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Panelists explore intersection of causes “Is ‘Black Lives Matter’ a Pro-Life Issue?” examines contemporary social issues in relation to dignity By ALEXANDRA PARK News Writer

As the kick-off event for Black Catholic History month and Notre Dame’s annual Stand Against Hate Week, a public panel reflected on the shared features of two contemporary social justice movements in a panel entitled “Is ‘Black Lives Matter’ a Pro-Life Issue?” The panel was held Monday afternoon in the Duncan Student Center. The panel was comprised of Jessica Keating, director of the Notre Dame Office of Human Dignity and Life Initiatives, Kyle Lantz, director of social concern seminars at the Center for Social Concerns and Shawnee Daniels-Sykes,

a Catholic theological ethicist and associate professor of theology at Mount Mary University. The event was organized by Campus Ministry, the Gender Relations Center, Multicultural Student Programs and Services and Notre Dame Right to Life. Discussion began with a brief explanation of both movements. Moderator Kayla August, assistant director of evangelization for Campus Ministry, said the Black Lives Matter movement was not limited to black people, just as the pro-life movement was not limited to only opposing abortion. “The primary mission of Black Lives Matter is to work vigorously for freedom and see BLM PAGE 3

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Speakers at the panel “Is ‘Black Lives Matter’ a Pro-Life Issue?” kick off Black Catholic History month and Notre Dame’s annual Stand Against Hate Week by debating the shared features of the social justice issues.

College to host hunger awareness event By KELLY BURKE News Writer

The Student Diversity Board at Saint Mary’s College will be hosting its annual Hunger Banquet on Wednesday, Nov. 14 in Haggar College Center. The banquet raises awareness about the poverty and hunger that impact people all across the world, specifically by demonstrating how

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Rocks with inspirational and positive messages are displayed and put up by the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures. By MAX LANDER News Writer

As the days get shorter and colder, the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures is trying to spread positivity around campus with a new creative art display between DeBartolo and O’Shaughnessy Halls. The exhibit is called “Romance Rocks” and consists of rocks decorated with words written in foreign languages of

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positivity and encouragement to students, faculty and other passersby. Sara Nunley, the undergraduate studies coordinator in the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures and the person who organized the display, said “Romance Rocks” is meant to combat negativity in the community. “We basically are see POSITIVITY PAGE 4

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meal sizes vary according to one’s social class. Student Diversity Board president and junior Bella Tillman explained that guests to the dinner will be randomly seated at a table representing a specific social class. Tillman said the low income group will be have the largest number of students to ref lect the relative size

of this socioeconomic class throughout the world. The meals provided will differ according to the table. “If you are in the low income group then you only get rice and water,” Tillman said. “The middle income group gets rice, water, lentils, and salad. And then if you are in the high income group you see HUNGER PAGE

Theatre majors prepare for comprehensives, festival At Saint Mary’s, the senior theatre majors are always busy. Seniors Stephanie Johnson and Regan Hattersley have already started preparing for their senior comprehensives and the American College Theatre Festival (ACTF) that

is open to all theatre majors, minors and those interested in the arts. A comprehensive is an hour-long play Saint Mary’s senior theatre majors put on every year. The students cast and direct their plays, as well as design the set and costumes. Johnson noted the extensive time commitments

theatre majors have to undertake, as she said she has to manage her time between performing in shows, working backstage and juggling her school work. “Not only do theatre majors work hard in the classroom, but we work hard outside of the classroom as well,” she

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Group hears presentations, passes resolution By CLAIRE RAFFORD News Writer

Notre Dame’s student senate convened for its weekly meeting Monday evening, hearing presentations regarding the Inclusive Campus Student Survey and Hesburgh Library renovations, as well as approving a new constitutional amendment and nominating senators for the Constitution Committee. Junior and student government director of gender relations Elizabeth Boyle started the meeting with a short announcement about the Inclusive Campus Survey sent out to students via an email from Erin Hoffman-Harding, vice president for student affairs. “This [survey] is the way that we can gauge violence, specifically sexual violence on campus, and it’s the only way that we can monitor and number where those things are coming from and how frequently they’re occurring,” Boyle said. Boyle said the survey will be open until Nov. 26, and all students are highly encouraged to take the survey. University librarian Diane Walker and head of the Library Renovation Steering Committee Jessica Kayongo then presented to the senate about the renovation plans for Hesburgh Library. “When I was interviewed and accepted this job, a

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justice for black people, and by extension, all people, giving the movement a highly intersectional position, extending efforts to all marginalized populations,” she said. The first topic the panel discussed was the Catholic Church’s definition of human dignity. “The concept of human dignity is under attack right now in the United States and in Western Europe as well,” Keating said. “This is a real challenge for us in the Church ... to make this argument for human dignity.” She said people were ordered to help one another, citing the history of Christians caring for society’s most vulnerable and unwanted populations, such as children left to die through exposure to the elements. “That was the ancient world’s way of abortion,” she said. Daniels-Sykes connected the concept of human dignity to Black Lives Matter by exploring a parallel between the types of vulnerability represented in each movement. “The Black Lives Matter

then-student who was writing an article on the library for ‘The Scholastic’ and wanted to interview me — this was before I arrived on campus — one of her questions was, ‘Students don’t find the Hesburgh Library an inviting or welcoming space, and certainly not a very lively one — what will you do to change that?’” Walker said. “So I took that as a mandate that we really needed to address the space in this building.” Walker said some of the main goals behind renovating the library were to promote its research and learning services, provide high-quality study spaces for students and make space to organize and publicize the library’s physical anthology, including special collections. “[We want to] basically transform the environment here so that it lives up to the expectations and the aspirations of our university, to be a top light and provide a top experience for everyone who is here,” she said. Parts of the first and second floors of the library have already been renovated, as well as the 10th floor of the building. Walker said the renovation team is planning the project in phases while Notre Dame raises funds for it. Currently, space on the first floor for subject librarians and technology areas on the first and second floors are being renovated.

