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Students march for reproductive rights Graduate Workers Collective leads demonstration to protest University’s stance on health care mandate By KELLI SMITH News Writer
The Graduate Workers Collective of Notre Dame hosted a demonstration Tuesday at Main Building to peacefully protest the University’s stance on a recent mandate by the Trump administration regarding health insurance. Titled “March for Reproductive Freedom,” the demonstration arose as a response to a statement released by University President Fr. John Jenkins on Friday. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced two mandates earlier that day, which reversed a rule
created under former President Barack Obama’s administration. The rule required employers to offer health insurance — including all FDA-approved contraceptives — to employees with few exceptions, according to the HHS website. Jenkins’ statement said the University “welcome[s] the reversal” of the rule. Under the new ordinances implemented by the Trump administration, employers no longer have to cover health services to which they object for religious or moral reasons. Undergraduate students, graduate students, faculty see MARCH PAGE 4
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Led by the Graduate Workers Collective of Notre Dame, students, faculty and staff gather outside Main Building on Tuesday to share stories related to reproductive rights and protest a University statement.
Professors explore themes in ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ By COLLEEN ZEWE News Writer
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Fr. Antonio Spadaro lectures on Pope Francis and the response of the Vatican to predicaments across the world Tuesday. By TOM NAATZ News Writer
Traveling to the corners of the world, Pope Francis has exemplified a “diplomacy of mercy,” Fr. Antonio Spadaro, the editor-in-chief of the Jesuit journal “La Civilta Cattolica,” said. “For Pope Francis, mercy isn’t an abstract construct,” Spadaro said. “It is the action of God in the world.” Spadaro delivered the Terrence R. Keeley Vatican Lecture on Tuesday at the Hesburgh Center for
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International Studies. The lecture, titled “The Geopolitics of Mercy,” explored the response of Francis and the Vatican to various crises across the world. Spadaro said that in order to find God in the world, it is important for the church to put itself in the middle things. He described the Catholic Church as a “field hospital” amidst the world’s turmoil. “If you want to find God, you have to go into the world,” Spadaro said. Spadaro focused the lecture see GEOPOLITICS PAGE 4
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To prepare for the upcoming Christian Culture Lecture, Saint Mary’s hosted a discussion about “The Handmaid’s Tale” by Margaret Atwood on Tuesday. Speakers included Phyllis Kaminski of the religious studies and gender and women’s studies departments, Ann Marie Short of the English department and Laura Williamson Ambrose of the humanistic studies
department. The three professors reflected on their own interpretations of the novel. Ambrose discussed the novel’s genre. She said she does not believe the novel belongs to science fiction or feminist genres and that Atwood resists labels. Instead, the novel belongs in the speculative fiction genre, Ambrose said. This genre is particularly scary for many readers because it is so realistic, she added. “Speculative fiction says this
could maybe happen tomorrow,” Ambrose said. “It’s more frightening and provocative than science fiction and a distant galaxy, far, far away. … Speculative fiction makes the work of ignoring a little bit harder.” Kaminski first read the novel as a doctoral student in Canada. She said she thinks Atwood’s Canadian nationality has a large influence on the novel, and helps Atwood look at the United see HANDMAID PAGE 3
Student group prepares for Marian consecration By ERIN GRIMES News Writer
With the Feast of the Immaculate Conception happening in just under two months, some Catholics are preparing to consecrate themselves to Mary through a Marian consecration. “In simplest terms, it’s basically giving your life to Christ,
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but through his mother Mary,” senior Julie Weilbaker said. “So it is entrusting ourselves, our souls, our lives, all of our works, joys and sufferings to Mary as an offering to Jesus.” Weilbaker said this year’s Marian consecration will focus on what it means to dedicate one’s life to Mary. The group will read the book “33 Days to Morning Glory” in preparation
for the consecration. “A big part of the consecration that we are doing, which is called ‘33 Days to Morning Glory,’ is learning what is a consecration to Mary,” she said. “Because there are different books written about it, different prayers that you can do … and this one is really focused on learning what
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Therapy dogs visit campus to relax students By ANDREW BENNIS News Writer
While many students will be headed home to their own pets during fall break, a visit from therapy dogs Tuesday gave students a chance to relax with some furry friends during a busy midterms week. The event, known as “Paws to Relax,” was hosted by the McDonald Center for Student Well-Being. This was the second iteration of the event, the first of which was held last spring during the days leading up to finals. “Paws to Relax is really just an opportunity for students to de-stress and unwind, particularly during higher stress times like midterms and
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does [Marian consecration] even mean.” The consecration will end on the Feast of the Immaculate Conception, a day that holds a special meaning to the College. “One of the Sisters of the Holy Cross told me that Saint Mary’s is dedicated to [the Feast of the] Immaculate Conception,” Weilbaker said. A Marian consecration is different than other devotions to particular saints, Weilbaker added. “It is more than just a devotion to saint,” she said. “And it is more than just feeling special about Mary. It is actually entrusting my whole self to her, as a way of becoming holy.” Weilbaker decided to consecrate herself to Mary after a friend gave her a book in high school. “I first did it my junior year
finals,” Katrina Conrad, an assistant director for student well-being at the McDonald Center, said. The dogs were located on North Quad near Fieldhouse Mall, but attracted students from all over campus. Conrad said 455 students attended the event altogether. “This week has been so busy that it has been great to be able to take a break for a few minutes and just enjoy the dogs,” freshman Cassandra Franke said. Tuesday’s event coincided with World Mental Health Day, the goal of which is “raising awareness of mental health issues around the world and mobilizing efforts in support of mental health,”
according to the World Health Organization. Therapy dogs are becoming more and more commonly used in environments which might demonstrate particularly high stress levels, such as universities and hospitals. Dog handler Rick Mintz said he and his dog, Howie, visit patients at Memorial Hospital of South Bend every Monday. “There have been studies which looked at the impact that visiting with therapy dogs can have,” Conrad said. “There is some research which suggests that it lowers perceived stress in students.” Students were able to pet and play with the dogs, as well as watch them perform a variety of tricks with their
handlers. “I saw the dogs as I was walking to lunch and I figured it might be nice to take a few minutes to play with them and de-stress,” sophomore Emily Black said. “They’re super cute.” The dogs and their handlers come from Therapy Dogs International (TDI), a non-profit which certifies dogs to become therapy dogs. To become certified with TDI, dogs have to meet a variety of qualifications. These qualifications mostly include behavioral skills, such as the ability to stay calm both around large crowds of people and around other dogs. Mintz said one
of the most difficult things for his dog, Howie, to do is turn down a piece of food somebody tries to give to him. The dogs wore red bandanas to signal that they are currently acting as therapy dogs. Mintz said the dogs can become mentally tired from their time on the job, as they are constantly engaging with people. “[Howie] enjoys it, but it’s work,” he said. The McDonald Center will bring the dogs back to campus in December to provide students with another stress relief option during finals week, Conrad said.
