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ND welcomes new student gov McGavick, Gayheart reflect on year in office
Boyle, McGuire outline goals for future
By CLAIRE RAFFORD
By MARIAH RUSH
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After a long election process and year in office, seniors Gates McGavick and Corey Gayheart reflected on their term as outgoing student body president and vice president, respectively. McGavick had just one word to describe his feelings on his term in office ending. “Bittersweet,” he said. “I think it feels like it’s definitely time, you know, we’ve been here for a year, and I think we’re all looking forward to being able to focus on other areas of our life. But as we go through the list of things we did,
After being elected to serve the student body Feb. 6, junior Elizabeth Boyle and sophomore Patrick McGuire began their term Monday as Notre Dame student body president and vice president, respectively. The pair consulted soonto-be former student body president and vice president, seniors Gates McGavick and Corey Gayheart for help on making the transition as smooth as possible. “Generally they’ve just been helpful, not only in giving us
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McGavick and Gayheart’s year-long term as student body president and vice president ended on April 1 as Boyle and McGuire’s began.
The Observer honored at ICPA award ceremony Observer Staff Report
The Observer received 30 awards at the 2019 annual Indiana Collegiate Press Association (ICPA) awards in Indianapolis Saturday, including second place in the Division I Newspaper of the Year category and second place for Best Overall Website Design.
The News department took home five awards, including first place in the Best Feature Story category for former Managing Editor Katie Galioto’s feature piece about Club Fever closing. Additionally, News also took first in the Best News or Feature Series for the Election Observer series covering the 2018 midterm elections, written
by Editor-in-Chief Kelli Smith, former Assistant Managing Editor and current news writer Lucas Masin-Moyer, incoming News Editor Tom Naatz, current Assistant Managing Editor Mary Steurer and news writer Gina Twardosz. The Observer News see AWARDS PAGE 3
You Are Loved Week celebrates dignity of family By MORGAN JOHNSON News Writer
Notre Dame Right to Life Club will seek to affirm the value of family in their fourth-annual You Are Loved Week. Through this year’s theme, “Pro-Life is Pro-Family,” the event week encourages students and faculty from different backgrounds to engage in conversation about the issue of human worth.
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“There was a need on campus to not only focus on controversial issues like abortion but also the parts that make it holistic, which is what our club really values,” senior Sadie Facile, president of Right to Life, said. The week began Sunday with a prayer service for life and family at the Grotto. Monday’s events featured a tent on South Quad to distribute stickers and apparel as well as a
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Respect Life Mass in the Basilica and reception that followed. A panel Tuesday at 7 p.m. in 138 DeBartolo Hall called “Witness to Love and Life: Insights from Notre Dame Families” will host Notre Dame community members to share their families’ stories. “We wanted to encourage interactions with students who are isolated from family life,” senior see LIFE PAGE 4
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NDPD reports robbery Observer Staff Report
Two men stole a cell phone from a victim and struck the victim multiple times late Sunday night according to an email sent to the Notre Dame community from the Notre Dame Police Department on Monday. The robbery occurred on St. Vincent Street — two blocks south of Notre Dame’s campus. The suspects were described as being in their late teens to early 20s. The victim sustained minor injuries, and NDPD is currently investigating the incident with the South Bend Police Department.
Administrators break down ND finances By MARIAH RUSH Associate News Editor
As a continuation of their financial transparency series, student government organized “Casual Conversations with Shannon and Lou,” where vice president of University Relations Lou Nanni and vice president for finance Shannon Cullinan broke down how the University allocates its funds in Carey Auditorium Monday evening. Nanni began by addressing new construction on campus. He said the money used to build new buildings around campus does not come out the operating budget of the University, meaning it does not come out of student tuition. “The money isn’t coming out of your tuition, room and board dollars — it’s rather being paid for by philanthropy,” he said. “That would be philanthropy for not only the physical construct, but for the ongoing maintenance.” Cullinan and Nanni showed an overall breakdown of the
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University’s revenue, which showed net tuition revenue is only 32 percent — a statistic Cullinan said often “surprises people.” Endowments contribute to 38 percent, the largest source of revenue Notre Dame has. “Over the next 10 years I would guess that [endowments] will make up around 50 percent of revenue,” Cullinan said. Cullinan said setting money aside for undergraduate needbased aid is the University’s first concern when allocating funds. “It’s the number one priority, and it will be the number one priority for the next five to ten years, and even beyond that,” he said. Cullinan then broke down where all fundraised capital goes, noting 64 percent goes to labor. “We’re a highly labor-intensive institution … it’s the biggest chunk of the expenses by a long shot,” Cullinan said. The two turned to questions from the audience, some of which see FINANCES PAGE 4
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Newly elected student senators took office Monday evening, creating new departments and approving executive cabinet nominees in their first meeting of the year. Monday marked the first day of the 2019-2020 session of Notre Dame’s student government, and incoming student body president, junior Elizabeth Boyle and vice president, sophomore Patrick McGuire officially began their term. McGuire presided over Monday’s senate meeting, outlining the administration’s new initiatives and their vision for the year. Senators approved Boyle and McGuire’s resolution, creating two new standing executive departments: the Department of Sustainability and the Department of Student Empowerment. Currently, the Department of Social Concerns handles sustainability initiatives in the executive cabinet, but Boyle and McGuire determined sustainability needs its own department. “We really noticed a need for creative specialization,” McGuire said. “Focusing two departments — one on social concerns and one on sustainability — [will] give greater
focus to two really important areas.” Boyle and McGuire hope the new Department of Student Empowerment will help them better serve student needs, McGuire said. McGuire explained the Department of Student Empowerment “could act as a resource for students and more effectively address some of those intersectional issues.” The new Department of Student Empowerment will supplement the work of the Department of Student Life. “The goal is not to take from the Department of Student Life manpower but to bolster it,” McGuire said. Specifically, the Department of Student Empowerment will facilitate communication between students and the Club Coordination Council (CCC). “We’d love to reach out to the broader student body instead of just to existing club officers,” senior Samantha Scaglione, outgoing president of the CCC, said. The senate also approved Boyle and McGuire’s nominees for their new administration. Senators confirmed the 2019-2020 chief of staff, Student Union secretary, executive controller and parliamentarian. Senators also confirmed the directors of the departments of Academic Affairs,
Athletics Representation, Communications, Diversity and Inclusion, Faith and Service, FUEL, Health and Wellbeing, Social Concerns, Student Empowerment, Student Life and Sustainability. However, Boyle and McGuire left four department director positions unfilled: Campus Technology and Integration, Community Outreach and Engagement, Gender Relations and University Policy. Boyle and McGuire’s nominees for these unfilled positions are studying abroad this semester. The undergraduate Judicial Council informed Boyle and McGuire on March 5 that a provision in the Student Union constitution prohibits these students from serving as cabinet directors. Boyle and McGuire said they will propose an amendment changing this provision in the coming weeks. “We don’t want to force a very important resolution on a brand new senate,” McGuire said to the group. McGuire signaled his excitement for the term ahead. “This is going to be the start to a great year,” McGuire said. Contact Genevieve Redsten at gredsten@nd.edu
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department also won second in the same category for The Observer’s coverage of low-socioeconomic status students’ experiences by former Saint Mary’s Editor Jordan Cockrum, current Assistant Managing Editor Natalie Weber, former Assistant Managing Editor Megan Valley and news writer Gina Twardosz. Smith, along with Weber and Naatz, also took first place for Best Continuous Coverage of a Single Story for their coverage of Irish 4 Reproductive Health on Notre Dame’s campus. Additionally, former EditorIn-Chief and senior news writer Courtney Becker won second place in the Best In-Depth Story category for her analysis of the 2018 student government elections. The Sports department took
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I think we’re all noticing stuff like, oh man, we could have done that. [We are] looking forward to the next administration doing that. For me, it’s been bittersweet.” Gayheart expressed his gratitude for the opportunity to represent Notre Dame’s student body and to serve students as vice president. “It has been an immense learning experience,” Gayheart said. “We have learned a lot not only about the University but our peers, about working in professional environments and working in a large team with dedicated people, and I think that we’re grateful for the opportunity that we had to represent 8,000 of some of the smartest students in the world.” In reflecting back on their year in office, McGavick said that one of the administration’s biggest