Kayongo said future plans include renovating the first floor study space known as the “Fishbowl” to become the Grand Reading Room, creating a similar space on the second floor and moving and combining the special collections and archives on the first floor. The senate also voted to approve a resolution regarding an update to the Student Union Constitution whereby a substitute leader can be elevated in the case of the absence of the senate chair, who is normally the student body vice president. Sophomore and parliamentarian Halena Hadi proposed the resolution, explaining that in case of the vice president’s absence from the senate, it would be best to designate a non-voting member of the senate to substitute as chair. Hadi said that she drafted the resolution after senior and vice president Corey Gayheart had to miss a senate meeting and sophomore class council president Sam Cannova and junior class council president Laksumi Sivanandan chaired the senate in his absence. Since the two are voting members, it could cause an issue in the case of a tiebreaker vote, since the chair of the senate only votes when there is a tie. “This is mainly just to maintain impartiality, because Corey’s not a voting member as it is unless there’s an emergency, in which case he would

break the tie,” Hadi said. “I just thought we should stay in line with that, especially in the situation where he’s gone, we should have another nonvoting member take his place so that we can preserve the right of all voting members to vote.” The senate unanimously approved the resolution. The group also nominated and appointed three nominees to the Constitution Committee. Hadi said the committee’s duties would include independent reading of the constitution and proposing potential changes to the document as they see fit. “There is no mandated meeting schedule, so we would probably meet every two or three weeks or as issues arise,” Hadi said. Sophomore and McGlinn Hall senator Isabella Schmitz, junior and Sorin Hall senator Mark Spretnjak and junior and Lyons Hall senator Caila Lindsey were nominated and approved to be on the committee. During the new business portion of the meeting, Lindsey asked a question about students who may want to run for student body president, but cannot as they are studying abroad in the spring semester. “I want to discuss how we can change that, because there are students who are going abroad who couldn’t go abroad any other semester,” Lindsey

said. The senate debated this topic and Gayheart spoke from experience, saying that the transition period could be difficult to navigate for a student trying to lead from abroad. “My first thought is that because the term starts on April 1, there’s a lot that happens during the transition period — so February and March,” Gayheart said. “There’s a lot of meetings with cabinet directors and things like that, that in theory, people should probably be present for.” In addition, Gayheart said because the term begins before the end of the semester, the student body vice president would miss senate meetings if they were abroad. Sivanandan said students have to choose between studying abroad and running for a leadership role, as students can’t pursue both opportunities. “As someone who had to go through the decision-making process of going abroad or running for something, I get that we are all Notre Dame students who want to do everything, go study abroad and having all these leadership positions, but sometimes you can’t really have your cake and eat it too,” she said. “You have to decide what you think is the best thing to do.”

movement symbolizes a visible vulnerability,” she said. “The pro-life movement symbolizes a non-visible [vulnerability] because the unborn fetus is in the womb.” She attributed the vulnerability of African Americans to implicit bias, citing the deaths of Tamir Rice and John Crawford III, both young African American men who were fatally shot by police officers. “Life has been snuffed out for centuries ... this country is based on the [perceived] suspiciousness of people of African descent,” Daniels-Sykes said. “At the heart of [the Black Lives Matter conversation] is a cry that says, ‘I need you to hear that something is wrong. Something is wrong and something needs to be addressed.’” The panelists also spoke about what they felt were common misperceptions of each movement. Speaking from her personal experience as a former pro-choice believer, Keating said the portrayal of pro-life as a homogenous, conservative movement was not accurate. Daniels-Sykes said Black Lives Matter was often portrayed unfairly by the media in a negative and violent light.

“Social justice and pro-life are just invisible in our culture right now,” Keating said. “This idea that life from the womb to the end of life, issues of racism, issues of poverty, these all start to interconnect when you dig into one issue ... abortion is related to race, it’s related to domestic violence — it’s a huge predictor.” Lantz said most of these misperceptions depend on the people an individual chooses to be around. He said it was easy to reject an entire movement because of one’s dislike for a single aspect of that movement and that individuals were more likely to dismiss injustice if it didn’t affect them personally. “If my perceptions are based on those I interact with or what I choose to read, I can easily find something to lift up the worst of the other movement and find an example that shows, ‘I don’t care.’” Lantz said. When asked how the two movements fit into the modern pursuit of justice, Keating said a vision of justice begins with remembering and taking ownership of history. “We are a culture that doesn’t remember [our history] anymore,” she said. “Very often,

white Americans say, ‘Well I wasn’t a part of racism or slavery,’ distancing ourselves from those effects. But we are Americans, and as Americans, we take on the history of America.” The panelists also agreed the Catholic Church was not perfect in its handling of Black Lives Matter, saying there was room for improvement. “The Church in America is still one of the most segregated places in the country,” Lantz said. Lantz added that church communities tend to address issues most pertinent to themselves and mentioned the difference in interest he witnessed between the attitudes of black churches and white churches when it came to Black Lives Matter. Keating brought up the problem of service learning, saying that while it was good to bring help to communities and movements that needed it, the temporary nature of that type of aid made it problematic. Attendees were invited to text questions for the panel at any time using the number listed on the large screen in Midfield Commons. One student asked about how to build common

ground between the two movements, saying they felt both movements were polarized on campus. Keating’s advice was to own both movements by talking about them openly, making the point of both movements being about the preservation of life. Lantz suggested taking an inquisitive approach if speaking out felt too difficult, saying questions were a good starting point for effective conversation. Despite the progress that needs to be made by the Catholic Church in supporting Black Lives Matter, Keating said Catholic teachings were a useful lens to help discern the commonalities between various social justice issues. “Learning the narrative of the scripture, as Christians, is sort of essential,” she said. “It allows you to move with facility between all of these concrete issues which we tend to separate and keep in their own boxes. Knowing the narrative of scripture, we can understand how these all link together when we think about issues of justice.”

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get a really nice meal.” Senior and Student Diversit y Board marketing chair Leslie Taubert said in an email the banquet is designed to showcase the prevalence of hunger throughout the world. She said organizers hope to expose attendees

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said. “Being in three productions at one time while having a full schedule of classes have perfected my time management skills.” Hattersley said in an email that seniors spend fall semester choosing and analyzing a play. “In the spring we use all of this writing and research to produce our play,” she said. “We have to cast people, hold rehearsals, build a set and generally do everything else that goes into a performance. Then at the end of it all, March 3 for me, we sit back and watch all of our work come together for a one-night performance of our show.” Hattersley said helping a senior with her play, whether by acting in it or working backstage for it, is a “great chance to give back and participate” in the Saint Mary’s sisterhood. “Should you ever need help in any situation, we live in a

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spreading kindness and encouragement across campus to all students,” Nunley said. “I feel like sometimes things can be so negative that we want positivity and stuff to be spread.” The rocks were created by about 500 students currently enrolled in beginning and intermediate level romance language courses. The rocks include words and phrases written in Italian, French, Spanish and Portuguese. In addition to the positive message, the display is also intended to be a creative way for passing pedestrians to engage with foreign languages. Shauna Williams, the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures’ director of undergraduate studies, helped orchestrate the display. Williams noted the religious aspect of the art. “It lines up really well, as a Catholic University, with our Catholic mission of inclusion and diversity and celebrating

to the ever y day realit y of many people throughout the world. “The Hunger Banquet really shows how food injustice is a problem around the world,” she said. “Often, people are so used to the bubble they are in that they forget other problems in the world, so it is nice to take the time to think about the injustice and talk about ways

to help.” The Hunger Banquet event stems from Ox fam, a “a global organization working to end the injustice of povert y,” according to its website. This global organization encourages colleges to host hunger banquets on campus in order to “respond to global crises, highlight issues of injustice, and change the laws that keep people trapped in

povert y,” the website said. Tillman expressed hope the event would raise awareness and encourage students to seriously consider how they can contribute to the fight against global hunger. “I hope students realize that we need to start doing things to combat world hunger,” she said. “I know it’s hard to know what we can do, but I think attending the

dinner and educating yourself on how prevalent world hunger is doing something. As students, we are so focused on our school work and on what we are doing in our daily lives that we forget that other people in the world are struggling so much.”

