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Carter, Letterman speak at ceremony Former president and late night host reflect on the Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter Work Project By TOM NAATZ Associate News Editor
In the immediate aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, David Letterman had a problem. Letterman was watching news coverage of the disaster that had just afflicted New Orleans and the entirety of the Gulf Coast, and he desperately wanted to help out; his only problem was he wasn’t sure how he could do it. “As you see, [there‘s] 24-hour coverage of disasters and horrible things that happen to humans around the globe, and if you’re hooked up properly, you’re drawn to that,” Letterman said. “You want to do something but you don’t know what it is you want to do. And this is the dynamic that occurred while watching
the storm Katrina ravage New Orleans, Louisiana.” Ultimately, Letterman called Habitat for Humanity, the global nonprofit housing organization and gathered some friends and travelled to New Orleans to start building and rebuilding houses. Letterman, the longtime late night talkshow host whose appearance at Notre Dame‘s Purcell Pavilion was not previously announced, introduced former President Jimmy Carter and his wife, former first lady Rosalynn Carter, at the opening ceremonies of the 2018 Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter Work Project. This annual Habitat for Humanity program, which includes participation and sponsorship from the former first see CARTER PAGE 4
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Former president Jimmy Carter and former first lady Rosalynn Carter speak at the opening ceremony for their work project, a part of the Habitat for Humanity program, which will build houses for those in need.
NROTC students Saint Mary’s professors spend summer plan trip to Met exhibit traveling, training By GINA TWARDOSZ News Writer
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The Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps (NROTC) prepares college students to serve as Naval officers after graduation. Eightyfour Notre Dame and Saint Mary’s undergraduates participate in this program. Known as “midshipmen,” students in the program this summer spent approximately a month completing various training courses, including spending time aboard active vessels and aircraft to prepare them to ultimately commission as officers. Rising sophomores, known as third-class midshipmen, participated in the Naval Reserve‘s Career Orientation and Training for Midshipmen (CORTRAMID) program, which served as an introduction to the different communities within or associated with the Navy. Second-class and first-class midshipmen — rising juniors and seniors, respectively — completed “summer cruises,” which entailed
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experiencing naval service firsthand on a ship or submarine. Captain Mark Prokopius, the commanding officer of Notre Dame NROTC, described the purpose of summer training as exposing midshipmen to both life in the Navy and to necessary leadership decisions. “When they’re on cruise, they’re actually on active duty and subject to all the active duty rules,” he said. “It builds valuable experience to see from the enlisted perspective on the second-class cruise, and then [on the first-class cruise] to see from the officer’s perspective, who is the leader in front of those enlisted men.” Kathleen Halloran, a secondclass midshipman and a junior at Saint Mary’s, said she knew she wanted to serve her country from a young age after being inspired by her grandfather, a Marine veteran. Halloran said her summer experience — staying aboard a submarine — was enriched by the see NROTC PAGE 3
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Saint Mary’s students will have the opportunity to travel by bus to New York City on Sept. 22 to see The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s “Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination” exhibition, a display of fashion and medieval art.
The exhibition aims to examine the effects of fashion on Catholicism over time, the Metropolitan (Met) Museum’s website said. The trip is being organized by religious studies professor Margaret Gower and art professor Krista Hoefle, who said the event would be of little cost to students. The trip was dreamed up after
Gower noticed the overwhelming interest students had in the Met Gala in May. “I saw that students were excited about it, I was excited about it, and there was this moment in my classes during the informal class chatter when we realized all of a sudden that these theologies and see MET PAGE 3
Notre Dame welcomes new ID card technology By MARIE FAZIO News Writer
The future is here and it is contactless. The Irish1Card system — the new ID cards for students, faculty and staff that include contactless technology — is in the final stages of implementation, Daniel Tormey, program director of Irish1Card, said. As of this summer, all
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residential halls, dining halls and on-campus point-of-sale locations are equipped with contactless card readers, Gina Grear, the Irish1Card project manager, said. Some residence hall laundry card machines and vending machines on campus still solely use magnetic strip readers, but those will be updated over time, Tormey said. The Irish1Card system was put in place to provide more
sophisticated functionality, with features such as allowing the card to have different meal plans and the contactless payment method. “We’re trying to get people used to using the contactless reader in this phase because it’s more secure,” Tormey said. “We also recognize that whether it’s a student cardholder or employee there’s still a transition time.”
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Have you ever thoug ht about t he sma l lest pa r t icles of mat ter a nd how t hey ca n be used to create good ? Not re Da me’s Center for Na no Science a nd Tech nolog y, bet ter k now n a s NDna no, ha s been work i ng si nce 2001 to a nswer t h is a nd ot her u nsolved scient i f ic quest ions usi ng na notech nolog y — t he bra nch of tech nolog y t hat st ud ies a nd ma n ipu lates ex t remely sma l l mat ter such a s atoms a nd molecu les at a ‘na nosca le’ leng t h. NDna no is a col lect ion of facu lt y members who a re i nterested i n what ca n be lea r ned by u ndersta nd i ng t he na nosca le. At t he g roup’s meet i ngs, eng i neers a nd scient ist s across t he Un iversit y gat her to sha re t hei r u ndersta nd i ng of t he sca le w it h each ot her a nd to solve na noscience problems. “It’s rea l ly qu ite excit i ng when you sta r t to t h i n k about how t he world work s on a n atom ic sca le,” A la n Seabaug h, t he d i rector of NDna no, sa id. “T here a re ma ny abi l it ies t hat
have come out i n t he la st couple decades about t h is topic. T hese abi l it ies a re sta r t i ng to g ive us g reat i nsig ht i nto how we ca n eng i neer new k i nds of st r uct u res so we ca n rev isit problems t hat have solut ions now, but were solved before we had t h is level of u ndersta nd i ng.” Recent work at NDna no ha s i ncluded cont i nu i ng to i nvest i n t he f ut u re of comput i ng, Seabaug h sa id. Not re Da me recent ly won a resea rch center i n a n ef for t led by Su ma n Dat ta, t he Frei ma n n cha i r of eng i neer i ng. Ca l led “A scent,” t he center is look i ng at t he bot t leneck s of comput i ng a nd how t hey ca n be solved. “T h is center ha s been a big w i n for t he Un iversit y,” Seabaug h sa id. “It’s a nat iona l center t hat’s come f rom NDna no t hat ha s severa l ot her u n iversit ies i nvolved a nd wel l over 100 resea rchers i n t hat i nst it ute.” Ot her project s i nclude resea rch i nto d r ug del iver y to ca ncer cel ls, new f uels, nuclea r susta i nabi l it y, sola r a nd t her ma l elect r ics a nd a na ly z i ng water for pat hogens, he sa id. NDna no a i ms to engage st udent s,
too — a nu mber of u nderg raduate resea rch fel low sh ips a re of fered du r i ng t he su m mer to propel st udent s i nto project s w it h t he center. Add it iona l ly, Seabaug h sa id facu lt y resea rch g roups of ten have open i ngs for u nderg raduates. Even w it h t he prog ression of NDna no’s resea rch, however, t he orga n i zat ion’s goa l rema i ns t he sa me — to add ress quest ions w it h a n a i m to promote t he g reater good. Ever si nce t hey bega n meet i ng du r i ng lu nch back i n 2001, t he NDNa no facu lt y cont i nues meet i ng mont h ly to d iscuss t he na notech nolog y topics a nd quest ions t hat i nterest t hem. A f ter compa r i ng idea s, t hey a i m to w r ite w i n n i ng proposa ls. “We ta l k about problems we’re i nterested i n add ressi ng, we ta l k about t h i ngs t hat we ca n do a nd ca n’t do, a nd it’s t he facu lt y teach i ng t he facu lt y a nd col laborat i ng on problems t hat we wa nt to tack le toget her,” Seabaug h sa id. Contact Lucy Lynch at llynch1@nd.edu