of high school,” she said. “I really didn’t know what I was getting myself into. … I realized that it wasn’t another religious book that I would read — it was something that was going to change my life completely.” The group at Saint Mary’s began after Weilbaker struck up a friendship with a nun. “[Our group] is really informal,” she said. “I became friends with one of the sisters after meeting her at daily Mass. And as we were having lunch, we were talking about how cool it would be if we could do a Marian consecration at Saint Mary’s. … There are five of us right now who are doing it. It is open if anybody still wants to do it with us; anyone and everyone is welcome, even if they don’t go to Saint Mary’s.” Sr. Mary Ann Uebbing, leader of the Marian consecration group, said she and Weilbaker had
previously discussed doing a consecration. “It was last spring,” Uebbing said. “I was talking with Julie and she seemed interested in Marian consecration. I had the DVD [that accompanies the book] and I had done it before, so I asked if she was interested and she was.” A process of meeting and reflection needs to be completed before one can complete a Marian consecration, Weilbaker said. “Each day you do a two-and-a-half to five minute reading and then afterwards you do a little reflection, and we have a workbook that you can write in,” she said. “Or you can just think about the questions. And then once a week we’ll meet together, talk about how we grew throughout the week, how we feel God spoke to our hearts and then watch a short video that Fr. Michael Gaitley, who is the author of this specific book, made, and then
actually make the consecration on Dec. 8.” Weilbaker said consecrating her life to Mary has significantly altered her spirituality. “It completely transformed my faith life,” she said. “Even if every day I don’t renew the consecration in prayer, although I try to, I know that all of my daily life is offered to her. … In a way it helped me to grow in humility, recognizing that I can’t do this on my own.” Uebbing said she tries to model her life after Mary’s example. “I have always loved Mary, right from childhood,” Uebbing said. “She is a motherly support, helping you get closer and closer to Christ, helping you to be more charitable. She is the perfect Christian disciple. She is the model to help me as I become a better Christian disciple.” A Marian consecration is beneficial for those who want to grow closer to Jesus in a
concrete manner, Weilbaker added. “We all have a call to become holy,” she said. “We all have a call to become saints. … And if we really want to live our lives in imitation of Christ, I mean he really did for 30 years of life entrust himself to Mary in obedience and love of her. It is awesome to go out and preach the Gospel — it is awesome to keep learning about theology. But if you really are living an imitation of the life of Christ, I think this is a huge component of it. … Anyone who wants to get to know Christ better, [Marian consecration] is an incredible way to do it.” Uebbing has a simple reason why she wants others to consecrate themselves to Mary. “When you experience a good thing, you really want others to share it,” she said.
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be racist? It’s not even worth being explicit. It’s a given.” Short spoke about her experiences reading the novel. She said she has read it three times, and her first time reading it was in the ’90s at age 16. She said at that time, it was not very relatable and felt like science fiction. However, when Hulu announced the television series based on the book, Short returned to the novel. She then read it again to prepare to teach it this semester. Short said the subject of race in the novel stood out to her, during her second and third times reading the book. In the novel, there are elements of a racist society, Short said. The housekeepers are described as dark skinned, and there is antisemitic rhetoric in Gilead, for instance. “It is very clear that Gilead is racist, white supremacist society, but it never says that explicitly,” she said. The Hulu series practices
color-blind casting, Short said, and casts black actors into roles that would likely be white characters in the novel. She said this conveys the message that everyone’s experience is the same in Gilead, regardless of race. This portrayal of the novel and race is problematic, Short said. “It erases the issue of racism and says we are in a post-racial society,” she said. Short questioned how new generations will interpret “The Handmaid’s Tale” as they watch the Hulu series instead of reading the book. “In this moment of Hulu and the questions and critiques of race, what is our responsibility with this novel now?” she said. “In the show, something felt off, and I realized it was the issue of race. How will people who only watch the Hulu series interpret the story?”
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States with a critical eye. “Atwood set this [novel] in the United States from the perspective of someone part of a country that was considered lesser than, or other than,” she said. “She sees what happens when we’re superficial and don’t try to move beyond ignorance and ignoring. That’s a real blind spot in the United States. She’s standing north of the border when she thinks and writes, and she sees the differences [between the U.S. and Canada].” Short said she also thinks Atwood’s Canadian influence impacted how race is presented in the novel. In “The Handmaid’s Tale,” the race of each character is not mentioned. “The novel is not explicit about race, but it’s clearly a racist society,” Short said. “Is it so obvious that an American world would
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on the “seven phases” that constitute a “diplomacy of mercy.” He explained that the first phase is recognizing nothing is “definitively lost.” Spadaro talked about this phase through the context of Francis’ visit to the war-torn Central African Republic (CAR). “Mercy can have a political effect,” Spadaro said. “The head of state of the CAR recognized the importance of mercy and wanted her countr y to find a new path of spiritualit y based on tolerance.” The violence in the CAR is primarily between Christians and Muslims. Spadaro noted that as a means of encapsulating the importance of mercy, Francis visited a mosque in the capital of Bangui; the mosque was displaying a Vatican f lag to welcome the Pontiff.
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and staff from across campus attended the hour-long rally in opposition to the statement. According to the event organizer, graduate student Kate Bermingham, the demonstration was intended to voice objections to Notre Dame’s “apparent intention to obstruct its employees’ abilit y to access contraception.” “Notre Dame does not have a just claim to saddle me or other indiv iduals it employs w ith the expenses of its conscience,” Bermingham said in an email. “It is extremely important to voice opposition to our universit y’s patriarchal attempt to control the bodies and reproductive choices of its employees. Given the current political climate in the countr y, it is imperative to publicly resist the attempts of those in power to use their authorit y in ways that are inappropriate.” Bermingham said because Notre Dame is not pay ing for contraception, they have “no business” preventing their employees from obtaining it, and the Universit y’s position is on “shak y theological, philosophical and moral grounds.” “W hile I believe that Fr. Jenkins is doing what he thinks is right, I would ask him to seriously consider whether, as a matter of practical faith, it is more in keeping w ith Catholic values to force women to make health care choices based on
Spadaro said the second phase emphasizes f lexibility and openness. He said that with this phase it is important to recognize individual humans’ unique qualities. “Free will isn’t like dealing with machines,” Spadaro said. To demonstrate his point, Spadaro listed some of the instances in recent years where the Catholic Church has ser ved as a key mediator in international conf licts. He cited examples such as the Syrian Civil War, the Holy See’s relationship w ith the People’s Republic of China, relations between the United States and Cuba and the peace process in Colombia. “For Francis, the histor y of the world is not a Holly wood movie in which our boys save us from their boys,” Spadaro said. The main objective of the third phase is that geopolitics should “dissolve”
fundamentalism, Spadaro said. “The pope is light years away from a ‘clash of civilizations,’” Spadaro said. “He opposes using Christianity to justif y an ‘a xis of evil.’” Spadaro blamed the “alliance” between religious fundamentalism and politics on a “fear of chaos.” He said fundamentalism is a “poor version” of a religious experience. He also said Francis believes that terrorists are “poor, criminal folk.” “It is an expression that expresses condemnation and compassion,” Spadaro said. “We must see terrorists as an incarnation of the prodigal son and never as the incarnation of evil. W hat is the typical love of a Christian? It is the love of the enemy, not just the neighbor.” The fifth phase stresses that Catholicism is not a “political guarantor” of power. Spadaro said the pope opposes the view that
the Catholic Church is “the last empire” and religion shouldn’t be the guarantor of the dominant class. Spadaro said the sixth phase is about acknowledging the peripheries of the world. He noted that Francis’ travels within Europe have taken him to places such as the island of Lampedusa — Europe’s “gateway,” A lbania, Turkey, Poland and the South Caucasus among others. “Francis is like a doctor, seeing [if ] the heart works through seeing if the blood is moving throughout the body,” Spadaro said. In describing the sixth phase, Spadaro returned to the idea of the church as a field hospital. “Francis wants to travel to injured lands one by one,” Spadaro said. Spadaro said the pontiff’s next scheduled trip is to Myanmar and Bangladesh, where there is an ongoing crisis between Muslim and
Buddhist populations. He also talked about Francis’ recent visit to the Ciudad Juarez and the Mex ican– American border. “He was 10 meters from the border, celebrating Mass,” Spadaro said. “The United States was in front of him and Mex ico is behind him. He cancelled the border, because there were people attending Mass on both sides.” The seventh and final phase related to the theme of diplomacy as solidarity. He demonstrated his point by describing the gift the pope gave to President Donald Trump during their meeting earlier this year at the Vatican. “It was a bronze sculpture of an olive tree with its branches growing together,” Spadaro said. “The pope expressed the need for justice.”in ever y community.”
