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Candidates discuss inclusion, protection Third, final debate hosted by Judicial Council before elections, candidates focused on community By RENEE PIERSON News Writer
The Judicial Council hosted the final debate for the regular student body elections Monday night at 9 p.m. in the Midfield Commons of the Duncan Student Center. Running for office this year are the following tickets, for president and vice president, respectively: junior Noble Patidar and freshman Connor Patrick; junior Connor Whittle and sophomore Jack Rotolo; junior Zachary Mercugliano and freshman Aviva Lund; freshmen Henry Bates and Thomas Henry; juniors Michael Dugan and Ricardo Pozas Garza and juniors Rachel Ingal and
Sarah Galbenski. All six tickets were present at the debate, which was moderated by junior and Judicial Council president Halena Hadi. Hadi began the debate by explaining the questions posed to the candidates came directly from students, and three randomly generated tickets would have the opportunity to answer each question. The pairs of candidates then introduced themselves and provided a brief overview of their platforms. The Bates-Henry ticket concluded the introductions by spontaneously ripping off their tear-away pants, much to the amusement of the crowd. The first question was in
Program aims to foster interfaith conversations
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Members of Better Together ND gathered for a winter celebration dinner in November. The club has its first spring meeting Thursday. By CLAIRE RAFFORD Associate News Editor
While Notre Dame is a Catholic university, the students and community members that make up the Notre Dame community are not all of one faith or background. Better Together ND, a leadership program sponsored by the Center for Social Concerns (CSC), aims to foster conversations between people of different religious and humanistic beliefs through
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workshops and events. “It’s [a] leadership program that trains and prepares students for an environment containing people with multiple intersectionalities,” sophomore and student leader for Better Together ND Meenu Selvan said. “It’s a series of workshops that teaches students how to interact with other leaders from different backgrounds to unite in solidarity for a common see DIALOGUE PAGE 3
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reference to the upcoming presidential debate that will be hosted on campus next fall and how each ticket’s administration planned to unify the campus in the midst of such a divisive political climate. Galbenski started the conversation with a proposition to include a voter registration module in the Moreau First Year Experience because of the influx of “newly minted 18 year olds” on campus in the fall. Whittle brought up his ticket’s initiative titled “Share Your Story Week.” “There would be a video booth around campus with simple questions like, ‘Who inspires you?’ ‘What’s your story?’ I think
questions like that raise an overall important way of approaching dialogue that is meaningful,” he said. Lund emphasized the “blue dot / gold dot” initiative. “Starting in the dining halls, we would want people to be open to having conversations with cool, new people by putting a gold dot on their table,” Lund said. “If you’re busy studying, you could put up the blue dot.” The next question asked candidates to explain how they would help students from diverse backgrounds feel a sense of belonging on campus. Pozas Garza discussed why increasing club funding could help promote inclusion.
“BridgeND can provide a model that suits that conversation [about diversity],” Pozas Garza said. “Did you know that Diversity Council, for example, is a club? Those are the kinds of things we want to improve our funding upon.” Diverse religious backgrounds were also a part of this conversation. Patidar suggested a method reminiscent of ConvergeND’s quiz format for pairing up students of different faith backgrounds to engage in productive dialogue. The Bates-Henry ticket chimed in as well, proposing the national anthem of every country see DEBATE PAGE 4
Judicial Council sanctions Dugan-Pozas Garza ticket Observer Staff Report
The Election Committee of Judicial Council announced in a press release early Tuesday it is issuing a sanction to the DuganPozas Garza ticket in response to multiple violations of the Judicial Council’s election regulations. The Dugan-Pozas Garza ticket is required to “cease all campaigning activity indefinitely” for the rest of its time in the election cycle, the release said. This includes, but
is not limited to, the run-off election period and debate. The group determined juniors Michael Dugan and Ricardo Pozas Garza, candidates for student body president and vice president, respectively, violated Section 17.1(h) of the student body constitution, which reads: “Candidates may not be involved in or instruct others to engage in any unethical behavior as detailed in 17.1(i).” The committee also said the
Dugan-Pozas Garza ticket violated Section 17.1(i) of the student body constitution, which states: “Candidates are expected to behave ethically at all times. Unethical behavior will be penalized by the Election Committee of Judicial Council.” Examples of such behavior include “covering or defaming other candidates’ posters, insulting or defaming other candidates and harassment or misconduct toward any election officials.”
Saint Mary’s to announce new president Wednesday Observer Staff Report
Saint Mary’s Interim President Nancy Nekvasil and other campus dignitaries will announce and introduce the incoming College president at a “special event” for students, faculty and staff Wednesday, according to a media alert. Nekvasil will be joined by Gretchen Flicker, chair of the board of trustees and an alumna from the College’s
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class of 1993, and Sr. Veronique Wiedower, CSC president of the Sisters of the Holy Cross and an alumna from the College’s class of 1970, in announcing the president-elect. The new president was chosen after a ten-month nationwide search and will be the 14th individual to fill the position since the College was originally founded in 1844. He or she will take office this summer.
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The search was conducted with assistance from WittKieffer, a national search firm specializing in “presidential and executive searches in higher education,” according to the presidential search webpage. The search committee included trustees, faculty, administrators, students, alumnae and parents. The event will take place on Wednesday at 2 p.m. in the atrium of Spes Unica Hall.
