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Lewis Hall event supports food bank Annual Lewis House of Pancakes hosts evening breakfast buffet to raise money for local charity By PATRICK HUURMAN News Writer
On Friday, Lewis Hall will open its doors for the annual Lewis Hall of Pancakes, called LHOP by students. At this event, the women of Lewis provide an all-you-can-eat breakfast buffet throughout all four floors of the building. For $5, students from all across campus will have the chance to experience Lewis Hall’s signature event. The organizers of the event will donate all proceeds to the Food Bank of Northern Indiana, just as they have in the past. “It started because students in Lewis wanted to have a cool event to raise money,” sophomore Dana Plagenz, one of the
event’s organizers, said. “We’re a really unique dorm in that we have kitchens on every floor, so it just worked out for us to cook food for people. And I think Lewis is kind of secluded in location, so it’s nice for people to show their friends where exactly Lewis is.” “[Our goal is] to raise more money than we have in the past,” Plagenz added. “I just want to get as many people to come as possible, because it’s a really good cause.” Organizing the event is no small task. Residents of Lewis Hall are asked to submit applications, which the hall president then reviews. Those deemed the see LHOP PAGE 5
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Residents of Lewis Hall volunteer for their signature event, Lewis Hall of Pancakes, an annual all-you-can-eat breakfast buffet. The event raises money to support the Food Bank of Northern Indiana.
Journalist speaks out against cyber bullying By MAEVE FILBIN News Writer
While technology is an everchanging force, human emotions have always remained constant, journalist Francie Diep said when she visited Saint Mary’s on Thursday to share her experiences with cyber bullying as a teenager. A staff writer at The Pacific Standard living in Washington, D.C., Diep grew up in Washington state as the
daughter of Vietnamese immigrants. Diep was working as a freelance writer in New York City when she decided to stray from her field of scientific writing and submit a personal piece to The Atlantic. On Sept. 30, 2014, The Atlantic published Diep’s article titled “Confronting My Cyberbully, 13 Years Later,” in which she detailed the three years of online harassment at the hands of a former friend. Diep said she met
Amanda, her very real but fictionally named cyberbully, in the early years of middle school. “I was totally enthralled by Amanda,” Diep said. “We met our very first day of junior high. We were both twelve years old, so that liminal age between when you’re a kid and when you start to become more interested in more grown up things.” Amanda was followed by a see CYBER PAGE 5
Program allows retired alumni to take classes By TOM NAATZ Associate News Editor
At the beginning of the school year, some Notre Dame students might have noticed something a little different about some of the people in their classes. In addition to the usual demographic of 18to 22-year-old college students, sprinkled in classes throughout campus for the first time was also a group of 15 retirees, the first
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class of fellows in Notre Dame’s Inspired Leadership Initiative (ILI). The ILI is a new program at Notre Dame this year that allows retirees to come to Notre Dame for a year, take classes and discern what they want to do in their retirement. It is based on similar programs at Harvard and Stanford. In 2016, Tom Schreier, founding director of ILI, was among
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the many retirees who had ended their careers, and he was wondering what to do next in his life. “I finished up what I call my ‘traditional career.’ I was leading a very large financial services firm based in Chicago,” he said. “We sold that firm. I was really trying to decide, ‘What’s next for me?’ I thought, ‘I think I want to do something different from see ALUMNI PAGE 5
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Game day alters Mass schedule By MARIAH RUSH News Writer
For Notre Dame football game attendees, the day often doesn’t end after the competition has been decided. For those interested in attending a worship service after the Irish have played a day game, Masses are celebrated about 30 minutes after the close of every home game played. On these days, there are postgame Masses at the Basilica of the Sacred Heart, Crypt of the Sacred Heart, DeBartolo Performing Arts Center (DPAC) and six male residence halls across campus. For night games, there are Masses before the game, at 4 p.m. at the Basilica and in the same residence halls, and at 4:30 p.m. in DPAC. Karen Schneider-Kirner, choral program director and organist, said people attend Notre Dame football games not only for the actual games, but for what Notre Dame, as a Catholic institution, offers spiritually. “What’s very unique about the game-day Mass is that people
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come here not just for the football games, but they also really want the spiritual connection,” Schneider-Kirner, who also directs Handbell Choir, said. “That’s just a very important part of what happens as part of their weekend. So we just try to do our best to make the Masses as beautiful as possible because we know how much they’re appreciated by those coming to campus these weekends.” Schneider-Kirner deals specifically with the post-game Masses that are in DPAC, opposed to the Basilica post-game Masses that happen at the same time. DPAC Masses only started about five years ago to fill the need for more space and a quality sound arena once Basilica post-game Masses filled up, Schneider-Kirner said. “Previously they were held over at Stepan Center, which was not the most ideal location for sound,” she said. “I know everyone would love to be able to go to the Basilica after home football weekends, but it was see MASS PAGE 4
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Professor gives Tocqueville Lecture By NICOLE SIMON News Writer
Many in a democratic society shy away from the world “ruler” when describing their political leaders. Yet this term is not completely incompatible with liberal, democratic ideals, Princeton professor Robert P. George argued in the second Tocqueville Lecture on Thursday. “Now, my point is not to hoot at the idea of government, and those holding governmental offices and controlling the levers of governmental power, as ‘servants.’ On the contrary, I want, in the end, to defend the idea that rulers truly can be servants,” he said. “They are people who serve us by ruling. They serve us well by ruling well.” George argued for servant leadership and limited government as a means to preventing corruption, in the lecture hosted by the Tocqueville Program for Inquiry into Religion and Public Life at Notre Dame. At Princeton University, George also serves as director of the James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions. George acknowleged a liberal and democratic society’s aversion to the word “ruler” when thinking about their political leaders. “It is our boast that we rule ourselves,” he said. “So, we prefer to speak of them not as our rulers, but as servants — public servants, or at least as people being in ‘public
