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Shakespeare program announces lineup Annual Notre Dame theatre festival will focus on enduring issues of discrimination, prejudice By CIARA HOPKINSON News Writer

Last week, the Notre Dame Shakespeare Festival announced the lineup for its 2018 season. The festival will feature the professional company’s performances of “Othello” and the touring company’s performances of “The Merchant of Venice.” The festival also includes Shakespeare After Hours, an adults-only evening performance, and ShakeScenes, an all-ages performance, both of which are comprised of scenes from various plays. Grant Mudge, artistic director of the festival, said this coming season’s plays center on Shakespeare’s perspective on “the excluded, the outsider or the stranger in our

midst.” “That allows us to take a look at race, immigration and religion,” Mudge said. “And when you’re talking about looking at religion, you’re definitely going to have “The Merchant of Venice” and obviously we can’t really look at Shakespeare’s treatment of race and not have “Othello” on the stage.” Part of the mission of Shakespeare at Notre Dame, the larger organization of which the Shakespeare Festival is a part, is to foster conversation in on both a local and global scale about Shakespeare’s continued applicability today. “We decided that we’re given the most wonderful see FESTIVAL PAGE 4

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The 2017 Professional Company performs “Much Ado About Nothing,” a comedy exploring both the difficult and beautiful sides of love. This year will feature “Othello” and “The Merchant of Venice.”

Basilica offers Student argues for right to evening Vespers, peaceful assembly Christmas mass By JORDAN COCKRUM News Writer

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Mass goers experience the Basilica’s Advent decorations Monday afternoon. The Basilica is set to offer several Christmas masses. By TOM NAATZ News Writer

Even though nearly all students will be off-campus for Christmas, the Basilica of the Sacred Heart will still offer Masses on both Christmas Eve and Christmas Day this holiday season. Even

though the Basilica will operate on a reduced schedule for break, Mass will be held on Christmas Eve at 5 p.m. and midnight, as well as on Christmas Day at 10 a.m. Katie Barrett, the associate director of campus ministry see BASILICA PAGE 4

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Saint Mary’s sophomore Anne Maguire spoke out in support of human rights throughout the year. However, because December is Universal Human Rights Month, the importance of advocating for others is especially relevant. “It is our right as humans living on this earth to use our voices for the good, and as college students we are taught to question our realities and use our voice in ways that we may not feel comfortable doing but are very important,” Maguire said. One major way that Maguire is currently working in support of human rights is through her work to have revisions made to the new policy regarding student assembly at Saint Mary’s, she said. The student assembly policy was put into effect Nov. 13. According to the written policy, students must submit an application at least 72 hours prior to the assembly, and the reason

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for assembly must align with the College’s mission. “When that was proposed, that immediately kind of struck me because throughout my life I have attended a lot of protests,” Maguire said. “It’s something that’s important to me and it seemed like an infringement on our rights to assemble as students.” In response to this policy, Maguire said she had a few critiques she wished to point out to the administration. “I had critiques about the specifics of the policy itself — it seemed like there weren’t many students who had much to say in opposition to the policy, which I think is why it went through so easily,” Maguire said. Maguire spoke with administration recently about these critiques, and said that the administration is open to potentially revising the policy to meet some of the critiques raised by Maguire. “I wanted to bring it up to Karen Johnson, which I did, and she was open to what I had

to say,” Maguire said. “Overall I think I was received well because after the meeting she said that the points that I brought up, specific criticisms to the policy, would allow her to enter into the process of revision of the policy.” Being able to peacefully assemble on campus is important to Maguire because of her involvement in peaceful protests in her youth, she said. “Assembling has always been a way I could express my voice in a peaceful manner, that people would pay attention and listen and I think the cause gains great awareness when people come together collectively in a commitment to peace,” Maguire said. The assemblies that Maguire participated in during her childhood gave her the opportunity to see peaceful assembly as a form of showing solidarity in a visual fashion, she said. “I felt such a strong sense of solidarity to the cause and to the people I was standing with,” Maguire

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Panel Discussion: “The Pope and the Bomb” Hesburgh Center 4 p.m. - 5:15 p.m. Discuss nuclear war.

“Latinos, Education and the Church” Eck Visitors Center 6:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. The 2017 Hesburgh lecture.

Last Class Day campus-wide all day Classes will resume for Spring semester Jan. 16.

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ND Glee Club Christmas Concerts Leighton Concert Hall 2:30 p.m. and 8 p.m. Benefiting the Center for the Homeless.

Men’s Basketball vs. Ball State Purcell Pavilion 7 p.m. The Irish take on the Cardinals.

Reading by Kellie Wells Hammes Bookstore 7:30 p.m. - 9 p.m. 2017 Richard Sullivan Prize Winner reads.

Yoga in the Galleries Snite Museum 4 p.m. - 5 p.m. Class is free and open to people of all experience levels.

Brr!: An A Capella Concert Washington Hall 8 p.m. - 9 p.m. Performance by The Undertones.

“What & When Was the Christmas Star?” DVT in Jordan Hall 7 p.m. - 8 p.m. Preseted by Grant Mathews.

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Campus celebrates tradition of Las Posadas By ALEX MUCK News Writer

For the past five years, the Notre Dame community has marked the coming of the Christmas season with an annual tradition of Las Posadas. During this year’s celebration, students and others in attendance will meet at the Grotto at 9 p.m. on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday nights for a walk, prayer, singing and food. Las Posadas, which is Spanish for “the inns,” reenacts a passage from the Gospel of Luke where Mary and Joseph search for shelter before Jesus is born, Becky Ruvalcaba, assistant director of multicultural ministry in Campus Ministry, said in an email. “[It] is an advent celebration revolving around the concept of hospitality,” she said. “ … We learn from the Posadas that by welcoming the poor and the needy, we are welcoming Jesus in our midst.” The walk will end at Stanford Hall on Monday night, the Coleman-Morse Center on Tuesday night and Farley Hall on Wednesday night. Junior Audrey Immonen, the spirituality commissioner for Farley Hall, said in an email that the event will feature one leader, three readers and two people to play Mary and Joseph. Ruvalcaba said the tradition is typical in Latin American countries and is usually held the nine days before Christmas. Besides Campus Ministry, Ruvalcaba said Farley and Stanford Halls play large roles in the event, but people from across campus participate. Campus Ministry plans

the date at least two months in advance and then coordinates with Farley to set the locations each night, Immonen said.. She plans for the night when Farley hosts. “I recruit Farley’s Finest to read Bible passages and play Mary and Joseph,” she said. “We also order delicious Venezuelan food from the Mango Cafe here in South Bend — the night is full of empanadas, arepas and hot chocolate.” Elaine DeBassige, the rector of Farley, helped bring the tradition to campus several years ago. “I come from a state and culture that celebrates their faith through pilgrimage at Advent and Lent,” she said in an email. “Pilgrimage helps us to think about the journey we all make in our faith life.” DeBassige said her family always welcomed strangers. “When we open Farley’s door to let the pilgrims in for a prayer and food, it reminds me of home and the way this cultural tradition shaped my faith,” she said. Immonen said her favorite part of the event is when people remember that Mary and Joseph were refugees. “Nowadays, refugees are vilified and marginalized, and people forget that God was once one,” she said. Ruvalcaba and Immonen both said the community is one of their favorite parts of the event as well. “This event reminds students that we are called to walk with each other on the journey,” Immonen said. DeBassige ultimately sees the celebration as a time for the campus to come together. “One of the greatest gifts of a college education is the exchange of ideas, culture and life,” she said. “These things