community where help is reciprocated across the board,” she said. “So put some good karma out there and look out for audition notices early next semester.” Even if you are just an audience member, theatre can be an immersive experience, Hattersley said. “The magic of theatre as an art form is that it is an experience like no other,” she said. “As an audience member, you get to enter the lives of the characters and the world of the play in a one-time-only experience. Theatre is an almost limitless art form. It opens doors that allow for discussion of difficult topics. When you sit in the theatre, you, as the audience, get to be a part of something special.” For theatre majors, the senior comprehensive process helps students critically evaluate and collaborate, Johnson said. “Not only must a student exercise her ability to critically evaluate a piece of theatrical work, but [she] also has to effectively collaborate with her

peers in creating the piece, as theatre is an art form which can not be effectively accomplished alone — unless one is doing a one-woman show,” Johnson said. If a student has never acted before but has always wanted to, Johnson said the senior comprehensives are a great way to to gain experience. “Working with your friends as they develop their passions is fun,” she said. “It is a learning experience and an opportunity to make new friendships.” Junior Rebecca Strom, who has a theatre minor, said she acted in a senior comprehensive show her freshman year, an adaptation of “Alice in Wonderland.” She also stage managed for a senior comprehensive show her sophomore year, an adaptation of “Women Playing Hamlet.” “I only have experience acting in one comprehensive,” she said. “But, I like it more than the main stage shows because I like the student collaboration. These shows are low-pressure ways of getting

into theatre. With stage managing, I learned a lot more because I was learning alongside the student in charge of her comp. I saw what she had to prepare and the work that really goes into these shows.” Those who are interested in theatre can also attend the American College Theatre Festival (ACTF), which is a regional event that allows students to attend workshops and see shows other schools have worked on during the year. Madison College in Wisconsin will host this year’s festival from Jan. 8-13, and Johnson said she will be preparing for the trip by finding lodging and making sure everyone can participate in the festival each day it runs. Johnson said students can attend regardless of whether or not they are theatre majors. “ACTF is a national theatre festival,” she said. “It helps theatre enthusiasts grow in their specific interests while introducing them to new people.” Both Strom and Johnson have been nominated for the

Irene Ryan Acting Scholarship in past years. In order to qualify for this scholarship, students must attend ACTF and perform a two-minute scene and a one-minute monologue for a panel of judges. Strom said ACTF is a great opportunity to network and support other theatre students at nearby colleges. “The festival is a good experience and a great way to see what other schools are doing in their theatre programs,” she said. Johnson said students do not have to be theatre majors to appreciate theatre. Participating in theatre in college can help students “gain new skills and make new friendships,” she said. Watching live theatre can be an “exercise in empathy,” she added. “Theatre is about human stories,” Johnson said. “Watching live theatre is watching the stories of the struggles we all face.”

differences,” she said. The display is also designed to bring an artistic change of pace to students in language courses, Nunley explained. “I’ve heard a lot from faculty that most students really enjoyed it,” she said. “Just taking a break from their normal routine in class, to just have like a breather you know and just do something fun and creative.” “Romance Rocks” is now beginning its second week on display and is scheduled to be cleared by Friday. Community members and language students will help clean up the display. The display’s first week, Williams explained, was designed to draw attention to the art. “We wanted it on display for two weeks,” she said. “One week so people could just walk by and notice it, especially since this weekend we had a home football game, we had a home hockey game, a home women’s basketball game and a home women’s volleyball game.” During the display’s second

week, Nunley said community members are encouraged to pick up the rocks and share them. “This is the week that you’re to take one for yourself or share one with a friend,” she said. Though Nunley organized and brought the project to Notre Dame, “Romance Rocks” is inspired by the Kindness Rocks Project, founded by Megan Murphy. Murphy is a “Women’s Empowerment Coach, Business Mentor, Kindness Activist, Meditation Instructor and Lecturer,” according to the Project’s website. Williams said the rocks themselves also communicate an important message about the longevity of positive thinking. “What do rocks even symbolize? Its something thats a little, you know, enduring and lasting through centuries,” she said. “They kind of have this other meaning of durability and long-lasting perseverance.”

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A decorated stone that is part of the “Romance Rocks’” exhibition on the Notre Dame campus displays the phrase ‘be kind’ in Spanish.

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Inside Column

Top-four ‘Hallelujah’ TV song uses Colleen Fischer News Writer

I often turn to TV to get my drama fix, in a feeble attempt to avoid it in my actual life. TV shows use many features to hype up emotional responses. They use dramatic twists, foreshadowing, character foils, color and different styles of editing, but most of all music to emotionally manipulate the viewer. One of the most common songs to show up on TV dramas soundtracks is Lenard Cohen’s “Hallelujah.” The haunting lyrics and sad ballad lends itself to dramatic montages of tragedy and sorrow. For a song that has been covered over 100 times, it manages to take on a unique life in almost every use. This list is not very exhaustive and I am not including any performances of the songs on shows such as The Voice, American Idol or even So You Think You Can Dance. Warning Spoilers ahead.

“The West Wing” (Season 3 episode 23: “Posse: Comitatus”) This scene used the song purely to add drama, and boy did it work! Aaron Sorkin creation Secret Service Agent Simon Donovan, walks up to a counter with a smile and a joke, only to find out that he walked into an armed robbery. He proceeds to apprehend a suspect, cracks a joke about bad luck and returns to buying his Milky Way, giving the audience a moment of solace before he is shot and killed by a second suspect. Cue the slow motion and Jeff Buckley’s song cover. The scene tugs on the heart strings when it switches from an overexposed C.J. Cregg in Time Square, f leeing a play about the War of the Roses, to a shot of Agent Donovan being photographed by police, dead in a pile of roses he meant to buy for her. The desperation of the song is embodied by the tragedy in a way that no other show manages.