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tangible steps, like these are the groups that you’re running and this is the work and the timeline of things, but also more big picture of how much of a blessing this is that we get to serve the student body in this way,” Boyle said. Boyle and McGuire have goals they hope to accomplish before summer break and maintain throughout the coming academic year. “The first thing we are trying to do is get our cabinet confirmed in the Senate, and we’re also adding two new cabinet positions — the director of sustainability and the director of social concerns positions will now be separate,” Boyle said. “We’re also adding a new department of student empowerment.” Boyle and McGuire are working on looking at consolidating information for student clubs and funding options online, as well as integrating GreeNDot training into bars off campus through a “Safe Bars” program. “We’re also working on the ‘Safe
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home three awards. Former Managing Editor and current sports writer Tobias Hoonhout won first place for Best Sports Column for his breakdown of the Notre Dame hockey team’s loss in the Frozen Four. Former sports writer Daniel O’Boyle won third place in the same category for his column about Notre Dame women’s basketball. The sports department also received third place in the Best Sports Page category for page 12 of the print edition for March 27, 2018. The Scene Department received six awards, including first place in the Best Review category awarded to scene writer Nick Ottone for his review, of both “Nanette” and “The Tale.” Scene Editor Mike Donovan received second place in this category for his review of Mount Eerie’s album “Now Only.” Former Scene Editor and senior
scene writer Nora McGreevy and former Scene Editor Adam Ramos also won a first prize for Best Entertainment story for their feature on Jacob Titus, a South Bend photographer. McGreevy, along with former Associate Scene Editor Brian Boylen and scene writer Carlos De Loera won second place in Best Entertainment Story, for their preview of the Garth Brooks concert. Current Associate Scene Editor Ryan Israel won third place for Best Entertainment Column for his piece on the Wendy’s rap. As for multimedia, McGreevy and scene writer Adrianna Fazio won third place in the Best Video category for their video about rapper and Notre Dame student Ladibree. In the Viewpoint section, the Observer Editorial Board won first place for Best Staff Editorial for the editorial calling to remove Cardinal Theodore
McCarrick’s honorary degree. The Observer Editorial Board also won second place in the same category for “Observer Editorial: Belles deserve better.” Cartoonist Bailee Egan also received first place in the Best Editorial Cartoon category for “Wingin’ It” on page 8 of the edition for Nov. 2, 2018. For the photo department, former Photo Editor and current photographer Ann Curtis received first place for Best News Photo for her photo of President Donald Trump speaking in Elkhart, Ind. Curtis also won second place in Best Sports Photo for her photo of Irish quarterback, Ian Book, in the Syracuse game. Current photo editor Anna Mason, received third place in this category for her photo of Jafar Armstrong. Photographer Michelle Mehalas received third place in the Best Feature Photo category for her photo of the “Rudy” movie watch
on the football field. The Graphics Department received two awards. Current Graphics Editor Diane Park received first place for Best Feature Page — along with Brian Boylen and Carlos De Loera — for page 5 of the Sept. 21, 2018 edition. Park — along with Nora McGreevy, Charlie Kenney and Carlos De Loera — also won third place for Best Feature Page for page 5 of the Oct. 5, 2018 edition. For the advertising department, Alexandra Pucillo and Dominique DeMoe received third place in the Best Rate Card category for The Observer’s rate card. The Observer also received third place in the Best Themed Issue for the 2018 Welcome Weekend edition. They also received second place in Best Overall Design edition for April 16, 2018 and third place for the edition for Oct. 8, 2018.
accomplishments was their success in supporting the goals of other student organizations, including the club funding initiative passed by student senate two weeks earlier. “I think we did a really good job of supporting other student groups, which I think is a really critical part of what student government should be,” McGavick said. “We got more money for clubs, we paid out thousands and thousands of dollars in sponsorships and grants to enable other student groups … As opposed to always driving the conversation, I think we were able to enable other people who are really well equipped to improve this campus in their own right.” The McGavick-Gayheart ticket ran with a campaign slogan of “Approachability, Collaboration and Transformative [Ideas].” Senior and outgoing chief of staff for the administration Briana Tucker said the team fulfilled their promise of
approachability through their interactions and collaborations with University administration. “I think we were also very approachable in terms of our … approach to administrators,” Tucker said. “We came in with an open mind and came in with a perspective [of], we want to learn, we understand that we have the same goals — we just have a different perspective on how your work can be better received by students.” As for the team’s collaborative efforts, McGavick added that their partnerships with different groups include, but extend beyond student organizations. “We have worked with so many incredible student groups over the course of this year, and we are proud to co-sponsor events like Race Relations Week, Black Hair Expo [and] Take Back the Night,” he said. “ ... I think we just went in with the mindset that we never turn down a chance to work with
any group on campus, be it a student group or an administrative group.” Tucker said she believes the administration did enact a positive change on campus. “I think we got to do a lot of stuff, just thinking about all the meetings and things that I was able to sit in, both with the team and on my own, and then just also things that I was helping people with,” she said. “I think we moved the needle just a little bit. I understand that we weren’t able to do everything, and there were so many more things that we wanted to accomplish … but I hope that we have been able to make some sort of substantial impact on campus. I think a lot of the programming that we did has done that, even if it’s in a very small way.” As for the future, McGavick said he looks forward to the next administration’s contributions to Notre Dame, as well as the opportunity
that the University has to participate in the conversation about the crisis in the Catholic Church. “I’m really excited to see where Elizabeth and Pat take student government,” he said. “I’ve been really impressed with them during this transition. I know that they have a bunch of great ideas that I hope they’ll carry out.” Gayheart echoed McGavick’s sentiment, saying the incoming leaders still involved on campus inspire hope through their desire to create positive change at Notre Dame. “The young leaders in student government now have given me hope,” Gayheart said. “... I’ve found my hope for Notre Dame in them and their work and their actions and their commitment to it.” The administration’s term officially ended Monday.
Bars’ program right now, with the hopes of doing two GreeNDot trainings in bars off campus by the end of this year, so that bars can become GreeNDot friendly and certified for students to know that there are resources in the community,” Boyle said. McGuire said they hope to continue work done by the McGavick and Gayheart administration, especially as some events overlap between the two terms. “We are working with Corey and Gates as well to make sure that their hard work and the work of their cabinet is brought to fruition in our term,” McGuire said. One of the events that overlap between the two administrations is Take Back the Night on April 25, which is during Sexual Assault Awareness Month. The McGavick and Gayheart administration primarily planned the event, while Boyle and McGuire will work with them on executing it. “We are also sponsoring Sexual Assault Awareness Month,” Boyle said. “I think that’s one big thing we want to stress — we want people helping out with the Take Back the Night event and making sure that
students really turn out in support for that as well.” Boyle and McGuire would like to work more with the South Bend community on ways to involve Notre Dame students with the city around them and vice versa. Boyle said they are working on creating a punch card system with a local restaurant, L Street Kitchen. “We’ve also already met with a bunch of local vendors in South Bend about ways to kind of involve their business with Notre Dame and how we can help them in their reverse as well,” Boyle said. “L Street Kitchen is really interested in getting more connected with the Notre Dame community, so one thing that we’re helping set up right now is discounted rates for either one or two days during the week for Notre Dame students.” McGuire said a more immediate project they are working on is decorating the student government office in LaFortune Student Center with student-made art to create a feeling of community within the administration. McGuire said they want to continue the feeling of approachability from the previous
administration. “[McGavick and Gayheart] use the word approachability to describe student government, which is something I think we’ve definitely admired,” McGuire said. “We want to make student government more of a resource for students and not like something detached. I think it’s something we really like and hope to continue from them.” One of Boyle and McGuire’s long-term goals is to reform the non-discrimination clause in the University’s bylaws to include sexual orientation and gender identity. To do that, they will need to work hand-in-hand with the University’s administration. “We want to reform and change the non-discrimination clause, which is a legally binding document,” Boyle said. “We would have to work within the University structure in order to change that. That will involve conversations with administration. I also think dorm equity is going to be another big conversation that we’ll have to have with the Office of Housing and administrators.” Boyle emphasized that working
together with the University’s administration will be important in order for both sides to see the other’s perspective. “It’s just as we don’t serve and sit in the Dome, they don’t sit in the classrooms,” Boyle said. “How can we bring the voices of the students to administrators a bit more?” Overall, Boyle and McGuire — as well as their chief of staff, junior Linde Hoffman — said they are excited and grateful to be able to lead the student body for the upcoming year. “By the end of this term, I really want students to feel that we are a resource of students and for students and that it’s not just a small group of people working on policy and programming,” Boyle said. “But rather it’s something that’s created to serve the student body in the best way possible. I want people to come into this office with a feeling of joy, pride in Notre Dame, pride in being a part of Notre Dame and pride in the things that we’re doing to make it a more inclusive Notre Dame.”
