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Ryan Hall to host signature event Annual Wheelchair Basketball Tournament benefits Whirlwind Wheelchair By MARIAH RUSH News Writer
This Sunday at 1 p.m., students from all across campus will head to the Bookstore Basketball courts to play and watch a competitive, bracket-style 5-on-5 tournament. If basketball isn’t difficult enough, this event adds another twist — everyone plays in wheelchairs. Ryan Hall’s signature event, the Wheelchair Basketball Tournament, is rolling into its seventh year. “It’s like Bookstore Basketball on wheels,” sophomore Caitlyn Clinton, president of Ryan Hall, said. In 2012, Ryan resident Emily Voorde, who has what is commonly known as brittle bone disease, established the event to help an organization called Whirlwind
Wheelchair International. Voorde also played for South Bend’s own wheelchair basketball team, the River City Rollers. “One of our residents — Emily Voorde — worked really closely with an organization called Whirlwind Wheelchair International, which is an organization that supplies wheelchairs to people who can’t afford them,” Clinton said. “She graduated in 2014, but when she was here as an undergrad she started this event and it kind of spurred out of that, and it’s been going on ever since.” Ryan Hall has a history of supporting those with disabilities — especially those in wheelchairs — as it was built in 2009 to be the first completely accessible Notre Dame dorm on campus, see BASKETBALL PAGE 5
Farley’s ‘Be Fine Day’ promotes femininity
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Students participate in Ryan Hall’s 2017 Wheelchair Basketball Tournament. The annual event honors the dorm’s origin.
Senior Lauren Saunee poses at last year’s Farley Be Fine Day hosted by Farley Hall. The annual event benefits the YWCA Women’s Shelter. By THOMAS MURPHY News Writer
The fourth-annual Farley Hall Be Fine Day, Farley Hall’s signature event promoting dialogue on femininity and raising money and awareness for the YWCA Women’s Shelter in North Central Indiana, will take place Friday. The festivities are scheduled to kick off Thursday at 9 p.m. in Farley Hall’s Middle Room with a “Coffee House” event. The Coffee
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House will center around a talk given by a representative from the YWCA on the organization’s work and mission. Sophomore Catherine Sullivan, the Farley Be Fine Day’s co-coordinator along with sophomore Clare Cahir, said that they hope the event will help bring awareness to the YWCA’s work in the community. “It would be a great thing if we see BE FINE PAGE 5
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Notre Dame is facing a lawsuit, claiming the school knew and ignored the risks of brain damage its football players faced, according to a report from WNDU on Wednesday. The widow of Steve Schmitz — a Notre Dame running back and end receiver from 1974 to 1978 — is bringing the suit against the University and the NCAA. According to the report, Schmitz was diagnosed with “a disease see LAWSUIT PAGE 4
Professor reflects on racial experiences, education By COLLEEN FISCHER News Writer
Professor, author and former teacher Julie Landsman spoke on her experiences with race and teaching in a lecture Tuesday at Saint Mary’s. Landsman said she has been involved in issues surrounding race since college.
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“Being involved in the civil rights movement was one of the most difficult things, because of the [familial] estrangement,” Landsman said. “It was one of the biggest losses. I don’t want to minimize what the work does, and how our country is divided, but I’ve never regretted it ... ” Landsman said her time teaching led her to realize the need for
self-reflection on educators’ own views of race. “This [a moment when a teacher realizes there own prejudice] is a teachable moment for yourself,” she said. “That risk you take can change the lives of a young student.” The use of reflection plays an see RACE PAGE 3
Classics club to promote cultural antiquities By MAX LANDER News Writer
The Notre Dame Classics Club will present a blast from the distant past with the Sound of Classics event Thursday at 7 p.m. in the Hesburgh Library’s Carey Auditorium. Since its inception in 2007, the Sound of Classics event has been an opportunity to experience firsthand the poetry, stories and
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songs from the classical cultures of antiquity. “Think of it as a classics variety show,” senior Olivia May, the club’s vice president, said. “We have one student singing Italian songs with his accordion. We also have people reciting pieces of Latin, as well as skits.” May herself has a role in a skit from Homer’s “Odyssey.” The event includes performances not only from the
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students in the Classics club, but others as well, junior Caitlin Riley said. “Other student groups will also be performing — Humor Artists are doing some improv and the Not So Royal Shakespeare group is doing a scene from ‘Julius Caesar,’” Riley said. “I think we’ve got the Liturgical Choir coming too. So we’ve got a bunch of see CLASSICS PAGE 5
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PEMCo to perform annual musical revue By Alexandra muck News Writer
This weekend, the Pasquerilla East Musical Company (PEMCo) will be hosting its annual revue. The theme of this year’s revue, directed by sophomore Mary Hope Clark, is “Raise a Little Hell.” “I like to describe it as songs of villainy, sin, revolution and chaos,” Clark said. “A lot of people in musical theater will always be like, ‘Oh the villain has the best songs,’ so I thought, ‘Alright, let’s put them together. Let’s make it fun.’” Clark said the show features 20 cast members and 22 songs that come from musicals such as “Les Miserables,” “Wicked,” “In the Heights,” “Beauty and the Beast” and “Chicago.” “That’s what so great about
a revue is that we can do songs from shows that we normally wouldn’t be able to put on, like shows like ‘Wicked’ and ‘Hamilton’ that are still performing,” PEMCo executive producer and junior Clare Strickland said. Clark said she was selected as the revue’s director two weeks before spring break, and auditions were held the following weekend. “When you apply to be a director, you apply with ideas for different themes you’d like to do,” she said. “I went a little hard. I sent in six single-spaced pages and 3,000 words about why I wanted to do this revue. I basically outlined I think everything I wanted to do.” Strickland said the theme idea is one of the reasons Clark was chosen as director. “We don’t necessarily pick
the theme based off the director, but Mary Hope had a very clear vision and that’s one of the things we loved about her as a director choice,” she said. Clark said she had a rough list of songs before the auditions, but she also selected songs that cast members used in their auditions. “When people audition, they bring in songs that they think would fit the theme,” she said. “ … It’s a working process, and I think that really makes it special because it’s a lot of input into the theme and choosing what stories we want to tell.” Clark has chosen to donate all the proceeds from the show to the Felician Franciscan Sisters Haiti Mission. She said she chose the charity because of a nun she met from her home diocese. “She’s the most rocking nun
