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ND students support Buttigieg in Iowa Pete for America campaign funds group of students to travel to Iowa, canvas in lead-up to caucuses

By KELLI SMITH Editor-in-Chief

CEDAR RAPIDS, IA — Pete Buttigieg took the stage in front of a roaring crowd.

More than 600 women, men, children and voters cheered rambunctiously as the presidential hopeful launched into one of his last pleas for Iowan Democrats.

As he spoke, a group of Notre Dame students huddled together, wav ing v ibrant “Pete 2020” signs and clamoring for a closer look at one of Buttigieg’s last rallies before the Iowa caucuses.

“The energ y is cra zy,” sophomore Hayleigh Rockenback said. “Ever yone’s just so

happy.”

The rally took place in Cedar Rapids on Saturday and was one of Buttigieg’s “Get Out The Caucus” events in Iowa. A presidential candidate v y ing for the momentous Iowan vote, Buttigieg made his last pitch to those in the area in hopes of earning their support before Monday’s caucuses.

The night before the rally, 11 Notre Dame students traveled from South Bend to Cedar Rapids through a trip funded by the Pete for America campaign. The selforganized group hoped to impact the political process see CAUCUSES PAGE 4

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A group of 11 Notre Dame students traveled to Iowa on Friday to attend one of Pete Buttigieg’s last rallies before the Monday caucuses. The trip to Cedar Rapids was funded by the Pete for America campaign.

Lecture describes marching band design, symbolism

By ALYSA GUFFEY News Writer

Ever wondered how the Notre Dame marching band pulls off exciting and engaging halftime shows w ith over 400 students on the football field?

In a Monday lecture in the O’Neill Family Hall of Music, Sam Sanchez, assistant

Notre Dame Band director, discussed the technical and creative elements that occur behind the scenes of the student marching band.

W hile giv ing a brief histor y of marching bands as a whole, Sanchez said the practice has its origins in the militar y field since it was used as “a coordinated effort to move troops around and

to intimidate the enemy.” He also said the militar y inf luence has sometimes caused people to not want to be involved in the marching band.

Sanchez explained that most college marching bands have their ow n signature step and st yle, and that

Michael Sam shares struggle for tolerance

By MARIA PAUL RANGEL News Writer

The College’s facult y art ex hibition, an opportunit y for the Saint Mar y’s art department facult y to display their work and research, has returned to campus as it does ever y four years.

The ex hibition w ill have a w ide variet y of art concentrations represented.

Fibers w ill be presented by

professor and department chair Julie Tourtillotte, sculpture by assistant professor of art Krista Hoef le, photography by art professor Douglas Tyler, ceramics by associate professor of art Sandi Ginter and painting and print media by assistant art professor and galler y director Ian Weaver.

“The facult y ex hibition prov ides a wonderful opportunit y for the art

facult y to share our artwork,” Tourtillotte said in an email. “The ex hibition is a good sur vey of the range of media and ideas that our facult y explore in our professional art practices.”

Tourtillotte w ill be presenting works of screenprinted and hand-cut textiles.

Weaver, who has see EXHIBIT PAGE 4

Michael Sam made history in 2014 when he became the first-ever openly gay football player to be selected in the NFL draft. After a two-year professional career as a defensive end in both American and Canadian football leagues, Sam has dedicated his life to sharing his story with others. Monday evening, he spoke to the Notre Dame community in an event titled “From Hitchcock High to the NFL: I am Michael Sam.” The talk was hosted by the Gender Relations Center (GRC) and PrismND and held in the Dahnke Ballroom.

Sam said he first came out as gay in his fifth year at the University of Missouri. His coach, Gary Pinkel, held an annual tradition where members of the team had to introduce themselves by saying their name, hometown, major and something nobody knew about them. “‘My name is Michael Sam.

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I’m from Hitchcock, Texas. I major in sport management, and … I’m gay,’” he said. “After I said these words, my whole life changed. Everything completely changed.”

But Sam said his story of “resilience, overcoming adversity and owning his truth” did not begin there — in many ways, it began in his childhood. Before he was born, an older sister drowned. When he was five, his oldest brother, Russell, was shot while he tried to break into a home. These events, Sam said, led his father to walk out on them.

Grief struck again in 1998 more when his older brother Julian disappeared after leaving from work one day. To this day, he remains missing.

Without Julian, the family responsibilities fell on Josh and Chris, two of Sam’s older brothers. However, they were involved in gang life, and brought drugs and weapons into the household, Sam said. see NFL PAGE 3

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Panel examines Indian anti-nationalist effort

By CHRISTOPHER PARKER News Writer

In mid-December, protests erupted in India over a law passed by the county’s parliament. In order to discuss these developments, the Liu Institute for Asia and Asian Studies hosted a panel called “India’s Winter of Protest” in Jenkins-Nanovic Hall on Monday. The panel consisted of three professors with different viewpoints and focuses regarding the protests to speak about the law’s impact within India.

Susan Ostermann, an assistant professor of global affairs, gave legal background on the protests.

The conflict actually arises from two different laws passed at different times. The Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), passed in December of 2019, sparked the protests by slowing down the citizenship process for Muslim refugees. The real issue, she said, comes from a law passed in 2003

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“I saw drugs and drug addicts come in and out of the house,” he said. “I saw loaded weapons in my room. If I was a curious child, I could’ve harmed myself, or my sisters or my mother.”

Despite being raised in a place Sam called “a town without opportunities” — Galveston, Texas — he went on to become the second in his family to graduate from high

in the Indian state of Assam — the National Register of Citizens (NRC), which requires all Indian citizens to register in order to identify illegal immigrants.

“Alongside the CAA and, in fact, a trigger of it is the National Register of Citizens … The NRC implementation in Assam has resulted in 1.9 million people present in India, claiming to be citizens, not meeting the documentary requirement for the act of registration,” Ostermann said.

Ostermann said the two laws in tandem could be used by the ruling Hindu nationalist party, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to attack Muslim residents of the country.

“Many are worried that the NRC will be essentially used to strip individuals born in India or otherwise rightfully Indian citizens of their citizenship, and then the CAA will be used to deport them,” she said.

Assistant professor of

history Nikhil Menon spoke of the distrust between the BJP and Muslim citizens in India, including party members who “have questioned [Muslims’] loyalty to India, have associated them with terrorists in Kashmir or with crimes against Hindus.”

Menon also called attention to three points of historical iconography used by the protestors and why they are so effective.

“The three main tangents on which the symbols have been arranged have been that, one, the nationalist heroes of India’s past would have been on the side of the protesters; two, to use symbols of religious pluralism to suggest that the majority is on the side of minorities; … and three — which I think is the most curious — the protestors have in some ways wrapped themselves with the flag and the constitution,” Menon said. “I think by using these three kinds of iconography, the protestors are able to argue

that, call them what you might, you cannot call these protestors anti-nationalist.”

Julia Kowalski, an assistant professor of global affairs, focused on how gender plays a role in these protests, specifically on the dadis, or older women, of the Muslim neighborhood Shaheen Bahg in New Delhi.

“I’m a cultural anthropologist, so when I approach issues like this, I often ask how people are remaking longstanding, interpretive categories,” she said.

The women protesting in Shaheen Bahg have been focusing on peaceful messages to all Indians, as shown in their slogan #GoliNahiPhool, or “Not bullets, flowers.” They have sat uninterrupted for 50 days and were recently fired on by a Hindu vigilante.

