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Soaring Irish offense, defense, special teams put up dominant win over Eagles on Senior Day

CONNERY McFADDEN | The Observer

Irish senior quarterback Ian Book winds up to throw a pass while his linemen protect the pocket during Notre Dame’s 40-7 victory over Boston College on Saturday at Notre Dame Stadium. Book completed 26 of his 40 pass attempts for 239 yards, three touchdowns and no interceptions. He was also the team’s leading rusher for the fourth-straight week.

Why Senior Day win over Eagles was infuriating Hayden Adams Associate Sports Editor

It’s not that the offense was incredibly meandering to start the game, putting up only 16 points and needing a questionable defensive pass interference with six seconds remaining to put them in range of their third field goal of the first half. It’s not redshirt freshman quarterback Phil Jurkovec’s apparent obsession with running the ball and refusing to work on his in-game passing. It’s not even the special ’88 throwback uniforms (that looked a lot like the normal uniforms).

What was infuriating about the Boston College game is how it served as yet another reminder of the inconsistency of this Notre Dame team, inconsistency that has permeated its play for virtually the entire 2019 season.

Starting with the season opener at Louisville, the Irish struggled to stop the Cardinals’ run game and struggled with their own passing game, but first-year Louisville coach Scott Satterfield was junking up the game plan, so I’ll give see ADAMS PAGE 2

By JIMMY WARD Sports Writer

Meeting for the 25th time in rivalry history, Boston College traveled to South Bend on Friday to take on the Irish.

Despite getting off to a shaky start in the first half the Irish were easily able to handle the Eagles (5-6, 3-4 ACC) after they came out of the locker room to start the second half.

On senior night and with hopes of making a New Year’s Six bowl, the Irish were able to rally and come away with a dominating 40-7 win over Boston College.

The Irish offense was slow to warm up and was unable to find the end zone on their first three drives of the game, and junior place kicker Johnathan Doerer was responsible for all the Irish points up until 2:48 remained in the second quarter when the Irish finally found the endzone with a six-yard pass from senior quarterback Ian Book to senior wide receiver Chase Claypool. This was Claypool’s 10th touchdown catch of the season which moved him into a tie for 10th in Notre Dame single-season touchdown receptions with Golden Tate. The last Irish receiver to hit this mark was Will Fuller in 2015.

Prior to Book and Claypool’s

touchdown connection, it seemed as if Boston College might have the edge as they led 7-6 over the Irish after redshirt sophomore quarterback Dennis Grosel found the end zone, virtually walking in after the Irish botched their coverage by overcommitting to stop to a handoff. Once the Irish were finally able to get on the board the momentum shifted quickly and the Eagles would not even get close to scoring again. The game, coined the ‘Holy War’ for all intents and purposes by former Secretary of State and Notre Dame alum Condoleezza Rice, wasn’t much of a war or even a battle for that matter at all. If it were, Boston College, clad in their white uniforms, would have been waving white flags long before the final whistle blew.

Even though the Irish were able to find the end zone two more times after their first trip to the goal line, Doerer would continue to have himself a statement night.

After taking the ball 50 yards into Boston College territory, the Irish would get on the board first with a 47-yard field goal off of Doerer’s foot to put the Irish up 3-0. The Irish would then force a quick three-and-out on the Eagles opening drive. The Irish were then forced to punt on their

next drive but their stout defense stood up to the Eagle’s offense and the ball flipped possessions once more. The Irish offense was able to open up on their third drive of the game, taking the ball 61 yards in 12 plays down to the Boston College 11-yard line, which led to Doerer knocking in his second field goal of the night — a 29-yarder. After this drive the Eagles were finally able to get on the board with the longest possession by any team throughout the game, a 16play, 84 yard drive that took 6:56 off the clock. The Eagles would take a 7-6 lead over the Irish with this drive as Notre Dame had yet to reach the end zone despite piecing together some good drives.

After the Eagles touchdown it was all Notre Dame the rest of the way. The Irish would come back onto the field and patiently strike with vengeance. They put together a 15play, 75-yard drive that would end with a six-yard touchdown pass from Book to Claypool.

The Irish would kick off to the Eagles with just under three minutes remaining in the first half. Boston College picked up a first down but the Irish forced them to a third-andeight with 1:36 remaining. see VICTORY PAGE 3

Ogundeji tallies dominant performance

By JIMMY WARD Sports Writer

Irish senior defensive lineman Adetokunbo Ogundeji didn’t become a starter on the Notre Dame football squad until last year. When Ogundeji enrolled at Notre Dame, he was just 17 years old. And when he finally did become a starter, it was instrumental to the Irish defensive front. In his junior season, Ogundeji recorded 22 tackles, 2 sacks and one forced fumble, one of those sacks coming in Notre Dame’s 3-30 defeat to Clemson in the Cotton Bowl.

This season, Ogundeji has only gotten better. Through over just 11 games compared to last season’s 13, Ogundeji has recorded 26 tackles, two forced fumbles and one fumble recovery.

Ogundeji bolstered his stats on senior night against Boston College in a big way. He recorded a career high of six tackles — five solo and one assisted — and added on two sacks and one more tackle for a loss. In addition, he forced one fumble; see OGUNDEJI PAGE 3

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them a pass for working through the kinks in the season opener.

However, here’s where I start getting frustrated. You dominate New Mexico 66-14, and even Jurkovec and freshman quarterback Brandon Clarke have their own touchdown drives. At the same time, you go 1-10 on third down but counterintuitively rely on shear dominance (something the Irish have not been known for recently) to go 5-5 on fourth down.

Against Georgia, your run game is completely non-existent, and as such you pass four times on the goal line to score a touchdown, a touchdown you only scored because of a muffed punt.

Against Virginia, while understandably suffering from a bit of a hangover, you get outscored 17-14 in the first half, then give up an onside kick to start the second half. However, your pass rush, which had been virtually nonexistent compared to its understandably high expectations, finally steps up and records eight sacks and forces three fumbles, one of which is returned for a touchdown and another nearly scores as well.

You then appropriately dominate Bowling Green 52-0 by throwing for 340 yards (and without any of those touch “passes” like against New Mexico), and you follow that up by yet again dominating on

that ground against USC with 308 rushing yards. Where was that against Georgia?

But what’s worse is that you’re up on the Trojans 17-3 at the half and have an opportunity to blow it open to start the second half by FINALLY returning a kickoff for a touchdown, then junior receiver Michael Young, who is an absolute speedster, has nothing but open field in front of him and inexplicably fumbles the football. You then edge out your rival 30-27 by recovering an onside kick attempt by USC which should have been rekicked because head coach Brian Kelly was eight yards out on the field directing the special teams.

Now we get to the worst of the worst. You have not one but TWO weeks to prepare for a game against rival Michigan in the Big House with the Wolverines coming in desperate after losing to Penn State the week prior and with their head coach’s seat warming up. It is a monsoon, but you complete some difficult passes to your receivers, yet you persist with the strategy of running the ball directly into a packed defensive front and make the 308 yards the previous week look like a fluke by going for only 47 in Ann Arbor.

Your defense, which has been the bright spot of the season thanks to consistently making perfect second-half adjustments, reaches its breaking point and surrenders 45 points. Plus the surprisingly reliable special teams unit

bafflingly fumbles a blocked punt.

Your defense responds the following week by holding the Virginia Tech offense in check, but your offense puts you in a hole by allowing a 98-yard fumble return for a touchdown. Even so, Book answers the criticism he’s been barraged with by leading a game-winning drive featuring not one but TWO fourth-down conversions.

Now we get to the nitty gritty of my frustration. You’ve finally put it together. You dominate Duke 38-7 and dismantle a quality Navy team 52-20, the latter of which saw four forced fumbles against a characteristically disciplined armed forces school. Plus, Finke finally steps up against the Blue Devils after having a lackluster year and Book finally takes deep shots against Navy after being conservative all year. Plus, Book used first round-caliber receiver Chase Claypool as the matchup nightmare he is with four touchdown passes to him against the Midshipmen.

Then, on senior day against Boston College, we regress once more. There was a flurry of false start penalties, reminiscent of the aforementioned debacle at Georgia that featured the offensive line getting flagged six times for premature starts. After starting slow, probably stemming from a predictable senior day hangover of emotions, your defense yet again has to jumpstart your scoring.

It takes a fumble recovery by junior linebacker Drew White and an interception by freshman safety and phenom Kyle Hamilton to give you two short-field touchdown drives, sandwiched around a 61-yard touchdown run by Braden Lenzy. Not so coincidentally given Lenzy’s status as an Oregon track star, that jet sweep was reminiscent of the one he took a 51-yard touchdown against USC, but you couldn’t pull that out earlier in the year against Georgia?

To be clear, I’m thrilled Notre Dame dominated Boston College, as they should have. It’s great that they held a vaunted Eagles run game featuring junior back A.J. Dillon, the third-leading rusher in the FBS, to far fewer rushing yards (128) than their season average (282.2).

However, once again the offense left a lot to be desired, with Book leading the Irish in rushing yards for the fourth-straight game.

Given that Book is not a typical dual-threat quarterback, that’s not a reassuring stat. Granted, the starting right side of the offensive line is out for the season with injuries, but it’s still aggravating that the ground game seemed to have an intermittent appreciable gain scattered amongst negative yardage run stuffs and minute gains of one to three yards.

Still, Notre Dame just wrapped up their second-straight season with a perfect home record,

going 7-0 this season, and they still haven’t lost to an unranked team since 2016. That’s why the Boston College game shows just how dumbfounding and infuriating this Notre Dame team is.

When you look at their season in the grand scheme of things, they are exceedingly average by their standards.

There were such high expectations for Ian Book and the offense and such low expectations for the run defense and special teams coming into 2019, but both have since been proven faulty. Because of this, the Irish are just where most predicted they would be, on the verge of 10-2 with losses to Georgia and Michigan, but the expected margins of defeat for each game were reversed.

I guess what I’m saying is that I just don’t know what I’m going to get from Notre Dame week-toweek. This team appears to be full of contradictions. It feels like a different version of the Irish shows up every time I think I’ve got them figured out. But, what though the odds, great or small, Notre Dame has somehow found a way to win over all (at home). If only they could figure out how to beat a marquee opponent.

