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At long last Ian Book leads offense as Notre Dame topples Stanford for the first time since 2014

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Irish senior running back Dexter Williams beats his defender into the end zone during Notre Dame’s 38-17 victory over No. 7 Stanford on Saturday night. After missing the first four weeks of the season, Williams rushed for 161 yards on 21 carries and scored one touchdown in the victory. The win was the Notre Dame’s second over a ranked opponent this season.

Notre Dame proves it is playoff contender Tobias Hoonhout Managing Editor

Notre Dame is moving on.

It’s moving on from Stanford, a team the Irish (5-0) hadn’t beaten in four years, and hadn’t beaten by more than a touchdown since 2006.

It’s moving on from a 3-7 record under Brian Kelly against ranked teams in primetime before the start of the year — the Irish are 2-0 this season.

And it’s moving on from Brandon Wimbush.

Against David Shaw and the Cardinal (4-1, 2-0 Pac12), junior Ian Book got his chance to stamp his name to the title of starting quarterback.

Last week against Wake Forest, he began to make his case.

Saturday, playing in Notre see HOONHOUT PAGE 3

By CHARLIE ORTEGAGUIFARRO Sports Writer

No. 8 Notre Dame broke its three-game losing streak to No. 7 Stanford on Saturday night in dominant fashion as the Irish beat the Cardinal 38-17.

Coming in hot off a miracle come-from-behind win at Oregon, Stanford (4-1, 2-0 Pac-12) was hoping to repeat some of the magic in South Bend, but was unable to get much going in the second half against a solid Irish defense. Offensively, junior quarterback Ian Book and Notre Dame’s offense, which combined for 550 yards, nearly twice as much as Stanford’s 229 yards, were just too much for the Cardinal to handle.

The Irish defense looked to set the tone early, holding Stanford to a three-andout on the first possession.

Stanford would respond on the ensuing Irish drive however, forcing a turnover on downs after the Irish (50) were unable to convert on a fourth-and-inches play

at the Stanford 47-yard line.

Despite the strong field position however, the Cardinal were unable to cash in and were held by the Irish defense to another three-and-out. Irish junior defensive lineman Khalid Kareem hobbled off the field, but would later return.

Following the game’s first three drives, both teams got into a back-and-forth fight as Stanford kept answering all of Notre Dame’s scores.

It all started with Notre Dame’s second drive of the game, as Book found senior wide receiver Miles Boykin for a 19-yard pass to set the tempo. Two plays later, senior running back Dexter Williams sprinted a 45-yard rush on his first carry of the season. Williams’ run — his first appearance of the season — capped off a sevenplay, 85-yard drive by the Irish.

Book had a lot of praise for the running back, who ran for a game-high 161 yards.

“Dexter’s such an explosive guy who brings a lot of emotion to the game,

and he loves football. I just knew coming back, this couldn’t be a better week for him to come back,” Book said. “And I’m just excited for him. That first touch was just great to see him go score.”

Stanford’s junior quarterback K.J. Costello would get to work on the next drive, getting three first downs from pass plays. An 11yard pass put the Cardinal at Notre Dame’s 39-yard line. The next play, senior running back Bryce Love showed off his athleticism with a 39-yard rushing touchdown to tie the game at 7, the first touchdown allowed by Notre Dame in the first quarter all season.

The Irish would start their next drive at their own 18. Following a nine-yard rush by Book and a six-yard run by Williams, the Irish took a shot at the endzone.

Book found a leaping Chase Claypool, and the sophomore receiver initially hung on to the ball but lost control as he fell to the ground. see SHUTDOWN PAGE 2

Irish flip Stanford second-half script in win

By JOE EVERETT Sports Editor

The date was Nov. 25, 2017. The scene was Notre Dame versus Stanford in Palo Alto, California.

The time was 1:23 left in the third quarter.

Notre Dame’s Justin Yoon had just kicked a field goal to put the Irish ahead 20-17, and the Irish went back on defense — one quarter away from a 10-win regular season and a New Years Six bowl. All they had to do was finish.

The Irish couldn’t. Instead, they fell apart. Stanford marched down the field for a touchdown. Brandon Wimbush had a pass intercepted.

Stanford scored another touchdown. C.J. Sanders lost a fumble on the ensuing kickoff. Stanford scored another touchdown. With 10:10 left in the fourth quarter, the Cardinal had scored 21 straight points to seal the deal.

Notre Dame flipped the script Saturday night.

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Nevertheless, Notre Dame and Book would convert on a fourth-and-2 with a 19-yard pass to sophomore tight end Cole Kmet. Book then continued his distribution of the ball, finding graduate student tight end Nic Weishar wide open in the end zone to put the Irish back on top.

Stanford started the second quarter with the ball and opened the drive with a huge 45-yard connection to sophomore wide receiver Osiris St. Brown. A defensive pass interference call against Notre Dame junior cornerback Troy Pride Jr. would then put the Cardinal at the Irish 2-yard line, and Costello found senior wide receiver J.J. ArcegaWhiteside to once again tie up the game.

After both teams traded several drives, with two minutes left in the first half Notre Dame had a chance to put some points on the board before getting the ball back to start the second half.

The Irish f launted the connection between Book and Boykin, as the two connected for three straight plays, culminating in a 33-yard pass

that moved Notre Dame to Stanford’s 12-yard line. Book then found Claypool in th end zone, and the Irish were back on top with a just under a minute left. In just seven plays and 1:24, the Irish offense marched 80 yards for the score.

Stanford head coach David Shaw was critical of his decisions in the ending of the first half, saying that the team should have been wiser with the ball instead of letting the Irish mount a drive.

“Critical part of the game was the end of the first half, and [I] take full credit for that. Great opportunity for us to go down and score.

Took a chance on a third down. Shouldn’t have done it. Should have gotten in position to get points, like we always do,” Shaw said. “It was my fault. Tried to do something we shouldn’t have done.

Great opportunity for us to get points before the half is over, hopefully run a little bit more clock and go into the halftime ahead. Instead, gave the ball back to them, and they went down and scored on us.”

In the second half, the third quarter started slowly, as both teams managed a field goal. Notre Dame senior

kicker Justin Yoon kicked a 37-yard field goal with 8:07 left, and Stanford’s junior kicker Jet Toner responded in kind by nailing a 46-yard field goal with 2:16 to go.

Notre Dame started the fourth quarter with a missed 50-yard field goal attempt by Yoon. Stanford got the ball back looking to score, but a sack by senior defensive lineman Jerry Tillery and a tackle by junior defensive lineman Julian Okwara on Love forced the Cardinal to punt yet again.

On the ensuing Irish drive, Book found Boykin for a 10yard gain that was initially ruled a fourth down but then overturned after review, giving the Irish an extra set of downs. Next, a screen pass to senior wide receiver Chris Finke moved the chains up 14 more yards, and Book then found Claypool for a catch in traffic that moved the Irish up seven yards into the redzone. Two plays later, Boykin caught a pass and went eight yards to the house, thanks to some key blocks from Finke and Claypool.

Boykin finished the night with a game-high 144 yards on 11 catches and one touchdown. He also became the first Irish player since 2011 to

have 10 or more receptions in one game. Boykin noted after the game that his chemistry with Book “is always clicking.”

On the following Stanford drive, senior linebacker Te’von Coney beat his matchup to the ball and intercepted a pass from Costello at the Stanford 35-yard line. On the first play of the ensuing Irish drive, Book found senior tight end Alize Mack wide open on the left side of the field.

Mack ran easily into the endzone to put the Irish up 38-17 with eight minutes left in the game.

Stanford’s next drive was nearly singlehandedly stopped by Tillery, who had back-to-back sacks, causing a loss of 18 yards over the two plays. Tillery won the game ball for his four sacks on the night. Irish head coach Brian Kelly praised the play of his defensive lineman.

“You can’t block [Tiller y] one-on-one,” Kelly said. “He showed that tonight. He was outstanding. He got the game ball tonight. He had four sacks. So anytime you have that kind of performance that just says about his development.”

Notre Dame held Stanford’s Love to 73 yards on 17 carries

and 80 yards of total offense.

Kelly said the game plan was to make sure the Irish tracked Love because of the threat he posed.

“We talked about it all week. We were going to play with a sense of urgency, one play at a time and the play didn’t end until at least two players had him on the ground,” he said. “Because that’s where he was so difficult is that you thought he was down and then he goes.

And our guys were committed to that end in terms of making sure he was on the ground.”

Book finished with 278 passing yards and four touchdowns. Shaw said the Cardinal was unprepared for the junior’s quickness and mobility.

