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Notre Dame hosts annual Energy Week Series of programs, events aims to raise awareness about energy, sustainability across campus By MAX LANDER News Writer
This week marks the beginning of the 12th ND Energ y Week, a series of talks and events meant to raise awareness about energ y and sustainability across campus. These events will include lectures from both Notre Dame professors and guest speakers, tours of power facilities and documentaries and interactive talks about what it’s like to work in the energ y sector. All events are designed to inform students from all majors about different kinds of energ y as well as the business and policies that surround energ y and sustainability.
Anne Berges Pillai, education and outreach associate program director at ND Energ y and one of the organizers of Energ y Week, said one of the week’s major goals is to spread knowledge about energ y and related issues to students and parts of campus who may not otherwise be exposed to the topic. “We definitely want to get as many people engaged as we can,” she said. “This year especially, we have a lot of topics that are related a lot to policy to try and engage parts of campus that maybe haven’t really thought about energ y that much before.” see ENERGY PAGE 4
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South Bend mayor Pete Buttigieg, left, and Carmel, Indiana, mayor James Brainard speak at an event during 2017’s Energy Week. The week includes events designed to inform about different types of energy.
Cake service provides baked goods to campus By CATE VONDOHLEN News Writer
Since 1987, Notre Dame has been home to a student-delivered cake service. Originally started in a dorm room, the cake service is now housed in LaFortune Student Center and overseen by director Kim Miller. It coordinates the daily deliveries of customized cakes, various pastries and balloons to any
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Members of Fighting Irish Fighting Hunger (FIFH) host a bake sale to fundraise to help alleviate hunger in the northern Indiana region. By NATALIE WEBER News Editor
Approximately one in four children in Northern Indiana don’t have enough food to eat, according to the Food Bank of Northern Indiana. Fighting Irish Fighting
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Hunger (FIFH) hopes to help address this problem through its annual September food drive. Since its founding in 2010, the group has raised over 14,000 pounds of food, 2018 FIFH chairperson Anne Kolaczyk see HUNGER PAGE 5
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Notre Dame student’s dorm room from a local South Bend pastry shop, junior Leigh Harden said. Cakes are typically ordered by parents or friends for special occasions, Karen Kennedy, director of student centers, events and activities, said. “The majority of orders come from parents and other loved ones of students, who choose to send fresh baked
treats — and often also balloon bouquets — to celebrate birthdays, accomplishments and other special days,” Kennedy said. Harden, who is in her second year of working for the cake service, explained that parents, friends and students should ideally place orders at least two days before the delivery date via the ND Cake see CAKE PAGE 4
College alumnae discuss themes of education Monday afternoon, two Saint Mary’s alumnae discussed the formative impact that their Holy Cross education had on them in a discussion entitled “Landscapes of the Spirit.” Galicia Guerrero, ’14, and Angie Hollar, ’11, spoke in
Stapleton Lounge of how they found their vocation during their time at Saint Mary’s and afterward. Guerrero said she experienced God’s presence throughout her time at the college and this fact made her preparation for this lecture difficult. When I was asked to share my Saint Mary’s story, I felt
overwhelmed,” Guerrero said. “There are so many things that I could say about how Saint Mary’s formed me. It felt like such a huge task to summarize numerous ways I was touched by God during and after my time at Saint Mary’s.” However, this reason was exactly why Guerrero felt it was
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College aims to educate on Hispanic culture By KELLY BURKE News Writer
As the number of Latina students at Saint Mary’s continues to grow, so does the College’s efforts toward incorporating Hispanic culture on campus. These efforts include offering Spanish Masses alongside the celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month and Las Posadas during the Christmas season. Fr. Stephen Newton, the primary coordinator for a pilgrimage to Chicago to educate students about La Virgen de Guadelupe, or “La Virgen,” said reflecting the demographics of the Catholic Church is important on campus. “Sixty percent of practicing Catholics now are of Hispanic origin — and that’s only growing — and to not be a part of that community is to not be a part of a lot of
what the church is,” Newton said. Newton emphasized the importance of incorporating Hispanic culture into the life and culture of a Catholic school. “A lot of the Hispanic students who come to Saint Mary’s are firstgeneration college students,” he said. “As such, their whole families are really involved in the process, and that culture needs to be integrated into any Catholic college that’s going to be serving this population.” Campus Ministry’s upcoming pilgrimage to further expose community members to Hispanic culture and educate students on La Virgen — a central figure in Catholicism, particularly in Latin America — will be the first of its kind. “This pilgrimage was a grant that we applied for to the Holy
Cross Peace and Justice fund in order to help reflect on the role of La Virgen de Guadalupe in Spanish culture, both for those who know it and have grown up with it and those who have not,” Newton said. Sophomore Jackie Rojas said she heard about this event after she went to a conference over the summer discussing the integration of Hispanics into the American Catholic community. “After coming back from that conference, we were able to have this opportunity to go on a pilgrimage,” Rojas said. Upon arrival in Chicago, Professor Gilberto CavazosGonzalez from the Chicago Theological Union will speak with students at the National MexicanAmerican Museum on aspects of La Virgen that go beyond piety. “We know that Dec. 12 is a great
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celebration of the feast day, especially in the Mexican culture,” Newton said. “Beyond this piety of La Virgen, what does it have to do with the culture and religion and how might one access it for their whole growth and development in faith?” After Cavazos-Gonzalez’s lecture on La Virgen, students will tour the museum’s art exhibitions. Following the tour, students will have the opportunity to discuss what they viewed before heading to a local Mexican restaurant for lunch. The pilgrimage will conclude by visiting the Pilsen neighborhood, located in Chicago’s Lower West Side, to see more artwork depicting La Virgen de Guadalupe. Rojas said she hopes to expand her knowledge of La Virgen over the course of the pilgrimage.
“For myself and all of the other students, I hope that we learn more about Our Lady of Guadalupe because, personally, I do know a few things about her but I think that Professor Cavozos-Gonzalez will give me a better insight into her role in our culture,” she said. The pilgrimage is also designed to make members of the Hispanic community at Saint Mary’s feel welcome, Newton said. “This pilgrimage is hoped to be a way to engage the Hispanic students and get to see us as ‘userfriendly,’” he said. “We want to work with students on what we can do to help them know that this is their place and their faith and culture belongs here as much as any other.” Contact Kelly Burke at kburke01@saintmarys.edu
Professor discusses global warming, justice By CHRISTOPHER PARKER News Writer
On Monday evening, Ashish Sharma of the department of civil and environmental engineering addressed climate change across the world and in America during a lecture entitled “Global Warming and Social Justice: Fighting for Vulnerable Chicago Neighborhoods” to kick off Notre Dame Energy Week. Sharma, a specialist in the environments of the Great Lakes, said changing temperatures in the past century and an increasing number of floods and wildfires since 1950 across the globe point to the fact that global warming is an urgent issue. “You could have flooding. You could have cold spells. Or there could be extreme events like hurricanes and tornadoes,” he said. “These signs are showing that global warming is real.” Sharma then explored the deepening income gap between the rich and poor in Chicago, the city at the center of his research. He said this divide has been increasing for decades. Chicago now has the eighth-highest income inequality of cities in America, he said. “What we’re seeing is an increasing social divide,” Sharma said. “We need to start measuring cities.” Sharma said there is simply not enough data collected from cities. This problem is the crossroads of social injustice and environmental science; the solution going forward is to understand the ways our cities work. Current data, from crime analytics to city temperatures to health problems within the city of Chicago, are “typically proprietary, fragmented and closed,” Sharma said. He has been part of a project called Array of Things (AoT),
which installs sensors around the city of Chicago to track information like traffic patterns, emissions rates and other data that could be relevant for study. Sharma said his goal is to install 500 sensors. “100 sensors are operational as of last year,” he said. The data collected from the AoT sensors are publicly available. The system will be used not only as a sensor network, Sharma said, but also as a platform for testing new sensor technologies. He said he hopes the sensors will be cheap enough to be installed in any major city, but still smart enough that they can accurately track patterns. He said he envisions the information being used in local governments, so they can better discern where to invest money. “Cities should have, in the board room, energy scientists, city planners and social scientists at the same table speaking the same language,” Sharma said. The AoT system, gathering and analyzing data from so many different facets of city life, will predict the most important places to target for change, he said. Based on the data so far, Sharma said this means trying to install green roofs in the poorest neighborhoods in Chicago. Sharma’s studies have shown that green roofs absorb heat from the industrial cityscape, which in turn leads to a healthier population. The hottest neighborhoods in Chicago are the poorest, so Sharma said they need green roofing the most. Notre Dame Energy Week continues tomorrow with the lecture “Kodiak, Alaska: How an Energy Co-Op Went 100% Renewable” by Darron Scott, CEO of Kodiak Electric Association. Contact Christopher Parker at cparke22@nd.edu