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SMCDM holds event to fundraise By SARA SCHLECHT Associate News Editor
This week, Saint Mary’s College Dance Marathon (SMCDM) is working to publicize its support of Riley Hospital for Children in Indianapolis. Riley Week, which began Sunday, features a series of events that engage the College community in supporting the hospital. Monday evening, members of the Saint Mary’s community gathered in Stapleton Lounge in Le Mans Hall for an hour of fundraising together. “Riley Week is a week dedicated to raising money and having all these events to raise that awareness for the children down at Riley,” senior Clare Carragher, president of Dance Marathon, said. “It’s also a way for Dance Marathon to really spark and create this energy that is needed in our last workload before the marathon actually hits.” The week also serves as a time for the organization to push fundraising for the hospital. “We want to emphasize our cause’s connection on campus,” said Landis Collins, junior and Dance Marathon vice president. Monday evening’s event, a hype room, consisted of several fundraising
challenges for those in attendance. While upbeat music played, participants enjoyed refreshments as they were tasked with requesting donations in various ways, such as asking someone with a February birthday to donate. “It’s a one-hour hype room to get all the committees together and push ourselves to see what we can do,” Carragher said. At the end of the event, senior and Dance Marathon vice president Anna Zappa announced Monday’s fundraising efforts had generated more than $2,300. Sunday’s programming consisted of a dinner for Riley families and a Mass during which the collection was donated to the hospital. One Riley Week event will make particular use of Dance Marathon’s access to the tri-campus community, Collins said. “Thursday night, we have Search for a Star, which will be at Notre Dame,” Collins said. “It’s like a talent show.” The talent show will be open to students performing a variety of acts, including music, comedy and dance, Carragher said. “The winner of the Search for a Star competition on Thursday gets to come
perform at the marathon,” Zappa said. Dance Marathon will also have a table set up at Friday’s Student Health Fair in the Angela Athletic Facility, at which there will be a blood drive. “We’re doing blood drive sign ups, and for every single person that donates blood, $1 will be donated to Dance Marathon,” Carragher said. Another order of the popular EMX sweatshirts will also be placed in honor of Riley Week. “Every day this week, we have tabling for EMX sweatshirts and Dance Marathon registration as well as a silent auction in the student center,” Collins said. “You can write down a bid for our different themed baskets.” While this variety of events will continue to occur throughout the week, the mission of the week remains constant — preparation for the actual event, which will take place April 4. “We want to do everything we can to create awareness and educate our community not only on what Dance Marathon is, but what Riley Hospital [for Children] is,” Carragher said. “That’s what Riley Week is.” Contact Sara Schlecht at sschlecht01@saintmarys.edu
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cause and to organize.” Director of leadership formation for the CSC Melissa Marley Bonnichsen said the groups are made up of undergraduate and graduate students who meet up to discuss their different life experiences and how they have impacted their beliefs — religious or otherwise. “The groups are open to anyone who [welcomes] interfaith dialogue and collaboration including students who come from any religious experience or nonreligious experiences and or who identify as atheist, agnostic or secular humanist,” Marley Bonnichsen said in an email. Senior and student leader Heather DiLallo said the only requirement is the willingness to have a conversation with people who may have vastly different
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beliefs than what one is used to. “All we ask is that every student has ears to hear what others have to say and respect for the dignity of each person, no matter how different they are from you,” DiLallo said in an email. Selvan said she decided to become involved with Better Together ND because she currently serves as the director of faith and service for student government and wanted to improve her ability to work with people who have different beliefs. “I wanted to be equipped with the skills to collaborate with leaders who [represent] individuals with specific faithbased identities,” Selvan said in an email. “I wanted to transform Student Government’s space intended for faith to be more inclusive of interfaith work. Better Together ND has provided me [with] the skills, resources and platform to accomplish this.”
Marley Bonnichsen said that amid a divisive political climate in the United States, it is important to focus on what brings us together. “We must be able to get to know people who are different from us, who may agree and disagree and have different lives in order to understand our shared and partnered future together,” she said. “It is in this place that I believe that we can then strive together for the common good regardless of our background or story, race, ethnicity, religion or political alignment … But mutual respect and understanding are necessary and critical first steps in the process if we are to go far together.” Senior and student leader for Better Together ND Isabel Weber said the initiative can help to demonstrate that there are lots of different ways to be religious — or even to simply care about the world at large.
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Members of Better Together ND, an interfaith organization, hosted a Toys for Tots drive with Salvation Army in December.
“Reaching out to different world view communities helps us create lasting solutions that foster unity rather than division,” Weber said in an email.
“I also think Better Together will help people see that faith is not so homogenous here as people might think. Even within Catholicism, there is a wide diversity of faith practices, but that doesn’t mean we can’t work together to help others.” Weber said one of the reasons she decided to get involved with Better Together ND was because her parents are an interreligious couple and she grew up celebrating both the Catholic and Jewish faiths. “I know firsthand how much goodness and love can come from interfaith dialogue,” Weber said in an email. “My parents have so much more that unifies them than makes them different, and I firmly believe that holds true for all humans of all belief systems.” DiLallo said she is part of a minority faith tradition at Notre Dame and that during her time at the University she has learned extensively about Catholicism, but not much about other faiths or beliefs. This, she said, fuels her belief that Better Together ND is an important initiative at Notre Dame today. “This is a great way to start dialogue and help people who may have never deeply interacted with someone outside their own faith background to really learn and grow,” DiLallo said. Marley Bonnichsen said the ultimate objective of Better Together ND has been to facilitate conversations between people of different beliefs, faiths and backgrounds. “This goal highlights the importance of relationships and my hope is that the participants will remember this each time they engage in a larger conversation or debate about what’s happening in our world, that they’ll remember it when they vote, that they will remember it when there is conflict around them and when it seems so hard to understand the others’ point of view,” Bonnichsen said. Better Together ND will be hosting its spring launch meeting Thursday at 5:30 p.m. in the Geddes Hall Coffeehouse. Contact Claire Rafford at crafford@nd.edu
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represented in the Notre Dame student body be played before every sports event “at the same time to promote unity on campus.” When asked how they would address transgender rights on campus, Whittle decisively communicated his ticket’s stance. “Hate has no place on this campus,” he said. “We believe that sexual orientation and sexual identity should be added to the University’s non-discrimination clause.” Ingal agreed with the importance of this addition to the clause, sharing an anecdote about a Notre Dame graduate student who faced discrimination from an academic advisor as a result of her transgender identity. In response to the next question about sustainability, the PatidarPatrick ticket shared a specific facet of their platform. “At Starbucks … people don’t know that only the lid and the cupholder are recyclable and the actual cup is not,” Patidar said. “I don’t see why having an awareness initiative where you put a poster where you throw your trash away that shows what’s recyclable and what’s not … is that hard to do.” The following question dealt with the inclusion of low-income students in residential and student life. Dugan explained that as a lowincome student himself, he had experienced some of these limitations firsthand. He emphasized a necessary change in compensation for resident assistants and increased communication from the Student Activities Office about student programming jobs. He also said the Dugan-Garza ticket would reallocate $10,000 in student union funds. “What we would do with that $10K is give it to the Office of Student Enrichment, which is the office that serves low-income students like myself,” he said. In regards to gender relations issues, Ingal said it was crucial to take a pre-emptive approach with the gender relations issue on campus. “Something that’s really important to us is protecting women during the ‘red zone’ which is the first six weeks of a semester,” she said. “That is the time when you’re most likely to see sexual assaults carried out successfully. … One way we want to do that is by amplifying GreeNDot training not only for Welcome Weekend staff but also for people at bars or ushers at football games.” Dugan provided statistics to support the claim that women need greater access to confidential sexual assault resources on campus. “Twenty seven percent of women on this campus experience nonconsensual sexual contact, and 7% of men do,” he said. “Of those who experience non-consensual sexual contact, 4% are able and 2% wind up reporting. Those are numbers we should not accept.” The candidates were then asked how Notre Dame should extend its community to the locals of South
Bend. Mercugliano shared his experience with a craft fair that allowed him to connect with local business owners. “They expressed a lot of interest in both having more craft fairs of the like and small business fairs not only here on campus but in downtown South Bend,” he said. “I think that would be a great way to increase community involvement.” Rotolo proposed the addition of a community engagement module to the Moreau First Year Experience curriculum. To round out the debate, the candidates gave their closing statements, where they thanked their campaign teams and summarized the key takeaways from their platforms. Hadi reminded the audience that the election would take place Tuesday from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. and students could vote via email or the Judicial Council’s website. She also said there would be a runoff debate Wednesday at the same location and time and runoff elections would take place Thursday.and Ricardo Pozas Garza and juniors Rachel Ingal and Sarah Galbenski. All six tickets were present at the debate, which was moderated by junior and Judicial Council president Halena Hadi. Hadi began the debate by explaining that the questions posed to the candidates came directly from the students, and that three randomly generated tickets would have the opportunity to answer each question. The pairs of candidates then introduced themselves and provided a brief overview of their platforms. The Bates-Henry ticket concluded the introductions by spontaneously ripping off their tear-away pants, much to the amusement of the crowd. The first question was in reference to the upcoming presidential debate on campus next fall and how each ticket’s administration planned to unify the campus in the midst of such a divisive political climate. Galbenski started the conversation with a proposition to include a voter registration module in the Moreau First Year Experience because of the influx of “newly minted eighteen year-olds” on campus in the fall. Whittle brought up his ticket’s initiative entitled “Share Your Story Week.” “There would be a video booth around campus with simple questions like, ’Who inspires you?‘ ’What’s your story?’ I think questions like that raise an overall important way of approaching dialogue that is meaningful.” Lund emphasized the “blue dot / gold dot” initiative. “Starting in the dining halls, we would want people to be open having conversations with cool new people by putting a gold dot on their table,” Lund said. “If you’re busy studying, you could put up the blue dot.” The next question asked candidates to explain how they would help students from diverse backgrounds feel a sense of belonging on campus.
