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Nonprofit condemns pornography filter Group speaks out against proposed filter on campus WiFi, citing students’ First Amendment rights By MARY STEURER News Writer
The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE), a nonprofit group that works to protect human rights on college campuses, condemned the call for Notre Dame to implement a pornography filter on its WiFi, spearheaded by the group Students for Child Oriented Policy (SCOP), in a statement published Oct. 26. The nonprofit wrote that a pornography filter would violate students’ First Amendment rights, citing the Supreme Court case American Bookseller’s Association v. Hudnut, which upheld the legality of pornography under the belief that “‘the government must leave to the people the evaluation of ideas.’”
Officially, Notre Dame’s “Responsible Use of Information Technology” policy forbids using campus WiFi to access pornography, except for pre-approved or academic purposes. While FIRE agreed that Notre Dame, as a private institution, reserves the right to enforce its “Responsible Use” policy, the nonprofit drew attention to the University’s Standards of Conduct, which states “students and student organizations are free to examine and to discuss all questions of interest to them and to express opinions publicly and privately.” FIRE program associate for the Individual Rights Defense Program and social see FIRE PAGE 4
Month to celebrate black Catholic culture By MARY CLARE DONNELLY News Writer
During the month of November, American Catholics will observe Black Catholic History Month. Notre Dame will also participate in this commemoration. Deacon Mel Tardy, who is a member of the committee planning the events at Notre Dame, said the event was established by the National Black Catholic Clergy Caucus, which is a gathering of African American priests, deacons, bishops and seminarians, because many individuals felt like the experience of African American Catholics was being overlooked. “The Clergy Caucus selected November as Black Catholic History Month because the stories of African American Catholics were not being told and how the Church relates to African Americans in particular was not being addressed,” he said. “They felt that some attention to the history would be good.” At Notre Dame, the month will
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be celebrated in a variety of ways, including Masses, a panel discussion titled “Is Black Lives Matter a Pro-Life Issue?” and a closing ceremony with Bishop Fernand Cheri of New Orleans. The kickoff event for the month was a Mass this past Sunday in Dunne Hall. The goal of these events is to educate Notre Dame students, faculty and staff about African American Catholicism. Eric Styles, the rector of Carroll Hall and member of the organizing committee, said he hopes the month will dispel stereotypes of what it means to be Catholic in the United States. “A lot of assumptions are made about what Catholicism is and that usually translates in the United States to being white American and that’s not always the case,” he said. “So, [a goal is] making students more aware of that, making faculty and staff more aware of that and celebrating the diversity that is already in the Catholic Church.” see CHURCH PAGE 4
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Students gather at a table during WRAP Week in 2017. In the wake of WRAP Week this year, a debate centering around whether Notre Dame should implement a pornography filter on campus WiFi has begun.
SMC student runs for local Indiana office By GINA TWARDOSZ News Writer
Inspired by the many women running for office across the nation, Saint Mary’s junior Leticia Torres decided she wanted to run for office in her native Marshall County in the 2018 midterm elections. On Tuesday, when Marshall County voters head to the polls, her name will be on the ballot. “You know Alexandria
Ocasio-Cortez from New York? She’s awesome,” she said. “The day after she won the election, Michelle Livinghouse, who’s running for state representative, texted me that I was the next Alexandria Ocasio[-Cortez] and that I should run for office because it’s a really good place to start. She told me to start locally.” Torres is running to be a member of the Treasurer’s Advisory Board, a position that would
require to Torres to meet with other elected officials quarterly to discuss the treasurer’s delegation of funds. Torres said she is able to balance canvassing for office and attending her classes at Saint Mary’s due to a donation made by someone in the South Bend community. “I got a really good donation from someone in South Bend, and see CANDIDATE PAGE 4
Lecture discusses inclusion in Eucharist Members of the Saint Mary’s community gathered Monday in the Welsh Parlor for a lecture by Richard McCarron, an expert on the Eucharist. The lecture was titled, “‘By Your Spirit, Peoples Seek to Meet Together’: The Eucharistic Prayer as Source and Summit of Our Summons to Hospitality.”
Though he holds expertise in many theological concepts, McCarron said one of his titles was missing from his introduction. “If anyone asks you who I am, I am a child of God,” McCarron said. McCarron said through participation in the Eucharist, Catholics become a part of God’s kingdom which is characterized by goodness on Earth. “We are about the reign of
God, justice, love, peace, forgiveness, liberation [and] wholeness,” McCarron said. An important part of the mass and Eucharist, McCarron said, is the principle of inclusion. “The reign of God is inviting everyone without exception to communion with him,” he said. In his discussion of the
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At its weekly meeting, the Notre Dame student senate approved the nomination of the president of The Shirt project for the upcoming year and heard presentations on responses to the sexual abuse crisis in the Catholic Church and campus dining meal plan restructuring. As the first order of business, senior Jin Kim, student union treasurer and chairman of the Financial Management Board, read a letter nominating senior Kristin Andrejko to serve as president of The Shirt project. According to Kim’s letter, Andrejko has been a part of the Shirt Project since her freshman year and served as its president last year, as a junior. “When I spoke with Kristin, I could tell that her enthusiasm and dedication for the Shirt Project was second to none, and her work experience and accomplishments within The Shirt Project speak for themselves,” Kim said in the letter. Andrejko was approved by the senate unanimously for the position. Sophomore and director of faith and service Aaron Benavides then presented to
the senate about the listening sessions for students regarding the sexual abuse crisis in the Catholic Church. The sessions are being put on by the Campus Engagement Task Force, a nine-member group chaired by vice president for mission engagement and church affairs Fr. Gerry Olinger and associate law professor Jennifer Mason McAward. “Essentially, our duty is to facilitate dialogue and listen to the observations, thoughts and recommendations of different members of the Notre Dame community in regards to the crisis in the Catholic Church right now,” Benavides said. “What we’re really focusing on is what Notre Dame itself can and should be doing as a Catholic institution of higher learning.” The task force is hosting seven listening sessions in total. Five of the discussions are solely for faculty and staff, but two of the sessions, one held on Monday, Nov. 5 and the other Wednesday, Nov. 7 at 7 p.m. in 720 Corbett Hall, are for students, who are encouraged to attend. Following Benavides, junior Eduardo Luna, co-director of student life, presented on the University’s efforts to restructure the campus dining meal plans. The University currently offers three on-campus meal