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Students sing carols and dress as Mary and Joseph in the tradition of Las Posadas, a reenactment of Mary and Joseph’s arrival in Bethlehem. Notre Dame has participated in Las Posadas for five years.

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The Las Posadas procession ends in prayer at a different location on each the three nights over which it takes place. While Farley and Stanford Halls play large roles in the procession, all are welcome to partake.

expand who we are when we dare to share. … The table that Christ sets then becomes more accessible to more people because it is another way to access

the Catholic faith.” She said that making these traditions accessible helps make strangers seem less intimidating and more like friends or family.

“Isn’t that what Notre Dame is all about?” she said. Contact Alex Muck at amuck@nd.edu

Conference promotes interreligious dialogue By SARA SCHLECHT and JULIANNA McKENNA News Writers

Saint Mar y’s joined the United Religious Communit y to host an Interreligious Conference, which marks the beginning of Saint Mar y’s involvement in the Interreligious Student Communit y. The United Religious Communit y (URC) is “a collaboration of a w ide range of local congregations and religious communities,” religious studies professor Anita Houck said in an email. Within the URC ex ists a smaller group of high school and college students called the Interreligious Student Communit y, Robert Stockman, professor of

philosophy at Indiana Universit y–South Bend (IUSB), said in an email “[The URC] created the Interreligious Student Communit y to bring together local young adults interested in conversation across religious difference,” Houck said. Other efforts to promote religious discourse have taken place, such as those of Michael Birkel, professor in the Earlham School of Religion, who spoke on his book called “Quran in Conversation” last year, said Houck. Because of this event’s success, Houck applied for a grant from the Interfaith Youth Core, a nonprofit organization whose mission is to make interreligious dialogue a norm

in American societ y, in order to host the upcoming conference. “The conference is designed to gather students and educators from multiple campuses for training and net working. These regional gatherings are an opportunit y to create a core of young leaders in your region and inspire ongoing interfaith initiatives on multiple campuses,” Houck said. Houck also expressed her w ish that this conference w ill create a conversation about different religions on campus. “T he goal of the conference is to create conversation across multiple campuses, to bring people from diverse backgrounds together,” Houck said. “I hope many

participants and leaders will be from Saint Mary’s; I know our students have a great deal to offer and many are really interested in learning about interfaith work.” In addition to Saint Mary’s and IUSB students, the conference is open to others interested in the Interreligious Student Community, as it is to be a regional conference, said Stockman. Ultimately, the real goal of the conference, according to Houck, is to foster a dialogue in this community. “I also think the conversation, learning and results will be richest if we emphasize collaboration across the region and bring people from multiple campuses, including some high school students and [alumni],

together,” Houck said. The Interfaith Youth Core will send facilitators to run part of the conference, Stockman said. Because of the grant Houck received from the Interfaith Youth Core, the Interreligious Conference will be offered to students interested in participating at the cost of $15. Scholarships for those who cannot afford that cost will be available, Houck said. The Interreligious Conference will be held in the Saint Mary’s Student Center beginning on the afternoon of Feb. 2 and continuing to the afternoon of Feb. 3. Contact Sara Schlecht at sschlecht01@saintmarys.edu and Julianna McKenna at jmckenna01@saintmarys.edu

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privilege of a fairly sizable megaphone in the theatre and that, coupled with the fact that Shakespeare was wrestling with these same issues … 400 years ago, provided a rare opportunity to say, ‘How much is progress in our world and how much are we prone to the occasional slide backwards? ’” Mudge said. The touring company is comprised entirely of students from the festival’s apprentice program, which seeks to provide students with the opportunity to learn the about every part of the theatrical production process. The company includes students from Notre Dame, Saint Mary’s and Holy Cross, as well as students from universities in every region. All apprentices are also cast in the professional company, where they work alongside professional actors from across the country. “That affords the very rare opportunity to be on stage with a Tony Award–winner,” Mudge said. “We’re able to draw talent that’s certainly as world-class as it gets.” This year, Mudge is particularly excited about the lead actor in “Othello,” Esau Pritchett, who has extensive experience on the stage, in film and on television and has appeared on “Orange is the New Black.” The director of “Othello” is Cameron

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— who is in charge of liturgy, including the Basilica — said in an email that there are numerous special events this December to mark Christmastime. “We had Advent Lessons and Carols this past Sunday night as we do each year on the weekend after everyone returns from Thanksgiving. We will have Advent Vespers next week, too, at 7:15 pm,” Barrett said. “Anyone who has never experienced Vespers ... should come — either on Dec. 10 or any Sunday when the University is in session. Another very special evening will be on Tuesday, Dec. 12 at 5:15 p.m. when we will celebrate another great Feast during this season — the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe.” Barrett said this year there will have to be a “quick turnaround” on Christmas Eve. Since Christmas Eve falls on a Sunday this year, the fourth Sunday of Advent will be celebrated in the morning before the other two Masses later in the day. The later service on Christmas Eve will feature a community choir. All of the Christmas Masses will be officiated by Fr. Peter Rocca, the rector of the Basilica. “We have a lovely community choir of volunteers who comes

