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Fresh faces, same result Irish wear down Tar Heels behind performances of Ian Book, Deon McIntosh

KATHRYNE ROBINSON | The Observer

Irish sophomore quarterback Ian Book hands the ball off to sophomore running back Deon McIntosh during Notre Dame’s 33-10 win over North Carolina on Saturday at Kenan Memorial Stadium in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Book made his first career start against the Tar Heels, in place of the injured Brandon Wimbush.

Saturday’s win didn’t teach us much at all Ben Padanilam Editor-in-Chief

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — Saturday’s game against North Carolina could’ve been billed as a chance to learn about who this Notre Dame team really is.

The expectation for most of the week was that junior quarterback Brandon Wimbush wouldn’t be able to go, leaving sophomore Ian Book to start in his place.

And just under 30 minutes before Saturday’s kickoff, that was confirmed.

So how would the Irish perform without their starting quarterback able to go for them? Turns out, the Irish (5-1) played well at some times and not so well at others.

Early on, Book looked comfortable. He completed eight of his first 11 pass attempts and threw his first career touchdown pass in the second quarter. He seemed in his element in coordinator Chip see PADANILAM PAGE 3

By BEN PADANILAM Editor-in-Chief

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — When No. 21 Notre Dame made the decision to start sophomore Ian Book at quarterback against North Carolina in place of the injured Brandon Wimbush, it knew the offense was probably going to look a little different.

And in some ways it did; but in some ways, it did not.

The differences were apparent: The Irish (5-1) had two scoring drives of at least 11 plays and roughly five minutes of time elapsed that ended in touchdowns, its two longest touchdown drives of the season.

And Book attempted just one fewer passes (25) as the Irish had rushing attempts in the first half (26). But the similarities were clear, too; the Irish also gashed the Tar Heels (1-5, 0-3 ACC) for two touchdowns that took less than 30 seconds to score on the heels of long running plays.

And Book attempted just six passes while the Irish ran the football 31 times in the

second half.

The game’s first score didn’t come until the second quarter, as the Irish and Tar Heels traded punts — as well as a failed fourth-down conversion at midfield by Notre Dame — three times in the first quarter. It was an uncharacteristically slow start for the Irish, as they had scored on their first drive in four of their five games entering Saturday.

“I just think that it was a matter of execution across the board,” Irish captain and senior offensive lineman Mike McGlinchey said of Notre Dame’s first three drives. “We had a couple things that happened early, couple penalties that happened early that caused us to stall out, and we just can’t have that happen, especially with a young quarterback starting the game for us. We got to make his job as easy as it gets, and the other 10 guys on the field definitely didn’t do that to start the game.”

Then, with under five minutes left in the first quarter, Book led the Irish on a 15-play, 80-yard drive that culminated

with a touchdown on the first play of the second period, giving the Irish a 7-0 lead.

And after another threeand-out by the Tar Heels, Irish fans were met with a familiar sight: a long touchdown run by captain and junior running back Josh Adams, this time a 73-yard burst that put the Irish ahead 14-0.

“He cut back behind the pullers, and we overran the play didn’t have anybody there,” Tar Heels head coach Larry Fedora said of Adams’ touchdown. “There was no support there. That’s the one play that I felt like, defensively, we gave up in the first half.”

But the Tar Heels wouldn’t let up, despite not securing a first down until within the nine-minute mark of the second quarter. After intercepting one of Book’s 25 first-half pass attempts at the Irish 47-yard line, North Carolina found its way into the end zone in six plays — with redshirt-freshman quarterback Chazz Surratt finding sophomore wide receiver Anthony Ratliff-Williams for a 25-yard see DEPTH PAGE 2

ND defense stifles NC with three-andouts, turnovers

By DANIEL O’BOYLE Sports Writer

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — Ian Book made his first start.

Josh Adams earned a first down.

Ian Book threw his first pass as a starter.

Tyler Newsome punted.

Ian Book escaped pressure and made his first run as a starter.

Tyler Newsome punted again.

Ian Book rolled out and threw downfield for the first time as a starter.

Adams was stuffed on third down.

Book was stuffed on fourth.

Ian Book led a 15-play drive, ending with a touchdown pass to Cam Smith.

Josh Adams did what Josh Adams does, breaking free for a 73yard score.

Tony Jones Jr. made an appearance, and his first three rushes of the day.

Tyler Newsome punted once see DEFENSE PAGE 3

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completion — to narrow the Irish lead to seven.

But after stalling on its next drive, Notre Dame forced a safety in the final 30 seconds of the half to go into the locker room with a 16-7 lead.

In the first half, Book threw as many passes as Wimbush had thrown over the course of any of Notre Dame’s last three wins.

After the game, both Book and Irish head coach Brian Kelly said getting the sophomore comfortable early was part of the game plan coming in.

“We had a great week of practice,” Book said. “They allowed me to throw it around, which was awesome, and I think what you do in practice, you do in the game. So if you’re throwing it around in practice, I was ready and always will be ready to go out there and throw it in the game, whatever the coaches call.”

“We mostly wanted to take

advantage of some of the playaction opportunities to complement our run game,” Kelly said of the frequency of passes thrown in the first half. “It was going to be a run-centered game for us, so getting some high-percentage throws on the move where he didn’t necessarily have to sit in the pocket and progression read across the field.”

And the run-centered game Kelly talked of became especially prominent in the second half, as the Irish got back to the ground-and-pound offense they’ve grown accustomed to in their three-straight wins prior to Saturday’s game.

But much of that damage would happen without Adams, who ran for 108 yards in the first half alone. After picking up a first down in Notre Dame’s first drive of the second half, Adams came off the field and did not return to the game, as Kelly said afterwards that Adams was suffering from dehydration.

But after a field goal by junior kicker Justin Yoon and a second

interception from Book, the Irish had no problem relying on sophomore running back Deon McIntosh to carry the load the rest of the way.

With Notre Dame starting its third drive of the second half at the Tar Heels’ 46-yard line, McIntosh wasted no time making an impact. On just the second play of the drive, the sophomore burst up the middle and ran it 35 yards for a touchdown to give the Irish a 26-7 lead on the back of another quick score by the Irish offense.

“Deon’s a great player, great downhill runner, works hard every day in practice and it shows in the game,” Book said.

“I’m just running behind my pads, trusting my [offensive] line, just reading the blocks and just making a play,” McIntosh said. “Just stepping up when my number was called and just being ready.”

And after the Irish defense gave up a field goal to start the fourth quarter, McIntosh would once again make an impact.

On the ensuing Notre Dame

drive, he led a long, methodical drive — 11 plays and 5:06 time elapsed to be precise — before capping it off with a 24-yard touchdown run to give the Irish their final score in a 33-10 win.

“Yeah man, I saw that cut to the outside, and I just — [the coaches] tell me all the time to get upfield, and I just see that cut to the outside and got up and into the end zone,” McIntosh said.

And for having run for a team-high 124 yards and two touchdowns on just twelve carries in the second half to close the game out for the Irish, McIntosh was awarded the game ball.

“I think he showed today why he can be counted on as another very good back for us,” Kelly said of the sophomore. “He ran physical, he ran with vision, he ran with toughness and he got the game ball today — and deserved the game ball.”

While Book starting his first career game on the road wasn’t an ideal situation, Kelly was also pleased with how the

young backup handled himself alongside McIntosh and the Irish ground game.

“He’s a very confident kid,” Kelly said of Book. “There are no jitters with him. I think he overthrew a couple of balls here and there, but for a first start, I was really pleased with what he did today. To win on the road is hard to do … but I thought he went in and did a lot of really good things today.”

So even with the new faces making the biggest plays for the Irish on the day, the result of Saturday’s game was the same as its previous three: a win. And at the end of the day, that was all Kelly could have asked for.

“All in all, to go on the road and win by 20-plus points for a third time this year, I’m really pleased with our guys in terms of their mental preparation and how they go on the road and attack this,” Kelly said. “It is hard to do — really hard to do — and I’m proud of them.”

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KATHRYNE ROBINSON | The Observer

Irish sophomore running back Deon McIntosh breaks through a hole in the North Carolina defense for a touchdown run during Notre Dame’s 33-10 win over the Tar Heels on Saturday at Kenan Memorial Stadium in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. McIntosh scored two rushing touchdowns during the game, both of which came in the second half.

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Julian OKWARA PICKS OFF CHAZZ SURRATT AT THE LINE of scrimmage

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The Irish defense had a dominant first half, forcing three-and-outs on the opening five Tar Heel drives, recovering a fumble and recording a safety in the final minute of the half. But it was its start to the third quarter that was the highlight, as on the third North Carolina play of the half, sophomore defensive end Julian Okwara batted redshirt freshman quarterback Chazz Surratt’s pass into the air and came down with the pick.

Irish sophomore running back Deon McIntosh rushed for 124 yards and scored two touchdowns — all in the second half. The fourth-string back came in in the second half to replace junior Josh Adams who sat due to dehydradtion. McIntosh, who scored his first career touchdown against Michigan State, ran for two touchdowns: a 26-yard score to put Notre Dame up 26-7 and a 24-yard run to cap off the game’s scoring at 33-10.

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Movement seeks alternate family housing ‘Save the Village’ campaign begins in response to University’s plan to shut down grad family complex

By COURTNEY BECKER News Editor

It wouldn’t be fair.

This mantra is the reasoning John Affleck-Graves, executive vice president of the University, gave to residents of The University Village for Notre Dame’s plans to shut the Village down in June of 2018.

The University Village is subsidized, on-campus housing provided for married graduate students and their families. The community has existed for more than 70 years, and for many of the residents, attending graduate school at Notre Dame with their families by their sides would not be possible without the Village.

In response to the University’s

plans to shut down the Village, residents have started a Save the Village campaign.

The history According to the Save the Notre Dame Village website, The University Village evolved out of Vetville, a place for veteran families to live after World War II. In the 1960s, University President Emeritus Fr. Theodore Hesburgh created the Village to replace Vetville and build Hesburgh Library in its original location.

Brian Collier, a supervisor for the Alliance of Catholic Education (ACE), said he remembers visiting his grandmother while she was a resident see HOUSING PAGE 4

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Buildings in University Village will be shut down in June of 2018. The complex was created in the 1960s to replace Vetville, a residence developed for families after World War II.

Dance Marathon organizes annual 5k for charity Students, faculty, parents and community members partook Sunday in the annual FT5K race, hosted by Saint Mary’s College Dance Marathon (SMCDM) in support of Riley Hospital for Children in Indianapolis.

