playing more minutes.

That definitely could help us.

“He gets to go after people again, he’s missed that. He was born to compete.”

While Colson’s offensive production is sorely welcome, Brey said he has to make sure Colson’s offensive touches don’t come at the expense of fellow senior forward Martinas Geben, who has stepped up in a big way for the Irish in Colson’s absence.

“The one thing I talked

to those two guys about on Monday was, ‘Let’s not watch Bonzie or let’s do things to get Bonzie involved. Let’s just play,’” Brey said. “‘Martin, you still need to be aggressive and attack, and you’ve been fabulous for us. It doesn’t mean that you back up.’”

After Wednesday’s game, Geben said Colson’s return is a positive, but that a few more practice reps will help the two get back to a rhythm.

“It was good to be out there in real game situations with real defenders and not in practice simulation mode,” Geben said. “Just gave us reps moving together, we’re still a little rough as far as getting Bonzie back and getting back with our movement. But we’re going to get a couple practices in and keep moving forward.”

An aspect of Notre Dame’s game that improves dramatically with Colson and Geben in the lineup is offensive rebounding — a key to the game against the Cavaliers, Brey said.

“Marty’s been banging that board hard, and now you put Bonzie in there, too, we’ve got enough size on that front line that we should be able to really get up on the backboard,” Brey said. “Marty and Bonzie do a great job rebounding.”

Rebounding could decide the game, as Virginia is famous for playing a slow, defensively-stifling style of basketball where points are at a premium. The Cavaliers are holding their opponents to just 52.1 points a game on the season, and Brey Paid Advertisement

said his team has to dig in for an ugly game.

“It’s gonna be a slug, slogging game,” Brey said. “You’re not going to score like you usually score, the pace is going to be slower. … We need to defend and rebound. We have to guard them and get on the offensive board.”

In years past, Virginia’s vaunted defensive wreaked havoc on Notre Dame, as the Irish lost their first five ACC matchups against the Cavaliers. However, Notre Dame turned a corner during last year’s ACC tournament and defeated Virginia 7158 in the quarterfinal round.

“They’re really good and we respect them and the whole bit,” Brey said. “But we played pretty well against them in Brooklyn the last time we played, and we need to watch some of that and learn. I think that really helps us.”

Notre Dame and Virginia will tip off at 4 p.m. Saturday in Charlottesville, Virginia.

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much different than something like college football,” Aoki said. “[Baseball] is so contingent upon how the pitching lines up and how matchups are. We could have — and I’m not saying that we do — clearly the superior group of players and just get one guy on the mound who has it going, and you just never know. I think probably the closest comparison is hockey or soccer, where you get a hot goalie, and it doesn’t matter whether you’re the No. 1 team in the country … you might end up dropping a couple of games to somebody that, on paper, you’re supposed to beat. … Pitching is that great equalizer in our game.”

In line with this sentiment,

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Aoki sees a need for improvement in his starting pitching staff, which has struggled with control and efficiency as of late. Aoki said he wants to see his staff challenge the strike zone more efficiently and reduce the numbers of walks it surrenders. But he remains confident that, as the season goes on, the staff will improve.

“Our starting pitching needs to be more efficient, they need to be better,” Aoki said. “We can’t continue to walk hitters at the rate at which we’re walking them and expect to have sustainable success. … I have been pleased, really for the most part, every where else but our starters. Now those guys have to challenge in the strike zone a little bit more than what they have been. But it’s their second outing, too, and we’ll

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Irish junior Nick Podkul follows through his swing while at bat against Duke on April 28 at Frank Eck Stadium. Notre Dame split the doubleheader against the Blue Devils, winning 5-4 and losing 14-1.

get better and those guys will get better. This isn’t anything that they don’t know. It’ll be fine.”

The Irish will begin their run at the championship this weekend Friday at 6:30 p.m., when they will take on

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Youngstown State.

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Irish sophomore first baseman Daniel Jung catches the ball during Notre Dame’s win over Duke on April 28. Jung started in 48 of 56 games as a freshman and tallied two hits in the ACC Championship.

Irish junior outfielder Matt Vierling runs toward a base during Notre Dame’s 5-4 win over Duke at the Frank Eck Stadium on April 28.

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have been beneficial in helping to prepare his team for Maryland.

“I think they have given us chances to expose what we need to work on,” Corrigan said. “I think in the first game against Detroit, we found out that we weren’t at all ready in the riding and clearing game, along with way too many turnovers and some defensive lapses that we think are uncharacteristic. In the second game, we were much better but still had some inconsistencies and still offensively just not enough determination to really not settle. I think we know we have some playmakers, but you have to give those guys a chance to make not plays that they are capable of making, but plays that they can consistently make, and we’re still learning how to do that.”

Corrigan said the two weeks of practice his team had between the Detroit Mercy and Richmond games was invaluable to his team.

“We went from turning the ball over 24 times [in our first

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appeared in the NCA A national championship game each of the last three seasons, winning their first title since 1975 last year with a 9-6 victory over Ohio State in the final.

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Kevin Corrigan said he hopes to see his team put forth its first complete effort of the season Saturday.

“I want to see us play to our full capacity,” Corrigan said.

“I feel like I haven’t seen that yet, but I see us getting closer every day. We got kind of a young group and we’re still trying to find ourselves, but I

like the direction we are going. I just think at this point, we’re going to have to do it against a really good team this weekend, and I think it’s a challenge that we are ready for.”