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Group discusses goals for upcoming year The student senate met Monday to discuss goals and possible projects in committee groups at their week ly meeting in Duncan Student Center. The meeting opened w ith a prayer and welcome by Fr. Pete McCormick, director of Campus Ministr y. Follow ing the approval of the minutes from last week’s meeting, which lasted over two hours, senior and student body v ice president Corey Gayheart spoke about the success of last week’s fundraiser to benefit Notre Dame Veteran’s Fund. “I want to thank ever yone who helped w ith w ristbands ... at the pep rally alone we raised $2,500 for the Militar y Veteran’s Initiative here at Notre Dame,” Gayheart said. Gayheart also announced
upcoming events, which school year. The committee include “ABCs of Political chairs were elected at last Engagement,” presented week’s meeting. The Residential Life comby First Undergraduate Experience in Leadership mittee hopes to engage stu(FUEL) and the American dents for “the enhancement Civ il Liberties Union of their residential experi(ACLU), and a dorm voter ence,” junior committee registration contest in col- chair Zachar y Spitzer said. The committee’s goals inlaboration w ith ND Votes. Student government is clude finding better solucurrently discussing poten- tions to animal infestation tial hurricane relief projects issues — namely bats — as w ith the Center for Social well as addressing campus Concerns and Faith and water qualit y and increasing Ser v ice, which may include the transparency bet ween a prayer ser v ice, fundraiser the administration and the and supply drive, Gayheart student body. They hope to better inform students resaid. The senators then split garding large Universit y into four committees – projects such as dorm Student Wellness and Safet y, renovations. The Sustainabilit y comSustainabilit y, Student Finances and Residential mittee aims to change the Life – to establish a mission culture surrounding susstatement and goals for the tainabilit y at Notre Dame
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politics, companies and money.” W hile many of the events and topics will be especially relevant to students studying energ y, sustainability, business and economics, energ y is a topic that affects ever yone and one that ever yone should be informed about, Pillai explained. “We have been reaching out and tr ying to convince ever yone that they can play a role, either as an intelligent citizen who knows about the issues or by doing what they can in their own home,” she said. “It’s a personal responsibility thing, it doesn’t matter what your major is.”
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In keeping with this goal, the events constituting Energ y Week will engage a diverse number of energ y related topics. For instance, there will be a lecture delivered by a guest speaker from Kodiak, A laska, one of only five places in the United States which uses nearly 100 percent renewable electricity. There will also be a guest speaker from Puerto Rico, as well as a showing of a documentar y on Hurricane Maria. Both events are meant to examine the power situation on the island. It’s important to be informed about energ y and how it works, especially considering that many important energ y decisions take place on a local, rather than federal level, Pillai said. This issue was at the center of a talk hosted during last year’s Energ y Week between South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg and Mayor James Brainard from Carmel, Ind. Breanna Belz, a junior on the student energ y board, said Energ y Week programming has a wide focus. “Of course we have a lot of people from the College of Science and Engineering who deliver lots of technical talks about different forms of energ y, but then we also have a lot of people from the College of Business that are big names and that a lot of our students know who talk more on the policy side and the business side,” Belz said. “Like how can these different methods of energ y generation succeed? It’s not all about the science, a lot of it is implementation,
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Ser vice page on the SAO website. However, in the rare case that a parent forgets to order a cake in time for a birthday, Miller will do ever ything she can to facilitate the deliver y, Harden said. The cake ser vice offers pastries from cookies to cannolis to cheesecakes, but Harden recommends the banana cake. The cake ser vice is one of many options on campus to buy treats for friends, Harden said. “W hat makes it special is you could go into the Huddle and buy a birthday cake if you wanted to, but it’s the fact that we go to a baker y in town, get it personalized,
and streamline communications bet ween all sustainabilit y-centered groups, committee chair and sophomore Daniel Rottenborn said. The committee set goals such as reducing food waste and increasing composting practices in the dining halls and eventually the residence halls. They hope to collaborate w ith the cit y of South Bend for projects, such as communit y gardens. The Student Finances committee hopes to give a voice to those who struggle financially at Notre Dame, educate the entire campus about personal finance and increase transparency w ith the administration by holding the Universit y accountable for its use of tuition funds, committee chair and
sophomore Andrew Seketa said. The Student Wellness and Safet y committee has t wo main purposes, sophomore and committee chair Bailey Baumbick said. “One, to increase the transparency and accountabilit y of the administration regarding safet y issues on campus, and secondly, to increase awareness regarding safet y and wellness issues on campus,” Baumbick said. The committee hopes to look into the blue lights on campus and work w ith Notre Dame Securit y Police about reporting incidents that occur on campus, among other projects.
deliver it right to [the student] and make [them] a card,” Harden said. She would not disclose which specific baker y provides the items. Four students are currently employed by the cake ser vice, and the Student Activities Office (SAO) is looking for additional student employees, Kennedy said. Students can contact SAO if they are interested in joining the team this semester or in the future. Harden, who works on Mondays, said a typical work shift is about four hours long. “On a typical day, I’ll come in at 2 p.m. after class, check that all the cakes were delivered and have the right things written on them,” she said. “I then write out
the birthday cards or whatever card it is and load ever ything in the golf cart and deliver to dorms.” After completing her golf cart rounds, Harden spends about an hour sending email confirmations that all the items were delivered successfully. The time working is rewarding for the students that deliver the cakes, she said. Harden said her favorite part of the job is surprising people with the pastries. “W hen people have no idea that they are coming and they’re super happy,” she said. “It’s especially funny when there are friends in the room and ever yone freaks out.”
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said. “We’ve tried different times of year to have it and we’ve kind of settled on September because it seems to be a good month where people are looking for something to support,” she said. FIFH originally arose out of an HR class for managers, Kolaczyk said. As part of a class project, a group of participants started FIFH to consolidate numerous food drives across campus. Since its founding, the efforts have been entirely volunteerbased. “It is something that is run on a department by department basis,” Kolaczyk said. “We try to collect money because
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the food banks and the food pantries who get the money we collect can buy a whole lot more with that money than we could if we went to the store and used that same amount of money to buy items to donate.” According to its website, in 2017, the organization raised $24,000 and collected 300 pounds of food, thanks to competitions and bake sales throughout the month. Donations benefit People Gotta Eat — a United Way coalition of food pantries — and the Food Bank of Northern Indiana. Though FIFH collects both funds and food items, it has mainly focused on raising money for the organizations, Kolaczyk said. “When we collect food, everybody gets tomato soup and
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chicken noodle soup, and the pantries often have a lot of certain items and giving them money means they can buy produce or dairy products, or they can buy things that their clients need that they’re not getting in food items,” she said. “So it gives them a lot more flexibility.” Because the event is based on volunteer efforts across departments, one of the biggest logistical challenges of the drive is simply making sure people are aware it’s happening, Kolaczyk said. “Our time is limited and [our] ability just to get the word out [is limited],” she said. “We can get it out within our departments okay. I’m in OIT so I can send an email out to OIT and say ‘Hey, we’re doing this’ and ask for donations, but there are departments across campus where we
don’t have volunteers.” While the main FIFH food drive takes place in September, various Notre Dame organizations have organized charity events under the FIFH’s auspices. Last year, the Student Union Board organized an early Turkey Trot race to raise funds for FIFH. In conjunction with the Notre Dame-Syracuse football game, a group of alumni are also initiating a service event to donate food for Thanksgiving meals, Kolaczyk said. “[We] still have a bunch of food drives on campus,” she said. “Many are under the name of FIFH, which is great. I encourage that [because] not everybody knows about that and I just like everybody using the same name because it gives us much more exposure.” Ultimately, Kolaczyk said,
the most rewarding part of participating in FIFH is helping address hunger issues in the community. “It is just so moving to see the gratitude from these people who are trying so hard to help people in need,” she said. “And sometimes the checks — they’re never as much as I would love to give, but [the organizations] are so grateful for any help they get and it really brings back how we are a community. When there’s parts of our community that are suffering, we all suffer in a way.” Donations can be made by visiting one of the donation boxes listed on FIFH’s website. Monetary donations can also be made through the organization’s website.