Knight of DePaul’s theatre school, who starred in last festivals’s “Much Ado About Nothing.” Jemma Alix Lev y, of Washington and Lee University and Muse of Fire Theatre Company, will be directing “The Merchant of Venice.” Both plays will be more contemporary productions, Mudge said. “The touring company plays in found and green spaces a lot on tour, as well as amphitheatres ... but as often as not they’re out there on the grass in a kind of ‘Shakespeare in the Park’ style, and that means it’s usually a lighter design in terms of costuming so the actors can really keep moving in the heat, and a lighter scenic touch because you’re unloading and packing it back up every night when we’re out on tour,” Mudge said. The touring company travels across northern Indiana, from Chicago to Fort Wayne. Their productions are free and open to the public, broadening their target audience from avid theatre-goers, to those with little or no experience of plays. “On tour, it’s not only theatre lovers and Shakespeare lovers, but because we’re arriving in these communities and those performances are free, we just as often have folks who’ve never seen a Shakespeare play before or have never even seen a play before,” Mudge said. Mudge said Shakespeare’s ability to tackle issues

together to sing for lessons and carols (11:00 a.m.) and midnight Mass, since the student choirs will be gone at that time,” Barrett said. Beyond that, some aspects of the Christmas Masses will be different than typical Basilica services. Other than the midnight Mass, there will be less music than usual, owing to the absence of the student choirs. The congregation of people will also be different than usual, Barrett said. “The assembly changes a lot for these Masses. Some people come as visitors because they’re from out of town and here to visit family. Others from the Notre Dame faculty and staff choose to go to their home parishes in the area, and of course, some of them travel as well,” Barrett said. “I should also mention that a fair number of Notre Dame students are from the South Bend area, and some of them come, and even help out in the various ministries over Christmas break, which is very kind. Our community members are always very generous about helping with all the ministries, especially when most of the students are gone.” Barrett said that although most students will not be present for the Christmas services, the decorations will be left up until students come back. “The decorations will be

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Angela Ingersoll stars as Beatrice in the 2017 production of “Much Ado About Nothing.” Her co-star, Cameron Knight, who played Benedick, returns this year to direct “Othello.”

seemingly intrinsic to human nature allows his plays to transcend time. He said one of his favorite quotes is from Peter Holland, associate dean for the arts and the McMeel Family Chair in Shakespeare Studies. “He said, ‘Shakespeare is the most extraordinary writer of imaginative drama that has ever lived’ and it’s quite true,” Mudge said. “Here we are, looking at these plays and kind of expecting them

beautiful — and we leave them up so that students can see them upon their return to campus,” Barrett said. Once the Christmas Masses are complete, the Basilica will be closed as all of the church’s lighting is due to be “replaced and upgraded,” Barrett said. There will be no Masses between Dec. 26 and Jan. 5 as workers take advantage of the academic break to carry out the replacement of the lights. On the whole, Barrett expressed a hope that the Basilica’s Christmas programming will help people to grow in their faith. “We always just hope that everyone who attends is brought closer to God, and closer to each other. We are all the body of Christ, and Christmas is a very special time to remember that — especially when we know that so many right in our local community are suffering without proper shelter, food or clothing, just as Jesus did at the Nativity. “Our worship should always lead us to live our lives of faith with more gratitude and a deeper desire to love as Christ loves us. Hopefully, the Basilica will be a place that opens people up to the Holy Spirit through hearing the scriptures and celebrating the sacraments together.” Contact Tom Naatz at tnaatz@nd.edu

to have gone out of date or out of understanding but no, he’s writing about a human truth that extends way beyond his own time frame.” Mudge also emphasized the particular power of “The Merchant of Venice” to challenge the audience to ref lect on their own biases and prejudices. “As others were content to put caricatures of Jewish people on stage, Shakespeare puts one of the most heartfelt

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said. “So I wasn’t speaking for anyone but I was speaking with people, and just that visual representation is so powerful and so moving.” Maguire said she believes that these demonstrations are helpful in supporting causes. “If we are coming together to make a change, one of the most effective ways we can be heard is to peacefully demonstrate what we believe in,” Maguire said. The peaceful assemblies that Maguire has been a part of both in the Saint Mary’s and Notre Dame and the greater South Bend community have been “peaceful and effective,” Maguire said. She said that she feels that a successful peaceful assembly raises the public consciousness about issues that may cause some discomfort, but that is a productive feeling. “Overall, I think the responses were mixed,” Maguire said. “But I think that’s a good thing to stir a certain amount of discomfort. That’s kind of the goal sometimes is to encourage people to question their realities.” In addition to her work regarding the student assembly policy, Maguire has also been participating in other human rights related causes. These include advocating for fair trade

and heartbreaking speeches about justice ever written into Shylock’s mouth,” Mudge said. “Shakespeare turns us on our heads and makes us ask why this character is a villain and what are our own attitudes toward him in the audience as well. … t’s a terrific way to afford us the opportunity for significant introspection.” Contact Ciara Hopkinson at chopkin1@nd.edu

and for the Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors (DREAM) Act, she said. Each Tuesday, she partakes in “Call for All,” a meeting where students call their representatives to advocate for a DREAM Act to be passed, she said. These meetings began occurring last academic year, when President Donald Trump rescinded the DACA program. “Just standing with them I think is really important, especially in a way that’s a sustainable campaign,” Maguire said. “We have been doing this every week since last year in an effort to keep pushing until we see change.” Maguire said the continuing of this campaign is important. “The reality is this is not something you can stand up for one day but then the next day be silent, because it’s a constant fight for those people who face a serious threat of being deported everyday and living with that fear,” Maguire said. Her commitment to human rights is not just an interest, but is more of a duty, Maguire said. “I can’t live with myself if I’m not trying to make a change for others and trying to make a change in this world,” Maguire said. “I just feel like I’m not doing it right if I’m not fighting for human rights.” Contact Jordan Cockrum at jcockrum01@saintmarys.edu

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The year of Me Too Mia Berry Sports Writer

W henever I’m wa lk ing through campus at night, I immediately ta ke my earphones out. I’m more hesitant to ta ke shortcuts that I norma lly wouldn’t think t w ice about during the day time. Ever y time I hear the crack ing of leaves I wa lk faster, and return to my norma l pace only after k now ing my surroundings are danger free. W hen I see a guy trailing me closely from behind I slow dow n to let him pass me. If it’s too late, I ca ll my mother or a friend and ta lk to them until I’m back at my dorm. It may seem like a lot to think about, but ever y detail is a necessar y for my safet y. A ll of these thoughts aren’t solely exclusive to me; they’re common concerns among most women that men don’t have the displeasure of worr y ing about. W hat’s the concern? It’s the fear of hav ing someone else ta ke your control from you. The fear of unwanted sexua l advances. The fear of coming for ward w ith stories. Me Too, a socia l media campaign, brought to light multiple stories of sexua l assault and harassment from women a ll over the world. The women that participated in the movement are mothers, sisters, daughters and friends, yet by reading their stories, it felt as though societ y had failed them by not protecting them. It failed them by not listening to their stories. It failed them by not ma k ing their attackers accountable. A common trend in 2017 has been accountabilit y, which women have been wanting for decades. Aside from the inaug uration of Dona ld Trump and a slew of other elected officia ls not reprimanded for their crimes against women, 2017 has been a prett y successf ul year for bringing the issues of sexua l assault and harassment to the surface. From Har vey Weinstein to Kev in Spacey, more and more offenders have a ll be held accountable for their actions — a great start to combatting the problem. This year, we as a societ y held assaulters accountable for their actions, and by doing so protected women at work, at school and in public spaces. This year a lso dispelled the my ths that sexua l assault is only a problem for women, as Holly wood actor Terr y Crews recently revea led he was inappropriately groped by a director. Sexua l assault has no longer become just the v ictim’s problem, but societ y’s problem as well. If 2017 has given societ y any thing noteworthy, it has given v ictims a chance to be heard, attackers the necessit y to be held accountable and ever yone a precedence to be set for how we treat v ictims. Congratulations, 2017 has been the year of Me Too. Contact Mia Berry at mberry1@nd.edu The views expressed in the Inside Column are those of the author and not necessarily those of The Observer.

