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University hosts 100 Days Dance Senior Class Council sponsors dance commemorating last 100 days of college

By LUCY LYNCH News Writer

Senior Class Council hosted its second annual “100 Days Dance” in the Dahnke Ballroom in Duncan Student Center on Thursday night. The dance marks the final 100 days of school at Notre Dame for the class of 2018, and seniors were invited to join in reminiscing on their 3 1/2 years together.

Senior Class Council secretary Matthew Peters said he was excited for the class of 2018 to have access to the newly-completed Duncan Student Center for the second installment of this dance.

“The space is unbelievably classy and the facilities are top-notch, so moving to Duncan seemed like the right

move — it was a no brainer,” Peters said. “Furthermore, we believe that an on-campus venue would continue to bridge the gap between the senior off-campus community and those still on campus.”

The dance, which overlooked Notre Dame Stadium, featured a DJ, professional photographer, photo booth and hors d’oeuvres such as chocolate-covered strawberries, mini tacos, pot stickers and cupcakes.

In addition to the prime location, Peters said he hoped the free shuttle service offered for the dance would attract offcampus seniors to the event.

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Seniors mingle and chat together at the 100 Days Dance on Thursday night in the Dahnke Ballroom in the Duncan Student Center.

Saint Mary’s facilitates LGBT information fair

By CIARA HOPKINSON

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The Saint Mary’s Sexuality and Gender Alliance Club hosted an LGBTQ Resource Fair, an event that allowed participants to meet with LGBTQ and ally organizations, groups and individuals who provide resources to local and college communities Thursday.

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Students, faculty and staff gather in Rice Commons on Thursday to connect with LGBT/Ally organizations and individuals.

As Notre Dame seniors enjoy their final semester at the University that has become their home over the past four years, questions regarding how to live in “the real world” are hard to ignore. In an effort to provide some peace of mind and ease the transition to independence, the Alumni Association will host “Life Beyond the ND Bubble” on Sunday in the

The Boler-Parseghian Center for Rare and Neglected Diseases (CRND) will be hosting a two-day conference dedicated to raising awareness and understanding of rare diseases starting Friday.

According to CRND’s website,

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Juniors Tobias Hoonhout, Elizabeth Greason, Lucas Masin-Moyer and Claire Radler will help oversee The Observer’s Editorial Board next year, incoming Editor-in-Chief Courtney Becker announced Thursday.

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the annual conference will feature speeches, forums, interactive stations and other events by a variety of medical and research experts from across the nation. Kasturi Haldar, the director of CRND, said the meeting brings together a convergence of

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Dahnke Family Ballroom.

Kevin Brennan, associate director of marketing and communications for the Alumni Association, said the idea for an afternoon of advisory talks from alumni and other members of the Notre Dame community came out of the Alumni Association’s strategic planning regarding young alumni-student engagement.

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Incoming Editor-in-Chief names new staff members Tobias Hoonhout

By KELLI SMITH

The student senate voted to postpone the student government presidential runoff election until Feb. 23 and suspend campaigning until Feb. 19 during a meeting Thursday night.

Under normal circumstances, a runoff election would take place the Monday following the original election, per the Student Union Constitution.

However, out of respect for

Lecture to discuss life after ND

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Event to examine rare diseases

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College to host first year parents

By ERIN GRIMES News Writer

This weekend, Saint Mary’s will be hosting parents from across the country as part of First Year Parents’ Weekend. The event boasts a lineup of activities intended to introduce these parents to the College community and allow them to spend time with their child in the Saint Mary’s environment.

The official event kicks off Friday with with registration and a welcoming reception at Reignbeaux Lounge in LeMans Hall. Starting at 10 a.m. on Saturday, there will be bowling, gocarting and mini-golfing at Strikes and Spares Entertainment Center in Mishawaka, which will last until noon. Then, from 2 to 3 p.m., there will be a “Surviving Sophomore Year” event in the Carroll Auditorium, followed by a Mass in the Church of Loretto at 4 p.m. The event will be rounded out by cocktails starting at 6:30 p.m. and dinner at 7 p.m. at the Hilton Garden Inn Gillespie Center, which will include a photo booth available for students and parents to use.

First-year class council representative Deirdre Drinkall said she is excited to show her mom the developments that have occurred in her life at Saint Mary’s since the last time she had been to campus.

“I am excited for her to meet all my new friends and to see the changes that we’ve made to the room since August,” she said. “It’s hard after having a [month-long] break to come back to school and to have her so far away in Florida, so it will be good to spend time with her.”

First-year Emily Pantelleria said she is excited for the events planned, particularly since she will be able to enjoy them with her parents, which she takes as an advantage.

“There [are] a bunch of activities that sound really good — like bowling and go-karting,” she said.

In addition to allowing parents and first years to enjoy some quality bonding time together, first-year Anna Abel said First Year Parents’ Weekend is important because it shows Saint Mary’s off to the parents. “[The event] shows our parents our school, and [it ensures] we spend some time with them as we are

getting older,” she said.

Pantelleria said she is especially excited because she believes the event connects students’ parents to one another.

“I think it is really important for people whose parents live farther away, for [those students] to spend time with their parents because they don’t get to visit them as often,” she said. “My parents do come down a lot, [so] they are more coming down to meet my friends’ parents, as my friends’ parents live farther away.”

The event is also important to simply help keep parents connected to their children while they’re away at Saint Mary’s, and vice versa, Drinkall said.

“I think it is to keep parents in the loop, and it makes them feel like they’re a part of something even though we’re so far away,” she said.

“And also, it will just be a lot of fun to have [my mom] here. I miss her, definitely.”

Editor’s note: News Editor Courtney Becker contributed to this story.

Contact Erin Grimes at egrimes01@saintmarys.edu

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effectively draw off-campus seniors to Duncan the night of,” Peters said. “Our bus service makes a loop between Duncan, Irish Row to the east of campus, Eddy Street Commons to the south of campus and Dublin Village to the west of campus.”

The main purpose of this event, Peters said, was for classmates to reflect on the memories made throughout their time at Notre

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Dame as their senior year begins to wind down.

“More than anything, our goal with this event was to celebrate our last 3 1/2 years together at the greatest university in the world, all while remembering that our days here are numbered,” Peters said. “It is our hope that through this event, our classmates truly recognize and cherish every last day, every last experience and every last encounter at Our Lady’s University.”

Senior Olivia Mikkelsen said the dance was a welcome burst of

camaraderie in a nerve-wracking time for many members of the class of 2018.

“I think it’s a scary, but exciting, time,” she said. “I feel like that’s a common theme around most seniors, but having a 100 Days Dance is a great way to bring everyone together and really have a collective experience of being seniors and being together and having this.”