plans: the Blue plan, which includes 21 meals in the dining halls and no flex points; the default Gold, which includes 14 meals per week and $500 in flex points and Green, which includes 14 meals, $360 flex points and $360 Domer Dollars. According to the Notre Dame campus dining website, more than 99 percent of resident undergrads pick the default Gold Plan. Notre Dame is taking steps to reevaluate its meal plans and holding focus groups regarding this restructuring. There are several proposed options for changing the meal plans, including reducing the meal swipes, switching to a system with only flex points, switching to a meal block system, making the meal swipes unlimited and removing late lunch. Luna said making meal swipes unlimited is the option he prefers. “The pro is that it eliminates the possibility of wasting swipes. Students are wasting a lot of swipes at the dining hall,” Luna said. “I think if overall swipe usage goes up, then what’s going to end up happening is the food budget will go up and the overall quality and variety of food go up.” Contact Claire Rafford at crafford@nd.edu
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media manager Ryne Weiss, who authored the statement, said implementing a pornography filter would prevent Notre Dame’s community from engaging with a full range of ideas. “Free speech is meant to protect specifically the ideas that are controversial or offensive,” he said. “Ideas that are popular or in line with community values — those are the things that don’t need protection because people already agree upon them.” This is not the first time FIRE has crossed paths with SCOP. In 2014, the student group — already the subject of controversy for its anti-same-sex marriage views — was denied official recognition by the Club Coordination Council (CCC). The CCC argued SCOP was
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Tardy spoke of his desire for the month to demonstrate the unique aspects of African American Catholicism. “I would like to see that more people would be aware of Black Catholic History Month and why it’s significant, that people would understand that there are some unique gifts and forms of expressions that come out of the African American experience that are viable for the Catholic liturgy and for Catholic religious thought and imagination,” he said. The goal of these events throughout the month is to open a dialogue for further change at the University level. Organizers said they hope this dialogue will take root in classes being taught about African American Catholic theology and influence how community members view certain social justice issues that affect African Americans and in creating an inclusive
superfluous as it “closely mirrored” existing clubs. In a letter addressed to University President Fr. John Jenkins, FIRE denounced the CCC’s decision and called for administrative intervention, arguing that such denials of recognition were often pretexts for viewpoint discrimination. SCOP received recognition later that year. Weiss said because SCOP has been on the receiving end of censorship it should be wary about calling for a pornography filter. “SCOP, of all organizations, I think should know that when you put other principles above free speech, you are only opening up the possibility that you will be censored for your unpopular viewpoint,” he said. In response to FIRE’s statement, senior James Martinson, president of SCOP, said the filter would not infringe on individual rights because the First Amendment does not
cover vulgar content. “It is agreed by the Supreme Court and appellate courts that obscenity is not protected by the First Amendment,” he said. He also noted that as a private university, Notre Dame reserves the right to regulate technology use at its discretion. “Notre Dame absolutely has the ability to respond in any way they see fit that would be in line with its mission as an academic university, as an academic institution that’s interested in protecting its students,” he said. Michael Griffin, senior vice president of Holy Cross College, said Holy Cross currently uses a web filter to block access to pornographic content and pirated media. The filter was originally implemented to facilitate WiFi use, he said. “Back about 15 years ago, when they put it in, one of the reasons was actually the College did not have a
community within the liturgy at Notre Dame for more than just November. Becky Ruvalcaba, Campus Ministry’s assistant director of multiculturalministriesandchairofthe committee that planned the events of Black Catholic History month at Notre Dame, said in an email her goal for the month is to present a genuine view of the Catholic Church. “We desire that the celebration not just be for a month. That as we grow in love and understanding of the world church in and through the Black Catholic community; that we, as part of that universal church, come to represent it here at the University of Notre Dame authentically in our liturgical celebrations, in social teaching, and in Christian living,” she said. “In the end, my vision is to work and live in a truly authentic representation of God’s Church: where all of his children ... stand hand in hand worshiping and praying as one.”
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you can use that money to canvas by paying someone to canvas for you or buying yard signs,” she said. “I’m using all the donation money for canvassing.” Torres said her decision to run for office happened quickly, but she has been “canvassing, going to events and making a ton of signs,” while she has also balanced the workload that accompanies being a full-time business major. Torres thinks it is important for students and young people to get involved in politics because they are the generations of the future.
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Eucharist, McCarron reflected on the example of Jesus and his attention to society’s marginalized groups.
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lot of bandwidth,” he said. When Holy Cross upgraded its WiFi the filter was kept for moral reasons, Griffin said. “We sort of took that bandwidth principle and on a higher level we felt like it … would help preserve our moral bandwidth,” he said. Griffin said the filter detects and blocks restricted content automatically. “It does work really well, we rarely have issues where a legitimate site is blocked,” he said. John Gohsman, vice president for information technology and chief information officer at Notre Dame, said adding a pornography filter would be neither technologically difficult nor costly as the University already blocks websites on a large scale to protect against system attacks and break-ins. However, he said the University has little incentive to implement a filter because it would be easy to circumvent.