This particular subsection of the protests, Kowalski said, exemplifies “not only the importance of the gender identity of

the protesters … but how also the category of gender intersects with citizenship and religion.”

Kowalski explained these protesters are using their traditional gender stereotypes — welcoming and domestic — to combat the largely male group of Hindu aggressors.

“In pulling out these connections and kinship across social difference, these dadis are also responding to aggressively austere models of masculinity that inform the Hindu right,” she said.

Kowalski said she saw promise for the future in the protests, citing specifically the small cardboard “constitution houses” social activists have began passing out.

“Over the door is written, ‘Secular: This house belongs to people of all religions,’” Kowalski said.

school, an accomplishment he said he still remembers as the proudest moment of his life.

“That night, as they called my name, I walked across the stage and saw my mom in tears because of a moment so little as seeing one of her kids getting a high school diploma,” Sam said.

Sam was admitted to Arizona State University (ASU), Colorado State University and University of Missouri. Though he said he dreamed of becoming a student at ASU, but changed his mind after

visiting Mizzou’s campus.

“I felt like I was supposed to be in this campus,” he said. “I felt like it was my home.”

Even though Sam felt he made the right decision choosing Mizzou, he said transitioning to college was hard because he was still figuring out his sexuality.

“I didn’t know how to handle it, so I decided to experiment,” Sam said. “After I experimented, I knew I was pretty damn gay.”

While in college, he met Vito Cammisano, a former member of

the Mizzou swim team, at a party.

The pair eventually fell in love and began secretly dating.

“I was living a fairy tale,” Sam said. “He made me so happy and I felt so safe.”

Too ashamed to come out at the time, their romance eventually ended, Sam said.

“I couldn’t tell him I loved him, so we broke up in senior year,” he said.

After the breakup, Sam said he decided to “own his truth,” choosing to attend St. Louis’ pride parade in the summer. Soon after, he came out to his teammates. Sam said his peers supported him completely.

“Mizzou supported me so much,” Sam said. “They made me give the very best of me every weekend. I did everything for my brothers because they always had my back.”

Even though his team and most students at Mizzou knew Sam was gay, he came out to the rest of the world Feb. 9, 2014, thus becoming the first openly gay player in the National Football League (NFL).

According to Sam, the NFL was not as supportive as his teammates.

“The NFL was not ready for an openly gay athlete,” Sam said.

Sam said he believes his sexuality caused him to fall down in the 2014 NFL Draft, in which the St. Louis Rams selected him in the 7th round.

Sam was in San Diego the day he was finally drafted. Before receiving the call, he said he was by the beach anxiously contemplating his uncertain future. While he cried, he felt someone touch his shoulder.

It was Cammisano.

They received the news together, and shared a kiss that made national headlines.

“The next day I woke up and thought the headlines would be ‘Michael Sam makes history,’” Sam said. “Instead, they were ‘Michael Sam kisses boyfriend.’”

The media attention followed him to St. Louis. The press made it difficult to interact with his new teammates, he said; he felt he

needed to earn their trust.

He said this motivated him to work hard during the pre-season, where he led the team in sacks.

However, the Rams ultimately released him in their final round of cuts. In September 2014, the Dallas Cowboys’ coach, Jerry Jones, offered Sam a position in their practice squad. A month later he was cut once again, and this was the last time he appeared in the NFL roster, Sam said.

Sam said despite these challenges, he was determined to continue playing football. On May 2015, he signed a two-year contract with the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League (CFL).

But there, he was shunned by his former teammates for his sexuality.

“Montreal ruined it for me. It was a totally terrible experience,” Sam said. “Everyone was against me.

They chose not to shower because I was there and they wouldn’t have eye-contact with me.”

In August 2015, Sam put an end to his professional football career.

Since his retirement, he has dedicated himself to share his experience as a motivational speaker.

Sam said one of the reasons he chose to become an LGBTQ-rights advocate came from talking with a former teammate’s cousin, who was a victim of bullying due to her sexuality. She had tried to commit suicide twice before connecting with Sam. “She said ‘You know, you saved my life?’ I started to cry,” Sam said.

“There are people out there committing suicide because of their sexuality. I decided I was going to be sword and shield for these people.”

By sharing his story, Sam said he hopes to help others struggling with their identity.

“From this, I hope you learn that vulnerability is not weakness,” Sam said. “It is a sign of courage. So overcome the adversity and own your truth.”

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in any way possible, sophomore Matheo Vidal said.

Buttigieg’s position as former mayor of South Bend made that engagement even more possible.

“We’ve been really lucky to have a presidential campaign in our backyards,” Vidal said.

Iowa was the first state to participate in the 2020 election season and has been the stomping ground for most presidential hopefuls.

Democratic candidates had the chance to earn 41 delegates of the 1,991 needed to win the party’s nomination.

Students who participated in the trip took part in a range of political events in Iowa until Monday evening, including Saturday’s rally and canvassing across Cedar Rapids on Sunday.

“It [was] really exciting to be in Iowa and feel the democratic spirit,” sophomore Emma Dudrick said.

Though they met Iowans with ideologies across the political spectrum, most residents remained civil

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Notre Dame has been doing the high step since 1930.

Sanchez also said the Notre Dame band has experienced some fraught histor y, especially surrounding the militar y background of marching band processes.

“In the 1960s and 1970s, the Notre Dame Band got really small because there was a lot of tension w ith the Vietnam War, so you didn’t get a lot of people who wanted to do this thing that actually represented a little bit of an old militar y st yle,” he said.

Sanchez said about half of the new students in the band

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participated in two facult y art ex hibitions since he took over as galler y director in 2015, w ill be display ing a large-scale, mixed-media draw ing w ith ink, prints and collage.

“I am looking for ward to hav ing as many people as possible experience the exhibition and to engage in a conversation w ith the work of the facult y,” Weaver said in an email. “I would like people to see the multivalent practice of our talented

and respectful as students canvassed door-to-door, Rockenback said.

“We were real-life people there to answer questions, which I think just makes such a big impact, more so than like reading it online or watching the news,” she said.

As a New York native, Dudrick said she was initially upset since her home state is “so important electorally” yet receives little attention compared to Iowa. After being in Cedar Rapids, however, she says her viewpoint changed.

“Being here, the people here are so involved and they care so much,” Dudrick said.

“I thought the caucus was kind of a weird thing, but it’s so amazing [how] the people here are so involved [and] I think it’s because of where they are.”

After hearing about how most Iowans tend to attend rallies for each candidate ahead of the caucuses, Rockenback realized how immersed Iowans are in the election.

“I didn’t even realize it was such a big deal until I got here,” Rockenback said.

“People take it very seriously.”

Coming from Notre Dame, Dudrick asserted the “unique” political landscape on campus made her more considerate of issues prominent in the 2020 election cycle since she’s met people with both similar and opposing views on

campus.

“It’s just so interesting that we don’t go to a very, very liberal school, so we get to have those conversations with people,” she said.

Rockenback said participating in the political process on the ground in Iowa made her

aware of the tangible impact she could have on the election, no matter the caucus results.

“I feel like I’m making a real impact,” she said.

have never marched before coming to Notre Dame, making the learning process a steep improvement over the football season.

“On the first day, the first thing we do is we line ever yone up, and we have them march out,”Sanchez said.

“Even our new members do this, and they don’t quite know what’s going on yet, but you learn by doing. We have just get them out there and get them started.”

By the end of the season, Sanchez said band members know how to step and hold their instruments correctly, making for a cleaner performance and a “striking difference” when comparing practice sessions.