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every aspect of my identity and gain a sense of strength in myself,” she said. “This, without question, was not due just to academics, but the opportunity to be immersed in a transformative community. At Saint Mary’s, I was given the gift and opportunity not only to learn but to put my faith into action, to make it alive, to make it active in the world. It was challenging, exciting, and incredibly empowering.” However, the empowerment that she received at Saint Mary’s did not always translate into her life after graduation, Guerrero said. “At Saint Mary’s, I was treated as if my gifts, talents and voice were valuable, and this was invigorating,” Guerrero said. “However, after Saint Mary’s, this was not always the case.” However, Guerrero said she finds this challenge as inspiration to use her voice to teach others to approach the idea of identity from multiple perspectives.
“I am often challenged on how my identities lack alignment,” Guerrero said. “It has motivated me to embrace each and every challenge with this awareness.” Hollar, who took over as the new rector of Breen-Phillips Hall at the beginning of the school year, discussed a similar themes of her Saint Mary’s education. “Saint Mary’s instilled within me a confidence to all of my experience,” Hollar said. “I didn’t need anyone’s permission to find God within that. The overarching gift that Saint Mary’s gave to me, a gift that I try mightily every day to pay forward, was the charge to value and trust my own experience.” After graduating from Saint Mary’s, Hollar first pursued education in the Seattle area and worked to give students confidence. “Everything I did as an educator was, at the surface, helping students to realize that their experiences matter and have the power to connect them to other people,” Hollar said. “Those students ... they are Saint Mary’s, but they just don’t know it.” However, although she enjoyed her time as a teacher, Hollar said she found herself wanting to return to a job that would utilize her academic focuses at the College: social work and religious studies. Hollar found this job when she became the rector of Breen-Phillips Hall. “Rectors are at the heart of students’ personal developments and formation,” Hollar said. “Rectors live among students in residence halls and know them better than anyone else on campus. They know the students in their halls by name and work tirelessly to foster a close-knit community for students where students grow spiritually, succeed academically and thrive socially.”
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important to speak about her time at Saint Mary’s and the effects her education has had on her life. She said College President Jan Cervelli spoke of Saint Mary’s mission in the beginning of the school year. “President Cervelli ... echoed what makes up this goal of Saint Mary’s,” Guerrero said. “The current Saint Mary’s goal is ‘an education that defines success by virtue and spirituality, that inspires students to maximize their talents.’ ... She [describes] Saint Mary’s women as those with a deep desire to learn and listen, to see one another as brothers and sisters in Christ.” Guerrero said this goal was actualized during her time at Saint Mary’s, as she was able to develop her sense of self during her four years at the College. “As a student, I was given opportunities and space to explore Paid Advertisement
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The value of education Ruby Le Graphic Designer
There are different values and beliefs that have had an impact on my educational journey. To begin with, when I was a child in Vietnam, I believed that a good education focused heavily on academics and I needed to perform excellently in every subject, whether I liked it or not. My goal in elementary and secondary schools was to get the highest scores possible and to be at the top of the class. I thought only those achievements would make my parents happy and proud of me. In short, a younger version of me strongly believed high grades equaled success. Before I entered a gifted high school in Vietnam, I started to believe that everyone had a talent or a superior ability for a specific subject. I needed to take a challenging entrance exam to get into my high school and my English “major.” My exam score was all that mattered at that time. It took me a whole year to prepare for that exam day. Every day I lived with multiple practice tests, endless extra classes and a packed schedule. I still believed that the best student did not necessarily have to join extracurricular activities because education was all about intellect and competence. I got into the school I had dreamed of for a long time with a competitive major, but I could not have a balance between study and social life. Not only did I absorb myself in academic materials, but I also aimed for big nationwide competitions that I believed determined my potential future path. However, when I moved to a new high school in the United States, I realized that to be a wellrounded student, extracurricular and leadership skills played such an important role. I started joining only clubs and organizations that I was interested in. Moreover, I enjoyed doing community service and helping people in need because it made me feel peaceful and rewarded. It was not until I held some leadership positions that I realized how person-to-person interactions and soft skills could get me anything and anywhere I wanted. Although I still had a busy schedule, I was living a balanced and enjoyable life. I believed no matter how difficult life was, as long as I pursued my passion and persevered, everything would be fine. Now that I am of the first generation in my family to attend college, I strongly believe that a higher education will prepare me well for the business world as well as help me avoid the same difficulties that my parents struggled to overcome simply because they did not have a chance to attend college. College through my lenses, however, is neither a shortcut nor an elevator. To build a safe and stable building, workers need to cleverly utilize the best materials they have. Similarly, to build my business career, college is the best tool that I could obtain. Moreover, I want my beloved parents to be proud. The rate of my success must be faster than that of their aging so that I can support and take care of them when they get older. Hence, I believe pursuing an education in college is an ideal way to return what my parents have been sacrificing for me. My beliefs and values regarding education have changed throughout my life and have shaped me into a better self. Contact Ruby Le at ple@nd.edu The views expressed in the Inside Column are those of the author and not necessarily those of The Observer.
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New face, same legacy Last Wednesday, Planned Parenthood announced Dr. Leana Wen as its new president and successor to Cecile Richards, who had led the organization since 2006. Dr. Wen sports quite the impressive career; she immigrated from China as a child, graduated from college at 18, was a Rhodes scholar at Oxford, became an emergency physician and eventually was named Health Commissioner for the city of Baltimore. Doubtless, Dr. Wen has had an outstanding career in her field — the picture of an American success story. But her impressive achievements cannot minimize the fact that she is the new head of America’s largest abortion corporation. Her progressive qualifications cannot conceal the company’s racist and eugenicist origins. And her medical work cannot distract from the fact that her organization continues to push the false narrative that they are mainly a healthcare provider, a narrative Dr. Wen is clearly committed to maintaining. In the press release video introducing her as the new president, Dr. Wen narrates an Orwellian vision of Planned Parenthood; she claims to fight for the oppressed — but on behalf of an organization that kills hundreds of thousands of voiceless children a year. At one ironic moment, she proudly declares, “I want to fight for our most vulnerable individuals, on a bigger scale!” while the camera cuts to a shot of her holding her baby son. Does she not realize that among the most vulnerable and defenseless of all people are those in life’s earliest stages? Abortion, an inherently destructive act which takes the life of a person, is not life-enhancing healthcare. Planned Parenthood claims abortion is only 3 percent of what they provide, and that abortion is essential women’s medical treatment. Former president Cecile Richards was fond of making this claim. But as journalists and activists have proved time and time again, this statistic is shamelessly distorted. The liberal magazine Slate called this piece of data “the most meaningless abortion statistic ever.” The Washington Post Fact Checker deemed this number “mostly false” with “significant factual error” based on its Pinocchio Test. In fact, in its annual report (from which we will be citing all Planned Parenthood statistics), Planned Parenthood deceptively unbundles all of its “services,” diluting the total number. A woman walking into a clinic to obtain an abortion may receive a pregnancy test and an STI test before the actual abortion, and afterward a couple contraceptives. Planned Parenthood would count its testing and a pack of pills as multiple “services” and the hundred or thousand-dollar abortion as one “service” — just a quarter of what it provided. In the 2016-17 report, Planned Parenthood performed 321,384 abortions. Dividing that by 2.4 million patients, one finds that instead of one out of 33 women, as the 3 percent stat would imply and as Elizabeth Warren has argued on the Senate floor, in fact, about