service.’” To understand what exactly it means to ‘rule well,’ George focused a large part of his lecture on the idea of the common good. “The moral justification for the rulers’ ruling is service to the good of all, the common good,” he said. “And the common good is not an abstraction or Platonic form hovering somewhere beyond the concrete well-being — the flourishing — of the flesh-and-blood persons constituting the community. It just is the well-being of those persons and of the families and other associations of persons … of which they are members. The right of legitimate rulers to rule — and they do have a right to rule — is rooted in the duty of rulers to rule in the interest of all. In other words, the basis of the right to rule is the duty to serve the common good.” George said an important, pragmatic component of service to the common good is the use of limited government. “There is a profound lesson in this for those of us who are interested in ensuring that rulers remain servants, ruling in the interest of citizens and do not reduce citizens to a condition of dependency or servitude,” he said. “For it is critical to the effective limitation of governmental power that there be substantial non-governmental centers of power in the city.” In other words, George said he believes in the necessity of numerous private
institutions in which the people play an active role. These people are equally important, moreover, in the political institutions as they are in their own private institutions. “So, in a sense, it is up to the people themselves, ourselves, to decide whether they will rise above the corruption that has demeaned parliamentary politics or permit it to infect the culture at large,” he said. “But the people are not some undifferentiated mass; they are people, you and me, individuals.” In a question and answer session following his lecture, George was asked about the role that institutionalized universities play in a political regime, a question that enabled him to conclude his presentation with the idea of religious liberty that is so central to the Tocqueville Program and Notre Dame. “Now, things can take on a special character and create a new wrinkle when your university is integrated with your faith, which I think still happens here at Notre Dame,” he said. “Maybe, I’ll take this opportunity just to say how easily lost that integration of faith and knowledge is. I encourage you to hang on to it. Don’t let your institution go down the road so many have gone down, including my own.” Contact Nicole Simon at nsimon1@nd.edu
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Latino Studies celebrates Heritage Month By THOMAS MURPHY News Writer
The Institute for Latino Studies plans to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with seven events highlighting the cultural richness and diversity of countries with Hispanic origin in the Americas. Hispanic Heritage Month, which was established by law in 1988 under President Reagan, lasts from Sept. 15 to Oct. 15. Several countries with Hispanic origin celebrate their independence days during this timespan. Director of the Institute for Latino Studies and professor Luis Ricardo Fraga said the month is a way of celebrating the shared Hispanic history of American nations. “The idea behind it — I think — is basically the idea that given the long history of the presence of peoples from Spain, and later from other countries in Latin America, in the United States, it was appropriate that the United States … celebrate both the heritage of our Latin American countries that we might see as brothers and sisters of the western hemisphere … and at the same time celebrate
the presence of people from a number of different countries in Latin America in the United States,” Fraga said. Fraga said Hispanic Heritage Month is a demonstration of the way America can recognize and celebrate diversity. “The whole purpose of Hispanic Heritage Month is to celebrate the way in which America at its best has the capacity, through its institutions, and at its best through some of its political leaders, to see and celebrate difference and know that it doesn’t in any way threaten our common destiny and our linked fate with one another,” he said. This year’s festivities include a viewing of the film “Selena” on Sept. 16 at DeBartolo Performing Arts Center, as well as a discussion by Luis Alberto Urrea, an award winning MexicanAmerican poet on Oct. 2 at McKenna Hall Auditorium. “[The activities planned] are a demonstration of the varieties and richness that the presence of Hispanics here at Notre Dame bring to the university — intellectual richness, cultural richness, linguistic richness,” Fraga said. While all the events are
scheduled to take place on the Notre Dame campus, Fraga said the Institute hopes to attract people from the surrounding areas as well. “We strongly encourage, of course, all the members of the Notre Dame community to come, but we also make a concerted effort to bring people in from South Bend, from St. Mary’s, from Holy Cross, from IUSB,” Fraga said. “We’re fortunate in having resources and we want to make sure we share them with the broader community. We have found that at most of our events, all sorts of people come, it’s not just Latino folks who come, and that’s our purpose. Our purpose is to share, to celebrate and to learn from each other.” Senior Jinelfry Rodriguez, president of the Latino Students Alliance (LSA), said Hispanic Heritage Month is an opportunity to acknowledge and celebrate Hispanic heritage, regardless of ethnicity. “It’s nice to have a time when we are acknowledged by the community and to have a time and space where we’re able to come together and also … share our culture and the aspects of ourselves and our history with Paid Advertisement
people who may not be aware or just aren’t Latino themselves,” Rodriguez said. LSA secretary and junior Julianna Ortiz said Hispanic Heritage Month allows members of LSA to reach out and share the joy they find in their culture. “We definitely all love as a community to get together and be able to hang out and be with something familiar to us, but also to share with people who don’t really know our culture as well,” Ortiz said. “To be able to share with people our culture and show how great it can be … I think that’s important.” Fraga said Hispanic Heritage Month should have particular importance at Notre Dame because of its shared Catholic roots with countries of Hispanic origin and the rising numbers of Catholic Hispanics and Latinos in America today. “Hispanics represent both the future of the Catholic Church and the past of the Catholic Church at the same time. We have endorsed Hispanic heritage month as a major opportunity to celebrate the presence of Latinos in the United States,” he said. “The increase in the capacity of our institutions to grow even more richly if they embrace
the diversity of our growing community gives Notre Dame an opportunity to be at the forefront of the best thinking, the best research, the best teaching, the best students who are interested in understanding the future and committing to it.” Junior Hibram Sanchez, LSA’s diversity council representative, said Hispanic Heritage Month allows communities to escape the negativity in politics and focus on the beauty of a diverse American society. “[Hispanic Heritage Month] is important right now especially with this negativity that’s going around,” Sanchez said. “You just see the negative aspects regardless of what your position is … Showing that there’s also these subsets of the American population that contribute to the fabric of the country … it’s important to show what we believe is beautiful in our cultures but at the same time acknowledge that we’re a part of the American experience.” A full listing of Hispanic Heritage Month events can be found on the Institute for Latino Studies’ website. Contact Thomas Murphy at tmurphy7@nd.edu
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St. Edward’s Hall residents discuss traditions By MIKE DUGAN News Writer
Editor’s note: This article is one in a series profiling the dorms of Notre Dame. In 1882, St. Edward’s Hall was originally built by the Brothers of the Holy Cross using clay bricks that were made out of the clay from Saint Mary’s Lake and St. Joseph’s Lake. At the time, the hall served as a dormitory for children at the Notre Dame Grammar School, remaining so until 1928. After a massive fire in 1980, the hall was rebuilt into its current structure. Named after Notre Dame founder Fr. Edward Sorin’s patron saint, St.