Senior Brody Scholl, however, said the event has really caused the amount of time he has left as a Notre Dame student to hit home

for him.

“Honestly, I’m pretty terrified,” he said. “It’s kind of scary for them to remind me how soon we are to graduating and just being openly and unapologetically thrust into the world.”

Peters said the event took a considerable deal of planning, a duty made easier by the help of his Class Council task force — made up of seniors Sarah Ritten, Kelly Smith, Thomas Walsh, Alexandra Snyder, Andrea Bae and John Ahn — whose dedication he said helped make this dance possible.

More important than the details of the dance, however, were the members of the class of 2018 and their memories of Notre Dame, Peters said.

“Our measure of success does not come through ticket sales or the number of chocolate covered strawberries eaten,” he said. “Our measure of success will be the memories made among classmates — memories that we hope will last a lifetime.”

to providing financial resources for students who identify as members of the LGBTQ community, GALA also sponsors charitable, educational, spiritual and athletic activities that further the interests of community members and their supporters.

Along with GALA, the LGBTQ Center of South Bend; YWCA of Northern Indiana; Transgender Resource, Education and Enrichment Services (TREES); Graduate LGBTQ+ and Allies Student Society of Notre Dame (GlassND) and several other resource groups attended the event.

Meghan Buell, the founder and president of TREES, Inc., an organization spreading transgender education throughout small-town and rural communities, has been involved at Saint Mary’s for the

past five years, appearing as a guest lecturer and acting as a mentor to student organizations. Buell said TREES, Inc. hopes to connect with college students through events such as Thursday’s resource fair.

“I think that sometimes there’s a disconnect between the community and the resources in the campus community, and we want to bring those together to let students know that there are resources in the community that they may not find directly through campus organizations,” Buell said.

TREES, Inc. strives to teach the essential tools necessary to initiate respectful, productive conversations in and about the LGBTQ community, Buell said.

“We are constantly having conversations and teaching communication skills that are involved in

the transgender community: how to be respectful, how to use the right terminology, understanding that pronouns matter,” Buell said.

Laura Ortiz-Mercado, a graduate student at Notre Dame, represented GlassND, a group founded by the graduate student union that works to create a sense of community within Notre Dame and is specifically aimed toward graduate students who identify as LGBTQ. “Our first goal is to create a sense of community and companionship, as well as a support group,” she said. “We know that, in a way, being in graduate school is like living inside a bubble in which you are disconnected from everything else. We’ve been trying to create connections across universities and, more importantly, with the

South Bend community.”

One of the largest parts of her role as group organizer, Ortiz-Mercado said, is to create visibility by spreading LGBTQ awareness through the Notre Dame and Saint Mary’s communities.

“The most important thing is bringing visibility to the different groups — support groups, student organizations and non-profit organizations around South Bend,” she said. “We want to bring visibility to the fact that we are here, and to let people in the LGTBTQ community know that they have a lot of resources and groups to join. We want to let them know that they are not alone here.”

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year serving as Associate Sports Editor. Originally from Smithtown, New York, Hoonhout lives in Knott Hall on campus and has spent his time with The Observer covering a number of Notre Dame sports, including football, hockey and women’s lacrosse.

“It’s truly an honor to be named Managing Editor,” Hoonhout said. “I’m excited for the year ahead and hope to tackle new challenges head-on while maintaining the level of excellence we here at The Observer strive for.”

Greason, a junior living in McGlinn Hall, is finishing her term as Sports Editor.

The New York City native is pursuing a major in civil engineering. During her time with The Observer, Greason

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we have for students and what additional services we might be able to provide for students that make sense given the Alumni Association’s role at the University, and this idea was one of the things we identified early in that process,” Brennan said. “It was something that was coming up again and again as a new thing that a lot of our peer institutions in higher education were starting to provide for students — some sort of life-skills, ‘adulting’ training.”

The program, Brennan said, works well with the Alumni Association’s mission of keeping Notre Dame graduates connected with each other and with the University in preparing students for the next stage of their lives as alumni. The Association relied upon the input of students, rectors and the Senior

will face challenges this year, but I am confident that this is a fantastic team and that we are equipped to handle everything thrown at us.”

Masin-Moyer is a junior in Morrissey Manor who hails from Telford, Pennsylvania, outside of Philadelphia, and

Class Council to choose focus topics and make the program as effective as possible, Jackie Thomas, the young alumni programming director for the Alumni Association, said.

“I think personal financial literacy is always something people are really interested in because it’s confusing,” she said. “You have to hear it a couple of times before you actually understand it, so that was a big one.”

The event will be divided between two rooms — one hosting the main stage and broader talks, and the other, called the Room of Requirement in reference to the Harry Potter series, containing a smaller stage, more targeted talks and tables at which members from 10 sponsors and partners will be available to answer specific questions.

“They [Senior Class Council] emphasized to us that they thought that the graduating

is majoring in political science and American studies.

He has most recently served as Associate News Editor, during which time he covered Vice President Mike Pence’s selection as the 2017 Commencement speaker and the subsequent response, political activism, speakers on campus and student government elections.

“I’m really looking forward to getting to work with such great people to help inform the campus community,” Masin-Moyer said. “Working with The Observer has been one of the great privileges of my college experience, and I cannot wait to see what the

students would want multiple options, because one session might not apply to you or it might not be something you’re interested in,” Brennan said.

“So we totally shaped the program as you see it now around that feedback and having, at any time during the afternoon, multiple topics and speakers that you can choose from.”

Speakers include Mendoza College of Business professor Carl Ackermann on financial planning, South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg on following your passions and former Notre Dame football head coach Lou Holtz on having an attitude of success. In addition, there will be an alumni panel open to student questions and talks regarding the importance of networking, how to find an apartment, maintaining a responsible social media presence and even wine appreciation.

Brennan said everything including the food that will be

next year has in store.”

Radler, a junior from Winnetka, Illinois, lives in Flaherty Hall on campus.

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has covered a wide variety of Notre Dame sports teams, including football, women’s basketball and volleyball.

“The Observer plays such an important role in serving the Notre Dame and Saint Mary’s communities, so I am very grateful to have the opportunity to take on an increased leadership role,” Greason said. “I’m sure we

support the patients.”

According to the conference’s website, patient advocacy groups on campus will also be in attendance. Senior Hannah Mumber, the co-president of RareND, said RareND will give “teaser talks” and presentations on how the club focuses on rare disease awareness and patient advocacy on campus.

“The conference allows all sectors of the rare disease community to come together to share experiences and recent research,” Mumber said. “ … I expect the atmosphere to be very collaborative and supportive as always and am most excited to meet the patients and their families.”