“The quarterback has got a quick release. He’s got great feet. He’s athletic enough to get himself out of trouble. We had him in trouble a couple times and didn’t bring him down,” Shaw said.

“Quarterbacks like this, if you don’t bring them down, they can get first downs with their legs, they can get first downs with their arms.”

Contact Charlie Ortega-Guifarro at cortegag@nd.edu

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Senior defensive lineman Jerry Tillery, second from right, celebrates a sack with his teammates during Notre Dame’s 38-17 win over Stanford at Notre Dame Stadium on Saturday.

In addition to his six tackles and one forced fumble, Tillery recorded a career-high four sacks, one to close out the first half and three in the fourth quarter, to earn the game ball.

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dexter williams TAKES FIRST CARRY OF THE SEASON FOR TOUCHDOWN

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After missing the first four games of the season, senior running back Dexter Williams took his first snap straight to the house with a 45-yard run. On second down, Ian Book handed off to Williams who cut through the middle of the Stanford defensive line before outracing four members of the Cardinal secondary into the end zone. Williams ended the game with a career-high 161 yards on 21 carries to lead all Irish rushers.

Leading the charge in sparking a fourth quarter surge for the Irish, senior linebacker Jerry Tillery recorded four sacks on Stanford junior quarterback K.J. Costello, three of which came in the final quarter, including two back-to-back sacks that forced third-and-28 for the Cardinal and thwarted their chances of mounting a comeback with eight minutes of play remaining.

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Joyce Center undergoes eco-makeover Fieldhouse installs green roof to further Notre Dame’s sustainability efforts, reduce carbon footprint

By MARY STEURER News Writer

The golden dome is no longer the only rooftop catching eyes on campus.

This summer, a green roof was installed on top of Notre Dame’s Joyce Center.

Featuring nearly two acres of vegetation at 79,096 square feet, it is the largest green roof in Indiana, a University press release said, and is thought to be the largest at any college or university in the United States. It is the University’s fifth living roof, joining those on the Duncan Student Center, Corbett Family Hall, O’Neill Hall and Morris Inn. Greg Seiss, the vice

president of Midland Engineering — the contractor that spearheaded the project — said the green roof was installed as part of a campus-wide sustainability initiative.

The initiative aims to reduce Notre Dame’s carbon footprint by more than half by 2030. It was enacted by University President Fr. John Jenkins in 2015 in response to Pope Francis’ encyclical “Laudato si’,” which calls people to take action against environmental degradation.

Seiss said the green roof helps conserve thermal energ y and direct water away from the Universit y’s sewer see JOYCE PAGE 4

Fencers, football player reflect on ND athletics

By SERENA ZACHARIAS News Writer

Notre Dame fencing head coach Gia Kvaratskhelia, fencing team captain senior Sabrina Massialas and former NFL coach and Notre Dame football player Tom Clements spoke at the Eck Center Friday as part of the “Catching Up With…”

Football Friday lecture series.

Kvaratskhelia and Massialas began the conversation by discussing how they became involved in fencing.

Kvaratskhelia grew up in the Soviet Republic of Georgia and was a member of the Georgian National Foil Team in fencing before the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991. He immigrated to America years later and continued his fencing career by competing and eventually coaching.

Massialas — who won gold

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at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics in China — said she began fencing at the age of seven under the instruction of her three-time Olympian father, Greg Massialas.

“It was such an honor to compete for my country,” she said. “It’s such a prestigious competition and a great leadup to the real Olympics.”

Led by Kvaratskhelia, Notre Dame fencing won a national title in 2017 and again in 2018. Kvaratskhelia, who was named national Coach of the Year by the United States Fencing Coaches Association in July, spoke about the sport of fencing itself.

“Fencing is called physical chess, an intellectual conversation with sabers,” Kvaratskhelia said. “It is incredibly emotionally charged. You have to calculate three to four moves see LECTURE PAGE 4

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The Joyce Center’s newly-installed green roof is the largest of its kind in Indiana. Notre Dame installed the living roof over the summer as part of its campus-wide sustainability initiative.

IDEA Center to hear student pitches, ventures

By ALEXANDRA MUCK News Writer

The Notre Dame IDEA Center will be hosting its annual IDEA Challenge pitch competition Tuesday to encourage student entrepreneurship on campus and build excitement for the 2019

McCloskey New Venture Competition.

Registration for the competition will start at 5:30 p.m. and pitches will start at 6 p.m. in the Mendoza College of Business.

The McCloskey New Venture Competition is an annual IDEA Center competition aimed at helping Notre

Dame-affiliated entrepreneurs propose ideas and develop business plans, with competitors eligible to win cash and prizes totaling over $400,000. Tuesday’s pitch competition is intended to prep entrepreneurs for the see IDEA PAGE 4

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ND College Democrats prep for midterm elections

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Editor’s note: Throughout the 2018 midterm election season, The Observer will sit down with various student organizations and professors to discuss political engagement and issues particularly pertinent to students.

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Dame College Democrats discusses its plans to help Democrat politicians get elected.

With the 2018 midterm elections drawing near, the Notre Dame College Democrats are ramping up operations to help make the Democrat “blue wave” in Congress a reality.

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Democrats senior Jack Grogan said following the Democratic Party’s lack of success across the board in 2016, members of the club are especially motivated to help Democrats win.

“I was working in field for the congressional candidate in 2016, and it was easily the most see DEMOCRATS PAGE 4

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YLAI welcomes fellows, facilitates connections

By MORGAN JOHNSON News Writer

Notre Dame welcomed 14 fellows Sept. 24 to the South Bend region as part of the Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative (YLAI) Professional Fellows Program.

During a four week-long stay, the fellows will create professional connections with each other and

their respective host organizations and between their home countries by working with companies in the Michiana area and building entrepreneurial skills.

YLAI is a program for entrepreneurs from the Americas funded by the U.S. Department of State.

Notre Dame is just one of 20 other universities and cities given the opportunity to host 14 out of

the nationwide group of 244 fellows through a grant from the Notre Dame Initiative for Global Development (NDIGD).

“They can interact with students, interact with faculty and learn more about American culture as well as their culture and business,” program coordinator for NDIGD Jennifer Krauser said.

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as wanting to work with the community and develop business relationships with these organizations.

The program has created a nice community partner within this area that we reach out to beyond this program.”

The program was created on a federal level by the Obama administration as an outlet for diplomacy and to provide entrepreneurs from other countries an enriching experience.

The program is in its third year at Notre Dame, and thus far the fellows have engaged with 40 companies and organizations such as Goodwill, United Way, Martin’s, Meals on Wheels, South Bend Police Department and South Bend Civic Theater. Over 3,000 fellows applied to the national program this year through their respective embassies and 244 were chosen to participate.

“They can take back what they learned to improve their own livelihoods,” Krauser said. “There’s a lot of talk within the University about educating the whole person and that speaks to the goals that the program has.”

Communications specialist for NDIGD Luis Ruuska said he believes that one of the major benefits of the program is the fellows are able to learn from successes and failures of the entrepreneurs they are working for; as a result, the fellows learn how to expand their business models and accomplish professional goals.

“They can see the path that most established businesses have taken to get to that point,” Ruuska said.

“That’s something they work on while they’re here. They work on a joint action plan with their host organizations with the idea that it will be established in the YLAI fellows’ organizations back home.

Beyond hands-on work in the companies that the fellows are working for, YLAI has cultural enrichment and opportunities for

fellows to participate in.

At the opening reception for the 2018 YLAI professional fellows on Monday, the fellows had the chance to meet with the mayor of South Bend, Pete Buttigieg, and interact with current faculty and students to kick start developing leadership skills.

After spending four weeks at Notre Dame, fellows will unite with other fellows across the country in Washington, D.C. for the closing conference and networking event with public, private and nonprofit leaders in addition to government officials.

Another crucial goal of the program is to increase collaboration between the fellows and their American counterparts.

Consequently, engagement with the local region increases and a global exchange of ideas ensues.

“For the hosts, it’s an opportunity to get international perspectives and younger perspectives,” Ruuska said. “The YLAI fellows are a younger group, and that’s a huge benefit for the businesses.”

YLAI fellow Matías Ballón is completing his fellowship at the DePaul Academy in hopes of incorporating the expertise he learns into his nonprofit organization Proyecto Alto Perú.

“I decided to participate in YLAI after my mentor told me that I should start participating in these kinds of awards, mainly because I’ve been working in the social sector for over ten years and it’s always good to be part of an international network and fellowship,” Ballón said. “We just started this week, but it’s been awesome. It’s really interesting to understand how things work here. I’m sure I will arrive [at home] motivated and with fresh ideas specially related to our methodology and how to improve it.”