one out of seven women who go to Planned Parenthood receives an abortion. Planned Parenthood is an abortion corporation. Their 321,384 abortions account for a third of the 1 million annual U.S. abortions. Countless figures from Hollywood to Washington have emphasized Planned Parenthood’s non-abortion services, but the organization’s market shares for those services reveal their real priority. By their own numbers, Planned Parenthood’s abortions are 33 percent of the U.S. market, and approximately 30 percent of its clinical income. In stark contrast, their market share of actual lifesaving services like cancer screenings and breast exams is about 1 percent, while prenatal testing is less than 1 percent. Planned Parenthood only made 3,889 adoption referrals according to the 2016-17 report, or one adoption referral for every 83 abortions. Cecile Richards used to refer to Planned Parenthood’s mammograms as an important facet of their feminine healthcare offerings. When called in to testify before Congress, she admitted there are no mammogram machines in any Planned Parenthood facility, and the organization subsequently removed the word “mammogram” from many of its facilities’ websites. Under the Hyde Amendment passed in 1976 and re-ratified by each new Congress since, federal law states that no taxpayer money shall be used to pay for abortion, facilitate abortion or fund any health coverage that includes abortion. Yet Planned Parenthood receives $500 million each year from the government, supposedly for their other healthcare services. The organization uses the guise of “healthcare” services to draw attention away from the obvious fact that the money all pays into the same pool. Planned Parenthood allocates the funds at their own discretion. With the $500 million subsidy, Planned Parenthood has more money to spend on abortions that they would otherwise need to use on various “services.” Defunding Planned
Parenthood would also be justified for their history of sexual and financial abuses. In recent years, they’ve been investigated for failure to report sexual abuse in 12 cases across multiple states, and charged with fraud and abuse of taxpayer dollars, settling one case for $4.3 million. Critics of Planned Parenthood are often charged with hating women and deconstructing women’s healthcare. Nothing could be farther from the truth. Proposed legislation to defund Planned Parenthood would not simply expunge the half of a billion dollars Planned Parenthood receives. The funding would be allocated to Federally Qualified Health Clinics (FQHCs) and Rural Health Clinics (RHCs), a vast network of federally approved community based and locally run health clinics spread throughout the United States. They receive state funding, accept Medicare and Medicaid reimbursements, and focus on migrant, homeless and medically uninsured communities. There are 9,800 FQHCs and 4,100 RHCs in the country — a total of about 14,000 clinics — far outnumbering Planned Parenthood’s 620 nationwide locations, 23 to 1. These clinics offer comprehensive primary and preventative care including immunizations and physical exams, natural family planning services, prenatal care, OB/GYN services (pap smears, STD screenings, UTI tests, etc.), behavioral, vision, dental and pharmaceutical care, diabetes and chronic diseases management, gynecological surgery, pediatrics, geriatric care. FQHCs and RHCs are geared towards students and teens with unexpected pregnancies. They provide actual pregnancy and parenting resources to mothers so they can keep their children. Planned Parenthood’s service pales in comparison. It would be incredibly beneficial to women’s healthcare to defund Planned Parenthood and redirect it to these clinics that offer a far superior range of services. This authentic community support to mothers before, during and after birth would help make abortion an unthinkable option in our country. Something else Dr. Wen must reckon with as the new president is Planned Parenthood’s founder, the self-avowed racist and eugenicist Margaret Sanger, in whose name the organization hands out an award each year. Sanger founded the organization to bring contraception and abortion into poor black communities to slowly and efficiently eliminate them. “We do not want word to go out that we want to exterminate the Negro population,” she wrote in a letter to a friend. This same woman wrote in her book “Woman and the New Race” that she desired to found the “materials of a new race,” so as “to develop in America a new race with a racial soul.” Other revelatory quotes from Margaret Sanger include excerpts from her essay “A Plan For Peace.” There, she argued that America ought to “keep the doors of immigration closed to the entrance of certain aliens whose condition is known to be detrimental to the stamina of the race, such as the feebleminded, idiots, morons, the insane, syphilitics, epileptics, criminals and others in this class,” and that it would be desirable to enforce “a stern and rigid policy of sterilization and segregation to that grade of population whose progeny is already tainted, or whose inheritance is such that objectionable traits may be transmitted to offspring.” Sanger also wrote that “the most immoral practice of our day is breeding too many children. The most merciful thing the large family does to one of its infant members is to kill it.” Planned Parenthood’s antiseptic, eugenicist ideals continue in the 21st century, where over half — just above 55 percent — of African-American children are aborted in New York City, and 70 to 90 percent of children with Down Syndrome are aborted nationwide. Planned Parenthood’s central service is abortion, and not mainstream healthcare. They take the lives of 330,000 unborn children every year, and rob 330,000 women and men of the gift of motherhood and fatherhood. Dr. Leana Wen seems poised to carry on this legacy. Jack Ferguson junior Maura Bradley junior Holly McGrath junior John Hale sophomore Sept. 17
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Bob Woodward isn’t a liar. He’s a hero. Patrick McKelvey With the Current
On Sept. 11, Bob Woodward released his 12th book, “Fear: Trump in the White House.” The nonfiction work chronicles President Trump’s time in office, telling stories of his conduct and incompetence through the eyes of office aides. It sold more than 750,000 copies in its first day on shelves. Unsurprisingly, the President has denounced Woodward and the book, saying “It’s just another bad book. He’s had a lot of credibility problems.” On Sept. 10, he tweeted “Bob Woodward is a liar who is like a Dem operative prior to the Midterms.” Attacks on the media have been all too commonplace in the nearly two years President Trump has held office. He’s long believed his administration is treated unfairly, that the media ignores his successes and overplays his failures. We’ve all heard the cries of “fake news,” or that the press is the “enemy of the American people.” Just this weekend, the President falsely stated that Hurricane Maria’s 3,000-person death toll is heavily inf lated, just an attempt to make him look bad. It isn’t, obviously — the number is supported by several studies, including a government-commissioned report by the George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Health. This behavior is
all dangerous, it is all unbecoming of the President of the United States. But calling Bob Woodward a liar may be the president’s greatest fiction of all time. In June of 1972, five men were arrested at 2:30 a.m. inside the offices of the Democratic National Committee at the Watergate Hotel in Washington. It appeared to be little more than a case of burglary at first glance, when reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein were assigned to investigate. But they didn’t leave it at a first glance. With dedication and ingenuity, the two delved further into that night, and realized something no one else had. It wasn’t a burglary. It was a bugging. It was an attempt by the Nixon administration to plant surveillance devices in the DNC offices ahead of the 1972 election. Woodward and Bernstein continued their investigation into the Nixon administration and its illicit tactics to re-elect the president. Their reports uncovered perhaps the greatest scandal in American history (so far). The president had attempted to cover up the break-in, and used his authority to inf luence federal officers to try and stop the investigation. Forty White House officials were indicted. Eventually, the House of Representatives introduced articles of impeachment against President Nixon. He resigned on Aug. 9, 1974 — the first sitting president to do so. All thanks to a
couple of young, inexperienced reporters. Bob Woodward is not a liar. He has no “credibility problems.” In fact, he may be the greatest investigative reporter of all time. He’s certainly an American hero. He has lived a life in total and full dedication to the truth, to uncovering the secrets of United States politics that the public deserves to know. Together, he and Carl Bernstein took down the most powerful man in the world. They revealed the failings of our democratic system, they forged an American public that was necessarily less trusting of its elected officials. We all would have lost something if it wasn’t for them. The president’s attempted takedown of Woodward does nothing to harm the journalist’s reputation. All it does is magnify his trepidation about his own current criminal investigation. President Trump doesn’t care if “Fear” is accurate or not. He’s just afraid himself. And if Woodward is on the case, he probably should be. 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 The views expressed in this column are those of the author and not necessarily those of The Observer.