Corrigan believes their first two regular-season games, along with the two exhibition games his team played,

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Irish senior midfielder John Travisano Jr. runs between defenders during Notre Dame’s 11-7 win over Richmond at home Feb. 24. Travisano Jr. earned a team-high eight ground balls against the Spiders.

game] to turning it over about eight times,” Corrigan said.

“That was largely a function of [the two weeks off] and just a better effort by our guys, but for a young team like us every day in practice is valuable, so to have two weeks between those games was important.

I think having a week now to prepare, this is more what the rhythm of the season is going to be and we’ve got to get used to that as well, so hopefully we’re able to do that.”

Corrigan was quick to praise Costabile and Gleason after their strong performances to begin the season.

“I just think it’s two very good players and competitive guys who really like to get after it,” Corrigan said. “They are both guys that I think are terrific competitors, first of all. I think that’s really been a huge thing for both of them, and I think they set that tone every day in practice. They practice the same way they play.”

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Notre Dame w ill begin its quest to make histor y Friday, as it could become the first school in ACC histor y to sweep both the regular-season and conference tournament titles in fiveconsecutive years.

The Irish (27-2, 15-1 ACC), who come into the tournament as the No. 2 seed after losing the tiebreaker to regular-season co-champion Louisv ille, w ill play No. 7-seed Virginia.

Heading into action Friday, Notre Dame is riding a hot streak as they won 12-straight games to w rap up the regular season, including an 86-67 v ictor y Sunday against No. 21 North Carolina State. Leading the way in the w in were Notre Dame’s top guards in juniors Arike Ogunbowale and Marina Mabrey and sophomore Jackie Young, who combined for 60 points

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among the three of them.

Going back to its time in the Big East Conference, this year marks Notre Dame’s seventh-straight regularseason conference title, good for the third-best active streak in the countr y behind Baylor and Green Bay. The w in leaves the Irish at 77-3 in the ACC. It also gave Notre Dame its eighth v ictor y over a ranked opponent this year, t y ing it w ith UConn for the most in the countr y.

Heading into the tournament this weekend in Greensboro, North Carolina, the Irish w ill be looking to the top players to continue to produce, especially Ogunbowale, who was just named a semifinalist for the Citizen Naismith Trophy Women’s College Player of the Year as well as an Ann Meyers Dr ysdale Award finalist for best shooting guard in the countr y.

The Irish needed Wednesday.

It was an emotional Senior Night victory over bottomdwelling Pittsburgh that featured the Lithuanian national anthem, Bonzie Colson’s sister singing the U.S. national anthem and a triumphant return

by Colson to the Notre Dame lineup.

But now, the Irish (18-12, 8-9 ACC) need Saturday, where a chance to pick up a resumeboosting win over No. 1 Virginia awaits.

Judging by the records — 1812 for the Irish and 26-2 for the Cavaliers — Virginia (26-2, 151) looks to be the clear favorite.

But Notre Dame is playing for its tournament life, and importantly, the Irish hope Colson’s return to the lineup can propel them to an upset victory.

“Just having him back adds so much confidence and energy,”

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Irish senior forward Bonzie Colson works his way to the basket during Notre Dame’s 73-56 win over the Panthers on Wednesday.

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The No. 8 Irish are set to take on defending national champion in No. 2 Mar yland on Saturday in College Park, Mar yland. The game w ill be Notre Dame’s first road trip of the season Notre Dame (2-0) started its regular season w ith 10-7 and 11-7 w ins over Detroit Mercy and Richmond, respectively. Against Detroit (1-3), sophomore midfielder Br yan Costabile posted seven points w ith five goals and two assists. Against Richmond (2-2), junior midfielder Brendan Gleason recorded six points w ith three goals and three assists.

Mar yland started off its season by posting w ins over Nav y, Marist, High Point and Penn. In the w in over Penn (2-1), Mar yland coach John Tillman became the fastest coach in program histor y to reach 100 w ins.

The Terrapins (4-0) have

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Irish junior midfielder Brendan Gleason maneuvers around a defender during Notre Dame’s 11-7 win over Richmond on Feb. 24.

After falling in the championship of the 20th annual Irish A lamo Classic last weekend in San Antonio, the Irish w ill head south this weekend to host the Kissimmee Irish Classic.

The tournament, which features Youngstow n State, Seton Hall and Seattle Universit y, w ill take place at Osceola Count y Stadium in Kissimmee, Florida, which is the spring training home of the Houston Astros and the home stadium of the Florida Fire Frogs, an A-affiliate of the Atlanta Braves.

Notre Dame (4-3) w ill face opponents who are theoretically a bit less challenging than teams it has faced already this season, such as LSU, but Irish head coach Mik Aoki knows that his squad w ill face considerable challenges and w ill need to maintain a high level of play.

“Youngstow n State (1-5) was an aw fully good team, and they’ve got some kids

returning who put up some funny numbers. I think they had one kid who had 17 or 18 home runs last year,” Aoki said. “They’ve got another kid who had 15 home runs last year. I think we’ll have to play well. And Seton Hall (2-4) is obv iously an oldschool Big East rival, and ever y single one of those games that I’ve been involved in w ith them since I’ve been at Notre Dame has been a nailbiting affair and really hardfought. Those have been difficult games. And then the last one is w ith Seattle (5-4). It’s been a while since we’ve played them, but we played them my first year at Notre Dame and they took t wo of three from us.”

Plus, Aoki said, college baseball is fick le by nature.

On any given day, a team that matches up well against its opponent on paper could easily drop a game due to factors like pitching alignments and matchups.

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