The first three years of the YLAI program at Notre Dame were spent under one grant. The University hopes to apply for another grant to continue hosting the program and bolster the benefits between the school, town and fellows.

Ruuska emphasized the effects of YLAI and other leadership initiatives NDIGD offers extend back to the fellow’s home communities and businesses. As a result, fellows have the resources to scale up their businesses and provide additional employment in their community.

“These exchange programs have a ripple effect,” Ruuska said.

“The amount of people that are going to be affected through these 14 people is exponentially larger.

Long term, the goal of this program is that these fellows will become leaders in a grander sense in their countries and will help lead in a political and civic sense. They will rise up and become the next generation of people to lead their countries to prosperity.”

The graduation ceremony and closing reception for the 2018 YLAI professional fellows will take place Oct. 17 at 5 p.m. at the Forum in Jenkins Nanovic Halls.

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systems.

“You have an insulating factor w ith the green roof [and] you also reduce the amount of rainwater that runs off into the drainage,” he said.

The vegetation w ill also protect the roof, Seiss said, extending its lifespan by up to 300 percent — allow ing it

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ahead and it’s physically daunting.”

Fencing competitions consist of both individual and team competitions. Massialas said the tight-knit nature of the team allows for support rather than competition.

Kvaratskhelia said he approaches the preparation of the team differently every year to continue improving and refining the students’ skills. “[The goal is] evolution in every single year I coach … we don’t do the expectation about the NCAA,” he said. “We don’t think about tomorrow, our goal is to win today, to beat today and to do our best every single moment.”

Last year the team practiced and competed by the slogan ‘humble and hungry,’ Kvaratskhelia said.

Massialas said ‘humble and

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depressing night of my life when we lost that race and every race that night in Indiana, to say nothing of the presidential race, obviously,” Grogan said. “I guess the motivation is pretty high for those of us who’ve been around for that long not to see that happen again.”

Grogan said the primary campaigns of interest for the club are Indiana Senator Joe Donnelly’s re-election campaign and Mel Hall’s campaign for Indiana’s second district — Notre Dame’s district.

Junior Sheila Gregory, the College Democrats’ Chair of Volunteer Outreach, said Democrats hope to learn from mistakes of the last election to do all they can to find victory in November.

“A lot of people complained after 2016 about what happened … but a lot of people didn’t go out and do anything about it,” she said. “They didn’t knock on doors, they didn’t canvas and then they were shocked when things didn’t go in their favor.

So, our biggest push is to be like, ‘Let’s do everything to be sure that we try to get the results that we want, and even if we don’t get the results that we want, then we know that we did

to last 20 to 40 years.

Both structural and aesthetic considerations inf luenced the design of the roof, Seiss said. The green roof hosts about 25 species of plants, w ith the t y pe of plants and thickness of the soil specifically tailored to the building’s infrastructure.

“Structural engineers basically designed the thickness of the trays based on how much weight that the

building can hold,” Seiss said.

More than 30 thousand indiv idual trays of plants make up the green space of roof, Seiss said. Both the colors of the vegetation, which can change seasonally, and the walk way were chosen to complement other buildings on campus.

Seiss said the large size of the roof and the complex it y involved in the installation

hungry’ refers to the teammates “getting better every day” by bettering themselves and being the best they can be.

Following Kvaratskhelia and Massialas, Tom Clements — who played football for Notre Dame in the 1973 national championship and later coached for Notre Dame and the NFL — spoke about his career.

Clements recalled the atmosphere at Notre Dame in 1973 when the Irish took on USC, a defending national champion.

“The campus was electric,” Clements said. “ … It had started the week before when we played Army at West Point, where we beat them 62-3. Everyone was jumping around, excited and enthusiastic, not because we had beaten Army, but because we knew Southern California was the next game.”

After beating USC, the Irish finished the regular season

undefeated and played the undefeated Alabama Crimson Tide in the Sugar Bowl. After defeating the Crimson Tide 24-23, the Irish won its 1973 national championship with Clements as quarterback.

Clements went on to play professionally in the Canadian Football League.

He returned to Notre Dame as a quarterbacks coach in 1992 before proceeding to coach for the NFL. Clements said he was always able to maintain his composure as a player and as a coach thanks to his preparation.

“If you gave a 100 percent during the game, everything was going to work out, and if it didn’t it just wasn’t your day,” he said. “If you don’t win the play, figure out why you didn’t win and try to adjust for the next play. … Every guy has an individual battle.”

something about it. We didn’t just sit there and talk about how we don’t like what’s going on with the current administration. We actually took measures into our hands to affect the change that we wanted to see.’ That’s our biggest priority right now.”

Grogan said the resulting political climate of 2016 brought more interest to the normallyquieter midterm elections.

“The big difference [from 2016] obviously is that it’s not a presidential year and is a midterm year, so sometimes that makes it harder to generate interest,” Grogan said. “I’m not sure how much that’s true this year. I think the interest, at least among our core club members, is probably just as high, and the challenge is going to make everyone else care as much as we do.”

Gregory said the club’s primary method of supporting Democratic candidates is going door-to-door in the surrounding communities to talk to people about the election — a method known as canvassing.

“Our huge effort is getting people out there and knocking on doors because … Indiana, especially in this area, [went] Democrat in 2008 .. but swung really hard for Republicans in 2016,” Gregory said. “Studies show that the best way to get turnout, and especially turnout

in your favor, is to get out there and have personal conversations with voters by knocking on doors.”

Interest in canvassing amongst volunteers has risen since 2016, Gregory said.

“I was a freshman on 2016, and I was probably one of six people that volunteered to do canvassing in the 2016 election,” she said. “Now on just [last] Sunday alone, we [had] about 25 people signed up to canvas, which is ridiculous.

Not only [did] we have 25 people committed to Sunday, we have about 50 people committed to volunteering at least one day a week and that’s including weekdays after class. … That sort of effort is not something we saw at all last [election year].”

Grogan said other events planned for the November elections include policy discussion nights and phone call campaigns. In the end, what matters to the College Democrats is how many Democrats win their race, he said.

“Obviously success on a broad level is winning top to bottom,” Grogan said. “I’d probably say Joe Donnelly’s reelection is top of the list. If we can achieve that, it’ll be a big night.”

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made it a unique task for Midland Engineering.

“There [were] over 25 thousand man-hours involved in this job,” he said. “… We had to start in April and finish before the first football game.”

The soil trays, plants and other building material were brought up to the roofs v ia crane, he added. On busy days, there would 25 to 30 workers on the roof at one time.

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McCloskey Competition.

Patti Reinhardt, the student entrepreneurship engagement program manager at the IDEA Center, said typically between 60 and 100 students make 60-second elevator pitches each year. “[The pitches are] a way to get students excited about the McCloskey New Venture Competition,” she said. “We’re hoping they come, they pitch ideas, they realize there’s some value and merit in their ideas, and they want to submit those ideas through our McCloskey New Venture Competition or in our student pipeline.”

After the pitches, Reinhardt said there is a text-to-vote system for peers to select the best pitches heard. The first prize is a tailgating package, which includes $500 of Chick-fil-A food, a tent, a table and a parking pass for the Notre Dame-Florida State football game. The second prize is an Apple Watch, and 20 other prizes include $20 of Domer Dollars. In addition to the student-selected winners, there is a $150 prize for the best social idea and a $150 prize for the best healthcare idea.

Reinhardt said the event is meant to encourage students from all majors, including both undergraduate and graduate students, to think about entrepreneurship.

“No matter what it is, you should feel confident about coming and pitching an idea,” she said. “Typically when people think about entrepreneurship, they think, ‘Oh, well, I don’t want to be an entrepreneur.’ But those design students, College of Arts [and Letters] students, business students, they do have ideas. They may not think of themselves as entrepreneurs, but they certainly can have ideas and come and pitch those, and it may change their perspective.”

Reinhardt said students who don’t have an idea to pitch should

“Fort y truck loads of material ended up coming in,” he said.

Seiss said the roof is not open to the public but is v isible from higher f loors of the Notre Dame Stadium.

His favorite feature of the roof is the west plant bed, he said.

“Ever yone up here in the stadium can see it,” he said.

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still come to the event.

Chick-fil-A will also be provided. “[The event is] a great way to network with other students,” she said. “If you don’t have an idea, and you want to come and watch the pitch competition, you may see someone pitch an idea and be like ‘Hey, they have an idea for an app, maybe they need help.’”

Students should not be discouraged if they don’t receive a prize at the competition, Reinhardt said, since there are other opportunities for all ideas moving for ward.

“We’re actually going to have our director of student startups and our [venture capital] coaches in the audience and watching the pitches, so they will be watching who is pitching and we’ll be reaching out to ever yone after the competition to say, ‘Hey, here’s your options,’” Reinhardt said.