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just a setup as a separate site to accommodate the overflow crowds who could not get into the Basilica.” Although the Basilica is a well-known site, SchneiderKirner said it can hold about 1,200 people maximum, which is where the Masses at DPAC came in. Although DPAC is not normally used as a place of
Edward’s is the oldest building presently used as a dorm. Juniors Cole Edwards and Brendan O’Donnell — who serve as hall president and vice president, respectively — said the size and culture of the dorm provides the foundation for its community. “The dorm is very tight-knit, very small … everybody knows each other,” Edwards said. “[The freshmen] know a lot of the sophomores, they’re starting to get to know the juniors and seniors a little better. I’m trying hard to meet as many as I can, as fast as I can.” The traditions of St. Ed’s are shaped by the history of the dorm. Its spring formal — also
known as Yacht Dance — takes place on the last day of classes, when Stedsmen and their dates cruise around Lake Michigan after enjoying dinner in downtown Chicago. According to the dorm’s official website, St. Ed’s began its Mullets Against Malaria event in 2013, in which participants don a mullet in order to raise money for Nothing But Nets, a charitable organization which provides mosquito nets to those living in areas with high risk for malaria transmission. In recent years, the dorm has reported over $8,300 in charitable fundraising due to this event alone. These dorm traditions have
continued to change with time. During a past Founder’s Week, which contains weeklong dorm programming in the fall semester, former St. Edward’s commissioner Kurt Roemer organized a badminton tournament in which Stedsmen compete against each other for the championship of the “Steds Shuttlecock Showdown.” Alumni heavily contribute to the funding of St. Edward’s Hall’s traditions, with 2018 Notre Dame Day contributions totaling around $13,100, in addition to a challenge pool share of around $35,300. O’Donnell gave credit to Fr. Ralph Haag, the rector of St.
Edward’s Hall, for helping to form a welcoming community. “Our rector, Fr. Ralph, is a really good guy,” O’Donnell said. “He looks out for all the kids — he’s a big part of St. Ed’s.” “I don’t know any other dorms that have that kind of relationship, and he has really been the foundation of St. Ed’s for however long he’s been here,” Edwards added. “Without that, everything we do and continue to do and, you know, issues that we work through, he makes sure that everything that makes St. Ed’s what it is stays what it is — and that’s huge for us.”
worship, it has turned into “a prayerful, reverent, beautiful space,” she said, and typically sees around 500 to 600 visitors during these football postgame Masses. “We do find that after home football games, if we lose there, there might be fewer people in attendance at Mass, interestingly enough,” SchneiderKirner said. She said the opposing team’s fans also often attend these Masses, “which is nice to see.”
“Of course, if they come from Catholic colleges, we notice even more of a surge,” Schneider-Kirner said. “For the most part, I think we try to break down all rivalries and just welcome everyone who’s taken the time to come to Mass.” Many students participate in the post-game Masses as members of the choirs at the services. The Women’s Liturgical Choir (WLC) is among those groups that participate. Senior
Megan Wilson, president of the Notre Dame WLC, said in an email that singing during Mass after a spirited football game is an unparalleled experience. “The feeling you’ll get singing to an entire Basilica full of football fans and visitors after the Irish take home a win is something that really can’t be beat,” Wilson said. Football Masses give game spectators, visitors and singers alike a unique bonding experience, Wilson said.
“Football Masses give us a unique opportunity to pray with and worship alongside visitors to campus. In a lot of ways, football Masses and the ministry of the Women’s Liturgical Choir help people pray on game day,” she said. “I love that our choir is able to enhance the incorporation of faith into the experience of ND football fans.”
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loyal band of girlfriends, who Diep said wore makeup, styled their hair and spent time loitering at the local mall. “I quickly became friends with them. Amanda and I in particular became close very quickly,” Diep said. “We would talk for hours on the phone after school.” The friendship lasted for about a year and a half before Amanda and the other girls decided it was time to exclude Diep from their group. “They all got on the phone and called me on my parents’ landline to tell me this,” Diep said. “Admittedly, I had a pretty dorky reputation in school, despite Amanda and her friends’ glamor.” This was Amanda’s modus operandi, Diep said, having already witnessed Amanda and her friends kick another girl out of the circle for threatening the group’s “cool” reputation. “We were all sitting [at lunch] and all of a sudden, Amanda started talking really loudly, saying, ‘I just can’t believe people who can’t take a hint. You don’t even like them, and they still follow you around like a dog,’” Diep said. “This girl started sobbing next to us. She was sitting right there and none of
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most qualified earn a commissioner position on the Lewis Hall council to coordinate the intricacies and details of the event. “The responsibilities [of being an event organizer] include ... getting everyone to sign up for shifts, publicity, order the food and getting all that prepared ... and being there on the night of for every time that something goes wrong,” sophomore Kelly Kolleck, the event’s other organizer, said. Ordering and keeping track of the food has proven to be the most stressful task, the coorganizers said. With hopes of 1,500 attendees, those in charge are tasked with ordering the correct amount of food, storing and preparing the the food. “There’s just so much [food],” Kolleck said. “Feeding maybe 1,500 people, it’s just huge quantities.”