Contact Hayden Adams at hadams3@nd.edu The views expressed in this column are those of the author and not necessarily those of The Observer.

CONNERY McFADDEN | The Observer

Irish senior wide receiver Braden Lenzy dives into the end zone pursued by Eagles redshirt sophomore cornerback Brandon Sebastian during Notre Dame’s 40-7 win over Boston College at Notre Dame Stadium on Saturday. Lenzy’s touchdown came after a 61-yard run, the latest of several long touchdowns Lenzy has scored this season using his speed.

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In the last two minutes of the third quarter, Notre Dame was looking to extend its 26-7 lead over Boston College, taking over an Eagles three-and-out. The Irish wasted no time, with sophomore wide reciever Braden Lenzy taking the handoff in a jet sweep.

Flanked by junior tight end Brock Wright, Lenzy accelerated down the left sideline, outstripping the pursuing defenders and diving into the end zone.

Junior placekicker Jonathan Doerer has been a stable presence for the Irish special teams all season, nailing all 48 of his extra-point attempts and making 12 of his 14 field goal tries. He continued that consistency Saturday, bailing out the Irish four times when the offense sputtered by converting field goals from 47, 29, 45 and 37 yards out, the first two being the first two scores of the game.

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Friends, family mourn alumna 2014 ND graduate Hannah Turgeon was dedicated to serving others

By MARY STEURER Assistant Managing Editor

Friends and family were never far from Hannah Turgeon’s thoughts.

She was the kind of person to always leave a gift, or note, just to show she cared. The kind to always make time for others.

“I can’t remember a time when you proposed something to do and she was like, ‘Okay, sure,’” Melanie Trivella, one of Hannah’s best friends and a fellow 2014 alumna, said. “She was always like, ‘Yeah, let’s do it!’”

The kind who always saw the best in everyone.

“She would always use

at least three adjectives to describe everyone and everything, and they were usually superlatives,” Trivella said. “Everyone was the best and the prettiest and the smartest.”

Hannah, a 2014 Notre Dame graduate, died in a hit-and-run accident Oct. 13 while in South Bend for the Notre Dame-USC football game. She was 27.

A McGlinn Hall resident for all four of her years at Notre Dame, Hannah found a place in her dorm community right away.

“Hannah was one of those people that you just got to see HANNAH PAGE 3

Student, prof. co-create class on pilgrimage

By HANNAH THOMAS News Writer

The collaboration of a student and professor at Saint Mar y’s has resulted in a new spring semester course.

Senior A nnie Maguire, w ith the help of professor of philosophy Patt y Say re, has developed a philosophy course called “The Camino.” The course material for The Camino w ill focus on the subject of pilgrimage.

The course is worth one academic credit and is in anticipation of students completing a pilgrimage at some point in the future. “[The course was developed w ith] a syllabus that would allow students to enroll in a class one for one credit to really explore the ideas and themes around pilgrimage and prepare students for that experience,” Maguire said.

The idea for this preparator y course for pilgrimages

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came about from Maguire’s personal experience when she walked the Camino de Santiago — “The Way of St. James” — in southern France and northern Spain at the end of her semester abroad in Sev ille. Maguire embarked on a three-week journey beginning in Leon, France, to Santiago, Spain.

“Originally, the pilgrimage route was created as a way for people to kind of show their love for St. James,” she said. “‘Santiago’ means St. James, and ending in the cit y of Santiago is where it is said the remains of St. James are.”

The Camino de Santiago involves intense backpacking along a path that would take around 35 days to walk in full. A long the path pilgrims would stay at hostels all through the countr yside in Spain which facilitates the communit y experience see CAMINO PAGE 3

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Senior named Rhodes Scholar Observer Staff Report

Notre Dame fifth-year student Prathm Juneja was named the University’s 20th Rhodes Scholar, the school announced in a Saturday press release. The Edison, New Jersey native will begin his time at the United Kingdom’s Oxford University next October. Juneja, along with seniors Matthew Schoenbauer Hannah Turgeon’s LinkedIn profile picture. Hannah won the Sr. Kathryn A. Haas Award for dorm service and leadership in 2014.

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ND senior stops robbery, engages with perpetrator

By TOM NAATZ Notre Dame News Editor

Notre Dame senior Tommy McNamara was having lunch w ith a friend at The General restaurant in South Bend on Friday. W hile he was eating, he said he noticed another young man mov ing suspiciously about the establishment.

“I kind of noticed this kid who had his hoodie on, kind

of walking around the place.

Little bit of strange activit y,” he said.

A few minutes later, the man grabbed another customer’s purse and bolted out of the establishment.

“A ll of the sudden, I’m just sitting at my table — and I’m prett y close to the door — he sprints from the front of the restaurant by the cash register, scoops up an old lady’s purse, and just darts out the

door,” he said.

Not missing a beat, McNamara, a member of the Notre Dame lacrosse team, rose from his seat and took off after the thief.

“I guess w ithout really thinking, I just leapt up and started running after him,” he said. “From the ver y beginning, I’m yelling ‘Stop !

Stop ! Give me the purse ! see ROBBERY PAGE 4

OneRepublic to perform at 2020 IDEA Week Observer Staff Report

The band One Republic w ill perform as part of IDEA Week 2020, the Universit y announced in a Thursday press release. The Grammy Award nominated musical group w ill perform a concert at Notre Dame’s Purcell Pav ilion on April 25.

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run from April 19 to April 25, 2020, aims to foster innovation and entrepreneurship in the greater South Bend region. It is hosted annually

by Notre Dame and “various communit y organizations and businesses,” the release said. The event features an entertainment component — the Chainsmokers performed at the Purcell

Pav ilion in 2018, followed

by Tim McGraw in 2019.

Comedian Jim Gaffigan and singer Scott y McCreer y performed last year at other venues in the area.

Tickets for the concert w ill go on sale Wednesday.

Tickets w ill cost $30 for students and bet ween $ 50 and

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throughout the journey, as Maguire described.

“That’s something that I can take w ith me forever — the relationships,” she said. “Hav ing this experience helped me learn about other people’s stories, the importance of sharing your stories, and kind of just w idening my worldv iew. … I wanted to create something where other students could engage in.”

Though Maguire w ill incorporate her experience walking The Camino, she w ill teach the course w ith the expectation that students w ill complete their ow n pilgrimages over their ow n time.

“The preparation we w ill do throughout the course of the semester for students w ill be more similar to what I experienced just because I want to help and give as many ways as I can to contribute to this class,” she said. “But students are obv iously inv ited to take any note that they’d like to explore the different options and whatever works for them and their schedules. They could do so at the end of the semester, or maybe like a year dow n the road, or maybe, you know, far out in advance. But I think that freedom is really important because I along the way, I met a lot of students who were doing this through a school group or w ith a group of people, and that is a ver y different experience. ... I think that’s the benefit of the structure of our course that we’re creating.”

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The presence of outside entertainers is meant to foster a sense of collective creativ it y on the part of those participating in the week’s events, Br yan Ritchie — Notre Dame’s v ice president and Cathy and John Martin associate provost for innovation — said in the release.

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With Say re’s experience in her prev ious course, Philosophy of Walking, she had the abilit y to work w ith Maguire to create this new course focused on pilgrimage. Pilgrimages, Say re explained, unfold over the course of several stages.

“The idea is that the various phases of getting ready for the pilgrimage, going on the pilgrimage, coming back from the pilgrimage,” she said. “We’ll look at pilgrimage narratives from major pilgrimages routes.”

In addition to the course readings about pilgrimage as mental preparation, students w ill also take a walk ever y Monday from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. to physically prepare for the pilgrimage experience.

“I think it honestly gave me so many other life lessons that I carr y w ith me now, like the physical act of walking, you feel all of the items to your name on your back as you carr y them along the way,” Maguire said. “That’s also a great metaphor for what we carr y w ith us in our life. … That I learned through this physical experience, but also spiritual and emotional experience as well.”

The Camino course not only prepares students discerning a pilgrimage in their lives but allows for the freedom to travel when they choose to.

“It’s going to prepare one for a major pilgrimage,” Say re said. “One of the things that might happen is that … if it is your time, you might think meet someone else in the class whose time it is. And then if you wanted to travel together, you’d have that automatic

connection.”

Maguire encourages students to take this course as it can help all students achieve their purpose for taking a pilgrimage.

“Maybe they want to do a little soul searching, maybe they just want to break in their schedule in their busy lives, maybe they’re really interested in backpacking, so it draws a whole diverse group of people together on this experience that is ver y much communal and shared and life changing,” Maguire said.

Say re said she is excited to share her love of walking and to encourage students to use walking and pilgrimage as a transformative experience for their daily lives. She also said she wants to learn more about the pilgrimage experience.

“I’m looking for ward to just learning more about pilgrimages,” she said. “I really desperately do want to do the Camino someday. … W hen my time comes, I’d like to be ready.”

Maguire said she is looking for ward to continuing the exploration of her prev ious experience on the Camino and to share the fruits of that experience w ith her peers.

“I’m ver y excited to … hear from other students,” Maguire said. “I feel like that is really valuable perspective because taking the Camino is all about changing perspective in your life.

I think reading and learning about the experiences of others w ill help me even as I still process my ow n experience, understand things.”

show n that some of the criteria necessar y for creating an ecosystem of entrepreneurship and innovation, which is what we are tr ying to do w ith IDE A Week, are fun networking events and big, mainstream entertainment performances like OneRepublic,” Ritchie said in the release. “IDE A Week’s relatively uncommon model of mix ing concerts and comedians w ith informative sessions and learning experiences helps fill this need

by facilitating the interaction of people, ideas and resources.”

Other entertainment for the week w ill include an esports tournament, key note speakers and “a major comedic act,” the release said.

On the whole, the release said, IDE A Week consists of events including “meet-ups; workshops; technolog y experiences; and various social activ ities.” More events w ill be announced over the next five months.

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know early on,” McGlinn rector Sr. Mary Lynch said.

She was devoted to McGlinn’s Big Sister Little Sister program, where girls from St. Adalbert Catholic School in South Bend would spend Saturdays with hall residents.

“It was our effort to help those little girls realize that [Notre Dame] not such an impossible reach for them,” Lynch said.

Hannah would spend hours leading the girls in activities like baking or artsand-crafts, Trivella said.