Pozas Garza discussed why increasing club funding could help promote inclusion. “BridgeND can provide a model that suits that conversation [about diversity],“ Pozas Garza said. ”Did you know that Diversity Council, for example, is a club? Those are the kinds of things we want to improve our funding upon.” Diverse religious backgrounds were also a part of this conversation. Patidar suggested a method reminiscent of ConvergeND’s quiz format for pairing up students of different faith backgrounds to engage in productive dialogue. The Bates-Henry ticket chimed in as well, proposing that the national anthem of every country represented in the Notre Dame student body be played before every sports event “at the same time to promote unity on campus.” When asked how they would address transgender rights on campus, Whittle decisively communicated his ticket’s stance. “Hate has no place on this campus,” he said. “We believe that sexual orientation and sexual identity should be added to the university’s non-discrimination clause.” Ingal agreed with the importance of this addition to the clause, sharing an anecdote about a Notre Dame masters student who faced discrimination from an academic advisor as a result of her transgender identity. In response to the next question about sustainability, the PatidarPatrick ticket shared a specific facet of their platform. “At Starbucks … people don’t know that only the lid and the cupholder are recyclable and the
actual cup is not,“ Patidar said. ”I don’t see why having an awareness initiative where you put a poster where you throw your trash away that shows what’s recyclable and what’s not … is that hard to do.” The following question dealt with the inclusion of low-income students in residential and student life. Dugan explained that as a lowincome student himself, he had experienced some of these limitations firsthand. He emphasized a necessary change in compensation for resident assistants and increased communication from the Student Activities Office about student programming jobs. He also said the Dugan-Garza ticket would reallocate $10,000 in student union funds. “What we would do with that 10k is give it to the Office of Student Enrichment, which is the office that serves low-income students like myself,” he said. In regards to gender relations issues, Ingal said that it was crucial to take a preemptive approach with the gender relations issue on campus. “Something that’s really important to us is protecting women during the ’red zone‘ which is the first six weeks of a semester,” she said. “That is the time when you’re most likely to see sexual assaults carried out successfully … One way we want to do that is by amplifying GreenDot training not only for Welcome Weekend staff but also for people at bars or ushers at football games.” Dugan provided statistics to support the claim that women need greater access to confidential sexual assault resources on Paid Advertisement
campus. “27% of women on this campus experience non-consensual sexual contact, and 7% of men do,“ he said. ”Of those who experience non-consensual sexual contact, 4% are able and 2% wind up reporting. Those are numbers we should not accept.” The candidates were then asked how Notre Dame should extend its community to the locals of South Bend. Mercugliano shared his experience with a craft fair that allowed him to connect with local business owners. “They expressed a lot of interest in both having more craft fairs of the like and small business fairs not only here on campus but in downtown South Bend,” he said. “I think that would be a great way to increase community involvement.” Rotolo proposed the addition of a community engagement module to the Moreau First Year Experience curriculum. To round out the debate, the candidates gave their closing statements, where they thanked their campaign teams and summarized the key takeaways from their platforms. Hadi reminded the audience that the election would take place Tuesday from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. and that students could vote via email or the Judicial Council’s website. She also said there would be a runoff debate on Wednesday at the same location and time, and that runoff elections would be on Thursday. Contact Renee Pierson at rpierso1@nd.edu
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Unique dining at Crooked Ewe Claire Kopischke Graphic Designer
In my opinion, one of the most underrated restaurants in South Bend is The Crooked Ewe. There is a lot of hy pe around restaurants like Ev il Czech and The Liver y, but it seems as though not many students know about The Crooked Ewe. I have been there several times, and each time I have a great experience. The restaurant is located past dow ntow n South Bend and has a great location along the St. Joseph River. There are two areas of the restaurant, a dining room setting upstairs and a bar dow nstairs, so you can choose which v ibe you are going for. I have eaten in both areas, but probably would prefer the dow nstairs because it has a more exciting atmosphere. Inside, the restaurant is industrially decorated, w ith wood and metal accents. The restaurant also functions as a brewer y — a big draw for many patrons. There is an expansive beer list w ith tons of craft beers from the brewer y. With regards to food, Crooked Ewe’s menu is ver y diverse. There are funk y tw ists on burgers, barbecue and many Asian dishes. A ll the dishes are unique and different than what you would see at a t y pical brewer y, but w ith so much variet y on the menu, there is bound to be something for ever yone. One of my favorite aspects of the menu is the great selection of appetizers. The carrots and asparagus, crispy caulif lower, fire and fermentation board are all great, but the Hellenistic artichokes are my favorite. They are crispy and are f lavorful w ith the salsa-like dipping sauce that brings the dish together. There are a w ide variet y of entrees, but I have gotten the curr y almost ever y time I have gone. The dish has a mix of rice, lentils, chickpeas, spinach and caulif lower w ith a rich curr y sauce on top. I have gone to The Crooked Ewe w ith family and friends and ever yone has always raved about the dishes they have gotten. I tend to get a lot of appetizers and an entrée, and I rarely finish all my food which leaves me w ith lots of leftovers for the next day. If you have not been to The Crooked Ewe, I highly recommend it for a unique South Bend dining experience. Contact Claire Kopischke at ckopisch@nd.edu The views expressed in this Inside Column are those of the author and not necessarily those of The Observer.
