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Activist discusses free speech Former national ACLU president speaks on importance of First Amendment

By MARY STEURER Assistant Managing Editor

Encouraging colleges and universities to defend free speech on their campuses, former national ACLU president Nadine Strossen spoke on her new book, “HATE: Why We Should Resist It with Free Speech” in a lecture Tuesday night in Jenkins-Nanovic Halls.

Strossen opened by saying she believes free speech on college campuses is under threat. Institutions are becoming hostile toward visiting speakers, with incidents like the March 2017 campus protest at Middlebury College — where students shouted

down a speech by conservative author Charles Murray — becoming more and more frequent, she said.

Society has grown too ready to label the open expression of unpopular or polarizing opinions as “hate speech,” Strossen said.

“People use the ‘h’ word promiscuously to label and renounce and stigmatize any idea that they hate,” she said.

“The classic way the term is used is to refer to speech that denigrates on the basis of who you are — people who are members of religious groups or racial or ethnic groups that have traditionally been see FREE SPEECH PAGE 3

McGlinn residents discuss Hall of the Year

Jenkins offers prayers Observer Staff Report

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Nadine Strossen speaks about her new book on the importance of free speech in a lecture Tuesday night in Jenkins-Nanovic Halls.

University President Fr. John Jenkins offered his condolences for the over 200 people killed and 450 injured in church and hotel bombings in Sri Lanka in a statement Sunday.

“On behalf of the University of Notre Dame, I extend my deepest condolences to the families and friends of the victims in the Sri Lanka attacks,” Jenkins said in the see SRI LANKA PAGE 3

Disabled students share experiences at ND

By MARY STEURER Assistant Managing Editor

Students called for a greater understanding of students with disabilities in a panel organized by new student group Access-ABLE on Thursday in O’Shaughnessy Hall. The group, which works to advocate for individuals’ disabilities, hosted four student speakers.

Each student shared their

experience living with disabilities at Notre Dame and offered advice for how to make the University a more welcoming space for disabled students.

Senior Lauren Boutros, who lives with bipolar disorder, said she was surprised to find many of her professors were open to discussing mental illness.

“Each of my [professors] presented information

about themselves that they really didn’t have to but really helped me feel more comfortable in my conversing with them,” she said. “ … It was something that meant a lot to me because I was struggling.”

Boutros asked the student body to be open to discussion about disabilities.

“It would be most see DISABILITIES PAGE 4

Student Union Board hosts spring festival Observer File Photo

The Shamrocks of McGlinn Hall were named 2018-2019 Hall of the Year, marking the dorm’s first win since it was established in 1997.

By SOPHIA LAUBER News Writer

McGlinn Hall was named the 2018-2019 Hall of the Year, the first time it has been named Hall of the Year since its establishment

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in 1997. Sophomore and dorm vice president Isabella Schmitz said McGlinn has come a long way in recent years.

“W hen I first arrived at ND see McGLINN PAGE 4

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By MIKE DUGAN News Writer

The Notre Dame Student Union Board (SUB) is hosting AnTostal, its annual spring festival full of food, giveaways and events this week.

Senior Bethany Boggess, outgoing executive director of SUB, said in an email

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that she “had very little to do with the nitty gritty planning of AnTostal,” as the responsibility for planning the event fell largely upon junior Eric Kim, the outgoing co-director of programming for SUB, who will serve as SUB’s executive director for the 2019-2020 academic year, as well as senior Bridget Naylor-Komyatte,

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who has served as lead programmer of AnTostal during the 2018-2019 academic year.

This year’s edition of AnTostal, dubbed “BlissTostal,” focuses on what an email sent to the student body said is “all things bliss” — five see AnTOSTAL PAGE 3

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different food giveaways throughout the week, a Zumba Class in the Duncan Student Center on Tuesday, mindfulness meditation Wednesday, inf latables and a zip line on South Quad on Thursday and stress relievers Friday.

Naylor-Komyatte said the title “BlissTostal” was chosen to the focus on wellness in this year’s AnTostal programming.

“We kinda realized that [for] a lot of our events we wanted to focus on wellness, so, we really tried to fit a theme centered around

that,” she said. “We narrowed it down to a few choices, and ‘BlissTostal’ was the one that kind of stuck. We think that our events speak to bliss — well-being, happiness, joy — from different areas of wellness.”

Naylor-Komyatte said the theme of “bliss” was not determined until well into the second semester, which is unusual for AnTostal — an event that takes over seven months to plan. “[BlissTostal] wasn’t our original theme,” NaylorKomyatte said. “We had decided on a theme in September and then, because of difficulties coordinating with different clubs and different vendors, the

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The Student Union Board serves breakfast Tuesday as a part of its annual AnTostal celebration, “BlissTostal,” throughout this week.

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marginalized and excluded.

But we also are using that term more and more to completely denounce and ostracize people whose ideas we disagree with.”

This tendency has changed how society views free speech

in context of civil rights issues, she said.

“The term ‘hate’ is used for policy ideas on the most important subjects — about race, about gender, about sexual orientation, immigration police — and it unfortunately has led to a great chilling of discussion, especially on campus,” she said.

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events basically didn’t fit with that theme anymore. So, we had to change our theme, less than two months before [AnTostal]. … Typically, you stick with the theme from the first semester into the second semester.”

Naylor-Komyatte said there were other SUB events budgeted for at the beginning of the fiscal year that failed to materialize. As a result, she said there was more than enough money to put on AnTostal without worr ying about tight budgetar y constraints that she other wise would have expected.

“At first, AnTostal had a bit of a more limited budget,” she said. “But then, due to some events that fell through in other [SUB] committees, we ended up having some extra resources that we were able to allot to AnTostal.

That’s been really helpful in terms of being able to expand some of our events, like the one on the quad with the zip line and the inf latables, and not being worried about how much food we buy for breakfast and stuff. We kind of ended up with more money than we thought we would.

Definitely, budgeting was a big concern when planning up to the event, but now actually executing it we ended up with more money — more resources — than we thought we were going to have.”

Naylor-Komyatte said the theme of bliss and late changes in planned programming ser ved as two key distinguishing factors from previous years’ AnTostals.

“I think there’s just something special about this — our theme arose from our events,” Naylor-Komyatte said. “I think our events are really centered on student needs and tr ying to create a memorable experience at the end of the year for students — and I know that’s what AnTostal does ever y year, but I think something about this year is just how much it changed so rapidly at the end … how much we had to rework it, but then how it still came together.”

The goal of the AnTostal committee’s work was to put on one of SUB’s longtime signature events in a way that would make students’ lives a more blissful experience, Naylor-Komyatte said.

“AnTostal has been a tradition for over 50 years,” she said. “There’s something special about this just in the ver y name, ‘BlissTostal.’

I hope ever yone comes away a little happier from the events. Come out, enjoy AnTostal — we’d love to see you there.”

This trend has cre ated a climate in which members of college communities feel unable to freely express their opinions, Strossen said.

“There is a huge amount of self-censorship where faculty members, and students are reporting that there are entire subjects that they dare not speak about at all or dare not speak about candidly for fear of, as one of my friends put it, being called some kind of an ‘ist’ or some kind of an ‘obe,’” she said.

Strossen said she chose to write her book to provide a defense of free speech in the face of this movement.

“To the best of my examination of decades of evidence, now, of how hate speech laws have actually operated in other countries and how the absence of hate speech laws have operated in this country … I am more convinced than ever that well-intended as censorship is, it is at best, ineffective and at worst, counter-productive,” she said.

