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Committee unveils ‘The Shirt’ for 2018 The Shirt Project honors Parseghian’s legacy, reflects on various benefits of money raised By TOM NAATZ Associate News Editor

At last September’s Notre DameGeorgia football game, head coach Brian Kelly noticed a problem. Not with his team, but with the apparel of the crowd. “As you looked around the stadium, you couldn’t really find the color that hit Notre Dame,” Kelly said Friday at the unveiling ceremony of the 2018 edition of “The Shirt.” The ceremony was the culmination of a months-long process. The Shirt Project has been working throughout the year to design the hallmark piece of Notre Dame fan apparel for the upcoming season. Junior Kristin Andrejko, president of The Shirt Project, said many steps went into this year’s product. “Our committee is formed

usually every October and the first big choice we make as a committee is our choice of vendor,” she said. “After October, the next big decision we have to make is the color of the shirt, and so we usually have that decided before Christmas … Along with the color comes a decision about fabric … January through February is very designintensive … and then March and April are heavy on the Unveiling planning and thinking about our marketing promotions.” The Shirt Project is a student-run endeavor. Members of the committee are chosen through a selective application process, Andrejko said. Aside from the committee’s advisor, who helps with issues related to trademarks, and Kelly, who is always presented with The Shirt see SHIRT PAGE 3

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Head football coach Brian Kelly helps reveal “ The Shirt” for the 2018 season outside the Hammes Bookstore on Friday. Former Notre Dame football player Jaylon Smith also attended the event.

Valedictorian reflects on academic successes By COLLEEN ZEWE News Writer

Editor’s note: This is the first of a five-part series profiling the valedictorians of Saint Mary‘s class of 2018. For the first time in history, Saint Mary’s has five valedictorians. Molecular biology major Darya Bondarenko is one of the five students honored with the

valedictorian title this year — an honor which represents the mind of Saint Mary’s, according to the commencement website. Bondarenko found out she was named valedictorian in an email from senior academic advisor Tracy White, who asked that she come meet the other valedictorians and discuss the commencement speech. Bondarenko said she was

pleasantly surprised by the number of valedictorians. “I think I was the second person [at the meeting], and as more people started filing in, it was surprising,” she said. “It‘s also kind of exciting. It‘s really fun that we have so many students who have accomplished such a high honor.” see BONDARENKO PAGE 3

Professor walks to raise money for Burkina Faso By MADISON RIEHLE News Writer

Michael Meyer, an associate professor in the Mendoza College of Business, completed his fourth 30-mile walk around campus yesterday in an effort to raise money to build a well in Burkina Faso. In order to complete the 30mile trek, Meyer planned a 1.5 mile route on campus that he

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lapped 20 times, stopping once for a carb-break. The walk began around 6 a.m. at Keenan Hall, and went until 4 p.m. Meyer said the 30 miles is symbolic of the distances that people of Burkina Faso walk each week to get clean water. “I never want this to be about me, or for that matter Notre Dame,” Meyer said. “I always just focus on what’s happening in Burkina Faso. The kids and

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the mothers go out and get the water everyday, sometimes walking three to four miles everyday. When a village gets a well, suddenly the kids can go to school, the family can spend more time together and you really have an inflection point in the entire trajectory of that village.” Meyer began doing this hike after hearing a 12-year-old speak see CHARITY PAGE 4

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First ‘IDEA Week’ spotlights new innovations By NATALIE WEBER News Editor

Though the Studebaker plant closed in the early 1960’s, many still identify the city of South Bend with its manufacturing past — and the after-effects of the factory’s demise. Associate provost Bryan Ritchie wants to change this perception. “This community has been mired in its past for so long,” Ritchie said. “I mean, OK we’re the ‘Studebaker City.’ When do we move past that? What’s the new moniker? We’re the ‘Big Data City.’ We’re the ‘Advanced Manufacturing City.’ Whatever that case might be … we just need to get to that next thing. So I want people to start to see that and understand that that’s a possibility.” Ritchie is leading the efforts behind IDEA Week, a Notre Dame-led festival highlighting innovation and entrepreneurship. Ritchie — whose official role is associate provost and vice

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president of innovation — said the week combines many of the initiatives already taking place in the community. “We were doing a lot of things in April anyways around innovation and entrepreneurship, and so we said, ‘Why not create a celebration week where we pull all of these events into one week? And let’s get everyone motivated and excited about what we’re doing.’ Hopefully, that will have knockon effects,” Ritchie said. “I mean, it will bring others out of the woodwork, get them engaged, make sure they understand and see what’s happening.” Nick Swisher, executive director of IDEA Week, said the conference is a direct result of Notre Dame’s efforts to become a leading research university. “It’s now maturing to a place that the ideas that are coming from the labs and from the students are enough of a critical mass to really put a focus on see IDEA PAGE 4

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about a week before the unveiling to give his “stamp of approval,” the enterprise is a largely studentled operation. Junior Michael Conlon, the head of external relations for The Shirt, said of all the decisions the committee has to make every year, the choice of color is one of the most contentious. “There’s so many things to take into consideration,” Conlon said. “Whether it’s past colors, schedule of upcoming teams, different things like that. So, I think that is the toughest decision we make, pretty much because that’s something we have to come together as a consensus as a committee to do.”

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Each of the valedictorians will deliver a speech about one of the core values at Saint Mary’s. Bondarenko will speak about justice, which she said is a challenging topic to discuss in a both candid and positive manner. “I want the speech to be a positive experience, but with the topic

Andrejko said there was more to the choice of color than may originally meet the eye. “The first thing that someone asks us when we unveil the shirt is ‘what color is it?’ It is such a big, big question,” she said. “We want the answer to be a good one … We take into account factors that many people don’t even consider. Like do we want it to be a shirt you just pull out of your drawer and wear every day? Or do we want it to be something that’s going to pop in the stadium, really bright and vibrant? Or do we want it to be a classic Notre Dame color, do we want it to be something new that Notre Dame fans haven’t seen before? It’s always a lengthy discussion.” Andrejko said all of the money raised by The Shirt — a total of over $11 million since the project‘s

founding in 1990 — stays at Notre Dame to help students. Half of the revenue goes to support student clubs and organizations, while the other half goes to the Student Enrichment Endowment, which provides financial support to low-income students on-campus. Last year, approximately 130,000 “Shirts” were sold, thought to be the highest selling piece of collegiate apparel in the nation. The Unveiling itself had a carnival-like atmosphere. The event opened with performances from various student groups. Former Notre Dame linebacker Jaylon Smith, who currently plays for the Dallas Cowboys, was the guest of honor. Smith, returning to campus for the first time since signing with “America’s Team,” signed autographs and was briefly interviewed by Andrejko.