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histories and practices that we’ve been discussing were alive and at work in this really enthralling arena of human life — fashion,” she said. Students factored heavily into the decision to design a trip that was both accessible and affordable, Gower said. Students will board the bus the night of Sept. 22, then will be dropped off at The Met Cloisters, a display of medieval European art, the next morning before traveling to The Met Fifth Avenue. “When the Met closes, we’ll board the bus again and drive through the night to get home,” she said. “It’s a very focused trip. The cost of admission is free to students and so is the cost of transportation. Students do have to pay for their own meals but we’re really encouraging students to bring snacks.” The “Heavenly Bodies” exhibition at the Met seeks to present different forms of religious artistic expression in a way that facilitates connections, Tiffany Johnson Bidler, an art professor, said. “What they’re interested in doing is looking at how three different types of collections work together. There’s the collection of painting and sculpture, and within that collection is costume that
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is influenced by Catholic imagery, and then they also have the exhibition of pieces from the Vatican as a way to show the source material that the designers are working with,” Bidler said. The exhibition is presented as an ongoing conversation between art, religion and fashion, Gower said. “Part of what’s so exciting about this exhibit itself is that it was designed, consciously, to represent moments in a conversation,” she said. The religious objects and themes, Bidler said, will be able to reach more people due to the accessibility of fashion. “It helps people to understand the relevance of those older objects,” she said. “Fashion is something that is easier for people to grasp because they are engaged with fashion everyday when they wake up. It’s an approachable art form and in this case, it could help people gain a new appreciation or understanding of the other objects in the exhibition.” The exhibition includes more than 50 holy pieces from the Vatican that would have otherwise never left Italy, The Met’s website said. The exhibition can appeal to all types of students, Bidler said, from those attending to see the Vatican objects to those who want to experience a major part of art history. “There’s historical value in seeing the objects from the Vatican as
they’re part of the Catholic imagination, the Catholic artistic tradition,” Bidler said. Some students may have concerns or issues with how the religious vestments were represented at the Met Gala, Gower added, but those issues should not dissuade them from attending the trip. Bidler said that students with concerns about the exhibition or about May’s Met Gala should definitely attend the trip. “The best thing to do is go to the source and evaluate it,” she said. “Look at the exhibition as a whole and how it comes together and see if it reinforces your view or changes it.” This exhibition serves as both a conversation starter and a bridge extended from the Vatican to all those outside of it, Gower said. Students can sign up for the trip via email until Sept. 4. “The word ‘pontiff’ has always been so important to me because it comes from the Latin word ‘pons’ for bridge and ‘facere’ which is ‘to do’ or ‘to make,’ so the role of the Pope is to be a bridge-builder,” she said. “I think that this exhibition has the potential to be a bridgebuilding exhibition. I feel like this is the Vatican rooting itself in its theology and its devotional life and its practices and it’s offering a bridge to other folks.” Contact Gina Twardosz at gtwardosz01@saintmarys.edu Paid Advertisement
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presence of women in positions of power. “It was incredible being on the submarine surrounded by brilliant female officers, as female officers are currently not very common,” she said. Halloran said her favorite part of the summer was spending time with five other women on the submarine. Aboard the aircraft carrier U.S.S. Ronald Reagan, Saint Mary’s junior Megan Mullaney furthered her interest in surface warfare. “It was really cool to get the opportunity to be on the flight deck when people were taking off and landing,” she said. While the month spent aboard the ship was full of new learning opportunities, Mullaney said it came with challenges as well. “Your job is to shadow and observe but you still feel you’re in the way because you are not doing a certain job,” Mullaney said. Notre Dame sophomore and third-class midshipman Michael Terranova spent 19 days on an Ohio-class submarine embarking from Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. While his primary preference is in aviation, he said the cruise provided a valuable exposure to life in the Navy.
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“It showed me that if the Navy tells me I have to do it, I can,” he said. “It was also a really informative experience to learn the submarine’s role in the navy, but I think most importantly it showed me what life in the Navy is like … I was able to see people doing their jobs, and I got at tiny picture of what life as an officer is like.” Notre Dame senior and firstclass midshipman Thomas Hart was assigned to Naval Air Station Lemoore in California. While previously interested in naval aviation, he said the experience, in which he was able to fly in an F-18 fighter jet, confirmed his choice to work towards becoming a pilot. “It not only provided me with those flight experiences to see how cool flying was, but even more important was seeing how the community operated and seeing how the pilots interacted with each other,” he said. “The pilots I worked with were great guys and loved their jobs. I saw myself in that community. It’s really important to see if you fit in with the people, so I think that’s the right community for me.” Contact Andrew Cameron at acamero2@nd.edu and Mia Marroquin at mmarroquin01@saintmarys.edu
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couple, focuses on building houses in a geographic area one week out of the year. The 2018 iteration will be taking place in St. Joseph County this week and Notre Dame hosted the opening ceremonies. Jim Williams, the president and CEO of Habitat for Humanity’s St. Joseph County chapter, lauded the historic moment the program represents. “This truly is a historic moment for our community,“ Williams said. “And for all of you to show up here...I can’t tell you how much that means to us.” According to a press release provided at the event, the Carters will help a group of volunteers and future homeowners build 22 “new, affordable homes” this week in Mishawaka. Speakers at the event included Williams, University President Fr. John Jenkins, Habitat for Humanity CEO Jonathan Reckford, Benito Salazar, a local
man who lives with his family in a Habitat for Humanity constructed home, Letterman and the Carters. During his remarks, Reckford said discussed the scarcity of affordable housing throughout the world. “A big reason we do this is to bring attention to the fact that right now in the U.S. we have an affordable housing crisis,” Reckford said. “There is nowhere in the United States where a full-time, minimum wage employee can afford a one-bedroom apartment on less than a third of his or her income.” Reckford thanked the Carters for their work to alleviate the problem of affordable housing. “President and Mrs. Carter’s involvement in Indiana is going to bring attention to not just the need in this community and state but to the need nationally and globally,” he said. The next speaker, Salazar, said he and his wife were struggling to find an affordable housing option for their growing family when they heard about Habitat, applied, and ultimately were accepted. They
have been laying the groundwork for the project in a program Habitat for Humanity refers to as “sweat equity.” “Knowing that my children can grow in a home that their mother and father have worked so hard for means so much,” Salazar said. “We shall have the space to grow and play, we shall be putting money into a home that we can eventually own and say, ‘It is ours.’ We shall have a new beginning.” Finally, Letterman introduced the Carters. “In my life, I have always struggled and envied people who have figured out a way to make a difference in the world,” Letterman said. “People who know how, as we like to say it, ‘move the needle.’ I would not have known to call Habitat for Humanity if it wasn’t for President Carter and Rosalynn. It’s because of these two people that my friends and I were able to find a way to help in a very, very small way.” In brief closing remarks, the former president noted the large number of people who have volunteered with the Carter Work
Project. “One of the most important statistics that Habitat had … for us this year was we built 4,200-andsomething houses in 14 countries,” President Carter said. “But the main thing was 100,000 volunteers have worked with us on our different projects, beginning with 42 in the first time in New York.” President Carter said Troyer was the best volunteer they have ever had. “He has a remarkable way of inspiring us to keep on working, but he always has an ability to inject into it the purpose of Habitat. And that is to carry out the mandate of our savior Jesus Christ,” he said. Rosalynn discussed her friendship with Fr. Hesburgh, as they had worked together to help refugees. “Well, this is so great to be back at Notre Dame, from which I have an honorary degree,” Rosalynn said. “When Jimmy was president, there were refugees in Thailand coming from Cambodia, I think. I went to see them, and when I got home I had a phone call from Fr.