Junior Megan Crowley, a student who will her share some of her experience of growing up with Pompe disease, will be speaking Saturday after her father, John Crowley, who helped find a cure for Pompe.

Editor’s note: Crowley spoke to

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researchers, students, trainees and patients.

“There are 7,000 rare and neglected diseases as defined by U.S. federal guidelines, and so what this means is one in 10 people suffer from a rare and neglected disease,” Haldar said.

“These diseases are very poorly understood, so there is need to increase awareness, there is need to understand them better and there is a very large unmet need to develop therapies for these diseases.”

Because of the large number of rare diseases, the conference is intended to touch on “reasonably broad areas,” Haldar said, such as brain afflictions, blood and lung disorders.

“Mechanistically, there’s a huge amount of discovery because [rare diseases] are so under-researched, so it’s a great

as a major theme for this year’s conference, she said she expects about 170–175 attendees.

“There will be a much larger and integrated focus on patient engagement and the activities of our students,” Haldar said.

“We’ve created booths, and at these booths, we have students who are partnering with patients to present their disease, so the students will speak on a molecular genetic basis and the patients will speak to the clinical path that they have been down.”

Another new addition, Haldar said, is that patients will be introducing each session of the conference.

“We’re trying to bring this whole process together, all of the different components that go into supporting and informing rare and neglected diseases research,” Haldar said. “ … The students learn a lot from the patient community, and obviously it’s through the work that the students do that we’re able to

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place for students and trainees who want to understand how a disease is caused but then also for students who are interested in careers in medicine or biology or research in general,” she said.

The keynote speakers, Haldar said, are Nicole Boice, the founder and CEO of Global Genes, and Rob Long, a former college football player who survived a rare brain cancer and is now the director of strategic development for Uplifting Athletes.

“Really there’s a tremendous sense of hope and excitement,” Haldar said. “We have seen a lot of progress in the development of programs and rare and neglected disease here at Notre Dame, but also nationwide and in the world.”

Launched nine years ago as a lunch involving about 20 students, the event has gradually expanded after CRND’s development of an outreach program, Haldar said. By emphasizing the “empowerment of patients”

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from a semester abroad in London.

“I am super excited to be taking on such a huge leadership role with The Observer,” Radler said. “We have a great team for the upcoming year, and I can’t wait to see what we accomplish.”

served at the event has been chosen with a purpose.

“Everything at the event is built around the idea that this is something that’s going to help you in your life after Notre Dame,” Brennan said.

“What [food] we’re serving is built around things that someone who is a year out of college would be able to make themselves in their kitchen, and we’re going to be handing out recipe cards so that everything we serve at the event, you’ll have the recipe so you can then recreate it on your own when you’re out in the world.”

Raffle drawings will occur between each talk and at the end of the event, with prizes ranging from Amazon gift cards to kitchen appliances to followup lunches with the speakers.

Brennan said the program received overwhelming support from sponsors and speakers.

“There’s not a person that we asked to speak at this event who

The Observer with the assistance of her nurse, Emma Holly, who is quoted below.

“She’s going to talk about growing up and basically how, through her life, her dad has been helping to try and save her life,” Holly said. “A lot of people view her dad as a hero, but to her it’s just her dad, so she’ll be talking about that.”

As it is Crowley’s second year attending the conference, Holly said Crowley hopes more people will attend the conference and that it raises more awareness about rare diseases.

“She thinks it is important that people are aware of rare disease day,” Holly said. “ … If there’s enough people getting behind [a rare disease] and supporting it together, then it really makes it less rare [because] there’s more awareness brought to it.”

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those mourning the death of Sister Mary McNamara, the Breen-Phillips Hall rector who died Wednesday due to complications following a stroke, the candidates agreed to suspend campaigning and postpone the election.

“In light of Sister Mary’s passing, we didn’t think it was appropriate to continue on with the election,” student body vice president Sibonay Shewit said. “And seeing that [Junior Parents Weekend] is not this weekend but the weekend after, and our candidates are all juniors, it seems to make the most sense to suspend campaigning from now through JPW.” Contact Natalie Weber at nweber@nd.edu

said they couldn’t do it, and we feel that the programming and presentations are going to be so strong because of the great people who are presenting — who are almost entirely Notre Dame alumni or faculty and staff,” Brennan said.

The response from the Notre Dame community, Thomas said, should serve as encouragement to those students leaving the University at the end of this academic year.

“People really were excited to help, and when they were called upon to assist our students, seniors and graduating grad students should know that they’re entering into a community of open arms,” she said. “This group is really special, and they really want to help and be of service and provide any assistance they can. That was really nice to see.”

Contact Ciara Hopkinson at chopkin1@nd.edu

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By NICHOLAS OTTONE Scene Writer

I was simply not aware television could do what “The Good Place” accomplishes in every single episode.

In its first season, “The Good Place” was incredibly funny, occasionally great and constantly surprising, inviting viewers to watch its characters attempt selfimprovement in an idealized heaven. Yet, nothing could prepare viewers for its season-ending, premiseexploding twist and the insanely entertaining, frequently transcendent second season that was to follow.

This is a series that astounds you with the audacity of its ambition so often that you sometimes forget how effortlessly it pulls off the simple sitcom mechanics.

This is a series with hilarious character-based humor, a fast-paced plot, an endless imagination and a sincere moral center, expertly creating a sentimental, yet logical, afterlife. “The Good Place” feels nigh impossible at times, a high-wire act balancing network comedy rhythms with its philosophical and high-concept aspirations, crafting a most unique story about that most simple and fundamental of questions: how to be a good person.

Television, even more than film, requires strong characters to provide an empathetic link for audiences to tune in week after week. Comedies in particular need character-based humor to drive their central plots and misunderstandings. “The Good Place” — like

its creator Michael Schur’s other series, “Parks and Recreation” and “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” — possesses an enviable ensemble, with each performer adding a distinct flavor to the show. However, this applies not only to the humor, but also to the emotional undercurrents, which “The Good Place” emphasizes in its second season. Kristen Bell and William Jackson Harper already proved they made excellent sparring partners with astounding chemistry, but the second season dials up the moral pressure and watches them react and grow. As Jason Mendoza, Manny Jacinto expertly toes the line between irredeemably dumb and surprisingly sweet.

As a perpetually cheerful humanoid helper named Janet, D’Arcy Carden layers more complex emotions in her delivery this season, which serves well to support the show’s real MVP. Ted Danson, a television legend from his days on “Cheers,” portrays Michael, a conflicted higher being with unparalleled empathy and puckishness who steals every scene — asking, with his incredibly expressive face, what it means to be human.