“God, country, Notre Dame,” Smith said. “I’m blessed.” Smith said his favorite memory from inside Notre Dame Stadium was the team’s defeat of Michigan during their most game against each other in 2014. While Answering some questions about his time at Notre Dame, he said he preferred North Dining Hall to South and that his favorite place on-campus was the LaFortune Student Center. When Kelly took the stage, he said he wanted to make sure this year’s Shirt would clearly identify Notre Dame fans. “So, for this [opening] game against Michigan — which is that crazy maize color and blue — we wanted to make sure it was unmistakable as to what colors you would see in that stadium,” he said.

The 2018 Shirt was revealed shortly after Smith and Kelly spoke. It shows the gold lettered “University of Notre Dame” located over Notre Dame Stadium’s Knute Rockne Gate on the front, and depicts three Notre Dame linemen above an Ara Parseghian quote, “no breaking point,” on the back. Smith, who seriously injured his knee in the 2016 Fiesta Bowl — his last game with Notre Dame — saluted his alma mater in his remarks. “If you were watching that game when I got hurt, if I had to go back I just want to let you guys know that I would play in that game again,” he said. “I love Notre Dame so much.”

that I have, that’s sometimes difficult, especially with the current climate,” she said. “So many people have so many diverse opinions of what justice is. It’s a personal experience, and I think that’s also really difficult. You have to on some level open up on what’s happened to you and how you reacted to it. Sometimes that’s difficult.” Despite these challenges, Bondarenko said she enjoyed the speech writing process.

“When I started writing the speech, it started becoming more personal and more of a statement,” she said. Although she does not enjoy speaking in front of large crowds, Bondarenko said her initial nervousness about the speech changed into excitement as she prepared. “I was more nervous than excited initially, I’m a little more excited now,” she said. “I hope people

enjoy it,” Bondarenko said her family moved from Ukraine to the United States in 2003, and has lived in Mississippi and North Carolina. Immediately after she found out about the honor, Bondarenko told her family but she waited to tell her friends until it was publicly announced. “It’s an exciting thing. My family was excited,” Bondarenko said.

“[When my friends found out], I got a lot of congratulations. I think they were maybe even a little more excited than I was.” Bondarenko said is currently assessing post-graduation plans. “Right now, I’m waiting to hear back from some medical schools,” she said. “Eventually I want to go to medical school, but I’m also looking for backup job. It’s mostly research jobs that I would want to work at for a year or so.” Bondarenko said she was only slightly surprised to receive the valedictorian honor, but still felt proud nonetheless. “I had a 4.0 [G.P.A.], so I kind of expected I would be somewhere high up,” she said “I knew I’d graduate with some kind of honors, but I did not know if that’d be valedictorian or not because I don’t know how they categorize that or if anything else contributes to it. I wasn’t necessarily that surprised, but it was a very pleasant experience.” Bondarenko said that though she has a high G.P.A., grades are not everything to her and the grades came naturally for her because of the passion she had for her courses. “I don’t think grades were the most difficult part of college for me,” she said. “It was about finding what I’m passionate about, and once you find that, the grades kind of go away and you stop thinking about that. [Grades were] never my goal. It was not something I was actively working towards.” She said her experience at Saint Mary’s helped her find that passion, and she appreciates the personal relationship she has with the school. “The reason I picked [Saint Mary’s] was because it has a personal relationship to its students … That’s something that really did meet my expectations, having that personal relationship with my professors and peers,” she said. “It’s kind of great. I know almost all the students and I know almost all my professors and their story a little bit. I don’t have a lecture hall between me and my professors.”

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entrepreneurship, innovation, patents [and] intellectual property in general,” Swisher said. “This will just be an exclamation point on really what already was happening within the University on the faculty and staff side.” Hosted by Notre Dame’s IDEA Center, the conference will bring together a number of panels, workshops and competitions. The week officially kicked-off Friday and will continue through Sunday, April 27, with speakers such as Mayor Pete Buttigieg, Adam Savage of “Mythbusters” and Daymond John, CEO of FUBU. The festival will also feature performances from comedian Gabriel Iglesias on Monday at the Morris Performing Arts Center in South Bend and The Chainsmokers on Friday in the Purcell Pavillion. In addition to the keynote lectures this week, Swisher said he is looking forward to the McCloskey New Venture Competition, which will take place Friday. The event allows start-ups to pitch their ideas and compete in a “Shark Tank format.” “All together, there are going to be around $400,000 in prizes and in-kind donations given to teams,” Swisher said. “This is major that’s going to count. So this is real stuff. The grand prize winner is $50,000 and there’s other prizes. So there will be a lot of money going out next Friday.” Swisher said he hopes IDEA Week will inspire students and expose them to new career paths. “I have never been in a university where more young people want to make an impact in the world and really be a force for good,” Swisher said. “We’re saying that you can do this through entrepreneurship … and you don’t have to be a greedy capitalist. “There’s another way. And you can choose to do right and still make a lot of money. And that’s what we’re also trying to support and show and lift up as an example to students that this is another path forward.” Ultimately, Ritchie said, IDEA Week is not a one-time event, but rather a long-term initiative. “What we’re really doing is we realize this is a multi-year effort,” he said. “This isn’t a one and done. This is something we’ve got to do this year and next year and the next year and then if we can just get this to a point where people say ‘Wow, that was great. I’d come back again’ that’s a win. That’s a big win. It doesn’t have to be the most amazing thing ever. It just has to be good enough that people say, ‘That was cool, let’s do it again.’”

at his church about building a well in Burkina Faso. This inspired his three daughters to forgo birthday presents in order to donate to similar efforts. “My wife and I both love this place, so we thought maybe we could do something from Notre Dame.” Meyer said “The first year, about four years ago I said in class, ‘I’ll tell you what, I’ll walk 30 miles and what I’d like is if some of you help collect money in the dorms, and we’ll be able to collect enough to build a well. It won’t be from me it’ll be from Notre Dame and we can change the direction of a village’s life forever.’” Over the past four years Meyer has raised about $12,000 to build wells for villages in Burkina Faso. All the money that is raised by Meyer is donated to Engage Burkina. “Engage Burkina will build

a church and then build a well next to the church.” Meyer said. “Even though perhaps not all the people in the village are Christian, they can go get water and be preached to, with the possibility of converting to Christianity, or at least listen to a message, and get water.” Meyer works to get donations through a GoFundMe page, as well as enlisting student volunteers to help. “My students may not remember accounting, or anything I’ve ever taught them, but they might remember this.” Meyer said. “My view is, if you’re looking at the enormity of the problem — millions of people without clean water — what good is one well? It’s only going to help 500 people maybe. But I just want to communicate to my students, that just because you can’t solve the whole problem, doesn’t mean you can’t solve some of the problem.” Contact Madison Riehle at mriehle@nd.edu Paid Advertisement