I’ve ever met in my life,” she said. “She goes with a guitar everywhere. After the earthquake in Haiti, she went down with a couple other nuns from her order, and they’ve just been down there every since just doing wonderful work. Everywhere they go, they’re always doing great work, but they’re spreading music with that. They’re giving shelter, they’re giving aid, but they’re also bringing joy and God’s word through music.” Besides the charitable component, Strickland said people should come to the show because it will be a fun experience. “The core of it is it enjoyable to watch,” she said. “ … It’s really a full-on performance, and you’re watching these actors who are enjoying it just as much as you will be. It’s for a
great cause, but it’s a very welldone show.” Clark said she is most looking forward to seeing the audience’s reaction to the show. “It’s not your typical love song, happy musical ballad,” she said. “We’re showing more of the darker side of Broadway and really embracing that because it is this wonderful, wonderful side that doesn’t always get highlighted because there’s just so many good things about musicals that sometimes a lot of the good things can be overshadowed by others. I really want to let the villainy shine a little bit.” Performances will be in Washington Hall Lab Theater Thursday and Friday nights at 7 p.m. and Saturday at 4:30 p.m. Contact Alexandra Muck at amuck@nd.edu
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important role in identifying the role of race in teaching, she said. “We need to think about what we think a classroom needs to look like,” Landsman said. “ ... I think a lot of us have preconceived notions about how our students need to perform.” These preconceived notions are what fuels insensitive teaching, Landsman said. “It is very tempting for us to jump in and think that we can explain it all,” Landsman said. Landsman said she believes this need can lead to assumptions being made. “It is important to counter a deficient assumption that we have about different groups of people ... We always look at what is wrong when actually those neighborhoods have great strength and resilience,” Landsman said. “There are some dangerous things we can do as a teacher such as thinking of ourselves as saviors — thinking, ‘I’m going to save them all,’ when that isn’t the truth,” Landsman said. “They might have a strong grandmother who was raising them and is doing a wonderful job.” Landsman also said it was important to recognize representations of race, especially in history. “There is a big, big problem with curriculum ... because our textbooks are terribly biased and we need to look at the stuff that is not there. And you can be sure that the stuff that is not there is the stuff about people of color,” she said. There is value in discussing the way Americans address race, Landsman said. Contact Colleen Fischer at cfischer01@saintmarys.edu
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Senate honors former leadership By MARY BERNARD News Writer
Student senate voted to bestow emeritus status on the former student body leadership Wednesday. Former student body president Rebecca Blais, former student body vice president Sibonay Shewit and former chief of staff Prathm Juneja all received the status by unanimous decisions. Student body president and junior Gates McGavick presented a resolution highlighting the achievements of Blais. “Rebecca committed herself to ameliorating the issues of sexual assault on campus through her work on the committee of sexual assault and prevention, her discussion with administrators to release climate data, her current work on Callisto and her dedication to the safety of all the University,” McGavick said. Parliamentarian and freshman Halena Hadi read the resolution regarding Shewit’s efforts as student body vice president. “Sibonay faithfully and dutifully chaired one of the most active senates ever by fostering relationships with each senator, bestowing on them a mindful integration of the mission and character of the University of Notre Dame,” Hadi said. Hadi also presented the resolution on Juneja’s work in student government. “Prathm utilized his role in student government to connect the Notre Dame community with the South Bend community, especially as it pertained to civic engagement and voting to enhance conversations on voting rights, diversity and inclusion,” Hadi said. The senators passed an order adding the position of diversity council chair as a non-voting member of senate. Diversity council represents all the clubs on campus for underrepresented students. “[Underrepresented means] students that are here at the University and are here to stay and are part of the Notre Dame family, but it’s really easy for them to feel like the adopted cousin,” diversity council chair and junior Alyssa Ngo said. The current members of senate, despite representing all of the students on campus, might not do the best job of giving voice to the underrepresented because of their own lack of diversity, Ngo said. “If you think about the diversity statistics at Notre Dame, and then see if that number matches the people in this room, I think it’s quite
clear that it doesn’t,” Ngo said. Ngo said she hopes to improve the relationship between the department of diversity and inclusion in student government and the diversity council. “Kaleem Minor — who is the vice chair of diversity council right now — he served as the first-ever director [of the department of diversity and inclusion],” Ngo said. “He felt that the relationship wasn’t that great. … They were two groups with the same goal … but they didn’t come together to plan anything.” The senators passed the order, making Ngo a non-voting member of senate for this
year, with one abstention and one opposition. Junior Michael Conlon presented to student senate regarding upcoming events for the unveiling of The Shirt. Conlon, head of external relations for The Shirt Project, announced that former Irish football player Jaylon Smith will be a guest speaker for the ceremony on April 20. “He ended up getting drafted in the second round by the Dallas Cowboys and had a really successful rookie year,” Conlon said. “He came back from injury and played really well in the NFL.” The senators also passed resolutions changing the
names and descriptions of two student government departments. The department of campus technology changed to the department of campus technology and innovation, and the department of university policy changed to the department of university affairs. “This is just a technicality to update job descriptions and also the name of the department to make it more encompassing of the roles of the director,” junior Corey Gayheart, student body vice president, said. Contact Mary Bernard at mbernar5@nd.edu
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associated with repetitive brain trauma” and died approximately three years later, in 2015. The legal issue surrounding the lawsuit concerns whether or not Ohio’s statute of limitations applies to the case and would prevent a lawsuit from being brought forward more than two years after the incident. In arguments before the Ohio Supreme Court, Notre Dame’s lawyer, Matthew Kairis, argued that opportunity for a lawsuit ended two years after Schmitz’s time on the team. Attorney David Langfitt said Schmitz did not know he was suffering brain damage at the time and that the statute should not apply to the suit.