us said anything. I personally felt relieved that Amanda was willing to do this so that she wouldn’t hang out with us anymore … turned out Amanda was willing to do that to me, too.” In the following weeks, Diep said the group ran a campaign to make her unhappy at school, giving her the silent treatment while they pretended to whisper about her in the hallway. The bullying followed Diep home after Amanda found a way to access her Yahoo email account. “We were so close that she knew my password and she knew the answer to my security question, which was an inside joke between us,” Diep said. “She would sign in, delete all my emails and leave one mean note for me.” Diep said she began to develop a physical response to logging into her own email account, the anxiety of discovering a new message making her heart race and her hands shake. She would read Amanda’s notes, then quickly delete them. “One thing I really wish I’d done is save those emails and taken screenshots,” Diep said. “It’s hard to do in the moment because you’re reacting and it’s really freaky and you’re emotional, but if this ever happens to you, save screenshots. That’s the most powerful thing you can do to make sure this doesn’t
For the first time in event history, Lewis Hall will open up a gluten-free kitchen to accommodate those with dietary restrictions who would like to participate. The gluten-free kitchen will be open for a limited time during the event because organizers have no frame of reference for ordering the correct amount of food. Plagenz and Kolleck said they were excited to be able to offer the experience to those who would not have been able to partake in the past. Unlike in previous years, the Lewis Hall of Pancakes will be cash-only due to high club activity this year. The event will take place from 9:30 p.m. to 1 a.m. in Lewis Hall, right behind the Dome. “There are people in chicken suits,” Plagenz said. “You go in, you pay and you can go to any floor and eat your food and meet new people. It’s crazy, but a lot of fun.” Contact Patrick Huurman at phuurman@nd.edu
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happen again to you and to make sure that the person who does this will see some kind of consequences. But I didn’t.” Diep didn’t tell her parents about the abuse, and said she refused to change her email address because she did not want to allow Amanda to “win” by forcing her out of her own account. “I carried this with me for so many years,” she said. “Maybe if I just changed my email, I would have been less affected by it.” Amanda grew more creative, Diep said, accessing her calendar and setting threatening reminders. These notifications, worded in first person and often set at midnight, reminded Diep of “her own plans” to kill herself. “I would feel totally alone reading this,” Diep said. “Another really weird thing about this was that it made me feel like Amanda was in my head.” After three years, Diep said the emails and reminders started to slow down. She applied to colleges out of state, and was accepted by UCLA. “Fast forward ten years: I’m in New York, I’m in my mid-twenties, I’m a free-lance writer,” Diep said. “This is my dream. This is what I’ve always wanted to do. Ever since I was a little girl, I knew I wanted to be a writer.”
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what I have done, but I want to do something that leverages the kind of skills and knowledge and relationships that I have.’” Schreier, who attended Notre Dame for his undergraduate studies and Harvard for graduate school, discovered Harvard’s program for retirees: the Advanced Leadership Initiative. “I thought that to be very interesting,” he said. “I thought it to be a very intriguing, smart way to make a transition as opposed to just meeting with friends and colleagues … and saying, ‘What kinds of things have you done?’ To do it in a structured, thoughtful way.” Ultimately, Schreier applied to both the Harvard and Stanford programs for retirees. In the fall of 2016, as he was considering the two programs, he and his wife dropped their youngest child off for her first year at Notre Dame. “I was approached by people I know who are in the University leadership and they asked, ‘What are you going to do now?’” he said. “I was telling them I was trying to decide between the two programs and they said, ‘Would you ever consider catalyzing a program like this at the University of Notre Dame?’” Schreier ultimately decided to help establish such a program at Notre Dame. Two years later, the first class of ILI fellows arrived. For ILI co-founding director Chris Stevens, the program is a glimpse into a future where people are living much longer — perhaps living for decades after they retire. “For people who have had an accomplished life — maybe a
Despite living out her childhood dreams as a journalist in New York, Diep said the introduction of Facebook made Amanda’s online presence a permanent and prominent fixture in her life. She said she would scroll through Amanda’s photos, following her life almost obsessively, watching her get married, have kids and move to the suburbs. “I didn’t feel good about looking at these pictures,” Diep said. “It had been so long, I just wanted to get over it. So I started telling some of my friends what had happened to me.” Her friends, mostly writers and producers themselves, encouraged Diep to take her experiences public. “I started turning the idea over in my mind,” Diep said. “Coincidentally, The Atlantic put out a call for itches about stories about how technology affected your life personally.” After The Atlantic accepted Diep’s pitch, she set about contacting Amanda. “I wanted to get as much out of her, what she was thinking, why she did this, as much insight as possible,” Diep said. “So I started messaging her through Facebook. Turns out, I was still scared of Amanda.