These distinctly drawn characters are caught in the crosshairs of an astonishingly fast-paced plot. The first season’s little tricks and reveals are nothing to the twists and turns of the second. This is edge-of-your-seat storytelling at its finest, one that respects its characters enough to allow them to drive the plot instead of useless machinations. The endless imagination of the show is on full display in the wondrous production design, expansive yet intimate world-building and delightfully

silly, high-concept flourishes. Yet, “The Good Place” also slows down enough to allow audiences to relish in the company of these characters, the philosophical implications of an afterlife built on a point system and the touching relationships formed out of the peculiar circumstances.

All this would be good, perhaps even great, but “The Good Place” also possesses a sincere moral center, constantly wondering what it means to be human and what it means to be good. Michael and Janet learn through the central quartet what it means to be human, to be mortal and fail at your loftiest goals. They feel the concepts of love and friendship, knotty ideas that confound most people on earth. And Kristen Bell’s Eleanor embarks on a posthumous journey of redemption, learning that she too can move from selfishness to selflessness. No other show on television would devote an entire episode to the fabled “Trolley Problem.” Very few programs evade sentimentality as skillfully as “The Good Place,” and rare is the program so devoted to exploring the reality of being a good person. “The Good Place” recognizes that being good is often unrewarding, difficult work; yet, it challenges us to try anyway.

Ultimately, that exploration and dedication to the most fundamental questions of humanity is why “The Good Place” is one of the best shows on television, and I cannot wait to see what comes next.

Contact Nicholas Ottone at nottone@nd.edu

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Challenging Dolores Huerta

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Outrageous laundry pricing

Nick Marr Civics Corner

Meagan Bens Sports Writer

As a college student who obsesses over laundry and cleaning everything, I spend an amount of money on it that adds up quickly, especially with the wonderful prices at our school.

To top it off, while I pay $1.75 or $2 for every load in the washer and $1.25 for every load in the dryer, my brother goes to Regis University out in Colorado, where laundry is free. That’s right, free. No need for him to load up to his equivalent of Domer Dollars or search through spare change. While he carelessly pours all the clothes and detergent he wants into a machine on a weekly basis, I’m searching through my change, stacking up my quarters and using a good amount of my paycheck.

We all know that the price tag for room and board is not cheap. On top of that, we have a meal plan that is $14 a swipe — not exactly ideal. I think a good number of us can admit we don’t take as much food as we should for the price we pay. Also, when it comes to laundry, we are on our own. I don’t expect Notre Dame to provide free laundry for students anytime soon, but I do expect them to make an effort to improve it.

I’m going to give full credit to the McGavick-Gayheart platform and say we should be able to use flex points for laundry.

Considering all the money the school has (that 11-figure endowment though), it’s frustrating that the University continues to nickel-and-dime students. We should have more freedom when it comes to our flex points, especially considering we are paying for them.

Also, taking it further and going off the ridiculous price for each meal, extra meal swipes we don’t use should be converted to flex points. And it would be great if from there, those flex points could be redirected towards laundry. I know the administration will find this a stretch and laugh at the idea, but it needs to do something about these laundry prices.

For those who are on a budget, the first thing that will be cut is costs for laundry, since it is outcasted from our already expensive room and board and meal plan. It’s just not right that some people have to sacrifice a necessity because our school is too stingy to relinquish anything from its bank. Not to mention it can be a potential health risk.

At this point, it’s just unacceptable. Students, and most importantly the new student body president and vice president, need to hold the administration accountable so student’s financial means do not prevent them from taking advantage of basic on-campus amenities. Simple as that.

Contact Meagan Bens at mbens@nd.edu The views and expressions of the Inside Column are those of the author and not necessarily of The Observer.

Does Dolores Huerta fight for the voiceless?

Next week, Notre Dame will host Huerta on campus. A social activist dedicated to labor rights, Huerta co-founded the United Farm Workers of America (UFW) with Cesar Chavez in 1962.

She served as an honorary co-chair for the 2017 Women’s March on Washington. In the eyes of the world, she is undoubtedly an accomplished leader.

I plan to attend her event, which is the next keynote in the Institute for Latino Studies’ Transformative Leadership Lecture Series. But is Huerta a leader that Notre Dame students should emulate, as the programming suggests? Has her activism transformed the world in the right way?

Perhaps in some ways, but certainly not on the issue of life.

Huerta began her speech to the 2016 Democratic National Convention, “I have spent my whole life fighting for human rights … for every person that does not have a voice.” The UFW’s website lists dignity as one of its four core values, which they define as, “recognizing and respecting the inherent worth of all people.” Consistent with her thoughts on human dignity is her professed commitment to nonviolence. Her website’s biography states, “nonviolence is our strength.” In a Vogue interview, she said, “ … please join the nonviolent movement. This is how Gandhi freed India. If Gandhi freed India, we can certainly free the United States from our racism, misogyny, and bigotry.”

Huerta claims to hold dear the principles of human life and dignity. But has she thought seriously about what those principles require? For Huerta to be a truly transformative leader that we should emulate, we should expect consistency between her professed principle of dignity and nonviolence and her stance on abortion, an issue which generally challenges us to consider whether we will act for ourselves or act in defense of those who cannot defend themselves. If there is inconsistency, we should insist on well-reasoned arguments that seriously consider opposing arguments.

How does Huerta, the Catholic mother of 11 children, reason on abortion? She is not pro-life, a position consistent with dignity and nonviolence. She is pro-choice. Does she offer well-reasoned arguments for this position that address seriously the arguments from the pro-life position? I offer these quotes from Huerta:

“You can’t be a true feminist until you understand the woman’s right to abortion.”

From an interview with the Huffington Post: “We don’t want to go against the church but … we have to think about ourselves first.

“And all these people who have issues with having an abortion, what do they do for children? Even the church, what does the church do to help us raise our children? Do they provide infant centers? Do they provide resources for our teenagers? [Abortion is] a social issue that they like to focus on and it’s divisive, and it’s the only reason that they do it.”

From these statements, it seems that Huerta believes the pro-life feminists are not as committed to women’s rights as she is, and self-interest precedes Church teaching. Not only that, but sewing division is the sole intention of all those who seek to uphold the sanctity of unborn life by fighting a culture which looks indifferently, and perhaps even approvingly, on abortion.

I am not suggesting Catholic leaders following Catholic principles are the only worthy examples of leadership for Notre Dame students. The concern I am raising is about the striking inconsistency between her professed principles and her radical stance on abortion. At the very least, the deep difference in Huerta’s thoughts and actions –– between professing the principles of dignity and nonviolence and taking a radical pro-choice stance without confronting the pro-life position at its strongest –– calls into question her advertised status as a transformative leader we should seek to emulate.