“SMCDM is in its 12th year, and this year is super special because it is our million-dollar year,” senior and vice president of SMCDM Kelly Geelan said. “That means that if we hit our goal this year we will have donated over one million dollars to Riley as an organization.”

For the first time, SMCDM introduced a virtual 5k for people who are not in the area to participate and contribute to the cause through social media, she said.

“We also instituted a virtual 5k this year, meaning people who were not around campus, such as alumni, could run and post a photo of themselves with the hashtag #RunWithUs and #CharlotteStrong.” Geelan said.

The race’s official motto is #CharlotteStrong in memory of Charlotte Terry, who was a patient at the Riley Hospital for Children

and lost her battle with brain cancer a few years ago. This will be SMCDM’s third 5k in honor of Charlotte, Geelan said.

“Running to commemorate Charlotte is something so special that makes this event so much more personal, and her family comes every year and talks,” Geelan said. “This is really why this initiative is so important because we’re running and we’re dancing because these kids can’t.

These kids are so strong and so brave to be able to go through the struggles that they do on a daily basis, and so running a 5k in honor of them is the least we can do.”

Sophomore and member of SMCDM’s public relations committee Maura Honan said she participated in the Dance Marathon last year, and her experiences of being able to connect with the kids motivated her to become more involved.

“Last year I was just a dancer, and that made me want to be a lot more involved with all the other events,” Honan said. “It helps to bring a lot of awareness to the community and all the students and really highlights the connection with Riley Hospital and how much it helps the kids [who] go

there.”

This year, the organization partnered with Holy Cross College to reach its goal of raising $130,000 by the end of this academic year.

“We are thrilled to have reached our benchmark of $5,000 for this event,” Geelan said. “I think it was really nice to see not just Saint Mary’s and not just the Dance Marathon Club but the whole community kind of come together for the same cause.”

Holy Cross junior and participant Angel Vargas said the most rewarding part about the FT5K race is participating in something so simple that can make such a big difference is someone’s life.

“It’s an amazing cause to be involved in that does not take that much effort for us to do for a cause that matters,” he said. “It also allows students from different schools to come together for a cause that we all care about and can do something about. We do these types of things every day and don’t think much of it. This way we can do it for a purpose that could change someone’s life.”

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Dunne Hall launches new signature event

By MORGAN JOHNSON News Writer

The first annual Dunne Funne Runne, in which students competed in a 3k costume relay race, took place Saturday.

The event fundraised for Education Bridge, a charity Dunne resident and senior Majak Anyieth founded.

The non-profit organization helps to build and manage schools in South Sudan. Its goals include increasing access to education for both boys and girls and developing peace-building skills, according to the Education Bridge website.

During the event, 65 teams of three, including a team of priests, ran the 3k race, with each member of the team running one kilometer. A carnival followed the race, Dunne Hall Resident Advisor and senior Michael Griffin won a pie-eating contest.

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organizer Justin McLellan said the creation of the event was a collaborative effort.

“We were just popcorning signature event ideas because we didn’t have a signature event for our new dorm,” McLellan said. “People just started spitting words out that rhymed, so we combined those to create Dunne Funne Runne.”

While still in the brainstorming process, the event was supposed to be a paint race, but it eventually evolved into a costume race, McLellan said. The winners of the race were determined based on costumes, not time.

The winner of this year’s race was the team “Running from Gen Chem,” where members ran in lab coats, safety goggles and gloves.

Over the past few weeks, the students organizers of the Dunne Funne Runne have been working to promote the see RUN PAGE 4

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Student looks to win cystic fibrosis scholarship

By KELLI SMITH News Writer

Sophomore Emily Apakian knew her painting needed to be extraordinar y.

After several days and hours spent poring over her canvas, she picked up her paintbrush and dipped it in colors she felt were most natural for the finishing touches of her painting.

With a specific image in mind, she slowly guided her paintbrush over the canvas’s surface before stepping back to v iew the finished product.

The result is a close-up portrait of a brunette girl w ith arms outstretched and a w ide smile on her upturned face. Her exposed neck displays a red and blue trachea leading dow n to a pair of lungs, as if peering at her through an x-ray. Red, yellow and purple f lowers stud the dark-green background behind her.

“Roses are sort of the sy mbol for cystic fibrosis,” Apakian said. “I guess it sy mbolizes how I tr y to live my life, tr y ing to accept whatever happens to me w ith a positive embrace.”

Painting this picture was no ordinar y past-time: Apakian submitted it for a AbbVie Cystic Fibrosis (CF) Scholarship contest along w ith an essay and list of her

achievements for a chance to w in up to $22,000.

The scholarship is specifically intended for American undergraduate and graduate students w ith CF, which, according to the CF’s Foundation website, is “a progressive, genetic disease that causes persistent lung infections and limits the abilit y to breathe over time.”

Apakian is one of what the website said is approx imately 30,000 A mericans diagnosed w ith the disease.

“Some people are diagnosed when they’re older, but I was diagnosed three weeks after I was born, so [CF] has been part of my life forever,” Apakian said. “It’s hard to describe because I’ve lived w ith it my whole life, so I honestly don’t know any thing different.”

A long w ith the painting, Apakian submitted an essay about a CF research study she participated in when she was in middle school.

For the study, Apakian said she had to eat “a disgusting powder” whose f lavor would not be disguised despite her mother’s efforts to bake it into different t y pes of food.

After many failed efforts to mask the powder, Apakian said she finally decided to eat it plain to help research efforts.

“That [study] increased my Paid Advertisement

awareness of how I want to do something that w ill help w ith CF,” Apakian said. “I think it’s just really important, too, especially because so much research has gone into CF for me to do whatever I can to help further that research because there’s so much not know n about it.”

After w inning an initial $3,000 academic scholarship in June along w ith 39 other undergraduate and graduate scholars who won the first round of the contest, Apakian is now in the running for the undergraduate $22,000 Thriv ing Student Scholarship, which w ill be awarded to one of the undergraduate finalists by the end of October.

Online voting to determine the w inner of the $22,000 is currently taking placing on AbbVie’s website. The number of votes a finalist obtains comprises 30 percent of his or her score while the judging panel’s criteria decides the other 70 percent.

“If I w in [the Thriv ing Student Scholarship], I can share that stor y more w ith people and help advocate for CF,” Apakian said. “For some people w ith CF, it can be hard because of so many medical complications, so w inning can maybe show people that it’s possible to deal w ith CF.”

As sy mptoms differ caseby-case for CF patients, Apakian said her sy mptoms include pancreatic-insufficiency that makes it difficult for her to digest most foods other than fruits and vegetables, a persistent cough and longer-lasting regular illnesses.

Though Apakian said Notre Dame’s Sarah Bea Disabilit y Ser v ices have been helpful, she said transitioning to college and implementing her routine of treating her CF sy mptoms was an adjustment for her.

“Coming into [Notre Dame] and hav ing to keep that schedule the same is different because there are some things I need to do, like order and pick up my ow n medication,” Apakian said. “It’s just small things that are different, but I have good friends who I’ve told about it, and they support me, and it’s really nice to have that support group who don’t mind if I have to go do my treatments while something else is going on.”

A long w ith what Apakian said are “many medications” that she has to take, she also dedicates 40 minutes of her morning and night ever y day to CF treatment. W hen she is sick, she does it three times a day.

“I usually have to wake

up earlier to do respirator y clearance treatments, so that involves a nebulizer, which I use to breathe in my saline solution that helps clear the mucus in my lungs,” Apakian said. “I also use a vest which literally shakes you to help get out the mucus.”

With what the CF Foundation’s website said is an average lifespan of about 37 years for CF patients, Apakian said she struggles to accept the fact that CF can be fatal.

“I feel like I need to motivate myself by reminding myself that this is an illness that could potentially go dow nhill at any time, so that’s definitely a challenge for me,” Apakian said. “And I know that. I just have trouble balancing that.”

As a chemical engineering major, Apakian said she is considering going into the bioengineering field after graduation to dedicate some of her life to helping people infected w ith CF. “I tr y not to think about the negativ it y that is brought by [CF] because I’ve had a good life so far,” Apakian said. “It helps hav ing such a good family and good friends who support me and love me no matter what happens, too.”

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SMC hosts annual parents weekend

By COLLEEN ZEWE News Writer

Saint Mary’s sophomores did not have to wait until fall break to unite with their families this year, as the College hosted its annual Sophomore Parents Weekend over the weekend.

Sophomore Olivia Bentley said she enjoyed the tailgate and watch party, since it allowed her friends and parents to familiarize themselves with one another.

“My favorite part was cheering on the Fighting Irish with my parents and fellow Belles,” Bentley said.

Sophomore Nicole Popow said she got to spend quality time catching up with her mom, and she enjoyed the chance to talk face-to-face.

“I enjoyed just being able to sit down and talk with my mom in person about things that have been going on in our lives,” Popow said.

Bentley, who is from Baltimore, said she thinks parents weekends are valuable because she does not see her family often.

“I think it’s very important to see my parents and family as much as possible,” she said. “Parents Weekend allows me to stay

connected with them and is a good excuse for them to come visit me here in South Bend.”

Popow Sophomore Parents Weekend also offered students a chance to show their families where they live during the school year. She said her mom enjoyed seeing where Popow spends most of her time.

Bentley said she enjoyed showing her family her dorm room and the South Bend community.

“I think being able to spend time with our family on Saint Mary’s campus is important because they are able to see the hard work we are putting in here,” she said.

Sophomore Caitlyn Gibbs said she enjoyed reuniting with her family at her home away from home.

“It’s hard being away from your family for so long, so any opportunity to see them is a blessing,” she said. “It also is a way for parents to show their support of their daughters’ college education. College is difficult, and it is always nice to be reminded that you have people in your corner.”

Contact Colleen Zewe at czewe01@saintmarys.edu

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of University Village in the 1970s and 1980s.

“She moved to South Bend and she immediately began looking for the Korean population, and that Korean population — at that time, there was a pretty decentsize Korean population living in the Village, the University Village,” Collier said.

Graduate student Crystal Spring, who lives in the Village and wrote a letter to the editor describing the Save the Village Movement, spent five years of her childhood living in the Village while her father completed his physics doctorate program at Notre Dame after immigrating to the United States from Korea.

“I don’t think we would have survived without that community and without the resources and without the proximity that the University Village had to campus,” she said. “And coming full-circle for me ... when we found out that I was pregnant as grad students, we decided that we couldn’t live in the apartment that we were currently living in .”