Killer robot report Ray Ramirez The Crooked Path
Killer robots should concern us all. Sciencefiction author Isaac Asimov was also worried about them, and in his epic Foundation series, as well as “I, Robot,” he proposed three laws to keep robots from becoming a threat to people: 1) a robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm; 2) a robot must obey any orders given to it by human beings, except where such orders would conf lict w ith 1); and 3) a robot must protect its ow n ex istence as long as such protection does not conf lict w ith 1) or 2). Asimov later added a “zeroth law,” an overarching principle that a robot may not harm humanity, or by inaction, allow humanit y to come to harm. This zeroth principle arguably permits a robot to harm an individual if it is for the better good of humanit y. The zeroth law came to mind earlier this year when a Dallas grand jur y declined to bring charges against police officers who killed a suspect w ith a robot-delivered bomb. You may remember the incident that took place July 7, 2016, when five officers were killed by a sniper during a demonstration against police violence. Dallas police used a bomb mounted on a robot to kill the gunman who was holed up inside a parking garage. Even at the time, questions were raised about the methods used to kill the sniper when he was surrounded by heav ily armed police in a parking garage and could have been approached w ith armored vehicles and subdued w ith less deadly measures, such as tear gas. The sniper’s actions, while admittedly horrific, never were subject to a trial w ith the use of the robot substituted for due process, including an assessment of the mental state of the killer. This lack of due process may have been especially critical, as the shooter was an African-American Army reser vist who ser ved in Afghanistan; his anti-police animus may have been fueled by post-traumatic stress, but we’ll never really know. The decision to use the robot was made after
police had tried to negotiate an end to an hourlong standoff. An algorithm for the use of the killer police robot was taking shape: killing of police plus mounting frustration permits the use of deadly force, delivered by a bomb-w ielding robot (ultimately operated by a frustrated and angr y person). W hat made the use of the killer robot in this instance acceptable for many people was the fact that the robot was not autonomous: a number of persons were involved in handling and loading the bomb, directing the robot and making the decision to detonate the bomb. In a disturbing development, an autonomous killer robot may have already come dow n the road. First, let’s delve into what an algorithm does. As commonly used, an algorithm is a system that takes an array of data, assesses it and prescribes actions according to a given set of criteria. The general intention is to automate and speed up the decision-making process (“if x, then y; if y, then z”). W hen used properly in conjunction w ith human input, algorithms have expanded our abilities in medicine, aeronautics and communications. Without a doubt, algorithms have improved our lives in many ways. A lgorithmic decision-making has spread to the granting of loans, bail, benefits, college entrance decisions and job inter v iews. The robotic approach to life is attractive because it promises machine-driven objectiv it y, but it is only as objective as the person behind the program. Self-driv ing cars have long been a dream of artificial intelligence scientists who have seen the complicated decisions and actions involved w ith driv ing a car as discrete programmable steps that could be handled by dedicated computers. Unfortunately, the recent death of a woman hit by a self-driv ing car highlights a problem w ith complicated algorithms that might produce unforeseen and unintended results. On March 18, a customized Uber Volvo XC90 drove dow n a four-lane road in Tempe, Arizona, at just over 40 mph. The SUV was driv ing autonomously, w ith no input from its human backup driver. The car’s radar and light-emitting sensors detected an object in the road ahead. A lgorithms
crunched a database of recognizable mechanical and biological objects, searching for a match for the anomalous data it was receiv ing. The computer determined the object was another car, which programs suggested would speed away as the robot Volvo approached. Eventually it found a definite match: the object was a bicycle w ith shopping bags hung from the handlebars. The computer handed control over to the human operator, just as the car overtook the bike. The cyclist was struck and killed. The complex algorithms piled upon algorithms had proven no match for a real-world situation that had not been programmed into the car’s computers. The f law may have been as simple as a programmer who was not familiar w ith a cyclist needing to get home w ith groceries. These incidents ser ve as reminders that computers are fast, not intelligent. The ma x im that computers allow us to screw up tw ice as bad, in half the time, is not always true, but it is always a possibilit y unless we stay v igilant. Computer scientists sometimes speak of the ‘ghost in the machine’ to describe the unintentional or unexpected results of complex software programs. Usually these outcomes are benign or just frustrating as systems crash or simply stop working. But sometimes, the ease and speed offered by automated systems is so alluring that we forget to ask the tough questions, especially when we focus on a desired outcome, be it sw ift “justice,” effortless travel or the “ideal” college student. The ultimate decision makers — the people w riting the algorithms or sending in the bomb robots — must always be held accountable. The loss of even a single human life should never be seen as acceptable to further robotic autonomy. If we cede responsibilit y to the robots, humanit y w ill not just come to harm, it w ill fade to a feeble ghostly presence in myriad machines. 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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By COURNTEY BECKER Editor-in-Chief
Ever yone knows the classic and often poorly done romantic comedy tropes — meet-cutes, the quirk y best friends, memorable declarations of love, etc. But w ith its original mov ie “Set It Up,” Netf lix injected new life into a stale genre and produced, in my opinion, one of the best films of the summer. With a stellar cast and a refreshing sense of self-awareness, “Set It Up” stays true to the most enjoyable parts of rom-coms w ithout sinking too far into schmaltz. Instead, the mov ie places multi-dimensional female characters front and center while still prov iding some swoon-worthy moments. The mov ie focuses on Harper (Zoey Deutch) and Charlie (Glen Powell), two over worked assistants who indulge their bosses’ (Lucy Liu’s Kirsten and Taye Diggs’ Rick, respectively) ever y whim. Fed up w ith their lack of free time, the two decide to set up Kirsten and Rick. Anyone who’s ever seen a rom-com knows where Harper and Charlie’s relationship ends up, but the way they get there is entertaining and original throughout the mov ie’s 100-minute run time. Deutch is the mov ie’s standout and biggest strength. She is funny and charming as Harper, an aspiring sports journalist, rapidly delivering truths like “guys like girls who like guys who
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Kristin Chenoweth is not afraid to get candid. In a series of short clips on her website, for instance, she — along w ith, presumably, her marketing team — has posted a series of sweet, short glimpses into her life on tour, including her “Life Hacks” series. In one v ideo, Chenoweth calls out her unicorn slippers as a convenient way for her to feel more at home while she’s traveling in an uncomfortably cramped tour bus w ith minimal privacy. “W hen life gets you dow n, like the loud sound of your toilet in your trailer when ever yone knows that you’ve gone to the bathroom, just put these on and you’ll feel much better,” she tells the camera, w ith a w ink and a cheer y wave. W hen Chenoweth performs her sold-out show at the Leighton Concert Hall in Notre Dame’s DeBartolo Performing Arts Center this Friday, her candor — and charisma — w ill be on full display. Chenoweth’s v isit, which forms part of DeBartolo’s Presenting Series, is also part of her ow n tour, “An Intimate Evening w ith Kristin Chenoweth.” IVAN SKVARIL | The Observer
like sports” in response to Charlie’s obliv ious comments about women. A lso, Powell’s character Charlie is incredibly endearing in the fact that his macho bravado often comes across as a front he puts on to meet societ y’s standards of male success. The chemistr y bet ween the t wo is so strong that rooting for Harper and Charlie is never difficult. Their roles as struggling assistants gears the mov ie toward a post-college audience, but the underly ing realism of the characters still makes it accessible to v iewers who haven’t yet entered the workforce. It also allows “Set It Up” to avoid cookie-cutter v illain roles. Diggs’ Rick is the one who comes closest to the trope, but his performance humanizes the character enough to redeem him. Aside from the main couple, the strongest relationship in the mov ie is the one bet ween Harper and Kirsten. Seeing respect bet ween t wo intelligent, ambitious women in the workplace is rare for a rom-com, and “Set It Up” knocks it out of the park. Liu and the w riters take a character that could come off as stereot y pical (Kirsten’s request for Harper to “play a lullaby or something, then just slowly increase the volume” to wake her up from a nap is one of the most ridiculous assistant tasks of the mov ie) and give her enough depth to not tag Kirsten w ith the “overbearing female boss” label. She’s fought her way to the top of one of the hardest industries for women, and Harper can’t help but admire her.
Beyond this, “Set It Up” smashes the Bechdel test all around. Even a scene bet ween Harper and her roommate that could easily become about Charlie and Harper’s feelings for him remains focused on Harper and her career. Unlike the female leads in so many rom-coms, Harper doesn’t need Charlie to fulfill her. Of course, not all the characters are as fully f leshed-out as the main four. Charlie’s gay roommate (Pete Dav idson) and his model girlfriend (Joan Smalls) are basically there to be the best friend who sees what the main character doesn’t and his horrible significant other. Both characters deliver some comedic relief, but neither one adds much more than a few laughs to the mov ie. And, “Set It Up” pushes the audience’s w illing suspension of disbelief to its limits w ith Kirsten’s career. She made a name for herself as a reporter at ESPN, then got rich by leav ing and founding her ow n sports news web site in New York Cit y — something that only seems plausible if you don’t think about it too much. “Set It Up” largely avoids the eye-roll-inducing tendencies of modern rom-coms and delivers a fun, emotionally resonant love stor y. Not only w ill fans of cliched love stories be satisfied, but anyone who thought great rom-coms were dead might be proved w rong. Netf lix has certainly set the genre up for quite the rev ival.