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The mission of peaceful assemblies As our path leads us past the gates of complacence and our steps take us beyond the gaits of compliance, a moment is transformed into a movement larger than the space our bodies take up marching through the streets. W here I grew up, the act of protesting was a routine expression of civ ic dut y. I missed school a few times each year to plant my feet on the steps of the state capitol w ith the hopes of my cause being recognized from a young age. My experiences protesting have been formative to fostering intellectual curiosit y and critical thinking. I have w itnessed how peaceful assemblies are an effective physical representation of dissent that have the potential to inv ite productive dialogue when successfully performed. In the midst of an intensely polarized political climate, practicing peaceful expressions of opposition needed to refresh our understanding of democratic ideals. Peaceful assemblies are a practice of activ ism that can take the forms of street protests, demonstrations, picket lines, sit-ins, marches, rallies and v igils. On Nov. 15, Saint Mar y’s College released a statement on peaceful assemblies to the student body from the Student Affairs Council. The Nov. 15 statement describes the guidelines, procedures and tenets of compliance for organizing peaceful assemblies by students or student organizations protesting on Saint Mar y’s campus. The policy’s introduction references the Saint Mar y’s College mission statement, outlining our institution’s commitment to social responsibilit y and social action and prov iding a space for “open communication and dialogue.” It appears that the intention of this policy is to protect the safet y of our students by regulating peaceful demonstrations on campus and ensuring activ ities are connected to the Saint Mar y’s mission in order to prevent chaos. However, I believe that the effect of this policy is counterproductive to protecting students’ rights to protest. With my concerns about the statement and potential policy, I initiated follow-up w ith the council. In a spirit of open consideration and civ il discourse, my feedback was welcomed and it has been proposed that the policy be rev ised based on some of the follow ing concerns. The required peaceful assembly application may discourage students from assembling on our campus. As currently w ritten, the application is required 72 hours before the event, during which it w ill be rev iewed and evaluated by the Office of Student Affairs. This time frame is lengthy and may deter students from apply ing to assemble. The policy indicates the potential for an expedited rev iew of an application which responds to a current event; if

this is the case, the definition of a deadline could be suggested, but not required. In addition, when Saint Mar y’s sees fit and depending on the scope of the event, the College may require students to pay for securit y. For students w ithout the funds to cover securit y costs to hold peaceful assemblies, this requirement is discriminator y. A clearer definition of the conditions under which additional securit y costs may be required would help students plan events accordingly. The proposed policy prohibits contacting the media w ithout consulting the College’s marketing and communication staff. As a student and as an adult, I would prefer to see Saint Mar y’s err first on the mission-related tenet of, “[advocating] social action and [practicing] principles of justice and compassion” before any concerns it may have about marketing. Saint Mar y’s does well to hold fast to the belief that we embrace and respect for members of our communit y; this communit y can include people reached by media platforms. As a college student at Saint Mar y’s, I appreciate the effort of my institution to keep students informed of the new policies enacted by administrative committees. I believe that the intention of my institution is to create inclusive and comfortable spaces for all students; also, I believe it is the responsibilit y of students to see this process to the end, as collaborative participants. Colleges and universities can rightfully apply policies to ensure safet y and peace on campus. However, such policies could simply require the free entrance to all facilities on campus, maintenance of the general operations of a college w ithout great disruption and prohibit any v iolation of the safet y and well-being of the campus communit y. W hat is missed by too many institutional policies related to peaceful assembly is an acknowledgement of rights of students to assemble (under the constitution) that does not seem restrictive. College students are taught to question realit y w ith the v ision and hope of making change. Our mission reminds us to “[be] alert and responsive to programming, curriculum and policies that ref lect women’s interests.” Thus, as we await and rev iew the rev isions of this policy, we must ensure that this policy, along w ith all other policies that apply to students, is faithful to Saint Mar y’s institutional mission.

Anne Maguire sophomore Dec. 4

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The culture of La Virgen de Guadalupe Natalie Howe Beyond the Wall

One of the most iconic sy mbols of CatholicLatino and Mex ican identit y, La Virgen de Guadalupe holds cultural and religious importance since her apparition in central Mex ico during the 1500s. She has been attributed w ith initiating the large conversion of native Mex icans to Catholicism after presenting herself to Juan Diego, an indigenous boy who was tr y ing to meet w ith a priest to perform last rights for his ill uncle. La Virgen v isited Juan Diego numerous times, asking him to ask the bishop to build a church in her name. After multiple rejections, on the last day, he filled his cloak, or tilma, w ith roses, went back to the bishop and opened his cloak and revealed her image, conv incing the bishop to build the church, and found his uncle cured of his sickness. Since then, her feast day is celebrated ever y year on Dec. 12, when her image appeared on the cloak. The stor y was relayed not only in Spanish, which back then was the language of the Catholic presence in Mex ico, but in Nahuatl, the language of the A ztecs, allow ing for a dramatic spread of Catholicism throughout the region. La Virgen’s presence in the religious culture of Latin America is present ever y where; shrines dedicated to her are ubiquitous in Mex ico, whether in stores or in churches as the patroness of the Americas watches over them. Nearly 80 percent of Mex ican Catholics have an image