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Gay and Catholic As a gay man, being told by my Catholic faith that I cannot love is a heartbreaking experience. It’s like hav ing legs and being told that I cannot walk. I respect and love my faith — it is the lens through which I v iew the world — and my first instinct is to adhere to its teachings. But to obey that particular command would be to deny an essential part of myself, to curtail my most fundamental drive as a relational creature. And so, I’m left w ith a choice: either disobey my faith and — in the eyes of the Church — embrace a life of sin; or deny my sexualit y and struggle through life alone. The gauzy language of the Church makes this latter choice seem easier than it is: “A h, but gay Christians are not alone ! They can engage in chaste friendship, and that’s more than enough to quench the longings of the soul. It’s a sacrifice, of course, but that’s what the faith demands of us.” This prescription of abstinence and chaste friendship for gay people satisfies those who need not abide by it. They, the heterosexual members of the f lock, share beds w ith their spouses and preside over households full of children. Know ing that the choice to deny their sexualit y is one they w ill never have to make, they are content to insist that others do so. They fit neatly into the male-female model of love, and thus never need entertain the possibilit y that other forms of holy love might ex ist. The daunting challenge in being gay and Catholic is to determine what God w ills for your life, where you’re called to go as you follow in the footsteps of Jesus Christ. The Church has its answer, of

course, but accepting that sentence of life-long solitude is like taking a breath under water: it goes against your deepest instincts. A lternatively, many in the LGBT communit y have felt, perhaps justifiably, more inclined towards the opposite course of action: leave the Church behind, never look back at the institution that would see you oppressed. The person who seeks to be truly gay and Catholic — not w illing to let either identit y exclude the other — is thus left in limbo. They pursue relationships that their Church w ill never recognize as love and then attend mass on Sundays. They could certainly convert, perhaps joining the Episcopalians and gaining the abilit y to be married in a church someday. But they cannot, no matter how hard they tr y, shake the feeling of comfort that comes in celebrating mass together w ith people who speak the language of the Roman Catholic Church. In a bitter irony, they feel deeply at home in a religion that condemns their desire to love and be loved as “intrinsically disordered.” We who live the tension bet ween gay and Catholic hope that someday our Church w ill change. But we recognize that “the Church thinks in centuries” and — despite increasing popular support for gay rights — that change is not likely soon to arrive. Until it comes, we must continually nav igate the paradox of being gay and Catholic, pray ing to God each day for the strength to remain in His Church. Tim Jacklich junior Nov. 11

“NCIS” (Season 13 episode 18: “Scope”) In another scene featuring Mark Harmon, this use takes another view on the song. Though this is a performance of the song, it exists within the plot line of the story and is not separate from it, so I included it. The performance being performed by real-life wounded veterans surprisingly leaves less of a feeling of despair, and more of a feeling of hope and pride in the viewer. The story line also features some of the struggles of veterans struggling with PTSD, which is especially poignant close to Veterans Day.

“Scrubs” (Season 1 episode 4: “My Old Lady” ) This is one of the first times I heard the song used. John Cale’s version does not overpower the gut-wrenching twist of each doctor going through the loss of a patient. JD’s personal internal monologue that ends every episode is especially heart wrenching in this iconic episode. The song offers the perfect dramatic background to a serious and emotional sequence in the TV medical comedy.

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“Saturday Night Live” (Season 42 episode 6: “Dave Chappelle”) Though this is also a performance, after great deliberation, I will count it because though it does not happen in the context of a plot, Kate McKinnon does perform in the character of Hilary Clinton. The Cold Open simultaneously mocks and mourns the results of the 2016 election. The song served as a memorial to the death of Cohen and to the dead Clinton campaign. This use earns the No. 4 spot for its duality of both mocking the drama of the song while being uncharacteristically sincere. Contact Colleen Fischer at cfischer01@saintmarys.edu The views expressed in this Inside Column are those of the author and not necessarily those of The Observer.

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A portrait of snow Gabriel Niforatos The Road Less Traveled

Snow has always been a bit of a spectacle to me. I am from the desert, and there are years and winters when there is no snow entirely. In fact, the first time I bought a winter coat was over winter break during my freshman year. I can remember waking up when I was younger on the rare mornings when there would be snow and feeling a deep feeling of unexplainable excitement. It was almost as if seeing the ground and trees covered by sheets of glimmering white represented a potential of sorts. To my younger mind, that potential meant snow angels, hot chocolate and the possibility of school being cancelled, but over the years this anticipation has changed and grown. Now that I am at Notre Dame, where a large portion of the school year is spent in winter and snow, this perspective has changed even more. You see, I believe that snow is an integral part of the Notre Dame experience and that it shapes each and every student in its own distinctive way. This inescapable part of our college life; a time when the lake crystalizes and the silhouette of the breath of students mingles with wisps from candles in the Grotto. Of course, snow is an inherent consequence of meteorology, and there is nothing in the sense of concrete physical weather that sets it apart at Notre Dame. And yet, snow is inherently tied up to the identity of our school. Fr. Edward Sorin, the founder of Notre Dame, captured the essence of snow in a letter to Fr. Moreau concerning the territory of and foundation of this school in 1842. Some of his words are as follows: “Everything was frozen

over. Yet it all seemed so beautiful. The lake, especially, with its broad carpet of dazzling white snow, quite naturally reminded us of the spotless purity of our august Lady whose name it bears, and also of the purity of soul … ” Fr. Sorin’s articulation presents a view of snow as a beginning and the start of a new venture. I cannot pretend to give voice to what Fr. Sorin thought when he undertook the task of founding a college in the middle of a wilderness. But I can imagine that he felt the same sense of potential and excited anticipation. In the packed snow and ice f loating on the lake I imagine he felt a beckoning. A challenge to survive and best the conditions and form something lasting to ref lect this tenacity. A university called Notre Dame. Undeniably, there are countless interpretations of the value and meaning of snow to a Notre Dame student. There is a case of imagery. That distinctive crunch as you walk from class to class. The tiny shards of ice scratching your face as you turn away from the wind. The library framed in white like a Thomas Kinkade painting. The first snow fight of the year, the last home game for senior players and students. This is juxtaposed to the view of snow as marking an ending; an ending to the school year, an end to the calendar year. A time defined by the stress of midterms and returning home to leave friends. A time when you stand in frozen weather for three hours to watch our football team, because no matter how cold it is you can’t leave. All of these perspectives are threads in the tapestry of how snow defines a Notre Dame student. And yet the thread that intertwines all of these viewpoints is the change that time affords. My older sister, Ariel Niforatos, is a senior here at Notre Dame, and her view of snow shows how the

meaning of snow changes as we ourselves change. “I will always remember the way the dome would be lit up when I crossed the quad on a snow y night. For me, snow brightens up the campus. I remember walking back to my dorm and just witnessing the silence that snow affords. In many ways, snow holds the same novelty for me as it did in freshman year. It reminds me of returning home and watching the football games in freezing cold weather.” The themes of returning home, watching football games and taking finals and midterms while we are framed in snow are things that many Notre Dame students can relate to. And yet, the perspective of my sister shows that snow has created a contemplative ref lection afforded by time. Anticipation and excitement for the road ahead will always be there. But snow marks the times behind us just as much as it does the ones ahead. Memory and ref lection in the still space of snowf lakes falling in the atmosphere. In the same way as snowf lakes fall and form drifts in the freezing South Bend winters, Notre Dame creates something that lasts forever. This is the vision and future that Fr. Sorin saw when he founded a school on the edge of a frozen lake in the middle of a wilderness. “That is my deep conviction,” Fr. Sorin wrote. “Time will tell if I am wrong.” In the meantime, the snow falls. Gabriel Niforatos is a sophomore who has diverse interests ranging from political science to music. When he’s not at school, he is busy hiking and running in the New Mexico mountain range. His email is gniforat@nd.edu The views expressed in this column are those of the author and not necessarily those of The Observer.