“We don’t necessarily believe from a technical standpoint it would be an effective approach,” he said. Paul Browne, Notre Dame’s vice president for public affairs and communications, said the University presently has no plans to implement a filter. “It’s hard to argue with the motives of this group in wanting to censor,” he said. “But I would hope and expect that the standards are such at the University that the people within our WiFi capabilities would be self-censors.” He added that he does not believe it is the University’s place to monitor students’ media use. “God’s given us the choice of whether we’re going to be sinners or not, you know?” he said.
“If we’re not involved then the older [generations] will be running things and choosing everything for us,” she said. “We have to decide our own destiny.” While she is more of a moderate, Torres said she feels most strongly about immigration issues. “I feel strongly about immigration because it’s such a huge deal right now,” she said. “It doesn’t have too much to do with local office, but, I figure if I start small I can do something about it in the future.” For other students looking to run for office, Torres said they should start by helping local politicians, as that is how she first became interested in politics. “Network—that’s how I got
involved with all this,” she said. “I volunteered for other people running for office, I’ve done a lot of canvassing for local elections and gained a lot of experience doing that. If I wouldn’t have done that, I wouldn’t have cared about politics as much. Once you experience politics first hand, it makes it easier and more fun to get involved.” If anything, Torres said the most important thing students can do is fulfill their civic duty and exercise their right to vote. “Please vote,” she said. “You don’t have to vote for me, just vote.”
“I would like us to consider the actual table fellowship of Jesus: the meals that Jesus shared with the marginalized, the downcast and the outcasts as a sacramental experience,” he said. McCarron used the words of Pope Francis to emphasize the
importance of conversation over the table. He said inviting someone to participate is not enough; Catholics also have to listen to and understand the experiences of others. “’Live the joy of the Gospel, which gives life and hope and expresses itself in solidarity, hospitality and mercy to everyone.’ In this expression of hospitality Pope Francis is saying, that it is not enough to just provide the food and the lodging, but a time to listen to the guest,” he said. Always being welcoming and kind can be difficult, McCarron said. However, he said the Holy Spirit assists in the process. “[We are] a people empowered by the Spirit to extend welcome and to break fences, borders and divisions down,” McCarron said. “Are we down for what we signed up for.” He also responded to the fear people feel about bringing strangers into their congregations, but encouraged people to be kind and generous. “Who am I welcoming? This other, this stranger, this outsider: [do they] have a place at this table,” McCarron said. “They are not enemies to be kept locked out, but rather should be let in.”
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Please put your phones away Tom Naatz Associate News Editor
In addit ion to my job at The Obser ver, I g ive tours for t he Universit y admissions of f ice. On a recent tour, as I paused to ex pla in t he bel ls a nd whist les of t he Dunca n Student Center, I noted w it h dismay t hat I was ta l k ing to myself. That is, no one was listening to me. Ever y sing le person on t he tour, pa rent a nd student a like, was tex t ing. Perhaps t hey were a ll ta k ing notes about my scint i l lat ing v iews on Ca mpus Crossroads. But I st ill felt slighted. I was ta k ing t ime to int roduce t hese people to t he school, a nd t hey were g iv ing me t he impression t hat t hey’d rat her be a ny where else. Cel l phones a re per vasive ever ywhere on ca mpus. Pa r t icu la rly, Not re Da me students have a bad habit of text ing whi le sitt ing in class. It’s not subt le — some people actua lly leave t heir phones out on t heir desk, so t hey ca n respond to a ny incoming messages. Now I don’t mea n to mora li ze. Un less you wa l k too slowly for no good reason, I li ke to t hin k of my Inside Columns as no-judgement-zones. But here at Not re Da me we have a cell phone problem. There a re a number of reasons why you shou ldn’t tex t in class. For sta r ters, it is incredibly r ude. Professors ta ke t ime a nd ef for t to pla n t heir classes. Public spea k ing isn’t f un for ever yone. If you whip out your phone a nd open ly tex t, you’re g iv ing of f t he impression t hat you a re t he most impor ta nt person in t he room. In a room where ever yone is a per petua lly ex hausted col lege student, t hat is not t he case. Second, col lege is for lea rning. Maybe I’m just t he t y pe of person who rea l ly needs to concent rate to lea rn somet hing, but I ca nnot beg in
to fat hom how people lea rn materia l when t hey’re tex t ing away (simila rly, I ca n’t understa nd how people f lippa nt ly blow of f class, but t hat’s a not her column). Theoret ica lly, t he point of college is to leave w it h more k nowledge t ha n you ca me in w it h, not to have incredibly ag ile t humbs. Fina lly, I t hin k tex t ing in class spea ks to a la rger societa l problem. Modern technolog y ma kes people feel like t hey need to be in per petua l contact w it h each ot her. I worr y t hat t here’s a n att itude t hat if someone doesn’t respond immediately, it signa ls t hey don’t ca re. As a resu lt, impor ta nt priorit ies, like class, ta ke a back seat to tex t ing. Ta ke it f rom someone who is f requent ly described as a “bad tex ter.” Friends have compla ined since I got my f irst cell phone t hat I’m ha rd to stay in touch w it h because I don’t respond immediately. It’s not t hat I don’t ca re — I ca re deeply. I just t hin k it’s impor ta nt to g ive people some space. If someone doesn’t respond w it hin a snap-second of gett ing a message, it’s not indicat ive of apat hy. It probably mea ns t hey have somet hing else going on. For exa mple, t hey cou ld be in a class studiously be ta k ing notes. Obv iously, I’m not per fect. Have I f ired of f a quick tex t message or t wo in class? Absolutely. Do I occasiona lly slip my phone out of my pocket if it has been bu zzing consistent ly? Yes. These a re bad habits t hat I need to brea k. So, in your nex t class, I encourage you to put your phone in your pocket a nd leave it t here. Your f riends a nd fa mily w ill st ill be t here a n hour a nd 15 minutes later. No one w ill love you a ny less for pay ing attent ion in class. Contact Tom Naatz at tnaatz@nd.edu The views expressed in the Inside Column are those of the author and not necessarily those of The Observer.