Experiencing the Village as both a child and a parent has made her appreciate the resources it has to offer even more, Spring said.

“I thought everyone had access to this kind of support and be able to have a safe place to go trick-ortreating,” she said. “After having lived in a lot different cities and as an adult, I know that that’s actually a very rare experience. And as a parent at the Village, I really appreciate everything that’s there specifically to support families.”

Rose Dougherty, the wife of an architecture graduate student who lives in the Village, said the history of the Village made a big impact in the Save the Village movement.

“We’ve had so much fun looking back at the history,” Dougherty said. “How Fr. Hesburgh started it, how much he clearly loved it and it’s been going for over 70 years and it has been so important to so many families.”

The community With the University’s deadline for the relocation of Village residents looming, Notre Dame administrators announced Sept.

13 that undergraduates will be required to live on campus for six semesters in order to emphasize and build community.

Using this logic, Gardner said it does not make sense to disrupt a “thriving” community in the Village.

“What I’ve understood is the main reason for [the six-semester requirement] is ... to increase

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event on campus to increase turnout, junior student organizer Davis Gonsalves said.

“We emailed all the hall presidents and went to all the hall councils that accepted our request,” he said.

campus community life,” Gardner said. “Not everybody’s excited about that. You have on the flip side a community that has been thriving since the 40s, yet you’re going to say ‘I’m sorry, there’s no longer space for you.’”

Spring, who lived on campus for all four years of her undergraduate experience at Notre Dame, said her time at the Village has been even more essential for her than her time in an undergraduate residence hall.

“Having experienced both of those communities — the dorm community and the Village community — I think the Village community has been a lot more essential to my thriving as a student at Notre Dame. Dorm culture is great, and the Village is great for a lot of the same reasons. … All the reasons why Notre Dame could fathom to have this be a mandate — the six-semester thing — are also reasons that people love the Village and need the Village.”

Village resident Sarah O’Brien, whose husband is a graduate student, said the Village community closely relates to that of a dorm community.

“All of a sudden you just instantly belong to a place like you do in an undergrad dorm, and the fact that they get that value because they’re trying to keep students on campus … doesn’t make sense at all,” she said.

Naomi Burton, another Village resident whose husband is a graduate student, said she does not know how she would have made it through the transition to life at Notre Dame without the support of the Village community.

“I was pregnant, we had two kids, it was Rob’s first semester at school and the winter was long,” she said. “And my friend was across the hall ... and it was like this lifesaving friend that helped me get through that first year of being sick and everything else.”

The isolation parents feel as a result of their spouses constantly studying and working is offset by the Village, Dougherty said.

“The fact that we have this communal green and playground in the back of all of our buildings — we can go out and all the other mothers come out there throughout the day and we’re just chatting — is just great,” she said.

If Notre Dame is truly interested in prioritizing community, Burton said, administrators should work to save a community that has consistently been one of the University’s strongest.

“One of the former residents said routinely The University Village would come in as the highest-ranked residence hall as far as community and the sense of loving that and needing that for

years,” Burton said.

Spring said she and her family wouldn’t be as dedicated to Notre Dame without their experience in the Village.

“I’m going for my third degree from this university, and I just know that if we just lived in some random apartment complex that was not a part of the University ... that we would not have retained those ties to the University,” Spring said.

said, some international families will even be separated for the remainder of a graduate student’s program.

“Since we started saying ‘save the Village,’ trying to move that direction, we’ve heard stories from international families that are just heart-wrenching,” she said. “One [student] said ‘I’ll have to go get a roommate and send my wife and child back to Uganda because we won’t be able to afford to live here.’”

The internationalization

The movement

According to the movement’s website, the Village’s population is made up of over 60 percent international families. The Village’s affordable housing, proximity to campus and tight-knit community is essential for grad students who travel across the world to study at Notre Dame, O’Brien said.

“Because I knew moving in that it was going to be torn down I was just like, OK, yeah,” she said. “And it wasn’t until I heard the experience of international families that I was like wait a second — how is the University doing this? How are they just destroying this when it’s such a lifesaver for especially international families?”

Collier said this internationalization of the Village has been a staple of the community.

“They cooked meals together, they were like a little model U.N.,” he said. “And we lose something as a Notre Dame community when we lose this internationalization of the Village.”

This internationalization is a major benefit for families whose kids might not otherwise be exposed to different cultures in South Bend, O’Brien said.

“In our building there’s a family from Columbia across the hall, Saudi Arabia upstairs, Lebanon, Nepal,” she said. “So my kids are playing with kids from all around the world. We’re never going to get this experience again, this is amazing.”

Aside from the diverse cultures blending together, Spring said the Village community helps provide for needs that international families wouldn’t be able to meet without its support.

“Especially for international families who don’t have cars, the whole neighbor community thing is essential,” she said. “One of our downstairs neighbors right now, they came from Argentina just a couple of months ago, and within a few days of moving their son got croup … and our other neighbor was able to drive them [to the hospital]. Without that they probably would’ve had to call for an ambulance, which would’ve incurred a lot of medical fees that they just couldn’t afford.”

Without the Village, Burton

One of the criticisms of the Save the Village movement is that the University announced it would close the Village in the summer of 2014, but the movement to save it did not start until this fall.

Dougherty said the lack of action in the past few years was due to a lack of information and a belief that there would be a replacement ready for residents as there was when Vetville was transformed into the Village.

“It really was because they gave us very little information, but they led us to believe that they were going to offer us something else on campus … for affordable rates,” she said. “And as we were coming up on our last year and we still have not had any information given to us [since the 2014 announcement] then we went and started asking what’s the plan for us.”

A WNDU article announcing plans for an $82 million commercial investment further spurred action, O’Brien said.

“We gathered a group … and then from there, a few days later we got the petition started and going,” she said.

O’Brien said publicity for the movement picked up after the petition gained 25,000 signatures in about three to five days.

When the residents met with Affleck-Graves, Burton said, he told them there is land for a replacement Village and plans to build it, but the cost of construction is too high for the University to justify building it.

“When we talked to John AffleckGraves about it, he didn’t say that a donor couldn’t be found, but they just haven’t tried that route,” she said.

The argument that building housing specifically for families wouldn’t be fair to unmarried graduate students also doesn’t justify not building , O’Brien said.

“That argument just doesn’t hold up,” she said. “A married student can’t have a roommate. And if they have kids, they have dependents to support on whatever stipend they’re getting or no stipend.”

Gardner pointed out that most resources the University offers do not apply to every member of the community.

McLellan said the organizers used the power of social media to inform students about the event.

“We have a f lyer that we posted on social media,” McLellan said. “We also made a Facebook event and shared it with everyone we know.”

McLellan said having a successful inaugural signature

event will help make future Dunne Funne Runnes even better.

“We just wanted to have a good, solid first signature event that we can build off of for future years,” McLellan said. “This is going to be a lot of trial and error since it’s the first one ever, but ultimately we want a base for next year.”

McLellan said dorm participation was crucial in establishing the Runne.

“We just want as much participation as possible, especially within Dunne,” McLellan said. “I know we had a lot of people in Dunne do it this year, but we could always use more. Next year we want everyone from the

“ … If you think about any resource, it doesn’t meet all of the demands of the University’s population, but it meets a substantial demand that it’s willing to offer that service,” he said.

Burton said many residents believe the true reason for the University’s current plans is the revenue it would generate from a commercial endeavor.

“It really is just the profitability,” Burton said. “We just think that as a university they’re not just a business. They’re a university — and a Catholic university at that — and so sure, families aren’t profit-making, but they have a duty to families to have affordable housing.”

Spring said the University’s reluctance to provide for families shows “a very clear prioritization of commercial profits over its mission.”

“The rents that we pay cover the maintenance of the buildings — the buildings are all paid for,” she said. “So the University is not losing money by having the Village as it stands right now. The problem for them is that it’s not making them money … but the University just keeps seeking these revenuebuilding endeavors.”

This is in conflict with the University’s mission, Spring said, because it goes against Catholic teachings.

“I think it’s absolutely a pro-life issue,” she said. “The Catholic Church emphasizes that the parents are the primary educators of the child, etc., and so the mission of supporting those parents and supporting those families should be central to the University.”

Faculty members within the University are taking the Save the Village movement seriously, Gardner said.

“A lot of people that have been around the University for a lot of years recognize the great resource that the Village provides and the great community that’s there,” he said. “And I think that it’s been a tool in getting great graduate students here, and I think it’s been a tool in campus life.”

The main goal of the movement is to acquire an extension of the leases at the Village before relocating the community to a replacement location they are asking the University to invest in, Dougherty said.

“At this point, essentially, housing for married students is not in the 50- or 100-year plan that Notre Dame has,” she said. “We just think — and there are enough people who agree — we need to convince them that it is something that ought to be in their 50- or 100year plan.”

Contact Courtney Becker at cbecker3@nd.edu

start of the year to know about it and when it is so we can get as many people from Dunne as possible.”

Other student organizers included juniors Brendan Watts and Pete Seidner and freshman Ben Huls.

Contact Morgan Johnson at mjohnson@nd.edu

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By MATTHEW MUNHALL Scene Writer

One of the recurring motifs in the fourth season of “Transparent,” the Amazon series chronicling the trials and tribulations of the dysfunctional Pfefferman family, is the music of “Jesus Christ Superstar.” Humor is mined from this Jewish family’s infatuation with Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice’s musical/rock opera about Jesus — a highlight, for me, is when matriarch Shelly (played by the brilliant Judith Light) belts “I Don’t Know How to Love Him” while riding a camel — but the music also scores some of this season’s most poignant scenes. “Everything’s Alright,” based on the Gospel story in which Mary Magdalene anoints Jesus with expensive perfume, reprises multiple times. “Try not to get worried, try not to turn on to / Problems that upset you,” Magdalene urges Jesus in the song. “Don’t you know / Everything’s alright, yes, everything’s fine.”

Those lyrics become a reassuring mantra for the members of the Pfefferman clan, each of whom is still struggling to achieve some semblance of inner peace.

“Transparent” has always been about the difficult process of self-realization. This season these efforts are hindered most acutely by borders, both geopolitical and

By ADRIAN MARK LORE Associate Scene Editor

We stand on the shoulders of giants, but refuse to question their infallibility. This noxious rigidity is the metastasis of blind faith: Who are our “forefathers” and why do we care? What do they know that we know not better now?