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touched on housing policies, dorm inequality and the recent admissions scandal affecting multiple institutions of higher education across the country. One student asked about the six semester housing policy and what considerations were taken into account concerning the financial constraints of some students. “They didn’t actually invite me to that party when they were thinking of doing the six semester policy,” Cullinan said. “That was residential life-driven, I’ll just say that.” Cullinan said since the new policy will require more people to pay for room and board, the Office of
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Matt Connell, vice president of communications for Right to Life, said. “The individuals at the panel will talk about different aspects of family life like disability in the family, fatherhood and pregnancy and parenting at Notre Dame.” To continue the events, the club will host backpack making 6 p.m. Wednesday in LaFortune Student Center. Thursday’s keynote speaker, Alexandra DeSanctis, is a staff writer at the National Review and
Residential Life is looking to offer seniors more incentives to stay on campus, including laundry discounts, different dining plans and reduced prices of single rooms. “I think you’re going to get a decent announcement soon where that increment is going to be spent on incentives for seniors and others to stay,” Cullinan said. Another student asked about dorm inequality, specifically concerning students living in dorms with not as many amenities as other dorms, although everyone is generally paying the same rate for room and board. Nanni said their efforts to renovate dorms throughout the year and during the summer has been a response to this issue. “It’s taking them offline for an
entire year and it’s going in and replacing the whole HVAC system,” Nanni said. “It’s increasing social and exercise space in the dorms, adding kitchens, making some triples doubles and some doubles singles.” Nanni said finding the money for renovations is often difficult because people often do not want to donate to a building already named for someone else. “It’s a major cost center for us because it’s very difficult to raise the money for significant renovations for buildings that are already named for someone else,” Nanni said. Another student asked about the national admissions scandal and how Notre Dame can avoid a similar issue.
Nanni stressed admissions’ focus on putting together a “diverse cohort.” He added the process is complicated, especially concerning families who would like to give large monetary gifts. “From a development perspective, we try to be very careful,” Nanni said. “If someone is from a family of means, and they’ve got a kid who is a senior and would like to make a gift to the University, and we know the kid will be applying … we just ask them to hold off on giving. It’s not like you want to assume that person’s motive is bad, but at the same time we don’t want there to be any kind of connection.” Nanni also said legacy students have also been receiving attention following the admissions scandal. “We get criticized a lot for legacy
acceptances as well, yet our traditional underrepresented minorities are significantly higher now than the legacies,” Nanni said. “So you have to look at it all in tandem.” Addressing rising tuition rates, Nanni said there is a “cost to excellence.” “We could definitely decrease our costs and sacrifice excellence, but I don’t think that’s what people want,” Nanni said. “People still expect there to be a standard of excellence in all that we are doing — not just in the classroom but beyond, and that comes with a cost. Trying to figure out how to do both and keep those dollars down is a big challenge.”
will address the developing abortion debate in America in her lecture, “Surrender is Not an Option: Reclaiming the Abortion Debate.” The talk is scheduled for 7 p.m. in 155 DeBartolo Hall. On Friday, Angelus will take place outside the Main Building on God Quad at 12 p.m. To create the week’s events, Right to Life focused on their three key pillars: education, spirituality and service. Through this combination, the club hopes to reach a broader audience to get involved in the issues at hand. Student organizers reached out to University
organizations such as the Gender Relations Center, the Center for Ethics and Culture and the McGrath Institute for Church Life to support the week’s endeavors. “We always want to be cognizant of common ground,” Right to Life vice president of programming junior Michaela Reyes said. “There’s so many clubs that support the dignity of life in so many ways and we wanted to draw those people together.” Reyes said You Are Loved Week is intended to be a continuation of the conversation that occurred in last semester’s Respect Life week,
which focused on the theme of “Pro-Life is Pro-Woman.” “We wanted to go off of those ideas, because it’s actually about the whole family,” Reyes said. “You Are Loved Week says that every person has inherent human dignity and worth.” Facile noted a primary goal of You Are Loved Week is for Notre Dame students to share in self-love and respect. “You Are Loved Week came about from viewing a lack of dignity in other people and in ourselves,” Facile said. Right to Life’s ultimate goal
behind You Are Loved Week is to bring together different groups on campus that focus on service and affirming the dignity of the self. “We didn’t want to approach this week as something political or partisan,” Facile said. “This is just a time to encourage interaction with families and students. We wanted to engage in service activities that supports families in the community. This week is an open dialogue about real ways that we can support life. That’s really it.”
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“I’m not here to make friends!” This is a common expression among the colorful cast members of reality television’s finest: “Real Housewives,” “America’s Next Top Model,” “Project Runway.” But what about a reality show where the cast is devoted to friendship and self-love? When Netflix debuted its “Queer Eye” reboot in 2018, the series took the internet by storm, picking up where “Parks and Recreation’s” Retta left off. But, the guys from “Queer Eye” do more than just instill the value of treating yourself in the people they help. Over the course of the past two seasons, viewers had a lot of fun simply getting to know the Fab Five and the work that they do. Twitter users rejoiced in aligning themselves with one of the Fab Five (I am Bobby Berk: the most powerful and underrated). But, with Netflix’s newly released third season, something has changed. The new season features a lot more interventions, spotlighting the work of Karamo Brown, a licensed social worker. Episode 3, “When Robert Met Jamie,” features one of the most powerful scenes of the season. In it, Karamo helps a future groom come to terms with his lack of self-esteem. Brown brings the groom, Robert, to a dance studio and tells him to write positive words about
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When pop-punk legends Alex Gaskarth (All Time Low) and Mark Hoppus (blink-182) announced a collaborative project, everyone expected explosive results, but to what extent? Would Simple Creatures fizzle out like a mediocre science fair volcano, or would they erupt with the strength of 15 Mentos in a 2-liter bottle of Coca-Cola? The latter prediction proves correct on the recent release of the duo’s first EP “Strange Love,” an exhilarating avant-garde expression of studio luster and organic rock. A simplistic black and white portrait of Gaskarth and Hoppus adorns the EP’s artwork, hinting at the pair’s acute awareness of their pervasive ethos. Gaskarth emerges from All Time Low’s most recent period of reinvention, culminating in their acclaimed album “Last Young Renegade.” Hoppus is coming off blink-182’s latest release, “California,” a record that harkens back to the band’s roots. Rather than combining the stylistic tendencies of their main projects, Gaskarth and Hoppus use Simple Creatures to pioneer an unprecedented sound. On the track “Drug,” revving guitar riffs launch the listener into a messy anthem about self-destructive love. Verses shimmer with vivid lyrical imagery, building up to an addictive chorus. “Drug” then decelerates to reflect the dreamlike state of delusion that often characterizes damaged relationships. Setting the tone for the remainder of the EP, “Drug” is trashy, yet deliberate and satisfying. With the EP’s titular song, Simple Creatures pivots from the pugnacious thumping of “Drug” into a soft and resolute track about surrendering to the intoxicating idiosyncrasies of deviant lovers. The track’s steady simmer allows
himself on the mirrors in the studio. At first, Robert writes general words like “good,” “father” and “funny.” But he soon grows more confident, choosing more meaningful words like “loved,” and positive descriptors like “built” instead of “fat.” At the end of the exercise, the message is apparent: Everyone has trauma, but there’s no reason to let trauma take control. This season marks the first time the Fab Five has helped a queer woman of color. The episode “Black Girl Magic” features the woman, a self-described “lumberjack lesbian” named Jess, guiding viewers through her journey and generating new discussions about what it means to be both a lesbian and black. The episode challenges the notions of what a family is and can be. After coming out to her family, Jess’ family kicked her out of the house, and she was forced to move in with a friend (who would eventually nominate her for “Queer Eye”). During the episode, Jess immediately connects with Karamo and Berk. Like Jess, Berk’s family also disowned him after he came out them. Karamo becomes a strong, black role model for Jess, who was bullied in high school for not being black enough. The climactic conclusion happens when the Fab Five helps Jess realize that blood ties aren’t necessary to build a family. Friends who support you unconditionally can be family too. “Queer Eye” excels at introducing new conversations
into the world of reality television. The show tackles race and sexuality unapologetically. Together, the Fab Five-encourages viewers to pay attention to their mental and emotional needs in addition to their physical needs. In an era where shows like “Real Housewives” radiate elitism, it’s refreshing to watch a show with a racially diverse, non-heterosexual cast. “Queer Eye’s” third season is a powerful triumph that shows the potential of reality television.