In prev ious performances, true to the name of her show, Chenoweth has been know n to interact closely w ith audiences, and v isitors can hope for some of the same at Friday’s sure to be stunning performance. A Tony and Emmy award-w inner for both her musical and acting chops, Chenoweth garnered notable acclaim for her role as Glinda, the priv ileged, starr y eyed w itch of “Popular” standing in the Broadway hit “Wicked,” and won a Tony for her role in the 1999 rev ival of “You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brow n.” She has acted and voice-acted in a long list of popular shows and well-respected mov ies, including “The West Wing,” “Glee” and “Pushing Daisies.” Chenoweth’s distinctively high-pitched voice stands out in a crowd. “No, I haven’t sucked helium,” she said w ith a laugh in August in an interv iew w ith Conan O’Brien. “Yes, this is really how I sound.” Chenoweth, a classically-trained soprano, can reach exceptionally high notes w ithout sacrificing the qualit y of the song. Watching recordings of her performances can often be a bit surprising, given her petite frame — her voice has impeccable range and power, filling whatever
space she is in. At Friday’s performance, audience members w ill likely hear more than a few selections from Chenoweth’s most recent album, “The Art of Elegance,” a compilation of “American Songbook Classics,” which she released in 2016. Chenoweth is currently working on her upcoming album, which is set to be released in 2019. In the meantime, she’s touring around to music halls and theaters across the countr y. To each location she travels, it seems that Chenoweth brings her characteristic spunk along w ith her. In a clip of Chenoweth which first premiered on “Conan” and then went v iral on Tw itter, Chenoweth stands in the lobby of a hotel as the fire alarm goes off — the periodic, alarmist beeps that we all know too well. She cocks an ear, and then begins to harmonize w ith the alarm, in short bursts of perfectly-pitched notes. It’s hilarious, and indicative of her brightness and w inning charm. And not to mention impressive — say what you w ill about fire alarms, but Chenoweth sure can sing.
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Horoscope | Eugenia Last Happy Birthday: Don’t take anything for granted this year. Live in the moment and plan your actions with precision. Invest more in yourself and what you need to do to get ahead or to gain peace of mind. Take part in events and activities that will broaden your awareness and help you gain perspective regarding what you can do to improve your life. Your numbers are 5, 11, 21, 23, 26, 38, 42. ARIES (March 21-April 19): Keep busy, don’t leave anything unfinished and most of all, try not to get into an emotional discussion with someone who doesn’t share your opinions. Make positive changes that will boost your morale and raise your confidence. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Bring it on, make things happen and do your own thing. Plenty is within reach, so don’t waste your time getting annoyed. Spend more time following your dreams. Personal gains, romance and positive actions should be your priorities. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Don’t take anything or anyone for granted. A money matter won’t turn out as expected. Stay on top of what others do and how your money is spent. Youngsters or someone who wants something from you will try to manipulate you. CANCER (June 21-July 22): Do things differently for a change. Let routine slip and try something new. You will enrich your life. Your imagination will take you on a journey that leads to adventure and a greater appreciation for life, love and longevity. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Follow your heart and make a point to engage in something that will fire you up and bring out the passion that will help you bring about change. Be who you are, not what someone else wants you to be. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Take a trip down memory lane and you’ll discover something wonderful about the life you live. Don’t be fooled by those trying to make you feel flawed or those using emotional tactics to manipulate you. Love yourself for who you are. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): You’ll gain strength through doing things for yourself. Don’t wait for someone to push you or use sarcasm to goad you into doing what you signed up for. A change will do you good and encourage you to try harder. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Strength is an attribute you have in spades. Take hold of whatever situation you face and use your skills and experience to bring about positive change. Helping others will in turn bring you good fortune and welldeserved opportunities. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Take a look around before you make a move. Someone will feed you false information or try to charm you into something you should probably walk away from. Trust only in yourself and what you know to be factual. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Focus on positive changes, improvements at home and at work and doing whatever you can to simplify your life. Don’t let anger consume you or cause you to make a mistake that can end in physical or emotional injury. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Protect against insult, injury or poor choices. Don’t be a follower. Be brave enough to set your own path and to say no to those trying to coerce you into something that can set you back physically, financially or emotionally. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): You’ve got all the right moves, so what’s the holdup? Trust and believe in what you are capable of doing. Set your standards high and live up to your expectations. Show strength and courage moving forward. Birthday Baby: You are intelligent, practical and courageous. You are adaptable and popular.
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Buckle up, everyone; the Champions League is back. As the biggest club competition of the world’s game, the UEFA Champions League is where the stars come to play. For those who don’t know what I’m talking about, no explanation will suffice. Here’s a group-by-group preview of perhaps the most majestic competition in sports.
Group A While this group may have been patently more difficult a year ago, the gutting of AS Monaco by big clubs poaching the mercurial group of youngsters — including Kylian Mbappe, Thomas Lemar and Bernardo Silva — that carried the French club to the semifinals two seasons ago should give Madrid and Dortmund the confidence to progress. Without much UCL experience, Brugge doesn’t look to have a shout.
Group B Potentially a “group of death,” Group B certainly has the star power to keep it entertaining until the final matchday. Barcelona will be itching to return to the promised land after shockingly going out to Roma in the quarterfinals last year, while Spurs disconcertingly fell to Juventus last year in the round of 16 after topping a group that included eventual-winners Real Madrid. Inter has spent big this summer after returning to the competition for the first time since 2011-12, but PSV certainly have the talent to hang around the big boys. Barcelona should progress, but if Tottenham stumbles or PSV steals a few wins, second place is wide open.
Group C High-powered attack seems to be the name of the game in Group C, as the two highest scorers from last year’s group stage in PSG and Liverpool are now faceto-face. However, there’s a sense that club talismans Neymar and Mo Salah could depart for even greener pastures if the silverware doesn’t come. Napoli have lost both manager Maurizio Sarri and midfielder Jorginho to Chelsea and look to have hit a ceiling, but Carlo Ancelotti is a known Champions League commodity. Serbian giants Red Star Belgrade are back after 26 years, and while they may be minnows in the group, they should have a chance in all three home games — Rajko Mitic Stadium is one of the most daunting places to play in the world.
Group D This group is wide open. None of the teams have begun the season particularly well, but as often happens, the European competition
could spark something completely different. I’m no expert, but I’d back Porto’s experience — led by World Cup-winner Iker Casillas in goal — and Galatasary to advance.
Group E Bayern Munich has reached the semifinals of the competition six of the last seven years, but has yet to return to the final since winning it in 2012-13. New manager Niko Kovac will be hoping to blend the experience and youth of his talented squad into a winning formula, and there’s no reason the club couldn’t finally break the deadlock again this season. Second place looks to be between Benfica and Ajax, with the Dutch giants adding veterans Dusan Tadic and Daley Blind to the ranks, but Benfica has done well holding on to its core from the last few seasons and should have enough to advance.
Group F Only time will tell if Manchester City and Pep Guardiola have enough firepower to finally capture the European crown, and after running away with the Premier League last season, the aim is now definitely higher. Shakhtar finally seems to be devoid of its conglomerate of Brazilians, but still may have a shout at second. But Lyon, with Nabil Fekir, Memphis Depay and more should have enough to get by the Ukrainians and Hoffenheim, who are participating for the first time.
Group G Gone is Cristiano Ronaldo and Zinedine Zidane, and in are serious questions about Madrid’s ability to win an unprecedented fourth Champions League in a row. The weight of the world is now on Gareth Bale’s shoulders, but the Welshman isn’t one to shy away from the spotlight, as was on display this past May in Kyiv. Roma has undergone a number of changes to its squad since last year’s semifinal berth, but should be a shoe-in for second. CSKA and Viktoria Plzen look primed to battle it out for a Europa league spot.
Group H Ronaldo was brought to Madrid to win the Champions League, and after finally opening his account for the Old Lady this weekend, he looks set to start the campaign with a bang. Jose Mourinho and Manchester United are in their third season, which in Mourinho’s career is never a good time with his management. Any guffaws, and Valencia with its summer additions looks to be circling. Young Boys, enjoy being the punching bag. Contact Tobias Hoonhout at thoonhou@nd.edu The views expressed in this Sports Authority are those of the author and not necessarily those of The Observer.