Patrick McKelvey With the Current
You should vote today. Today is Election Day. Finally. I don’t know about you, but I was getting a little tired of Senator Joe Donnelly’s wood chopping ad that airs every 20 minutes. I didn’t want to see another second of some negative ad campaign about candidates who hate guns or want to cut your Social Security benefits in half. And I couldn’t bear to read one more tweet from a celebrity about how this is the single most important election of our lifetime, and that it is our civic duty to go out and vote. I know they’re just doing the same thing I’m trying to do here, but each one I read came off as sanctimonious, annoying, as a pretentious wealthy person telling regular Americans what to do. But they’re right. It is our civic duty, and this could be the most important election of our lifetime. The country has not seen this level of division and partisanship in decades. Republicans and Democrats spew vitriol at one another on the most public of stages. This rhetoric in part inspired the actions of Cesar Altieri Sayoc, who allegedly mailed 15 pipe bombs to prominent Democrats. The Oct. 27 shooting at the Tree of Life Synagogue, in which 11 were killed, is just another example of the hate that has become popular again in the United States. A change in leadership may be the only way to end it. It looks like we may have one, too. The Democrats are poised to take back the House and prevent President Trump from completing his agenda for the remainder of his term. Though it appears the Senate will remain in Republican hands, it’s possible a number of seats — including those in Texas and Arizona — will f lip. You should vote today. I know it’s a Tuesday and you’re busy, and I know the polling place is far and the lines are long and you just don’t know how much of a difference you will make. But you should vote today. It doesn’t matter for whom. If you don’t, you are saying you’re content with the state of the country. Nothing’s in need of improvement. If you don’t, you lose the right to utter a single complaint against your representatives. If you don’t, you’re not selecting “none of the above.” You’re not protesting the candidates or the system or anything else. You’re just rejecting our democracy and your place in it. We don’t have to resign ourselves to a political future that ignores our wants. If we realize that shaping the policies and direction of the country is in our hands, I know there will be brighter days ahead for America. Government is not some abstract entity made up of alien leaders divorced from the needs of its people — at least it shouldn’t be. It should be you and me. It should be where everyone in the country can come together, a place where every voice is heard. And that’s exactly what it can be if you vote today. Patrick McKelvey splits his time between being a college junior and a grumpy old man. A New Jersey native and American studies major, he plans on pursuing 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
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Become a voter Voting matters, and your vote counts. On Midterms Day 2018, The Observer Editorial Board urges you, reader, to be a voter. This year’s Midterm elections arrive on the heels of some of the most polarized years in American politics, and the national divisiveness over politics has echoed throughout our smaller tri-campus community. Two weeks ago, Notre Dame released the results of its Inclusive Campus Survey, which attempted to evaluate students’ experiences in college as they relate to diversity and inclusion. Thirty-two percent of respondents stated they were “very uncomfortable” or “somewhat uncomfortable” with revealing their political views. Seventy-eight percent of respondents said they had heard disparaging remarks made about persons of “particular political views.” And 35 percent of respondents said that they thought the campus climate had become less inclusive of different political views during their time at the University.
This portion of the survey exposed that many students, regardless of their political views, “were often mocked or not welcomed on campus,” and some felt that “the culture on campus is more supportive of the views opposite their own.” These numbers demonstrate a campus-wide problem: People often feel uncomfortable sharing their political views at Notre Dame. This is a problem of culture and lack of civil political dialogue. Voting will not singlehandedly fix these issues, but becoming a voter is the first and most crucial step toward bridging the political gap. In our tricampus community, we have multiple clubs, organizations and departments that strive to combat issues of polarization, including but not limited to ND Votes, BridgeND and the Saint Mary’s Office of Civic and Social Engagement. They foster meaningful discussion amongst peers with the hopes of creating a civil environment where all students can f lourish and learn from one another. Voting — the most fundamental exercise of a functioning democracy — forms the bedrock of the efforts. These groups are doing important and necessary work, but each person has a part to play. Today, it
is our job to do our part to enact change. Statistics show that people aged 18 to 29 are the age group least likely to vote. According to a Gallup study, only 26 percent of people between the ages of 18-29 regularly vote, which pales in comparison to other age groups, which range from 55 to 82 percent. As an Editorial Board, we urge you to prove these statistics wrong. One common refrain from young voters is that their vote will not matter. But a vote means a lot — and in some hotly-contested races, like many around the nation this year, a single vote can decide an election. As students of the Notre Dame, Saint Mary’s and Holy Cross communities, we have the opportunity to commit to voting and therefore commit to participation in our collective civic society. And by engaging in order to cast an informed vote, we will take a step toward promoting civil discourse about politics in our community. We are among our nation’s young voters. But, as studies show, young voters are not doing their part. Buck the trend. In contributing your voice, you will take the first step into building a stronger country for your future. Become a voter. Vote.