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This year’s incoming students uploaded pictures for their cards on “Get,” an app used in the Irish1Card, and received Irish1Cards from their residential halls upon moving in. Tormey recommends that all students, faculty and staff download the app, as it can also be used to add funds to your Domer Dollar account, report your current card as lost or re-activate it if found, access card transaction history and lists locations that accept the ID card. For example, Tormey said many students and faculty may be unaware that Irish1Cardholders have access to the South Bend bus service for free. Tormey expects the program to continue introducing innovative ways to use the new card technology. One such program, NDtogo, will utilize the mobile food ordering app ‘Tapingo’ for campus dining locations such as Starbucks. Students will be able to link their Irish1Card to the app and order ahead for pickup. Though not a core priority of the Irish1Card program team, there is also a long-term plan in place to provide all individual residential hall rooms with contactless card entry, Tormey said, which has already been implemented in Flaherty and Dunne. Other future innovations could even include mobile technology or event biometric readers. Some schools, identify students through eye or hand scanners for entry to dining halls, he said. Installation work will continue, Tormey said, will wrap up at the end of this year. “The card is one of those things that as long as it’s working right, people don’t really think about it,” he said. “My goal is to maintain a consistent level of service so people don’t really have to think about it.” Contact Marie Fazio at mfazio@nd.edu
Ted saying, ‘Let’s raise money and help those refugees.’ And of course, I was thrilled. And we raised a lot of money and became very close friends with Fr. Ted.” Rosalynn closed the ceremony by thanking those in attendance. “I want to recognize all of you — everybody who has worked to make this project a great success, and the homeowners and everybody,” Rosalynn said. “But I also want to thank the donors because Habitat for Humanity always needs donors. This would not be possible tonight if had not been for the donors. All of you who worked ahead of time, all of you who are going to be working again, and everybody else who supports Habitat. I know you are going to be supporting with contributions, right? And now you know what a wonderful organization it is. And so I thank you from the bottom of my heart and look forward to working with you, who are going to be at the camp site, tomorrow.” Contact Tom Naatz at tnaatz@nd.edu
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I can’t pretend to be objective. I am half-Japanese and I have rarely seen movie stars who look like me. So I approached “Crazy Rich Asians” with barely-contained glee. For the first time in 25 years, there would be a major motion picture with a majority Asian and Asian-American cast. Based on previews, I expected extravagance and escapism, perhaps a touching romance and family scheming. I did not expect a slyly subversive Hollywood throwback, an intelligent and emotional love letter to Asian-Americans and a charmingly entertaining film that feels both universal and intensely specific. I loved it. Directed by Jon M. Chu, “Crazy Rich Asians” is an updated, transplanted version of Cinderella. At the behest of her secretly wealthy boyfriend Nick Young (Henry Golding), Chinese-American economics professor Rachel Chu (Constance Wu, in a star-making performance) travels back to his home in Singapore to attend his friend’s wedding. She soon meets his imposing mother Eleanor (Michelle Yeoh, fantastic) and reconnects with his kindhearted cousin Astrid (Gemma Chan). Colorful characters flit across the screen, including Rachel’s college friend Peik Lin (Awkwafina) and Nick’s gay cousin Ollie (Nico Santos). Successive parties crank up the displays of eye-popping extravagance. “Crazy Rich Asians” truly shines in these scenes, visiting over a dozen minor characters, each more ridiculous than the last. Chu’s direction is stylish but rarely in-your-face, and a witty screenplay adeptly weaves an engaging narrative.
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A single prick from the spindle of a spinning wheel sent Sleeping Beauty into a coma. In the first twenty minutes of the new Netflix original show, “Disenchantment,” Princess Bean has thrown punches on the floor of a bar; accidentally impaled her husband-to-be on a sword; fallen out of a castle window, sprinted through the muddy streets of her kingdom, Dreamland; and she’s still on the move. Abbi Jacobson, who voices Bean, told Bustle in an interview that “Bean is a princess, but she’s a very anti-typical princess in that all her flaws are shown.” And it’s true that Princess Bean — shorthand for her real name, Princess Tiabeanie Mariabeanie De La Rochambeaux Drunkowitz, not that she would ever admit to that — is a rejection of all of the self-assured, rosy-cheeked, demure beauties that Disney has fed us since childhood. Princess Bean is lonely, belligerent and in near-constant conflict with her father, King Zog. Born into the confines of princess-hood, Bean rejects her arranged marriage, flaunts princess decorum and dress code and aspires to pretty much any life that isn’t hers. She lives cooped up, not a little ironically, in a turret. Dreamland, the kingdom she reluctantly helps to rule, is a
“Crazy Rich Asians” focuses mainly on the conflict between Rachel’s Chinese-American identity, with her admirable independence and ambition, and Eleanor’s more traditional Chinese identity, with her focus on family and social norms. Unlike other lead couples, Rachel and Nick have few major misunderstandings; their major obstacle is his family and her own confused identity. This structural choice is the smartest decision in a film full of them. It grounds the film’s swirling luxury in an emotionally involving story centered on identity, a universal theme. Jay Caspian King wrote that “‘Asian-American’ is a mostly meaningless term,” but “Crazy Rich Asians” provides a counterpoint. Rachel’s identity crisis feels universal, but the tension between those two words, “Asian” and “American,” is specific to Asian-Americans and beautifully explored by Wu’s complex, nuanced performance. Of course, we have all seen this story before, just never with Asian-American and Asian characters. Hollywood films generally treat Asian characters as perpetual outsiders, existing only within the context of white expectations. But “Crazy Rich Asians” reveals how thin these stereotypes are. Where Asian women are often hyper-sexualized, here they are down-to-earth, wacky, regal, scheming and sexy. Where Asian men are often emasculated and nerdy, here they are desirable, obnoxious, disloyal, conflicted, romantic and charmingly humorous. “Crazy Rich Asians” largely positions its characters within all-Asian settings, independent of white expectations. In addition, the film slyly subverts convention by refusing to hold the audience’s hand when navigating through Asian culture. One standout scene shows gossiping text messages sprinkled with Asian slang as shimmering
streams of color bouncing across continents. A charged mahjong game dominates the film’s climax — Chu refuses to explain the popular Chinese game’s complex rules. A mouth-watering montage of street food feels like a corrective for all those times white children have pinched their noses after catching a whiff of an Asian peer’s lunch. Of course there are flaws. The screenplay often settles for easy plot devices instead of deeper nuance, and a subplot concerning Astrid’s marriage feels underwritten. In addition, despite smashing Asian stereotypes, the film still frustratingly casts its only gay character as effeminate and fashion-obsessed, present only to advance the straight protagonist’s story. “Crazy Rich Asians” revolves around only East Asians and neglects to include Southeast Asians, including Singaporeans, outside of servant roles. Yet ultimately, I can’t help but love this movie. When the Asian-American stories we see are largely focused on assimilation, it is radical and radically affirming to watch a joyful, charmingly entertaining film — filled with faces that look like mine — about learning to love yourself. Near the end of the film, the opening notes of Coldplay’s “Yellow” fill the theater. A female vocalist sings the opening words. The lyrics, sung in Chinese, praise the beauty of “yellow,” a term often derogatorily used to describe Asians’ skin tone. A laugh caught in my throat as I was unexpectedly moved. I wish I had this film when I was younger, during those dark times when I wanted to be anything but Asian. Now, a whole generation of Asian kids will see movie stars who look like them and, maybe, they will grow up knowing that they are worthy of love, too.