Ms. Huerta: You could be a powerful and persuasive advocate for the pro-life movement. I urge you to consider how your statements negatively impact the unborn, who have no voice, and how you could instead contribute to developing a culture that deeply respects human life and dignity. Doing good work for labor rights and women and defending the unborn are not opposed to each other. You risk losing a few friends at the Huffington Post, but you could bridge a deep partisan divide.

Nick Marr is a sophomore from San Diego, California. He is majoring in history and political science with a certificate in international security. His favorite liberal is John F. Kennedy. He knows there could be opinions other than his own, and he encourages them to be directed to nmarr@nd.edu The views expressed in this column are those of the author and not necessarily those of The Observer.

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LETTERs TO THE EDITOR

We live in hope On Wednesday, Sister Mary McNamara — the rector of Breen-Phillips (BP) Hall — was called home to our Lord. This loss is devastating to all who loved this incredible woman — her community of the Sisters of the Incarnate Word; her BP residents, past and present, whom she shepherded fearlessly and tenderly for the past six years; her family and loved ones; and the entire Notre Dame community.

Sister Mary came to Breen-Phillips during my sophomore year at Notre Dame. We connected instantly as born-and-raised Clevelanders with a mutual love for our city. At the beginning of that school year, I began experiencing frequent panic attacks, the latest development in my experience with anxiety, depression and OCD. Despite only knowing me for a few weeks, Sister Mary accompanied me through this difficult time with grace; when I decided to take a medical withdrawal to address my mental health, she organized a short prayer service with the hall staff. She prayed for my healing and safe return to Notre Dame, and she was instrumental in ensuring I would be able to live in BP upon my return a year later.

Over the next few years, I had the great pleasure of working with Sister Mary as the liturgical music

commissioner for the hall and as a Resident Assistant in my senior year. Last year, she invited me to serve as the piano accompanist and vocalist at her golden jubilee, a celebration of her 50th anniversary as a Sister of the Incarnate Word, and I visited with her when I returned to campus.

Sister Mary was all that I aspire to be and more — a strong, proud woman of God, compassionate to the most vulnerable among us and feisty as hell. She delighted in the daily joys, which she saw better than most of us. She was a no-nonsense leader who earned the respect of all she encountered by simply living her vocation. She had a giggle that spilled out whenever something tickled her funny bone, and her sense of humor was unmatched (for example, she informed our hall staff that the initials of her order, the “Sister of the Incarnate Word” (SIW), really stood for “Send Irish Whiskey”). She was the quintessential rector, pouring out her gifts in the service of the community.

Perhaps it is cliche to say, but Sister Mary was like a mother to me. She accompanied me through the most challenging time of my life, sharing in my grief and pain. She welcomed me home with open arms. She encouraged me to share my gifts with my community

and invited me to share them with hers. When I returned to Notre Dame after my medical withdrawal, my mom told me to remember that I would always have a mother looking out for me from atop the Golden Dome. Really, I (and all of the members of the BP community) had a sassy, smiling nun caring for me and the entire community with tough love and a heart of gold.

Sister Mary frequently stated, “We live in hope.”

Sometimes, this comment came after a resident had lost their keys for the 10th time or the kitchen was left in disarray yet again. But this is how Sister Mary lived, and it is how she will be remembered — a woman of hope who placed her trust in the Lord.

I am confident that Sister Mary is at peace with God in heaven. Somewhere, a prayer is ending, and as a chorus of “Amen” rings out, Sister Mary is smiling slyly as she adds, “and A-Woman.”

Eternal rest grant unto her, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon her.

Maggie Skoch class of 2016 Feb. 7

Notre Dame incorporated In my four years at Notre Dame, the University has prioritized revenue streams over student welfare at every opportunity, acting on policies that resemble corporate fiduciary responsibility more than Catholic moral imperative; from constrictive and aggressive parking to glitzy mass-construction projects, these decisions increase the school’s bottom line at the direct expense of the student body.

Now, we can add undergraduate housing to the list. Fr. Jenkins, apparently ignorant to how the public perceives his opinionated pronouncements, has decided that all students need to be on campus at least three full years to be capable students. At best, this is negligence towards the needs of his flock; at worst, this is a form of mandatory price gouging.

It’s not hard to imagine why a student might want to live off campus for the majority of his or her college career; most students around the country prefer to do so.

They could be like me, who depends on the financial security afforded by off-campus housing, saving over $300 a month in a three-story house or over $8,000 over three years.

Or they could be like Ignacia Vasquez, a senior who’s also lived off campus since sophomore year and cites a lack of personal privacy and gender discrimination in her decision to move off campus.

“The dorm system divides the ND community more than it brings it together,” Vasquez said. “The fact that many women’s dorms aren’t ‘party friendly’ because of their rules, or the ways in which rectors manage those dorms, pushes students to always party in men’s dorms.

When this happens, men control the space, the party and the alcohol.”

This can result in unsafe social spaces for students, especially regarding sexual assault, another area where Notre Dame has consistently failed to assume any moral authority Alexandra Altobelli, another senior who moved off

her sophomore year, echoes Ignacia, adding that female dorms on campus tend to have a “sorority culture,” and students can feel like they are being babied by their rectors and RAs. “I felt the dorm did not promote a healthy culture and would use the RAs as a ‘surrogate’ mother, constantly watching over your every move,” Altobelli said. “ … You constantly felt like you were being judged for any ‘bad decisions’ as they watched over you with a disapproving eye.”

In addition, Altobelli believes moving off campus has taught her how to live as a self-sustaining adult. While the system may have good intentions, it overall treats students like children who don’t know what is best for themselves, she said.

“Living on campus means all your meals are cooked for you, your living space cleaned … you also lose the valuable chance to learn to manage your own household expenses before you go out into the ‘real world,’” she said.

Responding to these criticisms, Fr. Jenkins told the student body that “Notre Dame isn’t for everyone.” What I heard was that Notre Dame isn’t for poor people. And when defending his new policy in his annual faculty address, Jenkins played the familiar card of innocent naivete. He argued off-campus living restricted “leadership opportunities” and segregated students. Not only is this unsupported by virtually any evidence, it’s incredibly insulting to virtually the entire student body. Are we adults, or are we paying $60,000 per year to be swaddled?

Are we here to be educated as leaders or micro-managed as followers?

Vasquez, like me, was frustrated by Jenkins’ disingenuousness.