Gaskarth and Hoppus to unlock the full potential of their unique voices. Hoppus’ high pitch prevents hypnotic verses from dipping into monotony, and Gaskarth’s vocal power better suits the passionate refrain. Both voices establish the supergroup’s expressive prowess, capturing the listener with rousing and memorable lyrics. Accusations of immaturity never cease to beleaguer pop-punk groups, but the track “How To Live” refutes these accusations through its poignant account of a person’s failure to satiate the impossible emotional needs of his partner. Although less infectious than the rest of the EP, “How To Live” solidifies the EP’s innovative trend line. Gaskarth noted in an interview with The NME that Simple Creatures formed so he and Hoppus could shed the “filter” that restrains them from pursuing their instinctive creative tendencies. Lyrical quips, periodic guitar crescendos and a deadened beat dominate the verses of “Adrenaline,” a song about desperately attempting to claw out of the emotionless post-breakup void. An uptempo chorus separates the alluringly methodical verses as Gaskarth pleads for a dose of adrenaline to release him from “six feet underneath [his] misery.” Fittingly, “Adrenaline” restores the energy of the EP. Simple Creatures exhibits the tame side of their sound on “Ether” which, as a friend observed, feels “like cruising down [Chicago’s] Lake Shore Drive at night.” More pop than punk, “Ether” resembles a ballad that crashes through its own muffled intensity into synthesized bridges following each refrain. The song’s mellow vibes, bolstered by now-trademark ingenious lyricism, transform the difficult decision to confront one’s apathy into a celestial ordeal.
Everything about the track “Lucy” surprises and gratifies, making it an appropriate conclusion to Simple Creature’s revolutionary experiment. Keeping in mind the dark themes of its preceding tracks, “Lucy” entertains with an absurdist premise of a robbery gone awry. Snarling guitars interspersed with a mixture of aggressive and breezy vocals constitute a thrilling, irresistible experience unparalleled in the genre of pop-punk. Paradoxically, the dubious coherence of Simple Creatures’ EP secures the band a style rooted in consummation rather than contention. No need to choose between the studio and the garage, synthesizers and electronic drums can complement gritty guitar and bombastic vocals. Gaskarth and Hoppus’ musical exploration will surely come out in the sound their main projects. Moreover, the duo has already announced a second Simple Creatures EP for the summer. Punk’s not dead, but perhaps Simple Creatures has instigated an era of evolution in the genre that embraces the radical freedom of discarding self-imposed creative limitations.
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“Queer Eye: More Than a Makeover” Season 3 Starring: Karamo Borwn, Jonathan Van Ness, Tan France, Antoni Parowski, Bobby Berk Favorite Episode: “When Robert Met Jaime” If You Like: “Tidying Up with Marie Kondo” Where to Watch: Netflix
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“Strange Love” Simple Creature Label: BMG Rights Management Favorite Tracks: “Drug,” “Adrenaline,” “Lucy” If You Like: All Time Low, blink-182, The Wrecks
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To my ‘Sunny’ Mariah Rush Associate News Editor
This past week I spent a good chunk of my time trying to work Stevie Wonder’s rendition of the song “Sunny” into my theology paper — we were supposed to compare a piece of art to a biblical passage. While I don’t think my paper went over very well, I did spend some time thinking about the importance of this song, originally written by Bobby Hebb in 1966, and redone by Stevie Wonder in 1968. It details the speaker finding their “Sunny” — a person who introduced bright days into their life and erased the rainy days. Now that they’ve found their “Sunny,” they feel “10 feet tall” and spend much of the song thanking this “Sunny” for what they’ve done. After listening to the song on repeat, I started thinking about what my own “Sunny” is. We all should, I think. Toiling through this theology essay and other seemingly meaningless work of the week made me want to think about what I loved in my life — what things truly brighten my life and have made me feel “10 feet tall?” My mother is undeniably my favorite person. Calling her to vent about whatever petty and stupid things are going on in my life relieves stress and anxiety. She knows more about me than anyone else and is more up to date on my life than I’d like to admit. She is my best friend and my greatest supporter. Her love shines brighter and more fiercely than even the rainiest of days. She truly gives me her “all and all.” Writing can lift me up and release emotions in a way I cannot believe is possible. It helps me understand myself and the world around me. Reading allows me to escape into another world and see things outside of my own perspective. Television and movies allow me to obsess over something in a not-anxiety-ridden way. All of these give me “the facts from A to Z.” My friends — from my roommates (current and soon-to-be), to high school friends, to anyone who has spent time with me — fill me with joy. The jokes we make and the adventures we take build memories that I’m confident will last a lifetime. Thank you guys for “that smile upon your face.” There are many more people and things that brighten my life each and every day. But for now, for my last viewpoint of the year, I’d like to say thank you to those who deserve it the most. I encourage everyone to think about their sunnies, and take a moment to be grateful for them. Who — or what — is there for you when nothing else is? Thank them. They are your “Sunny.” Contact Mariah Rush at mrush@nd.edu The views expressed in this Inside Column are those of the author and not necessarily those of The Observer.
When words aren’t there Gabriel Niforatos The Road Less Traveled
I know what you are thinking. Whether you are the next Wordsworth and can compose soliloquies on the quad at will or whether you are an engineer who speaks in languages of calculus and differential equations and want nothing to do with the language of words, you think you are immune to it. I am invincible, you tell yourself as you look at the blank page in front of you, coffee and a swaying stack of primary sources at your side. Confidence unwavering, you settle down to write the essay that is due in a few short hours. And nothing happens. It is as if you are frozen under some kind of spell, and you have no idea how to break out of it. Thoughts begin to swarm in your head — an endless stream of consciousness of the song you are listening to, the voices of people speaking around you and the story your roommate told you last night. But above all, you have a sinking sense of dread that break is in the past and winter is coming. Writer’s block is the king behind castle walls that guard your perfect essay. It is Odoacer and waves of Visigoths, Franks and Saxons that sack your empire each and every semester. But it’s more than that. It’s the danger and struggle of every student, especially at the end of the semester after a long break in paradise. You have fallen prey to the Greek fire of burnout, and there is simply nothing you can do to dowse those f lames. But don’t worry, bold traveler and college student. I am about to give you the keys to Troy, the secret to crossing the moats of indecision and storming the castle, the steps that you can take to putting a siege tower upon the walls and charging the gates. Hannibal faltered upon the steps of Rome. Napoleon wavered in Russia. Here is your chance to seize the day and succeed where those in the depths of time have not. Not only will you write that essay. You will make history in the process. The first step in your quest to conquer writer’s block is to recognize that you are not going to accomplish anything by staring at the frozen page. It looks so serene, like a winter landscape untainted by the footprints of sentences and words. Alas, the frozen, snow y, blank page is not one that is original to you. See the castle of indecisiveness in the fog of war on the horizon and boldly go out to face it. Don’t wait for the elusive and fickle writing gods to bring you inspiration. Many-a-traveler has waited for their word, waited for the perfect “spark” that will provide the inspiration to leap across the moat and meet your deadlines.
As you patiently wait for their divine hand, you sit in one place, as daylight turns to night, and continue offering sacrifices to the writing gods. You change notebooks three times. You listen to your favorite inspirational song, the one that always seems to appease the writing gods out of their long sleep. You have heard it before — and when I say it, I guarantee that half of you will most likely roll your eyes in frustration — but hearken and do not leave my side. For I do not profess to rewrite history or the prophecies of old, and an ancient tome of wisdom called freshman Writing and Rhetoric with professor Erin McLaughlin showed me the value of process. Build up your plan of attack; do not simply charge into battle. Brainstorming, outlining paragraphs to oil the cogs of your imagination war machines, and piecemeal drafts that shape your ideas are the trebuchets, battering rams and infantry that will storm the castle of writer’s block. Don’t be afraid to scrap the battle plan and try a new one of attack. Rome wasn’t built in a day; neither was it conquered in one. Finally, I am going to tell you something that is out of the most ancient books of magic and legends, a word so profound that haikus and limericks, short stories and novels, series and works the depth of Proust have been composed. There is one way to conquer writer’s block, to sneak inside the fortress under a cold-hearted moon when everyone is asleep and let in the armies of paragraphs and pages in nightfall. It is a word so strong and simple, so powerful, frightening and humble that you may laugh when you hear it spoken. There is one way to end writer’s block and only one. Write. I know what you are thinking. You are thinking that instead of giving you the keys to Troy, this article is a Trojan horse itself, a cage for those who are doomed to wind up in the same endless cycle of indecision. But do not take it from me. A wizened prophet and author named Ray Bradbury once said the only way to break out of the grasp of writer’s block is to write your way out of it. It seems so easy it is almost ludicrous. But once you have a word, then two, then 200 upon the frozen, icy page, you won’t have writer’s block anymore. Once the smoke and fire of the wars of writing have cleared, you will see pages of words upon the once-frozen page, like a bridge over a pond inside a Monet painting. Gabriel Niforatos is a sophomore who has diverse interests ranging from political science to music. When he’s not at school, he is busy hiking and running in the New Mexico mountain range. His email is gniforat@nd.edu The views expressed in this column are those of the author and not necessarily those of The Observer.