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As a pre-med student, I would like nothing more than for this article to actually be about the outbreak of a novel strain of coronav irus that originated in Wuhan, China. I w ish that I could cover the patholog y, the v irus’s structure and all of the other things that I get to drone on about to people that have absolutely no clue what I’m say ing. But that’s not what I get to do. Because this outbreak has brought w ith it even more darkness than is already necessar y. For those of you who don’t know about it, I’m talking about the xenophobia and anti-Asian sentiments that have erupted from these events. Before I get into it, I want to make a clarif y ing statement. I’m not tr y ing to pretend like these experiences are limited to only a certain group of people. If this comes off as dismissive, I truly apologize. I also am not claiming to “speak for” anybody besides myself. Those mentioned in this article are all indiv iduals w ith their ow n thoughts and voices — to lump such a large group of diverse people into one homogenous group would be doing them a great disser v ice. So this article is by me. Just me. My problems are not their problems; their v iews are not my v iews. Got it? Now, if you aren’t aware of it, all you need to do is log on to Tw itter for a few minutes and look at dozens upon dozens of people sharing their stories. Did you miss a day of school and happen to be Asian? Oh no, you must have the coronav irus. Did you cough while appearing to be roughly of Chinese descent? Enjoy people recoiling away from you, since clearly coronav irus is the only possible culprit. And it’s not just indiv iduals ! Major corporations have seized this opportunit y to discriminate, too ! I mean, Royal Caribbean International, a global company that raked in $ 9.49 billion in 2018, has show n itself as a real go-getter when it comes to being discriminator y. They made the v isionar y (and not-at-all racist) decision to ban anybody w ith a passport from China, Hong Kong or Macao, regardless of how long it has been since they’ve actually v isited the countr y. After all, you can never be too careful. Even completely innocent actions have led to painfully racist responses. I was scrolling through TikTok last week (yes, I use TikTok, fight me) when I saw a v ideo from a Vietnamese-American creator on my For You page. In the v ideo, they were eating pho, using chopsticks to hold a spoon. By all accounts, a funny and harmless v ideo lightly teasing themselves and their ow n culture, right? But I made the mistake of looking at the comments. “W here is the bat in your soups? ” one user said. “It’s corona time,” another commented. I hope that I don’t even need to say how unnecessar y and racist these remarks are, and that’s w ithout even considering the ignorance in making these comments to VietnameseAmericans, who don’t even “come from” China. Schoolchildren have taken it upon themselves to play a game where they test their Asian classmates for coronav irus. Some have gone so far as to tr y to isolate these students in an attempt to quarantine them. And in case you think these are just examples of “kids being kids,” Asian workers
in healthcare have been told by their coworkers to stay home and stop spreading coronav irus. But these remarks aren’t any thing new. For decades, anti-Asian sentiments and Sinophobia (specifically anti-Chinese sentiments) have been a part of our culture. Slurs for Chinese people (that I won’t allow to be a part of this article) have been a part of our vocabular y for years. They are often seen as dirt y. After all, ever ybody knows that Chinese people already eat dogs, so is it really that cra zy that they would eat bats and cause this v irus? W hat’s most impressive about this entire situation to me is how little effort some people are putting into their attempt to justif y this racism. “It’s all about public health,” some of them might say. Yet they seem to really only be focused on the 12 confirmed cases and 1 death in the United States (as of Saturday, Februar y 8, 2020). They don’t seem to care about the 37,000 + cases and 800 + deaths in China. Nor do they really seem to bat an eyelash at the fact that this f lu season alone, the f lu has caused at least 210,000 hospitalizations and at least 12,000 deaths in the United States. Now, if you want to take this opportunit y to critique how the Chinese government has handled this situation, please do so. I detest the fact that they silenced “whistleblowers” who detected this v irus before the outbreak and attempted to stop it. I hate that this decision has contributed to the death of Chinese doctor Li Wenliang, who was on the front lines of fighting this disease — and who should be considered a hero. I loathe the fact that they have ordered many bodies to be cremated in order to make the v irus seem less deadly than it truly is. But these are all issues w ith government, not average people. I can promise you that the person sitting next to you on the bus that you’re 80% sure looks Chinese had nothing to do w ith any of this. I don’t say this because I think all is well. The W HO has (rightly) declared this situation as a Global Health Emergency. Panic is a natural response to this t y pe of situation. That’s just human nature. But despite what some may have you think (looking at you, UC Berkeley), xenophobia is not one of those natural responses. There are already thousands of people suffering from this disease around the world. So why do so many of us feel the need to add on to this suffering all on our ow n? Anthony Pérez is a sophomore who is currently struggling to decide if eight more years of school is really worth it. He is majoring in neuroscience and behavior, with a premedical concentration. In the spirit of science, he realizes that citations aren’t enough to make things true, so he invites any thoughts, criticisms and / or hate mail to be sent to him at aperez9@nd.edu Show Some Skin is a student-run initiative committed to giving voice to unspoken narratives about identity and difference. Using the art of storytelling as a catalyst for positive social change across campus, we seek to make Notre Dame a more open and welcoming place for all. If you are interested in breaking the silence and getting involved with Show Some Skin, email pdavis6@nd.edu The views expressed in this column are those of the author and not necessarily those of The Observer.