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different groups all doing things that are Latin or Greek-related.” Senior Mary McNulty said there will be a variety of performances on display at the event. “Some professors give extra credit for kids to recite poetry or anything that they’re reading in class, and we also have people who do creative skits from Greek and Roman,” McNulty said. “We even have someone doing a ‘classics rap’ this year.” The event is not only focused on remembering the old, but also on adding a new twist. The Sound of Classics event highlights the continued relevance of Greek and Roman culture and language in modern times, Riley said. “I think a lot of the time people just think of things like Latin as
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could spread the word about what this type of organization does for the women in the community of South Bend,” Sullivan said. “They’re a wonderful organization that takes in battered women, women with drug issues and
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a dead language but when you think about it the culture is still all around you. Like in the Great Hall [of O’Shaughnessy Hall], the windows have all these Greek philosophers on them,” Riley said. “A lot of the skits are about making things modern and seeing how the themes are still relevant today as well as bringing out the beauty of the language and culture.” McNulty said that the Sound of Classic events demonstrates the continuing relevance of the classics. “Classics majors get asked a lot, ‘Why are you studying a dead language?’’ McNulty said. “And through this, we can show everyone that it’s not actually dead and that you can make it very relevant and funny for a modern audience.”“When you apply to be a director, you apply with ideas for different themes you’d like to do,” she said. “I went a little hard. I
sent in six single-spaced pages and 3,000 words about why I wanted to do this revue. I basically outlined I think everything I wanted to do.” Strickland said the theme idea is one of the reasons Clark was chosen as director. “We don’t necessarily pick the theme based off the director, but Mary Hope had a very clear vision and that’s one of the things we loved about her as a director choice,” she said. Clark said she had a rough list of songs before the auditions, but she also selected songs that cast members used in their auditions. “When people audition, they bring in songs that they think would fit the theme,” she said. “ … It’s a working process, and I think that really makes it special because it’s a lot of input into the theme and choosing what stories we want to tell.” Clark has chosen to donate all
the proceeds from the show to the Felician Franciscan Sisters Haiti Mission. She said she chose the charity because of a nun she met from her home diocese. “She’s the most rocking nun I’ve ever met in my life,” she said. “She goes with a guitar everywhere. After the earthquake in Haiti, she went down with a couple other nuns from her order, and they’ve just been down there every since just doing wonderful work. Everywhere they go, they’re always doing great work, but they’re spreading music with that. They’re giving shelter, they’re giving aid, but they’re also bringing joy and God’s word through music.” Besides the charitable component, Strickland said people should come to the show because it will be a fun experience. “The core of it is it enjoyable to watch,” she said. “ … It’s really a full-on performance, and you’re
watching these actors who are enjoying it just as much as you will be. It’s for a great cause, but it’s a very well-done show.” Clark said she is most looking forward to seeing the audience’s reaction to the show. “It’s not your typical love song, happy musical ballad,” she said. “We’re showing more of the darker side of Broadway and really embracing that because it is this wonderful, wonderful side that doesn’t always get highlighted because there’s just so many good things about musicals that sometimes a lot of the good things can be overshadowed by others. I really want to let the villainy shine a little bit.” Performances will be in Washington Hall Lab Theater Thursday and Friday nights at 7 p.m. and Saturday at 4:30 p.m.
their whole model is to just help everyone and be there for people.” The mission of the YWCA — to increase the opportunities, health and safety of all women — resonated with Farley Hall’s residents, Cahir said. “We love to push the empowerment of women, so we partnered with the women’s shelter in South Bend, the YWCA,” she said.
“ … Being an all-girls dorm, [the YWCA’s mission] really connects with how we like to push the image of a strong woman.” The Coffee House will also include performances by student musicians. Friday morning will see residents of Farley Hall out around campus distributing buttons and bananas to promote Farley Be Fine Day and the YWCA women’s shelter. Farley Be Fine Day’s main event, “A Walk in Her Shoes,” features a walk around North Quad in high-heels. A Walk in Her Shoes will take place at 4 p.m. Friday, and one can register online through the Farley Be Fine Day’s Facebook page or in person at the event. Cahir said that the high-heel walk provides a playful yet serious opportunity to examine expectations of women in society. “[The high-heel walk] is supposed to be light-hearted, a little
funny, but … it’s supposed to be a representation of hardships women go through,” she said. “ … The high heels themselves are supposed to be representative of a wide array of issues that women face.” A Walk in Her Shoes will give many men a chance to walk in high-heels for the first time, an experience which, although it may seem silly, is a glimpse into modern femininity, Cahir said. “Guys are welcome — we have high heel shoes of all sizes. I know it’s a surface level thing, but it kind of gives you an insight into the depths of being a woman,” she said. “It’s a representation of being a woman and shows how some of our hardships are based on something superficial.” Cahir said she was optimistic about how Farley Be Fine Day’s events could promote a discussion of the issues faced by women in light of Notre Dame’s singlegender dorm system.
“Almost especially because of how the dorm system at Notre Dame is, that gives us the perfect opportunity to push women empowerment — since we’re separated into all-girls dorm,” she said. “I definitely think that types of issues that women face our generation — or at least in the campus community we’re in right now — you don’t see [them discussed] super often.” Sullivan said that she hopes that Farley Be Fine Day will encourage a culture of female empowerment and camaraderie on campus. “Being in a college setting, it’s always on your mind — look out for your girls,” she said. “Especially at Notre Dame, the way the dorms are set up and the way the culture is here, it’s very important for girls to feel they have [people looking out for them].”
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comes out of Ryan’s dorm fund. “It’s an amazing [event] to go out and it’s great because you get to hang out with your friends but you also support a really great cause … we don’t keep any of the profits for ourselves — that comes out of our dorm fund,” Clinton said. “Everything you are doing is completely benefitting other people and it’s a really motivating cause to get people out there.” Nassab said it also presents an opportunity to watch the community get together to support a cause. “The energy is incredible … it’s fun because it’s in the spring and is one of the first times people are outside enjoying the weather, and everyone is out as a community together,” she said.“If it’s outside we will have a lot of games people can play, and there’s free food! We love to say we can get Chick-Fil-A on a Sunday.” The tournament is not just for fun, as everyone gets into the competition, Clinton said. Their goal this year is to get
more people from across campus to sign up and play. “It’s really competitive … we get everyone from our priests to our residents to play, as well as a bunch of people on West Quad, but we are really looking to target the entire Notre Dame campus this year,” she said. “For someone who is able-bodied, it really makes you think about what other people have to go through to just get around places.” Gruslin said she thinks Ryan’s Wheelchair Basketball has the potential to be prominent on campus for decades. “It has the potential to be a really big signature event. … We are a young hall but I think decades down the road Wheelchair Basketball will be a really well-established signature event on campus,” she said. “It really says to all of campus and to the local community that we focus on people’s abilities rather than their disabilities.”