A fuller picture of pro-life Alyssa Ngo Diversity Council

“I have learned that oppression and the intolerance of difference come in all shapes and sexes and colors and sexualities; and that among those of us who share the goals of liberation and a workable future for our children, there can be no hierarchies of oppression.” - Audre Lorde, 1983 Yesterday, I had the opportunity to attend the kickoff event for StaND Against Hate Week, the GRC’s annual initiative that works to foster dialogue on issues of discrimination, as well as promote the human dignity of people from all identities. This first event was a panel titled “Is ‘Black Lives Matter’ a ProLife Issue?,” featuring speakers from the McGrath Institute and the Center for Social Concerns, alongside Dr. Shawnee Daniels-Sykes, the only black Catholic female healthcare ethicist in the United States. As a Catholic myself, I have often found myself dismayed at the separation I see between the pro-life movement and the other issues of social justice that I wish to support. Like the panelists noted, the pro-life movement is usually imagined to have started with Roe v. Wade in 1973, and thus it seems that the only issue at its core is the matter of abortion. However, in reality, the movement traces back much further than that. Its roots can be found in the long history of the Church fighting for the life and dignity of the human person, which includes not only the fight against abortion, but also against

other threats to human life as well. Catholic Social Teaching tells us that life at all stages should be respected, from conception to natural death. Abortion, of course, concerns the first stage of life — conception — but what of natural death? Was the 2014 shooting of Tamir Rice at twelve years old a “natural death?” What about the death of John Crawford III, a father shot in a Walmart while shopping for his sons? These examples were just two of the many cases that Dr. Daniel-Sykes cited from the Black Lives Matter movement which betray and violate the dignity of the human person. But despite the disregard for life that these shootings demonstrate, Black Lives Matter (BLM) has not picked up the same momentum on Notre Dame’s campus that the anti-abortion movement has, even though they both involve a pro-life stance. Why is that? Perhaps it is the impression that the unborn are, as they are often described, the “most vulnerable” and thus the most deserving of protection and support. However, while it is true that the unborn are more defenseless than any other group, it is clear that we can not use this as a reason to ignore the sufferings and struggles of other demographics. As black lesbian feminist Audre Lorde said, “there can be no hierarchy of oppressions.” When the oppression of one group is set above the oppression of another, or when the liberties of some come at the cost of others, the fullness of human dignity can never be truly realized. If we are to listen to the Church, each and every life, regardless of age or skin color, has incalculable worth, and we cannot fight against the

abortion of the unborn while the bodies of black men and black women lie in our streets. Therefore, as we continue with StaND Against Hate Week, I invite you to contemplate what life includes in its entirety, and accordingly, how the pro-life movement calls us to respond to various issues of violence and discrimination. Other events this week include Thursday’s Transgender Day of Remembrance, recognizing those who have been murdered for their gender identity; this event is co-sponsored by the Right to Life Club, and the full schedule for the week can be found at grc.nd.edu. I know that some of the events may make some students feel uncomfortable, and that it can be difficult to understand the story of a group that is not your own. However, I hope that as a united campus, we can grow together, and remember that every life, no matter what, is worth fighting for. Alyssa Ngo is a senior studying PLS and English with a minor in Education, Schooling and Society. She currently serves as the chair of Diversity Council. The Diversity Council of Notre Dame advocates for awareness, understanding and acceptance on issues of race, gender, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status and other intersectional identities in the Notre Dame community. The viewpoints expressed in this article do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the Diversity Council, but are the individual opinions of the author. You can contact Diversity Council at diversnd@nd.edu The views expressed in this column are those of the author and not necessarily those of The Observer.

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Horoscope | Eugenia Last Happy Birthday: Take care of matters personally. Expect interference if others become aware of your private affairs. Staying in control will help you reach your goals and maintain your reputation. Someone you least expect will use manipulative tactics to enforce changes behind your back. Cover your tracks and keep detailed records. Traveling, communicating and updating your knowledge will keep you current and qualified. Your numbers are 3, 12, 19, 25, 27, 34, 47. ARIES (March 21-April 19): Nurture an important relationship. An emotional matter will turn into a fiasco if you aren’t willing to compromise or listen to what someone else has to say. Do your best to get along. Personal growth and improvements are encouraged. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): You’ll learn through observation. Let your instincts be your guide when asked to make a choice or decision. Do what feels right, and you’ll have no regrets. Past experience coupled with determination and discipline will help you excel. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Stay focused on what you need to accomplish. If you let someone lead you astray, you will end up falling behind. Stay on top of your responsibilities, and question anyone offering suggestions or information that doesn’t seem accurate. CANCER (June 21-July 22): Assess an important relationship. You’ll be able to make an adjustment if you share your feelings and listen to suggestions. Taking a unique approach may be questioned, but if you are willing to compromise, an agreement can be reached. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): You need a little excitement in your life. A physical or mental challenge will get you moving and motivate you to make entertaining alterations to your living arrangements. Romance is on the rise. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Stick to the basics. Whether you are discussing plans or making promises, don’t be misleading or make suggestions that you may not be able to live up to. Being direct and confident will help you come to a reasonable agreement. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Don’t let a change of plans stop you from doing your own thing. Added responsibilities should be handled fairly and evenly distributed to avoid a conflict with someone close to you. Physical activity will help you blow off steam when you’re stressed. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Set up meetings. Face-to-face discussions will help you determine who is in your corner and who isn’t. Don’t let anger set in or you’ll give someone the upper hand. Listen, observe and put your plans in motion when the opportunity arises. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Call in favors if you feel you need a helping hand. Someone you have worked with in the past will offer information or show you how to do something that will help you improve your skills or qualifications. Personal improvements are favored. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Don’t let a last-minute change someone makes alter your plans. Adjust and move forward. Someone influential will be impressed with the way you handled the situation. Look out for your best interests, and finish what you start. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Take a moment to observe what others are up to. The knowledge you gain will help you decipher how to get others to help you move forward. A change you make will lead to an opportunity that will result in financial gain. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): A discussion will leave you feeling uncertain. If you have reservations, ask questions and find out what’s going on before you make a commitment or promise to anyone. Someone you have collaborated with in the past will offer insight. Abide by the rules. Birthday Baby: You are original, secretive and influential. You are powerful and ambitious.