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Wes Anderson’s films are unmistakable. If you see a movie with highly symmetrical framing, bright primary color schemes and Bill Murray, your natural assumption would either be that you are watching a Wes Anderson movie or some sort of blatant Anderson knock-off. His films are easy to appreciate, but not necessarily easy to love. Particularly, the director’s commitment to his unique style can keep an audience at arm’s length. In fact, Anderson’s films are at their best in the rare moments when characters’ humanity shines through their veneer of neuroticism. Anderson’s unique style and aesthetic are not necessarily inhibitors to his style. In fact, his vision invariably generates gorgeous films. “Isle of Dogs” is no exception. Anderson uses stop-motion animation to create tiny sets whose precision provide immersion into a fascinating new world. The soundtrack lives up to its high expectations, with Anderson inserting “I Won’t Hurt You” from The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band with the skill of a two-decade soundtrack veteran. “Isle of Dogs” starts with the outbreak of a canineborne disease which threatens the citizens of the fictional Japanese city of Megasaki and causes the city to ban dogs. The story’s main human character,

By SARA SCHLECT Scene Writer

After several years of playing most of their sets in close proximity to the campus of Appalachian State University in North Carolina — where they recorded their first two albums — Rainbow Kitten Surprise (RKS) has gained enough acclaim that their current United States tour boasts more sold-out shows than not. Their latest release demonstrates just why they are, according to their own lyrics, “destined to sell out.” While their first album, “Seven + Mary,” was largely soft and acoustic, the second, “RKS,” had a sound more reminiscent of alternative rock. In their third album, Rainbow Kitten Surprise blends sounds introduced in the previous two albums, but the time since their last release in 2015 has given them time to mature and add more diverse elements to their repertoire. From the very first line of its opening track, “How To: Friend, Love, Freefall” implores listeners to hang on to every single word. “Hold my hand darling,” the album begins, ready for listeners to embark upon a journey through songs that display the complexities of the human condition. Frontman Sam Melo exhibits his ability to seamlessly move between quasi-rapping as he compares the difficulty of gaining credibility as musicians to a “mission to Mars [that] is destined to fail,” while also

twelve-year-old Atari Kobayashi (voiced by Koyu Rankin), rebels against the ban on dogs by stealing a plane and embarking on a quest to find his pet among the banished canines of Trash Island. The story concurrently follows both a lovable crew of exiled dogs led by hardened stray Chief (Bryan Cranston) and the humans back in Megasaki fighting to get their pets back. “Isle of Dogs” mines a charmingly childish premise for deep moments, exposing wisdom and humor that adults will appreciate. Even though the main characters are children and dogs, “Isle of Dogs” doesn’t shy away from depicting slightly graphic violence. Like nearly all of Wes Anderson’s movies, “Isle of Dogs” feels like a merger between a children’s storybook and a Hollywood film. This classic story of a hero and his canine companion also manages to address topics like politics, authoritarianism, fear-mongering and loyalty. Wes Anderson is even able to turn his childlike sense of wonder on a dystopian world, with “Isle of Dogs” glamorizing its world without sanitizing it. A fair number of critics on the Internet, including Car Seat Headrest’s Will Toledo, have taken issue with the way that “Isle of Dogs” treats its Japanese setting. These criticisms are highly exaggerated. Anderson does indeed incorporate a few stereotypes of Japanese culture into the film — one scene exquisitely depicts the careful preparation of a sushi meal, a

sumo wrestling scene is thrown in for little logical reason and stereotypically Japanese music scores much of the film. However, much of the film reads as a tribute to Japanese culture rather than a caricature. Japan has had a rich cinematic history, and the nation’s well-known aesthetic suits Anderson’s filmmaking style. Perhaps Anderson was little bit shallow at times, but any appropriation that the film could be accused of is mostly benign, and no reason to avoid the film. “Isle of Dogs” should go down as one of Anderson’s greatest films. It balances plot pacing with aesthetics better than any other film in the director’s oeuvre. Although films like “The Grand Budapest Hotel” and “The Royal Tenenbaums” were hilarious and intelligently structured, they both suffer from brief spells of boring exposition that exacerbate Anderson’s slightly-pretentious style. Through tight plot structure and its unique twist on a classic premise, “Isle of Dogs” stands as the most accessible introduction to Wes Anderson for new audiences. Dogs and children both a have a particular talent for gazing at the world with wide-eyed enthusiasm, and “Isle of Dogs” gives everybody a channel to tune their mind into that frequency.

describing a changing world, “it’s available only today/ Americana’s crusade for the common man’s promised land.” His impressive vocal range supplements this, making each track unique. The peppy track “Matchbox” is a realistic but not quite encouraging presentation of the band’s journey to this point in their careers. However, like so many of this album’s tracks, it goes beyond mere description. The song explores the life of a musician through a touching vignette — “I’m in the back of a fifteen-passenger van doing an expose on feelings I don’t fully understand.” Through its narrative story-telling, the song demonstrates a refreshing honesty about confusing emotions and the difficulty of expressing them. “Hide,” which was released as a single earlier in the year, explores love and begs to not have to keep it hidden. As Melo croons, “He’s a better kisser than you’d think, Mom,” RKS begins plucking heartstrings and continues to do so throughout the whole track. Also worth a mention is the track’s music video, which is presented like a mini-documentary of individuals coming out as drag queens to their families. The music pauses throughout the video as the stories unfold. One of the most impressive tracks is “Painkillers,” which begins “Very lovely morning / Try not to kill yourself today.” Such an introduction makes it nearly impossible to tear attention away from the mournfully poetic lyrics about substance abuse and an imperfect

life. Its folksy instrumentals and Melo’s pensive vocals create a truly mesmerizing experience of contemplation. It begs for hope for those battling addiction while paying respect to the reasons it might occur with lines like “Winning’s for the lucky, living just takes painkillers.” With tracks that contain both upbeat drums and slower, contemplative refrains, any hipster who can’t bring themselves to commit to a genre will have something to put some bounce in their step as they listen through a set of tangled earbuds. The time it takes to untangle the earbuds simply isn’t worth waiting to hear what this collection of distinct but thoughtfully ordered tracks will bring next.