This anti-dogmatic thesis saturates Ben Frost’s latest studio record, “The Centre Cannot Hold,” with the cathartic trauma of intellectual conversion. It’s the logical continuation of Frost’s meditations on authority and power that defined his stunning 2014 effort, “A U R O R A.” Largely, indeed, Frost’s subversive attitude is not in conflict with religion — the quintessential source of infallible doctrine — but with “civilization” and its problematic normalization of mutually assured selfdestruction. While it would be reductionist to describe the record as a reaction to “the Trump era,” the record’s gripping, high-energy ambiance does react to contemporary geopolitics.

Most obviously, the twinkling 12 seconds of “A Single Hellfire Missile Costs $100,000” function not as music but rather as a moral statement, especially when coupled with the quiet, morose trembling of “Healthcare.”

As always, Frost’s industrial noise soundscapes strongly evoke his usual theme of dread. The cyclopean synths on “Eurydice’s Heel” soundtrack Orpheus’

social. Borders construct identities, but they also create binaries. “Transparent” navigates the messy in-between, as the Pfeffermans continue to grapple with their identities, within the family and in the world at large.

This border crossing begins when Maura (Jeffrey Tambor) accepts a speaking invitation in Israel, and her youngest daughter Ali (Gaby Hoffmann) tags along for the trip. In Jerusalem, Maura discovers that her father Moshe (Jerry Adler), who she believed was dead, is not only alive, but an air-conditioning mogul famous for his cheesy infomercials. Meanwhile, Ali meets an activist named Lyfe (Folake Olowofoyeku), who takes her to a commune in Ramallah, a Palestinian city in the West Bank. There, Ali attempts to reconcile her Jewish heritage with the Israeli government’s treatment of Palestinians.

Back in Los Angeles, eldest sister Sarah (Amy Landecker) and her ex-husband Len (Rob Huebel) revive their relationship by experimenting with polyamory.

Josh (Jay Duplass) is haunted by the ghost of Rita, the babysitter who had a sexual relationship with him when he was a teenager. After asserting herself through her one-woman show last season, Shelly continues to stake out an identity independent of her family. Shelly’s character arc is responsible for some of the season’s funniest moments, as she takes improv classes and invents an

Italian alter ego named Mario.

“Transparent” remains at its best when its characters’ individual journeys come into conflict with one another and secrets come out into the open — as in this season, when the rest of the Pfeffermans join Maura and Ali in the Holy Land. In one of the season’s most heartbreaking moments, Moshe tells Maura that her aunt Gittel, who was killed in the Holocaust, was also transgender — something Maura’s late mother kept from her. “My whole life, I thought I was alone in this,” Maura laments to Ali. “Imagine if I’d known.»

The Pfeffermans’ contentious family vacation builds to a beautiful scene in which more truths float to the surface as the family swims in the Dead Sea. With the gorgeous blue water as a backdrop, their familial conflict, and eventual reconciliation, is imbued with an almost spiritual reverence. Again the family returns to “Jesus Christ Superstar,” this time singing “The Last Supper”: “Always hoped that I’d be an apostle / Knew that I would make it if I tried.” Even after four seasons, it is moments like these — gorgeous, indelible and unexpected — that continue to make “Transparent,” flaws and all, so compelling.

quest to revive the nymph, but the track’s conclusion, channeling William Basinski, mourns through its cyclical disintegration, investigating the mortal’s inevitable failure, and perhaps the inevitability of death.

Frost also understands, however, that death is not the ultimate consequence of suffering; to survive the 21st century’s assault on common humanity is, strictly speaking, not enough, as trauma eternally victimizes.

“Trauma Theory” thus becomes one of the record’s most powerful statements: through the track’s psychedelic assault of bright noise ringing within cavernous darkness, Frost expresses the harrowing cognitive dissonance that manifests when trauma meets faith.

These two polar forces war recurrently over the course of the contested record, and are even represented in the record sleeve’s imagery: the white innocence of hope and the dark blue pandemic of despair. While they can temporarily coexist, they are mutually exclusive; the psyche’s zero-sum tension. Because each necessarily seeks to overcome the other, Frost declares, the center cannot hold.

Wasting no time, Frost viscerally explores this phenomenological liminality on the record’s opening track, “Threshold of Faith” — the record’s most dynamic and complete artistic statement. The track’s low-end pulse grips the body with freezing horror, and the increasingly sharper high-end progression culminates either in transcendence or in desolation. But it must be the latter, for the track alludes to the downfall

of giants on whom we’ve placed our trust — that is, what happens when compounded suffering reaches over the threshold.

Every successive moment on the record, then, explores this experience of hopelessness; namely, the realization that — as the penultimate track explicitly puts it — “All That You Love Will Be Eviscerated.”

Naturally, this makes “The Centre Cannot Hold” gruesome from start to finish, especially in the absence of Frost’s pop-structure sensibility that heavily marked “A U R O R A;” but these departures also make the record more compelling.

The record ends, unsurprisingly, with an unhappy conclusion Frost offers on the record’s final track, “Entropy in Blue,” the chaotic resolution when despair finally — perhaps inevitably — overcomes.

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A spoonful of sugar Elizabeth Greason Sports Editor

For as long as I can remember, “Mary Poppins” has been my favorite movie.

Maybe it’s strange for a junior in college to be wholeheartedly attached to a children’s movie, but I grew up with Mary, Bert, Jane and Michael. I watched “Mary Poppins” so frequently, I felt like an honorary member of the Banks family.

The meaning of the movie has changed for me as I’ve grown up with it.

W hen I was younger, it would throw me into fits of giggles. I loved to watch Mary Poppins and Bert leap into the chalk paintings on the London sidewalks and dance with the penguins and race off into the steeplechase on carousel horses. I loved watching the children f loat up the ceiling with Uncle Albert as they laughed uncontrollably.

But, my favorite part of the movie was watching “George get sacked.” I guess I simply did not realize how dark the scene in which Mr. Banks gets fired from his job at the bank really was, watching as a three or 4-year-old.

On the surface, “Mary Poppins” may appear to be a pure children’s movie. But, as Walt Disney discovers in “Saving Mr. Banks,” the film in which Disney attempts to obtain the screen rights to P.L. Travers’ Mary Poppins novels, Mary Poppins isn’t for the children. She’s there for Mr. Banks.

She does more for Mr. Banks than she does for the children.

I still love “Mary Poppins.” I can’t help but smile watching Mrs. Banks bounce around No. 17 Cherry Tree Lane rallying her sister suffragettes and grin watching the entire Banks family gather to finally f ly a kite. But those scenes have taken on a whole new meaning to me as I’ve grown up with the movie.

There’s another layer to “Mary Poppins.” One of disillusionment, one that sees past the magic. One that is aimed at the adults in the movie. One that makes “Mary Poppins” more than just a children’s movie.

Mrs. Banks is trapped in a Victorian housewife’s unhappy life. Michael spends much of the movie wanting to learn how to f ly a kite, but Mr. Banks spends so much time at the bank that he is unable to do so.

Mary Poppins, the chimney sweeps and the bird woman are the only characters who have any semblance of real happiness in their lives — the irony of which should not be lost on adult viewers, who are aware that the life of a chimney sweep was, in fact, miserable. But the message proves the point that work and money should not be what bring you happiness, as Mr. Banks doesn’t even crack a smile until he loses his job and realizes how free he is.

There’s so much going on around us on a daily basis, it’s easy to get caught up and forget what really matters, as George Banks did. We bury our heads in books and computer screens and fail to recognize the magical things going on around us — the little things that make all the difference between a bad day and a good one, a good day and a great one. We miss out on the moments that matter because we simply let ourselves be too preoccupied.

So, take a cue from “Mary Poppins.” Look for those little elements of magic, and take the time to feed the birds and f ly a kite.

Contact Elizabeth Greason at egreason@nd.edu The views and expressions of the inside column are those of the author and not necessarily of the Observer.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Response to Oct. 6 editorial While it is undeniably heartening to hear a call for more clinical staff at the University Counseling Center (UCC), (“Lend a Hand to the UCC” Oct. 6, 2017 Observer Editorial), it also would be remiss to leave unacknowledged the University’s efforts to bolster the number of UCC mental health providers in recent years. In 2013 and 2014, the Division of Student Affairs provided funding for UCC’s hiring of an additional three FTE psychologists and in 2016 purchased the mental health telephone services of afterhour counselors year round. In 2017, the athletic department contributed funding for two more

UCC psychologist positions to help ensure mental health services for student-athletes.

Can the UCC use more resources in terms of staff? Always. Will the University continue to lend its ears, hands and heart to the mental health needs of its student body? Of that, I have no doubt.

Susan Steibe-Pasalich director Universit y Counseling Center Oct. 8

Free the stigma; honk your car horn Lauren Fox Life Goes On

In a particularly memorable episode of Disney’s “Phineas and Ferb,” the title characters sing a pop-rock tune to commemorate aglets.

Don’t know what an aglet is? I didn’t either, until Phineas and Ferb informed my 12-year-old self that it is the small plastic tube fitted around the end of a shoelace that keeps the shoelace from fraying.

“A-G-L-E-T (Don’t forget it) / We’re gonna tie the world together,” they sang.

I think most of us college-aged adults would agree that “Phineas and Ferb” was a pretty phenomenal show during our lower and middle school careers. I saw a large portion of the episodes, but this one, the one about something as simple as an aglet, stuck with me.

An aglet is a smart and useful invention that we don’t know much about, Phineas and Ferb told us, and it deserves to be praised.

I was reminded of this episode yesterday on a car ride from Milwaukee to campus when one of my car mates told us she rarely honks her horn, and that since she had gotten her new car, she couldn’t recall having used it one time. I was slightly appalled. I’m from Kansas, where car honking does not occur as much as in say, New York City, but I have serious respect for the car horn, and I don’t understand the resistance against using it.

The car horn deserves praise, even more so than the aglet, so here’s a bit more information about it.

Miller Reese Hutchison patented a car horn, also known as a klaxon, in 1908 because he was concerned about the increase in traffic in New

York City. The name klaxon comes from the Greek word “klazo,” to scream. A common quip of the time, however, was that Hutchison created the klaxon to deafen people so that they would have to buy his other invention, hearing aids.

The klaxon is the voice of your car. Just as you might scream in the face of danger, let your car scream on the road to an accident. It’s there for our protection. It’s there to alert others of incoming danger. It’s there, right in the middle of the steering wheel, to be used.