As her favorite part of the event, Reinhardt said she enjoys seeing students who are unsure about their ideas come to pitch and seeing their surprise when other students like their ideas.

Notre Dame students always keep others at the center of their ideas, Reinhardt said.

“I’ve been to lots of different competitions, and our students are always focused on business for good,” she said. “You see that they’re always thinking about things that can change our world, not just something that’s going to make a lot of money.”

Ultimately, Reinhardt sees the greatest benefit in keeping the event informal and rela xed and said students have said they enjoy it as well.

“It eases [students] into the world of entrepreneurship,” she said. “It’s a ver y rela xed environment where they feel comfortable pitching in front of the students, and it gives them some practice before they start pitching to investors or judges.”

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Fighting the Fall illness Lina Domenella Graphic Designer

It’s no shock when you come to Notre Dame things will change, your living situation, your friends, your freedom and many other things. However, one thing you don’t realize will change is your immune system. Living in close quarters with many people, not sleeping enough, and sharing things from a doorknob to a drink can lead to a widespread illness in the fall.

Among freshman this is known as the “freshman plague,” but all undergraduates are susceptible to this illness.

After living through freshman year with an illness that wouldn’t go away for months I have learned a couple things the hard way that could’ve helped me more than I might’ve thought. First things first is at the beginning of the year, it is important to stock up on Emergen-C, Zicam and cough drops from the Huddle. I know that there are a lot of things going on during the first week with Welcome Weekend and getting classes lined up, but this is definitely something I wish I would’ve done. When I started to get sick everyone told me to go to the Huddle and get all of those cold remedies to prevent my illness from getting worse, but when I went to the Huddle, they were out of everything. Everyone gets sick at the same time and the Huddle can’t keep up with the demand for these cold remedies in the first weeks that people start to get sick, therefore they run out very quickly. I have Amazon Prime so I also looked there but figured that it would do no good in two days as my cold would have already progressed enough where it wouldn’t be helpful anymore. I resorted to asking friends if I could borrow some Emergen-C from them but I felt bad taking a lot of their packets and ended up getting sick.

Additionally, other small things that are important to do in the early stages when everyone around you is getting sick are things like washing your hands before you eat, buying, using hand sanitizer and getting appropriate amounts of sleep.

Washing your hands and using hand sanitizer can help prevent you from getting sick after interacting with someone who is sick.

Also, people usually start becoming sick around the time when the first exams come around so people fall behind on their sleep to study more for exams, which makes it easier for them to get sick.

Another thing that I wish I would’ve known is that when you go to the doctors, whether it is St. Liam’s or another one, ask them about allergies as well as the flu, or just the common cold.

I was given Mono tests, medicine, cold remedies (like tea), etc. but nothing gave a clear reason as to what was going on. In my case I ended up having really bad allergies but was given medicine to treat cold symptoms, which worked for a little bit but didn’t treat the core cause, so my symptoms just kept coming back. I’m not saying that everyone who has an illness in the fall has allergies, but if this is a different environment from where you live at home, then it is a possibility.

Some people may think that this illness is inevitable and on one hand they may be right. You can’t change the fact that you live in such small buildings with a lot of people or that you randomly sat next to a person who keeps coughing or blowing their nose. However, taking some of these precautions can help diminish the effect that this illness has on you and possibly even keep you healthy all of fall.

Contact Lina Domenella at ldomenel@nd.edu The views expressed in this Inside Column are those of the author and not necessarily those of The Observer.

How to wage war on low pay Dan Graff Just Wages

The American economy is suffering from forty years of flat wages, the result of a profound, and profoundly unequal, productivity-pay gap. From the end of the Second World War to the mid-1970s, productivity and hourly compensation tracked very closely, with both growing by over 90 percent; since then, on the other hand, productivity has risen 77 percent while real hourly pay has grown only about 12 percent. This is nothing less than a chronic crisis, a stalling of the American dream.

As I detailed in my previous column, however, many analysts and policymakers don’t treat this persistent problem as an emergency commensurate to the economic catastrophe of the Great Depression.

But, just like that earlier crisis, this one demands a reassertion of the public’s right to deploy government in order to regulate the powerful in the interests of protecting the vulnerable and promoting the common good.

When the stock market crash of 1929 ushered in the worst economic crisis in U.S. history, the American people and policymakers combined to remake the democratic capitalist order with workers and consumers at the center. The New Deal — the most ambitious program of regulations and reforms in US history — secured bank accounts, insured home loans, mandated the minimum wage, required employer participation in an old-age pension program and encouraged unionism to give laborers a tool to fight for higher pay and a voice at work. The goal was to promote widespread prosperity via a commitment to “social security,” to use the language of its most famous law — and the New Deal framework did just that for the thirty years following 1945.

Critics of government regulation love to say that the New Deal failed to solve the Great Depression, pointing out that economic recovery only took hold with US involvement in the Second World War. But winning the greatest war in human history took required greater government involvement in economic life than even the New Dealers envisioned, legitimizing public oversight of wages, prices, employment relationships and consumer protections. One major lesson of the war was that government could — and should — effectively shape the economy, from the trading floor to the factory floor, in order to promote growth more democratically produced and fairly distributed.

The booming war economy, followed by the long postwar economic boom, established the U.S. as the world’s first middle-class society, where Americans grew accustomed to expecting higher wages, more discretionary income and better opportunities for one’s children with each succeeding year. And the widely shared prosperity of both the wartime and postwar booms rested on the New Deal’s foundation.

We forget at our peril that this Golden Age of Capitalism emerged from this firm regulatory framework: when a worker toiled more than forty hours per week, she was entitled to time-and-a-half hourly pay; when a worker was laid off or retired, he was guaranteed unemployment compensation or a pension; and, when a worker was covered by a collective bargaining agreement, as more than a third of workers were by 1955, he or she was empowered to fight for a

raise as well as protected against arbitrary discrimination and dismissal via seniority and grievance procedures. All these innovations, plus a progressive tax system that redistributed income from the top to programs for the general welfare, produced what some economic historians call “the great compression,” reducing inequality in wages and wealth.

For the past four decades, however, we’ve witnessed the erosion of this New Deal order, with policymakers increasingly limiting regulations on capital, abandoning protections for workers, and reducing taxes on the rich, all in the name of spurring economic growth with the promise that everyone will benefit. Clearly this hasn’t happened, though, as the wealthiest among us — the top 1 percent — now enjoy a greater share of US income than at any time since, you guessed it, 1929, just before Americans embraced the New Deal to wrestle with extreme economic inequality.

Meanwhile, employers have grown accustomed again to treating labor as an input no different than machinery and materials, and they’ve increasingly figured out ways to avoid the New Deal regulatory rules altogether. Walmart is the poster corporation for this, consistently resisting unionization and avoiding liability for unemployment insurance.

Lest you misread my message here as a nostalgic longing to return to the halcyon days of yore, let me be clear. The point of studying the past is not to reproduce it, because history doesn’t repeat itself.

The past is un-reproducable, because each historical moment features its own actors, factors and forces that combine to produce outcomes distinct from any other. Moreover, even if we could repeat the past, there are things about it we would never want to repeat, such as the racial and gender discrimination that governed American law and life for much of the New Deal era.

But we should look to the past to see how our predecessors confronted and sometimes conquered pressing questions, because doing so reminds us of two fundamental things: one, that our current social, political, and economic relationships are contingent and changeable rather than fixed and inevitable; and, two, that evidence of past examples of human resilience, bravery, creativity and cooperation can inspire us to undertake our our own efforts to make our world a better, safer and fairer place.

The New Dealers effectively tackled income inequality and social insecurity, and they did so in the midst of fighting an unprecedented economic collapse and a global war against fascism. Surely we can muster the capacity and the will to confront the return of similar challenges in our own era. We need a New New Deal to promote better pay and greater security for the American people.

In my next and final column, I’ll discuss some components of a just wage economy, one that integrates racial and gender equality as essential features of economic fairness. We’ve had forty years of flat wages and enduring race and gender gaps. If not now, when?

Professor Graff teaches courses on labor, race, gender, and politics in the Department of History. He also directs the Higgins Labor Program at the Center for Social Concerns, where he co-convenes the Just Wage Working Group, a research collaborative investigating what makes any given wage just or unjust. He can be reached at dgraff@nd.edu

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Four score and seven degrees Andrew Linschke Yeah, It’s An Act in Progress(ivism)

“Sir, my name is Ken” he says, correcting him for what must have been the fourth time in the last five minutes.

“Kent? Kent Katz, right? Am I saying that right?”