Sanchez said he first

became interested in drill design — the craft of designing the charts and movements of the marching band on the field — when he was a freshman in high school.

“I thought marching band was the neatest thing ever … and so what I did was once I started getting into it, I asked my director for drill paper. I started kind of w riting my ow n shows, and I made my ow n drill tour,” Sanchez said. “I think I knew I wanted to be a band director at the age of 14.”

W hile he admitted that teaching drill charts and movements to the entire college band at once can be challenging, Sanchez said he feels that simplif y ing the

movements makes a huge difference for himself and students.

“We only have a certain amount of time around our students, so I love simplif ying ever y thing as much as possible,” he said. “Some people tr y to make things way too complicated, and it doesn’t always need to be that way. Sometimes you can go simple and things are still really effective and they work.”

The v isual process of the shows are often the most critical since they engage directly w ith the audience, Sanchez said. He explained that Notre Dame often uses logos of the Universit y, citing the cloverleaf, leprechaun and the Holy Cross

sy mbol as examples of a way to connect the crowd to the performance.

“We always do [the Holy Cross] for our national anthem, and we make the Holy Cross formation on the field for them. It’s really something that means a lot because that’s their brand, that’s their sy mbol,” Sanchez said. “Then, when we make an ND [on the field]. The sy mbol can arouse a sense of pride, and we can make a v isual connection w ith our audience.

The sy mbols help make a lasting memor y and your audience w ill remember these things.”

facult y and to sit w ith the work and think about how works of art can affect our lives and our minds.”

The exhibition opened Thursday and is on display from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday in the Moreau Art Galleries. The exhibit can also be viewed on the weekend with an appointment until March 3.

“I am also hopeful that people from other departments and offices on campus will come and learn about what constitutes ‘research’ in the art world,” Weaver said. “Often times, people think artists simply wait for

inspiration, and in a mad dash make work. That is not the case: The faculty in this exhibition are serious-minded researchers who produce works that are not only technically proficient, but also that touch on a variety of thematic areas represented across the College, including but not limited to science, technolog y, the environment, memory, family and many other areas.”

Weaver said the exhibition is “more than simply an opportunity to show work; it is an opportunity to be in a conversation with my peers in the gallery space. We

rarely get to see what one another is working on in their studios, so this provides an opportunity to do that.”

Tyler, who is presenting digital photographic prints, said in an email that the exhibition is “an opportunity to let [his] students and the SMC community get some idea of what areas [his] personal research is taking [him] to.”

This year’s faculty art exhibition is especially memorable to Tyler as his work for this exhibition is a special collaborative photographic art project with his daughter Hayley.

“Creating this body of

work with my daughter gave the entire process a special meaning, and I believe that it brought my daughter and I closer together,” Tyler said. “... I believe the exhibition displays the diversity of interests and techniques that currently exists for the art faculty at Saint Mary’s.

Though our faculty is relatively small compared to larger universities, there is a multiplicity of media presented with varied and very contemporary approaches to those media.”

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By ABIGAIL WAGER Scene Writer

W hen Notre Dame students venture off campus, their first stop is usually Eddy Street Commons.

Just a short walk from campus, the Commons is filled w ith a variet y of restaurants and shops.

There are the “grab food and go” options, places where you can grab a quick bite to eat: Chipotle, Jimmy Johns, Blaze Pizza, Five Guys. There are also the “sit dow n and spend some time” restaurants: McA lister’s, The Liver y, O’Rourkes. There are even ice cream parlors, coffee options, exercise classes and places to shop. W hile Eddy Street prov ides many food choices, I’ve heard a lot of friends and acquaintances complain about the lack of healthier options close to campus. Enter the newly established Purely Pressed.

Purely Pressed opened on Eddy Street in Januar y, the second location of the family ow ned, coldpressed juice bar and cafe. Its original location

By JACOB NEISEWANDER Scene Writer

Hark! “The Lighthouse” is the second feature film from up-and-coming horror director Robert Eggers. Robert Pattinson and Willem Dafoe star as two lighthouse keepers slowly descending into madness after being stranded at their station.

While the technical aspects of “The Lighthouse” alone are certainty worth the price of admission, it’s Pattinson and Dafoe’s performances that truly make this film a must see for fans of Eggers and the horror genre.

The film fills its 1.19:1 aspect ratio (old-timey, nearly square) with 110 minutes of surreal and disturbing imagery, all in black and white. The unique visual style and tone of “The Lighthouse” give the film a feel that is entirely its own. Its smart script is allegorical and laser-focused with dialogue sharp and charmingly eccentric: perfect tools for the captivating performers.

The success of “The Lighthouse,” however, lies primarily in the film’s premise, which is as simple as it is electric. Pattinson’s young Ephraim Winslow and Dafoe’s grizzled Thomas Wake find themselves locked in a spellbinding duel of madness and psychological warfare after a terrible storm wreaks havoc on their small lighthouse. Isolation only

is in Granger, where students can find the same great menu at a less-than-convenient distance from campus. According to ABC57, ow ners Rachel and Ryan Blake and Reid Stichter decided to open a location on Eddy Street because they know a lot of their customers are students and facult y at Notre Dame. They hoped their new location — at a high traffic destination near campus — would be more accessible to students. Their hopes have been met. Since the new Purely Pressed opened, I’ve heard people talking about it all over campus, and I’ve seen perhaps too many Instagram stories of perfectly crafted açai bowls. With all the hy pe, I decided it was time I check it out for myself. I was immediately caught off guard by how busy it was — even more so when I realized many of the customers were people I knew from my dorm, from class or folks I’d just seen around campus.

In addition to being closer to campus, the new Purely Pressed has more seating, allow ing even more people to enjoy its products.

The menu includes smoothies, salads and açai bowls, all of which you can personalize w ith different ingredients. Ever y thing is made w ith 100% organic ingredients. A lthough a little pricey, the qualit y of the products makes up for it. The food is healthy and filling, and the cafe itself is a fun place to go to w ith friends or even to study. It’s the perfect spot for students looking for healthy places to eat nearby. The new location has also added coffee to its menu. According to the South Bend Tribune, Blake and Stitcher have spent years perfecting their coffee recipe and are excited to make it “a main focus.”

Eddy Street has always been a popular spot for Notre Dame students. Many of the eateries on Eddy v iew prox imit y to Notre Dame as a serious asset. Purely Pressed definitely uses this to its advantage, offering students and facult y a comfortable, homey cafe w ith tast y and nutritious food.

initiating the men’s troubles.

The titular lighthouse has its own secrets and sinister role to play in the unraveling of sanity on the island. Before long, it becomes impossible to discern whether the relentless storm, enchanting light or inner demons of the two men are responsible for Winslow and Wake’s increasingly shaky grip on reality.

It’s a shame Dafoe was not nominated for an Oscar, his “Lighthouse” performance joining “Uncut Gems’” Adam Sandler and “Little Women’s” Greta Gerwig among the ranks of the notably snubbed.

Jarin Blaschke has collected “The Lighthouse’s” only nomination in this year’s ceremony for his haunting cinematography.

Dafoe and Pattinson fight, dance, drink and generally make life on the remote island a living hell for one another as an archetypal pairing of terrible roommates. “The Lighthouse” walks an often-times hilarious line between self-indulgent arthouse cinema and shameless fart jokes. I laughed more than I screamed, and cringed more than I squirmed at the bizarre spiral of insanity onscreen.