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NBA | 76ers 124, Heat 114

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Sixers posied to become elite Lucas Masin-Moyer Assistaint Managing Editor

On my 16th birthday, I got the best present I never knew I wanted. On that day, the Philadelphia 76ers traded Jrue Holiday and a second-round pick for the rights to Nerlens Noel on the night of the NBA draft, also picking up Michael Carter-Williams that night. It was the beginning of “The Process” — former Sixers GM Sam Hinkie’s plan to be just objectively aw ful, maybe even the worst team in basketball, in order to acquire draft picks and young talent to slowly but surely make the team a competitor instead of being mired in mediocrit y as it had been for the past few seasons. And it worked at first — being absolutely terrible, that is. The Sixers had the worst record in basketball for multiple years running as the team slowly built up talent, drafting Jahlil Okafor, Joel Embiid, Dario Saric, Ben Simmons and Markelle Fultz. Slowly but surely, and despite all the memes, the team got better, culminating in the Sixers finishing third in the Eastern Conference last season, ultimately falling to the Boston Celtics in the conference semifinals. But the team seemed to be lacking a spark, a player that could put them over the top and into the NBA Finals. Embiid and Simmons were stars, but too young to take control and lead the team. On Saturday, the Sixers finally got the final piece in the puzzle. They completed “The Process.” After falling short in the LeBron-sweepstakes this summer, the Sixers’ quest for a final star seemed to have ended. But news broke early Saturday that Dario

Saric had joined Noel and Okafor and mart y rs of “The Process,” being dealt to the Minnesota Timber wolves along w ith Robert Cov ington, Jerr yd Bayless and a future second-round draft pick for A ll-Star small for ward/shooting guard Jimmy Butler. Butler is coming off a prolonged standoff with Timberwolves management, repeatedly requesting a trade of the team and taking his anger out on the first team by joining the third team during practice and subsequently beating the starters in the process, a few expletives tossed along the way. The deal appears to be a w in-w in for the t wo teams. The Timber wolves rid themselves of a player who no longer wanted to be on the team, and the Sixers pick up the bonafide star they needed to make the next leap. Butler brings an improved defensive presence, abilit y to drive and, perhaps most importantly, experience taking over in clutch situations to the Sixers. But while it appears to be a w inning deal on the surface, there is the potential for the deal to fall f lat. Butler’s ego might not fit well in the locker room, clashing w ith the already strong personalit y of Joel Embiid. And, perhaps more importantly, Butler’s abilit y to take over games might clash w ith Embiid’s grow ing dominance in the post. If the Sixers can nav igate these issues, they look poised to claim their spot amongst the NBA’s elite and finally fulfill Hinkie’s v ision. After a lot of long years, “The Process” may finally pay off in a big way. Contact Lucas Masin-Moyer at lmasinmo@nd.edu The views expressed in this Sports Authority are those of the author and not necessarily those of The Observer.

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Philadelphia beats Miami, Embiid leads team with 35 Associated Press

MIAMI — Joel Embiid scored 35 points and grabbed 18 rebounds, and the Philadelphia 76ers added to Miami’s early-season struggles by topping the Heat 124-114 on Monday night. The win came hours after the 76ers finalized a trade with Minnesota to land four-time All-Star Jimmy Butler, who was in Philadelphia and not with the club in Miami. Butler will be introduced at the 76ers’ facility in Camden, New Jersey, on Tuesday, before he f lies to Orlando and makes his debut with Philly on Wednesday night against the Magic. JJ Redick scored 25 points, Furkan Korkmaz scored 16 and Ben Simmons and Mike Muscala each had 13 for Philadelphia. Goran Dragic scored 22 points for Miami, which got 17 from Josh Richardson and 14 from Wayne Ellington. The Heat have dropped three straight, all of them at home. It was the second time in a four-day span that Embiid

went for at least 35 and 18; he had 42 points and 18 rebounds on Friday against Charlotte. Embiid was also 16 for 20 from the foul line — marking the ninth time that a player took at least 20 free throws against Miami and the first since LeBron James did it on Feb. 4, 2010. It was the first meeting between the clubs since last season’s playoffs, when Philadelphia ousted Miami in five games in the first round. And while Philadelphia led most of the way in this one, the 76ers never really pulled away until the final moments. Their first double-digit lead of the night came on Embiid’s step-back 3-pointer with 1:59 remaining. Simmons got loose for a dunk on the next Philadelphia possession, and that was the signal for most Miami fans to start heading to the exits.

Tip-ins 76ers: Rookie Landry Shamet is now wearing No. 1 — he was No. 23, which will be worn starting Wednesday by Butler. ... Embiid got his 14th double-double in 15 games this season. ... The

76ers scored exactly 32 points in each of the first three quarters, before settling for a mere 28 in the fourth. Heat: Dw yane Wade missed his fourth consecutive game because of the birth of his daughter. He’ll miss at least the next three games as well. ... Miami has had a pair of four-game homestands already this season, and has gone 3-5 in those games. ... Hassan W hiteside had 13 points and 11 rebounds, and Kelly Olynyk scored 13 for Miami.

Shoeless snap Miami needed only 126 seconds of the second quarter to go on a 15-0 run, one that was snapped by a 3-pointer from Redick — who was coming out of one of his sneakers at the time. Redick lost his left shoe one possession earlier, tried in vain to get it on properly, and wound up swishing a 3 with it still askew.

Up next 76ers: Visit Orlando on Wednesday. Heat: Visit Brooklyn on Wednesday.