President Trump asks.

No, Ken thinks. “Sure” he says. It doesn’t matter at this point. Ken doesn’t care if he knows his name or not.

He just wants to ensure that The President understands the 500-page report heavily resting in his hands at the moment.

Glancing down toward his own copy, Ken anxiously asks “Mr. President, do you understand what this report is saying?”

“Yes. Seven? Seven, did you say? Good thing I’ll be long gone by then,” he chuckles, nervously.

Let me reassure any conspiracy theorists out there — no, I have not bugged the the Oval Office. I have not tapped into the President’s phone line. I wouldn’t even know where to start. So, no, this is not a conversation that actually happened between Ken Katz (from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s Office of International Policy, Fuel Economy and Consumer Standards) and Donald Trump (the President of the United States). That being said, however, it’s probably pretty close.

This imagined conversation revolves around a report the Trump Administration released in July of 2018.

When it was released, the report barely made a splash. In fact, it wasn’t until Sept. 28 that the details of the report got the news media spotlight.

What was in the report? Well, surprisingly, it was a scary acknowledgement and expansion on a Trump Administration staple denial regarding climate change: Climate change is caused by human activity.

There will be, with a high degree of certainty, a seven degree Fahrenheit increase (relative to the pre-industrial world) in mean global surface temperatures by 2100.

Any steps taken toward further regulating the automotive industry’s fuel efficiency will be negligible in the end.

Terrific news for beach house owners — looks like peak rent season has extended all the way to mid-September. Well, that is if your house isn’t completely wiped out by a mega-hurricane (likely in a climate seven degrees warmer). Oh, and don’t forget about the shore that might not exist after 30.3 more inches added to our current sea-level. So, to all the beach house owners — don’t get too excited. You might want to look for investment opportunity elsewhere.

To contextualize a seven degree Fahrenheit increase, let’s look at the Paris Climate Agreement (which was torn up by the Trump Administration, need I remind you, in June of 2017). The stated goal of the Paris Climate Agreement was to hold rising surface temperatures to a mean of 3.6 degrees (relative to the pre-industrial world).

The Trump Administration is actually claiming that, not only will we fail in achieving that goal, but we will drastically overshoot it. This would be apocalyptic.

Simply put, at this level of increase, 12.3 million Americans alone will be forced from their homes, evicted by an angry landlord beyond mercy. Food production would drastically decrease to the point of massive waves of food insecurity across the world. Weather patterns would intensify, persistently causing mass suffering, death, and migration. Water, as I tell my friends at least once a month, will become a commodity worth its weight in gold. The truth is that not even the cushy lifestyles of Americans would protect us from these brutal realities. Climate change and its implications as listed above don’t care how big your GDP is. These issues will affect everyone.

Why isn’t anything happening then? With such a clear and present danger, why can’t American officials, at the very least, admit that this change is happening? While I have my own opinions on this question (revolving around capitalism and the role of industrial politics), I think there’s an even simpler answer. The answer is one word. And it rhymes with “Reschmublicans”.

Republicans? No. It couldn’t be. Not the Grand Ol’ Party. Not Ronald Reagan’s brain child. Not the conservatives. They couldn’t possibly be to blame for the lack of initiative taken to combat these issues.

And yet, time and time again, Republicans are at the base of all climate change denial. Now, don’t confuse me —Democrats aren’t perfect either. Many of Democratic initiatives to curb climate change aren’t enough. But, once an issue has been acknowledged, there’s a huge difference between trying and not trying to solve it.

Republicans — time and time again refuse to acknowledge the issue at hand, and when they do, they refuse to try, as proven by the conclusion of this report.

Democrats — time and time again prove to be the ally of our world’s struggling climate.

Maybe we can’t avoid this imminent apocalypse.

Maybe this is the bleak reality that industrial capitalism has so sleazily dished us. But, does that mean at least trying is futile? No, I refuse to admit such a thing. Does that mean we should quit? No, I refuse to quit like that.

There’s a wave coming.

It’s big.

It’s blue.

And if you too refuse to quit, then join me and hop on.

Nov., 2018 is coming.

Drew is an award-winning alcohol evangelist, recovering coffee addict, finger drumming enthusiast and big-time social justice guy. He loves receiving both fan and hate mail — send it his way at alischke@nd.edu

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Respect life week To our fellow students: We have good news. What is it? It is that we have each been given the gift of life. Each one of us — envisaged, formed and created by God for good works and fullness of relationship with Him and with one another. This gift of human life is shared by us all, and how precious and beautiful it is.

This week, we invite you to enter more deeply into life with us as we celebrate Respect Life Week 2018.

Particularly, this week we will focus on the dignity of women with our theme: “Pro-life is Pro-woman”.

Especially in light of the current political and cultural climate, understanding the dignity of human persons, specifically that of women, is as important as ever. Our culture disagrees on the true nature of a woman and her freedom, and often questions

the compatibility of being pro-woman and pro-life.

However, we know that these two are synonymous with each other. Being pro-life is grounded in love, and women have a unique capacity for this love. In fact, the fullest expression of womanhood is the exercise of this capacity.

We recognize that our theme is bold. Because of this, we invite you into conversation with us. Man or woman, we encourage you to join our club for our exciting Respect Life Week events. This Tuesday, we will be having a table at Fieldhouse Mall and we invite you to dialogue, with the intent of breaking down misconceptions, finding common ground and recognizing our common humanity. We will also be examining the inner workings of Planned Parenthood at an educational event on Wednesday. Finally, come

learn from our week’s keynote speaker, Mary Hasson, J.D., EPPC fellow and leader of the Catholic Women’s forum, as she speaks to the distinct role of women in our world and the power of being pro-woman and pro-life. A full schedule for the week can be found on our website. Hope to see you there.

Join the conversation.

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Horoscope | Eugenia Last Happy Birthday: Evaluate your position emotionally, financially and physically. You may feel you need to make some changes, but before you decide to take a gamble, go over all the ramifications that could unravel should you make a poor choice. Time is on your side, and a plan should be put in place before you decide to implement change. Your numbers are 7, 12, 18, 29, 31, 35, 44.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Sign up for something that will inspire you to use your intelligence, experience and love of life to benefit yourself and others.

Put your beliefs first and share with those who are traveling down a similar path.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): It’s up to you to bring about change. Don’t wait for someone else to take over. A change will do you good, and travel is encouraged. What you learn will have an impact on the way you move forward.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Live and learn. The experiences you have will be an indication of what’s to come. Your intelligence and insight into future trends will help you maneuver yourself into a good position for future prosperity. Set your goals and stick to your plan.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Less talk and more action will help you come to terms with what’s happening in your life and the best way for you to handle what’s going on to your advantage. Look out for No. 1 and project a positive image.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Visit someone who inspires you to learn more and to engage in conversations that will help you figure out what’s best for you. A partnership will suffer if one of you is extravagant or indulgent. A moderate lifestyle will eliminate stress.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Visit someone who will help you update your appearance or the way you live. Don’t let an emotional situation weigh you down. Change will take place if you are willing to do something to make it happen.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Don’t complain. Take care of your chores and move on to more enjoyable pastimes. Don’t make a personal change without going over how much it will cost and seeing if it’s worth your while. Temptation will lead to trouble. Set your priorities straight.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Don’t let anger set in when you should be focusing on productivity, creativity and surrounding yourself with people who spark your imagination. Live and laugh with the people you love, and positive responses and rewards will unfold.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): You’ll be confused by the signals someone sends you. An emotional situation will leave you feeling uncertain about how to respond to someone’s advances. Ulterior motives are apparent, and caution should be taken before making any promises.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Home is where your heart should be. You can make positive alterations to the way you live and spruce up your surroundings to serve your needs better. Don’t get into a confrontation with a relative, neighbor or friend. Know your boundaries.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): You can make your place more comfortable without going into debt. Use your imagination, move things around or get rid of the clutter, and you will feel good. Avoid excessive behavior and people who are bad influences.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): An emotional matter will lead you astray if you don’t double-check the information someone is giving you. Concentrate more on your personal growth and the physical changes that will make you feel good. Invest in yourself, not someone else.

Birthday Baby: You are talkative, entertaining and excitable. You are studious and inquisitive.

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mlb | cubs 10, cardinals 5

Thank you, David Wright Elizabeth Greason Assistant Managing Editor

Everything finally felt right again Saturday as, for once, baseball was not a team sport, because all eyes were glued to one man. The face of an organization. The heartbeat of New York for so long.