That said, some viewers may be turned off by the film’s excessively disturbing imagery and slow-burn narrative structure. Those looking for more than a twisted ghost tale with thrilling performances will likely be left wanting something more substantive

than what can found in “The Lighthouse’s” strange premise. But for fans of Egger’s, “The Lighthouse” is as charming as it is enchanting.

“The Lighthouse” also made me realize just how grateful I am for the DeBartolo Performing Arts Center and Browning Cinema. Before the screening in Browning Cinema, the only available option to see “The Lighthouse” necessitated at least an hour’s worth of driving from campus. For weeks, I dejectedly accepted my inability to experience the film on the big screen.

Thankfully, Browning Cinema has provided an exceptionally diverse and fantastic selection of films this year. If you haven’t visited Browning, you should! Much like Egger’s lighthouse, there is an enchantment present for those willing to take a look.

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“The Lighthouse” Director: Robert Eggers Starring: Willem Dafoe, Robert Pattinson If you like: “Witch,” “Good Time”

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A tree grows in South Bend

Julianna Conley In My Own Words

Ellie Dombrowski Newsletter Manager

I have a tree growing in my dorm room; his name is Justin Timberlake. Although I love plants, I didn’t intend on growing a tree in my dorm room. It all started because I am trying to be more sustainable. I’ve given up single use plastics, started taking five minute showers, tried shopping from sustainable clothing brands, etc. Although my showers haven’t quite been under five minutes, I am doing my best.

When I first started this environmental kick, I did some research. Although I had braced myself for what I would find, I was still shocked, especially by the clothing industry.

AlterNet reports that “the clothing industry is the largest polluter in the world ... second only to oil.” This is likely because the clothing and textile industry contributes 10% of global greenhouse gas emissions and 20% of global waste water, according to The United Nations.

At first, this data did seem right. How could the clothing industry produce so much waste? And why weren’t we doing more? So, I did some more research. 20,000 liters of water is needed to produce one kilogram of cotton; this is equivalent to a single t-shirt and a pair of jeans, says the WWF. About 15 to 20% of fabrics used in making clothing ends up in the trash.

World Economic Forum reports that 73% of clothing will either be burned or buried in a landfill, leaving 12% to be recycled and less than 1% of what is collected to be made into new clothing.

It’s not just production of clothing that hurts the environment. It is also up to us. “Consumers in the United Kingdom have an estimated $46.7 billion worth of unworn clothes in their closets,” says B2C. Additionally, The EPA estimated that 11.2 millions of tons of textiles were sent to landfills in 2017. So, it’s not just the clothing industry that is causing climate change. The responsibility is also on us. Up to 95% of clothing placed in landfills could be recycled, according to the Secondary Materials and Recycled Textiles Association.

So, I decided to try a couple of sustainable clothing companies, and I fell in love with one called TALA. TALA saves 4817 liters of water per ton of recycled cotton, uses 92% recycled raw materials, cuts down water usage by 90%, uses upcycled products, reduces carbon dioxide emissions by 80%, and even more amazing things. Needless to say, this company is doing a lot.

Receiving my clothes wasn’t a let down, but I was most impressed by their tags. I know … their tags! But bear with me. The back of the tag says, “Plant this tag and watch it grow!” So, I did. I grabbed a pot, added some soil and water, and left it over break. I didn’t think anything would grow.

Although I put Justin in a window, there isn’t much direct sunlight. When I came back from break, however, I was pleasantly surprised with a tree growing in my dorm room (and much faster than I anticipated).

Since discovering Justin Timberlake, I did some more research. I found that “enriching a ‘lean’ office with plants could increase productivity by 15%” according to Science Daily. I’m not sure if my dorm room counts as a “lean” office … but I’m hoping my productivity will increase anyway (whether it be through placebo or actual science).

Eventually, I will have to move him from my dorm to the outdoors. But, I likely won’t do that until it becomes a nuisance … or until my RA finds out. Can you have trees in dorm rooms?

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

When I was in middle school, I went through a phase where I was extremely self-conscious about dancing in front of people. Afraid of looking like a fool, I’d fall into the trap of under-dancing, shifting my weight from side to side with my arms hanging straight but tense with nervous energy. Instead of busting a move, I looked like I was afraid of busting my bladder.

At one dance, though, I looked around the crepepaper covered multipurpose room and realized the best dancers weren’t the ones subtly swaying their hips and looking “cool.” The best dancers were the ones having fun. The ones flailing their limbs with reckless abandon, the ones shimmying with ants in their pants. The best boogiers were the people who knew they looked dumb and leaned into it. Who couldn’t care less what other people thought because they knew they were having fun.

Last week, I was disturbed to discover propaganda has been spread about me. Much to my chagrin, word on the street is that I, Julianna Conley, am an unfriendly girl. As someone who once joined a robotics team for purely the social aspect, I was shocked.

Apparently, a friend of a friend had told my pal that I never wave when I see him roaming around campus. When I explained that I wanted to, but he never waved to me, she nodded. “I told him that. But he said that his not saying ‘hi’ back shouldn’t stop you from saying ‘hi’ anyways.”

Ignoring the hypocrisy lacing that comment, I contemplated on the greater information it was offering. All this time, I’d been passing him but assumed he had no idea who I was, and, even if he did, he felt no obligation to greet me, a mere acquaintance. In an act of admitted vanity, I tend to be overconfident in my memory and assume others couldn’t possibly remember meeting me, even if I remember them. One of my best friends and I always joke after meeting a new person: “How many times will we introduce ourselves to this one before we acknowledge we’ve met before?”

But this encounter made me realize something I’d never even considered. For the first time, it became clear to me that we’re all just scared little kids waiting for someone else to make the first move. We are all self-conscious middle schoolers shifting our weight from side to side, not realizing the best people, the classmates who yell your name across quads to say hello, who wave after meeting you once, who aren’t embarrassed to be the only person remembering talking at Domerfest — they’re all dancing their hearts out.

When my little sister was visiting last year, we were waiting for our food at Modern Market when I was tapped on my shoulder by a kinda-sorta-stranger.

“Sorry if this is weird, but I noticed you’re wearing a PE shirt and I was wondering if you were going to PE formal tonight?”

I explained that yes, I was, adding that I was fairly certain we’d met before at a mutual friend’s dorm event. The boy had to think about it for a few seconds before acknowledging he had a vague recollection. He, my sister and I all made polite conversation for a few minutes, and then our food came and he parted ways.

All in all, a regular conversation. No big deal,

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right? After he left, though, I realized neither my sister nor I were wearing Pasquerilla East gear. If he knew I was in PE, then, he remembered meeting me before, so why was he pretending he didn’t know who I was?

As I am apt to do with all remotely interesting encounters, I dissected the meeting with my pals at Sunday night dinner. When I reached the point in the story where it became clear this person was pretending not to remember me, one of my friends nodded sagely.

“Ah yes, the Game.” She explained the same thing had happened to her with a classmate. After the two of them had become friends, he’d explained that when you first meet someone, you have to pretend you don’t know them for at least the first four times after to ensure they don’t think you’re obsessed with them.

Another friend nodded. She’d once run into a notoriously standoffish classmate who’d admitted, “Everyone remembers everyone. We just choose who we acknowledge it to.”

Might I ask, why?

Have you ever been walking through South Quad, had an acquaintance wave at you and had your day ruined? Have you ever encountered a surprise greeting from the girl you Ubered back from O’Hare with and absolutely wretched with disgust? Or conversely, have you ever been ignored in the hall and thought, “Now that’s a person I want to spend my Friday night with?”