of her somewhere in their home for religious purposes, according to the Chicago Tribune, and whether it is on candles, prayer cards or statues, keeping her spiritual presence has ser ved as one of the most important aspects of religious life for many. Millions go on a pilgrimage to one of the most v isited sites in the world, to the basilica where the tilma currently hangs. In American Latino communities, she also ser ves as an important image identif y ing people w ith their roots. It’s the strongest displays of Latino, and particularly Chicano, identities, especially as one of her titles is “Patroness of the Americas.” Not only do images of her show up in religious shrines, churches and corners, but also in unexpected places. Some would argue that she has become a cultural “token,” commercializing religion and culture into a trademark of a lifest yle, appearing on all kinds of items like jackets, jewelries, ponchos and curtains. This just further proves of her v italit y and importance in people’s lives. But the cultural blend isn’t new in regards to its association w ith La Virgen de Guadalupe. Christianit y oftentimes merged different cultures to help spread its religion (see, for example, the origins of Christmas and Halloween). Aspects of the A ztec culture are still present in venerating La Virgen, such as the various sy mbols on Mar y’s robes that represent numerous A ztec and Spanish sy mbols. Even today, during the obser vance on her feast day, many churches and cultural groups, especially in Southern Mex ico, incorporate traditional A ztec dances as

part of the celebration, as historically they used to be part of rituals towards the deities of the native people. The cultural blends of native and European customs that came about from the presence of La Virgen de Guadalupe are significant and the effects, as show n, are still present today. Her importance in religious aspects of life have allowed her to ser ve as one of the most prominent saints in Latin American culture, and her feast day is a lively celebration of her apparition, honored w ith prayers, songs, and of course, traditional Mex ican food like champurrado, which is a thick chocolate-based drink, and bunuelos, a crispy pastr y covered in sy rup and sugar. The joy in the celebration comes from acknowledging the div ine presence of La Virgen in Mex ico and Latin America as she watches over her nations, as well as remembering her apparition to Juan Diego, who was canonized as the first indigenous saint of the Americas in 2002. A traditional mass on her feast day recognizes her significance in many people’s lives as she ser ves as a spiritual anchor, connecting people’s religion w ith their ever yday lives. Natalie Howe is a coffee aficionado, but it may be an understatement considering it is her main food group. Majoring in finance and environmental science, she enjoys talking about weather patterns and Latin American multiculturalism. Any inquiries and weather complaints can be sent to nhowe@nd.edu The views expressed in this column are those of the author and not necessarily those of The Observer.

Net neutrality Griffin Cannon BridgeND

In fifth grade, I first got into online gaming — one game in particular. It was a silly little thing where players built up their villages, worked with other players to create “tribes” and then fought with the other players. It was rather slow and decently simple, but I played it on and off for the next few years. My tribe had people from around the English speaking world, which helped in the real time game, and spent most of our time on the forums, playing games like “king of the hill” where we’d describe in detail our capture of “the hill” from each other, inevitably turned eventually into a “crater” when someone’s latest assault got a bit out of hand. I thought of this game for the first time in ages last week when I heard that the Federal Communications Commission was set to get rid of some of the most important protections of “net neutrality.” This idea that all internet traffic should be treated the same has done much for us and prevents internet providers from interfering with the ser vice they provide. For instance, under the regulator y framework in question, providers may not choose which sites and ser vices

their customers will have access to, nor intentionally speed up access to preferred sites and slow down access to those of competitors. Such principles are essential to protecting the internet as it is. I say “essential,” but there are those who would disagree. Many of the websites and services that we use today are large enough to survive or even thrive in a world without net neutrality. Companies like Facebook, for instance, would negotiate deals with providers to continue to have access to customers, and services like Netf lix might even get faster as internet companies prioritize traffic going towards the highest bidder. However, we must remember that the internet is more than a single company. The websites, ser vices and even culture of the internet all exist because of its uniquely open and level playing field. I’ll leave it to someone more qualified than I to discuss the economic impacts of this move, but suffice it to say that with the almost monopolistic power exercised by a handful of large companies would significantly raise the barriers to entr y and thus slow down innovation. It’s a little more personal for me. The internet is a weird, crazy, ridiculous, hilarious, toxic, infuriating and beautiful place. Even referring to a single “internet” is misleading, with communities

forming around the most absurd hobbies and passions. W here else for instance can one find birds with arms alongside French blogs about Chinese satellites? These aspects of the internet don’t make or break people’s lives. People can get along without a small online community based around the board game Diplomacy or a silly little online village builder and it’s precisely these things that will be the first to go. I don’t want to see that happen. Maybe it’s selfish and maybe it’s just a little bit absurd but I want to keep the internet that I grew up with just a little bit longer. Griffin Cannon is a junior studying Political Science from South Burlington, Vermont. The viewpoints expressed in this column are those of the individual and not necessarily those of BridgeND as an organization or of literally anybody aside from himself. BridgeND is a bipartisan student political organization that brings together people from all across the ideological spectrum to discuss public policy issues of national importance. They meet Monday nights in the McNeil room of LaFortune from 6-7 p.m. They can be reached at bridgend@nd.edu or by following them on Twitter @bridge_ND The views expressed in this column are those of the author and not necessarily those of The Observer.

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Horoscope | Eugenia Last Happy Birthday: Look for opportunities that will bring about positive changes personally and financially. Greater involvement in activities and events will lead to encounters with people who will influence your life and future. Don’t limit what you can do when you should be taking on more and exploring what life has to offer. Learn from the past and leave it behind you. Your numbers are 3, 12, 17, 24, 30, 32, 47. ARIES (March 21-April 19): Expand your interests. Take a course or ask people with experience for advice. Knowledge is powerful and will help you reach your objective quickly. Forming partnerships and alliances will be in your best interest. Make personal changes that will boost your confidence and ability to achieve your goals. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Handle financial, legal and emotional matters with intelligence. Chart out what needs to be done and stick to a conservative guideline that will ensure you do not suffer loss. Trust only in what’s tangible. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Look for opportunities. A partnership or joint venture will give you a chance to get ahead financially. It’s up to you to bring about change and to focus your energy on what will help you reach life goals. CANCER (June 21-July 22): Use your emotional energy to create something interesting. Charm the people you encounter with your knowledge and experience. Show passion in the projects you take on and sincerity when dealing with others, and you will gain respect and assistance. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Change with the trends and you will not fall behind. Your enthusiasm and ability to take advantage of situations will encourage personal growth. Be creative with your cash and greater rewards will follow. Personal enhancement is encouraged. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Be firm and refuse to let someone’s emotional blackmail push you in the wrong direction. Take a secretive approach to what you are doing until you have the means to follow through without conflict. Rely on intuition and past experience. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Travel and communication are encouraged. You can gain a lot by venturing into unknown territory and trying your hand at something new and exciting. Change will do you good and also improve your personal life. Romance is highlighted. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Handle your financial, legal or health matters personally. You’ll be given unsatisfactory advice if you leave it up to someone else to take care of your affairs. A change in your professional direction can be expected. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Find out what you need to do to keep things moving forward. Partnerships look promising if you can establish clear roles and as long as everyone is honest about his or her contributions. Be prepared to make adjustments as you move forward. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Your intentions may be good, but not everyone will agree with you. Give everyone the freedom to choose and you will be offered the same in return. Now is not the time to make waves if you want to get things done. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Stand up and be counted. You can make a difference if you put your heart into bringing about change. Being true to yourself and to the people and things you love most will bring you joy. Your happiness depends on you alone. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Don’t be naive. Try to view the actions of the past in a clear light and you’ll get a sense of what’s about to happen in the future. Trust in yourself and your abilities, not in someone else’s promises. Birthday Baby: You are outgoing, impeccable and friendly. You are adaptable and responsible.