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The high price of fashion Serena Zacharias Scene Writer

“Made in Bangladesh.” For the longest time my eyes would gloss over those simple words as I purchased clothes with no consideration as to where or how they were made. In the process of becoming a more conscious consumer in regards to food production, I began to consider all of my purchases, and I quickly settled on the biggest collection I owned — my clothes. The advent of fast fashion, or the cheaper, more efficient production of clothing, has emphasized the need for consumers to buy as many inexpensive garments as possible in order to keep up with the ever-changing trends. However, in order to drive the prices of clothing down, production costs must be decreased, and garment workers in developing countries are often subject to unsafe conditions and receive less than living wages in the factories large clothing companies use to produce their garments. Fast fashion also has major implications for the environment. As the need for fabric grows, the use of toxic chemicals to dye textiles and maintain agriculture for growing cotton increases. By promoting a sentiment where clothes seem disposable because of their low price and the shifting trends, textile waste skyrockets and millions of tons of clothes sit in landfills taking hundreds of years to decompose while releasing harmful gases into the air. The bottom line is that cheap clothes at a number of popular retail stores seem like a bargain, but someone is paying a high price. The Triangle Shirtwaist Factor y fire killed 146 garment workers in 1911 New York City as a result of neglected safety features, and the tragedy forced the development of better laws and regulations that protected workers rights in America. In 2013, the commercial building Rana Plaza in the Dhaka District of Bangladesh collapsed killing 1,134 garment workers. I think there’s something significant about the fact that more than a centur y has passed since the Triangle Shirtwaist Factor y fire — since we have been acutely aware of the importance of treating garment workers as people — yet disasters like the Rana Plaza collapse and the 2012 Pakistan garment factor y fires continue to occur because we favor the acquisition of our own clothes over the rights and safety of garment workers. It will be five years since the Rana Plaza collapse on April 24 and, unfortunately, not much has changed. As I have begun to educate myself on the human rights violations and the environmental hazards associated with the fashion industr y, I view clothes differently. I notice the boldfaced label “Made in Bangladesh” I didn’t use to see before. I’m not tr ying to tell people they must boycott the fashion industr y, and I am not tr ying to insult people who love shopping. I also don’t think that I am personally improving the world by attempting to be a more mindful consumer. I simply believe that it’s important to be cognizant of what you have and how your possessions affect others, and I wish I had started considering the consequences of my own shopping habits sooner. The only advice I would give is to begin appreciating the effort put into producing the clothes and the products you buy. Take a second to consider the hands that sewed the jeans you’re wearing — that is the first step. Contact Serena Zacharias at szachari@nd.edu The views expressed in this inside column are those of the author and not necessarily of The Observer.

Soren Hansen Au Contraire

Yesterday was Earth Day, as I’m sure you know, and though spring has not yet fully sprung (and thus it seems a little too chilly to spend the day outside), I’d like to focus for a moment on our natural home. In a few weeks, most of us w ill return to our childhood homes — or, if you are a Mendoza student, New York Cit y — and leave Notre Dame for the summer. Yet as the class of 2018 prepares to leave campus to pursue vocations across the globe, I wonder how many of them have gotten to know their home here. How many have never walked around the lakes, much less ventured past them to see what lies beyond on our beautiful 1,300 acres? How many students have seen the families of woodchucks, deer and raccoons who frequent the meadows past the Holy Cross Cemeter y? Even the walnut trees and brambles are worth a second glance, yet we are mostly blind to the abounding nature in our back yard. A walk around campus isn’t just for pleasure, though it scarcely needs to be noted that such walks make excellent study breaks and times for contemplation. The reason we ought to be connected to our land is that we tend to separate ourselves from it, w ith dire consequences. W hen it comes to nature and the env ironment, we are all hy pocrites. We all claim to want and know what is best for this countr y, yet we put little effort into caring for the land w ithin its boundaries. For whatever reason, being a good steward of the land has become a political issue and our planet w ill suffer for our feuding over its care. I don’t believe anyone can put forth a good argument for not caring about the land, yet our propensit y to distance ourselves from the dirt and the bugs, our love of concrete and the comforts of modern life have allowed us to be blind to our impact, even on campus itself. Our wasteful habits are cultivated in the name of efficiency and self-indulgence as we happily go about our academic endeavors w ithout a thought for the ground beneath our feet. Cigarette butts, beer bottles and even unluck y unlocked bikes are haplessly dumped into the lakes. Our sidewalks aren’t much better (looking at you Zahm boys w ith

your defenestration antics), and our carelessness creates lots of unnecessar y work for the men and women who keep our campus in top shape. How simple it is to buy a reusable coffee cup instead of thoughtlessly grabbing a new piece of future trash ever y time you need caffeine? Don’t reach for a plastic stirring straw if you can help it — sw irling w ill dissolve your sugar just as well and it only takes an extra moment. Take only what you w ill eat at the dining halls, waste less. If you’re also from a drought-prone Southern California, the abundance of water in Indiana seems at first like a free pass for long showers. Yet that plentiful water doesn’t get here by magic; conser v ing water is conser v ing energ y from the coal or natural gas used to pump it here. Using hand dr yers instead of paper towels, turning off the lights when you leave your room, sharing clothes, buy ing fewer new ones in general or donating them and not overcharging electronics are all ways we can better conser ve and protect our planet. I’d point out the obv ious tactic, recycling, but unfortunately I’ve heard too many rumors of Notre Dame’s sham separated bins to be optimistic about that route. At least we pay lip ser v ice to a worthy cause, right? In the end, our hy pocrisy lies in our thoughtlessness. As a Catholic institution filled w ith students and facult y who are supposed to be pursuing the good, ignorance is not a v iable excuse. As members of the educated elite, we must recognize our magnified roles in our communities and respond accordingly. We have a dut y to our fellow men to be good stewards. Republican or Democrat, Catholic or atheist, climate change denier or lover of scientism, we should all do well to take care of this place. So take that walk around the lakes before you graduate, get to know your home and all her natural beaut y. Soren Hansen (junior) is a proud member of the Program of Liberal Studies and spends her free time lamenting the lack of intellectual culture on campus and playing the upright bass. Send your contrarian opinions and snide comments to mhansen3@nd.edu The views expressed in this column are those of the author and not necessarily of The Observer.