I know I haven’t. I’ve been excited by the cool girls in my dorm who never avoid eye contact when I walk past them in DeBart. I’ve smiled to myself like a little kid when the boy from math class remembers my name and chats with me when I see him at a hockey game. Heck, I’m more likely to be flattered than creeped out if a new friend admits they stalked my Instagram.

For some reason, everyone is operating under the assumption that being interested in someone, even just platonically, is a sign of weakness, is embarrassing. But I dare you to remember how it feels on the receiving end. I challenge you to consider how good it feels to know your presence has been noticed, acknowledged, appreciated, in this great big world where it’s easy to feel small.

Tufts University psychology professor Sam Sommers researched the power of hello and found the biggest obstacle to college students making friends isn’t a lack of reciprocation. The biggest obstacle is fear, a preconceived notion that the other person isn’t interested. He says they think, “that ‘people like that’ aren’t interested in getting to know ‘people like me.’”

As you walk through campus tomorrow, I implore you to remember that the coolest person you know is scared too. That she also has a favorite color, an embarrassing memory from middle school, a weird movie she doesn’t like to admit she loves. I implore you to remember that as you shift your weight from side to side, you’re missing out on an opportunity to dance.

Julianna Conley loves cereal, her home state of California and the em dash. A sophomore in Pasquerilla East, if Julianna can’t be found picnicking on North Quad, she can be reached for comment at jconley4@nd.edu.

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Moving forward with awareness Dearest ND community, It is with deep sorrow that we compose this letter after the unexpected death of Annrose Jerry. Opportunities that should have been taken to address the situation are now in the past, and we must find a way to move forward. Besides mourning and prayer, the most constructive thing we can do as a unified community is to make every effort to prevent similar situations from ever happening again. In this letter, we hope to shine a light on two distinct yet deeply connected aspects of mental health from the perspective of current college students. We’re Tom Guo, a member of the Folk Choir, and Dave Mohan, a member of the IndianAmerican community here at Notre Dame.

Dave speaking The death of Annrose Jerry is a tragic loss that has shaken the Notre Dame community. As a Catholic school with strong values, Notre Dame should be a place where everyone feels they can seek help for whatever issues they are dealing with, no matter the severity. However, despite the many resources available (such as the University Counseling Center, residence hall rectors, priests-in-residence and various hotlines), some college students feel helpless in the face of mental struggle, especially in the Indian community.

In 2018, The Live Laugh Love Foundation commissioned a national survey in India that revealed the horrific way in which Indian people perceive mental health, shining a light on the deep-seated stigmas surrounding mental illness amongst Indians and Indian-Americans. According to the survey, only 10 to 12% of people suffering through mental health problems seek any sort of help. This is likely due to the stigma over mental health that is ever-present in the Indian community, as exposed by the study through statistics such as 60% of Indian people think “one of the main causes of mental illness is a lack of self-discipline and will-power.” This sentiment alone is enough to ingrain a deeply rooted sense of worthlessness in the Indian youth

who suffer through common problems like depression.

The attitudes of the Indian population are equally present in the Indian-American community as well, making the already stressful lives of many Indian-American children all the more stressful without adequate support from family. In my own experience, I have been lucky enough for this not to be the case; however, I have interacted with too many young adults my age who simply feel they lack support or are even unwilling to admit they need help due to the highly stigmatized nature of the issue.

Rather than being seen as an illness, the Indian community all too often sees mental illness as a sign of weakness, easily preventable for the strong of heart. However, this is far from the case. Depression and other forms of mental illness truly are a form of disease and, just like any other ailment, require treatment. It is of immense importance that any person who feels they may need help actively seeks it out before it is too late. Even with the stigmas that surround mental health, whether it be in the Indian community or not, depression is not something to be taken lightly, and those suffering from the disease should not feel as though their need to combat the illness is a sign of weakness. Rather, it is a sign of great strength to face adversity and win.

Though we do not wish to be presumptuous in assuming the details of Annrose’s situation, such an atrocity makes us all realize the severity of mental health issues and the necessity of adequate treatments, especially on college campuses, as they are breeding grounds of sorts for stress and anxiety. Our deepest condolences go out to Annrose’s family, her close friends and the communities she’s a part of. Death, though it is a part of life, is the most painful thing when experienced unnaturally. Should any person at Notre Dame feel that they need help, we hope they know they are brave and strong in doing so. Notre Dame is a community of love, and it is our obligation — as individuals and as members of this community — to ensure that each and every person feels that love.

Tom speaking It’s difficult to walk a mile in another’s shoes, especially when the issues they are experiencing are at a hormonal level. Nevertheless, as outsiders looking into the world of mental illness, we should seek every opportunity to help those who are suffering.

Even though I saw Annrose at rehearsals, choir dinners and Mass three times a week for over six hours, it was extremely difficult to notice signs that potentially point towards any sort of mental illness. Sure, she was quiet, but some people are just naturally introverted; being socially reserved is not necessarily an indication of depression, though it can be. None of us could have seen something like this coming. To our knowledge, she was a normal member of the Folk Choir; someone who showed up to practice regularly and loved what she described as a ‘group of angels.’ However, the facade she projected to the rest of the world was likely not representative of her innermost emotions. Common signs like irritability, lack of ambition and reduced inclination to participate in social activities can oftentimes be near impossible to pick up on, making our task as loving members of the community a lot harder, as many people will effectively mask their issues. My main takeaway from this tragic experience is that since the signs of mental illness can be so hard to detect, we must make it a point to treat everyone with love and care so as to avoid incidents like this in the future. Whether it be a simple hello or a genuine discussion about one’s mood, we can all do our part in combating mental illness.

With love, Tom Guo sophomore Dave Mohan freshman Feb. 3

Think before you tweet Tommy Diehl What’s the Diehl?

Sitting at home on my couch, watching the Notre Dame basketball game against Indiana, I could not help but continually yell at the television. Things like, “Juwan, why would you do that?!” and, “Hubb is a turnover machine,” flew out of my mouth at a constant rate. Was there extra pressure for Notre Dame to win this game because they were going up against my parents’ alma mater? Absolutely. But there was no reason for me to rip apart these student-athletes while I sat on my couch eating chips and guac on a Saturday afternoon during winter break. After all, Dane Goodwin, Rex Pflueger, and the rest of the basketball team did not have the free time over break that I was going to have. They may get three weeks off from school, but they do not get time off from basketball. I need to remind myself of this when I get caught up in the emotions of the game.

Although my comments may not be heard by any of the players, they definitely heard noise from other critics on Twitter. Take Pflueger, for example. After coming home from a game against Florida State in which he turned the ball over three times in the final two minutes, he was already disappointed in his performance. Yet, when he checked Twitter, I am sure he saw exactly what I saw: hundreds of tweets saying how he cost us the game. “Notre Dame solely lost a chance to add a sizable road conference win against the No. 5 team in the country to their resume solely because Rex Pflueger choked horribly down the stretch despite being handed amazing opportunities,” one user said. As if that needed to be stated. As if Rex was not already aware that he turned the ball over in crucial times.