career in business, or law, or medicine, or non-profit — and they’ve done it for 30 years or so and they want to pivot and do something different, there [was] no place for them to go until Harvard started [its] program about 10 years ago and then Stanford started their version of the program about five years ago,” he said. “We feel like we can do it here at Notre Dame. It really is filling an unmet need. ” Stevens said the fellows audit between two and four Notre Dame classes of their choosing in a given semester. In addition to those courses, they meet as a group once a week to take a great books class. In February, the group will travel to Notre Dame’s Rome Global Gateway. In May, they will make a trip to Notre Dame’s global gateway at Tantur Ecumenical Institute in Jerusalem. Applications for fall 2019 open in October. One of the focuses of Notre Dame’s iteration of the program, Stevens said, is discernment and working for the public good. “Many people in this stage of life want to be a greater force for good,” he said. “They’ve been crushing it on Wall Street or working 60 hours a week in medicine, or whatever. Sometimes they want to stop for a second and really discern what they want to do for the rest of their life to be a greater force for good.” Tuck Hopkins of Fort Wayne, Ind., a retired labor lawyer and 1974 Notre Dame graduate, said he has loved his time in ILI so far. “The first three weeks have been a breath of fresh air, because instead of waking up and having to get things done — because that’s your job — I wake up now and I’m looking forward to just learning,” Hopkins said. “Already
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I would get the same freaked out … feeling every time I messaged her. I started to hate the Facebook pop.” Diep said it took a long time for Amanda to open up about the cyberbullying, and though she apologized, gave little to no explanation for her actions other than the pettiness of adolescent girls. “I tried really hard to put myself in the headspace of my thirteen-year-old self when I wrote this story,” Diep said. “I tried to recreate the feelings for the reader, and I tried to tell painful truths plainly.” The story was published, and Diep said she received complimentary emails from editors inviting her to contribute to different publications, as well as a surprising feeling of closure. “An unexpected result of this was that I stopped wanting to check Amanda’s pictures,” Diep said. “It was amazing. I haven’t checked them since I wrote that story. I felt really free after I wrote that story, and I didn’t know how trapped I felt until I wrote that story. It was an incredible experience.” Contact Maeve Filbin at mfilbin01@saintmarys.edu
I’m hoping that it doesn’t end.” Hopkins — who is taking a history class about colonial America, an art class about Renaissance art and an economics class about the Federal Reserve in addition to the great books course — said students and professors have been very welcoming. “The professors have been so supportive,” he said. “For students, looking at someone who’s 66 years old sitting next to you, I wonder what you’re thinking. The students have been outstanding.” An important part of ILI is the total cohort. Hopkins said he has particularly enjoyed getting to know other fellows. “The other fellows are fantastic. We’re meeting a couple times a week and getting to know each other,” Hopkins said. “These people are just great people.” Hopkins noted despite their diverse backgrounds, the fellows all possess good leadership abilities and, as a result, the group is getting along very well with one another. “The thing they have in common is that everyone was a leader,” he said. “Everyone has that desire to succeed, to be successful. The other thing I’ve seen in them is they have the leadership skills that you would want in terms of getting along. ” Though Hopkins is not sure exactly what he wants to do once he has completed ILI, he said his participation in the program will definitely shape his life in the future. “Three weeks in, right now I’m just having the time of my life and enjoying every day,” he said. “At the end of it, I think I’m going to be a better person for it.” Contact Thomas Naatz at tnaatz@nd.edu
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Braving the rain
Scheduling ‘sure win’ football opponents
Claire Rafford News Writer
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My hometown’s almost daily forecast of constant sunshine and temperatures that fall on some scale of warm to “I am currently burning in my own skin” did not give me experience in navigating Midwestern weather. Even when it did rain back home in Tempe, Arizona, it was usually a comfortable sprinkle that lasted for no more than a few minutes. On average, Tempe receives 9.33 inches of rainfall per year. This is much lower than the United States annual average of 32.21 inches (2017) and certainly pales in comparison to South Bend, Indiana, which receives a whopping 38 inches per year. Given this information, it should be of little surprise to anyone that I was pretty much completely unprepared to handle any kind of extreme weather when I first moved to South Bend a little over a year ago. My inability to handle rain specifically has granted me more than several embarrassing experiences that, looking back, I should have learned from and did not. During the first week of my freshman year, I was walking on God Quad wearing my Arizona summer uniform of shorts, a T-shirt and my favorite flip-flops from Old Navy when, out of nowhere, it started to pour. Of course, I didn’t think to bring an umbrella. As I began to sprint to get out of the rain, I passed an upperclassman who screamed at me, “Run, freshman, run!” Soaked and annoyed, I did not comprehend the humor of this situation until far later. In hindsight, I probably should have figured out that flip-flops are not appropriate footwear when there is any chance that it will rain. Yet, I didn’t. The next week, I walked to the Notre Dame Activities Night with a group of of people, as is the awkward freshman rite of passage, wearing the very same shoes. Though it had rained earlier in the day, the skies were clear before it was time to walk back. Things were going smoothly until we reached the stairs by “the Rock.” As I began to descend the steps, the slippery stair combined with the slick bottom of my sandal sent me tumbling down the stone steps until I landed in an undignified pile at the bottom. In addition to an impressive bruise on my tailbone, this event caused these steps to be dubbed by my friends as “the place where Claire fell on her butt.” After this, I stopped wearing flip-flops altogether. Thinking that this one change had me prepared, I thought I had South Bend weather completely handled. Turns out, I could not have been more wrong. At the Notre Dame-Wake Forest game in November last year, I made the mistake of wearing my favorite white Converse sneakers and no rain jacket. No flip-flops? No problems. Or so I thought. Instead, before the game even started, my feet were soaked through to the point where I could not even feel my toes, and my sweatshirt was completely sodden. Unable to bear the cold, I left the game at halftime and promptly walked back to my dorm to order a pair of rain boots on Amazon. Now equipped with boots, nothing could touch me. Right? Wrong. Just a few months later, I decided that boots weren’t needed for the light mist of rain outside. I donned my Converse and began the trek to LaFortune to study. The moment I stepped outside, it started to bucket rain. Instead of doing the intelligent thing and going back to change, I kept walking. It was a horrible walk that led to me, upon arrival, wringing out my socks and shoelaces over a trash can. My pride took a serious hit that day. Now a sophomore, I feel like I should have learned something from my freshman experiences. But I really didn’t. Walking out of Observer production a few nights ago, I stepped in a deep puddle, soaking my leather Birkenstocks. As I frantically tried to dry my shoes, I couldn’t help but laugh at my own stupidity. Some things never change. I still have at least three years left in the Midwest, and to be honest, I’m not sure if I’ll ever figure out how to handle the rain. But in a strange way, I’m a little relieved that even though I live in Indiana now, I’ll always be an Arizona girl at heart. And in footwear. Contact Claire Rafford at crafford@nd.edu The views expressed in this Inside Column are those of the author and not necessarily those of The Observer.