what they can afford rather than on what they deem to be best for their physical and emotional well-being,” Bermingham said. If the Universit y gets to say what constitutes a v iolation of its conscience and religious libert y, Bermingham said, women should get to say what constitutes a harm to their persons. “It is impossible to overlook the gendered implications of Notre Dame’s claims to be exercising religious freedom in this instance,” she said. “Women who work for Notre Dame w ill disproportionately bear the burden of their employer’s attempt to live out its faith. Many of these women are low-income, earning hourly wages or liv ing on graduate stipends. Let’s recall that in the broader American economy, women make 80 cents on the dollar, and that w ithin academia, women are disadvantaged in a whole host of ways, which Notre Dame’s policy exacerbates, whatever its intentions.” W hen asked about the demonstration, Universit y spokesman Dennis Brow n said the Universit y has tried to make clear that its position on the matter is not about contraception, but rather about religious freedom. “We are not tr y ing to stop anyone from using contraceptives,” Brow n said in an email. “If they want to, that’s their right. But we do think that the prev ious policy was a direct encroachment on the First Amendment right to religious libert y, w ith
the government requiring organizations that oppose contraception on religious grounds to act as an agent in the distribution of contraception. That is why we support the change announced last week.” Brow n said Notre Dame prov ides contraceptives in health plans when prescribed by a doctor for medical reasons other than birth control. “The Universit y is committed to the health and well-being of our students, facult y and staff,” Brow n said. “We understand that many of them have made conscientious decisions to use contraceptives. As we assert the right to follow our conscience, we respect their right to follow theirs.” Graduate student Margie Housley said she heard about the march through social media and decided to attend because she believes it is important all people have access to “all the health care they need.” “Fundamentally, it is not the right of an employer to take their ow n religious beliefs and use that to force people to make decisions about their health care, which become economic decisions if they’re not covered by health care,” Housley said. “So really, it’s Notre Dame taking their religious beliefs and enforcing them on their employees.” Housley, who carried a sign reading “Bodily Autonomy For A ll,” said she spoke at the march about “corpses hav ing more bodily autonomy legally than women do”
when women are unable to make choices about their health care. “I think the most important thing for me was making sure that our voices were heard in some way,” Housley said. “I don’t expect that protests necessarily in and of themselves create change, but I think they’re a really important way to allow people to be heard and to make sure that the people who are in power understand how they’re affecting other people’s lives.” Freshman Derek Dellisola said he was alerted to the demonstration after hearing chants such as “Shame, Shame on Notre Dame” when walking from class. After approaching the gathering out of curiosit y, he said he decided to pitch a question about the Universit y’s rights as a private institution for clarification purposes and to participate in a “mutually engaging debate.” “The problem w ith this school is I see a lot of kids who, coming in, know that the school doesn’t really have policies that favor them but they come in anyway and then tr y to change it,” Dellisola said. “My logic is you knew when you applied to this school that it wouldn’t be a place for you. Even though it’s not half as hateful as you make it out to be, it wouldn’t be a place that you agree w ith, so why do you come here any way? It’s like going onto a baseball team and say ing, ‘W here the hell is the quarterback? ’” Dellisola attended the event w ith his friend,
freshman Ellis Riojas, who said he didn’t feel comfortable asking questions he had at the demonstration after obser v ing what he considered an “aggressive mindset” and “emotional undertones” in the group’s response to Dellisola’s question. “We see this kind of aggression because they’ve received something from the Universit y and they’re unsatisfied w ith what it’s giv ing them,” Riojas said. “Because of that, [ralliers are] coming up here and protesting, say ing, ‘You need to give us more,’ but they have no right to demand that from a Universit y that’s giv ing it to them in a contract that they mutually agreed to.” Dellisola said despite his difference of opinion on the topic as well as disagreement w ith some of the ralliers’ signs, including one he said read “F— Like a Champion Today,” he doesn’t regret attending the demonstration and believes he reached a better understanding of the matter through his attendance. “I was just looking to get clarification, because it’s something that I by instinct object to, but I was hoping to go and hear what they had to say and maybe learn from them, and I think I did,” Dellisola said. “I learned that the issue is not as simple as it seems, but I w ill say that I still do not agree w ith them. I was just interested because you don’t really see this ever y day.”
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In his poem “Digging,” Irish poet Seamus Heaney condenses generations of wonderment under his imagistic microscope. From a humble wound in the soil — “Under my window, a clean rasping sound / When the spade sinks into gravelly ground” — he resuscitates family history — “My grandfather cut more turf in a day / Than any other man in Toner’s bog” — and excavates vision of immortality hidden the “soggy peat.” Heaney, however, must respect the limits of his pen since he has “no spade to follow men like them.” His work delivers nature once removed. On her sophomore LP, “If Blue Could be Happiness,” Emily Sprague of Florist assumes Heaney’s poetic lens recreating her beloved Catskills by way of Brooklyn. But Sprague, like Heaney, has limits. Arrangements and lyrics are simply tools of mimicry, not gateways to another dimension. Sprague, though, seems aware of her artistic limitations, crafting her songs accordingly. Her efforts guide listeners to an easel in the basement of a townhouse where they can paint distant landscapes in abstract. As the album’s title suggests, Sprague’s impressionist feats begin with color — the importance of which she outlines on “Understanding Light.” She first considers it — “There is no color like the darkness in my life” — before exploring the lower echelons of the spectrum — “See
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“Measure for Measure,” written around the start of the 17th century, is widely considered to be one of William Shakespeare’s “problem plays.” Characterized by erratic shifts of tone between comedy and evocative psychological drama, Shakespeare’s problem plays are shrouded in ambiguity — making them some of his hardest to execute. For Actors From The London Stage, who performed “Measure for Measure” in Washington Hall from Wednesday through Friday, the play proved a worthy challenge, but was met with exceptional skill and aplomb. Actors from The London Stage (AFTLS), an educational program founded in 1975 at the University of California, Santa Barbara and now based in London and the University of Notre Dame, is comprised of five rotating actors from a handful of esteemed theatre companies. Each AFTLS production is fashioned without a director, forcing the actors to collaborate in interpreting Shakespeare’s poetic vision. This method may seem
when I exhale and it hits the window pane / Turning clear to white and darkness to grey.” From these states of muffled feeling, Sprague decides, “I want to live in blueness.” Sprague’s colors represent humanity’s basic and infinitely mutable emotional foundation — the pallet with which she paints her landscapes. “Blue Mountain Road,” again describes the significance of a pallet by detailing its absence — “And being alive is not singing along / Or looking outside the window at the darkness of it all.” The road takes its true shape once she fills in the spaces with blue, “the color in [her] heart” that’s “been there all along.” As Sprague’s spectrum branches out, her images grow in complexity. “What I Wanted to Hold” examines a “Yellow light on the wall” as a gateway to “sights and smells / and sounds of old.” The “beam of light” suddenly illuminates an “Autumn afternoon” of her youth, if only for a moment before “it slowly fades to blue.” Similarly, red grounds Sprague — “a mother’s only daughter in the red of earth” — on the song “Red Bird.” It reminds her of love’s rich beauty as “the sun is starting to fall.” Each color offers only a minuscule glimpse into the vast ranges of Sprague’s nostalgic landscapes — “Little speck of us in my mind,” she calls them. Much like an impressionist painting, they tell a cohesive story, but in splotchy, vague and unfamiliar strokes. Moreover, colors never burst without an ensuing period of darkness — indicating the generational cycle of life and death that exist within
the recesses of one’s memories. Every moment of darkness in Sprague’s colored narrative (and there are many) remains for the listeners, who can then take up her colors and paint their own memories with only her skeletal guitar lines and softly billowing synth parts as a guide. The album’s instrumental sections, especially, permit listeners to run unfettered through the hills and trees of her tonal creation. Where Heaney digs, finding memories in the sturdiness of the ground, Sprague floats, seeking memories in the fluidity of the air. Both find pathways into their memories, if only for a short, incomplete period.