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Sewage hall I still remember where I was, anxiously awaiting to see which of the 29 dorms I’d been chosen to live in, a dorm that would begin to define me in just a few short months. Being new to Notre Dame, I had saved one of the free campus maps in my bedroom for this exact moment — I couldn’t wait to locate my new dorm, which would end up being Stanford Hall, on the map. Fast forward to over three years later at the conclusion of another great Stanford Sunday Mass, this time a number of high school students on the Reilly visiting program were joining us. As I walked out of the chapel with my fellow Griffins and Reilly visitors, that unmistakable, putrid plume smacked us all right away. The terrible reek of sewage f looding out of the first f loor bathrooms had bubbled up again during Mass, and our guests couldn’t help but notice something strange. Our expressions made it clear that this is common. It happens all the time. I’m a pretty low-maintenance person, and the general shortcomings of the Stanford community’s building have not bothered me much. Even the extreme hot and humid weather conditions during my first few weeks of living in the dorm failed to damper my excitement for starting college — in fact, a great camaraderie developed as a result of my particularly steamy Frosh-O. (“Welcome Weekend” didn’t exist yet.) I believe this intangible dorm community has been the main cause of so much of my incredibly positive Notre Dame experience. I wouldn’t trade my Stanford friends for anything, and I love the dorm life, but not so

much the building. This laugh-it-off attitude persisted until 445 Stanford Hall had a cockroach invasion during my junior year. I returned to my room one Friday evening to see the roaches jumping out of my sink’s drain, one-by-one. After smashing a few still in the sink bowl, I turned on the hot water and had a friend monitor the situation while I searched for my rector. He provided me with drain cleaner to temporarily solve the problem until exterminators could arrive, a service he immediately requested. However, the exterminators never came. I kept my drain pop-up closed over the weekend and all day Monday, but cockroaches are stronger than I expected — apparently they can lift a drain popup. I woke up at 3 a.m. to a cockroach literally crawling up my arm. In my lofted bed. I was upset. And I voiced this frustration to my hall staff — not in a mean or aggressive way, but in a way that communicated my conviction that this was an unreasonable standard of living. The next morning, an exterminator arrived and I never had a cockroach problem again. This experience taught me a lesson: when the dorm system is run by a large, confusing bureaucracy, sometimes I need to ask a few times to get the right person’s attention. After all, what office decides how quickly exterminators arrive when cockroaches are waking dorm residents up at night? Is it Student Life? Or maybe Facilities Design and Operations? Or do the Office of Housing or the Office of Residential Life fit into all of this somehow?

This brings me to the reason a senior engineering major is currently writing this letter — I don’t have an answer. I can’t figure it out. But I do have the following to say, to whomever might be in a position to act. Can someone please do something about the raw sewage that regularly f loods Stanford Hall? It happens almost weekly now, and I feel like it’s a reasonable request. The plumbers always remark on the same issue (the piping running from Stanford Hall to the sewer needs replaced), so a practical solution is known and feasible. But the problem continues. We still have f loods all the time — not f loods of water, but f loods of sewage. This raw sewage f lows up from the bathroom drains, f loods outside the bathroom and soaks into the carpet of the hallway. Meanwhile, the Stanford residents inside their rooms pray the “waters” don’t breach their doors. I’d really appreciate not having to brace myself every morning for the raw sewage smell that hits me when I open my door. Also, I think the first f loor residents would appreciate an alleviation of their fear that sewage could f lood their rooms at any time. Can someone please help? Or at least give us something to tell the Reilly visitors when they ask, “Can Notre Dame really not fix the sewage f looding into your hallways?” Bradley Berning senior Apr. 18

Fill one bucket The world is full of do-gooders. I consider myself one, and I’m sure you are too. But we need more than just spontaneous dogooders and volunteers. We need consistency. We need to claim our own cause — and we really only need one. I say this, because I have excelled at the opposite. I have filled my life and resume with spontaneous volunteer experiences — whatever sounds interesting in the moment. I have spent time at bingo, the soup kitchen, Special Olympics, nursing homes and more. Although I felt like I had learned a lot from each experience, I hardly ever returned. If my time was comparable to cups of water, it was comparable to spreading 10 cups of water across 10 buckets. I signed up, attended, and left thinking it was enough and my worldview had improved. Once a place asked for any semblance of consistency, I knew I wouldn’t be returning. Then I met Tim while volunteering at a soup kitchen. My friendship with Tim f lourished from the first time we met. W hat started as small talk over a meal quickly evolved into deeper conversation about life. I assumed the encounter was passing, but the next week we saw each other again, and

this time I met his daughter Elizabeth. If I wasn’t mistaken, Tim and I were becoming friends. I wanted to keep running into Tim, knowing that each week me met, the more I would learn about him. Because this was the start of a friendship, and good friends continue to show up. And really, the only way I was going to know what happened to him was to show up again. The fact that I had met him in a soup kitchen should not change that. I decided to return each week, to better know Tim, and the soup kitchen. I wanted to learn about the soup kitchen’s resources, ways they were improving, how I could help … At that moment, I decided to fill this one bucket, the soup kitchen, with all 10 cups of my “water” — my time and energy. These individuals deserve a team of people who put them first — a family. These deserve people who know them, who know their names, and have true roots. The people who have the least stability in all areas — food, housing, money — can benefit from the social networking and just stable friendships in general. The cause needs us — young people ready to use our interdisciplinary educations. We have so

much potential to initiate improvement within our select cause. And finally, we need a cause, the chance to grow with some underlying do-good direction. The world needs experts. The soup kitchen probably won’t be your area of expertise, but I hope you find one that fits you. We can’t be experts in everything, but if each of us becomes an expert in one, we can stand out among our friends as a ready advocate. So finally, I’m providing a call to action. Become a specialist, a representative for your cause. Take ownership, build relationships, and as a result become consistent. And do things to learn the ins and outs of your cause — the personal scale, the local scale, the international scale. Be the friend in your group that people point to when someone has a question about an issue. I’m so grateful I have experienced so many ways to volunteer since getting to Notre Dame. But I’m especially grateful for the causes I can call my own.