As a major football independent, Notre Dame is the quasi-nonconference anomaly among NCAA football powers with its part-time commitment to the ACC. That standing leaves the University with more wiggle room to manipulate its 12-game schedule each year as opposed to teams in conferences that host a 13th title matchup. Complete conference affiliation or not, Notre Dame is among the masters at using its nationally ranked reputation to assure a certain number of easily projected wins each season. For major collegiate football programs that vie to finish as one of the top-four national championship finalists, scheduling has become an art form. Brand-name schools with enormous revenue guarantees, a long winning football tradition and legions of fans in the stands can dictate terms that financially lesser programs clamor to accept. The Irish may have struggled last week against Mid-American Conference Ball State — but as Notre Dame officials had hoped when they signed that contract — the Irish won nonetheless. Scheduling a MAC or Mountain West foe maintains a relative degree of difficulty within the Irish schedule that benefits Notre Dame. On the flip side, the lure of a program like Notre Dame’s not only offers financial incentives to potential “sure-win” opponents, but also can catapult prestige upon them after an upset victory. One need merely reach back into Irish history for such an in-house example. During collegiate football’s infancy — using today’s “sure-win game” vernacular — an expectedly “sure-win-type” opponent from the Midwest, with an upstart program and coach named Rockne, rose to become legendary slayers. The Irish tradition was cemented into our lexicon in 1924 when Notre Dame was awarded its first consensus national championship. Most recently, Boise State comes to mind as a modern-day, consistently pesky but dangerous FBS power slayer. According to a spring posting this year suggesting five opponents the Irish should schedule on “Slap the Sign” website (referring to Irish players touching the “Play Like a Champion” sign when leaving the locker room), Notre Dame’s ACC opponents are chosen through 2037. The FBS Schedules website lists the Irish schedules through 2028, of which only 2019 and 2020 include 12 opponents. The 2021 schedule has one opening while 2022 has four open dates. The remaining schedules vary from one to seven pending open dates, plenty of opportunity for freeslinging negotiations. To better understand scheduling, one must understand the volume of money involved as schedules are penned. Alabama’s website, AL.com, parsed how its five in-state football programs approach scheduling nonconference games, plus offered a peek into the substantial money exchange that accompanies football scheduling. Unlike Notre Dame and Ball State this season, Auburn and Alabama both shy away from scheduling their smaller in-state teams. For example, Alabama strategically scheduled
three games against Arkansas State, Louisiana and The Citadel throughout its schedule — The Citadel is its tune-up the week before facing Auburn. Auburn likewise scheduled Liberty the week before Alabama, after slaughtering Alabama State 63-9 last week before facing LSU tomorrow. Auburn Athletic Director Jay Jacobs relies on an assistant athletic director to initiate calls and collate a list of available schools with open dates. He said, “When you find those openings, me and the other athletic director talk and work out the details.” Yet while every collegiate scheduling “deal” strives to make a team bowl-eligible by satisfying their power rankings positioning, each must regularly massage their schedules with what amounts to buying a sure win. To purchase guarantee games, Jacobs and other Power Five (ACC, Big Ten, Pac-12, SEC and Big 12) athletic directors pay greatly to ensure a win. Auburn paid Georgia Southern, a Sun Belt school, $1.3 million to serve as last year’s opening 41-7 appetizer before playing Clemson. ESPN further quotes dollar amounts from Jacobs when the school had to pay a half a million dollars to cancel a prior contract to make room for expansion conference foes. So important is interspersing “bought” games on a head coach’s mind, BlueAndGold.com notes that after the Notre Dame administration relinquished a home game with Syracuse on Nov. 17 for the Shamrock Series by moving it to New York, Coach Brian Kelly lamented it must be played the week before traveling to archrival USC. “Going to New York and then going to L.A. to play USC is not the easiest way to run the table,” Kelly told Blue & Gold Illustrated for its 2018 Football Preview. “Most of the teams in the SEC are playing a I-AA [Football Championship Subdivision] team that is getting paid to come into their stadium before the last game of the year for a reason.” It would be interesting to know how the ND schedule is made, who makes the schedule and the process that finalizes scheduling agreements. It probably consists of several layers of staff involvement like the Auburn process. But ultimately, someone with administrative seniority must be a gatekeeper who makes recommendations to the final authorities who, in turn, pen the contracts. It would be more interesting to know how much Notre Dame pays the likes of a Ball State to line up its lesser revenue-raising program against the Irish in Notre Dame Stadium. The mystery of that answer rivals understanding the Holy Trinity or knowing the yearly Notre Dame Bookstore revenue intake. Gary J. Caruso, Notre Dame ‘73, serves in the Department of Homeland Security and was a legislative and public affairs director at the U.S. House of Representatives and in President Clinton’s administration. His column appears every other Friday. Contact him on Twitter: @GaryJCaruso or email: GaryJCaruso@alumni.nd.edu The views expressed in this column are those of the author and not necessarily those of The Observer.