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sophomore Caroline Nassab, co-commissioner of Ryan Hall’s signature event, said. “The Ryan family had a son who graduated from Notre Dame who had different needs as well, so they wanted there to be a space for people who had different needs too,” Nassab said. Allyse Gruslin, Ryan Hall rector, said that upon entering her first year as Ryan’s rector last year, she had no idea how big of a deal the event was on campus. “I didn’t realize how widespread it had gotten on campus and how many teams would be a part of it that weren’t Ryan related,” she said. “It’s shockingly fun to do.” One hundred percent of the $25 charge for registering a team goes directly to Whirlwind Wheelchair International to benefit other people, Clinton said. Alick’s Home Medical Equipment donates the wheelchairs, and the rest of the money
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Finding ‘the opposite of loneliness’ Maeve Filbin News Writer
Buck le up. Things are about to get sappy. As the final weeks of second semester come to a close, I would like to take this opportunity to thank the amazing author Marina Keegan for giving me the words to describe the indescribable and irreplaceable feeling that accompanies the end of my freshman year at Saint Mar y’s College. In her 2012 Yale Commencement speech, delivered five days before she was killed in a tragic car accident, Keegan explored “the opposite of loneliness” that she had found during her four years of college, saying: “It’s not quite love and it’s not quite community; it’s just this feeling that there are people, an abundance of people, who are in this together. W ho are on your team. W hen the check is paid and you stay at the table. W hen it’s 4 a.m. and no one goes to bed. That night with the guitar. That night we can’t remember. That time we did, we went, we saw, we laughed, we felt. The hats.” After almost completing one year as a Belle and as a part of the Notre Dame tri-campus community, I feel confident in saying that I have found this same “opposite of loneliness” in various facets of my college life. My roommates and I tack ling the aerobic challenge of changing the sheets on my lofted bed for the first time. Hugging the strangers in the pew behind me instead of shaking for the Sign of Peace at 7 o’clock mass in LeMans Chapel. Sunday nights spent with sweet and sour chicken from Golden Dragon, and squeezing five people onto a dilapidated futon to watch the newest episode of “90 Day Fiance.” Answering the question of the day at Saint Mar y’s News Department meetings. Burning the midnight oil to work production for The Obser ver in the basement of South Dining Hall, teaching myself how to use the InDesign program while surrounded by the funniest, most passionate cast of characters I have ever met. Sitting in a wooden booth in LaFun after a long night, basking in the warm, armpit-y aroma of Taco Bell and laughing until my sides ached. Pumping my arms up and down in synchronization with the rest of the green and gold sea cheering in the Irish student section. These moments are so intrinsic to the Saint Mar y’s and Notre Dame experiences, and yet the overarching feeling of fullness — full of laughter, full of meaning, full of hope for the future — and the sense of belonging to something much bigger than oneself is a universal fulfillment that ever yone hopes to find in their four years of higher education, as well as other parts of life. If, in my brief time as a college student, I have learned anything about dorm life, it’s that living together and sharing a community microwave and a block of three shower stalls can bring people together in an extraordinar y fashion. I am so lucky to have found a home in McCandless Hall and in the Saint Mar y’s-Notre Dame community. So, thank you, Marina, as well as ever yone who has made this past year so indefinably special that it can only be summed up as the opposite of something else. Looking ahead to sophomore year, I’ll conclude with Keegan’s hope-filled words on the future: “We don’t have a word for the opposite of loneliness, but if we did, I’d say that’s how I feel at Yale. How I feel right now. Here. With all of you. In love, impressed, humbled, scared. … We’re in this together. … Let’s make something happen to this world.” Contact Maeve Filbin at mfilbin01@saintmarys.edu The views expressed in the Inside Column are those of the author and not necessarily of The Observer.
The meaning of diversity Alice Kwak Diversity Council
Diversity. I had this notion that it was all about race and ethnicity and culture, but after further contemplation, I’ve come to question the true nature of its form. I have lived in the Midwest for pretty much the entirety of my life. For those of you who are not aware, minorities in the Midwest are actually minorities. If you are not convinced, keep in mind that I was one of the five Asian kids in my entire fifth grade class consisting of about 250 kids. Inevitably, this molded the perception I held of the world from a young age. I thought that because of my skin color, my speech pattern, my culture, I was the outlier in the sea of normalcy. So when I went to Korea to visit my family two summers ago, I thought I would fit right in. I was Korean: same skin color, same language, same heritage. I could not have been more wrong. As soon as I stepped foot onto Korean soil, I expected to feel something similar to a homecoming. But that was it. I did not feel like I belonged. Granted, it had been 10 years since I last visited the country. Inevitably, a lot had changed, but I felt so obviously alien. It was not as though the food or the scenery felt foreign. It was me. The way my family viewed me, the way I was treated by the locals was, for lack of a more fitting word, different. Do not get me wrong; I was treated fairly and with plenty of love. It was simply that I could feel a clear divide between myself and the people. My culture was different from what was considered to be sociallyaccepted Korean culture, and so despite being genetically Korean, I was not actually a “true” Korean. People could tell from how I walked in the streets that I was, and I quote,
“one of those Korean-Americans.” In the place where I am from, in the place where my history originates from, I was merely another tourist. This hurt. But then I got to thinking. I am of the same skin color, the same heritage, the same culture as these people. Despite this fact, I was the diversity, the outsider in the sea of normalcy, yet again. So what really constitutes diversity? To me, diversity has molded into a f luid form where definition is no longer concrete. At this moment in time, I believe that diversity is not about race or economic status or any of these categorizing factors. Diversity is about the awareness of individualism and the acceptance that different is OK. No two people on this earth share every aspect of themselves, of their lives, as equal; there is no “same.” Each person is their own, and in this aspect we are all in the minority, we all contribute to the diverse nature of the human entity. So, what is diversity? It is every single aspect of the human condition that differentiates us all from one another, and inevitably we are all a part of it. Alice Kwak is a sophomore. She can be reached at akwak@nd.edu The Diversity Council of Notre Dame advocates for awareness, understanding and acceptance on issues of race, gender, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status and other intersectional identities in the Notre Dame community. The viewpoints expressed in this article do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the Diversity Council, but are the individual opinions of the author. You can contact Diversity Council at diversnd@nd.edu The views expressed in this column are those of the author and not necessarily those of The Observer.