Strossen said “viewpoint neutrality,” or the idea that the government “may never hinder speech speech solely because of its viewpoint,” is one of two main precepts of First Amendment law.

“The Supreme Court has said that is the ‘bedrock principle,’” she said. “No matter how hated or hateful that viewpoint is, the way we respond to it is through our own ideas, not through suppression.”

The second principle states speech ought to be protected unless it poses an immediate safety threat, Strossen said.

“When you get beyond the content of the speech — its message, its idea, its viewpoint — and you look at the particular context … if that speech directly causes certain imminent, specific, serious harm — in other words, it causes an emergency that cannot be prevented in any other way than punishing the speech — then you can and should punish the speech,” she said.

Strossen said her research

found “non-censorial counter measures” — such as counter-speech — are a powerful way to combat hate speech.

“Non-censorial countermeasures … are even more effective than what I thought they would be,” she said. “My argument is based not only on free speech principles. … My argument is based on policy concerns and strategic concerns about what is actually effective not only for protecting individual liberty and democracy but also for bringing about equality and dignity.”

Strossen called on individuals from both sides of the political aisle to push back against censorship, both on college campuses and beyond.

“All of us should use every opportunity to preach not just to the choir and make common cause wherever we can, with whomever we can on issues where we agree,” she said.

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v ictor y over sin and death, we were shocked and saddened to hear news of such cruel killings in Sri Lanka, some at Easter Masses.”

Jenkins asked all Christians to join him in pray ing for the v ictims of the

attacks and called for justice for those responsible.

“We commend to God those killed, pray for those wounded and call for an impartial inquir y that w ill bring perpetrators to justice,” he said.

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beneficial to people who have disabilities and who are taking their future in their own hands literally by coming up and advocating for themselves if you set aside all assumptions of what you know about or what you’ve heard about this particular disability.” she said. “Separating yourselves from stereotypes — really important.”

Boutros said she believes greater dialogue about disabilities will help to create a more inclusive environment on campus.

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I think they had gotten like last place in all of the Hall of the Year stuff, but then last year we got most improved, and this year we won it all,” Schmitz said.

Junior and former dorm president Colleen Ballant y ne said this year McGlinn made an effort to reach outside the dorm by planning events w ith Keough Hall and Lyons Hall, their brother and sister dorms.

“Last year was a lot of building our communit y more internally after a year where our hall council didn’t do as much to really build that communit y,” Ballant y ne said. “This past year we were able to focus on letting the McGlinn communit y shine throughout campus and even sometimes off campus.”

McGlinn’s signature event, Casino Night, was also incredibly successful this year, Schmitz said.

“Our event coordinator got

“Having conversations is really important, and it can be casual,” she said.

Freshman Joshua King, who has Stargardt disease, which limits his vision, said those around him should feel free to ask questions about his disability.

“I hate when I get into uncomfortable situations where someone thinks it’d offend me,” he said.

Sophomore Maggie McDonald, who has dyslexia and ADHD, said she wishes Notre Dame’s faculty was better-trained to work with students with disabilities.

“I would just really love to see some form of disability education. I don’t know

where that would come from or what that would look like, but it would be nice to not have to define dyslexia or to define ADHD,” she said. “Or, you know, really, to define any mental health or learning disability — because a lot of the time they don’t know what it is.”

King said he recommends professors to reach out to students with disabilities to make sure their accommodations are effective and they’re comfortable in class.

“Just periodically check up on them,” he said.

McDonald said students on mental health medication should take extra

precautions in college.

“I think it’s important to know if you’re on any kind of psychiatric medication, drinking is 100% off the table,” she said. “I think for a lot of people who are either diagnosed in college or shortly before who maybe don’t put that together, I think that would be a really good thing for the students to be aware of.”

The many stresses of college life pose a risk to student who struggle with mental illness, Boutros said.

“It’s a place where, if you’ve got a predisposition to something, there are so many factors here that can help it, unfortunately, come

out,” she said.

Law student Ethan Heller, who lives with phonetic analysis disorder, said he advises students with disabilities to ensure they advocate for equal treatment post-graduation.

“I think the world of academia is one of the most accepting places on earth,” he said. “But I’ll say, from a professional point of view, when you go out into the workforce, don’t be afraid of whatever you’re going through.

There’s a lot of opportunities that are out there specifically for diversity applicants.”

all the McGlinn girls really excited about making it as best as it could be,” Schmitz said. “She set a goal for us and said we need to make more money than we ever have, and people were excited by that.”

Ballant y ne said the dorm broke its record by raising $3,150 for St. Adalbert Catholic School in South Bend. McGlinn sends students to tutor at the school ever y weekday.

Rector Sister Mar y Ly nch said the dorm’s relationship w ith St. Adalbert began during the first few years in her job as rector of McGlinn, a position she took on in 2005.

“I wanted someplace in South Bend where the students could actually go and be there and help and do ser v ice,” Ly nch said.

McGlinn sought to improve their dorm’s sustainabilit y this year through a partnership w ith the Office of Sustainabilit y and TerraCycle, an organization that collects non-recyclable waste and partners w ith corporate donors to turn it into

raw material to be used in new products.

“We’ve only been doing it for about t wo months now, but we’ve been able to collect a ton of stuff that other w ise would’ve been going to the landfills,” Ballant y ne said.

“We’re hoping to work w ith the Office of Sustainabilit y to branch this out throughout campus in the near future.”

McGlinn also prides itself on their interhall sports participation. The hall has held the Kelly Cup since 20102011, which Ballant y ne said is largely due to the hall’s unofficial official motto: McGlinn never forfeits. The Kelly Cup is for the overall women’s interhall sports championship, and is awarded based off of interhall participation and performance.

“My thing is that, first of all, interhall sports are to help relieve stress, so I don’t want any stress in tr y ing to w in the Kelly Cup,” Ly nch said. The second thing is, I always tell them, if we say we’re gonna put a team on the field, we put a team out,

so no forfeiting.”

An unexpected event this year that brought the McGlinn communit y together was Ly nch’s cancer diagnosis in the fall.

“I think the way the women here responded and rallied around me, and how we were still able to continue all the programs hall government and hall council had planned — things went along prett y much as normal — was one of the main reasons for w inning Hall of the Year,” Ly nch said.

The dorm organized a spreadsheet where people could sign up to bring Ly nch dinner from the dining hall as she could not eat there among so many people.

“The spreadsheet would fill up w ithin an hour—it would be completely full,” Ballant y ne said. “And it was like not the same girls ever y month — it was different people all the time.”

The dorm also made fanny packs to show their support of their rector.

“I had slow drip cancer treatment that I wore a fanny

pack for 48 hours ever y other week,” Ly nch said.

Ly nch discovered that her chemo pack was able to fit in the McGlinn fanny pack and was able to use it instead of the oncologist issued one.

W hen Ly nch was declared cancer free, the dorm surprised her w ith a part y and a v ideo containing messages from former students and former Residential Assistants of McGlinn, as well as messages from Fr. Jenkins and Muffet McGraw, Schmitz said.

“I just have been absolutely ama zed at the women here this year,” Ly nch said. “If good can come out of a tough situation, I think that’s what happened. Just the spirit and the sense of communit y that evolved this year more so than some other years — and I don’t know if it was the rally ing around me and my situation or what — but the women have just been ama zing, absolutely ama zing.”

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By NORA McGREEVY Senior Scene Writer

In the Middle Ages, a group of composers in the Cathedral of Notre-Dame invented a new kind of sound: polyphony. Compared to the monophonic Gregorian chants of years prior, this new music consisted of multiple overlapping voices moving in distinct yet interwoven melodies. The innovation resonated throughout Western music for centuries.