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Reality of inclusivity for Notre Dame Law School Dear Deion, I read your recent article in The Obser ver, and as a gay Notre Dame Law School alumnus, I disagree w ith your assertion that LGBT persons should not attend Notre Dame Law School. The teachings of Christianit y focus on helping the less-fortunate, caring for those in need and treating ever yone w ith love and respect. A lmost ever y parable in the New Testament about Jesus focused on these overarching themes. The major themes of the bible directly contradict your assertion that LGBT persons not only should not marr y but also should not attend Notre Dame Law School because “[we] knew what Notre Dame was when [we] applied.” In no way would Jesus — the man who said let ever y kid run to me, the man who dined w ith most rev iled people in societ y like the ta x collectors, the man who v isited the lepers ostracized outside of the cit y
— make this broad, exclusionar y statement. Christians w ith v iew points like yourself need to realize the themes of Christianit y that discuss love, acceptance and caring are inapposite to devaluing and disrespecting LGBT persons. In short, deny ing LGBT persons baked goods is not a major tenant espoused throughout the Bible. Notre Dame Law School became the secondto-last law school in the countr y to have a recognized LGBT organization. During my years at the law school, the Federalist Societ y, along w ith a handful of other organizations, had multiple programs that either directly or implicitly attacked LGBT rights. Last year, a Notre Dame constitutional law professor w rote a blog post about LGBT marriage that contained blatant homophobic tropes. For these reasons, your claim that Notre Dame Law School allows little support to programming against LGBT rights falls on deaf
ears. Instead, the whining reeks of your inabilit y to tolerate even one program that supports LGBT rights. Being unable even to tolerate LGBT programming is not Christian; it is homophobic. With all the issues in this world, the fact you choose to use Christianit y to cause more pain and suffering — instead of allev iating it — ignores the true purpose of the Church’s teachings. And your choice shows that maybe it’s you, not the LGBT persons who chose to attend Notre Dame Law School, who suffers from a deficiency of character and understanding of Christianit y when you applied to Notre Dame Law School. Kind Regards, John Drosick J.D. ’17 March 26
It’s time for a Native American Studies program Oliver Ortega News Con Fuego
Perusing the list of University staff and students picked to form the committee advising administrators on the much-debated Columbus murals, I noticed that listed as committee chair on the Feb. 14 press release was the director of Italian and Dante Studies. OK. Sure, I guess. I kept reading, looking for that corresponding “Yada Yada, Professor of Native American Studies.” Or “So and So, Member of the Pokagon Band of the Potawatomi.” Nada. Zilch. I’m a relative newbie on campus, but I’ve been around long enough to know we are on Potawatomi land. The student senate passed a historic resolution in early March affirming this fact, declaring, “We acknowledge our presence on the traditional homelands of Native peoples particularly the Pokégnek Bodéwadmik/Pokagon Potawatomi, who have been using this land for education for thousands of years, and continue to do so.” An accompanying — and perhaps even more important — resolution called for Notre Dame to create a Native American Studies minor. These gestures, along with the covering of the Columbus murals, are important. Marcus Winchester-Jones, president of the Native American Student Association and a member of the Pokagon Band, noted in an Observer op-ed last month that the land acknowledgment serves “as
both a sign of respect to people who are still here, but also [as] an effective tool for those who do not know whose land they occupy.” But the question still stands: Why does a Catholic university with a $13.1 billion endowment on Potawatomi land not have a Native American Studies program? Understanding the history and culture of Native people is vitally relevant to parsing current events. Witness the Trump administration’s attempt to completely eliminate the nearly $40 million fund tribal scholarship and education program in its proposed 2020 fiscal budget. Then there’s Sen. Elizabeth Warren — who I really like otherwise — and her DNA test publicity stunt last year, met with dismay by tribal community leaders nationwide and derision by conservatives. Last month, the President of Mexico asked the Catholic Church and Spain to apologize for the genocide of indigenous people, and the initial request and ensuing response (a cold-as-hell “no” from los Españoles) is still making headlines. The absence of a Native American Studies program is especially jarring considering the fact that Notre Dame oversees the American Indian Catholic Schools Network, which supports underserved Catholic schools on seven reservations across the country. Notre Dame’s very founding was based on the relationship between Fr. Stephen Theodore Badin, Fr. Edward Sorin and the local Potawatomi, who, under the leadership of Leopold Pokagon, had to
adopt Catholicism in order to survive the westward push of white settler-colonials. A November 2014 Observer editorial laments the fact that the Notre Dame community is “unaware of important interactions between its founders and local Native Americans.” Wouldn’t a Native American Studies program be a step in the right direction? Given the past and present of the United States — and really all of the Americas — the study of Indigenous history and culture should be an essential part of any curriculum dealing with Catholicism, the environment, healthcare, politics, sociology, criminal justice and so on. Especially at this University, it should be an area of study in its own right, not something taught intermittently by a non-Native professor or in a once-in-a-bluemoon exhibit at the Snite. Notre Dame should recognize this history and create a Native American Studies program to fulfill its mission statement goal of cultivating in its students “a disciplined sensibility to the poverty, injustice and oppression that burden the lives of so many.” Especially when that injustice happened in its own backyard. Oliver Ortega is a first-year Ph.D. student in the English department specializing in Latinx Studies and a native of Queens, New York. Through his boundless cynicism he keeps trying. Oliver can be reached at oortega1@nd.edu 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: Work through your emotions this year. If you let things fester, they will deter you from reaching your potential. Don’t sweat the little things; deal with them and keep moving forward. It will show strength of character and the willingness to become the spokesperson when your beliefs are challenged. Stand up and be counted. Actions speak louder than words. Your numbers are 3, 10, 18, 21, 26, 32, 45. ARIES (March 21-April 19): An emotional situation will hinder your ability to be productive if you don’t face the challenges you encounter head-on. Heated discussions may not be fun, but they will get matters out into the open and help you find out where you stand. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): A last-minute change of plans will be beneficial, so don’t make a fuss over nothing. Look on the bright side, and turn a negative into a positive. Your ability to adapt and move on will lead to an unexpected opportunity. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Be helpful. Offer unique suggestions, but don’t take on the physical stress of doing all the work. There is a fine line between taking over and being taken advantage of. Know and set limitations and boundaries that are reasonable. CANCER (June 21-July 22): Emotions will surface and must be directed properly if you want to avoid upset. Offer love, affection, understanding and patience instead of criticism and complaints and you’ll get far more accomplished. Personal improvements can and should be made. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Start a dialogue with someone you feel can help you improve your position or lifestyle. Keep it simple, honest and listen to the suggestions made. The information you receive will be a game changer when it comes to making your next move. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): You can improve your relationship with others if you are open about the way you feel, what you want and what your intentions are. Once you establish ground rules, you will be able to move forward rapidly. Romance is encouraged. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Don’t wait until someone is upset with you. Take care of your responsibilities sooner rather than later. Making changes at home that will improve your comfort or lower your overhead will also help change the dynamics of an important relationship. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Bend a little and you will get the cooperation you need to get things done. Anger isn’t the way to win favors or friendships. Use your ingenuity and you’ll come up with innovative ideas that others will respond to favorably. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Focus on what you can accomplish, not what you cannot. Strive to reach your deadlines and to be more innovative in the way you handle professional challenges. Don’t fall for a financial scheme that is incredibly risky or has emotional implications attached. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): You’ll come up against opposition if you are too open about your plans. Perfect what you have in mind, and do not present until you are sure you have covered every angle that may be questioned. Change begins within. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Look over your personal finances and expenses. Make changes that will help you manage your money more efficiently. Overspending or indulging in pastimes that are expensive and unhealthy should be banned. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Creative accounting will help you get back on track. A change in the way you handle your money, the past and those who have cost you or not been honest will set the stage for a brighter and more prosperous future. Birthday Baby: You are energetic,and quick-witted. You are unbiased and popular.