unconventional, but the cast’s talent as both actors and directors is extremely evident, even when performing a play as complicated as “Measure for Measure.” The story of “Measure for Measure” begins with the Duke of Vienna unexpectedly appointing his straitlaced deputy Angelo as temporary leader of his rampantly sinful city. Soon, Angelo arrests Claudio on charges stemming from consensual premarital sex, leaving Claudio’s sister Isabella, a pious nun, to plea for her brother’s life. From here, the story builds in every direction and concludes with the Duke returning to tie things up in a neat, albeit confounding, manner. Rule of law is at the heart of “Measure for Measure,” raising questions such as how mercy and forgiveness should permeate into institutionalized judgement. The play provides a number of stark characters, each providing a particular stance on the matters raised in the play. In light of the many issues surrounding the U.S.’s current penal and prison system, such as mass incarceration, racial discrimination and high recidivism rates to name a few, the performance’s emphasis on the rule of law took on an especially poignant significance.
The decision to utilize only five actors for the 15+ character–play proved a challenge for the production as each actor played at least three distinct roles. Yet, the actors’ attempts to make up for their small cast — from using simple hats suspended in the air by hand to represent absent characters, to pausing the show so actors could have conversations with themselves — proved an intriguing and funny component of the overall production. Actor Peter Bray, who played Lucio, Elbow and Mariana, was the other major source of comedy in the play, thanks in big part to his stellar timing. In addition to the small cast, AFTLS are further hindered by a lack of a set and an abundance of props. However, these limitations were also appropriately handled. To denote scene changes, for example, the cast would often sing in unison, adding a creative and fun element to the production. From start to finish, these creative decisions help make the production an entertaining take on one of Shakespeare’s most interesting plays.
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The four best One Direction music videos Nicole Caratas Senior News Writer
Ever y now and then — and by that I mean almost daily — I remember that One Direction doesn’t ex ist any more, and I get ver y, ver y sad. In times like these, I find myself binge watching their music v ideos. The best thing about this band is the way their music v ideos are easily the dumbest and most life-changing creations in modern media. And what better use is there of a w ide-read platform like The Obser ver than to share the four best One Direction music v ideos? 4. “One Thing” I know people w ill disagree w ith me on this one because this v ideo is mostly the boys wandering around London and not much happens, but the dance they do on the steps and the red couch and ever y thing about it is just so pure and wholesome. Their early v ideos are happy and lighthearted and are just five guys hav ing a good time and liv ing their dreams. W hat can be better than that? 3.“Steal My Girl” Two words: Danny Dev ito. Two more words: the monkey. Not only does it feature an adorable monkey and an even more adorable Danny Dev ito, but it also highlights the boys doing random things in the desert. There are mimes and marching bands and sumo w restlers. In true One Direction fashion, there is nothing related to the song in this v ideo. And it is perfect. 2.“Kiss You” I remember when the “Kiss You” music v ideo was announced. The boys said that they wanted to do more serious, stor y-based music v ideos. I would like to thank not only God, but also Jesus that One Direction did not ever learn how to do a serious v ideo. From Harr y St yles covering all four of his nipples to them pretending to ski, surf and ride motorcycles, this v ideo is a true cinematic masterpiece. It highlights their inabilit y to dance and never fails to put me in a good mood. If you’ve never seen it, do yourself a favor and look it up on YouTube right now. 1. “Best Song Ever” Of course the best song ever would have the best music v ideo ever. The v ideo starts w ith the band going to Holly wood to make a mov ie. The studio execs, choreographer, marketing guy and “sex y assistant” are all played by the boys. After the marketing guy and the choreographer come in and offer nothing but mortif y ing ideas, the song starts w ith Harr y St yles screaming in the face of Niall as the studio exec. And it’s only uphill from there. Zay n Malik dances w ith himself as the assistant. There’s more horrible group dancing that is just the icing on the cake of yet another music v ideo that makes no sense w ith the song. It really is the best ever. Contact Nicole at ncaratas01@saintmarys.edu The views expressed in the Inside Column are those of the author and not necessarily those of The Observer.
Raymond Ramirez The Crooked Path
My father, who recently celebrated his 97th birthday surrounded by a large and lov ing family, has had many w ise words to pass along to his children over the years. One lesson he stressed was to w rite your name on prized possessions and keep a lock on items you didn’t want stolen. He said this t y pe of precaution was to “keep honest people honest.” My dad cautioned that a thief w ill take what he or she wants whether you lock it up or not, but an other w ise honest person w ill see the lock and move on. This lesson was reinforced years later when I worked as in-house counsel for a large national retailer. Our loss prevention experts showed me v ideo of professional shoplifters and asked if I could tell when the person under scrutiny made the theft of items from the sales f loor. As I studiously watched v ideo of customers walking among racks of merchandise I did not see any thing unusual, but once the suspect was apprehended, store securit y personnel would inev itably pull a number of concealed items from the suspect’s clothing, other stores’ shopping bags, or even children’s strollers. I readily admitted I could not tell when the shoplifting occurred, so I asked the loss prevention guys if they could spot the theft. They admitted that in most instances they couldn’t, and they mostly relied on noting what was missing from shelves or racks from one point in time to the next. “You can’t spot or stop a real pro,” they admitted, “you can only catch them after the fact.” Accordingly the sur veillance warning signs in dressing rooms and the v isible securit y tags on merchandise are mostly to keep the honest people honest. Given the circumstances of extreme desperation, many other w ise law-abiding persons may succumb to the temptation of shoplifting or criminal white-collar equivalents, such as embezzlement. Add in mental illnesses such as k leptomania or sociopathic personalit y disorders, where the perpetrators may be draw n to criminal behav ior, and the efforts to enforce anti-theft laws often may seem futile. Still, no one would argue the protection of commercial propert y is a laudable goal, and these laws remain as a deterrent to the outright looting of retail establishments. A w retched and grow ing series of mass murders committed by armed gunmen (and they are t y pically male) brings the lessons of “keeping the honest people honest” to mind. I w ill not take time here for a full exegesis of the origin, context and meaning of the U.S. Constitution’s Second Amendment, specifically as it pertains to gun ow nership. W hat I would like to focus on is one sound-bite argument proffered by the “gun rights” advocates, namely that criminals w ill
always be able to get their hands on guns, even if those particular guns are illegal or heav ily regulated. Ty pically, this is couched in terms such as “If you outlaw guns, only outlaws w ill have guns,” or some other bumper sticker–worthy motto. If you follow the logic of this ma x im further, it appears to be an argument for no laws of any kind, since criminals w ill always break the law and the law-abiding people w ill be at a disadvantage. Despite the Second Amendment’s guidance to prov ide for some “well regulated” approach to ow ning a gun, many gun rights supporters recoil at the thought of any regulations, such as registration, limitations on the t y pes of guns that can be purchased, waiting periods or restrictions on equipment such as silencers. Apparently, the reasoning is that introducing any regulation is v iewed as a step on the path to the government taking guns away from gun ow ners. Interestingly, detailed regulation of another instrumentalit y of death, the automobile, has not resulted in a government program to seize cars or trucks. Your vehicle is subject to inspections and regulations regarding road worthiness, emissions and annual registration, all to protect you and other drivers (who also must obtain valid driver’s licenses) from pollution or the ha zard of defective cars. Are there still smoke-belching, unregistered cars on the road, driven by unlicensed persons? You bet, but those uncommon law-breakers are identified as scoff laws and can be dealt w ith on an indiv idual basis. If semi-automatic and automatic weapons are restricted, w ill criminals still obtain them? I can assure you they w ill, but restricted weapons w ill be scarcer and more expensive to obtain and maintain — even professional criminals have a cost-benefit aspect to their jobs — and criminals likely w ill move on to other, less costly endeavors. Unlike cit y ordinances regarding the size or location of waste receptacles, for example, regulation of potentially lethal dev ices such as guns (and automobiles) is not a triv ial or arbitrar y exercise, though opponents want to make it appear so. It is sound policy in support of law enforcement, and indiv idual health and safet y, to regulate and limit ow nership of firearms in general, and of weapons designed for ma x imum killing potential — such as automatic rif les — in particular, and most gun ow ners should welcome a reasoned approach to gun ow nership. Keep the honest people honest, and use gun laws to isolate and identif y any and all bad actors who would f launt the law. As officer Tim McCarthy might say, “Remember, the most dangerous part of any gun is a loose nut on the trigger.” Ray Ramirez is an attorney practicing, yet never perfecting, law in Texas while waiting patiently for a MacArthur Genius Grant. You may contact him at patrayram@sbcglobal.net The views expressed in this column are those of the author and not necessarily those of The Observer.