“I just kind of remember her always running around trying to get stuff together for the girls coming,” Trivella said.

Hannah was instrumental in strengthening the Big Sister Little Sister program, Lynch said. The program has continued most years since her graduation, with Fisher Hall hosting similar activities for St. Adalbert boys.

For her dedication to Big Sister Little Sister, Hannah was given the 2014 Sr. Kathryn A. Haas Award, presented each year to a McGlinn senior who sets herself apart in service and leadership in the hall community.

An art history major, Hannah also excelled academically. Her freshman year seminar professor, Robin Rhodes, remembers her turning in a particularly impressive first essay, though the assignment is usually a stumbling block for first-year students.

“It was one of the very best papers I’ve gotten for a first paper in that seminar,” he said.

She went on to earn a strong reputation across the department, Rhodes added.

Hannah’s father, Paul Turgeon, said despite her academic success, she stayed deceptively humble.

“She was famous for being stressed out and studying too much and thinking her papers were no good,” Paul Turgeon said. “Then she’d get all A’s, and they’d use her paper as an example.”

After graduation, Hannah would eventually settle in

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Denver working as the executive assistant to entrepreneur and former Colorado state treasurer Brian Watson.

In keeping with her love of the arts and passion for service, Hannah began her own handmade card company, “I’m Bringing Crafty Back,” in 2017. She sold over 200 cards since its debut on Etsy.

In late 2018, “I’m Bringing Crafty Back” partnered with coffee and retail company Generous International to fund nonprofit work in developing communities around the world. Generous International will dedicate one of its new houses in Honduras to Hannah’s memory, Paul Turgeon said.

Born Dec. 25, Hannah had a lifelong love of Christmas — earning her the family nickname “Hannah Claus,” Trivella said.

“We always worried, ‘Boy, she could feel cheated because her birthday is Christmas,’ and so we would celebrate it for the entire month,” Paul Turgeon said.

Naturally, Hannah was in her element during Christmas season at Notre Dame, Lynch said.

“People were always happy when she was in their section, because when they did the Christmas decorations in the section, they could count on her to have some really good ideas,” she said.

She was constantly thinking of others — always going the extra mile to make those around her feel loved, Trivella said.

“She told everyone that she loved them or that they were a great friend or they were a great sister, a great dad,” she said. “And a lot of that was through the homemade cards that she would make. … Everyone has all those memories to keep and to read.”

In Hannah’s memory, the Turgeon family began a scholarship fund for McGlinn students, students from Los Angeles and Denver and those who serve in South Bend schools.

The family is accepting donations at https://giving.nd.edu Contact Mary Steurer at msteure1@nd.edu

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Robbery Continued from page 1

Stop ! You don’t want to do this !’”

After chasing the indiv idual for a substantial distance through the streets of South Bend — McNamara estimated the chase lasted between five and seven minutes — McNamara persuaded the thief to stop running.

“I eventually start say ing, ‘I’m not tr y ing to get you in trouble … I’ll give you $20, just give me the purse. I get it,’” McNamara said. “He finally stops. I approach him slowly and say, ‘Dude, I’m not tr y ing to get you in trouble. I have 20 bucks. Take it, you just can’t take this purse.’”

Once the chase had ended, McNamara got the purse back and engaged w ith the man he had been chasing.

“I get up close to him, and look at him, and ask, ‘Dude, how old are you? ’ He’s like, ‘I’m in high school.’ He couldn’t have been older than 15 years old,” he said.

“I start talking to him for a while. He gave me the purse, and we had a conversation. I actually gave him my phone number. I was like, ‘I understand this is a really tough situation.’ We were just talking for a while about kind of ever y thing. I told him, ‘If you ever need to reach out, I’ve got like 50 teammates who’d have your back.

I get it. You’re in high school hav ing to make that decision.’ Think about it. Being 15 years old and your choice is ‘do I or do I not want to steal this woman’s purse for whatever extraneous reason that’s out of his control? ’ I

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and Nicholas Ottone, was one of three Notre Dame students who were Rhodes finalists this year.

“Notre Dame could not be prouder of Prathm Juneja because he was selected not for his scholarly achievement alone, but — in the words of the Rhodes Trust — ‘for their character, commitment to others and to the common good, and for their potential for leadership in whatever domains their careers may lead,’” University President Fr. John Jenkins said in the release.

Jeffrey Thibert, who serves as the director the Notre Dame Center for Undergraduate Scholarly Engagement (CUSE), said Juneja represents a growing group of Notre Dame alumni continuing on to Oxford as Rhodes Scholars.

“We are so happy to congratulate Prathm Juneja on his selection as a 2020 Rhodes Scholar.

Since 2016, only six U.S. institutions have produced more

gave him 20 bucks and just said, ‘Listen, take my number. Give me a call if you ever want to talk, or need help.’

Then we went our separate ways.”

The teenager was remorseful, McNamara said.

McNamara thinks the high schooler vacillated about whether or not to steal the purse in the first place.

“He was entirely apologetic. The first thing he said was ‘I’m sorr y,’” McNamara said. “He’s sitting there thinking, ‘do I or do I not want to steal this woman’s purse? ’ W hat’s cra zy is I saw him leave the place a couple times — he would walk out, then walk back in. … That’s kind of why he was in the corner of my eye. He was just apologetic. … He was like ‘I don’t want to be doing this.’

It was a tough conversation, but a real one. That’s why I wanted him to be able to reach out.”

Upon his return to The General, McNamara was greeted as a hero.

“It was funny, the whole place broke into applause,” he said. “There was a priest in there — I guess he was eating food there — he comes up and gives me a blessing. … One lady came up to me and said, ‘My husband was a retired police officer. I have a son who’s a police officer, a son who’s a firefighter,’ and I just connected w ith her in that way.”

The ow ner of the stolen purse was particularly grateful, McNamara said.

“She was just really thankful,” he said. “She asked for my name. She tried to give me money. Ever yone was

Rhodes Scholars than Notre Dame,” Thibert said. “This is a testament to the excellence of the undergraduate educational experience at Notre Dame and the fundamental alignment of the University’s mission with the Rhodes ideal of ‘standing up for the world.’”

Juneja is in the fifth year of the Reilly Five-Year Dual Degree Program, studying political science and computer science. In addition to being named a Rhodes Scholar he is also a Newman Civic Fellow, College of Arts and Letters Dean’s Fellow, Hipp-Beeler Scholar and Glynn Family Honors student, according to the release.

On campus, Juneja has formerly served as chief of staff and director of national engagement and outreach for Notre Dame’s student government. He is also a member of NDVotes and the Building Bridges Mentoring Program.

He has also done work for the South Bend Mayor’s Office and is currently an “innovation associate” at Mayor Pete Buttigieg’s presidential

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Senior lacrosse player Tommy McNamara, pictured here during a game against University of Maryland, helped a woman retrieve her stolen purse Friday afternoon. McNamara said his reaction was instinctual.

tr y ing to give me money for it. I was like, ‘No, it’s OK.’ She was just really thankful.

Full of gratitude.”

McNamara credited a variet y of people in his life w ith his decision to help out in the situation.

“I think a lot has to do w ith the lacrosse team, and ever y thing that we’re about and kind of the team culture and values we tr y to build,” he said. “The three parts of the lacrosse team are character, culture, communit y.

That’s something that from your first day when you get here you really tr y to emulate. … I think my family, a lot. Something that I’ve always thought of that my dad says to my brothers and is, ‘The other fellow first.’ Kind of that mentalit y of people before yourself.”

After relating the incident

campaign. He is also involved in local Democratic politics.

“I am so grateful for the support of Dr. Jeff Thibert, Elise Rudt and everyone at CUSE who guided me throughout this entire process with kindness and support,” Juneja said in the release. “I’d also like to thank my recommendation letter writers, Professor Bradley Malkovsky, Professor Shreya Kumar, Professor David Campbell, Professor Paul Ocobock, Brian Coughlin, Rosie McDowell, Santi Garces and Mayor Pete Buttigieg. Without their support over these past four years, I know I would not have this opportunity.”

According to the release, the Rhodes Scholarship is designed to “[recognize] American students from all 50 states, the District of Columbia and the U.S. territories for their scholarly achievements, character, commitment to others and to the common good and potential for leadership.” This year, of the 963 students who applied, 32 applicants were selected for the program.

to some of the lacrosse coaching staff, McNamara said he addressed his teammates about his good deed on lacrosse coach Kev in Corrigan’s request.

“I told coach about it,“ McNamara said. “After a lift on Friday — it was like three hours after it happened — he had me tell the stor y to the whole team. I kind of w rapped it up w ith Thanksgiv ing. It’s a time where we have a lot to be thankful for. The biggest takeaway for me was this kid — 14, 15 years old — making this decision. That’s a circumstance that myself and probably ever ybody here at Notre Dame hasn’t had to go through. That was something to be thankful for.”

On the whole, McNamara said he was motivated to act

due to the many experiences and people he’s encountered in his life, particularly in high school, college and at Camp Tecumseh, a sleepaway camp where he has been both a counselor and a camper.

“It’s cool, being able to ref lect on that event you think of all the people from high school, to Notre Dame w ith the lacrosse team, coach Corrigan, all of my coaches, all of my teammates, people at Camp Tecumseh, all kind of into this one moment where it wasn’t really me reacting,” he said. “It was all of them in this one moment where I didn’t have to make a choice, I just got up and started running after him.”

Contact Tom Naatz at tnaatz@nd.edu

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By RYAN ISRAEL Scene Writer

W hen I was 10 years old, I was obsessed with Star Wars. I’d seen all the movies, religiously watched the animated series and even read a couple of spin-off books. I had all the merch, more than one toy lightsaber and for Halloween I went as a stormtrooper. I dreamed of being Obi-Wan Kenobi, obviously the best character, and I wasn’t the only one, or at least that’s what I tell myself. A lot of kids in my generation had a Star Wars phase, a period marked by fanaticism for the epic space saga.