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How charging ruins the NBA Jake Winningham Sports Writer
1891 saw the invention of mankind’s greatest achievement. I’m not talking about the Tesla Coil, or the Swiss Army Knife or any of the other worthy innovations from that calendar year. That winter, PE teacher and national treasure Dr. James Naismith created basketball. The game is still perfect 128 years later — except for one thing: the charge. The charging foul was introduced 90 years ago this year, ostensibly to discourage ball handlers from attacking the rim with reckless abandon. In the nine decades since, though, the charge has become little more than a fallback for bad defenders and the last bastion of the obnoxious guy at the gym who confuses “laziness” for “hustle.” Charges have to go. Here’s how we make it happen. I don’t want to get rid of all offensive fouls; obviously, a ball handler shouldn’t be allowed to run over a defender whenever they want. Rather, the kind of plays that should be outlawed are ones where a defender runs over to play help defense and then decides to fall over instead of attempting anything resembling actual basketball. The absolute best case scenario for this play? Transforming what should be an exciting play at the rim into an opportunity for an NCAA ref to run all the way to half-court while calling a foul. Worst case? The kind of totally unnecessary injury that is bound to happen when one massive human flying at top speed is undercut by another equally massive human. Defenders — whether playing on- or off-ball — should have to make a play on the ball handler while challenging a shot. Attempting to block the shot or strip the ball is fine; falling over is not. Under the current rules, the onus is on the ball handler to not only put the ball in the hoop, but also to avoid bowling over any defenders who happen to run into their path to the basket. Let’s shift that focus onto the defenders. If you can’t stop your defensive assignment from getting to the rim without falling, that’s the breaks. If you can’t shift over in time to help your teammate at the hoop, better luck next time. Defenders should be forced to make a play on the ball handler, whether that’s attempting to block the shot without fouling or just keeping their hands up without jumping. Offensive
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fouls could, and should, still be called if a defender plays perfect defense and the ball handler plows through them. It’s not as though changing the charge rules would make things any harder for referees, either; it would simply shift the gray area from making the charge/ block distinction (already an instant decision that refs often get wrong) to deciding whether or not the defender made a play on the ball handler. Even beyond the potential for grievous injuries or the difficulty in making a correct call, I believe charges are antithetical to the game itself. Proponents of the charge will point to it as an equalizer: How else, they posit, are smaller players supposed to play defense down low against bigger, stronger players. The answer? They aren’t supposed to. One of the beautiful things about basketball is how it inherently rewards the biggest, fastest and strongest players on the court. Smaller players either have to create their own way of keeping up — think of Steph Curry’s jump shot — or get out of the way. Think of it this way: There is no reason to create a rule that penalizes players for being the very best at what they do. Yet that is exactly what charging does. Basketball has dealt with outdated rules before: The NCAA outlawed dunking for 10 years in the 60’s and 70’s, and it took 20 years before players were allowed to shoot after dribbling. There was even a rule instituted in 1910 that prohibited coaching during the game itself. Charging is the one imperfection remaining in what is an otherwise perfect game — it’s the equivalent of a stain on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. The charge is the last of the archaic rules standing from the prehistoric days of basketball, and it’s time to put it out to pasture. I’ll close by returning to the NCAA’s rulebook. In 1972, they instituted a rule prohibiting players attempting to take a charge from flopping: “An official could charge the ‘actor’ with a technical foul if in the official’s opinion the actor was making a travesty of the game.” The rule was eventually passed over after years of disuse, but the NCAA was using the right language the first time around. It’s not flopping that’s making a travesty of the game, though — it’s the charge rule itself. Contact Jake Winningham at jwinning@nd.edu The views expressed in this Sports Authority are those of the author and not necessarily those of The Observer.
Rangers fall to Devils, Carrick scores two Associated Press
NEWARK, N.J. — Defenseman Connor Carrick scored with 4:10 left to break a tie and the New Jersey Devils beat the New York Rangers 4-2 on Monday night to avoid being swept in their season series by their longtime rivals. Myles Wood and Travis Zajac also scored in the Devils’ regular-season home finale. Joey Anderson added an emptynet goal to ice the game and MacKenzie Blackwood made 32 saves. Brett Howden and Filip Chytil scored for the Rangers, who won the first three meetings. Henrik Lundqvist made 37 saves in losing his fifth straight decision. There have been only three regular-season sweeps in the series since the Devils moved to New Jersey in 1982. The Rangers had the most recent one in 2014-15, the year they
won the Presidents’ Trophy. The game-winning goal was set up Drew Stafford. He stripped the puck from Vladislav Nemestnikov near the Rangers’ blue line and found Carrick between the circles for his first goal since being acquired from Dallas at the trade deadline. The game between the rivals was chippy with three fights, including a one-shot bout in which Brandan Lemieux bloodied Wood. For the third time in four games against New York, the Devils took a 2-0 lead and allowed the Rangers to tie it. After the Rangers took nine of the game’s first 10 shots, Wood broke down the right and beat Lundqvist with a shot to the top corner at 3:54 of the first. Zajac got the second one with a tip of Damon Severson’s shot on a power play at 14:34. Howden cut the deficit in half, beating Blackwood with
a shot from the right circle on a 3-on-1 rush. The Rangers thought they had tied the score 16 seconds later when the red light came on after Chris Kreider’s shot. The play was reviewed and the shot hit off the goalpost and did not entirely cross the goal line. New York tied it on its first power play when Chytil snapped a 22-game goal scoring drought, putting the rebound of Vinni Lettieri’s shot into a wide-open net for his 11th goal. Rangers F Pavel Buchnevich, who has a career-high sevengame point scoring streak, did not play after being hurt (concussion protocol) Sunday. The Devils were 15 for 15 on the penalty kill over their past seven games before Chytil’s goal. Rangers D-F Brandan Smith was a healthy scratch after picking up four penalties Sunday. Lemieux replaced him.
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Celtics hold onto home victory versus Heat Associated Press
BOSTON — Kyrie Irving had 25 points, including a pair of key late free throws, and the Boston Celtics held off the Miami Heat 110-105 on Monday night. Al Horford added 19 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists for the Celtics (46-32), who are trying to beat out the Indiana Pacers for the No. 4 seed in the Eastern Conference standings. Goran Dragic led the Heat with 30 points. Bam Adebayo added 19 points and 14 rebounds. Dwyane Wade finished with 17 points and seven assists in his final regular-season game at TD Garden. Miami (38-39) maintained its half-game lead over Orlando for the final playoff spot in the East after the Magic’s 121-109 loss to Toronto. Boston led by as many as 23 points in the second quarter before its lead shrunk to three with 6:44 left in the fourth after the Heat went back to a zone that had been effective at times in the first half. The Celtics continued to have some issues with it but were able to knock down a pair of 3-pointers to help push their
lead back up to 101-92. The Heat took advantage of some Boston turnovers and got a jumper from Wade that cut it to 103-100 with 2 minutes left. Dion Waiters missed a 3-pointer for Miami that would have tied the game and Irving converted on a three-point play on the other end. Following a tip-in by Wade, Irving found nothing but air on a fading 3-point attempt, giving it back to Miami. But the Heat’s ensuing possession ended with Kelly Olynyk’s turnover. Irving then was fouled and calmly sank a pair of free throws. Two nights after Wade received a warm welcome in Madison Square Garden and picked up a victory in his final game against the New York Knicks, Boston gave him a similar greeting at TD Garden on Monday. Before the game, Celtics president of basketball operations Danny Ainge presented Wade with a plaque in commemoration of his career accomplishments. Later, he received a loud ovation from Boston fans when he subbed into the game in the
first quarter. It was one of the few highlights for either Wade or Miami in the first half. The Celtics jumped out to 30-8 lead after the Heat started just 3 for 14 from the field, including 0 for 7 from the 3-point line. It was Horford’s second career triple-double and first as a Celtic. His first was Jan. 13, 2015, with Atlanta. Wade used his shoes to write a special remembrance in honor of rapper Nipsey Hussle , who was shot and killed in Los Angeles on Sunday. “Nipsy Hussle. Rest in Heaven,” the message read. The 33-year-old Hussle, whose real name was Ermias Asghedom, was an EritreanAmerican father of two who was engaged to actress Lauren London. He was lauded for his philanthropic work in the Los Angeles area. Hussle’s friends across the music industry and other stars, including Rihanna and Snoop Dogg, took to social media to express their condolences as well. Many used the opportunity to point out his role in uplifting African Americans through his community initiatives.