Verses and votes Ray Ramirez The Crooked Path
All the best poetry is true, even if it describes landscapes of fantasy populated by imaginary beings. It is true when it reveals something real about the human condition, and educates us about mankind’s potential for good while taking a focused look at the harsh realities of our limitations. Poets have dedicated their lives to this effort, with all the fervor and discipline of religious devotees. At this time, with ballots and political ballyhoo in the news, let’s take a moment to review some verse ref lections on matters political and personal. Walt Whitman took us on a sweeping tour of the United States, f lush with manifest destiny, stretching from ocean to ocean, in “Election Day, November, 1884,” a reverie on the innate grandeur of democracy in action: “If I should need to name, O Western World, your powerfulest scene and show, / ‘Twould not be you, Niagara — nor you, ye limitless prairies — nor your huge rifts of canyons, Colorado, / Nor you, Yosemite — nor Yellowstone, with all its spasmic geyser-loops ascending to the skies, appearing and disappearing, / Nor Oregon’s white cones — nor Huron’s belt of mighty lakes — nor Mississippi’s stream: / “ — This seething hemisphere’s humanity, as now, I’d name — the still small voice vibrating — America’s choosing day, / (The heart of it not in the chosen — the act itself the main, the quadriennial choosing,) / The stretch of North and South arous’d — sea-board and inland — Texas to Maine — the Prairie States — Vermont, Virginia, California, / The final ballot-shower from East to West — the paradox and conf lict, / The countless snow-f lakes falling — (a swordless conf lict, / Yet more than all Rome’s wars of old, or modern Napoleon’s:) the peaceful choice of all, / “Or good or ill humanity — welcoming the
darker odds, the dross: / — Foams and ferments the wine? it serves to purify — while the heart pants, life glows: / These stormy gusts and winds waft precious ships, / Swell’d Washington’s, Jefferson’s, Lincoln’s sails.” Whitman catalogs the physical grandeur of the country — from the mountains of the Pacific coast, across the Great Lakes, down the Mississippi — but declares that none of these marvels are the “powerfulest scene and show” the U.S. offers. That title goes to the “ballot-shower” of a national election. He marvels at the “swordless conf lict” an election represents, where power changes hands in a formalized struggle, where even “the darker odds, the dross” help to stir and ferment the process. Political residue may not be attractive, but like the sediment and scum to be skimmed off of wine, they are a necessary part of the process. In Whitman’s optimistic assessment, the “gusts and winds” of politics are what propel and form our best leaders. Not everyone shares equally in the promise of democracy. Langston Hughes’ “Let America Be America Again” is a much more powerful and personal indictment of a political system that is especially frustrating, primarily because it falls short of serving all of its citizens. The America of Whitman’s poem is an ideal, far removed from the country described by Hughes, and Hughes acknowledges that he is spoiling the nationalist love fest: “Say, who are you that mumbles in the dark? / And who are you that draws your veil across the stars?” The poet’s truth is uncomfortable, but grounded in reality: “I am the poor white, fooled and pushed apart, / I am the Negro bearing slavery’s scars. / I am the red man driven from the land, / I am the immigrant clutching the hope I seek — / And finding only the same old stupid plan / Of dog eat dog, of mighty crush the weak.” While to some readers this might seem like a refrain of despair, Hughes ultimately has a message of hope, the kind of hope that keeps sending
people to the ballot box: “Out of the rack and ruin of our gangster death, / The rape and rot of graft, and stealth, and lies, / We, the people, must redeem / The land, the mines, the plants, the rivers. / The mountains and the endless plain — / All, all the stretch of these great green states — / And make America again!” The internet complicates matters today as an engine of hate and chaos that allows persons to take disappointments, petty grievances and ancient prejudices, and spin them into a toxic worldview. The technology may be of recent vintage, but poets have explored this dark practice for centuries. William Blake’s “A Poison Tree” resonates with its message of carefully cultivated hatred and revenge: “I was angry with my friend; / I told my wrath, my wrath did end. / I was angry with my foe: / I told it not, my wrath did grow. / And I water’d it in fears, / Night & morning with my tears: / And I sunned it with smiles, / And with soft deceitful wiles. / And it grew both day and night. / Till it bore an apple bright. / And my foe beheld it shine, / And he knew that it was mine. / And into my garden stole, / When the night had veil’d the pole; / In the morning glad I see; / My foe outstretched beneath the tree.” Blake lays out a playbook for fear-mongering despots who feed our hate and paranoid fears with sympathetic smiles and tears. We must not gorge on this poisoned fruit, however sweet and satisfying it appears. The beauty and promise of democracy is that our hopes and grievances can be aired, and acted upon, by casting a vote. The heat of political conf lict is still best quenched with a shower of ballots. Ray Ramirez is an attorney practicing, yet never perfecting, law in Texas while waiting patiently for a MacArthur Genius Grant. You may contact him at patrayram@sbcglobal.net The views expressed in this column are those of the author and not necessarily those of The Observer.
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Horoscope | Eugenia Last Happy Birthday: Put greater emphasis on home and family. Energy spent making things better, more conducive to achieving your goals and adding to your convenience will help you gain stability. Overreacting or setting unrealistic expectations will end up holding you back. A good plan with a determined attitude will help you hone your skills and bring about positive changes. Your numbers are 8, 13, 23, 29, 38, 45, 48. ARIES (March 21-April 19): Using force or anger to deal with situations that involve work or personal relationships will backfire. Take a secretive approach to what you plan to do. The less others know, the easier it will be to outsmart competition. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Whatever change you make will help add stability to your life. Listen, learn and make moves that will have long-term effects. Choose to channel your energy into being productive. Compliments will get you further than criticism. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Focus on self-improvements. Changing your image or physically taking charge and getting things done properly will be impressive. Honesty should be examined if someone offers information or suggests something that is questionable. Romance is encouraged and will brighten your day. CANCER (June 21-July 22): Pour your energy into learning, accepting change and giving your all. Participate instead of sitting back and criticizing what you don’t like. To make positive change, you have to be a part of it, so take control and put in the effort.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): The changes you want to make should be planned before you start. Expect to face some opposition, and be prepared to counter with incentives that you can afford. If you go over the budget, your goals will be questioned. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Travel mentally or physically if it will lead to important information. Knowledge is the road to success. What you have to offer will encourage others to help you reach your goals. Don’t be shy; display your skills, experience and attributes. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Speak up regarding truth and justice in a clear and concise way. Don’t let your emotions take over and fabrication set in. How you present what you want to share with others will determine how well-received you are. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Fix up your surroundings. Having a functional workspace will encourage you to engage in innovative projects. Learn from experience, and include the extras that can make the difference between a mediocre outcome and an exceptional one. Choose quality over quantity.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Don’t let your emotions cause you to misinterpret what’s going on. Someone will play on your vulnerability if you aren’t careful. Transparency is necessary. Don’t believe everything you hear. Go straight to the source if you want the truth. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Focus on physically getting things done. If you let your emotions take over, you will get bogged down with matters that are not conducive to getting ahead or reaching your goal. If your intentions are honorable, nothing else matters. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Put more effort into taking care of unfinished business. Financial, legal and health matters should be your focus, along with maintaining your reputation. Don’t let someone who has bad habits influence you. Say no to pressure tactics.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Stick to the truth, and if you are unsure what that is, don’t say anything at all. You stand to gain far more if you concentrate on what you know and do well. Take on a physical challenge to ease stress. Birthday Baby: You are creative, insightful and resourceful. You are outgoing and determined.