Here’s my piece of advice to anyone at home snacking away on their couch while watching a Notre Dame

basketball game: Think before you tweet. These athletes might read your tweets, and it might truly affect them in ways that you don’t know. If you are tweeting about Notre Dame basketball, you clearly care about the success of the team and (hopefully) care about the success and maturation of the players. If you do, then you should know this. Criticism is more impressionable on younger athletes, and, according to one case study, that “criticism directed at college athletes fractures their identity and raises questions about how to deal with the onslaught of often very hateful messages.”

Think about that for a second. The message that you are sending from your couch on a device thousands of miles away from South Bend can directly affect the mental health of these student-athletes. If you truly care about Notre Dame basketball, be careful with what you tweet.

Now sure, these college athletes are definitely open to criticism. They’re members of one of the best athletic conferences in the NCAA! However, we all need to remember that they are student-athletes. That’s right; they’re students too.

They are not getting paid millions of dollars to do what they love. Instead, they go home after a long, hard practice and have to compete with students at a top 15 university whose entire job is doing schoolwork. They have to go to class every day, go to practice, study and even travel across the country, to places like Tallahassee, Florida, and Syracuse, New York.

All together, that is probably more work than any of us will ever have to do in our entire lives. Let’s not forget that.

On top of these academic stressors, these athletes also have a personal life. They have other things going on in their lives besides just basketball and school. Pflueger, for example, had an incredibly tragic offseason, with his mom passing away from cancer. He did not have to come back and play another year for Notre Dame. Yet, he picked himself up and has played his heart out this season. We should be applauding the fact that he is still on the court, not criticizing

the fact that he made a crucial mistake in the Florida State game. He is a huge part of what has made all of these games so close up until the end.

I do not think that criticism is bad. It’s probably a large part of what fuels these college athletes. Plus, in the real world, everyone is going to face criticism. Still, we all need to be more conscious about what we say and tweet during games. None of these athletes are perfect, and they are working incredibly hard every single day. We celebrate them when they win, and we should support them when they lose.

After all, they want to win more than any of us want them to.

Tommy Diehl is a freshman from the Chicago area majoring in science business and global affairs. When he’s not writing for The Observer, he can be found playing guitar, running or cheering for the Cardinals and the Packers. Tommy loves feedback and can be reached at tdiehl@nd.edu or at @tommydiehl5 on Twitter.

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: Expand your horizons and open your mind to trying new things. Take greater interest in others as well as in your personal affairs.

Look for clear-cut ways to get the most for the least. Avoiding excessive behavior and people who tend to lead you in the wrong direction will help you maintain a lifestyle that is comfortable and fun. Your numbers are 2, 10, 21, 29, 34, 38, 44.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Emotional issues will surface if you can’t find common ground or an ability to compromise when dealing with others.

Inconsistency and outbursts will only make matters worse. Keep the peace and think twice before you say something regrettable.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Make changes at home or at work for the right reasons. Don’t let emotions take over or motivate you to head in a direction that may not be suitable over the long term. Intelligence and research will be your tickets to success.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): If someone is acting erratically, back away instead of tagging along. Concentrate on what’s best for you and what you want to pursue. An honest assessment of your current situation will help you make a wise choice.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Rethink your lifestyle and the way you handle your money. Building a healthy nest egg will ease your stress. A physical approach to your responsibilities will help you impress others and gain access to a higher position.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Keep busy. Exercise, rigorous activities, taking action and making your dreams come true should be on your agenda. It’s up to you to take control if you want to get ahead or make your life better.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Offering to help others is fine, but don’t let anyone take advantage of you. Make clear what you are able to contribute before you get started. Avoid excessive people or temptation. Overdoing it will lead to regret.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Get active and fit. Do your best to get rid of bad habits or frivolous behavior. Make wise choices that will encourage you to keep moving and to do the best job possible, and you’ll avoid complaints and criticism.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): A business trip or meeting will encourage success. Discuss your ideas and plans and you’ll be given interesting choices.

Walk away from anyone who shows signs of inconsistency or unpredictability.

Align yourself with stable individuals.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Let the past guide you. A legal or financial experience will save you from a similar fate. Recall what happened and make adjustments to ensure you don’t lose this time around. Don’t hesitate to say “no.”

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Partnerships will need to be handled with the utmost care. If someone appears to be the least bit erratic or inconsistent, it may be best to keep your distance. Trust in facts and only spend what is readily available to you.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Make a stress-free environment your priority.

Live frugally and question your relationships with people who tend to be indulgent. Stay focused on what’s important to you and what will bring you the greatest stability.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Speak from the heart and be open about the way you feel and what you want. Walk away from situations that are casting a shadow on your life or your ability to get ahead. Don’t let anyone stand in your way.

Birthday Baby: You are sensitive, intuitive and caring. You are charismatic and outgoing.

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Patriots won Garoppolo trade Mannion McGinley Sports Writer

On a cold Halloween morning in 2017, there was an abnormally large storm for Oct. 31 bearing dow n on Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts.

Within the stadium the night before, there had been a similar caliber storm brew ing.

The New England Patriots had to decide what to do w ith their stellar quarter back who was undeniably grow ing older and his less stellar but still talented backup.

Despite the upset sk y and ner vous fans, the next morning Bill Belichick and The Patriots made the right call.

The evening of Oct. 30, 2017, Belichick and his team of coaches made the decision to stick w ith Tom Brady, who had already taken them so far. Ultimately sending Jimmy Garoppolo to the San Francisco 49ers for their 2018 second round draft pick which the Pats then used to strengthen their defense w ith Duke Dawson, who now plays cornerback for the Denver Broncos.

This decision left Patriots fans w ith so many questions.

How good is Jimmy G ? Was this the right decision? W hat if Brady gets injured? And most importantly, how long can Brady really stay?

These questions quick ly dissipated though as the Patriots won the 2017 Super Bowl, made it to the 2018 Super Bowl and won again in the 2019 Super Bowl.

It wasn’t until this year that those questions truly rose to the surface again.

Brady’s experience sometimes got in the way this year as he would predict situations, usually right, but sometimes too early.

With receivers new to the team, and Rob Gronkowski gone to top it off, Pats fans got to wondering yet again: Should we have kept Jimmy when we had the chance?

The question was important especially since his team has made it so far this year w ith him at the helm.

The answer is in this year’s stats: No. This year, the 49ers made it to the Super Bowl after a 13-3 season, a season which was ultimately weaker than many. They played the Cardinals, who ultimately

finished 5-10-1, t w ice, and they lost to the Falcons, who were 5-9 at the time. Some of the other w ins through the season consisted of the Brow ns, the Buccaneers, the Bengals, and the Steelers, all of whom had less than stellar seasons.

The highest scoring w in the 49ers had was a 51-17 triumph over the Panthers, not entirely holding a candle to the regular season w ins of the Baltimore Ravens or even the Kansas Cit y Chiefs.

So then, how did they make it to the Super Bowl?

In the playoffs, one piece of the team took the season in stride and literally ran w ith it. The run game.

In the 49ers’ NFC Div isional game against the Vikings, Garoppolo went 11/19 in completions for a total of 131 yards, one touchdow n and one interception.

His running backs, however, ran for 186 yards combined and Tev in Coleman had t wo touchdow ns. With a strong defense to back them, that sufficed.

Then in the NFC Championship game, Garoppolo threw eight times for six completions and no touchdow ns. He again left the game to his running backs who ran for 285 total yards, and running back Raheem Mostert had four touchdow ns on the night w ith the defense behind him yet again.

And then, in the Super Bowl, Garoppolo attempted to create more opportunities and have a more active role in his offense, but he just could not get the job done.