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job on the box outs so we could get our break going, which we weren’t able to do in the first half,” Irish head coach Muffet McGraw said. “I thought the defense got going in the second half, which allowed us to run, and I thought that was a big reason why things turned around for us.” The Irish defense clearly turned on the heat in the second half. In terms of rebounds, the two schools had given one another plenty of second-chance opportunities in the first half, as Stanford finished the first half with 28 rebounds to Notre Dame’s 22. However, the Irish swung the momentum in their favor as they took control of the boards after the half, winning the rebound game 26-10. “The difference in the halves, we weren’t knocking down shots, but we also gave them a lot of second-chance opportunities,” senior guard Arike Ogunbowale said. “So I think once we hit the boards in the second half, that really changed it around.” The Irish were able to limit the Cardinal to just two second-chance points in the second half, after their eight in the first. McGraw was pleased with her team’s ability to keep itself in the game, despite the obvious frustration that comes along with shots that simply refuse to fall. “The thing today was it really was everybody [not playing well]. … I thought [graduate student forward] Brianna Turner was playing OK, but the other four really weren’t playing like they normally do,” she said in reference to the first half. “Normally somebody is going
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coming into her own this past season, emerging as a leader within an already extremely experienced lineup. Of course, it also may have something to do with the fact that she near single-handedly led her team in securing their ninth Final Four appearance. If Stanford (31-5, 15-3 PAC-12) learned anything in its 84-68 Elite Eight loss to Notre Dame (34-3, 14-2 ACC) on Monday, it is to never count Young out. Although Young ended up leading all scorers with 25 points, the halftime stat sheet would tell a different story. After going 1-7 from the field in the first half — relying primarily on her 4-4 performance from the free-throw line to keep her involved in the offense — Young returned to the court at Wintrust Arena locked in. When she continued to struggle to find her shot in the opening minutes of the half, she did what she does best — everything else.
to pull us out of it, so they did. They kept their composure. I didn’t see a lot of frustration out there. We did talk about that at halftime, about their body language and just running back on defense, and I thought we definitely kept our composure in the second half.” So, when the third quarter rolled around and shots started to drop and the deficit started to close — the Cardinals held as much as a nine-point lead in the third, the largest in the game — the composure held that Irish together. With each bucket, the bench arose and waved the crowd, essentially as green as the one at Purcell Pavilion — louder. And it listened. And with each point, the Irish began to taste Tampa. The fouls were drawn. The fist bumps followed. The free throws dropped. And on the lone occasion they didn’t, it didn’t matter. Because when Young’s second free throw hit the rim with under a minute to play in the third quarter, Turner boxed out and snagged the offensive rebound and screened the ball to freshman guard Abby Prohaska, who drove through the lane for a second-chance basket. The Cardinals did not give up, by any means. They shot 50 percent from the field in the fourth quarter and were nearly automatic from behind the 3-point line, putting up 22 points, their most offensively productive quarter. “I was worried we were trading 3-for-2 on almost every possession, and we did talk about trying to get some stops,” McGraw said. “But we were able to answer, and I think that was key. We were able to make our free throws. That was a huge key, also. And then we were able to milk the clock a little bit more.”
And the Irish did not exactly slack off offensively in the final stanza, either, putting up 32 points of their own. Young added 10 more points and Ogunbowale picked up where she had left off against Texas A&M on Saturday, tossing up 11 points in 10 minutes. “I thought that Arike was just phenomenal down the stretch,” McGraw said. Double-double machine Jessica Shepard also quietly added another to her total for the season with 11 points and 14 rebounds, while Young finished with 25 and 10, respectively. However, the Irish starters in Young, Shepard, Ogunbowale,
Turner and Mabrey also added another achievement to their ranks Monday: They made history. As Brianna Turner made a long jumper in the paint with 1:47 to play in the first quarter to give the Irish nine points, the starters accumulated their 10,000th-collective point, a feat that has not been accomplished by any group of starters, male or female, in college basketball history. “It’s a milestone and certainly the first time it’s been done, men or women,” McGraw said. “It’s pretty amazing, but it really doesn’t mean anything except they get a lot of shots.” With its 84-68 win over
Stanford, Notre Dame advances to its second-straight Final Four and gets one step closer to defending its national title. But first it faces a rematch with UConn in the national semifinal game on Friday. However, for now, the Irish are celebrating. “It’s definitely a good win,” Ogunbowale said. “[Stanford] put us out two years in a row my freshman and sophomore year, so that was tough, and to get it back is great. But they’re a great team. They gave us a great run, and they played us well, so it’s great that we came out on top.”
“It was difficult at halftime. We kept talking about how it was mostly us,” head coach Muffet McGraw said. “We were getting the shots we wanted to get, we just weren’t making them; that we were going to be able to make them the second half.” Playing within a prolific offensive starting unit that just set the NCAA record for most combined points at 10,700 can sometimes mean sharing the ball more than expected. Knowing the ball isn’t always going to be in her hands, Young has distinguished herself as a true Renaissance woman: securing rebounds, picking passes and doing everything else needed to help lift her team to a win. Time and time again, players and coaches alike have commented on Young’s value to this team and how easily she can get overshadowed by her teammates’ accomplishments. It’s hard to believe someone currently projected to go sixth in the 2019 WNBA Draft — the highest among any of her teammates — could be considered underrated. Yet here we are,
talking about her as the silent assassin of the team, quietly sneaking her way to a doubledouble and shutting down opponents on both sides of the ball. While teammate Ogunbowale has become defined by her “icein-my-veins” mentality and Marina Mabrey has collected a highlight reel full of deep 3-pointers and crafty steals, Young has quietly etched herself into Irish lore, becoming the first player in program history to record two triple-doubles in the same season. Returning to that matchup against the Cardinal, Young missed her first layup attempt of the second quarter, leaving the packed crowd of Notre Dame fans weary, having just witnessed 20 minutes of play in which the Irish seemingly couldn’t buy a bucket. Two defensive rebounds later, however, and it’s go time for the ThirdTeam All-American. “I thought that we kept our composure and were able to just lock in and focus for the second half. We knew that the shots
were going to fall in the second half, and that’s what they did,” Young said. “But I think it had a lot to do with our defense and just getting rebounds.” A wide open drive to the lane by Young sparked baskets by Mabrey, senior forward Jessica Shepard and graduate student forward Brianna Turner to cut the once nine-point Irish deficit to one. Now the madness of March is ready to ensue. With just over two minutes remaining in the third quarter, Young dribbled left off a Turner screen into the middle of the drive to stop for the mid-range jumper. With 6-foot-5 Cardinal post-player Shannon Coffee stepping up, Young elevated to help the ball find nothing but net. This move — a signature of Young’s — gave the Irish a onepoint lead, a lead they would only go on to extend on their way to a commanding 16-point win. Never one to force things, Young said she understood the importance of working with what the defense gave her. “I thought I was aggressive the
whole game, and I just kept that same mindset, and the shots were starting to fall,” she said. “They were sagging off me a little bit, so I just had to read the defense and take what they were giving me.” Young went on to add five more points in the quarter to contribute to Notre Dame’s 2613 run following the halftime break. Although 10 of her 25 points were scored in the fourth quarter, the damage had been done for Stanford. Once you let her find her stride, there was no shutting her down, as she went on to claim her 10th double-double of the season, snagging 10 rebounds in a game very much defined by each team’s ability to protect the lane and execute on second-chance shots. As Notre Dame prepares to defend its title down south in Tampa, Florida, all eyes will likely be on the usual suspects. This time, don’t be surprised to find Young among them.
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Irish senior guard Arike Ogunbowale drives to the basket during Notre Dame’s 87-80 win over Texas A&M on March 30 at Wintrust Arena in Chicago. Ogunbowale scored 21 points against Stanford on Monday.