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March Madness contenders review Tobias Hoonhout Managing Editor
March may be a long way away, but it’s never too early to start thinking about it. With college basketball set to open the season on Tuesday night, the AP preseason top-25 has been out for over a week. Here’s some quick thoughts on the “top” teams — who w ill manifest the hy pe come the Madness?
No. 1 Kansas Bill Self has his work cut out for him if the Jayhawks want to get back to the Final Four. W hile there is a good blend of young talent and productive experience, it isn’t any thing out of the ordinar y in regards to blue-blood programs. The real issue is backcourt experience, as Kansas lost its top-three scorers from last season in Devonte’ Graham, Sv i Myk hailuk and Malik New man, and now have top recruits Devon Dotson and Quentin Grimes to take their place. Bill Self has never been that comfortable w ith starting a lot of freshmen, however, and there are question marks about the impact of star transfers like the Lawson brothers, who dazzled at Memphis but didn’t w in games. Verdict: Bark
No. 2 Kentucky As usual, the Wildcats had several players picked in the NBA Draft in June, and they now stand as the team w ith the most first round picks than any other school in the lotter y era. But of those four picks, none were really in the conversation as top-five picks, which means t wo things — not only w ill the Wildcats have less to compensate for, but John Calipari also has returning players that contributed in big ways last year. Combine the returning roster w ith another staple freshman class to pair w ith what could be the best transfer of the year, t wo-time A ll Pac-12 selection Reid Trav is. This team is deep, talented and experienced. Don’t be surprised to see Duke get surprised on opening night.
doesn’t always produce a lot of opposition. But it’s only been two years since the Zags found themselves in the national championship. And this team may be better than that one. Gonzaga lost Johnathan Williams and Silas Melson to graduation, but that’s it. The backcourt of Josh Perkins and Zach Nor vell is back, along w ith athletic w ing Rui Hachimura and talented big man Killian Tillie. Plus, Few’s staff landed two qualit y transfers in Brandon Clarke and Geno Crandall that w ill immediately contribute. A mouthwatering non-conference schedule should make up for the West Coast Conference’s lack of competition, starting w ith the Maui Inv itational. Verdict: Bite
No. 4 Duke W hile Coach K has had an uptick in elite recruits coming to Durham in recent years, he’s never had something quite like this. The Blue Dev ils have the priv ilege of figuring out how to utilize the top-three freshmen in the countr y, and R.J. Barrett, Zion Williamson and Cam Reddish could go one-three in the Draft next year too. It’s a short-term rental, but a sweet deal nonetheless. But w ith freshmen comes a lack of experience, and it’s Duke’s onus to figure out how to get its stars to gel, play defense and handle the pressure of know ing ever y team wants to put your loss on SportsCenter. I’m not buy ing it until I see it. Verdict: Bark
No. 5 Virginia People don’t need to forget UMBC, but Tony Bennett and his program have only used it as motivation. The Cavaliers were the best team in the ACC last year, and there’s no reason why they can’t be again. Kyle Guy has lived up to his recruiting hy pe and looks primed to build on last year’s success. Ty Jerome and De’Andre Hunter are both back and hungr y. And the famous Virginia defense is going nowhere. I don’t know about you, but I’m picking the ACC title to remain in Charlottesv ille. Verdict: Bite
Verdict: Bite
No. 3 Gonzaga Under Mark Few, the Bulldogs have always been a program that produces, albeit in a conference that
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Rockets beat Pacers with tiebreaking 3-pointer Associated Press
INDIANAPOLIS — James Harden made a tiebreaking 3-pointer with 34.8 seconds left and then closed out Houston’s 98-94 victory at Indiana by making four straight free throws on Monday night. The reigning MVP scored 28 points as the Rockets won their third straight since starting 1-5. And the victories have been coming in large part because of an improving defense. It’s the fourth time in six games the usually high-scoring Rockets failed to hit the 100-point mark. Victor Oladipo scored 28 points and made two 3s in the final minute to cut the deficit to 94-93 but it wasn’t enough as Indiana’s threegame winning streak ended. Houston has won three straight in the series though this one took everything Harden and his teammates could muster. Indiana charged out to a 65-57 midway through the third quarter but couldn’t
pull away. When P.J. Tucker’s 3-pointer rattled in with 7:28 left and Carmelo Anthony followed Tucker’s basket with another 3, the Rockets tied it at 81. Chris Paul broke the tie with a layup and Harden made a free throw after Pacers coach Nate McMillan drew a technical foul. Oladipo tied the score at 90 with his first 3 in the final minute. But Harden broke the tie with his fifth 3 of the game and Paul made 1 of 2 free throws to give Houston a 9490 lead. Oladipo cut the deficit to one with his final 3 but the Pacers didn’t score another basket.
first half and wound up with nine points and 13 assists. ... James Ennis III had 13 points. ... The Rockets went 15 of 47 on 3s and improved to 4-0 this season when outrebounding opponents. Pacers: Lost for the second time at home this season. ....McMillan said before the game that he is trying to increase the number of minutes Domantas Sabonis gets in each game, and Sabonis responded by scoring 17 points and grabbing eight rebounds. ... Oladipo has scored at least 20 in a career-best 10 consecutive games. ... Bojan Bogdanovic and Tyreke Evans scored 11 points. Thaddeus Young finished with eight points and 11 rebounds.