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Statement on contraceptive coverage at ND The Trump administration has issued interim final rules allow ing broad religious and moral exemptions to the mandate that all health insurance plans include coverage for contraception. The exemptions w ill allow Notre Dame to end contraceptive coverage in student and employee plans as soon as December 2017, just four months into the current plan year. We urge Notre Dame not to take this action. Under the current insurance plan at Notre Dame — which many graduate students are required to purchase — Notre Dame does not prov ide contraceptive coverage. Rather, those of us on the plan have separate contraceptive accounts w ith Aetna, prov ided by the insurer itself. Ending this arrangement and deny ing contraceptive coverage in the middle of a plan year is discriminator y to female students and employees. Moreover, it would interfere w ith the personal decisions that should be made by indiv iduals and their doctors. Contraceptives are prescribed for any number of reasons, and it is not the place of an employer or school administrator to second-guess or supercede a woman’s medical choices — especially when only one t y pe of treatment is subjected to such scrutiny. We understand the Catholic Church’s position on contraception, and believe ever y person should be free to act according to his or her faith. Accordingly, and in light of the many religious differences that ex ist here, we do not
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believe that students and employees should have limitations placed on their abilities to make healthcare decisions. After all, Fr. Hesburgh env isioned Notre Dame as a crossroads, where “differences of culture and religion and conv iction can co-ex ist w ith friendship, civ ilit y, hospitalit y, respect and even love.” His v ision is the Notre Dame we experience ever y day: a thriv ing universit y where diversit y of thought is welcomed and celebrated. Maintaining contraceptive coverage w ill send a message to current and future students and employees that the Universit y truly values those of all cultures, religions and conv ictions as members of the Notre Dame family.
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On writer’s block Ariel Dominguez Solidarity
How shall I quell my constipated mind, W hen all thoughts are irregular at best? To w rite a worthy poem of any kind, And hence finish my literar y quest. Just when I find a theme to w rite about, Youthful love captured by v ibrant f lowers, My wand’ring mind decides a different route, Merely to waste away the dw indling hours. Perhaps a clever pairing of some rhy me Would make of me a regular Shakespeare. Yet when I read his poetr y sublime, The qualit y of mine brings me to tears. A las I fear my peers shall jeer and mock, Unless I overcome this w riter’s block. The poem above was my submission to an assignment for one of my courses. The class was allowed to write about anything; unfortunately (or fortunately), I couldn’t think of anything to write about. So I wrote about that. We are all familiar with writer’s block. It is as if you have too many thoughts and yet, not a single one seems cohesive enough to put on paper. Staring at a blank screen and struggling to miraculously generate an essay, poem, journal entry, is the bane of many a
student’s existence. How authors like Stephen King manage to crank out book after book, with little time in between, is definitely an awe-inducing feat. What is his secret? In an interview, “Game of Thrones” author George R.R. Martin asks King “How, the [expletive] do you manage to write so many books so fast? I think, ‘Oh, I’ve had a really good six months, I’ve finished three chapters.’ And you’ve finished three books in that time … ” Stephen King has a simple response: no matter what happens, regardless of whatever distraction pops up or how he is feeling, he forces himself to “get six pages a day.” My immediate reaction was to dismiss this response as both lackluster and useless to the average person such as myself (people who simply do not have King’s literary talent). Yet, it is noteworthy that the person asking the question is not only another author (George R. R. Martin), but an incredibly successful one. The implication being that creative production depends not only on innate ability, but also on the cultivation of habit. This may seem utterly obvious. We all know the importance of habit and discipline in achieving success in any worthy endeavor, whether it be playing a sport or studying for an exam. However, when it comes to projects that necessitate creativity, inspiration suddenly plays a much more salient role. Hence the temptation to keep waiting for that
“Eureka!” moment as opposed to simply getting started. Of course, the inclination to put off writing until you feel like writing is a terrible way of going about the creative process. George R.R. Martin is a gifted writer. Yet it takes him a dishearteningly long time to write anything. (We’re still waiting for “Winds of Winter.”) As the interview suggests, Martin waits for inspiration to ignite his spirit and propel his writing. This, however, is a precarious means of generating work, as nothing is so liable to change as our emotional state. Conversely, King is illustrating that, in order to create, you must force yourself to create. Inspiration has little to do with it; he must write six pages, and so he will write six pages. Next time you’re working on a paper and simply cannot think of a way to express your thoughts, simply begin writing your ideas down, however rudimentary. It will be difficult, but the alternative (not getting it done on time) is much worst. We cannot expect the muses to descend from the heavens and compel us to create. Rather than wait for inspiration to come to you, you must find it. Ariel is a junior from the Bronx, NY, living in Dunne Hall. Please send your invectives and snapchats to pdoming2@nd.edu The views expressed in this column are those of the author and not necessarily those of The Observer.
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Horoscope | Eugenia Last Happy Birthday: Experience will help guide you in the right direction. Refuse to let anxiety and emotional relationships stand between you and your success. Search for opportunities that allow you to expand your skills, interests and future prospects. Intelligence will be the key to outmaneuvering any competition you meet along the way. Take better care of your health. Your numbers are 6, 11, 18, 22, 28, 39, 45. ARIES (March 21-April 19): Do your best to get along with others. You won’t make progress if you are impatient or critical. Find common ground and work toward a solution that will please everyone. Change is required, but it doesn’t have to disrupt your life completely. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Emotional matters will surface if you cannot agree on how joint monies should be spent. Don’t get upset when finding a workable solution is required to solve any issues. Take better care of your health. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): There will be trouble if you can’t get along with someone you deal with daily. Channel your energy and your emotions into love, compassion and being kind, mindful and helpful to others. Give and take will be necessary. CANCER (June 21-July 22): Look at your options and consider who is and who isn’t a good influence. Choosing wisely when it comes to your friends and associates will make a huge difference to how you make out today. Don’t be afraid to say “no.” LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Host an event or take it upon yourself to get involved in a cause that you believe in. Your intelligence and foresight will bring about change that will influence your reputation, position and future. Embrace life and live in the moment. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Don’t mix business with pleasure. Emotional matters will cloud your vision, making it difficult to make good decisions or take care of your responsibilities properly. Shake off any negativity coming your way and focus on your job. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Learn as you go. Keeping an open mind will help you gain greater perspective on the situations you come up against. Let past experiences help you make wise choices when it comes to friendships, partnerships and personal improvements. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Don’t get talked into buying something or making physical changes that will cost you more than you can afford. Keep your money, possessions and private information a secret. Avoid getting into a vulnerable position. Choose your words wisely. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Emotions will be difficult to contain. Workrelated matters will need to be addressed if you want to accomplish your goals. Listen carefully to suggestions and complaints and choose positive alternatives that will help you avoid discord. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): tay calm and avoid making contractual, medical or legal changes from an emotional point of view. Settle any differences you have only when the time is right for you. Practicality and moderation are encouraged. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Keep the peace and offer unity and reassurance when it comes to how you handle joint ventures, health and family matters. Intelligence coupled with a sound objective will ensure that you move forward in a positive manner. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Problems concerning your home, partnerships and those you live with can be expected. Take a peaceful approach to dealing with such matters, but don’t feel the need to give in to unreasonable demands in order to keep the peace. Birthday Baby: You are entertaining, intuitive and curious. You are academic and reasonable.