I know. Road rage is on the rise and occasionally ticked-off drivers slam their horn without end in a not-so passive aggressive statement. It’s not fun being the recipient of that blast. But I’d rather someone alert me of my mistake with a roar than do nothing. For if they do nothing, I might not realize I’ve done anything wrong.

We don’t get a lot of opportunities to drive while school is in session, but as fall break nears, please cozy up to your car horn. If the car in front of you at the light doesn’t move when it turns green, give ’em a little nudge with a short beep and friendly wave. If someone cuts you off and endangers you, give ’em a hard blast and let them know.

Let’s break the stigma against using your car horn. Unfortunately, I don’t have a catchy tune about the klaxon to sing to you all, but I do have a proposition: If we all start using our car horns more frequently, we’’l be more likely to feel comfortable using them when we need to the most.

Lauren Fox is a junior PLS major who enjoys listening to summer hits of the 2000s and playing 500 rummy. You can follow her on twitter via @bylaurenfox and send fan mail to lfox6@nd.edu.

The views expressed in this column are those of the author and not necessarily those of The Observer.

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The path forward Nicholas Marr Civics Corner

Our nation has developed over more than two centuries into the world’s example for a constitutional republic. We have codified the doctrine of natural rights and protected freedom at home and abroad. Yet today, we are increasingly unwilling to examine the difficult questions of our nation’s history and to treat our ideological opponents as well-meaning citizens rather than personal enemies. Overexposure via social media leads us to lose perspective. Videos of riots fill news channels and Facebook feeds, creating the perception that political violence is commonplace. It would follow logically from the attention paid to riots that many Americans support or are involved in the violence. Therefore, they believe that physically attacking those with whom you disagree and those in law enforcement is an acceptable concept.

This is an easy narrative to accept — to take what social media and news outlets spin as fact, and come to the conclusion that America is headed to hell in a hand basket. But what people often lose sight of are the many times our nation has been headed towards hell. We have hurdled there with more force and speed, and with far more significant consequences than today’s divided political climate. Recall the Civil War, the deadliest conflict of our nation’s history in which Americans fought Americans. Recall World War II, the threat of the Third Reich and the near complete fall of Europe. Also recall that with both conflicts, we showed this world to have no place for ideologies founded on human inequality. With each crisis we

overcome, we Americans prove to be a resilient people. We will argue about politics and divide ourselves in every conceivable way, but will always unite when called upon. Nothing has changed so dramatically as to suggest we do not still have this ability. In terms of the current political environment and free speech issues, historical perspective makes apparent the impact of social media. To be clear, political violence like the riots at Berkeley is unacceptable and must be stopped. But social media has exacerbated reactionary instincts with which we have always contented, but to which we have not been so attuned. In order to combat this trend and return sanity to political discussion, we must have faith in ourselves. We must have confidence in our fellow citizens.

To this end, I would encourage you to read and interpret our nation’s history and the news of today for yourself. Do not let others restrict the positions you take or the conclusions you reach — your opinion is yours alone, and your right to express it is clear and nearly unrestricted, per the Constitution. To those who would argue otherwise, this definition of free speech is not an excuse for racism, intolerance or other expressions detrimental to the rights of others. It is instead a recognition of the fact that laws are made to protect rights from government and not to manage the affairs of private citizens. Because fundamental rights like the freedom of speech and exercise of religion do not draw power from any branch of government. They are truths of humanity. They are granted by our Creator, and are essential to human dignity.

They support the individual, allow liberty to flourish when properly protected, and thus give rise to a nation like ours.

Soon it will be our turn to lead. While we face nothing like the global crises of the 20th century, significant challenges are ahead. The most consequential policy issues include the ballooning national debt and uncontrolled federal spending on the domestic front, and the geopolitical aggression of Russia, China and Iran abroad. Cultural issues like deterioration of the family culture and doubts about the American creed, which affirms equality regardless of class, also pose significant challenges. We must confront these obstacles and more. Being mindful of the following points will help us to do so. Balanced opinions — informed by a combination of principle, pragmatism, historical context and a common morality­­— are the best policy.

Politically-motivated violence is unacceptable. Many Americans face difficult challenges every day, and positive change begins at the individual and family level. Most importantly, the protections afforded to us by the Constitution mean that the sensationalist media, gridlocked legislature and immature chief executive do not dictate the terms of daily life.

Let us take advantage of the opportunities to learn all that we can about the country and the world while at Notre Dame in order to take responsibility for the future.

Nick Marr is a sophomore from San Diego, California.

He is majoring in history and political science with a certificate in international security. His favorite liberal is John F. Kennedy. He knows there could be opinions other than his own, and he encourages them to be directed to nmarr@nd.edu.

The views expressed in this column are those of the author and not necessarily those of The Observer.

The summer blockbuster is dying — and we should let it Patrick McKelvey In Moderation

For the first time since 2006, North American summer box-office revenue will not reach four billion dollars. Ticket sales will have fallen 16 percent since last year — the largest drop in the modern movie era.

Franchise films like “The Mummy” and “Transformers 5” performed far below expectations. Though “Wonder Woman” and “Spider-Man: Homecoming” both received outstanding reviews, good word-of-mouth was not enough to save the season for the big studios. The summer movie season, it seems, just isn’t what it used to be.

Perhaps this has a lot to do with the fact that your average summer blockbuster isn’t reserved for summer anymore. Not long ago, studios would typically only release their big-budget tentpole films in June and July. That’s not possible today. The landscape is just too crowded to confine these films to a few months of the year. It feels like every film being released today is part of a franchise in one way or another. Originality looks like a thing of the past. There are over 200 sequels, prequels, reboots and adaptations confirmed to be in production through 2022 in Hollywood. This includes four sequels to James Cameron’s 2009 film “Avatar” and six more additions to the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Pixar has a fourth “Toy Story” and “The Incredibles II” in the works, and it looks like we’ll be getting a new Star Wars film every Christmas for the foreseeable future. Revenue isn’t down for these movies because they’re bad, necessarily.

Revenue is down because there’s just too many of them.

We are suffering from a bad case of franchise fatigue.

Thankfully, there exists the perfect remedy. It’s called an independent property.

An independent property (IP) is a film that has come from an entirely original idea. It’s not a sequel to an earlier film, it’s not adapted from a book, it’s not a reboot of a franchise or a remake of another piece of cinema. It’s just a new movie. For several years now, Hollywood has been profoundly lacking in IPs. In the era of big-name actors and pricey CGI, movies are more expensive than ever to produce. Couple this with better at-home entertainment systems and unjustifiably high theatre prices, and movie studios are understandably concerned about spending the money to produce a film and then being able to recoup their investment. They think IPs are a major risk; they believe moviegoers are more likely to see something they already know at least a little about than something entirely new. The logic has made the studios billions over the past decade. It also, however, leads studios to invest in familiar choices over better, more original ideas.

That trend is finally reversing. This summer, a movie called “Baby Driver” (directed by Edgar Wright) opened to rave reviews. On nothing but its own merits, on word of mouth and critical acclaim, the movie has become wildly successful. So far, Baby Driver has grossed over $193 million against a budget of just $34 million. The success of Baby Driver and the failure of several bigbudget franchise films this year demonstrates that independent properties can still do well at the box office. For

the average viewer, it doesn’t matter if it’s a movie they are familiar with or not. If a movie is good, people will pay to see it.

It’s time for a rebirth of independent properties. For far too long now, Hollywood has rejected originality in favor of safety, no doubt depriving us of amazing stories.

I love Star Wars. I’ll be at the midnight premiere of The “Last Jedi” this December. But the last thing I want is to live in a time where the only movies made are Star Wars movies. The world is far too big and the human imagination far too boundless to limit ourselves to the stories we’ve already told.

What’s the next Star Wars, what’s the next Harry Potter? Who will have the next beautiful creative idea that will change popular culture, that will become ingrained in our social consciousness for decades? If we don’t give more independent properties a chance, we’ll never find out. Thousands of screenwriters are writing thousands of scripts that tell thousands of stories — stories they want to share with the rest of the world. There’s a ton of great ideas out there. I can’t wait to see them on the screen.

Patrick McKelvey splits his time between being a college sophomore and a grumpy old man. A New Jersey native and American studies major, he is interested in a legal career after graduating Notre Dame. If you can’t find him at the movies, he can be reached for comment at pmckelve@nd.edu 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: Update personal paperwork, contracts or financial assets and liabilities. Taking care of business will ease stress as well as help prepare you for economic changes that could disrupt your professional or personal position. Being smart about debt and spending will ensure that you maintain financial stability. Romance is on the rise and a commitment can be made. Your numbers are 6, 11, 16, 22, 26, 37, 42.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Consider your vocational options. Contact someone you’ve worked with in the past. You’ll be offered an alternate option to your current professional position. Weigh the pros and cons before you make a decision that will have lasting effects.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Get involved in activities that allow you to show off what you have to offer. Physical encounters will give you a sense of what you are capable of. Strive to reach your personal goals and celebrate your success with someone you love.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Personal growth and physical improvements should be a priority. The more motivation you drum up, the easier it will be to carry out your plans and reach your goals. Don’t procrastinate when you should be taking action.

CANCER ( June 21-July 22): Do your best to nurture important relationships.

Aim for equality and sharing as much as you can in order to build a strong bond that can withstand any of life’s challenges that come your way. Make love a priority.

LEO ( July 23-Aug. 22): You’ll be at odds with someone who doesn’t see things the same way you do. Listen carefully before explaining your side, and together you will come up with a way to move forward. Intelligence and common sense will be required.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): A day trip or family gathering will be enlightening and entertaining. Romance is on the rise, along with updating your image and exploring new possibilities. Partnerships are favored and a promise can be made.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): A staid approach to the way you deal with money, health or legal matters will give you the edge you need. Don’t let anyone rush you into making a decision before you are ready. Being thorough will prove beneficial.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Handle changes at home carefully. What you contribute to a group or someone in need of assistance will put you in a good position when dealing with friends, relatives and co-workers. Stand up for your rights and the rights of others. Romance is on the rise.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Keep an open mind, but don’t change your lifestyle just because someone else does. Listen and observe and you will find bits and pieces of information that are valuable to you. Walk away from stressful situations or anyone trying to pressure you.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Downtime will do you good. Make special plans with someone you love or take a day to relax all by yourself. Go over all the things you can eliminate that contribute to your stress.

AQUARIUS ( Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Do your best to get along with everyone. Take time out to discuss your plans with someone you love. Having the same agenda as the person you do the most with will make it easier to make future plans.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Do your best to get along with everyone. Take time out to discuss your plans with someone you love. Having the same agenda as the person you do the most with will make it easier to make future plans.