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Horoscope | Eugenia Last Happy Birthday: Be careful what you wish for. You’ll be faced with some changes at home or at work this year that you may not initially want to succumb to. Consider what’s best for everyone before you reject ideas too quickly. In hindsight, you will have regrets if you aren’t willing to compromise and work alongside others. Change can be good. Your numbers are 2, 15, 24, 27, 32, 38, 46. ARIES (March 21-April 19): Listen before you share your opinion. Refuse to let your emotions take over, leaving you in a precarious position. Say less and take the time to come up with a solid objective that will make sense as well as a difference. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): It will ease your stress and add to your comfort if you bring about positive changes at home. Love and romance will encourage a healthy attitude. Make the most of what you have; open your doors to friends and family. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Refuse to let anyone push you in a direction you don’t want to go. Sit tight and see what unfolds before you make a move. Know your financial position and what you can afford before you make a purchase. CANCER (June 21-July 22): Don’t feel you have to make a snap decision because someone else does. Bide your time and put your energy into personal pleasure and self-improvements. Children will play a role when choosing events and activities in which you participate. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): A change to your personal identity, records or financial standing will leave you questioning what to do next. Look at your options, and you’ll find a way to cut corners. Avoid excessive behavior and people who encourage bad habits. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Keep your expenses down. Home improvements should be limited to what’s necessary. Taking care of someone else’s personal affairs will be taxing. Offer to help only if what you’ll receive in return is worth your while. Walk away from an ultimatum. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): A positive approach to what you are trying to accomplish will help you reverse someone’s initial rejection. Offer incentives and be willing to make adjustments that are more acceptable to the people you need on your side. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Don’t overreact or make rash decisions. Emotional situations will build and take over, causing a problem between a friend or relative and you. Make a point to get along and to listen to what others want; you will find a solution. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): A change at home will bring you joy. Host a small gathering or make an effort to revise situations that are causing you undue stress. Taking care of personal business will be reason to celebrate with the people you love. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Put your energy into something constructive, like improving your surroundings or living arrangements. Consider doing something that will encourage peace and love or a better relationship with the people you care about most. Romance should be a priority. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Put more effort into personal observation and self-improvement. Deal with bad habits or unsavory situations involving a friend or relative. Don’t leave matters to fester and grow into something uncontrollable. Pay more attention to your health and your love life. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Don’t put up with anyone acting erratic or causing difficulties. Make your position clear; refuse to be dragged into someone else’s melodrama. Focus on personal gains, physical improvements and reuniting with people with whom you have something in common. Romance is featured. Birthday Baby: You are thoughtful, loving and family-oriented. You are ambitious and friendly.

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Greatness is about more than rings Ben Padanilam Sports Editor

Tom Brady has five Super Bowl rings. Michael Jordan won six NBA championships. For many people, those facts alone seal their cases as the greatest athletes in the history of their respective sports. In a game where winning is the ultimate objective, they did it as well as anyone while staying elite players for extended periods of time. But to me, the argument that winning the big games is somehow the end all, be all of greatness within a sport is rather ridiculous. Not because it doesn’t matter, but at a certain point it becomes pedantic given that many of the athletes in the discussion have won the games which matter most, often more than once. In my opinion, it becomes nothing more than a failed attempt to objectify something which is subjective. Consider this: Few people would consider Bill Russell, who won 11 championships and five Most Valuable Player awards, the greatest basketball player of all time. Why not? They’ll point to things such as league competitiveness or other technicalities to dismiss those achievements. Yet, those same people will say its rings which unquestionably makes Jordan a greater player than LeBron James, as Jordan is undefeated in the Finals while James isn’t — dismissing the fact that James’ competition in those Finals have essentially all been historically better teams than any of the ones Jordan faced in the Finals, or that Jordan lost prior to the Finals many a times while James has gotten there in unprecedented fashion — the first player ever to make seven-straight trips. Try this one on for size: Do you know what Jay Cutler and Mark Sanchez both have in common? Besides being NFL quarterbacks, they have both been to the conference championships of their sport more than Houston Rockets point guard Chris Paul has been to the conference championship in his. But of course, Sanchez and Cutler are maligned for lacking the ability to be winners, while Chris Paul is considered by some to be the greatest point guard of his generation. Now, of course, some will say that such a comparison is completely ridiculous, but is it? After all, Cutler is the greatest quarterback in the history of the Chicago Bears franchise if you look at the statistical categories he leads in — although no Bears fan would ever agree with such a statement taken at face value — and he’s got more postseason success on his resume than Paul does in his

storied NBA career. Yet, of course the argument that Cutler has more “greatness” and than Paul does is ridiculous. So what about comparing him to another quarterback whose numbers during his career aligns a little bit more closely: Tony Romo. Romo, like Paul, never had the postseason success. But unlike Paul, he earned the reputation of being an overrated and much maligned quarterback across the league simply because of his lack of postseason success. People ignore the fact he holds a top-20 mark in fourth-quarter comebacks led in NFL history, which is about as accurate a measurement there can be to gauge how “clutch” a quarterback is. They ignore his statistical greatness, which is similar to Paul’s in the NBA. Instead, the narrative developed that Romo was a poor leader and overrated quarterback — a narrative which has never shaped for Paul. But this argument isn’t to say James is better than Jordan was or that Cutler or even Romo is better than Paul — though it is certainly fun to turn an absurd argument on itself to imply Cutler is greater in his sport than Paul is in his. The point of this argument is to show that arguing postseason success defines greatness is misleading at best, idiotic at worst. Why does Paul get so much credit for his regular-season success despite the complete and utter collapses in the playoffs on talented regular-season teams — don’t pretend that the Los Angeles Clippers weren’t just that, winning at least 50 games in five of Paul’s six seasons with the team, the exception being a 40-26 record in a strike-shortened season — while a player like Romo gets maligned for doing the exact same thing? It’s because individual greatness is subjective. Trying to objectify it using a team-based metric such as postseason success so heavily is ridiculous. When you do it, you’re being misleading, ignorant or — in the worst of cases — stupid. Maybe LeBron James is better than Michael Jordan. Maybe Tony Romo should be remembered as a great quarterback in his generation. Maybe Chris Paul should be remembered as the greatest point guard of his. But perhaps the opposite is true. What we can say for sure, however, is that using postseason success to answer the question definitively is never going to yield success. Contact Ben Padanilam at bpadanil@nd.edu The views expressed in this Sports Authority are those of the author and not necessarily those of The Observer.

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Irish lead back down to singledigits, but it remained a comfortable Senior Day victory for Notre Dame, closing out as a 16-7 win. Masinko’s five goals led the Irish and brought her to 22 goals for the season, while Ortega’s goal also brought her to 20 in 2018, as the pair became the fifth and sixth 20-goal scorers for the Irish this season. Howe scored three goals and added two assists, to bring her

to 53 points this season, ahead of Shaylyn Blaney’s 52 points for third in all-time the Irish freshman points leaderboard, behind only Jillian Byers and Cortney Fortunato, who sit first and second in Irish history, respectively, for both goals and points. Fellow freshman Andie Aldave, who already holds the single-season program record for draw controls, extended that tally with seven more, putting her just four draw controls away from 100 for the season, as the Irish dominated on the draw during the second half by winning 11-of-15 secondhalf draw controls. Aldave also

added two ground-ball pickups and three caused turnovers. For the Aztecs, Haight led the way in scoring with three goals. The Irish will meet No. 17 Virginia in the ACC quarterfinals after the Cavaliers lost to No. 12 Virginia Tech on Saturday. With the Irish ranked 27th in RPI before this week, in which they posted a 1-1 record, Notre Dame will likely need an impressive performance at the conference tournament in order to make an NCAA tournament appearance. The game will start at 2 p.m. Thursday in Durham, North Carolina.