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An open letter to students, faculty and alumni of the Notre Dame community: Notre Dame is one of the most prestigious schools in the nation. But other top schools boast increasingly higher rates of diversity in their incoming classes. This is because these schools recognize that they are preparing students for the real world. The Notre Dame bubble has verbally addressed this mission but has not taken clear action. The current Notre Dame student body feels seriously deprived of the diversity from which students at other top schools benefit. Thus, we are deprived of the valuable viewpoints of a variety of people which would not only prepare us for our future occupation, but shape our holistic education for our personal benefits. We do not feel prepared for a world beyond Notre Dame; we are trapped in the bubble. In acknowledgement of the greatness of our esteemed university, we hold it to an equally high standard. We expect Notre Dame to reach a level of diversity that is consistent with our nation’s current demographics, and we ask that you, the alumni, help us make this a reality. The lack of diversity of Notre Dame is not necessarily something that students anticipate when we first arrive. On the Notre Dame website, it is stated that the student body is comprised of “32 percent U.S. students of color or international citizens.” This is a significant percentage — yet an incredibly deceitful one. This statistical manipulation suggests that Notre Dame welcomes an impressively large amount of minority students. In reality, this is far from the case: Notre Dame listed 76th out of the top 100 universities from most to least diverse on the Herfindahl-Hirschman Index. While other top schools offer a very specific breakdown,
differentiating between and providing acceptance percentages for African Americans, Asian Americans and other specific ethnicities, Notre Dame has chosen to conceal the true colors of its demographics, and for good reason. The University knows that there is no significant amount of diversity to brag about. Diversity is paraded by other schools because they recognize it for its true value. For its greatness, Notre Dame deserves to share in the treasure that is a truly diverse community. We also want to expand this diversity to the faculty and staff of Notre Dame. Only 15 percent of the staff are minorities. This means that the people who write our curriculum and prepare us for our futures also lack in the diversity which is so essential to building our characters for the future. We do not want to limit ourselves, however, to talking about ethnic diversity. We are also concerned about the lack of socioeconomic diversity at Notre Dame. The New York Times states that “the median family income of a student from Notre Dame is $191,400, and 75 percent come from the top 20 percent.” A full 15 percent of the Notre Dame student body comes from families in the top one percent of income earners in the United States, and 44 percent of students come from the top five percent. Furthermore, Notre Dame ranks 63rd out of 65 other elite colleges in terms of share of students who come from the bottom fifth, and ranks number 2,383 out of 2,395 other ranked colleges in the United States. In conclusion, our goal is to convince as many alumni, donors, students and staff of Notre Dame as possible of the importance of diversity at Notre
Dame. We hope that these people will be willing and able to fight for diversity at our beautiful university. We hope that you will personally contact the admissions office at Notre Dame and inform them of your thoughts, and encourage other alumni to do the same. By reaching out to the specific Notre Dame admissions officer of your region, you can make a difference. Please ask them to accept a greater number of diverse students next year. Thank you for your contribution to the improvement of Notre Dame. Sincerely, Wonseok Lee freshman Somin Jo freshman Meghan O’Leary freshman Bruce Nakfoor freshman Brittany Cahill freshman Connor Delaney freshman April 10
Disarm hate My name is Cecelia Klimek, and I am a current firstyear student at Saint Mary’s College. I have thoroughly enjoyed my first year at Saint Mary’s and greatly look forward to my next three years here. The thing I love most about Saint Mary’s is our strong community which fosters a culture that is respectful of human life and dignity. However, I find the upcoming lecture by Antonia Okafor to be anything but respectful of human life. It has not even been two months since the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting, a shooting that has drastically affected the lives of so many Americans, and already Saint Mary’s is allowing an NRA-endorsed, pro-gun rights speaker to come to campus. Okafor advocates for concealed carry on college campuses and for use of the AR-15 assault rifle, which has been used in many of the mass shootings in the United States including at Parkland, Florida, and the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting. In both events, teachers and students, targeted by the perpetrators, did not stand a chance against the AR-15. Heather Sher, a radiologist in Florida who helped treat the victims of the Stoneman Douglas shooting, said this of the AR-15 rifle: “The reaction in the emergency room was the same. One of the trauma surgeons opened a young victim in the operating room and found only shreds of the organ that had been hit by a bullet from an AR-15, a semi-automatic rifle which delivers a devastatingly lethal, high-velocity
bullet to the victim. There was nothing left to repair, and utterly, devastatingly, nothing that could be done to fix the problem. The injury was fatal.” I do not understand how Saint Mary’s plans to host a woman who advocates for the use and implementation of such lethal assault-style rifles to speak on campus. I understand that Okafor considers herself to be a feminist, and Saint Mary’s strongly supports a culture of feminism, where men and women are recognized as equals based on their intrinsic value as human beings, all possessing dignity. However, the use of the AR-15 and implementation of concealed carry of such lethal weapons on college campuses has absolutely nothing to do with feminism. Feminism respects and supports the dignity of all human life. Therefore, I do not understand why the College has allowed a woman to come speak whose beliefs, financed by pro-gun organizations, are so decidedly against its own ideals. I fail to understand how someone, who advocates for the use of semi-automatic, extremely lethal assault rifles, can respect and revere human life when those targeted by her preferred weapon of choice, the AR-15 rifle, lose their own lives. Many of the victims in the past mass shootings across America, particularly those in schools, have been educators who devoted their lives to enabling children to increase in wisdom and to gain knowledge. Many Saint Mary’s alumnae have gone on to become educators in schools around the United States. My own mother, aunt and grandmother, all alumnae of the
College, have, and still do, work as educators. These Belles now put their lives on the line every day by going to work and teaching. I cannot fathom losing anyone who graduated from my college to an AR-15 rifle. However, that is a very real possibility when people like Okafor are given such an audience and platform. Therefore, I find her invitation to speak on our campus extremely disrespectful and diametrically opposed to the principles of a pro-life college, such as Saint Mary’s, wherein human life is revered and viewed with dignity so as not to be carelessly and shamelessly disregarded. Her support of the AR-15 rifle is repugnant to the sanctity of human life. The AR-15 is used to slaughter humans in its path, and her invitation to Saint Mary’s by Young Americans for Freedom is extremely inconsiderate and insensitive to all victims of gun violence and those of us opposed to it. For the record, I do not agree with Okafor’s invitation to Saint Mary’s College and I hope that going forward, the administration gives more thought to whom it offers a platform where issues of life and dignity are concerned. For my part, I plan to support the rights of those who cannot speak as they are no longer with us and protest this speaker’s presence on a campus that I have grown to call home.