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MLB | Red sox 10, astros 3

Heisman is Barkley’s to lose Tobias Hoonhout Associate Sports Editor

Since his monster game against Iowa where he collected 358 all-purpose yards, Saquon Bark ley has 36 carries for only 131 yards, and many people who called this Hesiman race over before it started are now starting to reconsider.

W hich is ridiculous.

Because Saquon Bark ley is going to w in the Heisman.

W hat separates Bark ley from the rest is his ability to seemingly create nothing out of something.

Take Saturday’s 31-7 over Northwestern for example.

After suffering through the first half where he finished w ith negative yards running the ball, Bark ley broke the then 10-0 lead w ide open w ith two scores in the third quarter, first a one-yard pile leaper and then a 53-yard burst to put a game away that Penn State was hav ing trouble putting to bed.

Just when you think he’s not going to burn you, he does. Bark ley’s gamechanging abilit y is what makes him an undeniable contender for the Heisman, and he can do it on the ground, through the air and on special teams. He’s Penn State’s leading rusher and receiver, and his ability to affect games, regardless if he’s hav ing a 300 or a 100yard day, make him undeniably the reason why Penn State is ranked third in the countr y.

Bark ley seems to be able to put the Nittany Lions on his back when they need him to, and his patience is remarkable for someone whose talent demands the ball. Take a look at his second touchdow n from Saturday—despite having a quiet game, Bark ley’s mental fortitude to sit behind the line and wait for the hole to develop instead of tr ying to make a play right

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away is exemplar y. The game comes to him, rather than the other way around, and his craftiness and ability to play smart is what I think separates him from the bunch Take a look at his supposed fellow contenders, Lamar Jackson and Baker May field (but don’t forget about Josh Adams). W hile both are undeniably talented, they have both exhibited the fatal f law of folding under pressure after a poor team performance — Jackson against North Carolina State and May field against Iowa State this past weekend. W hile both still had relatively good performances, when it mattered most, they failed. Jackson threw a pick-six w ith his team trailing by a touchdow n w ith 3 minutes to go, and May field failed to lead his team dow n the field on a game-w inning drive, throwing an incompletion on fourth-and-four.

A ll three are on teams that were dreaming of the playoff when the season started, but realistically, only Bark ley’s team is still in the running. I’m a firm believer in a team’s performance factoring into an individual’s and v ice versa, and Bark ley’s calming aura seemingly has had an effect on the rest of his team, while Jackson and May field have come up short in chances to help their teams stay alive in the playoff race.

W hile there’s still a lot of football left to be played, Penn State has as good a chance as anybody to run the gauntlet and be one of those four teams, and w ith the way Saquon Bark ley has been changing games this season, that chance may turn into realit y.

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BOSTON — Hanley Ramirez waved a “Believe in Boston” flag during pregame introductions, drawing cheers from a Fenway Park crowd fearful of a second straight postseason sweep.

Then he gave the Red Sox exactly what they wished for: more October baseball.

“I just tried to wake everybody up,” Ramirez said after delivering four hits and three RBIs to lead the AL East champions to a 10-3 victory over the Houston Astros in Game 3 of the AL Division Series on Sunday.

“I think that’s my job: Find a way to come through in big situations,” the designated hitter said.

“It’s the playoffs. It’s go time.”

David Price pitched four scoreless innings after another Boston starter faltered, and 20-year-old Rafael Devers hit the go-ahead homer to help the Red Sox snap a five-game postseason losing streak.

Mitch Moreland had three of Boston’s 15 hits — matching its combined total from Games 1

and 2, a pair of 8-2 losses. Jackie Bradley Jr. hit his first postseason homer, a three-run shot in a sixrun seventh that put the game away.

Early trouble Carlos Correa homered for the Astros as they took a first-inning lead for the third straight game.

Up 3-0 with two on and one out in the second, Houston chased Doug Fister and Joe Kelly retired George Springer before Josh Reddick hit a long fly ball to right field that Mookie Betts caught at the top of the short wall to end the inning.

“It would have been a great spot for us to get another three runs and big momentum for us. And that seemed to be big momentum for those guys,” Reddick said.

“They come up after that and they take the lead. So I just l wish the park was a little bit shorter.”

Red Sox relief Kelly pitched the third, and then Price scattered four hits and a walk while throwing 57 pitches in his longest outing since July.

Since going to the bullpen in

September after missing most of the season with elbow problems, Price has made seven straight scoreless appearances.

“He’s a machine. He’s a competitor. And when he’s on the mound he’s going to give everything he has,” Ramirez said. “That’s him.

That’s his attitude. ”

Early trouble II Astros starter Brad Peacock escaped the second inning with a 3-1 lead despite loading the bases with nobody out, but he ran into bigger trouble in the third.

After Peacock struck out Boston’s No. 3 and 4 hitters, Moreland doubled and scored on Ramirez’s line drive over left fielder Gonzalez’s outstretched glove.

Francisco Liriano gave up Devers’ two-run homer to right that gave Boston a 4-3 lead — its first in 44 postseason innings dating to Game 1 of the 2016 ALDS. Peacock allowed three runs and six hits in 2 2/3 innings.

Liriano got just one out while allowing one run and two hits for the Astros, who have never swept a postseason series.

NFL | colts 26, 49ers 23

Vinatieri lifts Indianapolis over San Francisco in OT Associated Press

INDIANAPOLIS — San Francisco scored two touchdowns Sunday at Indianapolis.

Hey, it’s progress.

But the offensive woes that have kept the 49ers winless through five games are still there; at times, they were so glaring that even coach Kyle Shanahan couldn’t sugarcoat them following a 26-23 overtime loss.

“You’ve got to have success to get the confidence,” Shanahan said. “That was very frustrating throughout the game — we had a number of opportunities.”

And, as usual, they blew those chances.

The most promising sight was seeing Brian Hoyer go 29 of 46 for 353 yards with two TD passes and no interceptions.

Otherwise, the 49ers didn’t do much.

After scoring a touchdown in one of its first four games, San Francisco went nearly 3½ quarters without another against the Colts (2-3).

The big scoring barrage came courtesy of a 6-yard shovel pass to Kyle Juszczyk and a 5-yard

catch George Kittle made on fourth-and-goal and required his wrestling to barely crack the goal line.

It still wasn’t good enough.

San Francisco has now lost four straight games by three or fewer points, becoming the first team to achieve that dubious feat since the 1994 Houston Oilers. The 49ers were 4 of 14 on third downs, rushed 22 times for 66 yards and couldn’t cross midfield in overtime. Carlos Hyde logged eight carries for 11 yards.

“We have three backs that are up, and we try to give them all carries and go with the hot hand. We felt like (Matt) Breida was the hot hand at the time,” Shanahan said before being asked about Hyde and a possible injury. “No, it was just about trying to go with the hot hand.”

The Colts’ offense didn’t do much either.

They got touchdown runs from Marlon Mack and Jacoby Brissett to take a 23-9 lead early in the fourth quarter, let that lead slip away and then watched Brissett get picked off at the goal line in overtime.

The difference was that when Brissett got another chance, he delivered by positioning Adam Vinatieri for a 51-yard field goal to win it.

“We found a way in overtime,” Colts coach Chuck Pagano said. “We’ll take it right now any way we can. But you’re exactly right. You’re up 14 in the fourth, you’ve got to find a way (to finish).

Here are some other observations from Sunday:

Mr. Clutch Vinatieri’s fourth field goal of the day sent him past Gary Anderson (538) into second on the NFL’s all-time list. It was only one part of his milestone day. He tied George Blanda (639) for third in most field goal attempts, tied Jason Hanson (327) for No. 5 on the NFL list for games played, and made the 10th overtime field goal of his career — an NFL record.

Remembering the Past 49ers receiver Pierre Garcon and Colts running back Frank Gore both got a rare chance to face the teams that drafted them. Both played pretty well.

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Irish graduate student midfielder Sandra Yu dribbles the ball during Notre Dame’s 1-0 double-overtime loss to South Carolina on Sept. 1 at Alumni Stadium. Yu’s goal on Thursday gave her seven on the season.

Irish sophomore forward Jennifer Westendorf tries to shake off her defender during Notre Dame’s 1-0 loss to South Carolina on Sept. 1.

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with a regular-season conference championship. For Romagnolo, the key for her team is take things one game at a time.

“We just have to look at it one game at a time and continue to grow as a team.

Our next game isn’t until Saturday, and it’s our last home game,” Romagnolo said. “We will look to send our seniors out on a good note at home and then beyond

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The goal for Yu marked her seventh of the season and helped Notre Dame equal their goal total from the 2016 season at 26.

Virginia was able to notch things up at one in the 60th minute, and despite efforts on both sides, the score would remain that way through all of regulation and both overtimes. The Irish did have a bit of a scare as they were outshot 4-1 in the first overtime, but they were able to escape unscathed and walk away with the tie in front of a boisterous crowd at Klockner Stadium.

On Sunday, Notre Dame was able to pick up the win on home turf, but it did not come easy. Despite generating a number of offensive chances, the Irish still found themselves tied at zero after 45

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women’s team knocked off the Cardinals. In the dual meet, the Irish broke away winning 20 out of 32 events, beating the Cardinals 153.5146.5 on the men’s side and 181.5- 118.5 women’s side.

Multiple event winners for the Irish included senior Justin Plaschka (50-yard freestyle and 100-yard butterf ly), senior Rob W hitacre (100-yard and 200-yard backstroke), sophomore Abbie Dolan (50-yard free, 100yard free, and 200-yard free), junior Meaghan O’Donnell (100-yard breast stroke) and sophomore Erin Sheehan (100-yard butterf ly). The Irish also won the women’s 200-medley relay and the

minutes. The team came out in an even more aggressive fashion in the second half, and the effort finally paid off in the 68th minute when sophomore striker Jennifer Westendorf was able to bury a cross from sophomore forward Natalie Jacobs to open up the scoring. Jacobs would eventually net one herself 20 minutes later to add an insurance goal, although the Irish would not need it as they held on to the shutout.

The win continued a solid string of good fortune for Notre Dame on Sundays, improving their record to 6-0 when wrapping up a weekend on Sunday.

After a weekend of ACC play, Irish head coach Theresa Romagnolo saw a number of positives from her team, especially on the offensive side of the ball.