Like those medieval artists, Daniel Hobbins, an associate professor of history at Notre Dame, has also sung in the cathedral, although under slightly different circumstances — it was 1999, with a liturgical choir, and “we were mostly just backdrop for the tourists,” he recalls.

Still, Hobbins cherishes the time that he spent inside the cathedral, as he — like most people — isn’t quite sure when he will be able to visit again.

On the evening of April 15, a fire burned down most of the roof and the spire of the Cathedral of Notre-Dame in Paris. The next day, President Fr. John Jenkins announced that the University will donate $100,000 to the renovation efforts.

In the wake of the fire, scholars of medieval history, art and preservation on Notre Dame’s campus — as well as the casual observer — turn to consider the long view of the cathedral and its history.

Since the medieval period, the cathedral has been widely recognized as the epitome of Gothic architecture.

Bishop Maurice de Sully began construction on NotreDame cathedral in 1163 to replace the former Romanesque structure. Marius Hauknes, an associate professor of art history at Notre Dame who specializes in medieval Italian

By DESSI GOMEZ Scene Writer

Eight days, eight hours, 17 minutes and 27 seconds, that is the time standing between April 26 and the moment I sit down to write this article. The countdown to Taylor Swift’s next comeback has begun.

The “Reputation” era was epic, don’t get me wrong.

But the next Taylor Swift era will be even more impressive, if she can pull off topping her most successful and cohesive album yet. What makes me so sure that she is back on the scene? Let’s review the facts, shall we?

On Feb. 23, Swift posted a photo of her cat, Meredith, wrapped up in a blanket and captioned, “A purrito.”

The colors of the sea green couch and pink pillows hinted at a new stage in Swift’s story, one of bright pinks, yellows and blues. Sparkles seem to be characteristic of Swift’s next theme as well, from the vibrant sequined romper she wore to the iHeartRadio Music

art history, notes how its gravity-defying vaulted ceilings were meant to imply a kind of transcendence.

“This is a place that you can go into — in a metaphorical way, to enter into a different realm,” Hauknes says.

Krupali Krusche, an associate dean in Notre Dame’s architecture school who specializes in the digital preservation of World Heritage sites, notes that the Gothic cathedral was the height of innovation in the Middle Ages, akin to the skyscraper in modern times or the domed churches of the Renaissance.

“The builders wanted to create a sense of being light, and a sense of reaching toward the heavens,” she says.

Medieval architects designed thinner walls and installed flying buttresses around the cathedral’s exterior, which “allow the walls just to float, and create a sense of lightness and spaciousness.”

Over its long life, parts of the building crumbled and were restored. The most notable restoration took place in the 19th century, when the wooden spire that fell during Monday’s fire was constructed.

“In that sense, it’s a really great example of how complex the lives of such buildings were,” Hauknes says. “They are constantly being restored and repaired and added to and things like that.”

Even beyond its architecture, Notre-Dame’s significance and its status as a World Heritage site lay in its 800year history. The building witnessed the Hundred Years’ War, the coronation of Napoleon in 1804 and the French Revolution, to name just a few bullet points in its lengthy historical highlight reel.

Over the centuries, the cathedral accrued a collection of prized objects: its relics, including the crown of thorns — believed to be the one that Jesus Christ wore during his

crucifixion — and the relics of St. Denis and St. Genevieve, the patron saints of Paris. An 18th-century organ with more than 8,000 pipes and three enormous “rose” stained glass windows also number among the crown jewels of the cathedral itself.

“Even though they’re not part of the fabric, so to speak of the building, they are,” Hobbins says. “Because they’re tied up in the history of that place.”

Notre-Dame’s fire comes in the wake of centuries of global cultural loss, Krusche says, including a few in recent memory: the destruction of World Heritage sites in Iraq and Syria by ISIS, the bombing of the Bamiyan Buddhas in Afghanistan and the fire in Brazil’s National Museum. When it comes to iconic landmarks like these, “it’s more than a building,” Krusche says. “It’s how people connect to it.”

“In some ways, it seems very medieval,” Hauknes says, referencing the many fires that occurred throughout the period. “But you read about so many churches that burned, and then were rebuilt. So there’s something symbolic there as well.”

This week, students in Notre Dame’s architecture study abroad program in Rome will visit Paris on a group field trip. Normally, their trip would include a tour of the cathedral; now, they’ll be constrained to the outside and parts undamaged by the fire. Krusche hopes that this generation of students and architects think carefully about how to reconstruct the cathedral, and “channel their energy into the conservation of other places as well,” she says. “I want this building to be available for the next generations.”

Awards to the fun, shiny filters and dazzling hearts she has recently posted on her Instagram. iHeartRadio awarded Swift with the “Tour of the Year” award for her “Reputation” Stadium Tour. As a die-hard fan and attendee of her concert in Los Angeles at the Rose Bowl on May 18, 2018, I can attest to the fact that Swift is capable of making any venue feel intimate, even the Rose Bowl arena with its capacity of 90,888.

On April 13, in true Taylor Swift style, she posted the first hint of her next release date on her Instagram in the form of a photo of a pink jeweled heart with the caption “4.26,” for April 26. Since then, she has posted four more brightly colored pictures with the same caption, which have also appeared on her Twitter, and a countdown was posted on her website.

In the latest Taylor Swift news, Time Magazine published its “100 Most Influential People” feature on April 17, and the best part is that Shawn Mendes wrote the feature on Swift as an icon. Mendes’ heartfelt words ring true, especially when he says that “Taylor makes

anyone older feel young again and anyone young feel they can do anything.”

Swift seems to be diverging from her normal release schedule of a couple singles and then the full album in the fall. I think this is more than appropriate because of the light and dreamy color scheme that she is curating for her next album. The pastel colors were not as prominent in her most recent album “Reputation,” so the fact that she is returning to them gives me hope that we will see a little bit of old Taylor on this next record. If anything, her timing corresponds so perfectly with spring, and even Easter, that one might say that she is undergoing a resurrection of her own.

A quote of Swift’s that she truly lives out is, “The goal is to continue to change, and never change in the same way twice.” Swift’s seventh album is sure to embody this message by showcasing her most stunning transformation yet.

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I have grown to appreciate people watching as a form of entertainment and at times, good distraction. Growing up in Austin, I can confidently say the phrase “Keep Austin Weird” manifests in the random art — from fashion to murals to music — throughout the city, but also in its people, in the best way possible. I think we can learn a lot about humanity, or simply be amused by it, just by obser vation, but I promise people watching isn’t weird … if you find the right place.

Starting from the time my older brother got his driver’s license, we have scouted our favorite places in Austin and determined the criteria for the best spots to people watch. I think our criteria applies to any city or campus. In addition to a place where there is a f low of people walking, or moving via some mode of transportation, you want to be able to hear people but not well enough for it to be considered eavesdropping.

You want to obser ve people from far enough away without them thinking you’re staring at them. Ideally, you melt into the environment which surrounds you. W hile it may not be as easy to be entertained on Notre Dame’s campus by people watching as it is in the various “hippie hangouts” in Austin, I do believe there are some good places to people watch on campus.

I asked a few friends for their input and compiled the following list, in no particular order, of the best places to people watch on campus: The LaFun basement from about 1 to 2:30 a.m. on Friday and Saturday nights: No explanation is necessar y.

The High School Musical stairs in the Duncan Student Center: These are great for discrete people watching, and the ideal time is during the lunch rush.