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Irish sophomore attack Jessi Masinko runs downfield during Notre Dame’s 15-10 win against Marquette on Feb. 28 in Arlotta Stadium. Masinko scored five goals against San Diego on Saturday.

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Heels (7-7, 1-3) were neck-andneck throughout the contest, matching one another’s scoring output in three of the game’s four quarters. The difference came in the second quarter, as the Tar Heels outscored the Irish 3-2 to take a 5-4 lead into halftime. In the first half, the Irish were led by junior attack Ryder Garnsey, as he scored both of his goals in the game in the first half. The two teams were roughly even in possession throughout the half as well, as the Tar Heels had 11 ground balls to Notre Dame’s 10 and both teams put up 16 shots. The second half, however, was dominated largely by the Irish in every facet except scoring. The Irish won 10 face-offs to North Carolina’s two — fueling a 17-5 advantage for the Irish in the game. The Irish also had 23 second-half ground balls against North Carolina’s 14, allowing the Irish to turn those possessions into 25 secondhalf shots compared to North Carolina’s 14 shots. But the added possession would prove to not be enough, as the Tar Heels

took advantage of a few Irish mistakes to do just enough to hold on to their advantage. “Our wings did a great job; [senior face-off specialist] John Travisano did a great job; but the problem is, we cost ourselves two goals at the face-off,” Corrigan said of his face-off group. “So the great productivity that we had there in terms of getting possession was negated by the fact that we gave up two goals in the face-off game, and that’s unacceptable.” The Irish mistakes proved costly in the second half, as they totaled 12 of their 15 turnovers in the third and fourth quarters and finished just 2-for-7 in the second half in scoring on man-up opportunities. Both goals came from sophomore midfielder Bryan Costabile, who continues to get healthier after missing time with an undisclosed injury, as part of his hat trick. Junior attack Brendan Gleason also returned to action for the first time since Notre Dame’s 9-8 win over Ohio State on March 25, tallying two assists in the contest. “Brendan gives us another guy who can beat his man and move the defense,” Corrigan said of the impact of Gleason’s return to action. “Having him

and Costabile out there — even though neither one is at 100 percent right now, having them both back on the field makes us a different team.” Now, the Irish will look ahead to the ACC tournament, drawing a semifinal matchup with No. 3 Duke. The Irish played the Blue Devils (12-2, 3-1) earlier this season, suffering their largest defeat of the season in an 8-2 loss at Arlotta Stadium on April 7. This time, the game will be played Friday at Klockner Stadium in Charlottesville, Virginia. Corrigan said he thinks his team has all the pieces and talent to win out, but it just has to find a way to display that talent consistently. “We’ve got all the people we need to be a really good team,” Corrigan said. “We’ve proven we can do all the things that a really good team needs to do. We just haven’t done it consistently, and we haven’t done them over the course of a game all together in the different phases of the game. If we can do that, then we can run the table and get ourselves to the tournament. And if we can’t do that, then we’ll continue to struggle.” Contact Ben Padanilam at bpadanil@nd.edu

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comfortable. … [He’s] just a joy to coach and has picked up things really quickly,” Kelly said of Smith. Sophomore Avery Davis and junior Tony Jones Jr. also played big roles in the spring game, as they combined for 19 carries and averaged 2.7 and 2.5 yards per carry, respectively. Davis, recruited as a quarterback, is coming off a freshman season in which he did not see the field and has been taking snaps as a ball carrier this spring to give him more opportunities to make an impact. “It’s definitely more physical. … You take more hits,” Davis said of playing running back. “It’s a dream to be able to make plays at Notre Dame.” Davis also said the experience he’s gaining at running back

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quarter, after throwing a bullet to senior tight end Alize Mack over the middle, Wimbush threw right into double coverage, intended for sophomore wideout Michael Young. He threw into heavy coverage earlier as well when he was picked off by junior safety Jalen Elliott. Sequences like that made him look shaky and inconsistent. But really, these blips are not emblematic of Wimbush’s capabilities in the pocket during the regular season. It was the Blue-Gold Game. A spring game. Kelly even said he made Wimbush stay in the pocket more than usual. It was designed. Wimbush kept the ball only four times Saturday, whereas he averaged almost 12 rushing attempts per game last season. In a game that matters, Wimbush will have the freedom to keep the ball if he needs to. If the Irish were up against Michigan, maybe instead of throwing to Young in double coverage, Wimbush would have kept it for an 18-yard rush, as we very well know he is capable of doing. The point is this: Wimbush proved that, if he needs to, he can stay in the pocket. He has the vision to find receivers over the middle. He can hit junior wide receiver Chase Claypool on a corner route near the sideline if he has to. He has the arm strength

has helped his confidence as a quarterback. “I’m looking at the field … at the defense from a whole new perspective,” he said. “I have a much better understanding for my receivers.” All four backs showed moments of distinction, but Williams appeared the most comfortable reading the defensive schemes. Despite this, Kelly avoided committing to a starter at the position, saying the team will “go with the guy that’s playing really well.” Without Adams, McGlinchey and Nelson in 2018, the run game will likely be very different this upcoming season, with many different players providing different dimensions. But Saturday’s game gave the Irish reason to believe they have the pieces in place to still find success running the football.

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and composure to find receivers down field and lead them to the end zone. Junior Ian Book also played well Saturday, but he gave Kelly no reason to think he is still in contention for the starting quarterback position. He did connect with Claypool for an 85-yard touchdown in the first quarter. He was also sacked seven times. He made some nice throws from the pocket, but he also looked flustered at times, electing to keep the ball in questionable situations. His pocketpassing abilities were not nearly good enough to trump Wimbush’s dual-threat game, which now features a much improved pocketpassing component. All in all, Wimbush showed that he can be counted on as a reliable passer from the pocket this season. We already know the damage he can do on the ground, and with this new improvement, there is no reason not to name him the starter before September. He’s only bound to get better in the pocket with more reps like those he took during Saturday’s game, which will breed confidence and mechanical consistency. For a team that needs leadership at quarterback, all signs point to Wimbush as the guy after Saturday’s Blue-Gold Game. Contact Connor Mulvena at cmulvena@nd.edu The views expressed in this column are those of the author and not necessarily those of The Observer.

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Irish senior quarterback Brandon Wimbush looks to pass during Notre Dame’s 21-17 win over LSU on Jan. 1 in the Citrus Bowl.