decaying medieval town that blends the fantastical and the historical in equal measure. Creator Matt Groening, who produced “The Simpsons” and “Futurama,” again demonstrates his talent for creating sprawling, wacky universes composed of unique, two-dimensional characters that are jokes in and of themselves — the blustering and overbearing King Zog, the hilariously creepy prime minister Odval, the alchemist-wizard — and total hack — Sorcerio, a fairy who happens to be a prostitute. It’s a living, breathing world of foulmouthed fantasy. Groening also brings to bear the famous flippant selfawareness that endeared “The Simpsons” to its viewers. As those who’ve seen “Monty Python and the Holy Grail” will know, the medieval era is one ripe with potential for absurd lampoonery. It’s normal to catch sight of a cart of recently deceased victims of the Plague roll into and out of the frame, often with a crooked hand twitching helplessly beneath the pile of decaying bodies for a dark, slapstick effect. In one scene, a town crier meanders the streets of Dreamland in the wee hours of the morning. “It’s 4 A.M. and all is well,” he proclaims, in a dryly sarcastic, monotonous tone. “Actually, well is a bit of an overstatement. Acceptable is more like it. If you consider death, disease and rampant poverty acceptable!” Besides its strangely familiar setting, “Disenchantment” takes a different tack than Groening’s previous series in its
treatment of its protagonist, Bean. Unlike “The Simpsons,” “Disenchantment” has a true narrative arc. In each adventure, Bean is accompanied by her sidekicks, Luci — a catlike demon who’s been sent to curse her, but who becomes a close friend — and Elfo, an innocent elf with an untarnished moral compass and a hopeless crush on Bean. As the ten episodes of “Part 1” unfold, we see Bean grapple with her mother’s loss, attempt a few jobs and navigate a heavy drinking problem, all while developing closer relationships with the oddball companions at her side. In its character exploration of Bean, “Disenchantment” cuts a slice deeper than “The Simpsons,” which is possibly why some critics have scoffed at the show. This show is not “The Simpsons,” nor does it really try to be. Rather, “Disenchantment” lands more in the “BoJack Horseman” animated genre — an exploration of a deeply-flawed individual. Yet instead of BoJack’s trademark nihilism, we’re greeted with Bean’s tentative, enthusiastic hope for a different and better life. As Bean journeys toward adulthood, she seeks meaning in her attempts to throw off the shackles of royal life. “I want to be control of my own destiny,” Bean says more than once, as she stumbles through a series of failed escapades toward that goal. But what will that destiny look like? She’s not quite sure.
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Moving beyond the resume Alexandra Muck News Writer
As ever yone looking for a job or internship knows, employers are on campus almost as soon as students these days. We barely have time to learn our schedules and figure out which color spirals we have decided to use for which classes before we are getting emails about applications and company information sessions on campus and, of course, the career fair, which is now right around the corner. With the inev itable barrage of emails and applications comes the stress of perfecting the resume. How can you perfectly capture your involvement w ith that club in two or three bullets? Should this club be listed before that club? Should that activ it y be listed at all? Perhaps the most stressful part of the resume can be that one line at the bottom that is supposed to note your interests. Are you too cliché if you put travel and podcasts as interests? Do you look too nerdy if you put reading as an interest? After working on my ow n resume and helping other people w ith theirs over the years, I’ve determined a few things about the process, all of which really come to the fact that it’s impossible to fully encapsulate yourself on one side of a piece of paper. I remember looking at my first completed resume and thinking that it still didn’t quite fit me. Tr y ing to convey my skills and strengths and interests on one 8.5-by-11 sheet of paper just made me feel like I was ver y similar to ever yone else. Didn’t I just have the same activ ities as ever yone else? Was I really doing any thing that impressive? Were my interests going to make me look like the average college student? Did I look like I had a life outside of school? After looking over my friends’ resumes, though, I’ve realized most people have ver y similar concerns. Despite the fact that jobs — and therefore resumes — are important, at the end of the day it falls on us to remember that we’re not defined by one piece of paper. We have lives and friendships and experiences that can’t possibly fit, and shouldn’t necessarily belong on, a resume. Even the interests we strive to fit on a single line that looks both professional and interesting probably do not actually fully encompass what we are passionate about and spend our free time on. W hile it can be hard to remember that fact when we get all the emails, attend all the information sessions and submit our resumes to listings on Go Irish, it is important that we take time to remember what actually makes us unique. So w ith that, here’s to a year of learning, change, grow th and — perhaps most importantly — learning to look beyond simple summaries on paper to what really matters. Contact Alexandra Muck at amuck@nd.edu The views expressed in this Inside Column are those of the author and not necessarily those of The Observer.
On censorship and discourse On Friday, a column entitled “The statistics on Dreamers are a nightmare” ran in the View point section of The Obser ver, generating both discussion and outrage among readers. We as an Editorial Board understand the responses to this column, but we do not regret publishing it. We are a nation of people w ith many opposing v iew points. To pretend that some of these arguments do not ex ist on the campuses of Notre Dame, Saint Mar y’s and Holy Cross would be irresponsible of us as an independent newspaper ser v ing these three communities. These opinions ex ist w ithin our communit y and censoring them rather than acknowledging and allow ing responses to them ultimately does more harm than good. This Editorial Board represents many different
political ideologies, none of which w ill ever dictate the opinions that members of the tricampus communit y choose to express through our View point section. The column in question met our standards of publication in that the author did not use ad hominem attacks or profanit y in his w riting, and he included citations to his sources. As long as the column remains relevant and continues to adhere to our standards of publication, for us to not run the column would be political censorship, which we do not practice at The Obser ver. Our View point section seeks to foster and facilitate civ il discussion on any number of issues at Notre Dame, Saint Mar y’s and Holy Cross, and we are committed to continuing to do so in the future. Several members of the tri-campus communit y have already submitted Letters to the Editor in response to this column, many of which we w ill publish, as long as they also adhere to our standards of publication.