Johannes Betzler, the 10-year-old main character of the new film “Jojo Rabbit,” is supposed to be your average boy, except Jojo is grow ing up in W W II-era Germany. His fascination is not w ith Star Wars, but rather w ith Adolf Hitler, swastikas and the Nazi part y. Despite his young age, he is eager to fight on the front lines, like what he is told his father is doing; he dreams of the day he can be a member of the Fuhrer’s private guard, and he’s gone so far as creating an imaginar yfriend Hitler, who gives him adv ice in the most tr ying times. As his mother says, Jojo is kind of a fanatic.

Taika Waititi, the director and writer behind “Jojo Rabbit,” throws Jojo’s Nazi fanaticism right in your face at the beginning of the film. You can’t ignore

By SARA SCHLECHT Scene Writer

“Dark Waters,” the latest from Todd Hay nes, is in some sense a t y pical, albeit slow, legal thriller that takes place less in the courtroom and more on a farm. W here it differs is its unner ving basis in fact. Based on a New York Times Magazine article, the film tells the stor y of Robert Bilott, played by Mark Ruffalo, a partner at a Cincinnati law firm that represents chemical companies.

W hen a farmer from small-town West Virginia approaches him with a stack of videotapes that document the mysterious illness and death of a great number of his cattle, Bilott isn’t quite sure what to do. The man swears DuPont’s poor waste disposal practices are behind it, but the little guy isn’t who Bilott’s firm typically represents. W hen the farmer mentions Bilott’s grandmother by name, the law yer — somewhat reluctantly — begins looking into the claim.

the fact that Jojo is a proud antisemite and a loyal, faithful follower of Hitler. But if you manage to get through the first 15 or so minutes, you get to watch Waititi’s efforts to make you care for this little boy.

Part of falling in love with Jojo is realizing that he is just a kid. At a stage when most kids of my generation were falling in love with Star Wars, he lived in a country that was under the inf luence of the most manipulative and diabolical leader of all time who was leading a massive propaganda campaign to get to the hearts and minds of every German citizen.

Jojo was told his father, his biggest role model, had gone to the front lines to sacrifice his life for his countr y. The film asks us to contemplate the larger forces at play that have inf luenced this child.

But, of course, there’s more to it. Roman Griffin Dav is does a phenomenal job in his debut role as Jojo. The 11-year-old captures the giddy energy, soft innocence and fierce loyalty of a young person.

The dialogue makes the character as well; Waititi’s words, when delivered by Dav is, gives Jojo a quickw it and an endearing personalit y. The narrative puts Jojo’s fanaticism to the test as he learns, in a painful way, that the world isn’t as simple as he thought, and ever y thing he believed in comes crashing dow n. The cinematography, mise-enscène and all that other stuff is great, too.

Any stor y tied to the Holocaust — one of the

greatest atrocities of all time — from the perspective of a Na zi — no matter how young — has a insurmountable hill to climb. It asks you to consider a mindset that is morally detestable and abhorrent. As such, “Jojo Rabbit,” for better or for worse, can’t get over that hill. The presence of a physical, humanized and humorous depiction of Adolf Hitler, played by Waitit himself, and a few of the anti-Semetic jokes take the film the w rong way. As tragic as the stor y is for Jojo, it doesn’t go beyond him.

It’s been called a “love-it-or-hate-it” movie, but I’ll call “Jojo Rabbit” a “have-mixed-feelingsabout-it” movie. A lthough, you should probably watch it yourself. Buy a ticket, go to a mov ie theater, support filmmakers, have a discussion about what the film means to you. Maybe you’ll love it, or maybe you’ll hate it.

The claim is alarming — DuPont knowingly polluted the land his cattle graze on and the water they drink. Their teeth are blackened from the water’s high f luoride content, and their organs become enlarged. These grisly images from the videotapes aren’t nearly as ugly as their implications — the West Virginia town’s biggest employer is harming the ver y people who believe they’re being helped. All of this is defensible, as the government doesn’t know these chemicals are harmful and they are thus unregulated.

In agonizingly slow legal proceedings, and their even slower preparator y stages, further probe DuPont’s products and business practices only bringing about more instability to the town, the law firm and even his family. Years go by, and little seems to come of the work that endlessly consumes Bilott. Even when things begin to look up, there’s still a damper. The cinematography is there to reinforce this just in case viewers think there’s a chance of an ending where all is solved,

understood and explained. The problems began decades before Bilott got his hands on the case, and its implications are still relevant today.

The film’s standout performance comes from Bill Camp, who assumes the form of a rough-aroundthe-edges cattle farmer who’s been pushed around too many times. He’s brash, and deser vedly so. No one in his hometown trusts him, and why would they? The maker of household necessities like Tef lon is watching out for them.

It’s hard to have any faith in humanity — much less corporate America — throughout much of the film. The dedication of Bilott himself, the subject of the film and the article that inspired it reminds viewers that there are people watching out for others. Sure, the conspiracy theories might be real and the chemicals in our ever yday lives might be killing us, but there are people like Robert Bilott in this world.

Contact Ryan Israel at risrael1@nd.edu

“Jojo Rabbit” Taika Waititi Starring: Roman Griffin Davis and Scarlett Johansson If you like: “Moonrise Kingdom,” “Thor: Ragnarok”

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What is bravery? How this question ignited a generational firestorm

Inside Column

South Dining Hall is better than North Stephen Hannon

Jackie O’Brien Dear Father Jenkins

Associate Sports Editor

The Viewpoint section has seen a number of controversial opinion pieces recently, from parietals to leggings, from porn filters to homophobia, all dealing with serious issues. But none of these, I believe, are as polarizing as this column will be: South Dining Hall is better than North Dining Hall.

First of all, South is just prettier, and the eating experience is that much more enjoyable. The building’s Gothic exterior is charming and fits in well next to Dillon and Alumni, but its red brick makes it unique. Inside, past the carved wood doors, you are greeted by a handsome brick entry way with vaulted ceilings. While getting your food, you are treated to an atmosphere that is admittedly kitschy, but there’s always a new entertaining decorative detail to notice. Once you pick out your food, you eat with your friends thinking you’re in Hogwarts with wooden tables and chairs, high ceilings, fireplaces and a portrait of a beloved school patriarch with a long, white beard.

Secondly, SDH is more efficient. Why walk the entire length of NDH to see today’s offerings when you could make a quick circuit around South and quickly decide what you want to eat?

If you’re not convinced yet, consider this fact: South is closer than North. I live in Sorin College, and for me it is a shorter walk to SDH than NDH, and extrapolating from that, it must be closer for everyone. Enough said of this objective fact. Q.E.D. Fourthly, South is more friendly. When you swipe into North, you are greeted by the cold, hostile automated barriers that are reminiscent of a subway turnstile. At South, however, you are greeted by smiling dining hall workers as you tap your ID (or sometimes hold it against a tablet for reasons unknown to me; my best guess is that it has to do with the alignment of Jupiter). I have nothing against North’s employees themselves, who couldn’t be friendlier, but they are victims of their situation.

The bathrooms at South are what I would call two of its “hidden gems,” a fun adventure to find for any first-time visitor. I don’t know much about the women’s room for obvious reasons, but it does have a fun ramp. As for the men’s room, the first thing you notice is that it is about 20 degrees hotter; this is actually a feature, however, as it is a designated warming station to serve people nearing frostbite because they cannot swipe into the nearest residence hall to warm up from the bitter cold that fast approaches.

The only legitimate criticism you may level at South is that its name is misleading, which I will concede is true; North is, in fact, at the north end of campus, while South is actually fairly central.

But do you see that? You just played yourself.

If South is located closer to the middle of campus, that means it is closer to everyone. See my third point.Also, why does North offer Southwest Salad while being located in the northeast end of campus?

South Dining Hall is clearly and objectively superior to its northern counterpart, and if you disagree with me, send me hate mail at shannon3@nd.edu.

Contact Stephen at shannon3@nd.edu The views expressed in this Inside Column are those of the author and not necessarily those of The Observer.

This past week, I posted a comment on the Observer’s Facebook post promoting David Phillips’ letter to the editor. Phillips had written about his participation in the recent protests and the group End Hate at ND, as well as the negative impacts of parietals on student experience.

I was impressed by a group of students who had organized themselves, taken real action and did so under threat of dismissal from the University. I decided to express my admiration on the Facebook post, stating: “Thank you to David Phillips and all of the brave protestors for bringing the complexities of this issue to light!”

To my surprise, this invoked an uncharacteristically large and negative response from several alumni and Facebook users, some of whom accused me of comparing the bravery of the protestors with the bravery of American soldiers in active combat: “W hen I was at ND I likely would have considered protesting parietals at a $60k/year safe, private university pretty brave. But after meeting a young USMC veteran who volunteered at 19 for three combat tours in the worst areas of Afghanistan because he ‘wanted to protect little kids going to school,’ I have come to realize what that term really means.”

Most just reacted with the laughter option on Facebook to my post and my follow-up clarif ying that I was in no way equating the experience or courage of an active combat soldier with that of an on-campus protestor. W hile I laughed along with the whole incident because of its sheer absurdity, I was surprised at how great the reaction was to not only the issue of students protesting parietals, but also my comment referring to their actions as brave.

We live in a weird culture today. The left is constantly attacked for being overly sensitive and highly reactive, and yet my simple statement of support for the recent student protests incited an intense response that diverged from anything I had said in the first place. It seems like the accusations of sensitivity may be misplaced. W hile students, who are currently on campus and aware of the current student experience, are accused of being oversensitive for wishing to abolish parietals, it seems like it’s those who are opposed that are most up in arms.

After clarif ying my position and apologizing for what they understood to be demeaning the sacrifice of active combat members, I was told that all was well, but after their years away from Notre Dame they had come to realize what

bravery really meant. W hile age inf luences experience and can increase one’s knowledge, it’s unfortunate when it’s weaponized as a tool to put down the views of a younger generation. And yet that’s exactly what seems to be happening here.

Within this larger discussion of abolishing parietals is the constant comment of, “We had it so much worse when we were there!” This is probably true. I am sure that Notre Dame in the 1970s and 80s was much more strict in enforcing parietals than they are today. However, this doesn’t mean the current students are unwarranted in wanting to see changes made to these policies. The experiences and viewpoints of our alumni are extremely valuable and should inform our view of Notre Dame as a whole today, but they should never be used to exclude from our own understandings of Notre Dame culture or be used to dominate a conversation to drown out current student experience.