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Strength, courage and Notre Dame boxing Sakti, Sahasa. Strength, Courage. Every Bengal Bouts practice ends with those two words in Bengali (pronounced “shakti, shahosh”). This tradition was something I looked forward to each day during my time in the club. A call-andresponse type breakdown of practice, the resulting echo from some 200 Bengal Bouts members never failed to give me chills. This Thursday, well over a hundred boxers will step into the ring for the 90th annual Bengal Bouts. The tournament raises over $200,000 yearly for the Holy Cross Missions in Bangladesh, providing food, housing, education and healthcare for those in need. Closing down practice with those two words, “shakti, shahosh” is one of the constant reminders of what the mission stands for. Much is made of that first word, meaning “strength.” Anyone who has participated in Bengal Bouts (or Baraka Bouts) practice knows the difficulty of boxing workouts. Training to box is grueling and unrelenting. It takes an incredible amount of strength to make it through the months of practice to the tournament in February. The club’s motto, “Strong Bodies Fight,” echoes this importance. As a result, the second word — courage — is often overlooked
in comparison. Still, courage represents much of what Bengal Bouts is about. It takes courage to try out a new sport, as the majority of Notre Dame boxers have never boxed before joining the club. It takes courage for a freshman to show up alone to that first day of boxing practice. It takes courage for that senior who’s grown out of shape throughout college to show up too. Their strength keeps them at practice, but their courage ultimately drives them to step into the ring. Boxers will talk about the Bengal Bouts finals as one of the best nights of the year. Indeed, watching the best of the best compete for the championship is a treat. However, this first night of Bengal Bouts displays what the club stands for. For most boxers, the first round represents all of the work they have put in for the last few months. The hard truth is about half of all Bengal Bouts participants will end up losing in the first round. Yet, without them, the club’s incredible support of the Holy Cross Missions would not be possible. This night is for them. It’s for the freshman who showed up that first day of Bengal Bouts practice because boxing sounded cool, who then found a passion for the
club’s camaraderie and mission. It’s for the senior who showed up because participating in Bengal Bouts was on his “Notre Dame Bucket List,” who then put in everything he had for his final year. It’s for the boxer who’s competing for the first time after his friends said there was no way he could ever box. That first time they step in the ring is one of the most exhilarating experiences they will ever have. Their courage is what got them there. If you do get to attend the preliminary round of Bengal Bouts (and I highly suggest you do), take a moment to appreciate not just the boxer whose hand is raised at the end of each fight, but also the boxer next to him. While boxing rules necessitate that we declare a winner at the end of each fight, no Notre Dame Boxer will ever be considered a loser. It takes a great deal of strength — and more importantly — courage, to step into that ring for a higher cause. Good luck Bengal Bouts Boxers. Shakti, Shahosh. Dan Wilborn Bengal Bouts Captain ‘19, ND ‘19 Feb. 6
My response column to Ben’s response column Danny McMaster You’re Welcome for My Opinion
This past Thursday, Mr. Benjamin Testani wrote a column entitled ‘Why you are so whiny about your own school’ in which he whined about people saying that he whines in his columns. Naturally, when presented the opportunity to write a response column to another columnist’s response column to his responses on his columns, I felt that it was my responsibility to write this. Failing to do so would be a disservice to everything I’ve ever written before. In this column, Ben talked about the fact that he has loved Notre Dame since he was a child, and was probably the “only kid in New York not to display the Derek Jeter side of a Sports Illustrated poster in favor of Brady Quinn.” I mean, this fact right here alone should let you know how poor his decisionmaking is. You’re going to take Brady Quinn, a future Cleveland Browns quarterback, over the man with the sixth most hits in baseball history? I mean Brady Quinn was a great ND quarterback, but that’s Derek Jeter man. If you grew up within 100 miles of New York and didn’t make your what-I-want-to-bewhen-I-grow-up “Derek Jeter” or “future Yankees SS,” then we probably wouldn’t be friends.* This is not my first time writing a response column to Beñ, and so long as Bën continues to consistently be wrong, it will not be the last. If you need more proof that Bøn is incorrect, just listen to this “The South Quad snowball fight at the end of every fall semester was a great surprise.” I lived in Dillon Hall and have been to this event multiple times, and, no, this was always a bad time. Or, to be clear, it was really fun for like five minutes,
until the snow gets packed into ice-balls and some kid who was probably the captain of the baseball team in high school decides that he would like to relive his glory days by aiming for your head. Then all of a sudden you realize that you’re 200 feet from your dorm and that 45% of Notre Dame kids were captains of a sport in high school, and that the ones still outside at this point are out for blood. That, and the fact that he talked about all the good things at Notre Dame and did not once mention NDH Southwest Salad. I’ve done some fun things in my four years, but I truly believe that the addition of SWS to NDH is the best thing that has happened to myself or campus in my entire time here.** (If you think it is overrated, I am sorry, I don’t like you.) Finally, Ben argued that not understanding hall of the year was something that identified you as a Notre Dame outsider, and just, no. Hall of the Year is something that my dorm has won in my four years here, and something that I have written about before, and it is still a complete mystery to me. I understand who gets picked for it about as well as everyone in Slytherin understood losing House of Year every year because Dumbledore was really impressed how Harry Potter saved somebody without using magic once. Those Slytherin kids got robbed every single year. But, I’ll be honest, there were parts of Båns column that I liked. Primarily, the fact that I could make this a third level response column was pretty great. If anyone wants to be a hero and write a response column to this response column, that would be even better. But also, Observer columns are typically not all that positive. Usually, you talk about the school’s problems, and not the things that go well. While
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students may not show their love for the school in these columns, they do so in different ways. I would like to leave Mr. Testani with a list of things that Notre Dame kids do to show the school they care about it, so that he can continue to whine with a clean conscience. 1. Caring about the Camping World Bowl. If you did not watch this game alone because your family did not care, you did not do it right (or you’re an ND family). 2. Failing to miss a single southwest salad on a Thursday. Since it started, I have missed approximately two southwest salads on campus. I once almost showed up late for a final so that I could fit in during exam week. 3. Seniors who give their SYR/Formal the courtesy half an hour before going somewhere else. And that’s it. That’s the list. That is all you need to show the school you care about it. I hope you have learned something ßen, and I look forward to correcting you in the future. *I myself went with future ‘MLB Baseball player,’ which while it is not one of those two options, it does include the word baseball twice, so I think it counts. **Some of the things I put in my columns are sarcastic, but this is something that I wholeheartedly believe. Danny McMaster is a senior business analytics major, and has never once been wrong in his entire life. He can be reached at dmcmaste@nd.edu or @DanMcMaster14 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: Get ready to think and act responsibly. Make this a busy year filled with ideas and plans that will help you get closer to your goal. Don’t waste time debating or spending impulsively. Calculate every step you take to maximize your chance to achieve what you set out to do. Don’t make promises you cannot honor. Your numbers are 7, 15, 23, 26, 32, 37, 43. ARIES (March 21-April 19): Take stock of how you go about maintaining mental, physical and emotional wellness. Improve your health and well-being. Avoid discussions that could lead to discord. Participate in something you feel passionate about achieving. A personal situation will confuse you. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Discuss sensitive issues. Deal with people you work with, and pick up information and skills that will help you advance. The more you improve your image, qualifications and relationship with your contemporaries, the better. Make positive changes. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Do what’s best for yourself, not what someone is pushing you to do. The best way to get what you want is to do the work yourself. A love relationship will improve if you are attentive. CANCER (June 21-July 22): You have more options than you realize. Don’t settle; look for something better. You may not like change, but a different approach to life will stimulate your mind, imagination and desire to make personal improvements. Take better care of your health. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Be realistic about what you can. Leading someone on who is counting on you will end up being costly. Personal gains are within reach if you are aggressively active in pursuing your goals. Romance is in the stars. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Look for the less obvious, and you will understand what’s possible. Leave nothing to the imagination. Add as much detail to everything you do, including updating your appearance and your attitude. Build greater confidence in yourself and what you have to offer. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Strive to reach your goal and to help those who have something to offer in return, but don’t take on the impossible. Someone will take advantage of you and your generosity if you are too accommodating. Accentuate love and romance. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Explore lifestyles and pastimes. A tweak here and there to the way you’ve been living will help you appreciate what you have already accomplished. An offer is heading your way. Be diligent, and take whatever comes to you seriously. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): A change may summon you, but before you take off or sign up for something, tie up loose ends. Red-tape issues can hold you hostage if not handled quickly. Put a deal together or close a chapter in your life. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Avoid getting duped by a fast-talking individual trying to part you with your hard-earned cash. Being generous doesn’t mean you have to pay for others; you can be generous with your time, affection and services. Make a difference. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Plan every move you take, and pay close attention to detail. Leave nothing to chance, and you will get what you want. Helping others is cool, but don’t let anyone take advantage of you emotionally or financially. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Someone will have a hidden agenda. Whether dealing with a colleague, friend or family, look for ulterior motives. Make changes based on what will benefit you. People-pleasing will not help you get ahead. A lack of honesty and integrity is apparent. Birthday Baby: You are diligent, a humanitarian and resourceful. You are practical and intense.