“Living off-campus hasn’t kept me from taking advantage of leadership opportunities,” she said. “I have an oncampus job as student manager at North Dining Hall, and I’m the co-founder and vice president of Feminist ND.” Altobelli could say the same, as she has been actively

involved with the ND Rocket Team, currently leading a group of 20 students.

Furthermore, living off-campus isn’t segregation. The only segregation happening is between Notre Dame and South Bend, a separation almost unparalleled in the American college experience, to the disadvantage of both groups. It’s one that divides the community into dueling perceptions of snobby, cloistered rich kids on one side and trashy townies on the other.

Notre Dame’s ideological failures are frequently defended with the cry, “It’s a private institution!” But private ownership doesn’t mean Notre Dame has the right to discriminate against gender or class, and the housing policy is blatantly discriminatory. While ND is working on creating a variety of “exceptions” to protect itself from discriminatory claims, labeling students as ‘exceptions’ is de facto discrimination. Because there are only a few reasons which you would obtain an exception to move off campus (poor, LGBTQ, sexual-assault survivor), students are automatically outed and grouped into these categories. Altobelli believes that, as she says “not having the ability to leave the dorms unless you fit into a narrow ‘exception’ category could leave students feeling like they don’t belong.”

If Notre Dame wishes to maintain any moral ground going into the 21st century, it needs to adopt progressive, rather than relentlessly regressive, student policies.

I believe Notre Dame does wish to retain moral authority and that its administration is capable of listening to its students. I invite all of us, undergraduates and graduates alike, to mobilize in defense of our basic human rights — including the right to live where we choose, according to our own consideration of our interests. Isn’t that what a leader would do?

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Horoscope | Eugenia Last Happy Birthday: Any alterations you want to make personally, physically or emotionally should be well-thought-out. Take your time and do your own research.

Avoid making a mistake that will turn into a costly lesson instead of a gain based on common sense. Past experience will help you define what’s important and help you set positive priorities. Self-control is essential. Your numbers are 2, 13, 19, 25, 34, 40, 46.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Set up a guideline that will help you save more and spend less. Don’t feel you have to follow what someone else is doing. Figure out what works best for you and take the initiative to bring about positive change.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Be cautious when dealing with personal relationships.

Don’t let anyone take advantage of your emotional vulnerability. Protect against injury and illness. Get involved in a fitness and diet regimen that will help improve your physical strength and overall health.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Make sure your motives are good before you begin something new. Your success will not be sweet if it comes at someone else’s expense.

Work alongside others to make matters better for everyone involved. Romance is encouraged.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Overdoing it will set you back. Look for legitimate ways to get ahead without jeopardizing your position, relationship or reputation. A partnership will steer you in a positive direction.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Don’t be gullible. Generosity is a wonderful trait, but if someone is trying to take advantage of your kindness, you have to know when to say “no.” If you want to bring about change, look inward and make improvements that benefit you.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Be careful how you handle domestic affairs. Someone will be eager to pick a fight, offer false information or revert to emotional blackmail if you aren’t knowledgeable about what’s happened in the past. Ask questions and remain calm.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Plan a trip or an excursion that will be educational and informative. Delve into your past in order to discover what it is you should pursue in the future. Love and romance are on the rise.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Personal problems will develop if you or someone close to you is indulgent or emotionally unstable. Do your best to keep things running smoothly and avoid making any rash decisions. Protect against injury and ill health.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): You’ll be tempted to make a purchase that isn’t likely to do what it’s supposed to do. Don’t be gullible or believe everything you are told. A skeptical attitude will help you avoid making a mistake.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Trust in your abilities. Don’t let anyone take advantage of you or make you feel like you have less to offer than anyone else.

Show some discipline and the desire to enhance what you do with new techniques, strategy and knowledge.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Don’t waste time trying to do the impossible or get involved in costly or time-consuming endeavors. A responsible attitude will help you avoid being coerced into joining forces with someone who has big dreams and little experience.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Avoid indulgence, poor choices and abrupt actions.

Whether it’s you getting out of control or someone else, consider the consequence of your actions. Too much of anything will end poorly. Focus on helping others.

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Noisy fans harm athletes Marek Mazurek Assistant Managing Editor

One word you’ll hear all the time from athletes is “noise.” And they’re not talking about how loud a particular stadium is.

“We just have to block out the noise.”

“None of that noise affects us.”

In this context, noise ser ves as a sy nony m for expectations, criticism or even praise from fans or the media.

And it really is used all the time. As recently as last Friday before the Super Bowl, Philadelphia Eagles head coach Doug Pederson told the media, “I’m blocking out the noise, just like I’m telling the players to block it out. And I’m focused on my job and helping this team w in a football game.”

If you’re a results-based analyst, you’d be inclined to say that Pederson succeeded in his goal.

But for ever y instance of a team being able to put the noise to one side and execute, there are many other cases where the noise gets to players.

Nowhere is this more prevalent than in esports.

Many esports athletes are 18–23 years old and, based on the nature of their games, heav ily immersed in the internet and message boards.

This means the players are much closer to their fans than many athletes in traditional sports. Esports players check message boards and sites, particularly Reddit, where fans can post any thing and ever y thing pertaining to a particular player.

Have a bad game? Reddit w ill let them know about it w ith invectives, snide remarks and memes. If you thought Mark Sanchez being know n as the butt-fumble guy was bad, those t y pes of t y pecasts are a dime-adozen in esports.

In a few extreme cases, criticism from Reddit has caused League of Legends athletes to quit the game, and a few have been vocal about the dangers of Reddit.

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has talked about how fan reactions on Reddit has altered his perception of himself as a player.

Konstantinos “FORG1V EN” Tzortziou was a League of Legends player who recently retired, and he had a reputation of being a bad teammate. In an inter v iew, FORG1V EN cited bully ing from Reddit as one reason he chose to quit the game.

And before you start to think noise only applies to esports athletes because they’re on the internet more, there are plent y of examples of traditional athletes cav ing to fan perceptions.

A few months ago, Kev in Durant revealed he had used at least one alternate Tw itter account to strike back against fans who criticized his move to the Golden State Warriors.

A 20-year old League of Legends player you’ve probably never heard of letting fans on the internet get to him is one thing, but Durant is another. Durant has been named the NBA’s Most Valuable Player and has an NBA title to his name, as well as four scoring titles.

Durant fits the mold of someone who shouldn’t care at all about what some random person online thinks of him or his game.

But Durant still lashed back, and that says something about the power of “noise.” The fact that someone online say ing something not even that offensive can rile up an NBA Finals MV P to respond is surprising. And while Durant’s performance on the court hasn’t seemed to suffer, who knows how many rough spots for other players around professional sports are due to the weight of communit y expectations and criticism?