TIP-INS Rockets: Chris Capella finished with 18 points and 10 rebounds for his sixth consecutive double-double, a career best. His streak of five consecutive games with at least 12 rebounds came to end. ... Paul took only three shots in a scoreless
UP NEXT Rockets: Visit Oklahoma City on Thursday, the fourth stop on a season-long fivegame road trip. Pacers: Will try to extend their home winning streak against Philadelphia Wednesday.
NBA | Magic 102, Cavaliers 100
Buzzer-beater secures Magic victory over Cavs Associated Press
ORL ANDO, Fla. — Evan Fournier hit a 22-foot jumper at the final horn and the Orlando Magic came back from a five-point deficit in the last 24 seconds, taking advantage of a late collapse by Cleveland to beat the struggling Cavaliers 102100 on Monday night. Fournier took an inbounds pass w ith 1.8 seconds left after Nikola Vucev ic blocked George Hill’s shot at the other end, and the ball went out of bounds off Hill. J.R. Smith’s 3-pointer w ith 41.9 seconds remaining had given the Cavaliers a 10095 lead until Aaron Gordon scored after an offensive rebound for the Magic w ith 23.8 seconds to go. D.J. Augustin made a steal and t wo free throws w ith 18.7 seconds left to trim the deficit to one. Kyle Kor ver then lost the ball to Fournier, who hit
one of t w free throws w ith 13 seconds on the clock to tie it at 100. Gordon scored 23 points for Orlando, while Fournier and Terrence Ross had 15 each. Fournier added three steals, including that critical one in the final seconds while the Cavaliers were tr y ing to protect a onepoint lead. Hill scored 11 of his 22 points in the fourth quarter and made 10 of 12 shots for Cleveland (1-9), which remained w inless on the road. Tristan Thompson added 19 points and 16 rebounds. Vucev ic scored the final six points of the first half, including a putback w ith 1.4 seconds left, to leave Orlando w ith a 58-47 halftime lead — the largest of the game for either team. Cleveland answered w ith 11 straight points early in the third quarter and pulled ahead 71-68 on a 3-pointer by Hill. Hill and Smith combined
for nine points and Jordan Clarkson converted a fourpoint play as the Cavaliers finished the period on a 15-2 run to lead 79-70.
JOB REPORT Larr y Drew, promoted to head coach when the Cavaliers fired Ty ronn Lue on Oct. 25, reached an agreement to remain the head coach for the rest of the season. Drew said there was no discussion about any thing beyond this season.
TIP-INS Cavaliers: Sam Dekker left with an ankle injury at 10:04 of the third quarter. ... Clarkson scored his first eight points in a span of 71 seconds. ... The Cavs had won nine of their last 10 in Orlando. Magic: F Jonathan Isaac missed his second game w ith a sprained right ank le. ... The Magic played their third game in four nights.
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and senior Daniel Rayl, lost their first matchup of the tournament 2-1. Nevertheless, the pair bounced back, finishing ninth overall in the tournament and first on their side of the bracket. McCormick went undefeated in singles play throughout. The duo of sophomore Richard Ciamarra and senior Nathan Griffin finished 13th in the tournament. They
managed to claim a 2-1 victory over Marquette and a sweep of Northwestern to close out their tournament appearance. Meanwhile, in Florida, four Irish team members competed in the Dick Vitale Clay Court Invitational, and three — freshman Axel Nefve, junior Guillermo Cabrera and sophomore William Howells — moved onto the second round. All of them would go on to compete in the semifinals, and, coincidentally, Nefve and Cabrera faced off in the round for a chance at
the finals. After a hard-fought battle, Nefve took the victory, beating Cabrera 2-1 (6-3, 4-6, 10-8). Meanwhile, across the bracket, Howells defeated his opponent from Illinois to earn a spot in the finals against Nefve. Axel Nefve went on to defeat teammate Howells 6-2, 6-3 to earn the championship title. After a successful weekend, the Irish will conclude their fall season in Surprise, Arizona, where senior Alex Lebedev will compete in the ITA Fall National Championships.
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Irish sophomore Tristan McCormick hits the ball during Notre Dame’s 6-1 loss to UNC on Mar. 23 at Eck Tennis Pavilion. McCormick and his partner, senior Daniel Rayl, finished 9th overall in Minnesota.