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Sabrina Ionescu is Nuguse sets program best taking names By NATE MOLLER Sports Writer
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Here at Notre Dame we focus on the Fighting Irish, but there’s one Fighting Duck at Oregon who’s breaking records and changing the histor y of basketball — not only the collegiate women’s game, but all of basketball histor y — including men’s collegiate basketball, the NBA and the W NBA. That Duck is Sabrina Ionescu, a 5’ 11” guard from Walnut Creek, California whose middle school told her she “should be playing with dolls” instead of playing basketball. Despite that, she is now the A ll-American guard for Oregon. Ionescu averages 17.3 points, 7.5 assists and 7.3 rebounds per game, and she earned another triple-double this past Friday against No. 12 Arizona (15 points, 11 rebounds, 10 assists). But triple-double — earning double-digit values in three statistical categories — meant more than the rest. It was the third time she earned a triple-double against Arizona, making her the first person ever to earn three triple-doubles against the same opponent. In Division I of the NCA A, there have been six seasons where a player has had six triple-doubles, including both men’s and women’s basketball, and Ionescu holds three of those seasons. On top of this, she has topped Luka Doncic and Oscar Robertson, who both held the highest tripledouble percentage in the NBA, W NBA, and NCA A D-I with 17.4% . Ionescu now has a triple-double in 18.2% of her games throughout her college career. This latest triple-double marks her 24th, double the amount any other player in NCA A histor y has had. Nevertheless, Friday night’s triple-double was not just about the records for Ionescu. She had a bigger honor on her mind. Ionescu, like so many of this generation’s basketball players and this generation
as a whole, looked up to Kobe Br yant. He was her mentor and she, like so many, was heartbroken to lose him. After her 24th triple-double, the tripledouble that not only broke all those records but also matched Br yant’s number, Ionescu sat for the post game press-conference, and when asked about Br yant in relation to that night’s achievement, she talked a bit about their relationship. “Definitely a little bit more emotional for this one,” Ionescu said. “I’d probably be receiving a text at this time, with him, you know, telling me something, congratulating me and obviously keeping up with it. But he’s sending me a text in a different way, you know, I can definitely hear him congratulating me and our team.” She went on about her hopes to continue to honor him. “I hope I can just stay at 24 for the rest of the year but I don’t know if that’s going to happen,” she said. This accomplishment came after Ionescu dedicated this season to her mentor on Januar y 26th, the day the tragic crash took Br yant’s life, his daughter Gianna’s and 7 other passengers. Ionescu did so during an oncourt post-game inter view after their the Ducks’ 66-57 win over Oregon State. “Ever ything I do, I do it for him, I mean, [he was] a really close friend obviously and this season’s for him,” she said. She continues to make that true with ever y milestone she passes, much like the many Br yant passed himself in his many seasons in the NBA. So, despite her wish to stay at 24 tripledoubles, there is no doubt Sabrina Ionescu will find another way to honor the idol, mentor and friend with whom she had grown so close.
The Notre Dame track and field team had a very successful weekend at the Meyo Invitational which was hosted the Loftus Sports Center at Notre Dame. There were top performances across the board, but junior Yared Nuguse’s time of 7:46.71 in the 3000m set the Notre Dame program record and the Loftus Sports Center record. Head Coach Matt Sparks discussed Nuguse’s performance. “[Men’s distance] coach [Sean] Carlson set that up a month ago,” Sparks said. “We brought in some people to help pace the race for him with the anticipation that he would be fit enough and ready to do that on that day. “ Sparks was impressed with Nuguse’s ability to compete at a high level on his home track. “Sometimes it’s tough to compete your best at home because you get so used to running day in and day out on the same track, and it is hard to get fired up sometimes,” Sparks said. “Obviously that didn’t happen with Yared. He was ready to go.” Sparks was also impressed that Nuguse was able to set the record in a race which he won by quite a large margin — no one was near Nuguse when he crossed the finish line. “He won the race by 15 seconds, so he was just racing the clock,” Sparks said. “Yared has always been a great runner with competitors around him, but now he is learning to run fast when no one is around, which is a different skill set.” Sparks said that Nuguse will be running a leg of the distance medley relay in the NCAA championships, and that he will plan on competing in the 3000m as
well. Also in the 3000m race were junior Andrew Alexander and sophomore Dylan Jacobs, who finished fourth and fifth, respectively. Sparks said he had hoped that the two of them could have ran with Nuguse for longer. By the time they fell off of Nuguse, they lost a lot of momentum. “It was hard for them to push once they found themselves off of the leader,” Sparks said. “... They hoped to run with him until the last lap or so. When they couldn’t do that, it was hard to keep the momentum going.” Sparks hopes that Alexander and Jacobs can learn from Saturday’s race. “It was a little disappointing but better to learn those experiences now than [at] championship time,” Sparks said. In the women’s 3000m, sophomore Maddy Denner had a stellar race, finishing third overall. Sparks was pleased with Denner’s performance, but he is aware that there is still room for improvement going forward. “She was leading with 300 meters to go and got out-kicked a little bit, so she is learning that is still a piece of the race that she needs to work on,” Sparks said. “She keeps getting better season after season, which is all you can ask for.” Another bright spot of the weekend was the performance of junior Sam Voelz who placed second in the 800m dash. Sparks discussed how Voelz’s versatility as a runner will be very helpful for the distance medley relay team, which will be competing at the Alex Wilson Invitational in two weeks. “He is such a key piece because he can run an 800, he can run a 1200, and so he is growing into a utility player on that relay team,” Sparks stated.