NBA | Pelicans 126, Raptors 110

Pelicans top Raptors in Toronto, Davis scores 25 Associated Press

TORONTO — Anthony Dav is had 25 points and a season-high 20 rebounds, E’Twaun Moore scored a season-high 30 points and the New Orleans Pelicans beat Toronto 126-110 on Monday night, snapping the Raptors’ six-game w inning streak. Jrue Holiday had 29 points and matched a season high w ith 14 assists, and Julius Randle added 17 points and 12 rebounds as New Orleans won its third straight follow ing a six-game losing streak. The Pelicans outscored the Raptors 72-42 in the paint and snapped a sixgame losing streak against Toronto. Pascal Siakam scored 22 points, Kawhi Leonard had 20 and Serge Ibaka had 19 points and 14 rebounds as

the Raptors lost for the first time in eight home games this season. Toronto entered w ith an NBA-best 12-1 record. Toronto’s only other defeat this season was a 124109 loss at Milwaukee on Oct. 29. That was the first of a back-to-back for the Raptors, meaning Leonard sat out to rest. Many in the sellout crowd of 19,800 headed for the exits after Leonard turned the ball over w ith w ith 4: 05 remaining and the Pelicans up 118-104. Toronto’s Kyle Low r y had 11 assists but shot 1 for 9, missing six times from 3-point range. He scored a season-low four points and didn’t make his first basket until a lay up w ith just under four minutes to play and the Raptors trailing by double digits. The Raptors entered as

one of four NBA teams yet to lose at home. The others are Philadelphia (70), Milwaukee (6-0) and Memphis (5-0). New Orleans snapped a five-game road losing streak and won away from home for the first time since a 131-112 v ictor y at Houston on Oct. 17, its first game of the season. Siakam, who scored a career-high 23 points in Saturday’s w in over New York, was chosen Eastern Conference player of the week earlier Monday. Siakam averaged 20 points in four games last week. New Orleans led 66-61 at halftime and took a 94-83 lead into the fourth quarter.

Up next Pelicans: Visit Minnesota on Wednesday night. Raptors: Host Detroit on Wednesday night.

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The Irish notched a season-high 19 turnovers, six coming from starting guard and junior Jackie Young. Despite the electricity in the air from the banner drop, Notre Dame struggled to find momentum from tipoff. In the first quarter, the scrappy Quaker (1-1) zone defense prevented the Irish from finding a rhythm. Notre Dame’s leading scorer, senior guard Arike Ogunbowale, struggled for the first 10 minutes, shooting just 1-8 and 0-5 from three. But graduate student forward Brianna Turner stepped up to carr y the Irish offense, scoring eight points, grabbing five boards, tossing an assist and blocking a shot. The second quarter saw a role reversal between Turner and Ogunbowale — for the

next 10 minutes, Ogunbowale notched 11 points, while Turner went scoreless. “We have chemistr y and when somebody else isn’t making their shots, we have about five All-Americans on the court … at the same time. So if somebody’s not knocking them down, that’s when our teammates pick us up,” Ogunbowale remarked postgame. The second quarter, led by Ogunbowale’s shooting, marked the beginning of Notre Dame’s separating itself. Starting the quarter with a 7-0 run, the Irish kept their foot on the gas and ended the half with their largest lead until that point, 39-27. Despite the score, the firsthalf Irish looked def lated, recording nine turnovers and shooting just 13 percent from the three-point line. The Notre Dame team which came out of the locker room didn’t look much better

than the team that went into it. Luckily for the Irish, the Quakers (1-1) started the third quarter by missing their first eight field goals, and didn’t get on the board until about half way through the quarter. The Penn defense kept the Irish pressured with a feisty two-three zone, which forced turnovers and contested shots. The Irish continued to struggle from distance in the third quarter, ending the period just two-for-10. They kept themselves in the game, however, with solid rebounding, mostly at the hands of Turner. “Even if we’re not knocking down shots, we always want to be going in to rebound,” Turner said. “So whether they’re going in or not going in, its pretty obvious, what I tr y to focus on.” Penn ended the quarter shooting 34.1 percent compared to Notre Dame’s 48

percent, and the Irish took advantage. With a 60-42 lead their favor, Notre Dame began the final quarter looking to retain their dominance. With Turner cleaning things up in the post, the offense hitting stride with an 8-0 run, and the Quakers hitting a four-and-a-half-minute scoring drought, the Irish secured their win. Another positive from the night was a solid performance by freshman guard Abby Prohaska, who is emerging as an important piece of this Irish squad. “She (Abby) is, brings us so much energ y and she’s just — today, I thought, she was in passing lanes. She was helping. She was doubling. She did ever ything that we talked about at practice.” McGraw remarked. “I was really happy with her tonight. I think she’s going to add a lot, a lot to our defense. She took [a] charge and tried to

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championship. Senior Anna Rohrer led the women, coming in second overall w ith a time of 20 :20.1 in the 6K. Freshman Jackie Gaughan followed w ith a time of 20 :42.4, followed by senior Rachel DaDamio (20 :57.5) and graduate student Jessica Harris (20 :58.1). Sophomore AnnaSophia Keller rounded out the top five at 21:46.5. The women’s team scored a total of 100 points, aided by four top-25 finishes. Irish head coach Matt Sparks described the meet and the team’s approach in a mechanical sense, knowing that the team had what it took to advance. “The first round of the championship was this past weekend and we went into that w ith a ver y business-like attitude,” Sparks said. “We knew we could take care of ourselves and do what we needed to do to get to the big one this coming weekend. Both teams took care of business. No one had an especially memorable day, but ever yone

held their ow n and stayed healthy and fresh and ready for the big one this coming Saturday.” Sparks stressed consistency as a major factor for the team’s success going for ward. “[Consistency] is a huge key as we go into the championship now, there’s a comfort level w ith where we are right now in our fitness and our training and our guys feel comfortable w ith where they are on the team,” Sparks said. “They know where to look in the race, like they know to see which teammates are near them and finding that person that they train w ith ever yday gives them a lot of confidence and securit y going into the championship. And the coaching staff goes in w ith a lot more confidence as well because we’ve been doing the same stuff over the last few weeks … We don’t have to reinvent ourselves, just do the right thing over again. By the time people get to that championship env ironment, they change things up, but if you do the same things you’ve

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Irish senior guard Arike Ogunbowale drives with the ball during Notre Dame’s 84-74 Elite Eight win over Oregon on March 26 at March Madness in Spokane, Washington.

get a couple more. I’m really happy with her.” Freshman guard Jordan Nixon also had a positive impact on the court despite going scoreless, running the point and recording two steals and two assists in 23 minutes. With their title banner now hanging in the rafters, Notre Dame will look to go all the way for the second year in a row. “I think it (the banner dropping) was just the visualization of our hard work last year,” Ogunbowale said. “Gonna see it up there ever y day, ever y game, ever y practice.” The Irish will hit the court again this Saturday when they leave home for the first time to face non-conference opponent DePaul. Tip-off is scheduled for 2 p.m.