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[John] Mooney and Elijah [Burns] have led us up there. D.J. Harvey is capable of 7-8 rebounds in a game. I’m not sure if there’s going to be one guy that’s swallowing it — it’ll be team rebounding.” One of those contributors will be sophomore forward D.J. Harvey, who contributed nine points and eight rebounds against Central State. After suffering a microfracture in his knee last January that essentially knocked him out for the rest of the season, Harvey has worked himself back into game form over the summer, impressing Brey in the process and aiming once again to become a key piece in the Irish lineup. “I give a lot of credit to him, and how he worked on his rehab plan since he was given the green light to go. I give a lot of credit to [strength and conditioning coaches] Skip Meyer and Tony Rolinski — not only with [Harvey] but also with Prentiss [Hubb],” Brey said. “Those two guys did not play in the summer and they were in a very intense rehabilitation program. … I’ve been really impressed with how he’s come back. “[Harvey] was a starter. He was in the midst of a long starting string when he went down, and probably would’ve been a double-figure scorer for us. So yeah, he’s a little more of a veteran, he’s a little more of a gifted guy that can go get a shot, he’s always been a great defensive rebounder, and we need him to continue to do that.” With a young team and players coming back from injury,
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Brey realizes that the journey will be a process, and often encourages his high-strung players — especially his five freshmen — to embrace the highs and lows that come with playing basketball. “They’re very hard on themselves when they make mistakes. They are very intense and their bar is high. I try to get them onto the next play and not to dwell on it, and to enjoy the journey a little bit. They’re high-level, wantit-bad guys, even as young guys,” Brey said. The Irish will face their first test against UIC. Coached by Steve McClain, the Flames received four first-place votes and were selected third overall in the Horizon League preseason poll. UIC finished in that very position last season, recording 12 wins in conference play and 20 on the season. Junior guards Marcus Ottey (First Team) and Tarkus Ferguson (Second Team) were named to the Preseason AllHorizon League teams. Ottey led UIC in scoring during conference play last season with 14.6 points per game, while Ferguson led the Horizon League in assists during conference play for the second time in as many seasons with 5.9 per game. Both the Flames and the Irish will look to start their seasons in the win column Tuesday evening. Tipoff is scheduled for 7 p.m. at Purcell Pavilion. Contact Joe Everett at jeveret4@nd.edu
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Irish junior guard T.J. Gibbs shoots a three pointer during Notre Dame’s 76-54 victory over Central St. on Nov. 1 at Purcell Pavilion. Notre Dame will open its regular season on Tuesday night at Purcell Pavilion.
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Irish look to open season with victory By JOE EVERETT Sports Editor
Notre Dame will begin its 2018-19 regular-season campaign Tuesday evening inside Purcell Pavilion by facing off against University Illinois-Chicago (UIC) as part of the 2018 Gotham Classic. This will be the first-ever matchup between the Flames and the Irish, and it is the beginning of a seven-consecutive home game stretch for Notre Dame. The Irish are currently riding an eight-game win streak during in-season tournaments, having claimed back-toback in-season tournament titles by way of the 2016 Legends Classic and the 2017 Maui Invitational. The Irish wrapped up their preseason with a 76-45 win over Central State on Thursday night at Purcell Pavilion. Junior guard T.J. Gibbs scored a team-high 17 points, while junior forward John Mooney and freshman guard Dane Goodwin added 11 and 10 points, respectively. Irish head coach Mike Brey commented on how key Mooney — who found an increased role last season while Bonzie Colson was injured — will be for the development of the team this season.
“He needs to keep getting confident,” Brey said. “He can stretch the floor and shoot it, but he does some other stuff too. He’s athletic around the bucket, when he rolls off of ball screens he can finish in traffic physically, he’s been making his free throws — which was a struggle for him last year … but when we throw it to him in the low post I want him to be a little more confident to make a move and score. We need somebody down there to try and do that [because] we don’t really have any of that right now … we need him to take the next step.” With Colson, Martinis Geben and Austin Torres all graduated from the forward position, the Irish will be largely unproven in the interior this season. The Irish still managed to out rebound the Marauders 48-35 Thursday night, and Brey commented that it will be a team effort to crash the boards to rebound the ball this season. “I think we’re going to have to do it by committee and as a group,” Brey said. “I don’t know if there’s going to be one guy out there and we’ll say ‘wow, he can get us double-figure rebounds.’ I’ll say this: see M BBALL PAGE 11
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Irish senior guard Rex Pflueger defends an opponent during Notre Dame’s 76-54 victory over Central State on Nov. 1 at Purcell Pavilion. The Irish will begin their regular season Tuesday against Illinois-Chicago.
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Notre Dame split up over the weekend to take on t wo separate tournaments. The squad competed in the Gopher Inv itational hosted by the Universit y of Minnesota and the Dick Vitale Clay Court Inv itational in Florida. And for the Irish, two separate challenges meant two separate v ictories this weekend. Play ing as a pair, junior Matt Gamble and senior Grayson Broadus were named champions of the Gopher Inv itational. The duo ended the tournament w ith a v ictor y in doubles while also tally ing seven indiv idual v ictories combined. Gamble and Broadus also earned a v ictor y four separate times in a best-of-three play st yle, defeating each opponent 2-1. Another Irish duo in the Gopher Inv itational, sophomore Tristan McCormick
Former Irish golfer Becca Huffer recently earned her LPGA Tour Card, making her the first golfer to earn her way onto the illustrious tour for Notre Dame in the program’s 30-year tradition. Huffer, a native of Littleton, Colorado, entered Notre Dame a highly sought-after recruit, having won the state championship for Littleton High School her sophomore year. While under head coach Susan Holt, Huffer helped lead the team to a Big East Championship and their first NCAA championship appearance her junior season, posting a team-leading tie for 35th place to help pace the Irish for a 24th-place finish. The twotime team MVP and 2011-2012 team captain was dominant in one of the program’s final seasons in the Big East, being named four-time all conference and winning the Big East Sports Excellence Award in her final season with the Irish. Huffer has spent the past six years in the minor Symetra
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Irish senior Grayson Broadus chases the ball during Notre Dame’s 6-1 loss to UNC on Mar. 23 at Eck Tennis Pavilion.
Tour, where she recorded 10 top-10 finishes, three of which have come in the past year. In addition to an impressive holein-one she hit earlier this season, she’s posted top-10 stats in four different categories: subpar holes, birdies, total rounds played and eagles. Her other post-graduate accomplishments include qualifying for the 2012 U.S. Women’s Open and winning the 2013 Colorado Women’s Open. She was awarded this prestigious honor on Saturday following a 10th place finish at the LPGA Q-Series at Pinehurst Course in Pinehurst, North Carolina. The tournament provides the top-45 finishers with membership into the LPGA. Huffer shot under par in half of the eight rounds, carding a 3-under-par 573, shooting below par (72) in half of her rounds, on the whole tournament. Huffer is joining the largest and most well-known tour for elite female golfers with over 500 members, nearly half of whom are actively competing.