The circular concrete sitting area on the South Quad side of O’Shag: In addition to a great spring reading spot, this spot is a stellar viewing of not only the courtyard face statue but also of people during passing periods.

Waddick’s coffee shop in O’Shag: I like grabbing a coffee here in between classes and seeing all the different books people are reading.

Sometimes, if I’m really procrastinating my work, I even tr y to guess their majors.

The lakes: A walk around Saint Mar y’s and Saint Joseph’s lakes is always nice, and I also recommend laying on the small hill in front of the seminar y on a sunny day.

The quads: I’m biased, but nothing beats people watching on North Quad on a sunny afternoon, and the music, at times nice and at times interesting, is often provided by the Zahm common rooms.

Bond Hall steps: W hile this spot includes a good view of the Basilica and the Dome, it’s also a quiet spot at dusk to catch people walking to and from their dorms and other study spots.

Finally, while people watching is fun, squirrel watching is arguably even more entertaining, especially during springtime. W hile the trash cans outside of NDH are popular places for squirrels to hangout, my favorite place to sit and watch squirrels is on the benches outside of Hayes Healy. Next time you have a free 20 minutes, enjoy some people watching, and maybe even some squirrel watching!

Contact Cate Von Dohlen at cvondohl@nd.edu The views expressed in this Inside Column are those of the author and not necessarily those of The Observer.

There has been a lot of pushback against the University’s announcement to prevent future off-campus seniors from participating in dorm activities, and rightfully so. Yet, there is an honest concern that the administration might dismiss this indignation, believing that students would have been upset no matter what policy it had come out with. But the movement that took place after the announcement must not be excused for some vague, nebulous anger among entitled students who would have been discontent regardless.

The student body, which so rarely adopts the vigor of militant civic engagement, took to protesting, petitioning and storming the steps of the main building. The unequivocal roar from a student population that so often greets injustice with a meek grumble demonstrates the gravity of this issue. So why are students so invested?

Put aside the exclusion of certain ty pes of students who might want to leave campus. This column cannot possibly address all the many, valid objections to this new policy, so it will focus instead on the administration’s disrespect of dorm loyalty and its unique place in the Notre Dame experience. W hen a freshman steps on campus, their hall is the first group they can feel a sense of belonging to, it is their first taste of what it means to be a part of the Notre Dame family. As section friends become lifelong ones and hall events become yearly highlights, dorm identity finds a special place in the hearts of most students.

None of that changes when they move off campus. Dorm communities, much like the Church, extend beyond the physical boundaries of the building. In fact, off-campus seniors greatly enhance community life. My freshman year I had the honor of playing on my hall’s interhall basketball team. After long practices and big wins, the team would bond at the house of our captain, an off-campus senior. My most cherished memor y at Notre Dame is celebrating our championship victor y at that house. It was then that I realized how special my dorm was. I pity the underclassmen who will not enjoy such an experience. Isolating some of us weakens all of us; excluding seniors punishes underclassmen.

Not only does community life ex ist outside of the physical buildings, but for older dorms, it ex ists despite them. One of the many unintended consequences of this policy is its discrimination against those who happen to be randomly placed in an older dorm. It is much easier to live on campus all four years if your building has air conditioning, big common spaces and high ceilings. It does not take a Mendoza student to

realize the irrationality of paying more to live in a cramped room in a dorm with a bat problem (Sorin) or a hall with perpetually clogged plumbing (Cavanaugh). Recognizing as much and deciding to move off-campus does not make you less a member of that community; it makes you sane. And yet, in the eyes of the administration, by virtue of making such a decision you deser ve to be ex iled and isolated from your most intimate connection to this school. To those who live in halls named after priests and not donors, it is the intangibles like community life that instill pride and substantiate claims of superiority over dorms built more recently (say, in this centur y). The University’s new “living enhancements” are stripping those intangibles away in tremendous fashion. The de facto outcome of this policy is that older dorms not only suffer from inadequate living conditions, but their community life is halted by the absence of upperclassmen.

Even still, the most concerning aspect of the new housing policy is its ambiguity. The troublesome clause reads: “students who choose to move off-campus will no longer enjoy all of the rights and privileges of residents.” A lthough it lists the examples of interhall sports and dances, it suggests the potential of even greater denial of rights. W ho is to say that the University won’t prevent off campus seniors from attending dorm masses or participating in signature hall events? W hile those measures seem preposterous, they are no more outrageous than the “differentiated experiences” the University has already proposed. If those who live off campus are going to be treated as outsiders who happen to take classes here, if the University refuses to extend the definition of its community beyond campus limits, then I guess we have a lot of offcampus scholarship athletes who need to be replaced. Maybe if our star football players were prevented from playing, then the policy might be seen as less selectively exclusionar y. It could be cast in a better light, perhaps as just a foolish attempt to unite us, rather than a bold-faced money grab aimed at alienating anyone who refuses to pay an exorbitant sum for the privilege of living in often inadequate conditions and being babysat by a rector.

Sophia Sheehy is a sophomore and a proud resident of Cavanaugh. She plans on living on campus senior year, despite the dorm’s clogged toilets and roach problem, though she recognizes the idiocy of that decision should not entitle her to special privileges within the dorm community. She is the co-president of BridgeND, a club aimed at bridging the political divide in this country. BridgeND meets Mondays at 5 p.m. in the McNeill Room of LaFun. The views expressed in this column are those of the author and not necessarily those of The Observer.

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Ranking the ways Notre Dame has helped me battle depression Davis Gonsalves Highest Ranking Column

family, even when your own is far off, means so much in battling depression.

4. My comedy Yikes, that’s a tad more serious of a column title than I usually write. I promise, I’m still going to throw in some jokes to keep this last column on brand. I wanted to talk about the ways Notre Dame has helped me battle — and often overcome — this struggle with mental health because: 1) I do not mention it often enough, even to my own friends, and I think it is important for others to know that there are people out there who deal with similar problems and 2) As a senior, I need to show my gratitude for this amazing school. I am leaving Notre Dame feeling mentally stronger than ever and in large part because of the following reasons. These are ranked in no particular order as they have all helped me in unique and beautiful ways.

In Victor Frankl’s logotherapy developed in his book, “Man’s Search for Meaning,” he essentially writes that if someone has meaning to their life, they can overcome any hardship. This is a powerful message from someone like Frankl who survived the Holocaust. I found around my sophomore year that the thing giving me life is making others laugh. I cannot express the gratitude I have especially for Matt Hennessey who pushed and continues to push me into pursuing stand-up comedy and Mary Freeman who gave me the platform to write these columns that I hope gave some of you a chuckle or two in the past. The comedy I found because of Notre Dame has given me the meaning so many crave and leaves me full of hope.

6. Fantastic professors

3. My theology major

The professors here have routinely bent over backwards to accommodate me in any way whatsoever. Thank you Dr. Kucich and Professor Capdevielle for placing an enormous amount of effort into me becoming a better writer, Dr. Parise for understanding my struggles in Organic Chemistry but always pushing me to rise to the challenge, and Dr. Slattery for showing me science and religion do not contradict. Dr. Rosato, Dr. Deak, Dr. Lincicum, Dr. Walatka, Dr. Wayne, Dr. Cross, Dr. O’Regan, Dr. Cavadini (both of them), Dr. Groody, Dr. Filchak, Anton and so many more have become mentors, friends and role models both academically and in all areas of life. You all help me orient myself in times when I feel most lost.