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Another crack at the carousel Marek Mazurek Assistant Managing Editor

Sometimes in sports journa lism you w in w it h your predictions. Ot her times you lose. Last week, I lost. I w rote about t he college footba ll coaching carousel and derided Texas A&M’s decision to f ire Kev in Sumlin. I claimed t hat Aggies at hletic director Scott Woodward would be foolish to t hrow away Sumlin’s proven success since t here was no way he could hire Jimbo Fisher away from Florida State. Obv iously I got t hat one w rong, as Fisher arrived in College Station, Texas, yesterday, but I’m ready to get back on t he horse and give t he coaching carousel anot her shot. I’ve done a lot of research t his time and you can ta ke t hese predictions to t he bank. Here’s who each program current ly w it hout a coach w ill hire.

Florida State: Jon Gruden Wit h Fisher departing for what he t hinks are greener pastures, one of college footba ll’s semina l programs, t he Seminoles, are w it hout a sk ipper. Enter Jon Gruden. The Florida State position is a big-time job and no candidate out t here says big-time like Jon Gruden. Litera lly, Gruden says “big-time” a lot as a commentator on Monday Night Footba ll. But f ig uratively as well, Gruden has t he experience to keep up Florida State’s w inning ways and bring in big-time recruits to Ta lla hassee. Plus, he k nows t he state of Florida, having coached t he Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

UCF: Jon Gruden A not her Florida school lef t out in t he cold af ter Scott Frost left to coach his a lma mater Nebraska is UCF. Frost was young, energetic and a coach t he players could relate to and connect w it h. If you squint a litt le bit, you can see Gruden as an older version of Frost, and t hat’s exact ly what UCF needs. For too long, Group of Five schools have hired upand-coming coaches only to have t hem bolt for Power-5 ones after a successf ul season. Now UCF has t he chance to turn t hat narrative on

its head by hiring an established coach who w ill bolt af ter a successf ul season because he rea lizes recruiting is hard work. A big-time (t here it is again) coach might a lso give Group of Five teams some respect in t he eyes of t he Playof f Selection Committee.

Arkansas: Jon Gruden The Bret Bielema-era ended unceremoniously a few weeks ago in what can only be ca lled t he BielemaDilemma. Bielema was informed by Universit y staf f t hat he was f ired as he wa lked of f t he f ield after A rkansas’ loss to Missouri and had to endure a press conference hav ing just been relieved of his duties. Now I hear what you’re say ing. You’re say ing, “But Marek, Gurden can’t possibly coach in t hree places at once.” But t hat’s where you underestimate Gruden’s sheer w ill-power and charisma. If you t hink t hat Gruden’s abilities and ego can be conf ined to just one school, you’ve got anot her t hing coming. Plus, t he Facebook page “Jon Gruden to A rkansas Ra zorbacks” has 1,055 likes. I told you I did my research.

Tennessee: @Faux_Gruden Ma ke no mista ke, t he Volunteers w ill tr y rea lly, rea lly hard to get t he rea l Gruden. But t he cra zed fans of Tennessee nation w ill get conf used and create a grassroots, message-board driven campaign for t he parody Tw itter persona lit y instead. But in t he end, @Fau x _ Gruden w ill ma ke a great f it at Tennessee. Tennessee fans clearly want to be active in t he Universit y’s search for a new coach, and why let it stop t here? The for ward-t hink ing @Fau x _ Gruden w ill undoubtedly be open to crowd sourcing playca lling and recruiting v ia Tw itter. As good as Nick Saban is, he’s only one man, but @Fau x _Gruden w ill be able to harness t he energ y of a t housand, nay, one-hundred t housand Volunteer fans who are a ll coaching experts. Contact Marek Mazurek at mmazurek@nd.edu The views expressed in this Sports Authority are those of the author and not necessarily those of The Observer.

Booker scores 46 to lift Suns over 76ers Associated Press

PHIL ADELPHI A — Dev in Booker scored 46 points and TJ Warren added 25 to lead the Phoenix Suns to a 115-101 w in over the Philadelphia 76ers on Monday night. Booker made 17 of 32 shots and hit four 3-pointers, including three in the fourth quarter that helped the Suns put away a Sixers team that played one of their worst games of the season. Booker scored 32 points on 11 of 17 shooting in the second half. Joel Embiid had 22 points and 12 rebounds and Ben Simmons, battling an illness, scored 20 points. JJ Redick led the Sixers w ith 25 points. Redick rallied the Sixers from 17 dow n and hit consecutive 3s in the fourth that sliced the deficit to five. Tyler Ulis pushed back the Sixers w ith a 3 and Booker buried t wo on the next t wo possessions that squashed the 76ers’ comeback for good.

Booker let out a big yell after a fastbreak dunk that made it 110-94 and sent The Process fans toward the exits. Booker added one more 3 for good measure and tossed up his hands w ith a shrug as he hustled back on defense. Simmons had the f lu and covered his head w ith his hoodie as he trudged off the court from pregame warmups to the locker room. “I feel like my body kind of hit a wall,” Simmons said. “I woke up and I didn’t feel like I could play.” Simmons, who averaged 23.1 points and 9.4 rebounds, was sick for most of the last three days and didn’t leave his place at all on Sunday. “Out of kindness, I’ve decided to still start him,” coach Brett Brow n. Simmons made his first four shots and played 17 minutes in the first half. Fittingly, his first half highlight was an impressive dunk: Simmons reached high and snared a low lob pass from Timothe

Luwaw u-Cabarrot that skimmed Dragan Bender’s outstretched finger and completed the alley-oop. Simmons scored on an up-and-under lay up that brought the crowd to its feet. It just wasn’t enough to bring the Sixers a v ictor y. Embiid tried to make it a game in the third. He routinely punished A lex Len defensively; Embiid used his right hand to smack a shot into the backboard in the third. The Sixers recovered the ball, Embiid scored and it was 82-75. The Sixers trailed by 10 through three. The Sixers, shooting 36 percent on 3s this season, missed a whopping 23 of 30 3s.