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CLEVELAND — Josh Gordon’s strange, stuttering career will start anew in New England. Bill Belichick and Tom Brady have a new offensive toy. The Browns severed ties for good with the problematic wide receiver by trading him to the Patriots for a fifth-round draft pick on Monday, ending a relationship the team did all it could to save. The deal came together two days after the Browns reached a breaking point with Gordon, who has been suspended numerous times by the NFL for drug violations since Cleveland drafted him in 2012. “He is gone now,” coach Hue Jackson said. Gordon played in the Browns’ season opener against Pittsburgh, but he reported to the team on Saturday with an unexplained hamstring injury after practicing all week. The Browns decided to leave him behind when they traveled to New Orleans, and later said they intended to release him.
However, Cleveland general manager John Dorsey found there was a crowded market for him and worked out the swap with New England, which will also get a seventh-round pick. The Browns have been supportive of Gordon, but the team felt betrayed and decided it was time to move on. “We’ve done all we can do for Josh,” said Jackson, who didn’t provide any specifics about Gordon’s issues over the weekend. “We tried to provide the right environment. It just didn’t work out. Sometimes you just need a change of scenery and hopefully things work out for Josh.” Gordon’s tantalizing talent had caused the Browns to hang onto him while he dealt with drug and alcohol dependence going back to his teens. He missed training camp to receive treatment and the Browns were cautiously optimistic he would help them this season. But he again let them down, and Jackson acknowledged the separation was necessary. “I hate to determine it a relief,” Jackson said. “I’m glad there is closure. I’m glad that we’re not
in a space where we’re thinking about those things: What could be, what could not be, and that we’re coaching the guys that are here.” Gordon’s departure will expand rookie Antonio Callaway’s role. Callaway caught a 47-yard touchdown pass in the final two minutes Sunday, but the Browns were beaten 21-18. Also, the Browns added some depth Monday by signing free agent Rod Streater, a sixth-year veteran who has played with Oakland and San Francisco. Belichick has a long history of reclamation projects with castoffs, including Randy Moss, Chad Johnson and Aqib Talib. The Patriots coach will try to work the same magic with Gordon, a 6-foot-3, 225-pounder with a dazzling blend of size and speed. In his second season, Gordon led the league with 1,646 yards receiving and scored nine touchdowns. He had a memorable 80-yard TD catch against the Patriots, turning a short catch into an electrifying run on which he made New England’s defenders appear to be standing still.
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Vikings release Carlson after missed field goals Associated Press
EAGAN, Minn. — With a roster built for the Super Bowl, the Minnesota Vikings were in no position to practice patience with a struggling kicker. Rather than hoping Daniel Carlson could refocus after missing all three of his field goal attempts in the tie game at Green Bay, the Vikings waived the rookie on Monday and punted on the fifth-round draft pick they used on him five months ago. Two of Carlson’s misses came in overtime on Sunday, forcing the Vikings to settle for a 29-29 draw with the rival Packers. When asked by a reporter how the decision was reached, coach Mike Zimmer said, “Did you see the game?” Carlson missed from 48 yards in the second quarter and 49 yards in the extra period, before his 35-yard try on the game’s final play also went wide right. “Yeah, it was pretty easy,” Zimmer said.
The Vikings didn’t immediately add a replacement for Carlson, but Zimmer confirmed that free agent Dan Bailey was making his way to Minnesota for a physical exam. That made it all but certain the Vikings will sign Bailey, the second-most accurate field goal kicker in NFL history. The 30-year-old was released by the Dallas Cowboys right before the regular season began in a cost-saving move following his injury-influenced regression in 2017. Bailey hurt his groin in the sixth game of the season at San Francisco and missed the next four weeks. Upon his return, he missed five of 13 field goal attempts and also had the first two failed extra points of his seven-year NFL career. With a field goal rate greater than 88 percent, Bailey is behind only Baltimore’s Justin Tucker for the best percentage in league history. Carlson was awarded the job when the Vikings let Kai Forbath go on Aug. 20, and
Carlson pulled two field-goal tries wide left in an exhibition game four days later. In the season opener against the 49ers on Sept. 9, Carlson converted his only field goal attempt, from 48 yards, plus three extra points. Then came the debacle at Lambeau Field , after which Carlson acknowledged he’d lost some faith in his ability upon lining up for his last try. “It’s disappointing for me personally. The team fought so hard. We expect to win that, and I expect to make those kicks to win the game for the team,” Carlson said. “That last one was probably more just confidence after missing twice early. That is frustrating. That shorter one I should never miss like that.” Since Zimmer took the job in 2014, the Vikings have had plenty of these problems. Blair Walsh never fully recovered from his 27-yard miss in the subzero cold of the playoff game against the Seattle Seahawks after the 2015 season.
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and t wo strokes ahead of the third-place finisher Missouri Tigers. The Irish traveled w ith seven golfers, a five-man team and two indiv iduals, and while Notre Dame’s second-place finish at the tournament was itself a v ictor y for the team, junior Hunter Ostrom additionally earned the title of 2018 Northern Intercollegiate indiv idual champion. “The whole weekend was just life-changing for me,” Ostrom said. “I’ve worked hard for so long and to have it pan out in the way it did was an incredible feeling. It’s truly something I w ill never forget.” Ostrom posted the top score in the second round, the third round and overall w ith scores of 69, 68 and 210, respectively. Ostrom’s overall score was a 54-hole tournament careerlow for him and six shots ahead of second-place finisher Harrison Mahon from UCL A. After the Badger Inv itational, coach Handrigan noted that a positive that came out of the disappointing finish was the fact that his team improved throughout each round, and the Irish did more of the same this past weekend — posting their best score in round three of the tournament (284). Sophomore Dav is Chat f ield f inished at a n even-pa r 216 for t he tourna ment, which led t he f ive-ma n tea m in scoring. Senior Mig uel
Delgado a nd junior Dav is La mb a lso had notable performa nces over t he weekend. Delgado shot 2-over-pa r for t he tourna ment, a nd La mb f inished at 4-over pa r, t he t rio catapu lt ing t he Irish to t heir second-place f inish. Ost rom, Chat f ield a nd Delgado were t he t hree Irish golfers who f inished in t he top 11 of overa ll indiv idua l per forma nce : f irst, four t h, a nd 11t h, respect ively. Freshman Andrew O’Lear y’s 223 and Taichi K ho’s 231, in addition to senior Kev in Connor’s 227, rounded out the Irish scoring on the day. Coach Handrigan made it clear before the season began that the Irish w ill be going through the season week-by-week, tournamentby-tournament, w ith no one competition meaning any more or any less than the next one. “Obv iously this week is important, but not one is more important than the other,” Handrigan said in a Sept. 6 inter v iew. “We’re striv ing to improve. We did it last year. … We just got better and better as the year went on and played great in the ACC tournament.” The Irish have their eyes set on becoming a national threat, and the 2018 Northern Intercollegiate was the first big step in that direction. Notre Dame w ill next compete at the Old Tow n Club Collegiate Inv itational on Monday and Tuesday of next week on the campus of Wake Forest in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Contact Grant DelVecchio at gdelvecc@nd.edu
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Irtsh sophomore Tristan McCormick prepares to return a hit during Notre Dame’s 4-3 win over Kentucky at Eck Tennis Pavilion on Jan. 21. McCormick is one of five underclaamen on the roster.
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healthy and make progress because when he’s clicking, Danny is good. My hope for him is that things come to fruition and he has his best year he can possibly have and ser ve as a leader on and off the court.” Rayl has continued his success on the court during his time at Notre Dame, going 15-6 in singles his freshman year as well as 11-6 in singles sophomore year. However, as he now enters his final year w ith the program, his role changes to be a leader both on and off the court, and Sachire believes he is up to the challenge.