Although I love my neuroscience major, my theology classes have strengthened my faith especially when depression so often takes this passion away from others. The academic pursuit of who God is has brought me closer to him.

I definitely have found hope in the Christian faith and have been opened up to this by my professors and classmates who have become beautiful example of Christ’s teachings.

Even those I do not know well in the major have such respect and love for everyone that it has revealed to me my own internal dignity and worth. This major has even allowed me to receive Anointing of the Sick for my depressive disorder through my Sacraments class, leaving me an indescribable feeling of strengthening and communal love.

5. The families of my friends

2. Diversity Club

Being so far away from home, I miss the simple things like home-cooked meals, my parents being able to come for tailgates, taking me out for a meal or medicine when I’m sick. Luckily, the parents of so many of my friends have treated me like one of their own, allowing me to stay for meals or breaks, inviting me to events, driving me to the airport and overall giving me a sense of familial belonging where it is difficult to get to mine in Portland. Thank you to the McCarters, the Griffiths, the Dingens, the Walshes, the Mullens, the Van Kirks, the Lawlers, the Gunds and especially the Carrozas who have been my home here in South Bend. All of these and so many more families not mentioned have showed their absolute kindness in so many ways that I could not list them all here. Knowing you are loved by

Freshman year, my friend Mike Walsh and I made a groupchat titled “Diversity Club” combining our different friends from across campus mainly so we did not have to sit alone at lunch anymore. Since then it has grown into a 75plus person group that has made this campus feel so much closer, giving me the opportunity to meet people from all over the social spectrum. It represents the countless loving moments of pick-up volleyball games, the endless episodes of Adult Swim shows at Alex Bauman’s apartment, group dinners to Taqueria Chicago, trivia and bowling nights, corec sports and Boat One memes. It represents the constant evolution of friend groups, finding fantastic people every semester and growing deeper with others. It represents an outlet that whenever I feel I’m going to spiral, I know there

are people who I can turn to. It represents a community of some of the best people on campus (that I would rank probably number one) and their endless energy for laughter, fun and joy. Thank you to every member who has forced me not to withdraw socially, but to find life.

1. Dunne Hall I felt nervous transferring to Dunne sophomore year with no established traditions, only a few close friends, and with almost half the dorm being freshmen. I can confidently say that the community we have built in the newest male dorm rivals any other dorms. Thank you so much to Fr. Matt for steering Dunne in the right direction of communal living. Thank you, Fr. Kevin, for always leaving your door open, guiding Sentinels in all ways but especially in their faith. Thank you to the members of my current section who constantly push the limits on what their RA should allow.

Thank you for the interhall soccer games, the ski trip, dome dance, the Funne Runne, game watches, late-night pizza and the simple moments walking into someone’s room at 1 a.m. and talking about life. Dunne also solidified a community with my best friends sophomore year, so thank you especially to Hamish Macfarlane, Alfredo Duarte, Mike Walsh, Johnny Mullen and Kevin Dingens for being the most excellent roommates, partners, and best friends one could ask for. Often when depressed, a terrible question comes up in asking, “Who would care if I went away?” Dunne and its community have answered the question with a resounding, “I would care.” I have never had a doubt that if my mood changed, immediately I would be filled with love from the community. For that, thank you.

As my final send off, in my final column, I want to overall express gratitude for Notre Dame. These four years have opened me up to some of the kindest, most loving and compassionate people I’ve encountered both on and off-campus.

(Sorry, I had to get a last shot in there.) Thank you to all the friends and professors. Thank you for all the opportunities these last four years. And thank you, Notre Dame.

Davis loves to rank people, places, things, ideas and sometimes even verbs. His current senior year places fourth among years, his neuroscience major places seventh and his theology major ranks third among all majors. Contact him at dgonsalv@nd.edu to be placed first in his heart.

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Pay to play Saint Mary’s annual Junior Moms Weekend occurred this past weekend and I was left feeling a little out of sorts.

And not just about the dry chicken served on Saturday night.

Let me explain. I am a junior and unfortunately my mother could not be present. However, my best friend’s mom could — she’s in fact a Saint Mary’s alumna and the reason I am here at all. When I texted her asking to be my interim mother for the weekend, she cried! Imagine that. I was beyond excited to bring the person who got me so excited about Saint Mary’s, and even my future at all, back to her favorite place on earth. And so the time came. The days of activity, just Friday and Saturday, were beautiful.

At the reception where Interim President Nekvasil spoke for a maximum of two minutes, I couldn’t help but feel out of place. This is not an unusual feeling for me at Saint Mary’s, being the only Muslim and one of few out women on campus, but this felt different. I looked around. In the hundreds of mother-daughter pairings, there were only five or so units of color. Sure, there isn’t too much color at Saint Mary’s to begin with, but I know when girls are missing. And so many were. More were missing than were present. I had known that a lot of my favorite people on campus were unable to have their moms come out for the weekend

but I could tell that a majority of the women of color in my grade were MIA. Now, I cannot and will not speak for the girls that did not attend and I did not talk to, but there is something to be said for a good chunk of the “diversity” on campus not actively participating in campus life, for whatever reason. But really, it makes total sense. The girls who give SMC their quotas are mostly on major scholarships, here completely on merit. These girls are often first- or second-generation citizens and can be the first in their families to attend college or even high school, with parents often not having English as their first language.

Junior Moms Weekend is simply a luxury few can afford.

Registration was $75 per person for a dinner and gift bags, but $75 is the beginning of the end. $150 plus transportation plus lodging plus all the meals not included plus taking time off work plus probably having someone to help take care of other children in the house? This wasn’t including drinks at O’Rourkes, Uber’s to and from Finnies, or even hoping to participate in the auction that is funding our Senior Week with bids starting at $35-$100. The list goes on. This gate was being completely kept and it was painfully obvious who wasn’t invited in: Those who were promised equity in experience

I was so sad to not be around the people I can most relate to on campus while bonding with someone I truly admire.

But the thing that made me even more distraught? That when I started to think about it, I could be disappointed, but I couldn’t be surprised. Of course it was pay to play; everything here is. I argued with myself, “Anisah, what do you expect from this place? It’s a private institution.” But after mulling it over, I know now: I expect to see my community that I was promised, at every event. I expect that everyone will be able to have the opportunity to participate in school-sanctioned events, that the promise of community and sisterhood will be pursued to the highest degree.

That is what I was told when I came here, that is what my family pays for, so why is it my money is devalued here?

Even if we pay in scholarships, the money is still there and we sacrifice the opportunities at much browner institutions for a promise that is yet to be fulfilled. We have every right to experience the entirety of what our universities, that we pay for and give diversity and prestige to, have to offer.

Anisah Elsayed-Awad Saint Mary’s College class of 2020 April 17

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Crossword | Will Shortz

Horoscope | Eugenia Last Happy Birthday: A practical approach to money, health and legal matters will help you clear up any mistake you have made. A steady pace forward and a pattern put in place will discourage others from taking advantage of you and encourage you to save more, eat less and avoid any situations that could negatively affect your goals this year. Your numbers are 3, 17, 24, 26, 33, 44, 48.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Learn all you can. Ask questions, and take on tasks that will help you hone your skills and incorporate what you know into a challenge that you find exciting. Live in the moment, and focus on winning.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Don’t feel you have to jump on someone else’s bandwagon. Do your own thing, and invest in yourself. How you project, present and promote what you do will determine how far you’ll get.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Check facts to avoid getting trapped in someone’s evasiveness. Stick to the people you know are fair and will contribute as much as you. Partnerships will take an upward turn as soon as you make your position and your expectations clear.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Take what others do and say seriously. If you are reluctant to speak up, you will enable others to take advantage of you. Form relationships that are solid and based on common interests, beliefs and goals.