Notre Dame is truly at the epicenter of this hyper-charged generational divide. There are a large number of students on campus who want things to change and are working for change, just like in the larger society in which we live.

At the same time, we have loads of loyal alumni and current students who value tradition and balk at any insinuation of deviation from the “ND way” — as do those conservatives in our society seeking to preserve what they envision as “traditional America.”

We need both voices in the conversation. But when conversation devolves into name-calling and unproductive dialogue, we diverge from civil debate and enter into a realm that produces nothing of value. All experiences on this campus are legitimate and should be equally considered.

I would have figured that was a given.

With that I will say that my definition of bravery hasn’t changed much. The protestors are brave. But so are the brave members of our military, survivors of sexual assault and Ian Book for walking onto the field every football Saturday.

Bravery is a spectrum, and I’m happy to call out those actions that I see as brave.

But hey — maybe my definition is a little too inclusive for some people’s sensitivities.

Jackie O’Brien is a Notre Dame senior studying political science and peace studies, originally from the Chicago suburbs. When she’s not writing for Viewpoint, you can find her attempting to complete the NYT crossword, fretting over law school applications or watching RuPaul’s Drag Race. She can be reached at jobrie21@nd.edu or @im_jackie_o on Twitter.

The views expressed int his column are those of the author and not necessarily those of The Observer.

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How Trump and Obama have shown us American greatness Andrew Sveda Bow Tie Politics

When a close friend says they “don’t know” if they can trust you anymore, it’s obvious something’s wrong. Obvious, that is, to everyone except Donald Trump.

This happened earlier this month when French President Emmanuel Macron, reeling from Trump’s reckless maneuvers in Syria, diagnosed NATO with “brain death” and stressed the need for European “[autonomy] in terms of military strategy and capability.” The message was very clear: U.S. credibility has been dangerously tarnished, and its commitments can no longer be taken for granted. Trump’s foreign policy — one cemented in transactionalism and disengagement — has been a nightmare and has left America and the world worse off because of it.

But it’s important to remember that America’s recent retreat didn’t begin with Donald Trump but Barack Obama. It was his administration that led the ill-fated withdrawal from Iraq and stood helplessly by as Moscow moved into Crimea and Beijing into the South China Sea. And who could forget Obama’s supposed “red line” in Syria or the terriblyflawed Iran deal? Before the eyes of the entire world, we continue to display just how weak America is — frightening our allies and emboldening our enemies in the process.

But for all the harm they’ve done, Obama and Trump have taught us something uniquely valuable. Indeed, they’ve united us in a way not thought possible after George W. Bush. And for as much as Trump talks about greatness, he and Obama have shown just that — but not in the way he ever intended or imagined. The failures of the past decade have loomed large but have proven America is an indispensable and exceptional nation — without which the liberties, peace and prosperity that have defined the post-WWII liberal world order would all but wither away.

While this rhetoric has traditionally been used in mostly conservative circles, belief that America “has a special responsibility” to lead the world has skyrocketed among Democrats, so much so that it has overtaken the percentage of Republicans who agree with this. And abroad, according to one expert, “[m] any ... who once decried American overseas involvement as ‘hegemonic’ now seek greater American engagement in international affairs.” This isn’t to say

everyone is applauding us, but it’s a remarkable shift — one that could’ve only arisen in a world that has understood the implications of American retreat.

But are such views of America even accurate? No question about it.

In light of human history, it’s remarkable that America created the world order it did in 1945. The fact that it, in a moment of unquestioned hegemony, would shun balance of power politics while helping to rebuild Germany and Japan is truly an anomaly, one that helped usher in the “long peace” of the past 70 years and, according to Robert Kagan of the Brookings Institution, “shape a world unusually conducive to the spread of democracy” and freedom.

The fact that “[t]he Europeans ... trusted the United States not to exploit its power at their expense” stands in stark contrast to the centuries before it, not to mention that America’s deep commitment to economic freedom and openness has enabled billions to be lifted out of poverty in a single lifetime.

All of this isn’t to paint some perfect, “Americacan-do-no-wrong” caricature of our country. We’ve more often than not failed to live up to the lofty values we preach. At the same time, America’s ability to call itself out, reimagine itself and recalibrate its sights is something truly remarkable. I can’t think of another power in world history that’s overseen such an unprecedented proliferation of freedom and prosperity yet maintained America’s willingness to shine a light on its own imperfections, seeking to be a more humane and moral nation than the day before.

As Kagan observed, “[t]he liberal world was far from perfect … [b]ut compared to what had come before over the previous 5,000 years, it was a revolutionary transformation of human existence.”

But as America disengages from the world, we see with it the foundations of the world order it made slowly crumbling away. That’s because, as French journalist Natalie Nougayrède put it, “[t]here is simply nothing at hand to replace or replicate America’s role in upholding key pillars of post-1945 international relations.” Once America lacks the strength or resolve to defend the order it created, “[e]veryone loses.” If America continues on its present course, we will see a continuation, even acceleration, of the slide away from democracy. Russia will be even more aggressive in intimidating Western democracies, and China’s grip on Hong Kong and Taiwan will only tighten. Absent a vigilant U.S. to hold them accountable, strongmen will be freer to commit human rights abuses at home and abroad — as seen

in Yemen’s civil war and Xinjiang. Even free trade stands to be lost after America’s decline. Without a power willing to ensure open seaways, spheres of influence will slowly be carved out by regional and global powers once their interests are no longer being served by the current system, as can be seen in the South China Sea and the Strait of Hormuz.

The lesson: No one can fill the shoes of America in promoting freedom and checking the ambitions of tyrants and adversaries. We seem to forget that the American Century — not the ages before it — is the “aberration” in history. There is no “end of history.”

If we care at all for the freedoms we now have, we can’t afford to continue or “manage” America’s retreat and decline.

This doesn’t mean we go back to some Theodore Roosevelt-style, gung-ho foreign policy though. As Senator Marco Rubio observed, “[f]oreign involvement has never been a binary choice between perpetual war and passive indifference.” Done correctly, operating from a position of strength doesn’t mean more conflict but rather deters it. George Kennan got it right when he wrote that a nation which “has sufficient force and makes clear [its] readiness to use it ... rarely has to do so.”

Likewise, we just as desperately need to rejuvenate U.S. soft power and diplomacy, which Trump has so recklessly dismantled. This will take years, even decades, to complete, but this — along with finally developing a clear, coherent grand strategy for the 21st century — will help develop a structure around which we can better combat threats to America and the liberal world order.

America is more than special: It is indispensable and the greatest nation on Earth. But it’s wrong for Americans to respond to this with arrogance. Just the opposite is needed: Humility in understanding the weight of our task. The past decade and the fantasies of the “peace dividend” have vividly illustrated how much America is needed today — yet we still seem so apathetic and disillusioned. Those watching what’s happening know “that the new world order is coming up for grabs.” It’s time we acted like it.

Andrew Sveda is a freshman at Notre Dame from Pittsburgh intending to major in Political Science.

Besides politics, Andrew enjoys acting, playing the piano and tennis. He can be reached at asveda@nd.edu or @SvedaAndrew on Twitter.

The views expressed int his column are those of the author and not necessarily those of The Observer.

Letter to the editor

Parietals are not the problem With the recent sit-ins and letters such as “Parietals criminalize gender itself, but we already knew that,” I have struggled to understand conclusions drawn by the End Hate at ND movement.

Despite being part of an ostracized group they set out to defend, I feel as if my experiences and views directly contradict their demands. As a freshman, I was placed in Sorin College, and I came out as transgender during my years as an undergraduate. While ND is certainly not a remarkably progressive campus for trans inclusivity, I have never felt discriminated against in all my time as an undergrad or graduate student based on parietals. For me, parietals enabled further bonding with my Sorin BrOtters who make up a significant portion of my closest friends to this day. In fact, post-party parietal hours offered some of the most comforting environments for me to help friends expand their understanding of gender nonconformity and sexuality.

I understand I still came from a more privileged background as a white middle-class student, but

the fact remains that the issues of concern for the End Hate at ND are not rooted in parietals. Many of these issues are legitimate causes for concern, but their solutions are more dependent on the other institutional structures than the community building impact of parietals. As I can attest from personal experience, parietals are NOT discriminatory towards transgender or gender non-conforming students. Regardless of how I was accepted or not as a trans student in my dorm, it was not parietals that left me unrecognized — it was the fact that I couldn’t permanently transfer to a women’s dorm. Even with parietals abolished, I would have felt ostracized by the fact that the women’s dorm I would be allowed to stay the night in remained a community I could not officially be part of.

Another issue brought up by End Hate at ND is the rate of sexual assault among ND students. It is completely unacceptable that this University that we all love and cherish can be the source of pain for so many of its members. The supporters of End Hate

at ND point out that there is often a power dynamic that “traps victims” for fear of getting in trouble with parietals. This power dynamic certainly exists but would not dissolve in the absence of parietals. It in fact thrives from the double standards between women and men’s dorms in relation to alcohol use and partying. To further relieve concerns, a better approach could be to adopt a policy similar to Notre Dame’s Expectation of Responsibility to take away the fear of reprimands for escaping dangerous situations.

While I appreciate the effort to promote inclusivity on campus by those with End Hate at ND, I think the stated concerns of the group do not present solutions capable of resolution through the abandonment of parietals.

Emma Farnan third-year graduate student class of ’17 Nov. 24

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Crossword | ellen leuschner and victor fleming

Horoscope | Eugenia Last Happy Birthday: You’ll be torn between what you should do and what you want to do this year. Weigh the pros and cons before you step forward. With the proper planning, you stand to make gains that will satisfy you mentally, physically and emotionally. Leave nothing to chance, and you will not be disappointed with the results you achieve. Your numbers are 3, 12, 17, 28, 33, 43, 47.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Don’t live a lie or put up with something that is no longer working for you. Make adjustments, and ease your stress. A change of environment will do you a world of good and promote greater enthusiasm to follow your dreams.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Offer to help someone older or in poor health. You can make a difference to someone you love if you share your feelings and make plans that include something you can look forward to together. Protect your money and possessions.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Focus on what’s most important to you. Whether it’s maintaining a good relationship with someone you love or making personal changes that will improve who you are or the way you look, commit to doing your best and finishing what you start.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Being even-tempered and helpful will allow you to maintain a state of calm as well as offer the most efficient well-thought-out help you can possibly come up with. Be part of the solution, not the problem, and you will excel.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Don’t pick a fight with someone you love. Keep the peace. Being romantic, fun to be with and attentive will get you much further than a criticism or being challenging to get along with. Do your best to keep the peace.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Be realistic about your lifestyle and the people around you. Take responsibility for your actions, and choose to use intelligence and facts to settle differences. Someone close to you will mislead you. When in doubt, ask questions.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Sign up for something you’ll enjoy. Going to the theater or spending time with friends or family will lead to ideas that will help you pursue something new or encourage you to make a physical change.