“Our forwards did a really good job holding onto the ball,” Romangolo said.

women’s 400-freestyle relay.

In addition to the upperclassmen, there were also freshmen that stood out and performed for the Irish in their debut meets. Standout freshman for the Irish included Zachar y Yeadon and Lindsay Stone. In his collegiate debut, Yeadon broke two records and won the 500-yard and 1000-yard freestyle against Louisville’s AllAmerican Marcelo Acosta.

Stone won the 500-yard and 1000-yard freestyles with times of 4:50.07 and 9:51.48 respectively.

The Irish will next face off against Michigan State and the 15th-ranked men and fifth-ranked women of Texas A&M at home this Friday, with the Aggies sticking around on Saturday for a dual-meet.

“I thought we did a good job of keeping the ball in the opponent’s end and producing some opportunities for ourselves.”

With only four games remaining in the regular season, Notre Dame finds itself in a three-way tie for fourth place currently in ACC standings. The team will certainly have an uphill battle if it hopes to repeat the same success it had last year, finishing

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that we will still have three more games on the road from there.”

Notre Dame will next play on Saturday when the Irish host Virginia Tech on Senior Night. The game kicks off at 7 p.m. as the Irish will look to pick up a win in their last home game of the regular season.

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goaltender Jordan Uhelski to give Notre Dame a 2-1 lead.

Just a minute and a half later, however, Huntsville again responded w ith a goal of their ow n to knot the score at 2-2, and then took a 3-2 lead a few minutes later off of a power play.

With 1:30 left in the period, junior defenseman Dennis Gilbert blasted a shot from the point into the net to tie the game at 3-3.

A lmost six minutes into the third period, Notre Dame once again grabbed the lead after senior for ward Jake Evans scored a power play goal. Despite a furious

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Huntsville rush in the final minutes of the game, the Irish were able to hold on, and senior captain Jake Evans added an empty net goal w ith 18 seconds left to seal the w in for the Irish.

Evans finished the game w ith two goals and one assist.

Senior defenseman Jordan Gross recorded three assists, while junior for ward Andrew Oglevie pitched in two assists. Notre Dame sophomore goaltender Cale Morris recorded 25 saves on 28 shots. Notre Dame finished two-for-five on the power play, and killed off four of the five penalties it took.

Notre Dame head coach Jeff Jackson said he thought Morris had a good first career

start despite some hiccups.

“I thought he did a good job tonight,” Jackson said.

“It was a good start for him and a good start for our team too. I thought we were a little jitter y, the puck kept bouncing on us a lot and I thought that was what led to a lot of two-on-ones. The puck was bouncing on our defense a lot and created opportunities for them. So we just have to settle things dow n a little bit. We had some stretches where we were really good and some stretches where I thought we were making some soft plays w ith the puck.”

Jackson also said he liked what he saw from the freshman on the team.

“Theisen showed what

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Irish junior forward Andrew Oglevie takes a shot during Notre Dame’s 5-3 victory over AlabamaHuntsville on Friday at Compton Family Ice Arena. Oglevie had his 12th multi-point game on Saturday.

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have hoped, as a give-and-go bet ween senior midfielder Blake Tow ns and Farina gave Tow ns a free run dow n the right w ing. After making the goalkeeper commit to him, Tow ns threaded a pass to a streaking Gallagher in the middle, who slotted the ball home to give the Irish a 1-0 lead at 46:50 — his eighth goal of the season.

However, Clemson responded quick ly w ith a goal of their ow n in 50th minute, as freshman midfielder A lexander Hemmingsen punched the ball in during a scrum in front the Notre Dame goal to level the score at one apiece.

Throughout the rest of the half, it was Clemson who generated most of the genuine scoring opportunities. Hubbard came up w ith

several big saves, however, and w ithstood the opponent’s offensive pressure all night, as Clemson outshot Notre Dame 19-8 over the course the game while holding a slight 5-4 margin over the Irish in shots on goal.

Just when things appeared destined for overtime, junior Irish defender Felicien Dumas won a free kick deep in Clemson territor y.

From an angle too steep on the left w ing to tr y for goal, Gallagher instead chipped a cross into the middle of the box and it found the head of fellow senior Farina, who smashed it into the back of the net to give the Irish their w inning goal at 88: 02.

Notre Dame returns to action for a nonconference showdow n w ith rival Michigan on Tuesday night inside A lumni Stadium. The Irish and Wolverines w ill kick off at 7 p.m. on ACC Network Extra.

kind of shot he’s got,” Jackson said. “I thought [for ward Ma x] Eisenmenger played well. I moved him over to right w ing when we shortened the bench a little later on in the game, but all in all I thought [defenseman] Matt Hellickson was really good, so from first impressions I thought they all did a really good job tonight.”

On Saturday, Notre Dame were more sting y defensively as they blanked the Chargers 4-0 in the second matchup of the weekend, led by the goaltending of freshman Dylan St. Cyr. After a relatively slow first period which saw Notre Dame kill three power plays, the Irish saw a glimmer of hope as the Chargers were called for hooking w ith 33.5 seconds left in the period.

They would capitalize on their power-play opportunit y sw iftly, as Oglev ie scored on a one-timer at the buzzer to put Notre Dame up 1-0.

With a one goal lead, the Irish dialed it up in the second period. Wasting no time at all, Gross scored his first goal of the season w ith the help of an assist from Theisen and senior for ward Bo Brauer. Ten minutes later, the Irish would gain another power play as a result of a hooking call on the Chargers. Oglev ie recorded his second goal of the night at the buzzer again, thanks to the assist from Evans.

With a three-goal lead, the Irish played confidently in the third period. St. Cy r continued his master y inside the net, and the Irish defensemen held the Chargers to only a few opportunities.

Half way through the period, freshman for ward Matt Steeves recorded his first collegiate goal, assisted by Hellickson and junior forward Joe Weg werth. The Irish

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would contain the Chargers for the rest of the period and go on to w in the matchup by a four-goal margin.

For the Irish, Jake Evans recorded two assists on the night, Oglev ie managed to record his 12th multi-point game and Cy r recorded 34 saves and a shutout in his first collegiate start.

“We knew he was a good goaltender,” Jackson said on the freshman’s performance.

“He’s a real competitor, he likes to handle the puck …

He played really well, so I’m really happy for him. He’s a ver y intelligent goaltender, he knows how big he is, and he uses it to his advantage.” “... There w ill be teams that w ill tr y to crowd his crease, and that doesn’t really bother him. People look to go high on him but he plays such good angles, he’s in position aggressively. He’s in control, and he can afford to play aggressively because he does such a good job w ith rebounds too.”

The Irish w ill turn it up a notch in their next game, hosting top-ranked Denver next weekend at home. The Pioneers dominated the Irish in the Frozen Four last season en-route to the national championship, w inning 6-1.

“That was then and this is now,” Jackson said on the matchup. “I told them in the room, we’re not going to blow this out of proportion. It’s a big series, play ing the No. 1 ranked team in the countr y, and justifiably so. They’re a ver y talented team … they know it, I don’t have to talk to them about it, so we’ll have normal work week and just focus on getting better.”

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Irish graduate student goaltender Chris Hubbard surveys the field during Notre Dame’s 2-1 victory over Northwestern on Oct. 1 at Alumni Stadium. Hubbard had four saves in Friday’s 2-1 win against Clemson.

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Men’s Soccer | ND 2, Clemson 1

Late goal lifts ND to victory Observer Sports Staff

Looking for a signature w in in a top-10 matchup against No. 5 Clemson on Friday night, No. 9 Notre Dame found it, topping the Tigers 2-1 on the road at Historic Riggs Field.

Senior for wards Jon Gallagher and Jeff Farina scored for the Irish (8-2-1, 3-1-1 ACC), who stunned Clemson (8-3-0, 2-3-0 ACC) w ith a goal in the 89th minute to claim the v ictor y.

With the w in, Notre Dame improved to 3-0-1 against Clemson since joining the ACC five years ago, starting in 2013 when the Irish v isited Clemson and bested another tough Tigers squad by a score of 2-1 in overtime.

Friday’s game saw much of the same. In front of its home crowd, Clemson came out strong in the first few minutes of play. However, a midfield giveaway in the fifth minute by the Tigers led to a breakaway for Farina and

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a bona fide opportunit y for Notre Dame, but the senior for ward’s shot was denied by junior Clemson goalkeeper X imo Miralles. The Irish almost scored again in the 23rd minute, when Gallagher dribbled around Miralles dow n the left w ing and f licked the ball on goal, but a sliding Clemson defender safely cleared the would-be-goal.

The rest of the first half was all Clemson, as the Tigers were consistently dangerous on offense around Notre Dame’s goal.

In the 38th minute, Clemson senior midfielder Oliver Shannon powered a shot that fizzed in towards the net, but was punched away

by Notre Dame captain and graduate student goalkeeper Chris Hubbard to keep the game scoreless heading into halftime.

The Irish started the second half as well as they could

The Irish opened their season in commanding fashion this past weekend, sweeping visiting A labama-Huntsville 5-3 on Friday and then 4-0 on Saturday in the regularseason opener at Compton Family Ice Arena.

On Friday, after a scoreless first period, the Irish (2-0) scored 12 seconds into the second period on the power play when junior defenseman Bobby Nardella blasted a shot from the point to give the Irish a 1-0 lead. But Huntsville (0-2) responded just 36 seconds later with a goal of their own to tie the game 1-1.

Three minutes into the second period, freshman for ward Colin Theisen gave the Irish the lead again after firing a shot from the point past junior Huntsville

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Irish senior forward Jake Evans prepares for a faceoff during Notre Dame’s 5-3 victory over Alabama-Huntsville on Friday.

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Squads fall just short at opener Observer Sports Staff

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Coming off nearly a full week of rest, Notre Dame performed well in two conference games over the weekend, tying No. 13 Virginia 1-1 on the road Thursday, before coming back home and defeating Syracuse 2-0 on Sunday.

It became clear early on Thursday that the Irish (74-3, 3-2-1 ACC) were in for a tough challenge as they faced an aggressive Virginia (8-3-3, 3-1-2) attack that led the ACC in shots coming into the contest.

Although the half started quietly, just before the halftime break the Irish put on a solid display of passing before graduate student midfielder Sandra Yu was able to pull away from a defender and strike the ball home, giving her team the 1-0 lead.

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Irish sophomore forward Natalie Jacobs looks to pass during Notre Dame’s 1-0 overtime loss to South Carolina on Sept. 1.