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In June, the former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, retired Archbishop of Washington, was suspended from public ministry by the Holy See when the Archdiocesan Review Board of New York determined an allegation of sexual abuse by McCarrick was found “credible and substantiated.” Stripped of his cardinal title, McCarrick is now awaiting the results of a canonical trial in Vatican City. Notre Dame awarded McCarrick an honorary degree in 2008. In a statement on Aug. 2, the University administration said it will wait for the results of the canonical trial to “take action regarding McCarrick’s honorary degree.” The Observer Editorial Board strongly urges the University to reverse this decision and rescind McCarrick’s honorary degree. McCarrick is unquestionably guilty of sexual abuse of a minor in at least one instance. In the particular case considered by the Review Board, McCarrick was found to have sexually abused a teenage altar boy in 1971. In the months following McCarrick’s suspension, allegations of even more sexual abuse involving McCarrick continue to surface. Many of the survivors’ stories contain similar accounts of predatory behavior by McCarrick. Why does the University need more? “The University finds the alleged actions reprehensible and has no reason to question the review board’s findings,” the statement reads. However, “it recognizes that McCarrick maintains his innocence and that a final decision in the case will come only after a canonical trial in Rome.” In the University’s view,
this stance “respects not only the rights of those involved but also the adjudicatory process itself.” But after the facts of McCarrick’s sexual abuse have been substantiated, this reasoning — respect for the process — reads as a spineless commitment to preserving precedent. For this is not the first controversy regarding sexual abuse and honorary degrees the University has dealt with this year — in April, the administration published a similar statement regarding the conviction of Bill Cosby, explaining that Notre Dame elected to wait for a conviction to revoke Cosby’s honorary degree, despite the clear evidence of guilt. Here, as with Cosby’s case, the University is choosing to do what is convenient, and is hoping to save face, as opposed to doing what is right. The University has now established a dangerous and disappointing standard for how it will deal with allegations of sexual assault moving forward. The decision to revoke Cosby’s degree came well after more than 50 allegations of sexual assault, Cosby’s arrest and a recording of Cosby himself admitting that he would often administer Quaaludes to women against their will. As with the Cosby case, the University’s choice concerning McCarrick’s degree reflects little concern for the moral justice or respect for the survivors of sexual abuse, and every concern with the public perception of the University. But in this instance, we believe Notre Dame has an even greater responsibility to act decisively. As the premier Catholic academic institution in America, the University is putting itself in reprehensible company when it “protects” its image by defending the highest-ranking clergyman in the American Church who had his title stripped for child sex abuse. Considering where the Catholic Church stands in
the United States at the moment, especially in light of the Philadelphia Grand Jury report, and other exposes of widespread abuse and cover-ups, Notre Dame’s decision to not immediately and definitively declare its renouncement of McCarrick sends a chilling message to not only the Notre Dame community, but also to the Church as a whole. The Catholic University of America and Fordham University have both already revoked their honorary degrees given to McCarrick. Every day Notre Dame’s stance remains unchanged is another day of tacit passivity about what McCarrick has done. In April, The Observer Editorial Board criticized the University’s response to Bill Cosby in an editorial similar to this one: “If the University had revoked Cosby’s degree earlier, it would have established a clear, rigorous code of moral conduct for its honorary degree recipients. In particular, the University would have upheld a zero-tolerance policy for sexual violence in all forms, one that extends to all members of the Notre Dame community — honorary or not. “Instead, the University took a half-step, one which evaded moral responsibility by resting its decision on a legal technicality.” In light of the University’s inaction toward McCarrick, these words continue to hold true today. With this decision, Notre Dame fails to uphold its zero-tolerance policy toward sexual abuse. The University says it “has always stood for values in a world of facts” and, according to the Review Board, the facts indicate that McCarrick is guilty. If Notre Dame were to live up to these values, any person guilty of sexual assault should be punished. In upholding this decision, Notre Dame has failed to uphold the values it claims to place at the heart of the University.