Romance is on the rise.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Take care of emotional issues, and get on with your day. Pursue something that encourages you to develop one of your attributes, skills or gifts. Don’t let the past repeat itself. Base your actions on experience.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): How you structure your day will determine the outcome. A simple change at home will encourage you to put more time and effort into personal comfort and better ways to ease stress. Put time aside for someone you love.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Embrace change, and work alongside someone you like to make your life and surroundings more convenient and comfortable.

Be cautious when it comes to consumption, handling money matters and dealing with people who pry into your personal affairs.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Contemplate your next move. It’s best to go slow, put everything in order and execute your plans when you feel confident that you have left nothing undone. A sudden change will affect your relationship with someone close to you.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Ups and downs will be dependent on the way you handle others. If you fold under pressure and give in to poor decisions or indulgent behavior, you will have regrets. Be smart, and concentrate on moderation, good deeds and less spending.

Birthday Baby: You are outgoing, charitable and original. You are energetic and productive.

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Journalism? More like athleticism Jimmy Ward Sports Writer

Journalism should definitely be considered a sport.

Saturday night, I had the privilege of covering Notre Dame’s last home game. As the only reporter from The Observer present at the game, I pulled off some superhuman athletic feats that all mankind should be proud of. The press box is equipped with some nice food, a soda fountain and plenty of Dasani water bottles.

When I arrived at the game I made my first mistake. I grabbed some spicy trail mix, lemonade and a bottle of water. The trail mix was far too hot for my mouth, so I washed it down immediately with my lemonade. But my mouth was still too hot. I refilled my lemonade, and it was empty a few minutes later. My mouth still thirsty, so I downed my bottle of water.

This was a big mistake; as the only reporter covering the game, I had no one to cover my post if I left for a bathroom break. I held it until halftime, but my mouth was still parched from the spicy trail mix. I grabbed another water bottle, much to my bladder’s dismay. In the second half, I discovered I had simply put too many fluids into my body.

I found myself rushing to the bathroom during the short media timeouts, and when need be after touchdowns. I ran like an Olympic track star — in a collared shirt and dress shoes — to the bathrooms about three or four more times before heading down to the field for the press conference with five minutes left in the fourth quarter.

In the elevator down to the field, I followed the game via my fellow journalists’ Twitter accounts, not wanting to miss a big play despite the game clearly being a blowout and not mattering much at this point. Standing on the sidelines, I was able to avoid the woes my photographer friends like Allison Thornton face every game. This year, in fact, she was nearly run over by 6’4”, 229 lb wide receiver Chase

Claypool.

But as I made my trek down to the field, I pulled off an incredible balancing act —my dress shoes, with virtually no traction, nearly failed me on the wet stadium steps, but I was able to catch myself, saving my dignity.

The press conference was held in a format different than it normally is. They typically bring in a player who had a big game to the podium first, usually Ian Book, and then have other players scattered throughout the room following their interview. But on Senior Day, they brought in a wide range of seniors at once. I performed my most athletic feat of the night during this time.

I was interviewing senior defensive lineman Adetokunbo Ogundeji when they brought in Book. When it was announced that Book was entering the room, two guys — one holding a camera and another holding a microphone connected to the camera — whipped around to try to get as close to Book as possible. The cord to the mic dropped to the ground, and the guys needed to get around me quickly. I was faced with a split-second decision: Do I go over the cord risking tripping over it and wiping out, or attempt to go under and risk messing up the intricacies of their expensive equipment? At the last second the man holding the mic picked up the cord and I shrunk down so they could sweep past me. This whole exchange happened in a split second.

Surely only a truly athletic journalist like myself could pull off such a smooth maneuver, in dress clothes and my press badge dangling around my neck no less. I didn’t miss a beat, and I got the rest of the quotes for my feature on Ogundeji.

What an athlete. They should let me work out at the gym in the Gug.

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able to notch a win over Toledo on Wednesday, but the win was not necessarily notable, as Toledo is not ranked and is 1-3 on the season, and the Irish only managed to beat the Rockets by three points, 54-51.

The Irish were finally able to come together as a squad and piece together a good win against a ranked opponent that performs extremely well in their own stadium.

The Notre Dame win marked only the sixth win by an opposing squad inside the Crisler Center in the past 61 games, with the only two teams who have been able to record two wins in that span being the Irish and Michigan State.

Walker got out to a quick start on the night, hitting two early threes to tie the game up at 12-12 midway through the first quarter.

However, Michigan was able to respond with a three of their own a few possessions later to put the Wolverines up 19-13. Notre Dame turned the ball over on their next possession, and Walker committed her second foul of the game and was subsequently subbed out. Notre Dame fell behind with Walker on the bench, and the Wolverines held the lead 25-19 when the

first quarter concluded.

The Wolverines caught fire three minutes into the second quarter and found themselves leading 33-22.

The Irish were able to come back in the second half of the second quarter with a 6-0 run and trailed by just a point going into the break 43-44.

Walker hit two threepointers in the third quarter, but ultimately by the end of the quarter, the Irish still found themselves trailing by four points, as the Wolverines led 61-57.

Freshman guard Anaya Peoples was able to get things started for the Irish in the final quarter with a made free throw, and after the Wolverines coughed the ball up on the next possession off of a Destinee Walker steal, Peoples found the basket again off a jump shot to cut the lead to one point at 6061. The Wolverines responded with a layup on their next possession, but freshman forward Sam Brunelle lit up the field in the final quarter and lead the Irish to a victory over the ranked Wolverines.

Nine of Brunelle’s 12 points came during the fourth quarter in crunch time. She also recorded a steal with just under two minutes remaining to establish a dominant momentum shift after the Irish had found themselves trailing for a large

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portion of the game.

Walker would get her 26th and 27th points of the evening when the clock showed just seven seconds remaining, and the clutch free throws pushed the Irish out of the Wolverines’ reach as they won the game 76-72.

In addition to Brunelle and Walker, two other Irish players were able to put up double digit nights. Sophomore guard Katlyn Gilbert recorded 12 points on the evening while also taking four steals, six rebounds and four assists. Graduate student guard Marta Sniezek led the team in steals with five.

Peoples was the fourth player who scored double digits, putting up 13 on the evening while also recording two steals and pulling down five rebounds.

For their Thanksgiving break, the Irish will be spending three days in Cancun, Mexico, to compete in the Cancun Challenge at the Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya. They will be competing in three games through three days for the tournament. Their first game will be played Thanksgiving Day against Florida Gulf Coast at 1:30 p.m. They will play South Dakota State the following day at 11 a.m., and their last game will be played against USF at 11 a.m. on Saturday to conclude the tournament.

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Irish freshman forward Sam Brunelle passes the ball during Notre Dame’s 72-69 loss to Michigan State on Nov. 14 at Purcell Pavilion. Brunelle recorded 12 points and four rebounds during Saturday’s win.

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on the ice, sophomore forward Michael Graham was able to find the back of the net for the first time this season when he passed out w ide to a teammate, who fired a shot that bounced off the goalie and several other Spartan defenders before Graham was able to swoop in and get the puck into the goal w ith 1:39 remaining in the game.

The game went into overtime, and the five-on-five overtime period ended in a stalemate. The game would proceed to a shootout to determine who would get the w in in terms of Big Ten standings. In the shootout, Morris was able to make a save against the Spartans, and senior defenseman Tor y Dello was able to make his shot to give the Irish a w in in the conference against the Spartans in the standings.

The next night, the Spartans struck w ith a vengeance after Dello’s shootout goal. Notre Dame was able to get off to an early lead 2:20 into the first period when senior for ward Mike O’Lear y was able to fire a good shot when the Irish were up a man in the power play. Junior forward Colin Theisen stole the

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Olivia Markezich, who recorded a time of 21:35.2 for 143rd place; and sophomore Jocelyn Long, who ran the race in 21:52.1 finishing 178th overall. Rounding out the Irish pack were senior Erin Archibeck, who crossed in 22:04.2 at 197th place and junior AnnaSophia Keller, who followed closely behind, recording a time of 22:07.0 in 203rd place.

Although the women’s side will be losing their top runner in Rohrer next year, the team is still very young and will be returning five of their top seven runners. Of those runners, three of them — Denner, Markezich, and Long — competed in their first collegiate cross country season this year.

On the men’s side, BYU finished first with 109 points, followed by Northern Arizona in second with 163 points, just edging out a strong Colorado team, who came in at third with 164 total points. The Irish finished the meet in eighth with 269 points, finishing ahead of Oregon, Portland, Washington, Ole Miss and Purdue, all of whom were ranked higher than the Irish.

Leading the way for the Irish was sophomore Dylan Jacobs, who placed 29th in the 10K race with a time of 31:12.9.

The result for Jacobs, who is

puck from a Spartan defenseman and passed to senior for ward Cam Morrison below the goal line, who centered it to O’Lear y for his sixth goal of the season.

Morris was also off to a good start after the first period, managing to save all 11 of Michigan State’s shots in the first period.

Midway through the second, each team found a player in the penalt y box, and the teams were locked in an intense four-on-four matchup. Senior Cal Burke nearly extended the Irish lead to two goals, but his w rist shot bounced off of the goal post and was corralled by senior Spartans goalkeeper John Lethemon.

Michigan State was able to tie up the game seven minutes into the second period, when Spartans senior forward Sam Saliba found himself one-on-one w ith Irish goalkeeper Cale Morris after an offensive zone faceoff.

Follow ing this, the Spartans recorded back-toback penalties and the Irish were play ing up t wo — men five on three — but the Irish failed to convert on this opportunit y, as the power play continued into the third period. The game was still tied at 1-1 heading into the final period. The Irish were able to regain the lead just under

competing in his first season of collegiate cross country, was good for All-American accolades.