The ideal football team of saints Davis Gonsalves The Highest Ranking Column According to Me
For this project, I want to create the holiest of football teams that can still compete on the field. The anti-Oakland Raiders if you will. I would call this team the Saints but I feel that might be trademarked already. Let’s see who places where: Quarterback: St. Blaise. Blaise is famous for preventing the only child of a distraught mother from choking by giving a simple blessing. I desperately do not want an Atlanta Falcons situation, so I’ll take the player least likely to choke. Also, Jesus already plays quarterback for the Tennessee Titans so he’s out of the running. Wide Receivers: St. Stephen and St. John the Baptist. If John can receive the messiah, I’m sure he can receive a few footballs. Likewise, St. Stephen took a whole host of arrows to his chest which makes me believe he can withstand a few darts on a quick slant over the middle. Running Back: St. Perpetua. The gladiator martyr has seen it all. I’ll take someone who was a literal warrior in the gladiator pits to establish my run game. Perpetua was also given visions of heaven which I can only imagine will translate to great on-field vision to hit those gaps hard. Offensive Line : St. Augustine, St. Thomas Aquinas, St. Jerome, Saint Gregor y and St. Ignatius of Antioch. I went with an all early Christian theologian lineup here. Although maybe not the most athletic, they are certainly the most offensive. Read Augustine’s views on domestic abuse or accounts of Romans actually tr ying to kill Ignatius to see so. But many risked heresy or even their life for their views, I’m sure they can risk ever ything for the QB. Tight End: St. Ma ximilian Kolbe. The tight end position is the ultimate, “take one for the team” role, being asked to do ever ything on the offensive side of the ball without much of the glor y. Ma ximillian took the place of a stranger in Auschwitz to save his life, demonstrating the lack of ego to make him the ultimate team player. Defensive Line : St. Anthony the Great, St. Teresa of Avila, St. Catherine of Siena and St. John of Patmos. In my opinion, the best defensive lineman are those who are borderline insane. Their only motive is, “see ball, get ball” and might have a screw loose. Each of the saints have crazy visions of lambs and blood and monsters fighting gold with a Virgin Mar y sprinkled in there or whatever. I don’t really know what to make of it, but that kind of intensity to God can certainly be directed toward intensity on the line. Hopefully, they treat
the opposing quarterback as a sacrificial lamb, and I’m sure they’ll do ever ything to sack them then. Linebackers : St. Matthew, St. Peter and St. John the Evangelist. With a 4-3 defense, we are going to have the rock of the church be the rock of the linebacking core. Peter will be the Ray Lewis of this team — without the alleged murder charges — barking out orders. That’s not to say Matthew and John are slouches on the outside. They can slide up for a blitz with some of their miracles but sit back and guide the direction of the team or the church. Safeties : St. Paul and St. Ignatius of Loyola: W hen I’m assessing a safety I’m looking at how much coverage they can handle. St. Paul bringing Christianity out from the near east and into the entire Western World is only matched by Ignatius setting up missions in literally the new entire world, new and old. I think between them, they can cover basically anyone lined up on the other side. Defensive Backs : St. Patrick and St. Paul of Thebes. We’ve heard of Revis Island when it comes to locking down a receiver but what about Patrick locking down the entire island of Ireland? If he can drive out an entire type of animal, I’m sure he can drive out most opposing receivers. On the opposite side of the field we have Paul who lived as a hermit in the Eg yptian desert until he was 113 years old. The kind of success in isolation is sure to translate into a lockdown defender. Kicker/Punter: St. Simeon Stylites. This guy lived on a freaking pillar for 37 years to demonstrate his love of God. 37 years. There is no doubt this man’s leg muscles are able to kick a routine 43 yard field goal if he can stand on a literal pillar for close to four decades. Though we may not be the most talented team, I think we have a little luck on our side — or Providence if you look at it that way. Ever y lucky bounce, referee indecision and onside kick will probably go our way. Don’t even get me started on Hail Mar y’s. With ever y week having an “Immaculate Reception” or any sort of last play “Miracle” coupled with a medical staff consisting of Jesus healing any hurt players, I think we’ll be just fine. 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. The views expressed in this column are those of the author and not necessarily those of The Observer.
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The statistics in a previously published viewpoint on Dreamers “are a nightmare” “Dreamers are Americans in every way but on paper. They have grown up in our communities and pledge allegiance to our flag. They’re contributing to our economy and thriving in our universities, workforce and military, including 220,000 in California alone. Dreamers represent the best of who we are as a country and know no other place but the United States as their home.” - Senator Kamala Harris In this viewpoint we will refer to DACA recipients, Dreamers and their families as undocumented persons. We will consciously object to the use of the dehumanizing term “illegal alien.” By the way a previously published viewpoint portrays these young undocumented people, you would think they were a newly discovered set of villains here to take over our country. We did not have to wonder whether this viewpoint was misrepresenting a contributing portion of the American population. Instead, we checked the facts and we are here to provide rags for all of the previously spilt tea. Dreamers and the military In the United States according to pew research, 0.4 percent of the general population serve in the military. Comparing orders of magnitude, 0.4 percent and 0.1 percent (the cited proportion of serving DACA members) are not different. While we acknowledge that 0.4 percent of the population represents much more than 900 people, we would like to contend that the presence of even 900 DACA recipients in the military is an impressive feat considering the requirements for enlistment. In order to serve in the military, a candidate has to have their name checked with the national immigration database to confirm that they are a citizen. If they do not hold a green card or status as a citizen they may not enlist. The 900 DACA recipients currently enlisted were only able to join the armed forces through a pilot program called MAVNI (Military Accessions Vital to the National Interest). Seeing as DACA recipients are only able to serve in the armed forces with specific governmental approval, we think we can put the argument that they do not contribute to the American military to rest. Dreamers and education “According to research published by the Migration Policy Institute, only 4 percent of DACA recipients have obtained a college degree.” Conveniently left out in this statement is the
fact presented by the same source that “DACA recipients are almost as likely as U.S. adults in the same age group (15-32) to be enrolled in college (18 percent versus 20 percent).” Continuing in the theme of convenient omissions, the leader of the research cited concerning DACA dropout rate, Harvard professor Roberto G. Gonzalez (a correction to the published reference to him as Robert G. Gonzales) emphasizes that DACA requires applicants to certify that they have acquired their GED or are currently in school, which leads us to believe that the academic performance of DACA recipients is not as disappointing as the previous viewpoint article implies. As the statistics reveal, Dreamers aren’t “vastly less academically successful than the native population.” Fourpoint-nine percent of DACA recipients are “finally earning that Ph.D” as compared to 1.7% of the total American population. Dreamers and crime As the previous viewpoint article relied solely on crime statistics within Arizona, we could not find comparable data to argue this point. Side note: In order to obtain and maintain DACA status one cannot have been convicted on any criminal charges. Dreamers and economic impact The previous viewpoint states “that 73 percent of DACA recipients are living in low income housing and relying on taxpayer subsidized benefits, including school lunch programs and some federal welfare programs.” To clarify, this percentage represents approximately 500,000 of the 52.2 million people that rely on government-funded assistance programs. The majority of people supported by the U.S. government have a Social Security card and a birth certificate at the local courthouse. These 51.7 million people are not members of DACA. With regard to the “already saturated labor market” that Dreamers are apparently impinging on, this argument begins to seem questionable (and quite tired), when the fact that the unemployment rate in America is sitting at the lowest it has been in recent years (3.9 percent) is taken into account. Vague conjectures about potential changes to GDP per capita aside, CATO research estimates “that the fiscal cost
of immediately deporting the approximately 750,000 people currently in the DACA program would be over $60 billion to the federal government along with a $280 billion reduction in economic growth over the next decade.” Dreamers and English Literacy In the same research used to claim widespread illiteracy among undocumented persons, the following qualifying point is made: “The picture brightens for U.S.-born Hispanics, of whom nine out of 10 say they speak English ‘very well’ or speak only English at home.” We would like to extend this argument to immigrants of all non-English speaking nationalities as well. A DACA recipient would likely have been in the US from a young age due to DACA eligibility requirements, and a study done by researchers from three Boston-based universities shows that “children are proficient at learning a second language up until the age of 18.” Thus, we believe that DACA recipients not only have the ability to learn English, but that they can become sufficiently fluent. Not so triste after all. Conclusion The purpose of this article is not to antagonize a fellow student and viewpoint writer, but instead to highlight what we feel is a misuse of available data. We, the authors, are not DACA recipients ourselves, and we cannot propose to capture or fully understand the experiences of an entire community. With this note, we felt we could not stay quiet when fellow members our Notre Dame community were being maligned in print. And although it should go without saying, we will explicitly make this point: of course, no human is illegal. And sure, there may be Americans who have faltered, but we, as Catholics, are taught to forgive and be kind to our neighbors. We can, so let us choose to love each other despite our country of origin or our native language. Let us choose acceptance. Sarah Kelly senior Mary Guardino senior Aug. 25