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NHL | Predators 6, flyers 5
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Golden State has new competition Although my colleague Mia Berry made some good points about the unbalance in the NBA in her column yesterday, the fact of the matter is that the Western Conference, with potentially 10 teams fighting for the final five playoff spots, remains a dogfight for who will be playing besides the Spurs, Rockets and Warriors come playoff time. With this in mind, I thought I’d rank the five teams in the West with the best chances to take down Golden State this season.
what the Thunder gave up to get them. With its own Big Three, Oklahoma City now has some serious fire power on the offensive end. But when the Warriors go small, the Thunder will, like every team, have to figure out the best way to at least hang with defending champs. The major flaw is the combination of Anthony, who will get eaten alive on defense, and Andre Roberson, who Golden State can practically ignore on the offensive end. It will take some tweaking, but this is Russell Westbrook’s best chance of exacting his revenge on Kevin Durant and Co.
1) Houston Rockets
4) Minnesota Timberwolves
While the Warriors pose multiple dangers on both sides of the ball, they’re most dangerous when they play small. With Andre Iguodala in and Draymond Green playing center, Golden State can move the ball like no one else, set constant screens for three of the best shooters the NBA has ever seen and run in transition with the best of them. Luckily for Houston, its probably lines up the best in terms of small ball with the Warriors. With Chris Paul now in the mix, the Rockets now at least have the potential to go small, as Harden’s offense can at least make up for his defense, and the trio of Trevor Ariza, Luc Mbah a Moute and P.J. Tucker are all athletic wings. There’s no doubt that Houston can put up a bunch of points; it’s more a question of if it can keep the Warriors from doing the same thing.
All aboard the Minnesota hype train! With the addition of Jimmy Butler, Tom Thibodeau finally has the reunion he’s been waiting for. And I love the T-Wolves’ starting five. Jeff Teague fills a huge hole at point guard with the departure of Ricky Rubio and Kris Dunn, and Andrew Wiggins and Karl-Anthony Towns have the third piece in the that they’ve been missing in Butler. But Minnesota’s bench tips heavily in favor of big men, and that doesn’t bode well for facing Golden State. Thibodeau will have to run his starting five for at least 38 minutes to give the Minnesota a decent chance at the playoffs, and a lot of that rests on the ability for the Timberwolves to stay healthy. It’s also time for Wiggins to show off why he was pegged as the next LeBron James. There’s a lot of uncertainty in the Twin Cities, but also a ton of potential.
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2) San Antonio Spurs Before Kawhi Leonard went down in last year’s conference finals, the Spurs looked up to the task of taking on the Goliath in Golden State. Leonard is a bonafide superstar, and everyone knows how Greg Popovich can somehow always squeeze every last drop out of his scheme and his players. The addition of Rudy Gay adds some length on the wings (sensing a trend here?) and LaMarcus Aldridge should be better this season. The Spurs also still have three-point machine Danny Green. The only question mark is where Tony Parker and Pau Gasol, both in the twilight of their careers, fit in. Parker is already set to miss the start of the season, and only time will tell if Dejounte Murray is up to the task of replacing the future Hall of Famer.
3) Oklahoma City Thunder Russell, rejoice! You have reinforcements! It’s undeniable that Paul George and Carmelo Anthony were absolute steals considering
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5) Denver Nuggets Where are the Clippers? Well, until Blake Griffin’s health proves otherwise, the last spot in these rankings belongs to Denver. The Nuggets should improve on defense, especially with the addition of Paul Millsap, arguably the best freeagent signing of the summer, to complement an incredibly efficient offense. Moving things through Nikola Jokic is a matchup nightmare for any team, including the Warriors, and if Denver’s young guards develop, things could be looking suddenly very bright for the Nuggets. Although it wouldn’t be bad idea to move some of those pieces for a star guard/ wing (did someone say DeMar Derozan)? Contact Tobias Hoonhout at thoonhou@nd.edu The views expressed in this Sports Authority are those of the author and not necessarily those of The Observer.
Predators defeat Flyers, celebrate raising banner Associated Press
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The banner went up and the home team came back to win in a thrilling finish. All in all, a perfect night for the Nashville Predators and their fans. Filip Forsberg scored his second goal with 35.6 seconds left and the Predators rallied by scoring twice in the final 1:17 to beat the Philadelphia Flyers 6-5 on Tuesday for their first victory of the season. “This season, being down 0-2, it was a huge game for us,” Nashville goalie Pekka Rinne said. “Good start to the game and then let it slip a little bit and then a huge comeback. I feel like we’ve done that many times. It’s a pretty hard way to play. Emotionally and everything, it was a big win for us.” On the night they raised their Western Conference championship banner, the Predators blew a 3-0 lead as the Flyers scored five straight goals. But then Forsberg scored his first of the game 50 seconds after the Flyers took a 5-3 lead, and Scott Hartnell jammed in his second goal tying it with
1:17 left on a 5-on-3 that was actually 6-on-3 with Rinne pulled. When Philadelphia coach Dave Hakstol challenged for offside and lost, the Predators had the man advantage, and Forsberg scored the winning goal top shelf. Hakstol was surprised he lost the replay review. “Otherwise, I wouldn’t have made the challenge,” he said. Nashville coach Peter Laviolette said the team practiced the 5-on-3 situation Monday, with the sixth attacker a bonus. “Our guys did a really good job,” Laviolette said. Craig Smith and Nick Bonino also scored, and P.K. Subban had three assists for Nashville. Forsberg also had an assist on Hartnell’s tying goal as Nashville won its fifth straight home opener. Valtteri Filppula scored twice for the Flyers, and Andrew McDonald, Nolan Patrick and Travis Konecny each added a goal. Philadelphia finished 2-2 on its first four-game road trip to open a season since 1971. The Predators, losers at Boston and Pittsburgh, raised the banner 19 years to the day
of the first game in franchise history. Mike Fisher , the captain who retired in August , joined current captain Roman Josi in unveiling the banner before it was raised to the rafters. Then country star Trace Adkins performed the national anthem, and Nashville’s mayor came out to wave a towel as the Predators continued their playoff tradition for at least the home opener. Then the Predators gave their fans reason to keep cheering, with Smith scoring a power-play goal with a wrister past Brian Elliott at 4:17 of the first period. That gave Nashville its first lead this season, and the Predators took eight of the first 10 shots. Nashville scored first in the second period, too. Hartnell beat Elliott with a slap shot off the rebound of teammate Pontus Aberg’s shot at 3:08 for a 2-0 lead. Mattias Ekholm skated across the crease, and his backhand shot went off Elliott to Bonino, who easily tapped the puck in for a 3-0 lead and his first goal since leaving Pittsburgh for Nashville this offseason.