Next time you hear an athlete talk about blocking out the noise, just realize there’s some merit to the cliche.

Contact Marek Mazurek at mmazurek@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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ND readies for postseason with two weekend meets

By PETER BALTES Sports Writer

This coming weekend, Notre Dame will split up to participate in two separate meets. Most of the team will be competing at the Spire D-1 Invitational in Geneva, Ohio, while some of the team’s top distance and middledistance runners will attend the Iowa State Classic. Both of these meets will serve as major opportunities for the Irish athletes to bolster their times in preparation for the fast-approaching ACC and NCA A indoor championships in late February and early March, respectively.

Irish associate head coach Matt Sparks noted that each of the two meets has its own unique pool of competition.

Taking this into account, it will be more advantageous for certain athletes to compete at either Iowa State or Spire in order to edge closer to postseason qualification standards.

“At this time of year ... I feel like the season’s kind of

like putting together a puzzle, and the key is putting all those pieces together at the end of the year,” Sparks said. “Part of the challenge of this time of year is putting everyone with the type of competition they need to put them in the right position for championship time, and that’s what we are trying to do this weekend.”

Sparks, who specializes in distance, will be traveling with the group going to Iowa State. He said the meets this weekend will ideally help a number of athletes qualify for postseason meets.

“On the women’s side, we’re trying to get a couple kids qualified for nationals,” he said. “[Senior Jessica] Harris was a national qualifier last year in the mile — this is her chance to try to put herself on the national list where she needs to be to get to that next level.”

The Irish men at Iowa State will also be seeking to improve their positioning heading into the championship meets.

“[On the men’s side], they’re looking to run some personal bests. ... We’re trying to find some better competition for a guy like [freshman] Yared [Nuguse], who won the Meyo Mile last week,” Sparks said. “We’re trying to go somewhere where he’s going to find some guys who are better than him, who will push him to new levels.”

Regardless of which meet the Irish athletes are attending, they all hold similar goals, Sparks said.

“Everybody’s got a special skill or a special mark that they’re trying to hit this weekend to either put them in a position to go to the conference meet in a few weeks ... or, in some cases, to qualify for the national meet in four weeks,” Sparks said.

Both the Spire D-1 Invitational and the Iowa State Classic will take place over the course of Friday and Saturday.

Contact Peter Baltes at pbaltes@nd.edu

nhl | flyers 5, canadiens 3

Konecny leads Flyers to win over Canadiens Associated Press

PHIL ADELPHI A — Trav is Konecny scored t w ice and Claude Girou x had a goal and t wo assists to help the Philadelphia Flyers beat the Montreal Canadiens 5-3 on Thursday night.

Jakub Voracek and Ivan Provorov also scored, and Shay ne Gostisbehere had three assists. The Flyers kept their hold on a playoff spot in a crowded race in the Eastern Conference.

Philadelphia entered in seventh place, but just one point ahead of Columbus and the New York Islanders, and only four in front of 10th-placed Carolina.

Logan Shaw, Artturi Lehkonen and Brendan Gallagher scored for Montreal.

The game ended a historic day in Philadelphia that featured the v ictor y parade for the Eagles’ first Super Bowl championship. The Flyers congratulated the Eagles on the v ideo board

and played highlights from the parade to the delight of the crowd, which unleashed a loud “E-A-G-L-E-S ! E-A-GL-E-S !” chant.

The parade also altered both teams’ normal routines. The Flyers held their morning skate at their practice facilit y in Voorhees, New Jersey rather than on their home ice in Philadelphia. They also had players who live in Philadelphia stay at a hotel in South Jersey on Wednesday night to ensure they could make the morning skate.

The Canadiens sw itched hotels from their normal spot in dow ntow n Philadelphia to a place near the airport to avoid the crowds while also canceling their morning skate.

Voracek broke a 2-all tie and made amends for an earlier turnover that led to a Canadiens goal 27 seconds into the third period when he roofed a w rist shot over Carey Price’s left

shoulder for Philadelphia’s second power play goal of the contest.

Konecny made it a t wogoal advantage 1: 01 later when he pounced on a rebound after Gostisbehere’s shot from the point trick led out of the grasp of Price. It was his 13th tally of the season and seventh in the last 10 contests.

Gallagher’s power play goal w ith 2:54 left brought Montreal w ithin a goal.

Provorov iced the w in w ith an empt y-netter w ith 55.9 seconds remaining.

The teams each scored a pair of goals in the second period.

Konecny opened the scoring by finishing a great passing play 42 seconds into the period.

Lehkonen stripped Voracek near center ice and whizzed a shot past Brian Elliott’s glove side w ith 10 :51 left in the second. It was the ninth short-handed goal the Flyers have allowed this season.

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Irish junior guard Marina Mabrey dribbles up the court during Notre Dame’s 94-62 win over North Carolina on Feb.1 at Purcell Pavilion. Mabrey led the Irish with 25 points and eight assists.

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Irish sophomore guard T.J. Gibbs directs the offense during Notre Dame’s 96-85 win over Boston College on Tuesday at Purcell Pavilion.

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to 100 percent on Tuesday night, and another couple days of practice, I think he’s back,” he said. “I think Johnny is back at 100 percent.

I thought his performance again was great, and we obviously need him healthy for us because he scores for us.”

Farrell and Mooney aren’t the only players nearing 100 percent, as Har vey — who has been sidelined with a bone bruise on his knee — and Colson — out since Jan. 2 with a broken foot — are making strides in their recoveries. Brey said he’s eyeing Har vey’s return next weekend on the road at Boston College.

“I think it’s realistic [Har vey returns] at Boston College a week from Saturday,” Brey said.

“Anything before that would be a surprise for me, but he’s been pushing it more the past two days, and even more today.

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set to face off against 11 teams, including a number of ranked opponents such as No. 18 Ohio State, No. 33 Kentucky and No. 44 Purdue.

The last time Notre Dame competed at Ohio State this past fall, the Irish finished with over 20 B-cut times, with freshmen Zach Yeadon and Lindsay Stone both

“... We’re going to X-ray [Colson] again next week, and if the X-ray is a thumbs up, were going to start letting him jog and move on that foot and start bringing him back. He really wants to come back and play. … I don’t want to bring him back too soon, and I don’t want the risk of re-injur y. But the pure part of who he is, he just wants to play with his teammates.”

In addition to the ACC matchup with the Seminoles, the Irish will also host members of the 1978 Final Four team Saturday night. Brey said the program will remain forever indebted for the example they set.