The No. 17 men’s team and No. 25 women’s team opened their seasons for the Irish this past weekend, finishing second in the Dennis Stark Relays to the No. 7 men and No. 9 women’s teams of Louisville on Friday, but bouncing back to defeat the Cardinals in the first dual meet of the season on Saturday.

Coming off of one of the best seasons in program histor y, Notre Dame’s hope of starting the season strong with a win fell just short in its opening meet. In the 54th Dennis Stark relays, named in honor of the program’s first coach, Louisville reigned supreme for both men’s and women’s teams in the clash between the ACC rivals.

The Louisville’s men narrowly beat out the Irish 130-128 and the Cardinals women’s team beat out the

women’s team 134-130.

Despite the loss to Louisville, the Irish won 10 out of 22 events, and broke six meet relay records including: the men’s and women’s 300yard breaststroke relay, the women’s 1500-yard freestyle relay, men’s 200-yard freestyle relay, and the men’s and women’s 400-yard freestyle relays. In addition to relays, sophomore Abbie Dolan etched her name into the Rolf Aquatic Center record books with her 1:46.69 leg of the Irish’s 800-yard freestyle.

The Irish weren’t the only team in attendance to break meet records as Louisville sophomore and the 2016 ACC Freshman of the Year Mallor y Comerford swam her leg of the 300-yard butterf ly relay in 52.96 seconds.

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And then — 23 minutes into the game, on its sixth possession — North Carolina finally earned its first first down of the contest.

The Irish (5-1) had held the Tar Heels (1-5, 0-3 ACC) to five consecutive three-and-outs to start the game. They recorded a total of eight on the day, plus a safety by senior defensive end Jay Hayes and junior defensive tackle Jerry Tillery and an interception by sophomore defensive end Julian Okwara that also came without a Tar Heels first down on the drive.

Okwara said the entire defense is always determined to get off the field on third downs.

“Whenever we get to third down, we’re in there to go get a stop,” Okwara said. “That’s something we practice every day, thirddown situations and getting off the ball, getting to the quarterback, reading the tackle and trying to make the right play.”

But the Irish three-and-outs were not simply the product of successful third downs. The Tar Heels consistently faced difficult third-down situations, with an average third-down distance of 6.1 yards and four plays of thirdand-nine or more.

On first down in particular, the Irish defense set the tone, letting up only 2.4 yards on average over the course of the game, and holding the Tar Heels to an average of a 2.2 yard loss per first-down play on the opening five drives of the game. That first-down

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Long’s offense, rolling out of the pocket and making the throws that Wimbush has often struggled with at times this year.

But as the game progressed, Book didn’t look as comfortable.

He was kept in the pocket a little bit more, and he struggled to read the defense and make his progressions after the Tar Heels (1-5, 0-3 ACC) started to make adjustments. On his last 20 attempts, Book completed only nine passes and threw two interceptions.

And all of that invites the following question: Did anyone really expect Book to throw the ball 31 times in the first place? Let alone 25 times in the first half?

You’re lying if you said yes.

And in the end, it all worked out fine. Book didn’t play well enough to stir up any questions about Wimbush’s job security, as my colleague Daniel O’Boyle suggested a strong performance could in his column Friday; nor did he play poorly enough for the Irish to ever truly feel threatened in this game.

So we didn’t really learn much about the Irish passing game with or without Wimbush in Saturday’s game. And the fact Book threw more times in the first half than Wimbush had in either of the previous three games suggests we really didn’t learn much

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performance starts with the defensive line, which Jay Hayes said feeds off its own success due to the competitive attitudes of every player in the unit.

“It’s so competitive in the D-line room,” Hayes said. “Guys want to get tackles for losses, they want to get sacks, they want to get forced fumbles and they want to get fumble recoveries. The guys are so competitive. When someone gets something, everyone’s happy, but everyone wants to get something too. That’s what keeps the D-line rolling. It was competitive before, but not like this. They count pressures, they count wins and losses during the game, everyone counts everything.”

Okwara echoed that sentiment, saying defensive line coach Mike Elston ensures the unit builds on every successful play it makes.

“Coach Elston tries to get us fired up,” Okwara said. “We feed off each other and we try to execute and make plays for each other.”

Last year, the Irish forced a total of 32 three-and-outs, while no team forced more than 68. The nation’s leaders in the statistic were none other than national champions Clemson, with national runners-up Alabama in second place. The eight threeand-outs forced by the Irish against the Tar Heels bring them to 23 for the season, an average of a little under four per game. Irish senior linebacker Drue Tranquill said the defense has had great success this year, but was determined to truly make a statement in North Carolina.

“Coach Elko challenged us this

week,” Tranquill said. “For the most part we’ve been able to get by and still beat our opponents down, but there’s always been a drive here or there where they accumulated too many yards on us, so the coaches challenged us this week. For the most part I think we still did great but I think there are still things we can look at as far as really punishing opponents goes, but we definitely took a step forward to that today and had a great performance.”

With the exception of a 16-play field goal drive that ended in the fourth quarter with the Irish already leading by 19 points, no Tar Heels drive lasted more than two minutes, as the Irish defense neither bent nor broke, ending drives quickly by stops and turnovers. Hayes said he was determined to make opponents fear the Irish defense, and that starts with stopping offenses as soon as possible.

“We take pride in getting threeand-outs,” Hayes said. “That’s our whole goal getting in every time we go out there. They’re going to go three-and-out. We don’t want them to try to drive down the field in us. We take pride in that.

“We don’t want a team to think they can run on us; we don’t want a team to drive down the field; we don’t want a team to think they can push us around. We want to instill fear, fear of us as a front four, as a front seven, as an entire defense with all the guys in rotation.

We want to instill fear in those five O-linemen that are facing us.”

about the offensive strategy going forward, either.

What about the other facets of Saturday’s win?

Well, nothing much new there, either.

Junior running back Josh Adams ran for another 100-plus yards in the first half, buoyed largely, again, by another long touchdown run — this one to the tune of 73 yards — that has seemingly become the norm on a pergame basis for the captain.

And when the Irish took Adams out of the game to deal with his dehydration, we saw sophomore Deon McIntosh yet again close out another Irish win, this time with his best performance of the season — 12 carries, 124 yards and two touchdowns, all in the second half. And while McIntosh’s performance was impressive, it also wasn’t altogether surprising.

The sophomore had closed out games before, and this time he just took on a bigger role against a much weaker defense — one that had given up five yards per carry and 222 yards per game entering Saturday — behind one of college football’s best offensive lines.

This game offered a glimpse at the real depth Notre Dame has at the running back spot. But if head coach Brian Kelly is going to continue to label Adams as the “bellcow” back and play musical chairs with the backups when he needs a spell, it doesn’t really tell us much about the role McIntosh will play in closer games against

better teams — a la USC, North Carolina State, Miami (FL) or Stanford — going forward.

On the other side of the ball, the defense was dominant. It kept the Tar Heels offense without a first down the entire first quarter and a good chunk of the second quarter. Plus, it forced another three turnovers and even added two points on a defensive safety to close out the first half.

But against a North Carolina offense that was averaging less than 400 yards of offense per game and had already turned from its graduate transfer starter to a redshirt freshman at quarterback just a few games into the season, there probably wasn’t much that can be gleaned from the defense’s performance either.

So what’s left to say?

Well, Notre Dame took care of business Saturday, beating a vastly inferior and thinner team, just as it was supposed to.

Now the Irish have a bye week, giving them two weeks to prepare for their biggest game the rest of the way: a night game at home against current-No. 14 USC. And that’s a game when we’ll actually learn about who this Irish team has become in the last four weeks.

Contact Daniel O’Boyle at doboyle1@nd.edu

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

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Scoring Summary 2

1st

2nd

3rd

4th

Total

0 0

7 16

0 10

3 7

10 33

Notre Dame 7, north carolina 0

Cam Smith six-yard pass from Ian Book (Justin Yoon kick)

14:54

remaining Drive: 15 plays, 80 yards, 4:57 elapsed

NOTRE DAME 14, North Carolina 0 Josh Adams 73-yard run (Yoon kick)

12:38

remaining Drive: Two plays, 73 yards, 0:17 elapsed

NOTRE DAME 14, North Carolina 7

Anthony Ratcliff-Williams 25-yard pass from Chazz Surratt (Freeman Jones kick)

1:50

remaining Drive: Six plays, 47 yards, 1:49 elapsed

Notre Dame 16, north carolina 7 Jay Hayes safety

00:28 remaining

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Notre Dame 19, north carolina 7 Yoon 29-yard field goal

11:15

remaining Drive: Seven plays, five yards, 2:47 elapsed

Notre dame 26, north carolina 7

Deon McIntosh 35-yard run (Yoon kick)

6:41

remaining Drive: Two plays, 46 yards, 0:28 elapsed

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Notre Dame 26, north carolina 10 Jones 34-yard field goal

14:11

remaining Drive: 16 plays, 56 yards, 4:31 elapsed

Notre dame 33, north carolina 10

McIntosh 24-yard run (Yoon kick)

14:11

remaining Drive: 11 plays, 75 yards, 5:06 elapsed

statistics RUSHING yards 341 86

PASSING yards 146 179

total yards 487 265

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Insider

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KATHRYNE ROBINSON | The Observer

Irish sophomore quarterback Ian Book sidesteps a defender during Notre Dame’s 33-10 victory over North Carolina on Saturday at Kenan Memorial Stadium in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Book passed for 146 yards in his first start and threw his first touchdown pass, opening scoring with a 6-yard pass to Cam Smith on the first play of the second quarter.

Put it in the books

Ian Book made his first career start in place of the injured Brandon Wimbush. The sophomore passed for 146 yards and completed 17 of his 31 attempts. The Irish rushing game was also in full swing, as both Josh Adams and Deon McIntosh ran for over 100 yards. Adams burst through defenders for a 73-yard touchdown run, while McIntosh scored twice in the second half.

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Irish junior running back Josh Adams breaks away from a defender during Notre Dame’s win Saturday.

KATHRYNE ROBINSON | The Observer

Irish junior tight end Alize Mack returns to the line of scrimmage during Notre Dame’s 33-10 win over North Carolina on Saturday.

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Julian Okwara, left, attempts to rush the passer during Notre Dame’s win over North Carolina.

KATHRYNE ROBINSON | The Observer

Irish senior linebacker Nyles Morgan stares down the offensive line prior to the snap during Notre Dame’s 33-10 win over North Carolina on Saturday at Kenan Memorial Stadium in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.