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Sophomore pole vaulter Colton Crum also competed well, finishing fifth overall. Sparks was pleased that Crum had a solid performance in Loftus, a place where he struggled early in the season. “He has never been a big fan of our runway but he has to get used to it,” Sparks said. “He’s learning how the bounce to the runway is. Every runway has a different feel to it. Learning how to find his speed on the runway is a skill that he is trying to perfect here at home.” Senior hurdlers Summer Thorpe and Naya Sharp continued their string of strong performances to open the season this past weekend as well. Thorpe crossed the line in 8.27 seconds to take first and tie her personal record, and Sharp set a personal record of 8.36 seconds to take third. Sparks is confident that both of his top hurdlers will be ready to compete at the biggest meets of the year in a few weeks. “They are both setting themselves up for contributing roles at the championships in three weeks,” Sparks said. The weight throw was also a strong event for the Irish with seniors Logan Kusky and Abbey Kapitan placing third and fourth, respectively. Sparks discussed how invaluable both Kapitan and Kusky have been to the team and the development of junior Rachel Tanczos, who holds one of the best weight throw marks in the country. “Abbey and Logan have been really steady forces for that group over the last couple of years,” Sparks said. “Rachel [Tanczos] is the one everybody notices on the national stage, but Rachel wouldn’t be where she is today if Abbey hadn’t set the tone for her walking in the door.” Although Tanczos had three scratches in the weight throw on Friday, she was able to come back and deliver a personal best in the shot put on Saturday. Sparks was pleased that Tanczos was able to overcome this adversity and still finish the meet in a strong fashion. “Rather than feel sad for herself, she came back the next day and got a personal record in the shot put,” Sparks said. “It was encouraging to see someone who struggled one day to come back the next day and step up and get better.” The Irish will be back in competition again this weekend for the Iowa State Classic in Ames, IA and the Music City Invitational in Nashville, TN.
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mental toughness they’ve had these last seven games. It’s neat to see, we do have very good senior leadership.” Brey specifically praised the poise of graduate student guard Rex Pflueger, who, after taking a secondary role in the offense for much of the season, scored a season-high 18 points against Clemson. “Nobody deserves it more,” Brey said. “The kid wants it so bad. His leadership in the huddles down the stretch [is] fabulous.” Against Virginia, the Irish will need all the offense they can get. The Cavaliers, the defending national champions, are known for their stout defense. This year is no different, as they lead the nation in scoring defense, allowing just 51.7 points per game. They also lead the country in opponent field goal percentage. Opponents shoot just over 36 percent, and just over 29 percent from beyond the arc. Despite the strong defense, Virginia plays at a slow pace, and averages just 56.8 points per game. They are led offensively by senior forward Mamadi Diakite, who averages 13.3 points and 6.7 rebounds per game. “We know that every single ACC game is going to be a difficult
one,” Pflueger said. “It doesn’t matter their record, doesn’t matter who it is, they’re all going to be good games. Our mentality going in is that it might be an ugly win, but we’ve got to fight.” Another interesting statistic is that both Virginia and Notre Dame are both in the top three teams for fewest fouls, and neither team turns the ball over very often. After losing four key contributors to their title-winning team last year, Virginia has taken a step back and are not currently ranked. The Cavaliers had won three straight, including a win over No. 8 Florida State, before falling in a close game to No. 5 Louisville on the road. Six of Notre Dame’s eight losses have been by five points or fewer, and most of their wins have been close as well. Pflueger commented on the maturity this team has shown throughout the season. “We’ve been in a lot of situations like [the game against Clemson] so far this season, and I think we have a very mature team,” Pflueger said. “We have the same team we did last year, and I think we’re starting to find our groove a little bit.” The game against the Virginia Cavaliers tips off Tuesday at 9 p.m. Contact Liam Coolican at lcoolica@nd.edu
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Rees returned to Notre Dame in 2017 while McNulty stayed one more year in San Diego, then returned to Rutgers very briefly before joining James Franklin’s Penn State coaching staff as an analyst. Now, McNulty is expected to get only his second job coaching tight ends in his nearly 30year coaching career. However, he is not without talent at the position. McNulty inherits a position group that, while losing Cole Kmet to the NFL draft, returns senior-to-be Brock Wright as well as juniors-to-be George Takacs and Tommy Tremble. In addition, thanks to Long’s recruiting efforts, McNulty has somewhat of a buffer in that regard. He has five-star tight end and Kentucky’s No. 1-ranked player Michael Mayer, as well as four-star New Jersey product Kevin Bauman, entering the fold. Also, the No. 1-ranked tight end in the class of 2021, Cane Berrong, is committed to the Irish. McNulty will look to maintain a high-standard that has been set as Notre Dame has come to be known as “Tight End U,” with the last eight Irish season-starting tight ends being drafted to the NFL. Paid Advertisement
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Irish senior Zoe Spence swings at a ball during Notre Dame’s 4-0 victory over Purdue on Feb. 13 at the Eck Tennis Pavilion.
Silverio commented on how the team fought for ever y single point this weekend. “Overall we battled ver y hard and competed well,” she said. “That’s something that we want to continue to do throughout this entire season. We talk a lot about our championship mindset and what that means. Being able to compete at the highest standard ever y time that we take the court is imperative for us. We understand that our tennis may f luctuate from match to match, but we want to make sure those areas that we have control over, how hard we compete and our championship mindset, stay in the right place.” Since returning from winter break, the Irish have competed in nine competitions over a period of three weeks. With such a high volume of matches, the women on this Irish team are logging away valuable hours and reps on the court in real game scenarios. “I think that it has had a great effect on us,” Silverio said. “We are in the ACC conference, which is the toughest conference in the countr y. Being able to play as competitive matches as we have had already this season, in this first month, against some ver y talented teams is only going to propel us forward as we go into all the
ACC matches coming up.” Silverio’s takes on the ACC should not be taken lightly. As a former player for the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets, Silverio led her team to an NCAA championship, won the NCAA championship, earned NCAA tournament MV P honors and took home three ACC championships. If anybody can judge the rigors of the ACC and what it takes to prepare for it, it is Silverio. “We certainly have been battle tested in this first month,” Silverio said. “We haven’t been successful in all of those matches from a results standpoint, but we certainly have had many little victories. I think that those are going to continue to propel us throughout the season. The team is going to have that confidence coming into these tougher matches that we are going to continue to face throughout the season.” With that, a few Irish women stood out this weekend against Northwestern and Purdue. One of these athletes was sophomore Maeve Koscielski. According to Silverio, the young Irish star had opportunities to shine on both days of competition. “Yesterday, against Purdue, it came down to the final match, which was on court six for us. Maeve Koscielski, who was at six against Purdue, was also at six against Northwestern,” Silverio said. “At Northwestern, she certainly had opportunities Paid Advertisement
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Irish sophomore Maeve Koscielski follows through after a hit during Notre Dame’s 4-0 victory over Purdue on Feb. 13 at home.