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Notre Dame a man advantage. Penalties were a common theme in the game for the Orange, which ultimately came back to haunt head coach John Desko’s squad. Gleason converted with seven seconds left in the penalty to extend the Irish lead to 5-1. Notre Dame retained the man advantage on the ensuing faceoff and gained possession. Sophomore attack Wheaton Jackoboice then scored his first of two goals on the afternoon to give Notre Dame a 6-1 lead at the end of the first quarter. The Irish continued their offensive clinic in the second quarter. Junior attack Brian Willets scored to open the period, and after another penalty by Bomberry, Costabile ripped his third tally into the back of the cage. Gleason, Jackoboice and freshman midfield Quinn McCahon also scored in the second for Notre Dame. The Irish dominated the time of possession in the first half and moved the ball extremely well to find open shots. Notre Dame continued to work the shot clock down, minimizing
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hitting from freshman infielder Carter Putz, who was three-for-four on the day with a three-run homer, senior outfielder Eric Gilgenbach also added a three-run blast, and sophomore infielder Niko Kavadas went three-for-five while driving in three runs. However, the Irish did not see the same success the following day against the Yellow Jackets, suffering an 11-2 loss as the Yellow Jackets received strong performances from
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offensive opportunities for Syracuse. In the third quarter, however, the Orange clawed their way back into the game. Entering Saturday, Syracuse had erased a deficit of four goals or more in their last three contests, and Notre Dame seemed to be on the receiving end of a fourthstraight comeback. Solomon scored back-to-back goals to begin the period, and redshirt junior attack Stephen Rehfuss skipped a shot past Irish sophomore goalie Matt Schmidt with 1:27 to play to cut the Irish lead to 11-6. The Orange almost added a fourth tally in the third, but Voigt’s goal at the buzzer was waved off by the referee. Syracuse continued their scoring run in the fourth, as Voigt flipped a behind the back shot into the cage to make it 11-7. Junior and redshirt sophomore midfielders Jamie Trimboli and David Lipka then scored on consecutive Syracuse possessions to shrink Notre Dame’s lead to just two. With the Orange riding a 6-0 scoring run, the stagnant Irish offense was in need of a spark, and they found one thanks to another costly Syracuse
penalty. With 8:34 to play, redshirt sophomore long stick midfielder Brett Kennedy cross checked Gleason, giving the Irish another man advantage. Costabile wasted no time reclaiming the game’s momentum for Notre Dame, scoring his fourth goal of the afternoon just 22 seconds later. After a huge defensive stop by the Irish defense, the junior found the back of the cage again to ultimately put the game out of reach. Irish head coach Kevin Corrigan said he told the team to be prepared for a team as good as Syracuse to make a run in the second half. “We said at half time that the winning plays haven’t been made yet, and that we would have to make even more plays to win this game,” said Corrigan after the game. “We know Syracuse is a team that doesn’t stop, and I’m glad our guys remained poised in the last 10 minutes of the game and played the way they needed to.” Notre Dame will travel to Durham, North Carolina, to take on the fifth ranked Duke Blue Devils on Monday. Contact Colin Capece at ccapece@nd.edu
Irish senior defender Charlie Trense advances toward the ball during Notre Dame’s 11-10 loss to Ohio State on March 23 at Arlotta Stadium.
junior catcher Kyle McCann, who had three RBIs on the day, junior first baseman Tristin English added another two RBIs, sophomore outfielder Colin Hall, who sent a two-run jack into the seats, and sophomore infielder Oscar Serratos, who was two-for-three on the day to go along with two RBIs of his own. Notre Dame looked to take the series with a win Sunday, but fell short in their comeback effort in an 8-7 loss. After a strong first inning by Georgia Tech, the Irish had their work cut out for them in trying to erase a five-run deficit. The Irish were able to get on
the board after three innings. After starting the innings with two walks to sophomore catcher David LaManna and senior infielder Jake Singer, freshman outfielder Jack Zyska was able to execute the sacrifice bunt to advance the runners to second and third, and LaManna scored off a groundout to second by sophomore infielder Spencer Myers. The Irish gained more ground in the fifth inning after fielding errors were able to send Singer to second base, and a single to center field by Zyska drove Singer home. Then a perfect bunt by junior first
baseman Daniel Jung scored Zyska. Strong relief pitching and some key strikeouts by junior right-handed pitcher Andrew Belcik and sophomore right-handed pitcher Joe Boyle held down the Yellow Jackets while the Irish tried to continue their comeback. Then in the seventh after a Gilgenbach single, Niko Kavadas tied the game with a two-run bomb to right field. In the eighth the Irish were able to grab the lead after a single to the left by Jung, and an infield error by Georgia Tech allowed the Notre Dame to steal two runs from the play and put them up 7-5 headed
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into the bottom of the eighth. However, the comeback run was thwarted by the Yellow Jackets. After loading the bases off of two walks and a single, Georgia Tech was able to score off of a three-run double by Oscar Serratos, giving them the late lead. The Irish had a good chance to win in the ninth with great hitters Gilgenbach and Kavadas at bat to start the ninth, but unfortunately the comeback fell short in the final inning. The Irish will have the chance to rebound against Central Michigan on Tuesday at 6 p.m.
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Irish freshman infielder Carter Pultz swings at the plate durng Notre Dame’s 3-1 loss to Florida State on March 24 at Frank Eck Stadium. Pultz recorded two walks and scored Notre Dame’s only run in the game.
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Irish surge past Stanford, into Final Four Notre Dame continues March Madness Tournament run thanks to explosive third quarter By ELIZABETH GREASON Senior Sports Writer
CHICAGO — As a great 21stcentury philosopher once said, “The third quarter is ours and will always be ours.” That philosopher was the one and only Irish senior guard Marina Mabrey, ever-confident in her team’s ability to pull through, no matter the circumstances, whether down by 12 at halftime in the 2018 national championship — when she expressed the sentiment — or down by seven to Stanford at halftime in the 2019 Elite Eight. And the third quarter certainly belonged to Notre Dame (343, 14-2 ACC) on Monday night, when the Irish booked their tickets to Tampa Bay. In the third quarter, the shots that had refused to drop for the entire first half — leaving the Irish starters 9-for-38 from the floor — began to fall. In the third quarter, Jackie Young took the
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game into her own hands. In the third quarter, the Irish decided they were going to win. The junior guard, who had gone 1-of-7 in the first half, scored nine points in the game’s third frame and bagged four rebounds. And she gave the Irish the lead, which they never relinquished, making back-to-back jumpers and causing Stanford head coach Tara VanDerveer to call a timeout with 1:23 remaining in the quarter. In the first quarter, the Irish found themselves playing catch-up to the Cardinals (315, 15-3 Pac-12) as shots refused to drop and Stanford senior forward Alanna Smith went on a tear to open the game, dropping seven points and seven rebounds in the opening quarter. “I don’t think we rebounded well. We needed to do a better see W BBALL PAGE 10
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Irish junior guard Jackie Young elevates for a short-range floater during Notre Dame’s 87-80 win over Texas A&M on March 30.
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Tensions were high in Atlanta as Notre Dame looked to rebound after a tough 2-11 road loss to Georgia Tech on Saturday night. Entering play Sunday, the Irish (11-14, 6-6 ACC) and Yellow Jackets (199, 7-5 ACC) split their first two games of the weekend series. The Irish had a huge 9-6 upset win to start the series off behind sophomore left-handed pitchers Tommy Sheehan and Tommy Vail. Vail entered in the sixth inning as a relief for starting pitcher Tommy Sheehan and retired all 10 hitters he faced to seal the victory for Notre Dame. “I just came in and did my job,” Vail said of his strong showing. “I was feeling the fastball today and didn’t have to do too much with it — just kind of let it work.” Vail’s effort was complimented by solid nights of see BASEBALL PAGE 11
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Irish junior infielder Daniel Jung stands at the plate during ND’s 3-1 loss to Florida State on March 24 at Frank Eck Stadium.
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Everyone remembers the shot, but what about the pass? Often lost among the hundreds of thousands of Youtube views and fans that tuned into last year’s national championship game that propelled Arike Ogunbowale into national stardom is the inbounder — Jackie Young. A year ago Monday, Young timidly made her way up the ladder to claim her piece of the net that cemented her legacy as a national champion. Fast forward 365 days and the 6-foot junior guard from Princeton, Indiana — a city of less than 10,000 — confidently grabs the net, waving it in the air and turning to the crowd, no signs of reservation or uncertainty in sight. This shift in demeanor is simply the byproduct of Young
After an 11 goal offensive explosion in the first half, the No. 12 Irish held off a comeback by the No. 8 Orange to clinch a 13-10 victory Sunday, their first at Arlotta Stadium this season. The midfield tandem of junior Bryan Costabile and senior Brendan Gleason led the way for Notre Dame’s (5-3, 1-1 ACC) win over Syracuse (53, 1-2), scoring one hat trick a piece to help the team secure a bounce-back win following last weekend’s overtime loss to No. 4 Ohio State. Costabile commented on the team’s mentality going into the game. “We were bitter after last weekend’s game and really wanted to come out firing, and thankfully we made enough plays to come out with a win,” Costabile said. The Irish offense started fast and kept their feet on the accelerator throughout the first half. Costabile opened the scoring 48 seconds into the game, whipping
a bouncer past the right leg of Syracuse junior goaltender Drake Porter. Gleason tallied his first goal of the game just two minutes later, muscling his way through three Orange defenders to increase the Irish lead. Syracuse would respond shortly after, as senior attack Bradley Voigt received a centering pass from fellow senior attack Nate Solomon and fired a sidearm shot into the back of the cage. However, Notre Dame answered quickly, as Costabile fired a laser over Porter’s left shoulder, putting the Irish up 3-1. Notre Dame took advantage of a major unforced error by Syracuse in the first quarter. With 5:38 to go, sophomore attack Connor Morin scored a wraparound fourth goal for the Irish with the shot clock winding down. During the play, Syracuse senior defenseman Tyson Bomberry was called for an illegal hit to the head — a two minute, non-releasable foul that gave see M LAX PAGE 11