Irish head coach Muffet McGraw paces the floor during Notre Dame’s 84-74 Elite Eight victory over Oregon. Notre Dame went on to win the NCAA National Championship.

been doing you’ll fare ver y well.” Notable indiv idual performances in the meet included the performances of freshmen Jackie Gaughan and Danny Kilrea, both of whom cemented themselves even more so as integral figures to the Irish front five. “Jackie and Danny, t wo freshmen, were highly touted coming out of high school, so there’s an expectation for both of them to compete at that level, but that doesn’t always translate to real world racing. But I think the key for each of them is that they’re both ver y confident in what they can do and the thing we’ve preached to them is: ‘be who you were in high school’ and you’re gonna be a good college runner … they’re just building off of who they were in high school, not tr y ing to reinvent themselves just because they run at college now,” Sparks said. The NCA A Championships w ill take place on Saturday in Madison, Wisconsin. Contact Mike Everett at meverett@nd.edu

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IM events. Litzinger said the Irish recruited Barta to be an elite IM sw immer, and the native of Szombathely, Hungar y has been just that for Notre Dame. Barta and Yeadon joined teams of other athletes from the ACC to compete in relay events at Purdue. Yeadon’s ACC team took second place in the 800-yard freest yle relay, and Barta’s team immediately followed in third place. The teams include some of the top sw immers from each conference. “It’s an honor to be selected as one of the top freest ylers in the league,” Litzinger said. “W hen you put that firepower together it can produce really great results.” Junior Abbie Dolan competed in t wo freest yle relay events, competing w ith the second-place teams in both the 400 and 800yard freest yle relays. W hile the top Irish athletes have seen success, the newly formed teams have their

struggles. “Ever yone is t r y i ng ha rd to hold up t hei r end of t he ba rga i n, but we don’t have t he sa me sy nch ron icit y on relay excha nges,” L it z i nger sa id. “T here’s a l it t le hesita nc y, but a l l t he at h letes ha nd led it rea l ly wel l.” L it z i nger sa id that this event helps to prov ide some context as to where the Irish fit on the national sw imming landscape. The Irish head coach noted that the talent level across the countr y seems to continue getting better. “It’s really fast out there,” he said. “On the women’s side, the Big Ten dominated. On the men’s side, we were in a really good spot to w in that meet, but just got touched out in an event that made the difference in the meet.” Next week, the Irish athletes w ill rejoin their Notre Dame teammates in competition. The Notre Dame sw imming and div ing program w ill be traveling to Columbus, Ohio for the Ohio State Fall Inv itational this Thursday. Contact Ryan Kolakowski at rkolakow@nd.edu

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Irish play second ND overcomes lackluster fiddle at Challenge first half to pull off victory By RYAN KOLAKOWSKI Sports Writer

Zach Yeadon was used to placing at the top of the podium whenever he raced in long-distance freest yle events. This weekend, Yeadon found himself in the unusual position of looking up at the v ictor, rather than looking dow n at the rest of the competition. Yeadon, a sophomore freest yler for the Irish, claimed second place in both the 500yard and 1,000-yard freest yle events this weekend at the ACC-Big Ten Challenge at Purdue Universit y, marking the first time all season that Yeadon failed to w in the events at a meet. Irish head coach Mike Litzinger noted that Yeadon was competing against elite sw immers from across the nation at this meet. “[This meet is] really important, and the reason being is that the guys that he

swam against this weekend are the top guys in the countr y at their events,” Litzinger said. Yeadon, a native of San Antonio, shattered the Notre Dame record books as a freshman, setting new program bests in the 500, 1,000, and 1,650-yard freest yle events. The First-Team A llAmerican was outgunned by Michigan’s Ricardo Vargas and Indiana’s Zachar y Apple, respectively. “They’ll be his top competition at the end of the year,” Litzinger said. “I think Zach is in a really great spot w ith his times this early in the year.” Yeadon was joined by nine other Irish athletes at the ACC-Big Ten Sw imming and Div ing challenge. Freshman Marci Barta competed in two indiv idual medley events, claiming third place in both the 200 and 400-yard see SWIMMING PAGE 10

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Irish junior guard Jackie Young dribbles during Notre Dame’s 84-74 Elite Eight win over Oregon on March 26 in Spokane, Wash.

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The Notre Dame men’s and women’s cross country teams both advanced to the NCA A national championship after hard fought battles in the regional meet this last Friday in Terre Haute, Indiana. The men’s team, newly-crowned ACC champions, continued its hot streak and came in fourth overall, securing an automatic place in the championship. The men were led by sophomore Yared Nuguse and his third overall finish of 31:11.8 in the 10K, followed by freshman Danny Kilrea (31:19.2), sophomore Andrew Alexander (31:31.0), senior Anthony Williams (31:37.9) and junior Kevin Salvano (31:56.7). The men scored 91 points. The women’s team came in fourth overall on Friday, and waited till Saturday in order to hear that it would be awarded an at-large bid in the

Overcoming a slow start, Notre Dame bested the UPenn 75-55 last night, a victory that was prefaced by the unfurling of the 2018 National Championship banner. Yet despite the margin of victory, the game showed that the Irish (2-0) still have plenty of work to do. “From the start of the game though, we just … we were bad. Just bad.” Irish head coach Muffet McGraw remarked in the post-game press conference. McGraw went on to say that the team played like it practiced yesterday — sloppily. “Offense really not where it needs to be, missing some easy shots,” McGraw added. “But the turnovers, really are just, way too many turnovers.”

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Irish sophomore Yared Nuguse runs in the Men’s Championship 5 Mile at the National Catholic Invitational on Sept. 14.

After a successful fall season for Notre Dame men’s tennis, the program was able to finish on a high note and collect yet another trophy on the year as senior A lex Lebedev took home the 2018 Oracle ITA Fall National Championship consolation title. After losing his openinground match to Cornell’s Dav id Volfson in three sets, Lebedev was entered into the consolation draw — facing a long road ahead of him if he was to walk away a w inner. In the opening round of 32, Lebedev faced off against Yancy Dennis of South Carolina and won in straight sets, 6-2, 6-3. In the round of 16, facing Kareem A llaf of Iowa, Lebedev encountered a bit more of a scare, w inning the first set 6-3 but losing the second 7-6. Ultimately, he was able to pull out the deciding set 6-3 to secure the v ictor y.

In the quarterfinals, Lebedev was matched up against Tim Ruehl of Arizona State and won in t wo sets, 7-5, 6-3. Rick y HernandezTong of New Mex ico awaited in the semifinals, where once again Lebedev won in t wo sets, taking the match 6-4, 6-3 and advancing to the championship match. Facing Stanford’s Sameer Kumar, Lebedev took a tight first set 6-4 and rode that momentum into the second set to w in decisively, 6-1. In five rounds, he only lost one set en route to the consolation title. Notre Dame tennis is now finished w ith collegiate action until Jan. 19 and is heading into the semester break on a high note, preparing to rest and train for the next t wo months. In its last four tournaments, Notre Dame has taken home seven trophies — w ith Lebedev’s being the latest to cap off fall play — and w ill look to add more hardware in the spring season.