Other runners for the Irish included junior Yared Nuguse, who came in at 31:28.7 for a 47th place finish; sophomore Danny Kilrea, who finished in 50th place with a time of 31:30.8; junior Andrew Alexander, who crossed the line in 31:38.6 for a 67th place finish; sophomore Matthew Carmody, who came in at 122nd with a time of 32:07.7; and senior Kevin Salvano, who moved up 55 places after the 3K spilt and was able to finish 129th with a time of 32:11.9, while junior Brendan Fraser rounded out the field for the Irish finishing 130th with a time of 32:12.7.

Kilrea, who recorded his best race of the year last year at the NCA A Championship when he crossed the line in 29:55.2 for a 33rd place finish, has typically been in a pack with the 4-7 runners throughout the year. Kilrea again had a breakout performance on the national stage, although not as good as his performance last season, to help the Irish secure their eighth place result — their best finish since placing third in 2005.

Despite the stellar team performance this year, expectations will likely be even higher for the 2020 squad, as the men will be returning all of their runners in their scoring five.

a minute into the third period when sophomore defenseman Nick Leivermann was able to record his third goal of the season off of a slapshot from the high slot.

Burke had another nearmake follow ing this goal, which likely would have yet again pushed the game into overtime, but Lethemon was able to to make a pad stop to keep the Irish lead at just one goal at 2-1.

Michigan State was once again able to tie up the game seven minutes into the final period when senior for ward Logan Lambdin was able to sneak a shot past Morris, t ying the game up at 2-2 w ith 13 minutes remaining in the contest.

Morris redeemed himself w ith a pair of saves after Lambdin got in close on t wo more occasions. With just over a minute remaining, Saliba was able to slip another shot past Morris in the low slot to give the Spartans a 3-2 lead. After this goal Morris was pulled from the net just moments later, in hopes the Irish would be able to pull off another late game-sav ing goal like they did in the prev ious game.

But this strateg y ultimately proved unsuccessful, and the game ended w ith the Spartans up 3-2.

Next up, the Irish w ill

return home follow ing the four-game road trip to host a series against Bowling Green at Compton Family

Ice Arena. Both games w ill start at 7 p.m., w ith the first played Friday and the second Sunday.

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Irish sophomore forward Cam Burke fights with an opponent during Notre Dame’s 3-2 overtime win over Ohio State on Nov. 8 at home.

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Junior Erin Sullivan, senior Erin Archibeck, sophomore Katie Rose Blachowicz and junior Brooke Trossen run in the National Catholic Invitational, which both squads won, on Sept. 20 at Burke Golf Course.

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opportunities to play,” Kelly said. “He just has a great motor. He’s long. He’s relentless.

He just has all those intangibles that you want.”

Adding on to the injury update, Kelly pointed to junior defensive lineman Myron Tagovailoa-Amosa’s progress ahead of Saturday’s game this weekend.

“He’s been day-to-day really. It’s been that mid-foot sprain that for receivers is a tricky injury,” Kelly said.

“He has felt good, but he hasn’t been explosive and at that position, you’ve got to have some explosiveness.

We’ll have him back out on the field on Tuesday and see what he looks like. If he feels like he can contribute, we’ll have him out there. If not, we won’t. … We worked him out today, and our training staff was pleased with what they saw with him today. They think he can help on Saturday against Stanford.”

Travelling to California might present some obstacles for most teams in Eastern Standard Time, but Kelly is confident that his team will be able to adjust accordingly.

“It shouldn’t be too much of an issue, because it’s really 4 o’clock on our clock and we’ve been between 2:30 and 3:30 p.m. for home games,” Kelly said. “It shouldn’t be much of an issue for us in terms of getting us up and running.

That’s what time we practice, as well, so that should be right in our wheelhouse.”

Furthermore, Kelly said the earlier start time might even be a welcome change for the players.

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excited about the 1 o’clock start. They can get up and go play the game and don’t have to be sitting around the hotel all day,” he said. “Certainly, the last game of the year, you want to get out and play, so I know our guys are excited about the news.”

Kelly also addressed the run game this past weekend.

Sophomore wide receiver Braden Lenzy recorded a 61-yard touchdown against the Eagles. The sophomore from Tigard, Oregon, turned on the wheels and showed why he was a back-to-back track state champion in high school.

“I think he felt like there’s enough time to run track, but he wanted to really focus on physically getting himself in a position where he could compete in football first,” Kelly said of whether Lenzy would choose to run track with the Irish. “I think there’s time for track. I don’t think that that’s off the table for discussion, but I think his priority was to get ready for football and find a spot, and it seems like he’s doing that.”

While Lenzy attracted much attention Saturday, the minimal use of junior running back Jafar Armstrong did not go unnoticed in the process. However, Kelly confirmed it was simply a strategic decision and did not have large implications for Armstrong going forward.

“That’s the rotation we went with for this particular game,” he said. “I wouldn’t read too much into it. He’s not in the doghouse. He hasn’t done anything wrong.

He’s working hard. It was just the rotation we had for this past weekend.”

Finally, Kelly spoke to how the team has readjusted their

perspective following the loss to Michigan last month.

“Each week, we had something we needed to focus on, and the first was to reestablish our identity, who we are and our character, especially after the way we played and coached against Michigan,” he said. “That was a primary focus.”

More specifically, Kelly said the team’s goal following their two losses was the winout in November, a goal that will be put to the final test in Palo Alto.

“We knew we had five games in November, and it’s

unusual to have five games.

Our focus was to win each game in November — all five games — and we’re four-fifths of the way through it” he said.

“That goal is still out there.

It’s tangible, and one we want to achieve. … We’re trying to work through that each and every week with kind of a different step along the way that we wanted to get to. Each opponent has presented a challenge that we wanted to work on internally, and we’ve been able to do that.”

Building on that, Kelly said this season has a lot of valuable lessons that can be

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applied on an individual basis for his players.

“You’re dealing with failures and how you overcome those, and so you’re establishing who they’re going to be when they leave here as well,” he said. “Those challenges that are put in front of you, you want to see them grow from them. Those challenges are part of the game, so you play it as a game and it gives you these opportunities to grow and that’s what we’ve been focused on.”

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Irish sophomore tight end George Takacs drives forward as he is tackled during Notre Dame’s 40-7 victory against Boston College on Saturday at home. Takacs caught his first touchdown reception this season.

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Irish graduate student wide receiver Chris Finke cuts to the left during Notre Dame’s 40-7 win over Boston College at Notre Dame Stadium on Saturday. Finke had seven catches for 71 yards and one touchdown.

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Irish sophomore wide receiver Braden Lenzy sprints forward during Notre Dame’s 52-20 win over Navy on Nov. 16 at Notre Dame Stadium.

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Walker leads Irish to upset of No. 21 Wolverines

Kelly discusses injuries, rushing

By CHARLOTTE EDMONDS Managing Editor

Following Notre Dame’s 40-7 win over Boston College, capping off an undefeated regular season at home, head coach Brian Kelly addressed the media in a phone conference Sunday. In addition to the win over the Eagles, Kelly discussed the state of injuries for the program, goals for the team going forward and how different players have stepped up throughout the season.

“I just think that the game itself is one where you’re always prepared to deal with injuries,” Kelly said. “They are part of the game. We’ve had guys step up and play at a high level.”

He particularly pointed to graduate student offensive lineman Trevor Ruhland, junior offensive lineman Josh Lugg and senior defensive lineman Ade Ogundeji for the contributions they’ve made

in recent weeks following the loss of several starters.

“Losing two really good players in [offensive linemen senior] Tommy Kraemer and [junior] Robert Hainsey is not that easy, but those guys have managed to keep things moving in the right direction,” Kelly said of Ruhland and Lugg. “Obviously losing those two guys was a big blow. … Ogundeji has come in, and he’s been all over the field. He’s been outstanding, he’s been active. Again, you’re losing really good players, but good teams have the depth that allows these guys to go in and maintain the level of play. Again, I don’t think you can be a toptier program unless you have depth and guys that can go in and play at a high level.”

Kelly continued, pointing to Ogundeji’s “physicality, athleticism [and] length.”

“He’s getting much more

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Notre Dame picked up their first win against a ranked opponent this year when they came into Ann Arbor and knocked off a No. 21-ranked Michigan this weekend 76-72.

Graduate student guard Destinee Walker, who transferred in from North Carolina, recorded a seasonhigh 27 points and tied her career high of three pointers made, going 5-8 from beyond the arc, and also recorded four steals, an assist and two rebounds. The Irish also recorded their best night from the field in the victory going an even 50% shooting and 32% for three pointers, compared to Michigan’s 34% and 33%, respectively.

The Irish were able to bounce back with a statement after recording home losses against Tennessee and Michigan State. They were

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Irish freshman guard Anaya Peoples looks to grab a rebound during Notre Dame’s 72-69 home loss to Michigan State on Nov. 14.

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No. 3 Notre Dame tallies tie, loss at Michigan State

ND records solid places at NCAAs

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This weekend the No. 3 Notre Dame hockey team recorded their worst series of the season, t y ing Michigan State in the first game and losing the second game in the series to the Spartans (6-5-1, 4-1-0 Big Ten). Prior to this game throughout the Irish (8-2-2, 4-2-2 Big Ten) season the team had only lost one game to No. 16 Wisconsin 3-0 on the road and tied one to Minnesota 2-2 on the road.

W hile the first game Friday logistically went dow n as a tie, it was far more promising than the second, as the Irish were able to pull off the extra point for Big Ten standings at the Spartans’ home rink, Munn Ice Arena.

The Irish were dow n 1-0 heading into the third period and pulled senior goalkeeper Cale Morris w ith two minutes remaining in the period. With an extra attacker

Both cross country squads finished their seasons with solid performances at the NCA A Cross Country Championships this past Saturday, with the women’s team placing 15th and the men finishing in 8th.

Arkansas placed first on the women’s side with 96 points, followed by BYU with 102 points and Stanford in third with 123 points. The Irish had 415 points and finished in front of multiple teams ranked ahead of them, including Ohio State, who placed in front of the Irish at last week’s regional meet.