“I think he’s leading by example on a daily basis. He takes care of himself and works hard ever y day,” Sachire said. “One of the best compliments I can give him is that he is super consistent as a person, as an indiv idual and as a teammate. The team knows they’ll get his best attitude and work ethic, and what he puts into tennis and contributes to the team is what you want day in and day out. You know you’ll get something out of him, and his teammates respond to that.” On the roster, Rayl is one of four seniors playing out their last year. The senior class for the Irish has accomplished a great deal and is coming off a season in which the
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Irish freshman Taichi Kho follows through on his swing on the tee box during Notre Dame’s exhibition outing at Warren Golf Course on Aug. 24.
squad finished nationally ranked. As such, Sachire knows a lot w ill be expected of his talented and experienced senior leaders. “In this senior class that has achieved a lot, all of those guys have individually had big moments and accomplished great things. They’ve seen ever ything collegiate tennis has to offer and have been ver y successful,” Sachire said. “They draw on their experience in the past as teammates and individuals, and it’s ser ved us well. We look to them to lead the way this season and be a catalyst for our team moving throughout this semester and into the spring as well.” Contact Alex Bender at abender@nd.edu
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Irish junior midfielder Jack Casey takes a shot on goal during Notre Dame’s 1-0 loss to Michigan State at Alumni Stadium on Monday.
Irish senior defender Felicien Dumas races after the ball during Notre Dame’s 2-1 overtime loss to Indiana on Sept. 11 at Alumni Stadium. Dumas has recorded six points this season, with four assists and one goal.
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t he scoreless dead lock a nd ef fect ively put t he match away when f resh ma n forwa rd Fa ra i Mutat u snuck a shot f rom t he lef t cor ner of t he goa l box over K r ut z a nd into t he back of t he net by t he fa r post. The second goa l of Mutat u’s rook ie season sent t he Ir ish to t heir second-st ra ig ht loss aga inst a top-10 opponent — a resu lt R i ley sa id was toug h g iven how t he Ir ish played. St i l l, t he f irst-yea r coach sa id he k nows t he qua lit y of play t he Ir ish have d isplayed aga inst top tea ms w i l l event ua l ly show up on t he scoreboa rd. “We always say we want to marr y a performance and
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played w ithout getting the result that we wanted.” After initially allow ing the Irish space to control possession of the second half, the Spartans quick ly made their offensive attack, getting t wo good looks at the goal w ithin the first 10 minutes of the second period. After Michigan State senior for ward DeJuan Jones was able to sneak behind the Notre Dame defense in the 56th minute, Irish senior goalkeeper Ryan Krutz made a div ing save to force a corner kick and keep the
Spartans off the scoreboard. Notre Dame responded by putting pressure on the Spartan defense, earning five corner kicks and getting several shots from beyond the box that failed to miss Michigan State senior goalkeeper Jimmy Hague’s hands. The Spartan keeper made three critical saves on senior midfielder Sean MacLeod in the 65th minute, junior midfielder Tommy McCabe in the 66th minute and Aschieris — who subbed back in for Rothrock — in the 83rd minute to keep the Irish off the board. A f ter t wo close saves by K r ut z on t he ha lf, t he Spa r ta ns were able to brea k
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Irish senior forward Thomas Ueland runs upfield after the ball during Notre Dame’s 2-1 loss to Indiana on Sept. 11 at Alumni Stadium. Ueland, the team captain, has scored one goal on six shots so far this season.
a result,” Riley said. “And I think the performance was not far away. I think there are some things, especially when you get shut out, that we could’ve done better in the attack but … that’s the realit y, keep creating those chances. They did a good job of them and they’ll start going in, but right now it’s going to be hard and we need to kind of double dow n on who we are and continue to create those qualit y chances.” Despite letting in the late goal, Riley said he still felt good about Krutz’s performance. “You’re play ing qualit y opponents, they’re gonna get chances and you need your
goalkeeper to make those saves,” he said. “He’s a ver y steady guy and a ver y good goalie.” Despite these last t wo losses, Riley remains optimistic heading into Notre Dame’s third-straight top-10 matchup against No. 5 North Carolina. The Irish w ill face the Tar Heels Friday at 7 p.m. inside A lumni Stadium. “We do this because it’ll prepare us and make us tougher,” Riley said. “At the end of the day, we know we don’t want to just compete, we want to w in. You have to take it day by day.” Contact Charlotte Edmonds at cedmond3@nd.edu
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Irish sophomore forward Paul Rothrock battles for the ball during Notre Dame’ s 2-1 loss to Indiana on Sept. 11 at Alumni Stadium.
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Irish drop nailbiter to Spartans on late goal By CHARLOTTE EDMONDS Associate Sports Editor
On Monday, No. 8 Notre Dame entered its home matchup against No. 4 Michigan State ready to bounce back from its overtime loss to No. 2 Indiana last week and validate its recent climb in the polls. Despite controlling the game on the offensive side of the ball by recording six shots on goal to the Spartans’ three, the Irish (3-2-1, 1-0-0 ACC) were unable to avoid their second loss of the season when Michigan State (6-0-2) connected on their third attempt in the 89th minute of play to escape A lumni Stadium w ith a 1-0 w in. “We felt a little bit unfortunate to not come out w ith the result in that one,” head coach Chad Riley said of the 1-0 loss to the Hoosiers (3-10) last Tuesday. “So I know they were excited to play this game.” Throughout the first 45 minutes, the Irish were unable to capitalize offensively, resulting in a scoreless
opening period. Senior defender Feliecjen Dumas rocketed a shot that just cleared the cross bar in the 10th minute, while senior defender Patrick Berneski had a chance at the far post in the 16th minute, but the senior’s header went just w ide of the post. Regardless, the Irish were able to disrupt the Spartan defense, recording seven shots in the half, including t wo on goal by sophomore for ward Paul Rothrock, who came off the bench for the Irish in the 28th minute to replace senior for ward Ian Aschieris. Rockroth’s strong first half earned him a position in the starting lineup after the break, a decision Riley said was about managing the game and the team’s energ y levels. “I think we were unluck y enough to not score a couple in the first half,” Riley said. “They’re a good team, and they made it difficult, but I have to say I was proud of the way we competed and see M SOCCER PAGE 15
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Irish junior midfielder Tommy McCabe looks upfield to find a teammate during Notre Dame’s 1-0 loss to Michigan State at Alumni Stadium on Monday. McCabe has tallied one assist and three shots this season.
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Notre Dame earns second place, Ostrom wins title
Rayl provides senior leadership
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Just four days after their eighth-place finish to open up the season at the Badger Inv itational, Notre Dame’s high hopes for a big year were rev italized by their second-place finish in the 2018 Northern Intercollegiate tournament. The team had two days of practice before their trip to Rich Har vest Farms, Ill., but the quick turnaround didn’t make a difference. W hereas in the opening inv itational it was difficult to find any bright spots for Notre Dame, this past weekend there was an abundance. As a team, Notre Dame finished only one stroke behind the Marquette Golden Eagles, who are now back-to-back Northern Intercollegiate champions. The Irish shot 11-over-par for the tournament, one behind Marquette’s 10-over-par,
Veterans are the players on any team who can be turned to for experience, leadership and, ideally, talent. One such leader for the Irish this season w ill be senior Daniel Rayl, and as head coach Ryan Sachire has noted, Rayl ser ves as a great presence w ithin the program. “I think it’s safe to say ever yone loves Danny. He is one of the most diligent, hardworking kids that we have on the team, I’d say that he’s one of the most respected teammates I’ve ever coached,” Sachire said. “He is super professional and extremely reliable. You know what you’ll get from him and he’s a good guy to have on our team.” As Sachire mentioned, Rayl has been a part of great things as a member of the senior class at Notre Dame, but before coming to the program he maintained a consistent level of success on
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Irish freshman Andrew O’Leary tracks his putt on the green during Notre Dame’s exhibition outing at Warren Golf Course on Aug. 24.
the court. Besides recording tremendous indiv idual stats in high school — highlighted by his w inning the Indiana state singles championships during his junior and senior seasons — he even made quarterfinals of the national championship in doubles w ith his high school partner Sameer Kumar, who went on to Stanford. Rayl comes from an athletic family and has t wo brothers who have played collegiate sports. Sachire is hoping him to see him have his best season yet this year, hav ing showed significant potential in his time at Notre Dame. “You know, our team has some ver y good players and a lot of roles are still up for grabs. With things up in the air, Danny w ill absolutely be in the mix,” Sachire said. “Throughout his career, he’s been successful when he’s had his opportunities, and I hope he continues to stay see RAYL PAGE 14