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Thursday Night Football is dying Daniel O’Boyle Sports Writer
For more than 600 Thursday nights, Club Fever stood as a light in downtown South Bend to the world. After tonight, Michiana’s self-proclaimed “hottest nightclub” will be no more. What will replace it? As of now, nobody knows. Thursday nights may never be the same (the vastlyoverrated Finnies is far from an adequate consolation). Without other options, former “Feve” — the shortened name common among those who mention Feve so often that their lives would be significantly changed by shaving a syllable worth of time off the name — regulars may be forced to spend that night watching the worst-possible product the NFL has to offer: Thursday Night Football (TNF). Almost every week, it seemed Thursday night was the spot to see two mediocre teams with little to play for in a sloppy and non-competitive game. Sure, there were one or two exciting games, including Oakland’s 31-30 upset of a previously 5-1 Kansas City team, but it seemed that more often than not over the last few years, we’ve seen games like 4-9 Denver’s 25-13 victory over the 3-10 Colts. New TNF broadcaster, Fox, no doubt recognizing the conundrum the closure of Feve has brought to the world, attempted to save the midweek product. Fox scrapped the recent gimmick of Thursday “Color Rush” uniforms and in return promised more high-profile matchups. Previously, Thursday night games only featured two teams from the same time zone, typically located close together within the time zone too. But alongside the highly-publicized death of Color Rush, Bill Wagner of Fox Sports announced TNF games “now can feature teams beyond one time zone.” Great, right? Now we can see matchups like the defending-champion Eagles and the much-hyped DreamTeam Rams instead of hoping to find two contenders that are also a geographic fit. Except that just compounds Thursday Night Football’s bigger problem. Yes, at least one team playing each week usually sucked, but the real problems were sloppy play inexcusable for even the worst teams in the
League and the effect the games have on player health. When Seahawks cornerback Richard Sherman tore his Achilles in his team’s 2216 defeat of the Cardinals, he was quick to blame Thursday night games. The NFL was adamant that this wasn’t the case, with NFL commissioner Roger Goodell citing data showing that reported injuries suffered on Thursdays are only marginally higher than normal, but Sherman’s injury may have distracted from the more important point: Significant injuries like a torn Achilles may be no more common on Thursdays, but there is no doubt that most players are facing some sort of pain that never shows up on the injury report. The list of player complaints about Thursday night games go on and on. “It kind of feels like getting in a car accident, trying to recover and then all of a sudden you get in another one,” Broncos linebacker Todd Davis said to Sports Illustrated. “Thursday Night Football should be illegal,” Seahawks receiver Doug Baldwin said to ESPN. “Is this smart as it pertains to guys’ health and safety? No, absolutely not,” Saints quarterback Drew Brees said. As long as Thursday night games continue, players will be taking part severely hurt. Maybe it doesn’t lead to than many more injuries like Sherman’s, but for player well-being, it can’t be good, and the piling up of sub-concussive hits — a more significant cause of CTE than concussions themselves — in a short span of time may lead to even worse damage down the line. Throw some extra travel into the mix and players will have even less opportunity to overcome pain. The teams involved in 2018’s Thursday Night Football might be more talented, but the play may not get any better. I understand it might be tough to part with another Thursday night institution, but like the last months of Club Fever, Thursday Night Football is clearly dying either way. Don’t try to save it, just bring it to an end and let players get the rest they deserve.
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said. “We played a couple older guys like Jordan Walter and [senior midfielder] Austin Gaiss on that second midfield along with Tom McNamara, and that group came in and did exactly what we wanted them to do. So I’m very happy with the contributions that we got from them.” Though the Golden Eagles would add one more before the half to take a 4-3 lead into the locker room, the Irish were able to come out with two quick goals in the third quarter to reclaim the lead at 5-4, as freshman attack Mikey Drake scored less than a minute into the period before senior longstick midfielder John Sexton added another just over a minute later. The Irish would carry that lead into the fourth quarter, as they were able to hold the Golden Eagles scoreless and without a shot on goal in the third quarter, even after being two men down for most of the final minute of the period. “That was huge. I mean, it really was,” Corrigan said. “To be two men down against a very good man-up team, and we got that [stop] and then another stop — that was really big. It would have been a huge momentum play for
them to get that goal at that point, and I thought it just gave our defense confidence for the rest of the game.” But that lead would not last, as the Golden Eagles managed to score twice by the midway point of the fourth quarter to reclaim the lead, 6-5, with 7:24 remaining in the game. For roughly the next seven minutes, the Irish would trail by that deficit. But with just over a minute left in the game, the Irish defense forced a crucial turnover to regain possession. And with 42 seconds on the clock, Irish sophomore midfielder Bryan Costabile — who had missed the Duke game with an undisclosed injury and did not start in this contest — came through with his 18th goal of the season to tie the game at 6-6. “It’s twofold: It’s the emotional lift we get from him being back out there, and then obviously he makes a play like that and it makes an awfully big difference,” Corrigan said of Costabile’s return. “It’s great to have him back out there. He really played [Wednesday] with virtually no practice over the past couple weeks, and so for him to be able to step in and contribute in that situation was tremendous.” Notre Dame did not stop there, however. After winning just their third face-off
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of the contest, the Irish took the possession of the ball and called timeout with 32 seconds left on the clock. Coming out the timeout, senior midfielder Pierre Byrne ended up with the ball behind goal and found a cutting Ryder Garnsey, and the junior attack was able to score with just 15 seconds remaining on the clock to secure the game’s final goal and a 7-6 win for Notre Dame. “It was a gutsy finish to the game,” Corrigan said. “We had our backs against the wall, and so to make those plays just says a lot about the character of our guys. Now, the Irish will have the next week off before finishing their season in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, against the Tar Heels. With the time off, Corrigan said he hopes his team can continue to improve and get better, building off the momentum of Wednesday night’s victory. “It’s a step in the right direction. We’ve got plenty of things to work on, and we just have to get better offensively,” Corrigan said. “ … Now, we have a chance to get a little bit of a break with 10 days before our next game, and hopefully we can get better and build on this win.” Contact Ben Padanilam at bpadanil@nd.edu
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hander threw 5 1/3 innings of scoreless relief work to keep the Irish in it. “[With] Charlie, we’re trying to get him back from injury, and I just didn’t think his stuff looked like what we’re accustomed to seeing from Charlie when he’s at his best,” Aoki said on the decision to pull his starter in the second inning. “It had gotten to two runs, they got the knock to put a guy on, granted it was with two outs but I just didn’t feel like we could afford to chase any more runs at that point. “I thought Cam [Brown] did a good job … competing with his slider and mixing in the fastball here and there. I think it sort of changed the tenor of the game; they were bringing the action to us and I think as soon as Cam got in there it changed the overall momentum and feel of the game.” But Notre Dame’s bats struggled to get going, as Northwestern used a platoon of pitchers to keep the Irish scoreless over seven innings of work. Notre Dame’s best chance came in the bottom of the seventh after freshman first basemen Niko Kavadas led off the inning with a walk, and advanced to third after a double by sophomore designated hitter Daniel Jung. But with two men in scoring position and no outs, the Irish promptly grounded into three-straight ground outs to end the inning still scoreless. “I thought Danny Jung and Niko Kavadas swung the bat pretty well,” Aoki said. “I kind of got a sense from some of the other guys that their swings got really big. This was the first night here where the wind is blowing out a little bit and I think they got a little greedy. I think our guys are used to seeing a little bit more velocity than what some of those kids brought, and their eyes got a little too big instead of just staying within ourselves and staying short and compact to the baseball, which is when we as a team are at our best.” In the eighth, the Irish got out of their own jam, as sophomore right hander Andrew Belcik came in with men on second and third with no outs and managed to escape with two strikeouts and a come-backer to keep the Irish within striking distance. But despite the solid work from the Irish bullpen, the offense failed to get anything going in the final innings, and Notre Dame went down 1-2-3 in the ninth to seal the win for the Wildcats. “I felt like we got a little long and were looking to try and launch some balls a little bit, and it hurt us. We made a lot of lazy, fly ball outs tonight and for the majority of the season that hasn’t been us,” Aoki said. Next up, Notre Dame will hit the road for a conference slate against No. 4 North Carolina State. The three-game series is set to begin Friday against the Wolfpack (26-6, 11-4 ACC). First pitch is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. in Raleigh, North Carolina. Contact Ben Padanilam at bpadanil@nd.edu
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Irish freshman first baseman Niko Kavadas takes a swing during Notre Dame’s 2-0 loss to Northwestern on Wednesday at Frank Eck Stadium. Kavadas had three at-bats in the game and came away with one hit and a walk. Notre Dame’s record is now 14-19 on the season.