LEO ( July 23-Aug. 22): Make improvements that will lead to better health, good relationships and interests that will stimulate you mentally, emotionally and physically. An active life will promote success, happiness and positive changes. Traveling, learning and making physical improvements are favored.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Simplicity will keep you out of trouble. Refuse to get involved in arguments or emotional disputes that are based on assumptions. Stay levelheaded, and put your time and effort into establishing what you want and how to reach your goal.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Taking a trip or spending time with someone who can offer you insight into a different lifestyle will get you thinking about the possibility of making a change or move. Discuss your plans with someone you’d like to share your adventure with.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Someone older or with more experience will offer information that will change the way you see the past and encourage you to take a positive step into the future. Let go of what isn’t working for you and embrace what is.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Take note of what others are doing. Don’t be fooled into thinking someone is looking out for you. An emotional matter will be manufactured for someone else’s benefit. Question anything that sounds suspicious. Offer love, not war.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): A change of plans will turn out to be a blessing in disguise. Observation and moderation will save you from making a decision prematurely. Not everything is as it appears, and someone is likely to offer false information.

AQUARIUS ( Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Get involved in projects that make you feel good. What you accomplish and the people you connect with will lead to positive changes that will influence how you live and the way you handle your money. Romance is on the rise.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Don’t let confusion set in because someone is playing with your emotions. Consider who you are dealing with, and keep your distance from those pressuring you to take part in something that could affect your reputation or your personal finances.

Birthday Baby: You are curious, persistent and opportunistic. You are ambitious and outspoken and you should make yourself known especially today. Take charge of today and put to use your opportunistic spirit to seize the day.

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nhl | bruins 5, maple leafs 1

Robotic umpires are long overdue Ryan Kolakowski Sports Writer

Steven Matz delivered a fastball to Br yce Harper that appeared to be elbow-high when it reached the mitt of catcher Wilson Ramos.

Home plate umpire Mark Carlson called the pitch a strike during the fourth inning of the series opener between the Mets and the Phillies on Monday night.

Harper, the right fielder for the Philadelphia Phillies, expressed his frustration with the call. “Oh my God,” he appeared to say as he rolled his eyes toward the infield. The slugger then stepped back into the batter’s box and took a called strike three from the Mets’ left-hander.

The slugger lowered his bat and sulked back to the dugout. As he returned to his teammates, Harper looked back to Carlson and expressed his frustration with the high pitch that appeared to cost him a strike.

That could have been the end of the dispute, but Harper would not relent.

Four batters later, Cesar Hernandez stepped up to the plate with the Phillies trailing 2-1. Matz delivered another fastball that appeared to be elbow-high, just above the strike zone.

Carlson called the pitch a strike, and Hernandez looked back at the umpire in confusion to confirm that the pitch was high.

Carlson quick ly turned toward the Phillies dugout, lifted his mask and waved his arm to eject a player from the game. He pointed toward Harper to specif y who exactly was getting tossed from the contest.

Phillies manager Gabe Kapler stormed onto the field to argue with Carlson, and Harper quick ly joined him in the screaming match. Harper was heated, but he ultimately left the field after going 0-for-2 with two strikeouts on the night.

Philadelphia went on to lose 5-1 to New York.

Following the game, Phillies starting pitcher Jake Arrieta expressed his

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frustration with Harper’s ejection.

“He’s got to understand we need him in right field.

I don’t care how bad the umpire is,” Arrieta said. “He wasn’t great for either side.

I’m out there tr ying to make pitches and he misses some calls. So what? We need him out there.”

Arrieta was displeased with Harper’s ejection, and he is right that bad calls are part of baseball. The human element of an umpire to call balls and strikes has existed throughout the sport’s histor y, but it does not need to stay that way.

Carlson and Harper demonstrate why the sport needs change. It is time to bring in electronic umpires.

Pitch-tracking technolog y creates an exact strike zone and pinpoints where the pitches cross home plate.

This technolog y shows that Harper had ever y right to be frustrated with the second called strike in his fourth inning at-bat. Similarly, it shows that Harper was probably right about the called strike against Cesar Hernandez, although he probably should not have been chirping Carlson from the dugout.

This pitch-tracking technolog y makes it possible to remove the human error from the difficult job of calling balls and strikes. There is no reason to allow the imperfect work of home plate umpires to continue if better options are available.

This entire situation with Harper could have been avoided, and a superstar that fans expect to see at the ballpark could have remained on the field if not for this ridiculous argument about pitch location.

Forget tradition. Forget the idea that a human umpire must call balls and strikes simply because that’s the way it always has been.

It is time for change, so bring on the robot umpires.

Contact Ryan Kolakowski at rkolaow@nd.edu The views expressed in this Sports Authority are those of the author and not necessarily those of The Observer.

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Bruins clinch game against rival Maple Leafs Associated Press

Joakim Nordstrom and Sean Kuraly each had a goal and assist, Tuukka Rask stopped 32 shots and the Boston Bruins beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 5-1 in Game 7 on Tuesday night to wrap up their firstround Eastern Conference playoff series.

Marcus Johansson added his first goal of the postseason for Boston and Charlie Coyle scored on an empty netter late in the third. Patrice Bergeron also had a late goal.

It is the Bruins’ second straight Game 7 win over the Maples Leafs and third in three playoff matchups between the teams. Boston previously knocked Toronto out of the postseason with Game 7 victories in 2018 and 2013. The Maple Leafs have now lost six straight road Game 7s.

Boston advances to the Eastern Conference semifinals where it will meet the Columbus Blue Jackets.

The Maple Leafs’ loss means there are no Canadian teams

remaining in the playoffs.

Calgary and Winnipeg previously lost their first-round series.

The Bruins led 2-1 after two periods and needed just 2:40 of the third to add to it.

Toronto forced action in Boston’s defensive zone before it was poked out near the center of the ice and controlled

by Kuraly. He promptly split between Tavares and Ron Hainsey, crossed in front of Morgan Rielly and fired a wrist shot past Andersen to give the Bruins a two-goal edge.

Boston came up empty on multiple early shot attempts before its fourth line broke through with the first goal of the night.

A little over two minutes later Toronto’s Jake Gardiner gave it away behind his own net after being forechecked by Karson Kuhlman. Johansson controlled the puck, spun in front and fired a quick shot just inside the left post to make it 2-0.

Toronto struck back at 3:54 of the second. Ennis jarred

the puck loose with his forecheck on Grzelcyk. The puck found its way to Tavares, who punched through his second goal of the playoffs to pull the Maple Leafs to 2-1.

Toronto got a one-man advantage with 11:38 left in the second after Brandon Carlo was called for a cross check on Andreas Johnsson. Boston’s defense stepped up, dodging eight Maple Leafs shot attempts to notch the penalty kill.

Tempers flared briefly just before the end of the period after Toronto was called for an offside. But a potential fight was quickly broken up.

It happened again in front of the Maple Leafs’ bench just after time expired in the second.

Brad Marchand and Auston Matthews were in the middle of the scrum. It, too, was brief and ceased after only some mild shoving.

The offensive aggression from Game 6 carried over to Game 7, with both teams combining for eight shots on goal in first seven minutes.

Nba | raptors 115, magic 96

Raptors beat Magic in close game to win series Associated Press

Kawhi Leonard scored 27 points, Pascal Siakam added 24 and the Toronto Raptors used another stifling defensive effort to beat the Orlando Magic 115-96 on Tuesday night, winning their first-round playoff series in five games.