He went 20/31 w ith 219 yards, one touchdow n and two interceptions. That’s not the greatest night. Because he took more attempts, there was less time for the running game and the defense could only make so many stops.

So all in all, to any stressed out Pats fans: Take a breath.

Jimmy G was no great loss.

Though the 49ers had a great season, it was less because of Jimmy Garoppolo and more in spite of him. Plus, as we learned from his commercial, Tom Brady’s not going any where.

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Crane and senior Zac Brodney 6-3 and the pair of senior Matt Gamble and junior Richard Ciamarra defeating senior William Piekarsk y and sophomore Carson Haskins 6-4.

In singles, the Irish and the Hoosiers would trade matches up and dow n the lineup, forcing a three-set clinching match for the w in.

The ranked singles players for the Irish would be the only members of the

team to collect w ins in singles w ith Irish No. 5, junior Richard Ciamarra beating Hoosier senior Bennet Crane by the score of 6-2, 7-6 (7-2) and Irish No. 102, sophomore A xel Nef ve w inning 2-6, 6-1, 6-0 over Hoosier senior Zac Brodney.

The match would ultimately be decided on the number three singles court w ith a tight match involv ing Irish junior Tristan McCormick and Hoosier sophomore Carson Haskins.

McCormick jumped out to an early one set to love

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lead, w inning the first set 6-4.

Haskins would recover and take the second set 6-3 to force a deciding third set.

Both players continued to hold ser ve until Haskins was able to find the match w inning break, w inning the final set 6-4, and earning the 4-3 v ictor y for Indiana.

The Irish w ill return back to action Friday when they travel to Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, to square off against rival Boston College. Doubles play is set to begin at 11 a.m.

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Irish sophomore Axel Nefve anticipates a return during a match at home against Boston College in the Eck Tennis Pavillion on Feb. 8. Nefve won his match in two sets with a score of 6-2, 6-4.

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Irish junior Richard Ciamarra bends to return the ball with a backhand swing during a home match against BC at the Eck Tennis Pavillion on Feb. 8. Ciamarra played doubles with Tristan McCormick.

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These strong performances came w ithout top men’s thrower senior Logan Kusk y who needed a week off.

Sparks said he did not compete due to some underly ing aches and pains.

The dy namic duo of women hurdlers — senior Summer Thorpe and Naya Sharp — also had strong performances. Thorpe and Sharp finished in third and fourth respectively behind two professional athletes.

Sparks was ver y impressed w ith their strong performances.

“For both of them, they ran well from an indiv idual perspective, but they ran well competing against world class athletes,” he said.

Sparks is confident this stiff competition w ill benefit Thorpe and Sharpe as the season progresses.

“Getting them comfortable against elite company is only going to better their chances when they run against traditional college kids at the conference meet,” Sparks said. “I know they came out of there w ith a lot of confidence about what they can do in the coming months.”

Sophomore pole vaulter Colton Crum also had a good performance, according to Sparks, w ith his second place finish. Sparks was happy to see a solid performance from Crum who struggled a bit at last week’s Notre Dame Inv itational.

“He opened up really strong, struggled a bit at home and now he is starting to recover from last weekend’s competition,” Sparks

said. “Colton has struggled a little bit at our home meets, and that’s something he is going to have to overcome because we have conference here in three weeks.”

Sparks likened Crum’s performance to basketball players who prefer certain arenas.

“It’s just like basketball where some players like to shoot at Purcell Pav illion and some shoot better in a different arena,” Sparks said. “He has to get comfortable performing in our home facilit y.”

Graduate student Edward Cheatham also had a notable performance in the 400 meter dash where he placed third w ith a time of 49.17 seconds.

Sparks praised Cheatham as a leader and someone who w ill greatly benefit the team’s distance medley relay in a few weeks.

“He’s a great natural leader for that group, and he’s a great addition to the men’s distance medley relay when they come together in a couple of weeks,” Sparks said.

“He’s been our main stay on that relay, and it has been really encouraging for him as his fitness continues to improve at the right time of the year.”

Sparks hopes the rest of the sprints group w ill follow Cheatham’s lead.

“We need to get the rest of that sprint group to get on board w ith what [Cheatham] is doing,” Sparks said.

The Irish w ill be back in action Friday and Saturday for the Meyo Inv itational, which w ill be hosted at Loftus Sports Center, featuring roughly nine teams from the Big Ten and ACC. Contact Nate Moller at nmoller2@nd.edu

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the doubles, in ver y much an attacking mentalit y, a killer mindset. I thought we accomplished that against A kron, coming out and just firing away in the doubles.

We ended up taking all six singles positions, and so we did a great job taking care of business and being efficient. But also, we did a good job taking care of our opportunities in each of those matches to work on areas and different strategies that we had prepared for during the week in practice.”

However, the Irish wouldn’t start Sunday off w ith the same commanding w in, as the Irish lost to Kentuck y in a match which came dow n to a final set tiebreaker.

Despite the loss, coach Silverio said her team made strides in honing this championship mindset she has stressed throughout the season.

“One of our goals heading into this weekend w ith Kentuck y and A kron was to have more of an attacking mindset in doubles. We talk a lot in our program about the championship mindset, and what that means, and what that entails, and coming after our opponent, and hav ing that attacking, killer mindset is something that is a part of hav ing that championship mindset.

So, that was a goal for us throughout the weekend, and overall, I think we accomplished that,” Silverio said.

Regardless of the loss, Silverio said the team made a good comeback throughout the rest of the competition.

“We had a ver y tough battle against Kentuck y in the doubles, and it came dow n to the last match w ith the number one spot, and [Kentuck y] was able to capitalize on a few more opportunities than we were, and obv iously we ended up going dow n 1-0 in the team match score. So, from that standpoint, I thought we rebounded back ver y well, and all six spots were competing at a high level,” she said.

“We had one of our spots, number five, get beat and get off the court quick ly, but our other five spots really rallied and competed. We put ourselves in a position to be successful against Kentuck y. I think the lesson there was ultimately that when we are play ing the tougher competition, and we’re certainly going to see that throughout the rest of the season and the ACC conference, we’ve got to all show up on the same day and be ready to go. That doesn’t necessarily mean that our tennis is going to be perfect in ever y single one of those matches, but our mentalit y and the areas that we have control over — that has to be there 100% . And we have to be all in w ith that. So, it’s a tough lesson to learn, but it’s a great lesson to learn early on in the season, to know the development that we are making, but also understanding the areas where we still need to improve.”

Silverio went on to commend Kentuck y for the v ictor y as well, and she said her squad w ill ultimately walk away from the trial w ith a sharper focus as they go on to compete for a national championship.

“It was a great battle against Kentuck y. And certainly credit to Kentuck y — they never gave up, they fought until the finish.

Same w ith us,” she said.

“We fought to the finish, never gave up. Our match certainly came dow n to the w ire, w ith the last match, us losing in a third set tiebreaker. It shows that, at the end of the day, in sports there is a w inner and there is a loser. We were on the losing end on Sunday, but as I mentioned, it was a great lesson for us to learn.

It was certainly something that we’re going to use to carr y momentum into next weekend and throughout the rest of the season to have that championship mindset in all that we do.”

The Irish would ultimately finish the Sunday homestand w ith a commanding sweep of Butler, ending the weekend on a good note.

W r it e S p o r t s .

After last week’s test, Silverio commented on the unique challenge presented to a player like senior Zoe Spence, who has competed in the number one spot for the Irish, considering the elite level of competition which the ACC poses.