Tip-ins Suns: The Suns expect to travel 4,987 miles during the six-game road trip. 76ers: G T.J. McConnell could return this week against the Lakers. McConnell, averaging 7.1 points and 5.4 assists, missed his third straight game w ith a sprained AC joint in his left shoulder.

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Capitals enjoy rare win against the Sharks Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Alex Ovechkin scored his NHLleading 20th goal and assisted on another, helping the Washington Capitals snap their recent run of futility against the San Jose Sharks with a 4-1 victory Monday night. The Capitals beat the Sharks for the fourth time in 18 meetings since Ovechkin entered the league in 200506. It’s just Washington’s second regulation win against San Jose in that time and first since Oct. 15, 2009. It ended a four-game skid in the series. Halting the Sharks’ recent mastery came at a cost: T.J. Oshie left in the second period with an upper-body injury and didn’t return. As Oshie was already engaged with Logan Couture and falling down along the boards, he took Joe Thornton’s backside

to the head. Tom Wilson took exception to Thornton’s hit and fought him in the third period of a chippy game that also included a fight between Alex Chiasson and Barclay Goodrow. Before those tensions rose, Ovechkin continued his climb up the career list with his 578th goal, passing Hall of Famer Mark Recchi for 20th. He’s the 11th player in NHL history to score at least 20 goals in each of his first 13 seasons. Ovechkin, who rooted for the Sharks while growing up in Moscow, turned several defenders inside out and made a perfect pass to set up Brett Connolly’s power-play goal. Devante Smith-Pelly and Jakub Vrana also scored for Washington, which has won two in a row and six of eight. Capitals backup goaltender Philipp Grubauer made

24 saves to pick up his first career victory against the Sharks. San Jose’s Martin Jones allowed four goals on 29 shots in his second game back from injury, and Timo Meier scored his first goal in eight games and third of the season. Connolly has goals in back-to-back games since returning from being a healthy scratch for the previous two. ... Sharks coach Peter DeBoer said D Paul Martin is close to returning from an undisclosed injury that has kept him out since Oct. 12. ... Capitals F Travis Boyd made his NHL debut, replacing Chandler Stephenson, who’s day-to-day with an upper-body injury. ... F Andre Burakovsky rejoined the Capitals for their morning skate as he works back from October surgery to repair his broken left thumb. He hopes to return within the next week.

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afternoon at Purcell Pavilion as a seemingly easy matchup against St. Francis Brooklyn turned into a chippy affair with senior for ward Bonzie Colson and head coach Mike Brey getting ejected from the game. Notre Dame won 7153, despite the absence of two team leaders. Ahead of its Tuesday night game against Ball State, Notre Dame will look for more consistency as it looks to get back to form. For Brey’s squad, that starts on the offensive end of the court. Sunday’s ejections took a lot of attention away from Notre Dame’s offensive struggles. Against the Terriers (2-6), the Irish shot just 21 percent from 3-point range with senior guard Matt Farrell going 0-for-8. Farrell shot under 50 percent for the game and made four of his eight shots in last Thursday’s game against the Spartans (7-1, 1-0 Big Ten). Colson, too, has struggled with his shooting stroke in the last two games. Against Michigan State, Colson shot just 6-of-19 and went 5-of11 on Sunday before he was ejected. After the game, Colson said the ejection taught him he has to stay more composed on the court in tough

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The women’s sprints also proved dominant, beginning with a win in the 400-meter by senior Jordan Shead with senior Payton Miller placing third. Both women were also assets to the first place finish in the 4x400 meter relay, as well. The women continued to

situations. “[Getting ejected] taught me to be better, be a little smarter,” Colson said. “Understand that guys are going to try and come after you and get the ball. You just have to be strong with it and chin the ball.” One player who has picked up his offensive game, however, has been senior forward Martinas Geben. On Sunday, Geben picked up his first career double-double with a career-high 14 points and 10 rebounds. Brey said Geben’s strong play as of late has been generated by an increased level of confidence which started over the summer when Geben won a gold medal with the Lithuanian national team at the World University Games. “One of the things I told the staff when he came back from his gold-medal experience was, ‘he is at an all-time high in confidence and darn if I’m going to do anything to screw that up,’” Brey said. Colson too, said he’s been impressed by Geben’s recent play. “He’s great, we’re excited for him,” Colson said. “He’s been due to have one of those breakout games. He’s been starting in practice, scoring, rebounding. For him to come out here and do well and score is great for us.” Brey said Tuesday night’s game against the Cardinals

(4-4) will have a good energ y as Ball State fans will make the short trip to South Bend. “We need our crowd, we really need our crowd,” Brey said. “As we all know, there’s a big Ball State alumni base in this town and I have a

feeling they got their hands on tickets.” But fans or not, Brey said the Cardinals will present a tough challenge for his team, and the Irish will prepare accordingly. “They’re a dangerous team,

they’re a team that could win their division of the MAC,” Brey said. “We’re preparing like it’s NC State coming in here.”

dominate as junior Kyla Lewis picked up a personal record and first place finish in the 60-meter dash with a time of 7.52 seconds. Senior Alexis Daugherty placed first in the women’s 800-meter race with a time of 2:15.07. To continue the key performances, notable debut sprints for the men included those of freshmen Matt Frazier and

Evan Radomoski. The two captured first and third place, respectively, in the men’s 800-meter race. Frazier’s time of 1:55.50 earned him the victory with Radomoski close behind with a 1:58w.26 time. Turning to field events, the Irish also proved successful. Women’s shotput had three athletes in the top five. Sophomore Abbey Kapitan placed highest of the Irish, earning second

with her 14.86 meter throw. Junior Daniel Hardiman and sophomore Shae Watkins captured first and second, respectively, in the men’s shotput with throws of 16.19 and 15.80 meters. Graduate student Nate Richartz placed first in the men’s pole vault, clearing a 5.20 meter jump. Junior Matthew Birzer jumped 2.14 meters on the

men’s high jump to claim second place. Another personal best came in the women’s weighted throw, as Kapitan once again earned first. She threw for 18.01 meters. Overall, the Irish proved strong in the Invitational and will compete again in the new year at the Wolverine Invitational on Jan. 13th at the Universit y of Michigan.

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Irish sophomore guard T.J. Gibbs dribbles around a defender during Notre Dame’s 105-66 win over Chicago State on Nov. 16 at Purcell Pavilion. Gibbs scored 23 points in the game.