Family first: Taking a staND for all Recently, a fellow student published a column with statistics on DACA Students and Dreamers. As student government leaders, we felt that it was imperative to contribute to this conversation. As a Catholic Institution, Notre Dame has an obligation to stand for the dignity of all people. Reducing a group of students on our campus down to statistics is not the road to building a welcoming and inclusive family. As our University’s Spirit of Inclusion Statement reads: “We welcome all people, regardless of color, gender, religion, ethnicity, sexual orientation, social or economic class and nationality, precisely because of Christ’s calling to treat others as we desire to be treated. We must consciously work to create an environment of mutual respect, hospitality and warmth in which none are strangers and all may flourish.” We absolutely respect everyone’s right to free speech, and strongly encourage students to discuss and debate the issues of the day. However, doing so in a reductive and incendiary fashion alienates members of our community and hinders productive conversation. We are all Notre Dame students, and we must act like it. As President John Jenkins, C.S.C., often remarks, “either we are all Notre Dame or none of us are.” For our First Year and Transfer students who just completed their first week of classes, know that our
community does not endorse language that dehumanizes anyone, especially not Notre Dame students. For members of our Notre Dame community that are DACA students and Dreamers, know that we stand with you and for you — as we do for every student on campus. It is our responsibility to leave Notre Dame better than we found it, and building a welcoming and inclusive environment is essential in our work to make Notre Dame a true force for good. In Notre Dame, Gates McGavick student body president, senior Corey Gayheart student body vice president, senior Briana Tucker chief of staff, senior Aaron Benavides director of faith & service, sophomore Caroline Cloonan director of academic affairs, senior Claire Marie Kuhn, co-director of dtudent affairs, senior
Clark Bowden co-director of FUEL, sophomore Dylan Jaskowski executive controller, senior Eduardo Luna co-director of student life, junior Elizabeth Boyle director of gender relations, junior Fritz Schemel director of community engagement & outreach, sophomore Grace Dean director of health & wellness, sophomore Isabel Edgar student union secretary, sophomore James Deitsch director of social concerns, senior Katherine Wallace director of athletics, junior Aug. 26
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Horoscope | Eugenia Last Happy Birthday: An attitude adjustment that leans toward positive and progressive thinking will change the way others respond to you this year. A powerful message and set plans will help you raise awareness regarding your concerns. Network, organize, travel and lead the way to a better life. Build a strong support system and nothing will stand in your way. Your numbers are 3, 14, 18, 23, 29, 37, 48. ARIES (March 21-April 19): Use your intelligence to reverse a situation that is stagnant. Offering incentives that sway someone to work with you to bring about positive change will give you reason to celebrate. A relationship will require special attention. Romance is encouraged. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): The information you receive will lead to a change in attitude. Travel or educational plans should be arranged. Picking up skills, experience and knowledge will help you attract attention. Network, socialize and explore new people, places and pastimes. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Take some time to consider your next move. A personal change that ensures you are looking out for your best interests emotionally, physically and financially will ease your stress and give you something to look forward to. CANCER (June 21-July 22): Live and learn. Discuss emotional matters with someone you love, respect or look up to. The information shared with you will help bring about changes that will open up a window of opportunity. Let the creative process begin. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): You may not appreciate the changes taking place around you, but if you give it time and you concentrate on personal growth, everything will work in your favor. Protect against personal or physical affronts. Make your environment comfortable and convenient. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Dig in and work hard and you will bring about positive changes you can be proud of. Share your thoughts with family and friends. Partnerships and personal growth will lead to a change of attitude as well as location. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Don’t lose sight of your goals. Look inward to discover something about yourself and the way you handle others that will make you change your approach. Using charm and diplomacy will work wonders and help you keep the peace. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Home and family should be your focal points. Extend your empathy and emotional input to people you love. Create a unique environment for friends and family to gather. Expand your outlook, but don’t go over your budget or behave excessively. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Emotions will surface. Listen to the information you are being given, but don’t assume what you are being told is the truth. Someone will try to manipulate you for his or her own interest and benefit. Don’t be gullible. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Put some money and hands-on labor into fixing up your surroundings. A change that adds to your comfort or reduces your overhead will also ease your stress and make you want to spend less time away from home. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Set a budget and be reluctant to get involved in events or activities that are too demanding. Put your energy into personal physical improvements that are geared toward better health. The current dynamics of a personal partnership can be renegotiated. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Look for a good investment. Update your financial papers and examine your assets; you’ll come up with a way to improve your financial future. Greater stability is within reach. Let your intuition help guide you. Birthday Baby: You are generous, caring and intuitive. You are trendy and unique.
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Don’t forget about the WNBA Courtney Becker Editor-in-Chief
Something was missing from the Sports Authorities last week. With the first one, my colleague Tobias Hoonhout attempted to “update our readers, especially those who completely rely upon The Observer to inform them of the happenings in the real world of sports,” by writing a summer sports recap that touched on the World Cup, LeBron James moving to the Los Angeles Lakers and Tiger Woods’ return to professional golf. Next, Joe Everett began his Sports Authority by writing: “Yesterday, my colleague proceeded to recap what has been a wild and entertaining summer of sports, highlighted of course by the World Cup and also by big names such as LeBron James and Tiger Woods, but in the backdrop the entire summer has been a sport that is quietly setting up for some intense excitement in the near future. That’s right, you guessed it: baseball.” I will be honest, as I was reading this column, my guess was not baseball. I wholeheartedly agree that this has been a “wild and entertaining summer of sports” and that the three sports moments Toby highlighted in his column are certainly noteworthy. But both Toby and Joe failed to mention an entire league with a season that has been filled with big summer sports moments and has been intense and exciting right down to the end — the WNBA. To be fair, they’re not the only ones who overlooked the WNBA this summer. No one will deny that viewership and attendance of the league’s games is far below that of NBA games (although WNBA TV viewership is up 39 percent from 2017 according to Sports Media Watch), but these problems stem largely from a lack of coverage from major sports media outlets. To be clear, there are many problems with how people treat the WNBA and its athletes, to the extent that I could probably write multiple Sports Authorities on the subject. Some of these arguments, however, such as the issue of wage inequality between men’s and women’s professional basketball players are probably too much for some readers to handle right off the bat, so let’s start with the basic point that the WNBA being unfairly overlooked by sports media outlets leads to indifference towards the league from sports fans
who know little about it. You may not have been able to turn on ESPN without seeing their wall-to-wall coverage of the Little League World Series over the past couple of weeks, but ESPN networks only aired “up to 33 games” this WNBA season, most of which only aired on ESPN2. Each of the 12 teams in the WNBA have 32game schedules. Twitter livestreamed an additional 20 and NBA TV aired 54, but by and large, the only consistent way fans are able to watch WNBA games is by subscribing to WNBA League Pass in addition to any cable package they may pay for already. This makes it objectively difficult to keep up with the WNBA and develop an interest in the league. At least all the die-hard Little League fans out there can watch 12-year-olds play baseball on ESPN. The omission of the WNBA from ESPN’s regular programming lineup is even more confusing when one considers the level of talent of the players in the league. One of the most exciting players this season was Liz Cambage of the Dallas Wings, who set the WNBA record for most points scored in a single game with 53 against the New York Liberty on July 17. She did that while going 17 of 22 from the field for 77 percent shooting, while also pulling down 10 rebounds. According to ESPN, the last basketball player to post Cambage’s stat line was Michael Jordan. For comparison, it took Kobe Bryant — another one of the greatest of all time — 50 shots to score 7 more points than Cambage in the final game of his career (and by the way, Kobe is a women’s basketball fan). If you missed out on the WNBA this summer, you missed out on some excellent basketball. The parity was so strong that several teams in the middle of the standings remained deadlocked throughout the season, playoff spots and seedings came down to the last weekend of the regular season and last year’s reigning champions — the Minnesota Lynx — were eliminated in the first round of the playoffs. The semifinal series started Sunday, so it’s not too late to start paying attention to the WNBA this season. This league has most certainly spent the entire summer setting up for an exciting finish. Contact Courtney Becker at cbecker3@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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Irish senior defender Felicien Dumas changes direction during Notre Dame’s 2-1 overtime victory over Northwestern on Oct. 9 at Alumni Stadium. Dumas had the assist on the Irish goal in Friday’s game.