Silverio emphasized the importance of such leadership as the season continues.

“We had great leadership at the top of our lineup — [senior] Zoe [Spence], [junior] Cameron Corse — they both have really been handling those top positions well. They both had w ins over ranked opponents this weekend. A nd again, in the ACC, we’re play ing the best of the best,” she said. “We ultimately have goals to be a championship program, and we’re certainly going to compete for a National Championship. We know that doesn’t happen over night, but we need that strong leadership at the top, which trick les dow n throughout the rest of our players. So, the number one spot is certainly a position that is important, but ever y position on our team is important. Ever y position counts for one point. But understanding the battle, and just that warrior attitude that you have to have going out into ever y match is important and I think Zoe, hav ing the experience last year play ing in that top spot and then coming back her senior year and playing again in the top spot, she’s able to call on a lot of the experiences last year, and I think that has show n, not only to her, but also to the other players on our team that have been stepping up and understanding that we’re all going to have to show up and fight, and battle and grind ever y single match that we have.”

The Irish w ill remain home Friday, where they w ill take on Northwestern.

But soon after, Notre Dame w ill head to West Lafayette, Indiana, to take on Purdue on Sunday.

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victories came from a different swimmer, while on the women’s team, multiple swimmers recorded two victories, including junior Skylar Fore, who took first in both the 200 yard freestyle and the 100 yard butterfly, and sophomore Luciana Thomas, who won the 500 yard freestyle and the 200 yard butterfly.

On the diving side, Notre Dame won first place in all four events. Senior Erin Isola took first in both the women’s three meter dive and the one meter.

Notre Dame would take the top four spots in the women’s three meter and the top three in the one meter. On the men’s side, sophomore Austin Flaute won both events by a sizable margin with very impressive diving.

Among the standout performances for the Irish was that of junior Rachel Wittmer, who anchored the 200 yard medley relay group, bringing home the victory for the squad consisting of herself, junior Carly Quast, freshman Coleen Gillilan and junior Cailey Grunhard. But Wittmer wasn’t finished contributing for the day, as she would go on to win the 100 yard backstroke event.

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Plus, two of Wittmer’s teammates from the 200 yard medley, Quast and Gillilan, would go on to win other events of their own, with Quast claiming victory in the 200 yard backstroke and Gillilan winning the 50 yard freestyle event.

In the end, the Irish finished the weekend with impressive victories over their four opponents. The men bested Michigan State by a tally of 181115 and Ball State 219-78. The women defeated Ball State 21281, Indiana State 212-81 and Michigan State 194-101.

Additionally, both the men’s and women’s teams were selected for the Scholar AllAmerica honors this weekend.

Both sides earned an overall grade point average of above 3.0 during the fall semester, the threshold for the award.

The women’s squad finished with a 3.48 GPA, while the men finished with a 3.23. Both teams have been selected for the honor in each semester of head coach Mike Litzinger’s time with the Irish.

Notre Dame heads to Columbus, Ohio, next for the Ohio State Winter Invitational on Feb. 14 for what will be its last meet of the season before the ACC conference championships, which begin Feb. 19 in Greensboro, North Carolina.

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After a challenging road test in Athens, Georgia, where the Irish faced off against Furman and No. 3 Georgia, the Notre Dame women’s tennis team (5-2) returned home to host A kron on Friday, and Kentuck y and Butler in a double header Sunday.

The Irish finished the weekend 2-1, claiming decisive v ictories over A kron (0-4) and Butler (4-4-1) but falling in a match which came dow n to the w ire against Kentuck y (7-2).

The Irish started the weekend w ith a commanding sweep of A kron, defeating the Zips in all three matches of doubles play, as the duos of freshman Page Freeman and sophomore Maeve Koscielski, sophomore Zoe Taylor and senior Zoe Spence, and senior Bess Waldram and redshirt

Notre Dame falls to IU in close game

sophomore Julia Lilien all claimed v ictories to start the homestand.

Follow ing those performances, Koscielski, Lilien, Waldram and Spence all earned v ictories in singles play.

The Irish walked away from the match w ith a decisive team sweep.

Notre Dame head coach A lison Silverio said the v ictor y over A kron proved a good source of momentum for the weekend homestand, and she ultimately said she was pleased w ith her team’s mindset throughout the performance.

“It was great momentum going into Kentuck y,” she said. “Our mindset for the weekend was to keep building on our championship mindset, and w ith that we had the goal and the purpose of coming out, starting w ith see W TENNIS PAGE 10

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Former Irish tennis player Grayson Broadus preps a serve during a match against Boston College on Feb. 6 at the Eck Tennis Center.

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Squad sweeps final home meet of season

Irish shine at invitational

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The Notre Dame swimming and diving team capped off an undefeated home season and continued its recent winning streak with five dual-meet victories last weekend. The Irish hosted Michigan State, Ball State and Indiana State.

Notre Dame dominated nearly every event, starting the event with eight-straight victories in the pool, winning the men’s and women’s events in the 200 yard medley relay, 100 yard freestyle, 200 yard freestyle, and the 100 yard backstroke.

After celebrating senior day last weekend, this was Notre Dame’s last home meet and the last meet in which the entire team would compete together.

Michigan State took the top spot in both 100 yard backstroke events, but Notre Dame responded with wins in three more events. The Irish won nearly all the events they competed in in the pool. Each of the eight men’s individual

The track and field team competed at the Power Five Inv itational on Friday and Saturday at the Universit y of Michigan. There was plent y of competition for the Irish at the meet, and the team put on a number of stellar performances.

One of the most notable performances came from junior Rachel Tanczos, who beat her ow n personal best to set the school record in the weight throw w ith a toss of 22.51 meters.

Tanczos sat out at last week’s Notre Dame Inv itational, and head coach Matt Sparks credits throws coach Adam Beltran and the track staff for making the right decision.

“That is a real tribute to our event coach Adam Beltran, our strength training program and our athletic training department recognizing that a week off is going to make [Tanczos] better,” Sparks said.

With throwers, there is a

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The Notre Dame men’s tennis team traveled to Bloomington on Saturday to take on Indiana Universit y.

Despite a tightly contested match, the Irish (2-3) would ultimately fall to the Hoosiers (3-2) by a score of 4-3.

The Irish continued their stretch of dominance in doubles, taking the doubles point and the early 1-0 lead in the match.

With the doubles point v ictor y, the Irish have won eight of their last 10 doubles matches played.

The number one and t wo doubles teams of Notre Dame sealed the point for their squad w ith the pair of sophomore A xel Nef ve and junior Tristan McCormick defeating senior Bennet

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Irish freshman Elizabeth Fry earned third place in the women’s 200 yard breaststroke on Jan. 17 against Northwestern University.

fine line bet ween know ing when to compete and when to take time off.

“That group led by coach Beltran really understands when [Tanczos] is ready to compete and when it is best for her to wait until she is healthy and take some time off,” Sparks said.

Sparks knows that this training philosophy w ill have Tanczos ready to compete when it matters most.

“Coach Beltran does a great job of hav ing Rachel ready when it matters most, and now she has firmly established herself as one of the best girls in the countr y,” he said.

The throwers did well overall w ith senior Abbey Kapitan taking fourth in the weight throw and Tanczos and Kapitan taking fourth and sixth respectively in the shot put. On the men’s side, senior Shae Watkins and freshman Michael Shoaf placed fifth and sixth in the weight throw. see TRACK&FIELD PAGE 10