Saturday night, David Wright tearfully took the field in his New York Mets uniform at Citi Field one more time. But this time, he did it alone. He jogged out without his teammates beside him to a raucous standing ovation, tapped third base with his foot, as he always does and basked in the warmth of the outpouring of love from fans who had stood behind him during his 17 years as a Met, through wins and losses, through the good times and the years of devastating injuries.

David Wright played in his final MLB game Saturday after two full years of attempting to come back from a spinal injury.

And boy, did it feel right. But boy, did it feel so, so wrong to watch the Captain leave the field, knowing he wouldn’t don that jersey in Citi Field again.

Watching Wright catch the first pitch tossed to him by his two-year-old daughter, and then scoop Olivia Shea up in one in arm with his entire family watching on was something special. Watching Wright and José Reyes, who stood next to one another at shortstop and third base for 11 years in Mets jerseys, embrace one final time as Wright walked off the field brought on chills like no other.

For the last 17 years, Wright has embodied what it means to be a Met. He has been a class act, an extraordinary talent and the epitome of what a leader should be. The well-spoken, but soft-spoken 21-year-old young man from Virginia who was drafted in 2001 has grown up in front of New Yorkers’ eyes. He has become a husband, a father of two, a seven-time All Star, a two-time Gold Glove Award winner, a two-time Silver Slugger and a member of the 30-30 club. And I can’t think of anyone who embodies the name “Captain” better.

Because he is Our Captain. He

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is the quintessential Met, holding franchise records in not one or two, but 11 categories.

Even over the course of the last few years, when Wright neck and back injuries left him unable to play, he remained team captain. A vocal and active presence in the locker room, continually working to come back as good as ever, never giving up on a body that gave up on him.

The first Mets game I ever attended featured a young Wright starting at third base.

Because of course it did. That’s what baseball games have been, for me. Peanuts, Cracker Jacks, the seventh inning stretch and David Wright. And while it’s been a few years since Wright has been able to take his rightful place at third, there was the thought that he could return. He was always on the roster. And seeing him there Saturday was the right thing — the Mets did right by Wright, letting Wright and Reyes play alongside each other last time.

Wright himself said it best when he took the microphone on the field Saturday night to a completely packed house at Citi Field.

“This is love,” he said, in reference to how he feels about the game of baseball, the New York Mets and Mets fans.

Well, David, right back at you. While I was not at Citi Field on Saturday night, the tears welling up in your eyes throughout the evening mirrored those in mine and those in most fans’ eyes as we watched and listed to the heart of the organization who is so loved and respected bid farewell to the only team for which he has ever played. David, thank you for the memories, the smiles and the passion, the RBIs and miracle bare-handed grabs. David, thank you for never giving up on the Mets and on Mets fans, because we definitely never gave up on you.

So, thank you, Captain. For everything.

Because how New Yorkers feel about you, that is love.

Contact Elizabeth Greason at egreason@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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Cubs beat Cards, force NL Central tiebreaker game Associated Press

CHICAGO — The crowd of 39,275 roared when Jason Heyward caught Francisco Pena’s f ly ball for the final out on a wet, cool afternoon at Wrigley Field.

Now, everything gets real crazy.

Anthony Rizzo had four hits and scored three times, and the Chicago Cubs set up a tiebreaker game for the NL Central title by beating the St. Louis Cardinals 10-5 on Sunday.

“We know what’s at stake.

Obviously we needed to win today, by all means,” Rizzo said, “and tomorrow is the same thing.”

Shortly after Milwaukee completed an 11-0 victory over Detroit, Jorge De La Rosa worked a hitless ninth inning to move the Cubs back into a tie with the Brewers at 9567. Yairo Munoz walked with two out, but Pena’s harmless f ly to right closed it out.

Next up, game No. 163.

Chicago hosts Milwaukee

on Monday afternoon and the Colorado Rockies visit the Los Angeles Dodgers as baseball holds a pair of tiebreaker games on the same day for the first time. At stake is the postseason road for each club.

The winner at Wrigley gets a spot in the division series and home-field advantage throughout the NL playoffs. The loser plays again Tuesday night, hosting the runner-up in the NL West in the wild-card game.

“It’s interesting that baseball is such a perfect game in some ways that it takes 162 to not decide anything,” Cubs manager Joe Maddon said.

St. Louis (88-74) was in contention heading into the final week of the season, but it was swept by Milwaukee before dropping two of three against Chicago. Catcher Yadier Molina, outfielder Marcell Ozuna and infielders Kolten Wong and Jedd Gyorko were held out of the finale due to nagging injuries.

St. Louis missed out on the playoffs for a third straight year for the first time since it went 75-86 in 1999. It finished with a 41-28 record under Mike Shildt, who took over as manager after Mike Matheny was fired on July 14.

“Three straight years of coming up short,” said first baseman Matt Carpenter, who finished with a careerhigh 36 homers. “We as an organization, as a total group, top to bottom, everybody in this clubhouse, all the staff, we have to find a way to get better, to compete if we want to play in October.”

The only other time Chicago began the final day of the regular season tied for the lead in its division or league was in 1908, when it beat Christy Mathewson and the New York Giants 4-2 at the Polo Grounds for the NL pennant. The Cubs then won their second straight World Series title before enduring a championship drought that cruised past a century before they won it all again in 2016.

nfl | saints 33, giants 18

Saints defeat Giants for third-straight win Associated Press

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — In a game when Drew Brees didn’t throw a touchdown and NFL leading receiver Michael Thomas was limited to four catches, the New Orleans Saints won with other options — Alvin Kamara and a defense that didn’t live up to its much-maligned status.

Kamara ran for three second-half touchdowns, Wil Lutz matched his career high with four field goals and the Saints’ defense shut down the New York Giants after giving up an early touchdown in a 33-18 win on Sunday.

“This was a complete game, everything came together,” said Kamara, who ran for 134 yards and scored on runs of 9, 4 and 49 yards. “Lutz making big kicks, those were as big as anything. The defense came up big, the O-line did a great job. That was the big difference. You know, the running game has been building. I just get behind those big guys and

we get some big runs.”

The win was the third straight for the Saints (3-1) and it sent the offensively inept Giants to their third loss in four games under new coach Pat Shurmur. New York is averaging just over 20 points — 27 came in the win at Houston — and this was a season low.

“It seems like it shouldn’t be this hard but it is,” said New York star receiver Odell Beckham Jr. “We got to come with the energy like our game last week. It’s not one person doing this or one person doing that. It’s got to be everybody.

We’ve just got to stick together It’s definitely not the results we want, the outcome. It’s not the way we want to play.”

If there was a surprise, it was the Saints’ defense, which came in ranked 30th in the league. After giving up a 2-yard touchdown pass from Eli Manning to Sterling Shepard on the Giants’ opening drive, New Orleans limited New York to a 33-yard field goal by Aldrick Rosas in the

third quarter and a late 1-yard TD run by Saquon Barkley, followed by a 2-point conversion pass from Manning to Shepard.

The defense allowed only four plays of 20 or more yards after giving up 37 points in an overtime win over Atlanta last weekend.

“What pressure would there be on us?” said Saints defensive end Cameron Jordan.

“There was no place to go but up. We talked about trying to get better as a defense and we take every game as a challenge.”

The Saints certainly met this challenge.

The anticipated shootout between the 39-yard old Brees and the 37-year-old Manning never materialized.

Brees, who came in needing 418 yards passing to break Peyton Manning’s NFL career mark, finished 18 of 32 for 217 yards. Manning was 31 of 41 for 255 yards as the Giants (13) finished with just 299 total yards.

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for the season.

After that strong offensive start, play stalled as both teams settled in. The Irish continued to dominate possession, recording three corner kicks and a shot on goal by junior forward Jennifer Westendorf. Notre Dame had another good look at the goal in the final minutes of the first half when sophomore midfielder Sammi Fisher made her way to the top of the box before launching a left-footed shot from 17 yards that went wide left, narrowly missing the goal. The first half was slightly in favor of the Irish, who placed two shots in goal, in addition to their early goal, compared to the Wolfpack’s zero shots on goal.

Returning to play in the second half, N.C. State looked to shift the momentum in their favor, taking four shots in the first 10 minutes, all of which went wide. Despite their arguably stronger attack, the Irish were once again the first to strike on a rebounded shot in the second half. Sophomore forward Eva Hurm took a shot from deep that hit the

crossbar. Westendorf, conveniently located in the goalie box, quickly tapped the ball past the Wolfpack goalkeeper. This goal sparked a series of dominating plays by Notre Dame, including eight shots on goal. But the Wolfpack wouldn’t give up without a fight.

With 13 minutes remaining in the game, N.C. State junior defender Krissi Schuster poked the ball between two Notre Dame defenders allowing teammate junior midfielder Michaella van Maanen a chance to follow with a shot. However, van Maanen’s attempt was shut down by junioe goalkeeper Brooke Litman, who was able to def lect the shot out right, helping the Irish fend off the comeback and seal the victory.