Kyle Lowry scored 14 points as the Raptors finished off the Magic with ease, bouncing back from a Game 1 defeat to win by double-digits in three of the next four. Toronto led by as many as 37 in the clincher, their biggest-ever margin in a playoff game.

It’s the fourth straight year the Raptors have reached the second round.

Leonard made 8 of 11 shots, including 5 of 5 from 3-point range, as the Raptors jumped on Orlando early and never trailed. Leonard also made all six of his free throws. He checked out to cheers of “MVP, MVP” with 8:05 to play and Toronto up 105-75.

D.J. Augustin scored 15 points, Terrence Ross had 12 and Aaron Gordon 11 for the

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Magic, who won 104-101 on Augustin’s late 3-pointer in Game 1 but never again topped 96 points against Toronto’s dominant defense, and twice finished with 85 or fewer.

Orlando made 32 of 83 shots, including 9 of 34 from 3-point range.

The Magic hadn’t reached the postseason since 2012. That year, Orlando won its opener on the road against Indiana, then lost four straight. The Magic haven’t advanced past the opening round since 2010, when they lost to Boston in the Eastern Conference Finals.

Lowry scored Toronto’s first nine points and had 12 in the opening quarter. Orlando missed 10 of its first 11 shots and went 0 for 7 from 3-point range in the first. Toronto was up 35-19 after one.

The Magic missed 11 straight from long range before Fournier connected at 7:55 of the second. Toronto answered with a 6-0 spurt, opening a 50-29 lead with 6:48 to go until halftime. Leonard and Siakam each had seven points in the second and the

Raptors held a 67-47 lead at the intermission.2 Lowry left at 2:41 of the second and headed to the locker room after appearing to jam a finger on his right hand. He returned to start the second half.

Toronto took a commanding 99-70 lead into the fourth.

TIP-INS Magic: Vucevic missed his first four shots and had three fouls in a scoreless first quarter, playing only five minutes.

Vucevic scored his first basket at 9:54 of the third, when Orlando trailed by 26. He shot 3 for 10 and scored six points. ... Khem Birch led Orlando with 11 rebounds.

Raptors: Toronto had 10 assists on 13 made baskets in the first quarter, and 19 on 23 baskets in the first half. The 19 assists set a Raptors record for a single half of a postseason game. ... G Fred VanVleet led Toronto with 10 assists while Lowry had nine. ... Five games is the quickest Toronto has ever won a seven-game series. ... F Chris Boucher (back) was not available.

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to enter a rebuilding year, following the departure of all five of their starters to the WNBA draft, the likely departure of Patterson will leave another

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for Liverpool this summer, after which point they will face La Liga’s Sevilla FC in Fenway Park and Primeira Liga’s Sporting CP in Yankee Stadium.

Although American tours are typically notorious for sporting young players while resting clubs’ most notorious talent, Liverpool’s Chief Commercial Officer, Billy Hogan, is optimistic about the odds that players like Mo Salah and Sadio Mané will appear for the Reds in the match against Dortmund, especially given that neither the World Cup nor the European Championships will take place in the coming summer.

“We should be in a position where a lot of the first team is available,” Hogan said.

“Everybody who’s healthy will absolutely be there.”

Because the matches will take place during the preseason, Hogan emphasized the importance of using them as preparation for the grueling schedule the club will face come August.

“Jürgen Klopp, our manager, takes the preseason very, very seriously, from a training perspective. But he also recognizes the responsibility of playing for a massive global club like Liverpool. And that’s to bring the team closer to the fans. So we will have everybody who’s available,” Hogan said. “Jürgen, understands the responsibility of playing for Liverpool and of being a part of that history and that tradition.”

With the tour, Liverpool will be returning to the United States for the second year in a row, a relatively uncommon but justified choice.

“Touring in the U.S. is a great experience because the venues are terrific,” Hogan said. “The training facilities are terrific.

Relatively short flight times between locations. Touring in the U.S. has been and continues to be a great experience.”

Hogan also commented on the specific locations of this year’s series as holding unique significance.

“We would look at every summer tour as kind of its own unique opportunity,” Hogan said. “We started looking at [the U.S.] in this case again because of the opportunities that we had in front of us with Notre Dame and with Fenway Park and with Yankee stadium.

[Returning] was something that we felt was the right decision to run as the tour this summer.”

The unique opportunities

hole for Muffet McGraw’s team in the paint.

“Best of luck moving forward,” Patterson said in her tweet. “But the time has come for me to say goodbye and move on towards the future. I can’t wait to see what it holds. … #GodSpeed.” presented by the tour are special to the players as well.

“I generally genuinely can tell you that the players enjoy getting a chance to see different parts of the world.

Obviously, they’re working hard because they’re training,” Hogan said. “If you’re training every day in the same place, all summer long in the preseason — the tour gives us a chance to kind of break up that monotony as well.”

But as special as the tour is for the players, it is perhaps even more special for the fans.

“The overall fan base is growing in the U.S. and I think these summer tour matches are a chance for our U.K. and our European fans and even fans from outside of just Europe and the U.K. — we’ve had fans literally from all over the world who follow us on tour — to have them come together with our U.S. fanbase is a really powerful and festive occasion.”

When taken together, the different aspects of the tour come together for a “positive net gain” for the club.

“There’s the element of bringing our fan base together. There’s the opportunity to bring the first team out to our fans and to our supporters, many of whom will never get the chance to go to Anfield and to see them play at Anfield. And then the other part that’s really important is we do a number of community events while we’re in the various locations and try and spend time in the community and giving back while we’re there as well,” Hogan said.

In terms of selecting Notre Dame as a location, Hogan cited the athletics staff and the University’s tradition as key reasons why it was selected as a host cite.

“We reached out to the team at Notre Dame,” he said. “Jack [Swarbrick] and the Athletic Department at Notre Dame were absolutely phenomenal.

Really, really strong group of people and have been a pleasure to work with. And it just seemed like a great fit.”

The historic match will likely be a competitive one.

“It should be terrific. Two great teams and should be a really festive atmosphere,” Hogan said.

Tickets for the match will go on sale to the general public Friday, April 26 at 11 a.m. EST. They will be available for purchase at liverpoolfc.com/tickets on a first-come, first-serve basis.

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to go up 2-0. However, the offense would once more stall for the Irish.

After giving up one run to Pitt in the bottom of the seventh and going three up, three down in the top of the eighth, the Panthers scored three more runs in the bottom of the eighth as the Irish couldn’t find an answer from their bullpen.

With two outs, men on first and second base and a 3-2 count in the top of the ninth, Putz lined out to end the first game and put the Panthers up 1-0 in the series.

Following the loss, Notre Dame managed to put the pieces together. Despite it appearing their offensive struggles would continue — after going three up, three down

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second. Five minutes into the period, junior midfielder Tanner Cook found a pocket of open space in the middle of the field. The junior cut to his left and then fired a rocket back to his right to beat Zullo and give Carolina a 4-2 advantage. Notre Dame, however, would finish the period with back-to-back goals of its own. With just one minute to play in the half, freshman attackman Griffin Westlin

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in the first two innings of the second game — the Irish dominated the second game of the series, winning 9-0.

Sophomore shortstop Jared Miller opened the scoring for the Irish in the third inning off of an RBI by freshman second baseman Zack Prajzner.

Putz added another run in the fourth as freshman catcher Jack Alexander hit an RBI double.