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They went a little more direct in the second half — which challenges any team — but I think for the most part we stood up to it.” After struggling to create chances in the first half, senior defender Felicien Dumas took advantage of a free kick on the left side outside of the box 18 minutes into the second half. Dumas sent the ball over to the far right post where unmarked graduate student defender Patrick Berneski tapped the ball into the net for a 1-0 lead.
Saint Louis increased the pressure after the Irish goal as Billikens senior midfielder Lennart Hein slid into the box with his left foot making contact off of a ball sent over Irish heads and forcing senior goalkeeper Ryan Krutz to tip the ball over the net to prevent the equalizer. With 19 seconds left in regulation time, Billikens senior forward Anthony Brown headed the ball in off of a free kick around midfield from freshman defender freshman Chase Niece to level the score at 1 and push the game into overtime. “We’ll learn a lot from [the goal],” Riley said. “Really have
to be careful giving away fouls at the end and think we gave away one we didn’t need to going have to deal with.” Heading into the second overtime, Saint Louis failed to capitalize on a corner and, with around three minutes left, Billikens junior David Viox tried to pull out a win by catching Krutz out of position. Krutz, outside of the six yard box, jumped to stop the ball and kept the score level. “At the end of day I’m proud,” Riley said. “The team stuck together [and] communication was good.” Contact Meagan Bens at mbens@nd.edu
MLB | cubs 9, reds 0
Cubs sweep Reds behind Hendricks, strong offense Associated Press
CHICAGO — After dealing with ups and downs this season, Kyle Hendricks feels like he’s in a groove. Hendricks allowed two hits in seven innings, David Bote and Kyle Schwarber homered and the Chicago Cubs beat the Cincinnati Reds 9-0 on Sunday to complete a four-game sweep. “My mechanics feel good now. Ball’s doing what I want it to,” said Hendricks, who is 5-2 with a 3.38 ERA in his last 11 starts. “Now it’s just concentration on making the good pitch, every pitch you’re out there. My fastball command has been a lot better, and everything works better off that.” Jason Heyward went 4 for 4 with a triple and drove in two runs for the NL Central-leading Cubs. Bote added two hits and
three RBIs. Hendricks (10-10) struck out five and walked one. He has given up two runs in his last 14 innings. “I didn’t make many bad pitches at all and really changed speeds well,” Hendricks said. “(Catcher) Willson (Contreras) had a great game plan back there, calling good pitches.” Hendricks — who was 1-4 with a 7.03 ERA in June — said his change-up has been more effective. “Earlier in the season, I wasn’t able to locate my fastball, so they kind of saw the change-ups,” he said. Tucker Barnhart had two hits for the last-place Reds, who have dropped five straight and been shut out nine times. “They dominated us these four games, and you just have to take the day off and hopefully
come back with the same energy but get different results,” manager Jim Riggleman said. The Cubs have homered in a season-high 11 straight games and won five straight. Hendricks was lifted for a pinch-hitter after throwing 98 pitches. Randy Rosario worked the final two innings to complete the three-hitter. A balk by Robert Stephenson scored Anthony Rizzo in the seventh inning before Schwarber smacked a two-run home run to right field, his 24th of the season. Bote hit a two-run homer over the left-field bleachers for a 5-0 lead in the third. Five of his six home runs this season have given the Cubs the lead or tied a game. Bote’s previous homer was a walk-off against the Reds in the 10th inning on Friday.
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but Butler was able to take a commanding lead shortly afterward. After coming into the game just before the 56-minute mark, freshman Butler midfielder Morgan Kloosterman scored with 32:31 left to play. Butler’s lead increased to 3-0 in the 62nd minute when freshman midfielder Katie
Soderstrom added another goal for the Bulldogs. The Irish would score a goal of their own in the 69th minute, when freshman forward Olivia Wingate found the back of the net off of an assist from junior forward Jen Westendorf. However, despite a few more scoring chances, the Irish would be unable to get the ball across the goalline for the remainder of the match. Butler made the score 4-1 in
the 89th minute off another goal from Monaghan. The forward provided the most offense of any player, taking six shots (five on goal), scoring twice and making one assist. Wingate was an offensive leader, finishing the game with four shots (three on goal) and scoring once. Sophomore midfielder Sammi Fisher added five shots to the Irish total, and freshman goalkeeper Mattie Interian finished the match
with five saves. The Irish did manage to outshoot the Bulldogs 16-15 over the course of the whole match but Butler was able to make nine shots on goal compared to six for the Irish. Notre Dame will look to bounce back at home when they return to the pitch Thursday against Cincinnati (2-1). The match is set to kick off at 7 p.m. at Alumni Stadium.
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and over again and pressured them defensively,” Johnson said. “To come back and win that and then take them out, 25-14, I like what it says about our character. I like what it says about our fight. I think it shows we believe and we’re starting to form the identity of a team that’s pretty tough.” Yeadon led the way for the Irish with nine kills and won tournament MVP honors. Niego and Nunge recorded eight kills apiece, and sophomore Hannah Thompson recorded six kills. Nunez recorded her first career double-double with 32 assists and 15 digs, and was named to the all-tournament team alongside DeJarld, who finished the tournament with 56 kills. “I’ll be honest we have to play better. We [have] a long way to go,” Johnson said. “But for the first weekend we did a lot of good things and had a lot of bright spots. We need to get better and we will.” The Irish will next take the court Friday, Aug 31. at Purcell Pavilion against the Oakland Golden Grizzlies.