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Irish junior outfielder Ali Wester sets up to make contact with the ball during Notre Dame’s 8-4 loss to Loyola-Chicago on Wednesday.
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Irish senior infielder Sara White rounds the bases during Notre Dame’s 8-4 loss to Loyola-Chicago in a doubleheader Wednesday at Melissa Cook Stadium. Notre Dame is now 27-13 this season. Paid Advertisement
way, neutralizing the team’s quick start offensively. “I think the first inning, we hit hitters’ pitches,” Irish head coach Deanna Gumpf said of the team’s performance at the plate. “After that, we started hitting [Ramblers’ junior right-hander Keenan Dolezal’s] game, so we started chasing pitches that were a little bit further out of the zone.” The Ramblers (17-17, 3-7 MVC), on the other hand, were able to work Irish freshman right-hander Alexis Holloway into deep counts — she threw 123 pitches in her 5 1/3 innings on the mound — and eventually take advantage of some Irish defensive errors. An error by Holloway allowed the Ramblers to score two runs in the third. Then, after scoring a run in the fifth, Loyola added three more in the sixth, as errors by sophomore shortstop Katie Marino and Wester allowed two of those runs to come across the plate unearned, giving Loyola a 6-3 lead. “It’s just when no part of our game is going well, it gets to you,” Gumpf said of the team’s errors. “Typically, if something else is going well, we can recover. We just didn’t recover because nothing was going well at that time.” The Irish would add a run in the bottom of the sixth, as junior first baseman MK Bonamy hit a deep f ly into the bleachers in left field to bring the score to 6-4. But the Irish would give two runs right back in the top of the seventh, as the Ramblers made them pay for three walks given up between junior right-hander Cait Brooks and senior lefthander Katie Beriont with a two-out, two-run single to give the Ramblers an 8-4 lead. Despite the four-run deficit, the Irish would make things interesting in the bottom of the seventh, as they loaded the bases with no outs and their 3-4-5 hitters coming to the dish. However,
they would fail to score a run as Sweet, Brooks and White failed to drive in any of the runners to close out the 8-4 defeat. “It’s exactly what you want,” Gumpf said of the team’s opportunity in the final frame. “It’s what I wanted. Just didn’t happen.” After a 30 minute break, the second game of the doubleheader got underway, and it would be a much lower scoring affair. Through the first five innings, neither team was able to produce much offensively. After two hits in the first inning, the Irish failed to record another hit until the bottom of the sixth. But that additional hit in the sixth — and a Loyola error — would ultimately allow the Irish to push across the game’s only run, as Sweet reached on a single, advanced to third on an error and came around to score on a sacrifice f ly by Bonamy to give the Irish a 1-0 lead. “Abby Sweet grinded it out,” Gumpf said of the team’s lone run in the win. “I mean, she took two extra bases on that and then scored from a ball that was on the dirt. So that tells you a lot about how determined she was to score.” And with Beriont on the mound for the Irish, that lead would be enough, as she managed to go the distance and twirl a shutout, allowing just five hits and throwing 101 pitches to lead the Irish to the 1-0 victory. “She did everything well,” Gumpf said of Beriont. “She kept them off balance, she hit her spots really well, her ball was moving. Katie had a great game.” Having split the doubleheader with Loyola, Notre Dame will now host Duke for a three-game series in its eighth annual Strikeout Cancer Weekend. The series will start 1 p.m. Saturday with a doubleheader and conclude with a noon game Sunday at Melissa Cook Stadium. at 6 p.m. Contact Ben Padanilam at bpadanil@nd.edu
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Notre Dame set to host three home matches Observer Sports Staff
The No. 25 Irish are set to host three home matches this weekend over the course of three days, including a doubleheader Sunday. First, Notre Dame (13-11, 4-4 ACC) will take on conferencefoe Miami (FL) on Friday afternoon, beginning at 3:30 p.m. On Sunday, Notre Dame faces off against No. 9 Florida State at 11:30 a.m. and Ball State at 4:30 p.m. All matches will take place at the Courtney Tennis Center. The Irish are coming off a 5-2 victory over No. 21 Duke at home last Friday. In singles action against the
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Blue Devils (13-10, 4-4 ACC), sophomore Guillermo Cabrera lost the first set of his match 6-3 before winning the final two sets 6-3, 7-6 (6) on the No. 3 court. Three courts over, junior Grayson Broadus won his first set 7-5 before dropping the second set 6-2. Broadus won the deciding set 6-2. Junior captain Alex Lebedev (6-0, 6-4) and freshman Richard Ciamarra (6-4, 6-2) won their respective matches on courts No. 1 and 2, respectively. During the doubles competition against Duke, the pair of senior Brendon Kempin and freshman Tristan McCormick defeated their opponent 6-4 on
court No. 1, while the team of Broadus and Ciamarra won a close match by a score of 7-6 (3) on court No. 3. The Hurricanes (12-8, 3-5 ACC) are coming off of a 7-0 road loss to Virginia Tech on Sunday. The Seminoles (23-2, 14-0 ACC) defeated Virginia 5-2 on Sunday and will take on Boston College on Thursday before traveling to South Bend for Sunday’s match. The Cardinals (13-8, 2-3 MAC) defeated IUPUI 5-2 on Wednesday. This weekend’s matches mark the final home competition for the team before taking on conference rivals Georgia Tech and Clemson to conclude the regular season.
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Irish junior Alex Lebedev prepares to return a serve during Notre Dame’s 6-1 loss to North Carolina on March 23 at Eck Tennis Pavilion. Lebedev lost his singles match against the Tarheels.
Irish to travel to East Coast By MEAGAN BENS Sports Writer
After losing to North Carolina and North Carolina State at home, the Irish will travel to the East Coast to play Boston College on Friday and Syracuse on Sunday. Last weekend, the Irish (1010, 2-8 ACC) lost 6-1 to North Carolina (20-2, 9-1 ACC) on Friday and 4-3 to North Carolina State (12-11, 5-5) on Sunday. Despite the losses, the highlight of the weekend was Notre Dame’s doubles team of freshman Cameron Corse and sophomore Zoe Spence. They defeated the Tarheels’ top-ranked duo of junior Jessie Aney and sophomore Alexa Graham 6-3 at No. 1 doubles, and then defeated the Wolfpack’s sophomore Anna Rogers and junior Claudia Wiktorin. “[Corse and Spence] did great,” Irish head coach Jay Louderback said if the pair. “They showed it the weekend before when they lost 6-4 to Georgia Tech, whose doubles was No. 1 at the time, and then they had a tough match against Clemson, losing 6-2. It was great to see them move up and defeat top-ranked North Carolina. … Both North Carolina and North Carolina State were big matches. Facing North Carolina, we had a couple of three set matches and had our chances. They aren’t ranked for nothing though. And North Carolina State … it was a tough and tight match, but we fought hard.”