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Irish graduate student Jacob Dumford competes in the distance medley relay during the ACC Indoor Championships on Feb. 23 at Loftus Sports Center. The relay team finished in third place.

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Irish junior Anna Rohrer races during the Meyo Invitational on Feb. 4. Rohrer sat out the entire cross country season due to an injury.

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Irish freshman center Mikayla Vaughn, left, dribbles around a defender during Notre Dame’s 121-65 win over Mount St. Mary’s on Nov. 11 at Purcell Pavilion. Vaughn became the third Irish player to suffer a season-ending ACL injury when she tore her left ACL on a non-contact play in practice Nov. 28, leaving the Irish with just eight scholarship athletes.

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Irish junior guard Jackie Young dribbles across the court during Notre Dame’s 121-65 victory over Mount St. Mary’s on Nov. 11 at Purcell Pavillion. Young scored 16 points and tallied six rebounds in the game. Paid Advertisement

good. There should be an element of triumph there for Muffet McGraw’s squad, in spite of the loss. This is a team that, on paper, should not have touched UConn at this point in the year. And yet, it came pretty close for 30 minutes. Not everything can be attributed to depth. In fact, McGraw said adrenaline alone was enough to keep her team going in a game this important. But I don’t think the importance of UConn’s bench versus Notre Dame’s lack thereof can be

overlooked. Of course, there were some plain and simple execution errors and lapses at the end of the game. But the bottom line is that depth is clearly going to be an issue for the Irish going forward. They’re going to get tired over the course of the season; it’s just a fact of life. But that’s an issue to focus on later on — there’s nothing the team can do about that at the moment. Senior forward Kathryn Westbeld played 30 minutes against the Huskies, by far the most she had played yet this season as she continues to nurse her injured ankle back from surgery. She’ll certainly help the Notre Dame depth when she’s back in full health, and until then, the team will just have to work with what it’s got and hope it’s enough. And when it isn’t, it will have to learn from its losses, as it undoubtedly will from Sunday’s. However, based on Notre Dame’s strong overall performance at UConn, I do not expect there to be too many more losses, no matter what the depth situation is. The Irish looked fantastic for much of the game and they certainly will not be playing teams the caliber of the Huskies too frequently. If this road trip taught Notre Dame anything, it should be that no matter what obstacles it is facing this season, it is a true competitor. Contact Elizabeth Greason at egreason@nd.edu The views expressed in this Sports Authority are those of the author and not necessarily those of The Observer.

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Notre Dame proves it is contender despite loss Elizabeth Greason Sports Editor

Notre Dame almost did the unthinkable Sunday. It almost beat UConn. At UConn. Without three scholarship players w ith torn ACLs. The Irish (7-1) racked up as much as a 12-point lead and the No. 1 team in the nation looked as if its undefeated season was going to come to a shockingly early end. In general, if UConn (70) is going to lose to anyone, Notre Dame is not a bad bet as to who can take dow n the Huskies. But it has not been successful in doing so since 2013, and the stars did not appear to be aligned for that to change in this season’s regular-season matchup bet ween the two teams. The Irish are missing three players — A llAmerican senior for ward Brianna Turner, senior guard Mychal Johnson and freshman center Mikayla Vaughn — leav ing them see W BBALL PAGE 11

w ith just eight scholarship players. So, the fact that the Irish were able to not only go toe-to-toe w ith the Huskies, but leave them in the dusk for a significant portion of the game is incredibly impressive. But, if I had to attribute to loss to one thing, I would also say it’s those injuries. Not directly. Notre Dame proved it has the abilit y to w in w ithout its best player in Turner on Sunday, even though it ultimately did not. It is the fact that the Irish simply ran out of steam at the end of the game. The Irish were outscored 26-9 in the fourth quarter and only scored a single point in the final four minutes and 18 seconds, as the Huskies outrebounded them 14 to five in the game’s final stanza. Simply put, Notre Dme ran out of steam. Against the squad w ith the best depth in the countr y, a team w ith only three scholarship players on the bench could not keep up. But the Irish should return home from their sevengame road game feeling

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Irish junior guard Marina Mabrey dribbles around her opponent during Notre Dame’s 121-65 victory over Mount St. Mary’s on Nov. 11 at Purcell Pavillion. Mabrey scored 18 points against the Mountaineers.

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TRACK & FIELD | blue & gold invitational

Irish prepare for Ball State following chaotic week By MAREK MAZUREK

Observer Staff Report

Assistant Managing Editor

It’s been a weird weekand-a-half for Notre Dame men’s basketball. If you made a mov ie about it, you’d have to cast Clint Eastwood because there’s been some good, some bad and some ugly. The good was Notre Dame’s comeback w in over No. 6 Wichita State to w in the Maui Inv itational in the days before Thanksgiv ing. The w in launched Notre Dame to a top-five ranking. The bad came last Thursday as Notre Dame (7-1) lost by 18 points to Michigan State on the road. W hile there’s no shame in losing to the nation’s No. 3 team, the game got away from the Irish early and they never got w ithin seven points of the lead in the second half. And the ugly came Sunday see M BBALL PAGE 10

ND finds success opening season

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Irish senior forward Bonzie Colson goes up for a shot during Notre Dame’s 105-66 victory over Chicago State on Nov. 16.

Notre Dame kicked off its indoor season w ith the Blue & Gold inv itational Friday. Seven teams including the Irish made their way to Loftus Sports Center to compete in the Inv itational, including Bethel, DePaul, Detroit Mercy, Marquette, Northern Illinois and Valparaiso. A record-breaking moment of the night went to Irish graduate student Jacob Dumford in the 1,000-meter race, who was able to beat out the 2014 school record of 2:22.07 set by Jeremy Rae w ith his time of 2:21.45. Dumford beat his prev ious personal record by 2.72 seconds. This is only the third time Dumford had run the 1,000-meter. The last time was in the same race Rae set the prev ious school record. Turning to the women’s distance events, the Irish

were able to land three runners in the top four for the mile race w ith times of 5: 08.95 and 5:13.78 by seniors Kaitlin Frei and Stephanie Knight, followed by sophomore Madison Ronzone, who finished w ith 5:16: 61. The men’s mile also gave way to a promising start for the sophomore class. Sophomore Clay ton Goldman ran for a personal best of 4:23.28, finishing in second overall. Sophomore Dustin Macuiba trailed just behind w ith 4:25.51 to place third. The men’s and women’s 3,000-meter race proved pivotal for the debuts of freshmen Parker Jones and Kelly Koehnen who each finished first in their respective races. Notre Dame’s success continued through the distance to the sprints. see TRACK PAGE 10