NBA | pacers 108, Maccabi Haifa 89
Pacers top Israeli team in preseason finale Associated Press
INDIANAPOLIS — Victor Oladipo scored 18 points to lead the Indiana Pacers to a 108-89 victory over Maccabi Haifa on Tuesday night. It was Oladipo’s first home game since being acquired in a summer trade from Oklahoma City, and the small crowd gave the former Indiana Hoosiers star a roaring ovation during introductions. He also gave the crowd plenty to cheer about — making three 3-pointers and scoring 13 points in the first quarter before giving the Pacers the push they needed to start pulling away in the third quarter. Maccabi Haifa, last year’s Israeli Super League runnerup, was led by former NBA player Josh Smith with 16 points. Pacers coach Nate McMillan used the Pacers’ preseason finale to fine-tune his lineups and rotations.
But after a strong start, the Pacers played poorly enough to watch a 23-point lead cut to three before Oladipo provided a spark midway through the third quarter. A steal and outlet pass to Myles Turner for a dunk started the decisive 16-3 run. When it ended the Pacers led 82-66 and Maccabi Haifa never got within single digits again. Maccabi Haifa: Is 0-15 alltime against NBA teams. ... The starting lineup included four players from American colleges — Will Graves (North Carolina), Brandon Bowman (Georgetown), Angel Rodriguez (Kansas State and Miami) and Willy Workman (Amherst). ... Rodriguez had 15 points. Former NBA player Samardo Samuels had 14. Pacers: Seven players scored in double figures including Darren Collison with 15 and Bojan Bogdanovic with 13. ... Indiana finished the preseason 3-1, the only loss coming Sunday when
McMillan rested his starters. ... The Pacers played under their new theater-style lighting system. Damien Wilkins might be the most intriguing player on the Pacers’ roster. The 37-year-old former Georgia star hasn’t played in the league since 2012-13 but may wind up on the Pacers 15-man roster after 9.3 points in a team-high 71 minutes heading into Tuesday night. He finished with three points in five minutes. Will it be enough? “We brought him in because he had some experience and we wanted some veteran leadership,” McMillan said. “He’s done some good things and he’s done what we were looking for.” Maccabi Haifa: Completes its four-game American tour Friday at Portland. Pacers: Will have a week to prepare for next Wednesday’s season opener against Brooklyn.
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any. The Irish came out of halftime with a newfound energ y, coming close to scoring multiple times during the first 10 minutes of the second half. Then, in the 56th minute, Notre Dame finally broke the deadlock when forward Jeff Farina buried a f licked pass into the back of the net to give the Irish a 1-0 lead and the senior forward his sixth goal of the season. Junior defender Felicien Dumas and Gallagher recorded assists on the goal. But in the 66th minute, the Wolverines responded with a goal of their own to tie the score at 1-1. After some back-and-forth play during the next 15 minutes, Gallagher scored a screamer from a tight angle in the 82nd minute after being let in on goal by Farina to give Notre Dame a late 2-1 lead. With the lead, the Irish controlled the final minutes, as shots by Farina and senior midfielders Blake Townes and Kyle Dedrick were either blocked or f lew wide of the net. In the 89th minute, Gallagher was fouled in the box and Notre Dame was awarded a penalty shot. Gallagher subsequently converted his first-ever for his 10th goal of the season to seal the 3-1 victory for the Irish. Notre Dame and Michigan tied for shots with 12 each, and while the Wolverines managed seven shots in the second half, Hubbard didn’t make any saves in the final 45
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dramatic example? Last Friday on the road against then-No. 5 Clemson, with the score tied and the game winding down in the 89th minute, Gallagher placed a perfect free kick right into the box, where Farina smashed home the winning header to shock the Clemson crowd and give the Irish an all-important ACC win in a top-10 matchup. So yes, they’ve risen to the occasion. Gallagher leads the Irish with 12 goals and has totaled 27 points so far this season for the Irish. Farina is second on the team in total points with 20, which have come from seven goals and six assists. W hat makes the duo so dynamic? Perhaps it’s how they complement each other so well. The 5-foot-8-inch, lightning-fast, super-skilled Gallagher presents a much different problem for defenses then the 6-foot-3inch Farina does with his powerful frame and heading ability, and the two work in
minutes. The senior forward duo of Gallagher and Farina carried the load offensively with a combined three goals and two assists, while Dumas added his team-leading sixth assist. Irish head coach Bobby Clark had high praise for the Michigan team and thought his team struggled until the second half to play the game it wanted. “I thought Michigan was a good team, and that is probably the best Michigan team I’ve seen in years,” Clark said. “They have got some very exciting players on their team. I thought we struggled to find the game for long periods of time, but I thought after they equalized — I thought that sparked us, and I thought we played very well during the last 20-25 minutes of the game. I was very pleased with the last 25 minutes. Also this is midterm week, so I think that has been taking its toll a little bit. We weren’t as sharp as we normally are.” Clark said his team didn’t start playing the game he wanted them to play until about the 65th-70th minute. “The last 25 minutes of the game, for me, was when we started playing well and started connecting on passes,” Clark said. “That was the time, for me, when we really connected and when we really controlled the game. Up until that point, I didn’t feel like we had control of the game to the extent that I would like. But you have to give credit to the opposition for that.” Clark also had high praise
for the two Irish goal-scorers on the night, Gallagher and Farina, as well as the rest of the team. “Gallagher and Jeff Farina have been fantastic,” Clark said. “Jeff got the first goal, and Jon got two goals tonight. They’ve been fantastic. I can’t say enough about both of them, but I thought the team played well. I thought Blake Townes had an excellent game. I thought he and [junior defender] Sean Dedrick were very good.
They all contributed to a very good result.” Additionally, Clark said he was happy his team was able to get another win over a top25 team. “Michigan is a top-25 team,” he said. “To beat a top-25 team, these are tough games. These are excellent games, and a lot of good players are out there, so I’m very pleased with the result.” The Irish will be back in action Friday when they host Pittsburgh in an ACC
conference match at Alumni Stadium. Clark said his team will get some rest before Friday’s match. “We just have to get our legs back again,” Clark said. “During the season, when you are playing a Tuesday, Friday, [then] Tuesday, you just have to get the legs back. That is the hardest thing at the moment.”
tandem beautifully to put defenses in a conundrum as far as which senior to focus in on. However, it’s not just on offense that the Irish seniors are thriving. In the spine of the pitch, senior midfielder Blake Townes, senior defender Patrick Berneski and graduate student and tri-captain Matt Habrowski have commanded and fortified a Notre Dame defense that has only given up 10 goals in 12 games. Finally, graduate student Chris Hubbard has been a rock in goal for Notre Dame. The Irish tri-captain has started and completed all 12 games — three of them shutouts — and has recorded 28 saves and a .737 save percentage. This senior leadership and production has been absolutely crucial to the success of No. 7 Notre Dame thus far, but will become even more so down the home stretch of the regular season as the Irish prepare for the ACC and NCAA championships. Last season, Notre Dame struggled during the home stretch. After their 2-0 win
over Michigan on Oct. 11, 2016, the Irish didn’t record a win over their final five games, losing four straight before managing a 0-0 tie on Senior Night against North Carolina. The stretch certainly robbed the team of much needed momentum entering tournament time, as the Irish only advanced to the quarterfinal of ACCs and the third round of the NCAA tournament — results that this year’s squad will look to eclipse. From here on out, the schedule isn’t easy. After facing Pittsburgh at home this weekend, the Irish will finish their regular season against four extremely tough opponents: at A kron (unranked but receiving 33 votes), at home against No. 16 Duke, on the road against No. 6 Michigan State and on the road against No. 4 North Carolina. If Notre Dame wants enough momentum and confidence to advance far in — and even win — the ACC and NCAA championships, they’ll have to beat most of those remaining five opponents. But with a senior class and veteran leadership
that rivals any team’s in the countr y in addition to the lessons learned from last year, the Irish are certainly setting their sights on eclipsing last year’s finishes.