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of results year over year. He’s ver y thoughtful about developing leadership, building a championship staff, planning the season out — he hits all the markers.” However, fencing wasn’t the only Irish program to w in a national championship last spring. The women’s basketball team overcome four ACL injuries and improbable odds to w in the program’s second-ever national title, thanks to late-game heroics by senior guard Arike Ogunbowale in both Final Four matchups — a remarkable stor y that finds Swarbrick still at a loss for adequate words. “First and foremost, it was the most remarkable sports stor y of the year, at any level of sport,” Swarbrick said. “To be faced w ith the adversit y they were faced w ith, to have a result during the season that was as bad a loss as we’ve seen, and to use all of that as sort of the fuel to move for ward – I had never been around a better coaching job in my life. [Head] coach [Muffet] McGraw had to change ever y thing about her approach to the game — how they practiced, how they played defense, how she substituted, and how she managed all that and ultimately produced a national championship — there just wasn’t a better stor y in sports last year, and it’s hard to put into words what an achievement it was.” “ … Going for ward, it reinforces this is a ver y elite program in women’s basketball, one at the ver y top. I’m sure as we head into the new season that’ll be ref lected in people’s expectations of the team.” Of course, the magical stor y wouldn’t have been possible w ithout McGraw, Swarbrick said. “Inducted into the Hall of Fame, a wedding in the family, a national championship … she’s just the gold standard in ever y thing she does,” Swarbrick said. “Building a program and representing the Universit y, in being an advocate for women’s sports — generally but basketball in particular — being an advocate for women in the profession, being a mentor and teacher to the women on the team, there’s nothing [McGraw] doesn’t do at the ver y highest level, and all of us that work w ith her and around her benefit from that. She doesn’t just set the standard among coaches, she sets the standard in the department for all of us.” Swarbrick said he was
impressed by the Notre Dame hockey team, which fell just short of completing the championship trifecta but still put forth a sterling performance all throughout its inaugural year in the Big Ten. “Again, back-to-back Fro zen Fours shows a program that is demonstrating sustained success at an elite level,” Swarbrick said. “Coach Jackson has built one of the ver y best programs in the countr y. His commitment to the Notre Dame model — to the academic success of his students as well as fielding great hockey teams — I think really stands out in college hockey.” “ … This team had a remarkable resolve. The calmness and confidence they displayed in all those games that came dow n to the last shot or went into overtime — I was dow n in the locker room for enough of them during that stretch, and they were celebrator y but also ‘Ok, on to the next one.’” Ver y focused. It’s hard to overstate the importance of the success we had in the Big Ten in our first year. You’re never really a member of the club until you w in, when you’re in a conference. Our basketball programs having such great early success in the ACC — that just gives you credibilit y and you’re in. Hockey faced the same challenge, and to do it in the first year, and to do it as conv incingly as we did…that was special. I knew Jeff talks ver y fondly about that team and his relationship w ith it, and it showed.” Swarbrick said behindthe-scenes preparation — big and small — came together to contribute in creating a championship-level team. “Overall, one of the more remarkable things about the experience as a whole — because I’m criss-crossing the countr y going to all these [events] — is the last seven contests I saw ended on the last shot or in overtime,” he said. “That really speaks to how small the margins are between success and failure at that level. A ll the things you have to do to tr y to make sure you can score that goal w ith three seconds left against Michigan, or hit those two shots in the Final Four — it’s strength and conditioning, it’s nutrition, it’s how you schedule the team — and so ever ybody who contributes in this department, ever yone who helps prepare our student athletes, is part of putting them in position to be able to do that.” Contact Joe Everett at jeveret4@nd.edu
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Swarbrick talks success of squads By JOE EVERETT Sports Editor
Notre Dame athletic director Jack Swarbrick sat dow n w ith The Obser ver on Friday to discuss a range of issues relating to the activity department. In this, the first of three stories detailing this inter v iew w ith Swarbrick, the athletic director spoke about the success of multiple Irish programs this past spring and what these successes ref lected about the people involved as a whole. Swarbrick said he was proud of the recent dominance of the fencing program, which secured its second consecutive national championship in March. “For [the fencing] program it does ref lect the achievement of the consistency at that level — they have stamped themselves as a leading, if not the leading program in the countr y,” Swarbrick said. “That’s
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great to see because they’ve worked ver y hard to get there. I thought it was an especially remarkable year because we complicated their lives by renovating the North Dome and kicking them out of their home for a significant part of their preparation season — when they’re getting ready and tr ying to train. The way they dealt w ith that challenge and the way they didn’t let it faze them was a great testament to the culture of that program.” Swarbrick also said he was impressed w ith the job done by fencing head coach Gia Kvaratsk helia, who has led the program since 2014. “[Kvaratsk helia] is a remarkable coach,” Swarbrick said. “He is strategic about all elements of his program and is ver y focused about building a sustainable culture that can deliver these sorts see SWARBRICK PAGE 11
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Irish graduate student defender Patrick Berneski looks downfield during Notre Dame’s 3-1 victory over Michigan on Oct. 10.
The Irish battled out a 1-1 tie in two overtimes at home against Saint Louis on Friday night to open the 2018 season in new head coach Chad Riley’s first game. The Billikens (3-1-2) came back to tie the game in the last 19 seconds of regulation before the game ended after two scoreless overtimes. The teams each had control of the game for part of the half with the Irish (0-0-1) owning possession in the first 20 minutes and the Bilikins taking over in the remaining time. At the end of the first 45 minutes, Saint Louis had four shots, one on frame, while Notre Dame had one shot on target. “I think Saint Louis did a good job overall,” Riley said. “Any time a team disrupts what you are hoping to do you have to credit your opponent. see M SOCCER PAGE 9
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ND starts year with tourney win By MIA BERRY Sports Writer
No. 20 Notre Dame sustained its first loss of the season Sunday, falling to Butler by a score of 4-1. The Bulldogs (3-0) capitalized on offensive opportunities, especially in the second half, and were able to outscore the Irish. Within the game’s first two minutes, Butler was able to take a 1-0 lead off a goal from senior forward Paige Monaghan. Both teams were able to put together several other scoring chances over the course of the half, but the score would remain unaltered for the remainder of the period. Aside from the early goal, the Irish (3-1) were largely able to keep pace with Butler in the first half. Notre Dame outshot the Bulldogs 8-5 in the match’s first 45 minutes. Both teams put three of their first half shots on goal. The second half began with a pair of corner kicks and some scoring chances for the Irish,
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Irish senior midfielder Sabrina Flores controls the ball during Notre Dame’s 1-0 double-overtime loss to South Carolina on Sept. 1.
In head coach Mike Johnson’s first season, the Irish were able to sweep the competition at the annual Golden Dome Invitational . The Irish (3-0) opened their season Friday evening with a three-set sweep against the Weber State Wildcats (1-2). The Irish put away the first set easily, 25-10, but the Wildcats rallied in the second set and managed to take a 15-14 lead before the Irish were able to put them away 25-23. The Irish took the final set 25-11 for their first victory of the season. Junior Jemma Yeadon led the way for the Irish with 14 kills and nine digs. Freshman Charley Niego and Zoe Nunez shined in their debut for the Irish with Nunez tallying 27 assists and Niego recording 11 kills. Seniors Meg Morningstar and Rebecca Nunge combined for 11 kills in the match. The Irish followed up Friday’s performance with a similar dominating performance
against the Toledo Rockets (0-3), completing another 3-0 sweep, winning 25-17, 25-14 and 25-22. Junior Lauren Woodard led the way with nine kill and four digs. Senior Ryann DeJarld finished with 20 digs and four aces, while Nunez followed up her debut with 25 assists and no errors. Heading into Sunday’s championship game without dropping a single set the Irish faced the Northern Kentucky Norse in the invitational championship. The Irish took the first set 25-17, but struggled in the second set and found themselves trailing 24-14. “The main message I wanted to send after was that I really liked the way we battled back. We were down 24-20 and [Northern Kentucky] thought they’d won the set,” Irish head coach Mike Johnson said. The Irish were able to rally off consecutive points from freshman Sydney Bent and Nunez. “I’m really proud of [Nunez]. [Nunez] hit a good serve over see VOLLEYBALL PAGE 10