The top runner on the women’s side was graduate student Anna Rohrer, who completed the 6K race in 20:28.3 and placed 17th. When Rohrer graduated from Mishawaka High School in June 2015 she was one of the most soughtafter recruits in the country, with her remarkable high school accolades. She won the Foot Locker National cross

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Irish sophomore defenseman Nate Clurman watches the puck during Notre Dame’s 3-2 overtime win over Ohio State on Nov. 8.

country championship in both the 2012-13 and 2014-15 seasons. She won multiple state titles and additionally broke a number of state records in the distance events in which she competed. With her 17th place finish, Rohrer became the first four-time All American in Notre Dame program history.

The meet, which took place at LaVern Gibson Championship Cross Country Course in Terre Haute, Indiana, is a course that Rohrer is certainly similar with. She won two state titles in Terre Haute in high school, once in her sophomore season and again in her senior year. The course was a quintessential place for her collegiate career to come to an end.

The other runners on the women’s side included sophomore Maddy Denner, who clocked in at 21:07.7 for an 81st place finish; sophomore Jackie Gaughan, who crossed the line in 21:21.9, good for a 119th place finish; freshman see XC PAGE 10

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although it was not recovered by the Irish, it did end up forcing a punt in a prime time.

With just over 1:30 left to go in the first half, Irish head coach Brian Kelly elected to take his first timeout of the half prior to the Eagles’ third-and-8 attempt. An aggressive move at the time, it paid off for Kelly, as Ogundeji found the Eagles quarterback, stripped him of the ball and ultimately set up a fourth-and-18. Trying to go up two touchdowns before the half, the Irish offense failed to do so, but it set up junior placekicker Jonathan Doerer for his third field goal of the night and put the Irish up 19-7 heading into the locker room.

From here on out, it was all Notre Dame, and the Eagles did not touch the end zone — nor the net behind the goal post, for that matter — for the remainder of the game.

Ogundeji played a key role Saturday for an Irish defense that was weakened before the game even started. After kickoff, things didn’t seem to get better. Junior defensive lineman Myron Tagovailoa-Amosa went down with a soft tissue injury early in the second half, which was followed by graduate student safety Alohi Gilman hobbling off the field — and senior defensive lineman Khalid Kareem was slow to get up on two occasions. When the Irish needed bodies to step up, Ogundeji was there.

When Ogundeji was asked about his performance postgame, he said he did it for his

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Irish head coach Brian Kelly elected to take his first timeout of the half at this time, and it seemed to work out well for the Irish as the very next play senior defensive end Adetokunbo Ogundeji stripped the ball from Grosel, but Boston College never recovered.

The Irish then took their second timeout and the Eagles were forced to punt as Notre Dame hoped to establish a twotouchdown lead before heading into the locker room, but this fell short. Still, a pass interference penalty by redshirt sophomore defensive back Jahmin Muse committed inside the 10yard line put the Irish in field goal range with six seconds remaining in the half. Doerer was sent out onto the field again for a 45-yard field goal, which would conclude the half.

From this point forward, the game was uneventful for the Eagles as all nine of their next possessions would result in either a punt, a fumble, an interception or a turnover on downs.

The Irish, however, were able to pile it on in the third quarter.

Doerer hit another field goal from 37 yards, Book found an

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team — especially for his teammates who watched from the sidelines with injuries, including senior defensive linemen Daelin Hayes, who suffered a torn labrum earlier this year and is out for the season, and Julian Okwara, who suffered a fractured fibula in the first half of Notre Dame’s dominating 38-7 win over Duke two weeks ago, also out for the season.

“This was for the seniors, for the guys who have worked their butts off for the last four years,” Ogundeji said. “It meant a lot for me, it meant a lot for my brothers and the guys that weren’t out there, like Julian and Daelin … You don’t want those guys out, they’ve meant so much to me. Personally, they’ve always been there for me, so just to get that ‘W’ for them, it means a lot for me and hopefully for them.”

When asked about how his team was able to respond so well since their near blowout defeat to Michigan 14-45 about a month ago, Ogundeji said it was a matter of living in the present and not looking back.

“Just be focused on the next opponent, be worried about the next opponent,” Ogundeji said. “That game is past us.

We knew what we had to do, we had to control what we can control, get past that and just continue to move on.”

Ogundeji also brought up a common theme that has been prevalent with the Irish squad throughout the season, and in fact a long time before Ogundeji joined the program five years ago: a next-man-up mentality.

And with so many star Irish starters losing their season to injury, this theme seems more

important than ever.

“We talked about that when I first got here, and it has continued to be a big part of what we talk about now,” Ogundeji said. “It’s a huge thing [that] we’ve got guys who can step up, we’ve got guys who can play, so it’s been a big part of our great success on the D-line.”

Recording career-high numbers in Notre Dame’s 40-7 stomping over Boston College, Ogundeji credits his coaches for putting him in a position to make big plays on defense.

“The game plan, the coaches put me in a great position to play, I just had to go out there and play hard, play fast — and I feel like I did that during this week, and it paid off during the game.”

Ogundeji said he felt optimistic about his performance this season.

“I also think our preparation has been really good throughout the season, and it has been really good now” Ogundeji said. “Every single week, we have been preparing the right way, and I feel like it is paying off for us during Saturdays.”

Ogundeji said he feels this momentum will carry the Irish into the next regular season game and imminent bowl game that follows.

“This is huge, to keep building on these wins, keep building on this success — and I think this is important for our team,” he said. “And we always talk about winning in November, so that is a big part of what we are doing right now.”

Scoring Summary 1

1st

2nd

3rd

4th

Total

0 3

7 13

0 17

0 7

7 40

notre dame 3, boston college 0 Jonathan Doerer 47-yard field goal

11:11

remaining Drive: Nine plays, 50 yards, 3:49 elapsed

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NOTRE DAME 6. boston college 0 Doerer 29-yard field goal

14:52

remaining Drive: 12 plays, 61 yards, 4:45 elapsed

boston college 7, notre dame 6

Dennis Grosel 1-yard run (Aaron Boumerhi kick)

7:56

remaining Drive: 16 plays, 84 yards, 6:56 elapsed

Notre dame 13, boston college 7

Chase Claypool 6-yard pass from Ian Book (Doerer kick)

2:48

remaining Drive: 15 plays, 75 yards, 5:08 remaining

notre dame 16, boston college 7 Doerer 45-yard field goal

0:01

remaining Drive: Seven plays, 56 yards, 1:17 elapsed

3

notre dame 19, boston college 7 Doerer 37-yard field goal

7:03

remaining Drive: Seven plays, 27 yards, 1:58 elapsed

NOTRE DAME 26, boston college 7

Cole Kmet 11-yard pass from Book (Doerer kick)

3:44

remaining Drive: Six plays, 40 yards, 1:56 elapsed

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notre dame 33, boston college 7 Braden Lenzy 61-yard run (Doerer kick)

open junior tight end Cole Kmet for an 11-yard touchdown and sophomore receiver Braden Lenzy found the endzone on a house call of a 61-yard jet sweep on the one-play drive that lasted just 11 seconds. The Irish found the end zone one more time in the fourth quarter after Book hit graduate student wide receiver Chris Finke, who was wide open in the back of the end zone. The Irish offensive onslaught was simply too much for the Eagles to handle as Notre Dame put up 501 offensive yards to Boston College’s 191.

Kelly spoke on his team’s win at his press conference following the game when asked how his team was able to contain Eagles junior running back AJ Dillon.

“How were we able to contain the Navy option? It is controlling the line of scrimmage? It’s not just one guy,” Kelly said.

“We’ve lost two really good players on defense but other guys have stepped in. Our guys are very bought into our scheme, they are very disciplined, they trust each other, they do their job. … There are a lot of pieces to this in the sense that, you’ve got freshman defensive linemen out there. You’ve got some young players playing.

[Graduate student defensive

linebacker] Asmar Bilal was not a starter until this year [junior linebacker] Drew White wasn’t a starter until this year. So you have guys that are accountable, that trust what we are doing, that do their job.”

Bilal received the game ball for the Irish after recording eight total tackles, one for a loss and a pass breakup.

Finally, as the Irish capped off their senior night for a squad that recorded a 4-8 record their freshman year, Kelly spoke on how proud he was of how far the group has come over the past four years.

“So pleased for our seniors, I think that’s where we start,” Kelly said. “This class in particular didn’t start they way they wanted but they sure have finished it in an incredible fashion. … To now have [nearly] 30 regular season wins over the last three years, undefeated at home the last two years, those are things that have not been done for decades. So it’s a pretty special class of players. We talk about failure. Failure is not fatal; it is the ability to come back from those times and this group has certainly learned that and understands it.”

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1:44

remaining Drive: One play, 61 yards, 0:11 elapsed

4

Notre dame 40, boston college 7

Chris Finke 6-yard pass from Book (Doerer kick)

11:31

remaining Drive: Three plays, 12 yards, 0:38 elapsed

statistics RUSHING yards 128 252

PASSING yards 63 249

total yards 191 501

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CONNERY McFADDEN | The Observer

Irish sophomore tight end Tommy Tremble looks to evade Eagles redshirt sophomore safety Jahmin Muse during Notre Dame’s 40-7 victory over Boston College on Saturday at Notre Dame Stadium. Tremble had two receptions during the game, adding to his season total of thirteen, the fourth-highest total on the team. He also has three touchdowns so far.

senior send-off

After a slow start by the Notre Dame offense, the Irish found themselves trailing 7-6 halfway through the second quarter.

Ian Book and his receivers got going as the game progressed, with the quarterback throwing for three touchdowns and kicker Jonathan Doerer nailing his third and fourth field goals. The defense settled in, not allowing a point for the rest of the night.

CONNERY McFADDEN | The Observer

Irish sophomore linebacker Bo Bauer celebrates a tackle on a kick return during Saturday’s game.

CONNERY McFADDEN | The Observer

Irish senior defensive end Adetokumbo Ogundeji runs to help with a tackle during Notre Dame’s 40-7 win over Boston College on Saturday.

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Irish senior quarterback Ian Book makes a pass during Notre Dame’s win over Boston College.

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Irish senior wide receiver Chris Finke charges forward with a blocker during Notre Dame’s 40-7 win against Boston College on Saturday at home. Finke had seven receptions and a touchdowns in the game.