Contact Joe Everett at jeveret4@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 forward Jeff Farina keeps the ball in play during Notre Dame’s 3-1 victory over Michigan on Tuesday at Alumni Stadium. Farina scored one goal in the game, bringing his total to seven on the season.
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Irish sophomore Abbie Dolan competes in the 200-yard freestyle during Notre Dame women’s 181.5-118.5 victory over Louisville on Saturday at Rolfs Aquatic Center. Dolan won the 50-, 100- and 200-yard freestyle events in the meet. Dolan also earned national and ACC swimmer of the week honors for this past week, a first in Irish program history.
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Although proud of his team’s accomplishment last week, Litzinger insisted that the focus is now shifted in preparation for both the Spartans and the Aggies. “I think the message is pretty clear we enjoyed a weekend of great swimming together and moving on down the road quickly, that was yesterday’s
news,” he said. “Now it’s time to get back to work and take a good look at Texas A&M and Michigan State, and see what we can do against both of those teams.” For the Irish to prepare successfully, both for the upcoming meet and throughout the season, Litzinger said the key was for the team to keep every opportunity to train in perspective of the postseason. “We’re going to continue to train and build momentum
through and towards the ACC championships and NCAA championships,” he said. “What we’re going to do is take a look at our performances from last week, talk about race strategy and how did we execute each race relay and try to try fix the little spots. But at the end of the day, they’re the ones that have to execute.” Just like last weekend, Litzinger believes fans are in for another great matchup in their dual meet Saturday
against the Aggies. “Texas A&M women finished fourth at NCAAs last year, and the men are an up-and-coming program like our guys, so I think it’s going to be another great weekend of swimming,” he said. Moving forward into their third meet of a six-meet home stretch, Litzinger hopes the Irish can start off the season strong in their own pool. “We know the layout, we have a routine down and we’re
in our comfort zone,” he said. “I think our kids are more relaxed at home, and swim faster.” The Irish will face both Michigan and Texas A&M on Friday at 5 p.m., and the Aggies will stick around and face the again Irish Saturday morning in a dual meet at 11 a.m. Both meets will held be at Rolf’s Aquatic Center. Contact Mia Berry at mberry1@nd.edu
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Brianna Turley and senior Margo Pletcher; Chong and freshman Caroline Dunleav y defeating sophomores Lesley Foe and Isabella Franks of Marquette; and sophomore Hayden Siegfried and Bojczuk topped Pitt’s freshmen Claudia Bartolome and Camila Moreno. Looking at last year’s performance at the ITA Midwest Regional Championships, the Irish fell short of winning it all. Former player Monica Robinson and senior Brooke Broda were runner-ups in the doubles championship against Michigan’s junior Kate Fahey and senior Alex Najarian. The young Irish team will head to Ann Arbor on Thursday to begin the ITA Midwest Regional Championships.
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Irish junior Rachel Chong stretches to return the ball during Notre Dame’s 5-2 victory over Purdue on Feb. 22 at Eck Tennis Pavilion. Chong went undefeated during play in her last event, the Wildcat Invitational. She finished 17-8 overall last year with a 7-4 record in ACC play.
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Irish top Wolverines for third straight win Notre Dame defeats Michigan behind strong second half
Senior leaders bring experience, poise to ND’s 2017 squad
By MICHAEL IVEY
Joe Everett
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Thanks to a second-half offensive outburst, No. 7 Notre Dame claimed a 3-1 victory over No. 24 Michigan in a nonconference matchup Tuesday night at Alumni Stadium. The first half was a battle of defenses. Michigan (7-4-2, 4-1-1 Big Ten) controlled the shot margin during the frame, recording five shots to Notre Dame’s two. Sophomore midfielder Jack Casey and senior forward Jon Gallagher recorded the two Irish shots during the first half. Notre Dame graduate student goalkeeper Chris Hubbard recorded two saves during the first 45 minutes, while Michigan sophomore goaltender Andrew Verdi made one save during the first half. Additionally, Michigan recorded one corner kick during the first frame, while Notre Dame (9-2-1, 3-1-1 ACC) didn’t have see M SOCCER PAGE 10
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Irish senior Jon Gallagher dribbles the ball during Notre Dame’s 3-1 victory over Michigan on Tuesday at Alumni Stadium. Gallagher leads Notre Dame in goals and points scored on the season.
So often in college sports, veteran leadership and production are the best things a team can possess. So far this year for No. 7 Notre Dame, it’s been invaluable. The Irish (9-2-1, 3-1-1 ACC) have relied on their seniors not only for leadership, but also for the team’s main sources of offensive production and defensive performance. Let’s start up front. The senior for ward duo of Jon Gallagher and Jeff Farina lead the Irish in nearly ever y statistical categor y offensively, and they have been close to unstoppable as of late. In Tuesday’s home w in over No. 24 Michigan, Farina tallied a goal and an assist, while Gallagher added t wo goals and an assist. Need a more see EVERETT PAGE 10
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Notre Dame travels to ND set for second Ann Arbor for tournament ranked contest By MIA BERRY Sports Writer
The No.17 men’s team and the No. 25 women’s team w ill look to knock off their second ranked opponent Friday when they face off against the Michigan State Spartans and the 15th-ranked men and the fifth-ranked women of Texas A&M. After a second-place finish in the Dennis Stark Relays and a sweeping v ictor y over the seventh-ranked men and the ninth-ranked Louisv ille women last weekend — the first time the program has ever defeated a top-ten team in a dual meet — the Irish have started the season in great fashion. For head coach Mike Litzinger, Notre Dame’s hard work this offseason is proof of the success so far, but the only way is up from now on. “Heading into the season, I think we talked a lot about potential and we projected ahead a lot about future
v ision, and I think we all know we’re just scratching the surface of what we’re capable together as a team,” Litzinger said. “A ll credit goes to our athletes for being receptive and trusting our coaches and mov ing for ward w ith the groundwork we’ve laid dow n for them.” The Irish made histor y again on Tuesday, as freshman Zach Yeadon and sophomore Abbie Dolan became the first sw immers in program histor y to be named national sw immers of the week by CollegeSw imming. com. Yeadon broke t wo Rolfs Aquatic Center records in his performances this past weekend in the 500 and 1000-yard freest yle, while Dolan won four events, including the 100 and 200-yard freest yle over Louisv ille’s Mallor y Comerford, who won gold at FINA World Championships this past summer. see SWIMMING PAGE 11
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Irish sophomore Zoe Spence attempts a forehand during Notre Dame’s 5-2 victory over Purdue on Feb. 22 at Eck Tennis Pavilion.
Notre Dame is back in action this weekend, competing in the ITA Midwest Regional Championships running from this Thursday until Tuesday in A nn A rbor, Michigan. Hav ing had over a week off since their last matches, the Irish last played in the Wildcat Inv itational at Northwestern from Sept. 29 until Oct. 1, w ith three Irish players w inning their respective singles draws. Freshmen Cameron Corse and A lly Bojczuk and junior Rachel Chong were undefeated Notre Dame also went 4-0 in doubles, w ith the pair of seniors Brooke Broda and A llison Miller defeating senior Habiba Shaker and freshman Sara Kuutila from Michigan State; Corse and sophomore Zoe Spence defeating Utah’s junior see W TENNIS PAGE 11