This win over the Wolfpack marks the first for Notre Dame over a ranked opponent this season. After having lost five of their last six matchups, this win over the Wolfpack was needed heading into the latter half of the schedule.

Notre Dame will take on No. 3 North Carolina on Thursday in the third of their four-game homestand.

Kickoff is scheduled for 7 p.m.

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Irish graduate student forward Karin Muya fights for the ball during Notre Dame’s 4-0 loss to Florida State on Thursday at Alumni Stadium. Muya scored her third goal of the year on Sunday, tied for the team lead.

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her and they get to train with her day in and day out,” Sparks said. “Last year we kind of missed that, she wasn’t there competing which was frustrating for everybody. Now that she’s back out there, she exudes confidence and it rubs off on everybody.”

The meet also included an open division, which is a lower

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tier race for developing talent.

Notre Dame’s freshman Anna Fischer finished ninth overall in the women’s 5,000-meter race with a time of 18:02.

Sparks said Fischer’s performance was been impressive. “[The open division] race is for the [athletes] that aren’t in your top-seven or top-nine. It’s a chance to get some people — who may be developing — that can maybe come on and contribute. In both races – the women’s and men’s races – we

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have some kids in that open race that we feel will give us some added depth going forward into the championship part of our season,” he said.

“From the women’s side, Anna Fisher is somebody that continues to impress as a walkon freshman. She’s someone that can impact our top-seven in emergency situations and maybe even be in our top-five.”

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The pace of play began to pick up in the closing minutes of the first half as each side tried to grab the advantage before heading into the locker room at halftime.

A reckless challenge from Dumas clipped Eagles junior Heidar Aegisson, giving Dumas the first yellow card of the match.

Much of the play in the first half of the game was contained to the middle third of the pitch. After a balanced and scoreless first half, the Irish have yet to allow a goal in the first half of any match this year. Dating back to last season, the Irish have not given up a goal in the first half of nine consecutive games.

“We started a lot of these games with a lot of veterans, so I think they know how to prepare themselves and how to start games with the right intensity,” Irish head coach Chad Riley said. “I think team defense is part of any team that really wants to win important games down the stretch of the season.”

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inside the 18-yard box, and McFadden flicked it past Boston College goalkeeper Antonio Chavez Borrelli for the first goal of the night.

Casey’s 11th career assist set up McFadden for his third goal of the season and his second in as many games.

“I think he always brings a lot of energy,” Riley said when addressing McFadden’s performance. “He’s kind of relentless in his runs without the ball and it was nice that someone found him, and he had a great one-time finish.”

McCabe sent a cross into the box that was then deflected toward midfield. MacLeod took control of the ball and took a shot on goal, but Eagles’ goalkeeper Chaves Borrelli managed a key stop while sprawled out on the grass in front of the net.

Boston College maintained possession in the Irish third of the field for several minutes, but the Irish broke the Eagles’ pressure with a swift counter. Lynn controlled a long pass downfield but shot just wide of the goal to miss the scoring chance.

A late challenge from Boston College defenseman Lasse Lehmann sent Ueland to the ground, earning Lehmann a red card in the 76th minute.

With only six minutes left in the match, Lynn controlled the ball into the Boston College 6-yard box and flicked it into the back of the net, but a handball call waived the goal off the board and kept the score at 1-0 in favor of the Irish.

The physical play and key calls defined the wet night in South Bend, but the Irish held the fort and emerged from Alumni Stadium with a two-game winning streak.

“Could we have scored another couple to make it look a little bit better? Maybe, at the same time, I think we knew it would be a battle,” Riley said. “I think the guys stood up to the challenge well. I think it’s always just important to me to win close games.”

On Tuesday, Notre Dame will travel to Evanston, Illinois for their first match away from home since Sept. 7 where the Irish take on the Northwestern Wildcats.

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Notre Dame finishes homestand with victory

By RYAN KOLAKOWSKI Sports Writer

In the final match of a fivegame homestand, The Notre Dame men’s soccer team clinched a home victory in a gritty, rain-drenched matchup against Boston College.

The No. 20 Irish (5-3-1, 2-1 ACC) downed the Eagles (2-33, 1-3 ACC) 1-0, posting a clean sheet before nearly 1,500 fans at Alumni Stadium.

The Eagles put together the first scoring threat early in the first half when they launched a low corner kick into the Notre Dame box, but the Irish defense cleared the ball out of play to end the threat.

Only two minutes later, an Irish counter pushed the ball into the Boston College box, but the Notre Dame attack was unable to generate a shot on goal and the Eagles sent the ball out of play.

After 15 minutes of scoreless play, the remaining sunlight gave way to overcast skies as heavy rain descended upon South Bend.

In the 20th minute, Irish

graduate midfielder Blake Townes marched the ball toward the Eagles’ goal, but he got tangled up with a Boston College defender and was unable to break away for a scoring chance.

Minutes later, Irish senior Felicien Dumas sent a corner kick screaming into the box that was deflected by a Boston College defenseman. Notre Dame senior Thomas Ueland controlled the deflection and launched a shot from the 18-yard-box that soared just above the crossbar.

In the 29th minute, after several missed scoring opportunities for the Irish, freshman Jack Lynn entered the game for senior Ian Aschieris, and sophomore Paul Rothrock entered for Macleod.

Just moments later, sophomore Aiden McFadden replaced Ueland on the pitch.

With under 10 minutes left in the first half, an Irish corner kick was deflected toward midfield.

The Irish poked the ball back into play, and a headed shot by graduate student Patrick Berneski sailed wide of the net. see M SOCCER PAGE 11

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Irish sophomore midfielder Aiden McFadden controls the ball during Notre Dame’s 2-1 overtime loss to Indiana on Sept. 11 at Alumni Stadium. McFadden scored his third goal of the season during Friday’s win.

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Looking to bounce back from their 4-0 home loss to Florida State on Thursday, the Irish came out of the gates of Alumni Stadium to take on No. 21 North Carolina State on Sunday with vengeance, scoring in the first five minutes of the competition.

After two early corner kicks and a missed shot by junior midfielder Alexis MartelLamothe, graduate-student forward Karin Muya recovered the ricocheted save to sink a shot in the back of the net, giving the Irish an early lead.

However, the celebration was short-lived for Notre Dame (6-6-0, 2-2-0 ACC) because the Wolfpack (8-3-2, 1-2-1 ACC) quickly responded with an equalizing goal.

Nine minutes into the match, the Wolfpack took their first corner kick of the afternoon and quickly evened the score with a goal by senior midfielder Taylor Porter to the bottom right corner, her first see W SOCCER PAGE 10

Both ND squads finish in top-five

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Irish junior forward Jennifer Westendorf dribbles up the field during Notre Dame’s 4-0 loss to Florida State on Thursday.

The men and women’s cross country teams put in an impressive performance at the Joe Piane Invitational — both teams finished in the top-five for the first time in six years.

In the five-mile race, the men’s team was led by sophomore Yared Nuguse who finished in 12th place with a time of 24:11 and junior Tyler Keslin who finished 15th overall with a time of 24:20. The men’s team scored 119 points overall which was good enough for third place.

The women’s team had three runners in the top-15 in the 5,00 meter race with senior Anna Rohrer returning to form with a third-place finish after missing all of last season due to a hamstring injury. Rohrer finished with a time of 16:35, followed

by Irish freshman Jacqueline Gaughan who finished 9th overall with a time of 17:03.

Irish senior Rachel Dadamio finished 13th overall with a time of 17:08, her personal best time.

Head coach Matt Sparks had high praise for the performances from Rohrer, Gaughan and Dadamio.

“Really proud of the way – especially the first three women that came across the finish line.

Anna Rohrer, that’s her first race in nearly two years, she’s back healthy again and gaining confidence in her crosscountry abilities,” coach Sparks said. “[Jacqueline] Gaughan as a freshman, her first time facing national level competition was a little bit of a shock to her but, she held in there really well. Rachel Dadamio came in on that third spot.”

Sparks also noted the importance of having Rohrer back, as she is an athlete that gives the team a lot of confidence.

“Obviously, there’s the low points score that you get when you have a superstar like that.

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quarter, Yoon missed a 50-yard field goal and Stanford took over, down 24-17 but looking to repeat their history of late-game victories against Notre Dame. Instead, the Irish (5-0) scored 14 points in the fourth quarter and dominated Stanford defensively to shut the door on the Cardinal (4-1, 2-0 Pac12) and close out a top-10 win.