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to close out the match and wasn’t quite able to capitalize on it. Again, she was put in that situation less than 48 hours later against Purdue and this time was able to capitalize. I think that it was great for her, not only individually, but also for our team. To see that confidence and that feistiness in the match was just a great example of her actions and her work ethic.” Additionally, Silverio made special mention of junior Cameron Corse, who also put on a good performance on both Friday and Sunday. “Overall, the weekend was just a great team effort, from ever yone,” Silverio said. “To get to that fourth point you really have to have three other points that were won. Cameron Corse came out of the gates ver y fast against Purdue … Being able to see some of the failures that we had on Friday and then being put in similar situations again on Sunday with a few of our players; it was great to see us capitalize and make that improvement from Friday’s match to Sunday’s match.” Next weekend the Irish women will travel to Lake Nona, Florida to compete against the University of Southern California. All eight members of the team will be making the trip down to Florida. Contact Inigo Yturralde at iyturral@nd.edu
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Irish stay on road, look to find win over Virginia
ND to add John McNulty to staff Observer Sports Staff
The Notre Dame football team is expected to hire John McNulty as the new tight ends coach. McNulty would fill the position coach vacancy left by former offensive coordinator and tight ends coach Chip Long, who reportedly left the program in a mutual parting of ways in December. Long’s coordinator position was filled by former Irish quarterbacks coach Tommy Rees after what head coach Brian Kelly described as an “extensive national search.” McNulty, 51, played collegiate football at Penn State as a safety from 1988-90. He served as a graduate assistant at Michigan from 1991-94 before coaching wide receivers at UConn. From there, the Clarks Summit, Pennsylvania native moved on to the NFL, working as a receivers coach for the Jacksonville Jaguars and Dallas Cowboys. After a fiveyear stint in the pros he made his return to college as the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks
and receivers coach at Rutgers, his first of two stints in New Brunswick, New Jersey under head coach Greg Schiano. During his first go-round with the Scarlet Knights, Rutgers set school records in 2007 for points scored, total offense and first downs. After five seasons there, McNulty jumped back to the pros as a quarterbacks and receivers coach for the Cardinals for three seasons, followed by one season at Tampa Bay and two in Tennessee solely coaching QBs. After that, an Irish connection arises. Rees, after graduating from Notre Dame following the 2013 season, spent one year as a member of the Washington Redskins practice squad before becoming a graduate assistant at Northwestern in 2015. He then became an analyst for the San Diego Chargers in 2016, the same year McNulty got his first tight ends coaching job, also with the Chargers. see FOOTBALL PAGE 10
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Irish sophomore guard Dane Goodwin takes a shot during Notre Dame’s 80-72 win over Pittsburgh on Feb. 5 at Purcell Pavilion.
Squad drops meetup at home, wins another away By INIGO YTURRALDE
Team beats BC in road match Observer Sports Staff
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ND Men’s Tennis | ND 5, BC 0
nd women’s TENNIS | Northwestern 4, ND 3; ND 4, Purdue 3
Over the weekend, the Notre Dame Women’s Tennis team competed in two consecutive competitions. On Friday, the team played against Northwestern at home, losing 4-3. On Sunday, it played against Purdue on the road, winning 4-3. After roughly a month of the spring season, the Irish women (6-3) are still looking to string together a series of consecutive wins. The competitions against Northwestern (2-3) and Purdue (3-5) mark the end of matches against regional opponents. These matches were highly beneficial to the team as it prepares to shift over to ACC play. If there is one word that Head Coach Alison Silverio would use to describe her team’s performance this weekend, she would say that the squad battled.
Notre Dame will play its second straight contest on the road Tuesday night, traveling to Charlottesville, Virginia to take on the Virginia Cavaliers. The Irish (15-8, 6-6 ACC), coming off a come-from-behind road win against Clemson (11-12, 5-8 ACC), are looking to win their fifth consecutive game and sixth in their last eight. Head Coach Mike Brey praised his team’s improved offense during its recent hot streak. “We’re being really efficient offensively and we’re making big shots,” Brey said, speaking after the win over Clemson. Brey also attributed the Irish’s recent success to their senior leadership. “This is an older group,” Brey said. “I was waiting for them in December and early January to show some of the
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Irish junior Ally Bokczuk leaps up to swat a ball during Notre Dame’s 7-0 victory over Bowling Green on Jan. 23, 2019 at home.
Last Friday, the Notre Dame men’s tennis team traveled to Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts to take on rival Boston College. The Irish (3-3, 1-0 ACC) were able to secure the victory over the Eagles (1-4, 0-3 ACC) by the score of 5-0, improving their season record to 3-3 and picking up their 5th sweep over Boston College. In doubles, the beat kept on for Notre Dame with the No. 1 duo of sophomore Axel Nefve and junior Tristan McCormick finishing first, defeating senior Derek Austin and senior Javi Amantegui by a score of 6-3. The No. 3 doubles team of the Irish would seal the doubles point away with freshman Matthew Che and junior Paul Gota winning 6-2 over freshman Mason Fung and senior Sean Mullins. The Irish continued their roll up one heading into singles with each match finishing up in straight sets.
Tristan McCormick was the first off the court, winning 6-2, 6-2 at the three spot in singles over freshman Max Motlagh. The top singles players for the Irish were not far behind with Axel Nefve on court two winning 6-0, 6-3 over Javi Amantegui. The No. 5 ranked ITA singles player junior Richard Ciamarra took care of his business over Derek Austin, taking his match by the score of 6-3, 6-4. Matthew Che would seal the sweep victory for Notre Dame, winning easily over senior Alexander Chieffalo 6-1, 6-1. The Irish will hit the road again to play their fifth match away from the Eck Tennis Pavillion since Jan. 19 as they travel to Champaign, Illinois to take on the Fighting Illini. Notre Dame will look to secure another road victory before returning home to face off against the No. 6 team in the country in undefeated Ohio State. Doubles play is set for 7 p.m. at the Atkins Tennis Center.