With two ACC losses and a quick turnaround, the Irish took Monday off, and then held light practices Tuesday and Wednesday, Louderback said. “We practiced [Wednesday] and [Tuesday] and we [left Wednesday night],” he said. “It’s another quick turn-around, so we had the day off Monday and it helped. Yesterday and today we just drilled, we didn’t play with points to keep. Just had to make sure they are in their groove and healthy for another tough weekend.” This break in play provides the Irish with the chance to regroup before taking on two conference foes — Boston College (11-8, 3-7) and Syracuse (14-5, 6-5) — both of whom are entering the weekend on two-match losing streaks. “We beat both teams at home last year,” Louderback said. “Both Boston College and Syracuse are good at their home. Both facilities are indoor, so we won’t get a chance to play outside. Boston College only has four courts so the match is usually longer. Syracuse has six courts but they are fast and it is dark inside. They will be tough on the road. But we had great practices and are ready to compete against both teams.” The Irish are set to take on the Eagles in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, on Friday at 2 p.m., and then travel to Syracuse, New York, to play the Orange on Sunday at 4 p.m. Contact Meagan Bens at mbens@nd.edu
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Irish sophomore Zoe Spence prepares to serve during Notre Dame’s 6-1 loss to North Carolina on Friday at Eck Tennis Pavilion.
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Men’s lacrosse | nd 7, marquette 6
baseball | Northwestern 2, nD 0
Notre Dame shut out in loss against Northwestern
ND scores late to beat Marquette
By TOBIAS HOONHOUT
By BEN PADANILAM
Managing Editor
Sports Editor
Looking to keep up the momentum after a win against Michigan State on Tuesday, Notre Dame played its second-straight game against a Big Ten opponent Wednesday night at Frank Eck Stadium. But the Irish struggled at the plate, leaving nine men on base in a 2-0 loss to Northwestern. The Wildcats (9-17, 1-8 Big Ten) struck first in the opening frame of the game, as Northwestern scored a run on Notre Dame (14-19, 5-10 ACC) in the first thanks to an RBI single from senior catcher Jack Claeys off Irish senior right-hander Charlie Vorsheck, making his first start since March 27 against Kent State. Another run in the top of the second forced Irish head coach Mik Aoki’s hand to replace Vorsheck after just 1 2/3 innings with Cameron Brown, and the sophomore left
Looking to get back to its winning ways after losing consecutive games for the first time this season, No. 15 Notre Dame scored twice in the final minute to squeeze out a 7-6 win over Marquette in Milwaukee on Wednesday night. The Irish (6-4, 1-2 ACC) were coming off back-to-back losses to Syracuse and Duke, respectively, having been outscored 18-8 in those games. Wednesday night seemed to be opportune for them to right the ship, as they owned a 6-0 all-time record over the Golden Eagles (5-5, 2-1 Big East) prior to their matchup in Milwaukee. But early on, it seemed as though the Irish might struggle to do that. Despite sophomore attack Brian Willetts scoring the game’s first goal and outshooting Marquette 11-4 in the first quarter, the Irish found themselves
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Oglevie leaves early Observer Sports Staff
Notre Dame junior forward Andrew Oglevie has signed a two-year, entry-level deal with the Buffalo Sabres, the team announced in a press release on Wednesday. Oglevie finished his college career last weekend with Notre Dame, as the Irish (28-10-2, 17-6-1 Big Ten) lost to Minnesota Duluth in the national championship game Saturday. Oglevie recorded the lone goal in the 2-1 loss to Bulldogs (25-16-3, 13-11-0 NCHC). The junior from Fullerton, California, served as an alternate captain this past season while leading the team in goals with 15 and finished second on the squad in assists and points, with 24 and 39, respectively. He finishes his Notre Dame career with 41 goals and 48 assists for 89 points in 107 games. Oglevie’s signing was the second for the Irish this season, following senior forward and captain Jake Evans, who led the team in points with 46 and signed with the Montreal Canadiens on Monday.
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Irish senior right-handed pitcher Charlie Vorsheck throws a pitch during Notre Dame’s 2-0 loss to Northwestern on Wednesday.
down 3-1 heading into the second quarter, as the Golden Eagles converted on all three of their shots on goal in the first period. “I thought we played good offense in the first quarter, but we didn’t do much with our shots,” Irish head coach Kevin Corrigan said. “Their [goalie] made a couple saves [and] we didn’t do much with the shots — that’s an ongoing issue for us. We’ve got to do a better job of putting the ball in the back of the net.” However, the Irish were able to tie the game up in the second quarter, as senior midfielder Jordan Walter and sophomore midfielder Thomas McNamara both scored their first career goals to bring the score to 3-3. “That was huge. That’s a group, that second midfield group, that hasn’t played a lot, and they got the chance to play today and they did a great job with the opportunities that they got,” Corrigan see M LAX PAGE 11
ND Softball | Loyola-chicago 8, nd 4; nd 1, loyola-chicago 0
Irish win nightcap to split midweek doubleheader with Ramblers By BEN PADANILAM Sports Editor
Last time Notre Dame took the field, it was able to sweep its doubleheader Sunday against Syracuse. This time around, the Irish weren’t as fortunate, coming away with a split in another doubleheader Wednesday night, this time against Loyola-Chicago. In the first game of Wednesday’s doubleheader, the Irish (27-13, 10-4 ACC) were unable to hold on to an early lead as the bats went silent after a strong first inning and the defense committed some crucial fielding errors in an 8-4 defeat. Notre Dame jumped on the board first, as junior second baseman Ali Wester led off with a single and came around to score two batters later when freshman center fielder Abby Sweet doubled to left field. Then, with two outs in the frame, senior designated player Sara White hit one out the opposite way — her fifth home run of the season in just her 30th at-bat — to put the Irish up 3-0 before the end of the first ining. However, the Irish would manage just five hits the rest of the see SOFTBALL PAGE 13
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Irish freshman outfielder Abby Sweet makes contact with the ball during Notre Dame’s 8-4 loss against Loyola-Chicago in a doubleheader on Wednesday at Melissa Cook Stadium.