“The best team that ever played here in what they accomplished. ... They’re a great inspiration,” he said. ”I was a big fan of that group, and getting to know them since I became a coach here is great. ... It’s going to be a special day.”

between the two teams in Atlanta, the Irish built a double-digit lead by the midway point of the first quarter and led by 30 points at halftime before the Yellow Jackets closed the gap slightly with the game already out of reach. Junior guard Arike Ogunbowale led the Irish in scoring with 25 points, including 12 in the first quarter, while the Irish made 62.3 percent of their shots as a team and held the Yellow Jackets to just 30.8 percent shooting. Georgia Tech also made just five of its first 27 shots, while Notre Dame started the game shooting 11-of-14.

However, the Yellow Jacket

depth was apparent, as junior guard Kaylan Pugh scoring 17 points off the bench for Georgia Tech.

Although the Yellow Jackets’ depth has prevented one player from dominating the stat sheet, sophomore guard and 2016-17 ACC Freshman of the Year Francesca Pan has been a key piece for head coach MaChelle Joseph’s team this season, averaging a teamleading 13 points per game and having made 56 3-pointers, though her efficiency remains low, having made just .340 of her field-goal attempts this season and a .328 mark in conference play. When the Yellow Jackets last came to Purcell Pavilion in 2017, Pan scored 24 of her team’s points, including 18 in the first half before a 3-of-11 second half.

Senior forward Zaire O’Neil also averages doublefigure scoring for the Yellow Jackets while leading the team in blocks, despite typically starting games on the bench.

The Irish earned some rest this week, having not played since Feb. 4’s 72-54 victory over Duke, while the Yellow Jackets defeated Boston College on Thursday night.

Although the rest should help the Irish prepare for a deeper opponent, head coach Muffet McGraw will have to ensure the team can keep up the momentum that started with a program-record comeback victory over Tennessee.

The Irish will face the Yellow Jackets at 1 p.m. Sunday at Purcell Pav ilion.

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setting records in the 1,650 freestyle. Yeadon in particular has had a strong year, winning the latest ACC men’s swimmer of the week award, his second of the season.

Besides Yeadon, Notre Dame ended up sweeping the indiv idual ACC awards last week, w ith sophomore Abbie Dolan w inning ACC women’s sw immer of the week and senior Joe Cuomos being named ACC men’s diver of the week.

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Irish sophomore guard Jackie Young dribbles past her defender during Notre Dame’s 94-62 win over North Carolina on Feb. 1. Young finished the game with seven points and five assists.

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Men’s BASKETball

ND looks to win second-straight at home

By MIA BERRY Sports Writer

After snapping their seven-game losing streak w ith a w in against Boston College on Tuesday night, the Irish still face a tall task if they hope to make it to the NCA A tournament.

But Notre Dame w ill have an opportunit y to make it two w ins in a row when it faces Florida State on Saturday.

The Seminoles (17-7, 6-6 ACC) are coming off a close 59-55 loss to No. 2 Virginia on Wednesday night, and Irish head coach Mike Brey said his team needs to find an offensive rhy thm if it wants to pick up another w in.

“We have to get into [an] offensive rhy thm,” he said.

“I’m hoping we can put back-to-back games together where we’re in a really good offensive rhy thm. Florida State is a better defensive team than what we played against the other night. If we get into the 80 [point range] and we’re feeling good offensively, it helps us all the way around.”

W hile Notre Dame (14-10,

4-7 ACC) has certainly struggled on offense w ithout seniors for ward Bonzie Colson and guard Matt Farrell, as well as freshman w ing D.J. Har vey, the offensive performance is finally starting to resemble its pre-injur y form w ith Farrell’s recent return to the starting lineup, Brey said.

“We looked like the offensive philosophy of this program on Tuesday,” he said.

“We have some threats and weapons that can stretch the f loor and make a shot. I hope we still have some bullets in the gun for Saturday.

We used a lot them [Tuesday night], but I think Matt being back and him and [sophomore guard] T.J. [Gibbs] play ing off of each other is a good combination.”

After Farrell and sophomore for ward John Mooney combined for 35 points in Tuesday night’s w in against the Eagles, Brey said both players are nearing 100 percent.

“I think they’re both feeling really good. You can see w ith Matt y that he’s close see M BBALL PAGE 11

CHRIS COLLINS | The Observer

Irish senior guard Matt Farrell dribbles the ball during Notre Dame’s 96-85 win over Boston College on Tuesday at Purcell Pavilion. Farrell led the Irish with seven assists and scored 19 points.

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Irish head to Columbus to finish regular season

Notre Dame to host Georgia Tech

Observer Staff Report

Observer Staff Report

No. 21 Notre Dame will wrap up the regular season this coming weekend, as the Irish are set to compete in the Ohio State Winter Invitational. With the ACC championship on the horizon, set to begin next Wednesday, Notre Dame will keep those athletes who have been selected for the conference championship in their respective events on campus while the remaining team members will travel to Columbus, Ohio, on Saturday.

The diving and women’s ACC championship begins in Greensboro, North Carolina, on Feb. 14 continuing through Feb. 17. Just four days later, teams will once again descend upon Greensboro for the men’s competition.

In Columbus, the Irish are

Injur y-depleted No. 5 Notre Dame w ill face a test of its stamina against one of the deepest teams in the ACC this weekend, as the Irish host Georgia Tech on Sunday.

W hile Notre Dame (22-2, 10-1 ACC) has had only seven healthy scholarship players follow ing Lili Thompson’s ACL tear — the fourth of the season for Notre Dame — on Jan. 4, the Yellow Jackets (15-10, 4-8 ACC) have 10 currently-available players who have logged at least 200 minutes, while eight players have played more minutes this season than any healthy Irish player outside of the starting five. The Yellow Jackets also bring plent y of experience, w ith ever y single player to have appeared in 2016-17 hav ing returned for this season.

Yet, despite the differences in depth, the Irish have

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EMMA FARNAN | The Observer

Irish junior Ellie Berdusco races during Notre Dame’s loss to Texas A&M on Oct. 14 at Rolfs Aquatic Center.

vastly outperformed Georgia Tech in conference play this season. W hile Notre Dame remains firmly in contention for the regular season title w ith only one loss, Georgia Tech sits in the bottom half of the conference standings w ith a 4-8 ACC record. Things did not always look so grim for the Yellow Jackets, who received votes in the AP poll after starting 12-2 w ith losses only to Baylor and Louisv ille, the latter coming thanks to a My isha Hines-A llen lay up w ith only t wo seconds remaining. But Georgia Tech struggled in the new year, starting 2018 w ith a 1-7 mark, including a 77-54 loss to the Irish, before picking up t woconsecutive w ins over conference strugglers Clemson and Boston College to enter this matchup on a t wo-game w in streak.

During that January meeting see W BBALL PAGE 11