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Football | Blue-gold game

Springing into another new season Notre Dame running backs show promise as team looks to replace Josh Adams’ production By CHARLOTTE EDMONDS Associate Sports Editor

What do you do when the inspiration for a whole branding of a Heisman campaign — complete with hats and a hashtag — leaves school early, declaring for the draft? Reload. That is what the Irish have done this spring at the running back position. Although no one has shown the same consistent explosiveness as Josh Adams did last season, no one appeared to show that same ability to sneak through the line of scrimmage at last year’s Blue-Gold Game either, not even Adams himself. However, there certainly were several silver linings for Notre Dame’s offensive scheme at this year’s spring game — most notably, senior running back Dexter Williams. “I think for Dexter, it was really more about can he pick up the nuances of our offense relative to pass protection? That was a big thing for us,” head coach Brian Kelly said after the game. “ … And then how long can you stay on the field? He seemed to be a guy that we couldn’t keep on the field very long. … [After] a really good spring, he wasn’t a guy that we had to pull out or wasn’t conditioned well enough.” Appearing in 10 games last season,

Williams will be asked to emerge out from the shadows of his former classmate, distinguishing himself as a primary ball carrier in his final season for the Irish. His team-high 117 yards set the tone for this year’s contest, as the offense scored 47 points Saturday. Perhaps this fast-paced offense was in part due to the modified layout of the game, where teams were no longer two-sided, and instead competed as an offensive and defensive units. After a relatively unremarkable first half of short, mostly lateral runs — where the absence of Mike McGlinchy and Quenton Nelson was evident on the offensive line — Williams eventually found a hole to explode through. In the opening drive of the second half, he took the snap on 2ndand-13 and bolted down the right hash of the field for 72 yards before being brought down out of bounds, six yards short of the goal line. This run set up a touchdown just moments later, but the real takeaway of the drive was that the Irish run game is still very much alive. Williams wasn’t alone in his performance, however. Freshman Jahmir Smith showed promise in the backfield, running for 29 yards on five carries and hauling in a 19-yard catch. “He’s been like that all spring, very see BACKS PAGE 10

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Squad secures Senior Day win Observer Sports Staff

Irish sophomore attack Jessi Masinko scored five goals, tying her career-best mark, as No. 20 Notre Dame defeated San Diego State on Senior Day, 16-7. The Irish (9-8, 3-4 ACC) were in great need of a victory to bolster their NCAA tournament hopes after a loss at Albany on Wednesday, and early on, things seemed to get worse for Notre Dame as the Aztecs (98, 1-1 MPSF) opened the scoring through senior midfielder Elizabeth Rourke. However, the Irish struck back within a minute with a goal from sophomore midfielder Savannah Buchanan and took their first lead of the game after a goal from freshman midfielder Maddie Howe two minutes after Buchanan’s. The Aztecs tied the score again after junior midfielder Jill Haight scored, but the Irish then began to pull away. Head coach Christine Halfpenny’s team held a 5-2 lead with a minute remaining before halftime before Masinko scored twice

— the second goal coming from the free position in the final second of the half — to give her team a much more comfortable 7-2 lead at the break. The Irish dominated the first half in terms of scoring opportunities, taking 20 shots to San Diego State’s eight, despite losing the first-half draw control battle 5-4. Early in the second half, the Irish further solidified their lead, first through senior midfielder Molly Cobb, who scored 90 seconds into the second half, then with goals from freshman midfielder Andie Aldave, junior attack Nikki Ortega and a second from Cobb to give the Irish an 11-2 lead. The Aztecs ended the 9-0 run and cut the lead slightly to 12-4 midway through the second half. However, Masinko again stepped up, adding three more goals in a span of three minutes to give the Irish a 15-4 lead with under 12 minutes left to play. The Aztecs scored three of the game’s last four goals to cut the see W LAX PAGE 9

Wimbush proves he deserves to be named starting quarterback going forward Connor Mulvena Associate Sports Editor

Senior Brandon Wimbush put an end to the quarterback competition Saturday. Irish head coach Brian Kelly may not come out and say it, and the team may not even publicize that view at all in the coming future, but it still happened. Kelly needs to acknowledge Wimbush as the starter. Maybe not today, maybe not even within the month, but as, my colleague Tobias Hoonhout said in his column Friday, he needs to name a starter before the Michigan game to avoid the problems the team faced in 2016. And Saturday’s Blue-Gold Game gave him every reason to have confidence in Wimbush as the starter on Sept. 1. There are clearly questions surrounding Wimbush’s passing abilities after last season. He’s proved himself on the ground, but he can be shaky when it comes to maintaining composure in the pocket. And, as last season made clear, the Irish need a pocket passer, to some extent, to go from a good season to a topfour season. Wimbush addressed these doubts head on during Saturday’s spring game. Kelly said he forced Wimbush to stay in the pocket, perhaps longer than he is comfortable with.

“I wasn’t going to let him run. I told him that,” Kelly said. “I’m standing back out here in the field with the whistle because I’m going to blow it once you take off. So if you want the play to end with a sack, that’s what you’ll do. If not, hang in there and keep your eyes downfield, and let’s try to make some plays.” For the most part, Wimbush looked great in the pocket. He was pulled from the game towards the end of the third quarter, but he finished 19-of-33 with 341 yards in the air, an impressive stat line for a quarterback who, by last year’s standards, is not used to staying in the pocket and was forced to do so against a solid Notre Dame defense. His most impressive completion was a 64-yard pass to senior wideout Miles Boykin for a touchdown — he threw into coverage and hit Boykin in stride on a dime. Beyond that, Wimbush hit several receivers on corner routes near the sidelines despite solid coverage. Plus, Wimbush’s vision over the middle was impressive. He may not have completed enough passes over the middle, but he certainly found the open receiver while in the pocket. Now, Wimbush did look a little sloppy on some of his incompletions and his second-quarter interception. In that see MULVENA PAGE 10

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Irish fall to Tar Heels in ACC regular-season finale By BEN PADANILAM Sports Editor

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Irish junior attack Ryder Garnsey cradles the ball and looks to dodge during Notre Dame’s 8-2 loss to Duke on April 7.

In its penultimate regularseason contest and final game before the ACC tournament, No. 15 Notre Dame hoped to carry forward the momentum of its 7-6 comeback win against Marquette on April 11 — the last time it took the field — in its contest Saturday with North Carolina in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Instead, the Irish came away with a tight 10-9 loss to the Tar Heels. “You don’t get momentum from a loss,” Irish head coach Kevin Corrigan said of the defeat. “The [North] Carolina game was like a few too many other games this year where we do enough good things for us to know that we can be a really good team, but we do enough bad things where we keep ourselves from being a really good team. If we can get out of our own way, then we have a chance to be a really good team.” The Irish (6-5, 1-3 ACC) and Tar see M LAX PAGE 9