“We finished strong … you have to put together four quarters when you play Stanford,” Irish head coach Brian Kelly said postgame.

“We have, you know, a history with this football team. And the fourth quarter has not been strong for us.

And we knew, especially last week and the way they came back that we would have to play four quarters if we were going to win this football game. “ … I like the fact that we finished the game. We started fast, but we finished. And that’s where you, as a football coach, when you’re looking at your team, you see a resolve, a mental toughness that you’re really trying to build with your group and we saw that today.”

The Irish finished the game on both sides of the ball. Senior defensive tackle Jerry Tillery sacked Cardinal junior quarterback K.J. Costello on Stanford’s first drive of the fourth quarter, and the Cardinal were forced to punt. Irish junior quarterback Ian Book led the Irish 58 yards down the field and capped the drive off with an 8-yard screen pass to senior wide

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Dame’s first top-10 home matchup since 2005, he made a statement.

The Irish punished the Cardinal on both sides of the ball. The offense churned out 550 yards — balanced well on the ground and through the air — more than double what Stanford managed. And the Irish defense dominated the line of scrimmage, sacking Cardinal quarterback junior K.J. Costello five times and holding Heisman-hopeful senior Bryce Love to a mere 73 yards on 17 carries.

It was a complete team victory, but it all starts with the vision at quarterback.

Book is the answer to Notre Dame’s struggles to find a floor. The junior managed another 300-plus yard performance and threw for four touchdowns, all against a much-better secondary than what he faced last week against Wake Forest. He looked poised in the pocket and made plays with his feet when he had to, perhaps most memorably when the junior escaped pressure, extended the play and found junior wide receiver Chase Claypool in the back of the end zone at the end of the first half. It was a performance that may leave many wondering what Kelly

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receiver Miles Boykin to put the Irish up 31-17.

Then, on the ensuing Cardinal possession, senior linebacker Te’von Coney intercepted Costello’s pass to set the Irish up in Cardinal territory, and Notre Dame began to sense that they would be the ones to dominate the fourth quarter for a change.

“We had the mindset that we weren’t going to rest,” Coney said.

“We were up at the time, but we had to finish. We executed and made plays. “ … We knew all week that we had to come and play all four quarters, not just two quarters, and we came into tonight prepared to play all four quarters, and it paid off for us.”

Coney’s interception paid off for the Irish on the very next play, as Book found senior tight end Alize Mack all alone for a 35-yard touchdown pass to put the nail in the Cardinal coffin.

“We just said we’ve got to make plays; we know they’re going to keep fighting until the end. We can’t let off the gas,” Book said.

“And then we came out, got the ball. And then I think we just started getting in the rhythm after that halftime. “ … The juices were flowing for sure. And I think every guy on our team, we knew that it was a great point to keep going, keep attacking, keep scoring points and really make this game, shut this game out and don’t let up. We didn’t want to let up at all tonight. And that’s something we talked about through the whole entire week.”

Up 38-17, the Irish defense

didn’t let up one bit. Tillery sacked Costello on first down, and did so again on second down. On 3rd-and-28, the Cardinal lined up in eye formation, having realized that on this night, it was they who had fallen apart in the fourth quarter.

Much of Stanford’s identity is built upon being physical and wearing a team down throughout the course of the game, so that by the time the fourth quarter comes around the Cardinal have the physical and mental advantage.

In last week’s comeback win over Oregon, the Cardinal outscored the Ducks 24-7 over the last 18 minutes to force overtime and eventually win. Against Notre Dame Saturday night, the Irish defense made sure no such comeback ensued.

After his four-sack night, Tillery — who received the game ball — commented on the significance the team placed on dominating the fourth quarter and finally being able to beat Stanford.

“We had been in that situation against this team before, and we knew we had to close and we had to finish, and that’s what we were able to do,” Tillery said. “ … I feel like we’ve taken it to their offensive line before, but we haven’t closed the game. It’s the first time I’ve beaten Stanford since I’ve been here. So we’ve played well against them before, but we haven’t gotten the win … tonight was different.”

was thinking in ever going back to Wimbush — people forget Book was also the one to beat LSU in the Citrus Bowl this past January.

But more importantly, Notre Dame finally knows its standard. Under Book, the Irish offense doesn’t just play with confidence, it plays with swagger. It makes a world of difference when you can consistently score touchdowns, and with a defense like the one the Irish have this year, it can put games out of reach in mere minutes. Just look at what happened in the fourth quarter. Up until Saturday, the Irish struggled mightily with putting up points in the second half, making games like Ball State and Vanderbilt much more nervy than they actually needed to be. But against Stanford, in four plays Notre Dame went from holding a fragile 24-17 lead to going up for good. Stanford had no answer to the defensive pressure and a surgical offense.

Cardinal head coach David Shaw has been a thorn in Brian Kelly’s side at Notre Dame, and Kelly has never convincingly beat Stanford.

Saturday, with Book as the capstone, Kelly finally returned the favor.

Stanford finished the game with 229 yards.

Over half of that came on four plays.

The Cardinal ran 51 plays

total.

Of their six second-half drives, four were three-andouts and one was a first-play interception.

Kelly, Book and Notre Dame didn’t just win comfortably.

They took their weakest facet — closing out games in the second half — against arguably their toughest opponent, and dominated.

There’s still a long way to go before the Irish have any chance of sniffing the Playoff, and next weekend’s trip to Blacksburg, Virginia, will certainly give us an even better picture of how good this team can be. But Notre Dame took all the right steps Saturday and then some. With an offense that is finally finding its rhythm and a defense as deep and as experienced as defensive coordinator Clark Lea’s, it looks like Kelly’s team certainly has the tools to control its own destiny.

The juice was flowing on Saturday. And it wasn’t just senior running back Dexter Williams.

With Book under center, the Irish finally look like they have the energy to match the expectations.

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2nd

3rd

4th

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7 7

3 3

0 14

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Notre Dame 7, STANFORD 0

Dexter Williams 45-yard run (Justin Yoon kick)

8:13

remaining Drive: Seven plays, 85 yards 2:20 elapsed

NOTRE DAME 7, STANFORD 7

Bryce Love 39-yard run (Jet Toner kick)

4:39

remaining Drive: Seven plays, 75 yards, 3:34 elapsed

NOTRE DAME 14, STANFORD 7

Nic Weishar 6-yard pass from Ian Book (Yoon kick)

0:09

remaining Drive: 11 plays, 77 yards 4:30 elapsed

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Notre Dame 14, STANFORD 14

JJ Arcega-Whiteside 4-yard pass from K.J. Costello (Toner kick)

10:36

remaining Drive: Eight plays, 84 yards, 4:33 elapsed

Notre dame 21, stanford 14

Chase Claypool 10-yard pass from Book (Yoon kick)

0:39

remaining Drive: Seven plays, 80 yards, 1:24 elapsed

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Notre Dame 24, stanford 14 Yoon 37-yard field goal

8:07

remaining Drive: 11 plays, 56 yards, 4:05 elapsed

NOTRE DAME 24, stanford 17

Toner 46-yard field goal

2:16

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remaining Drive: Eight plays, 53 yards, 3:51 elapsed

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Miles Boykin 8-yard pass from Book (Yoon kick)

8:16

remaining Drive: 10 plays, 58 yards, 3:05 elapsed

NOTRE DAME 38, stanford 17

Alize Mack 35-yard pass from Book (Yoon kick)

8:02

remaining Drive: One play, 35 yards, 0:08 elapsed

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PASSING yards 278 174

total yards 550 229

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Irish junior quarterback Ian Book looks downfield to pass from the pocket during Notre Dame’s 38-17 win over Stanford on Saturday at Notre Dame Stadium. Book, in his third career start, passed for 278 yards and rushed for 47 yards, making him the second-leading Irish rusher for the night. Book totaled four touchdowns against the Cardinal.

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Despite never trailing, the Irish were closely matched play-for-play by the Stanford offense throughout much of the first three quarters. After heading into the fourth quarter with a one-touchdown game, the Irish defense shut down the Cardinal momentum, forcing a turnover and scoring two touchdowns to give Notre Dame a 38-17 lead.

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Irish junior safety Alohi Gilman, right, and kicker Jonathan Doerer prepare to kick off.

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Irish senior wide receiver Miles Boykin reaches for the end zone during Notre Dame’s 38-17 victory over Stanford on Saturday.

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Irish running back Tony Jones Jr. rushes upfield during Notre Dame’s 38-17 home win on Saturday.

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Irish senior running back Dexter Williams protects the ball from a pile of linebackers on Saturday.

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Irish junior defensive lineman Daelin Hayes blocks Cardinal quarterback K.J. Costello’s pass.