The definitive moment in the game came in the fifth inning with the bases loaded as Jung hit a grand slam to put the Irish up 6-0. Senior right fielder Eric Gilgenbach, Zyska and Kavadas all made their ways around the diamond. Putz rounded out the inning, making it home on an Alexander single. The Irish fielding was credited for the shutout, as junior right-handed pitchers Cameron Junker and Zack Martin combined to

strike out seven batters and gave up seven hits on the day.

Sunday, in the decisive game of the series, Notre Dame yet again went three up, three down in the first two innings of play and fell behind as the Panthers managed to score just before recording their third out. However, the Irish responded quickly as Prajzner tied the game with a solo home run in the third inning.

Notre Dame took the lead for good in the fifth inning as Putz drove home Jung on a single to right field, and Prajzner scored Putz on a sacrifice bunt.

Kavadas added one last insurance run in the sixth inning off a Jung sacrifice fly, as junior and sophomore left-handed pitchers Cameron Brown and Tommy Vail paced the Irish to a 4-1 victory, totaling a combined 13 strikeouts and four hits allowed on the day.

Irish sophomore catcher David LaManna stands in the box during Notre Dame’s 5-2 win over Virginia on Apr. 5 at Frank Eck Stadium.

lobbed a pass to junior midfielder Bryan Costabile, who ripped a shot into the cage to cut the Carolina lead in half. With the clock winding down, junior attackman Brian Willets found a cutting Connor Morin. The sophomore midfielder spun to his left to shake his defender and then found the net to beat the clock and tie the game at four.

The Notre Dame offense found its rhythm in the second half, scoring the first three goals of the third period to take its largest lead of the game. Sophomore attackman

Wheaton Jackoboice, Gleason and Willetts all scored within the first six minutes of the quarter. After North Carolina junior midfielder Justin Anderson fired a rocket into the top left corner of the cage, Willets responded with his second goal of the game to make the score 8-5. With just over two minutes to go in the third, junior midfielder William Perry found the twine for the Tar Heels to cut the Notre Dame lead to two, setting up a high-scoring fourth quarter.

At the start of the final

period, Tanner Cook scored his second goal of the game to bring the Tar Heels within one. Costabile and Gleason then buried back-to-back goals to put the Irish up three once again. North Carolina, however, continued to battle.

Consecutive goals by Perry and Anderson again brought the Tar Heels within one.

However, with four minutes left in the game, freshman midfielder Quinn McCahon drove past his defender and scored to put the Irish up 119. After Tar Heels senior attackman Timmy Kelly scored

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two minutes later to make it 11-10, Gleason scored his fifth and final goal of the afternoon, a sidearm laser past Johnson to close out the Irish victory.

With the win, Notre Dame earned a first-round bye in this weekend’s ACC tournament and will face No. 3-ranked Duke in the semifinals. The Irish will be looking to best the Blue Devils after a 14-8 defeat from earlier in the season.

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Irish sophomore Wheaton Jackoboice runs across the field during Notre Dame’s 14-13 win over Maryland on March 3.

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Notre Dame sophomore Danielle Patterson has announced she will enter the NCA A transfer portal.

Although the option remains for her to return to the Irish, odds are the 6-foot-2 forward will find a change of scenery based on a tweet sent out Tuesday evening.

“It has been a privilege to wear Notre Dame across my chest,” Patterson tweeted.

“An opportunity not everyone gets to experience, and for that I say THANK YOU to all the people here at this University who have been apart [sic] of this journey.”

Patterson was the ninthranked forward coming out of high school and No. 30-ranked player overall per ESPN. She played in 33 games her freshman year, averaging 12.5 minutes and 2.9 points per game on 48.7% shooting, while also going 19-38 from the free throw line on the

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year. She also averaged 1.9 rebounds per game and recorded eight blocks and eight steals on the year.

Patterson’s playing time was hurt in part due to the return of former Notre Dame for ward Brianna Turner after an ACL tear in the 2017 NCA A tournament, and to a lesser extent by the return of fellow-sophomore forward Mikayla Vaughn, who suffered an ACL tear after play ing only six games her freshman year. This caused Patterson’s sophomore campaign to take a step backward in some regards. She maintained her 2.9 points per game average but saw her minutes and rebounds decrease to averages of 10.6 and 1.5 per game, respectively. She did improve her free throw percentage to .722 but attempted only 18 foul shots on the year.

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Notre Dame Stadium, pictured Aug. 29, will serve as host to its first soccer match when Liverpool and Dortmund meet July 19.

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Irish capture away series win against Pittsburgh Notre Dame prevailed on the road against Pittsburgh in a 2-1 series win over Easter weekend.

The Irish (17-22, 10-11 ACC) fell in the first game of a Saturday doubleheader before bouncing back with two consecutive victories to clinch the series over the Panthers (12-27, 4-17 ACC).

The first game began as a defensive grudge match. The first two innings and the top of the third saw the batting team go three up, three down, and no more than four batters saw action in an inning for either team until Notre Dame finally broke open the score in the top of the seventh inning.

With the bases loaded and no outs, junior first baseman Daniel Jung hit a sacrifice fly that drove home sophomore third baseman Niko Kavadas.

Right after, the Irish added to the tally as freshman designated hitter Carter Putz grounded out but managed to score freshman left fielder Jack Zyska

In the first competitive soccer match ever played in Notre Dame Stadium, Liverpool Football Club of the English Premier League will host Borussia Dortmund of Bundesliga on July 19 at 8 p.m in an international clash of titans. The friendly match will showcase two of the world’s top clubs, with the Reds currently sitting atop the EPL a game and two points above defending champion Manchester City, and Dortmund residing in second place in the German League, just one point behind defending champion Bayern Munich.

The match is also significant for Liverpool manager Jürgen Klopp, who previously held the same position at Dortmund.

The match will be the first in a three-game American Tour

Squad nets home victory over UNC

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Irish sophomore infielder Niko Kavadas stands at the plate during Notre Dame’s 3-1 defeat to Florida State on March 24.

After a hard-fought home loss last weekend against No. 9 Cornell, No. 11 Notre Dame responded with a 12-10 win over North Carolina at Arlotta Stadium on Saturday. Senior attack Brendan Gleason propelled the Fighting Irish (7-5, 2-2 ACC) on senior day, scoring a career-high five goals to help the team secure a fourthplace regular season finish in the ACC. The final home game of the season was a special one for Gleason, who was selected by his teammates to wear No. 40 in honor of former Irish lacrosse captain Mike Sennett. The 1991 Notre Dame graduate passed away suddenly in 2007, and each year, Irish players vote on who will wear his jersey.

Both defenses turned in strong first-half performances, and goal scoring opportunities were difficult to come by for both the Irish and the Tar Heels (7-6, 1-3 ACC). Gleason opened the scoring one and

a half minutes into the game, as he sprinted from behind the cage and whipped a shot over the left shoulder of North Carolina freshman goaltender Caton Johnson to give the Irish a 1-0 lead. Gleason nearly added a second goal to his tally just two minutes later, but his behind the back shot attempt was steered away by Johnson. North Carolina soon pulled even, as a shot from the left wing by freshman attackman Nicky Solomon bounced off the stick of Notre Dame junior goaltender John Zullo and across the goal line.

Gleason however, responded just two minutes later, firing a bouncer through the legs of Johnson to put the Irish back in front. North Carolina senior attackman Timmy Kelly then responded with back-to-back goals to close out the period, muscling his way towards the crease and forcing a shot past Zullo on both occasions.

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