Puzzling summer Lucy Collins Madame’s Musings
“I have measured my life in coffee spoons.” — T.S. Eliot Much as Eliot felt the need to verbalize his frustration with his place in the universe through the minute lens in which his anxious protagonist was forced to view his own life, I would like to try and summarize MY recent experience with the edit “I have measured my life in crossword puzzles.” Like many a college student, this summer was spent in the toils of the Summer Internship Experience. Regardless of your major or career path, chances are you also wasted your last summer of youthful ignorance in such an internship. This “necessary step,” this crucial piece of the post-college employment puzzle, mostly involved me sitting in front of a computer — actually, two computers (don’t be jealous, we can’t all be high rollers) — doing absolutely nothing. After the first three days, when I had read every article ever published online and attempted several times to get onto Netflix despite the company block, I was in trouble. Faced with 9 1/2 weeks of being alone with my thoughts, I sought drastic action. I bought a subscription to the New York Times crossword puzzle. I like a good word game as much as the next kid, but this summer the NYT puzzle became more than an idle mental exercise. It became a lifeline. Through that puzzle, I was assured that my brain, thoroughly numbed by boredom and silence, was not actually dying on me. I still have a year of school left, after all. Every morning, I walked into my office, stealthily averted eye-contact with my colleagues — lest they get ideas that I have a strong desire to see more pictures of their children or chat about the weather — settled into my chair and logged in. The greatest thing about this puzzle is that it is both
consistent and ever-changing. From week to week, you can expect easy puzzles on Monday, and then progressively more challenging games throughout the week. There is always a gimmick to each puzzle, a certain rhyme or reason to the clues given, and once you can figure that out, it is usually smooth sailing through the rest of the game. At the same time, you can know with certainty that you’ll be faced with new words and clues every day, and there is a particular artistry behind the way the author chose how to fit the words around each other. Side note — I’ve always wondered if the creators come up with the clues and words first and then arrange them, or if they have an arrangement in mind first. Is there any method to their madness? The only problem with such a distraction is that, without fail, each puzzle ends up containing certain words or clues that strike a nerve in my fragile psyche. This inevitably results in me spiraling into deep thought — the enemy to someone who is lacking a firm grip on reality and has no idea what she wants to do with her life. Take, for instance, a lighthearted clue such as “a setting in ‘The Return of the Jedi.’” Rather than simply enter the correct answer, my brain is on the fast-track to dangerous thoughts: “Gosh, ‘Star Wars’ … what a great concept. Why didn’t I think of that? Why am I sitting at a desk when my dream is to write or produce film? What will it be like when I become a famous celebrity? Will I donate enough to the poor and be nice to my adoring fans?” This clue was actually followed by another clue, to which the answer was “showbiz.” See the problem? The fact that I have the ridiculous dream of making movies makes my reality of wasting precious time sitting at a desk watching the clock tick seem even more unbearable. It seems I can find a way to tie any answer back to my current state of senior-year existential crisis. There are typically a few impossibly difficult questions thrown in there, usually involving foreign geography, classic literature or famous figures from centuries
past — these, I tend to skip. It’s always a breath of fresh air when I get to pop-culture clues. Except, of course, this inspires a bout of self-admonition induced by the fact that I can name any film that features Tom Hardy or any One Direction song ever recorded, but I can’t name a single Nobel Prize winner. Not a single one. I wonder if anyone can answer those pretentious-type questions without Google or if the New York Times staffers just relish in making their readers feel ignorant. Then we get to the adjectives. Nothing does my mind dirty like a few adjective clues. For instance, “senile” (elderly) brings to mind the terrifying image of my face on a decrepit, immobile body, still sitting at my desk, drinking awful coffee. On the other hand, “quirky” (one outside the box) takes me in the direction of possibility — it’s not too late to defy standards, stick it to corporate America and hit the road less travelled. Writing stories or telling jokes for a living — this fantasy is usually interrupted by a coworker calling me by the wrong name and telling me how nice the weather is today. Day by day, square by square, each puzzle takes me down a different path of thought. If I’m lucky, at least an hour will pass before I finish and am forced to find something else to online shop for. I think I’ll keep up with my crossword habit. It’s good at keeping the brain sharp, and if nothing else, helps at O’Rourke’s on a Monday night. Besides, since I am no longer chained to a desk by the luminous façade of a lucrative corporate career, I can always shut my laptop and turn on the TV when my thoughts begin to wander toward the uneasy. I wonder, if J. Alfred Prufrock had Netflix as an existential escape, would he have been such a mess? Lucy Collins is majoring in economics and history, and continues to write despite knowing no one cares what she’s going to say. She can be reached at lcollin8@nd.edu The views expressed in this column are those of the author and not necessarily those of The Observer.
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By JAKE WINNINGHAM Scene Writer
When they introduced themselves to the world with the lyrics “Hope I die before I get old,” did Roger Daltrey and Pete Townshend ever picture themselves limping across an arena stage in their 70s? Did Mick Jagger anticipate cooing lasciviously about “Satisfaction” (or the lack thereof) to a crowd young enough to be his grandchildren? Rock stars don’t age gracefully. And on his latest record, 76-year-old Paul McCartney proves as much. “Egypt Station,” McCartney’s 18th studio album, presents the sounds of a former master running out of fumes. Save for the rare inspired moment, most of the LP’s meandering, hour-long runtime is dedicated to half-baked ideas. This is not surprising given part of the appeal of McCartney’s solo work is his risk-taking, which led to an equal number of successes and failures in his heyday. For every stroke of genius, like “Band on the Run” or “Temporary Secretary,” McCartney runs the risk of getting a “Live and Let Die” or “Wonderful Christmastime.” Unfortunately for the former Beatle, most of “Egypt Station” falls in the latter category. Take “Back in Brazil,” for example. The start of the song is promisingly weird with an electric piano intro laced with computerized bloops — think Michael McDonald fronting Gnarls Barkley. From there, the track takes a sharp dive into incoherence, with shouted gang vocals taking the place of any sort of proper refrain. Therein lies the album’s most glaring flaw — McCartney’s sudden inability to write a catchy chorus. When he can’t
By MADELYN STEURER Scene Writer
If you had tuned in to ABC News on Sunday, you would have noticed a fairly drastic change to the Miss America pageant: there is no longer a swimsuit phase of the competition. Along with this change comes the implementation of an onstage interview the contestants must have with the judges. The show was still full of glamour … but with a lot less skin. The chair of the Miss America Board of Trustees, Gretchen Carlson, axed the famous swimsuit portion in early June. Carlson reported to “Good Morning America,” “We are no longer a pageant; we are a competition. We will no longer judge our candidates on their outward physical appearance.” In order to make the program more inclusive for all eligible young women, Carlson — the 1989 Miss America — dubbed the new competition “Miss America 2.0.” Not only did she decide to cut the swimsuit portion, but the contestants are no longer judged on their evening-wear attire. They can choose to wear what they want for the short onstage question during this phase, as a means of self-expression. However, it was still interesting to see that many of this year’s competitors continued to wear elaborate gowns, and some even showed a little more skin than DIANE PARK | The Observer
redeem his experimentation with the hook-writing he’s famous for, the songs dwindle off into nothing. “Egypt Station” was co-produced by Adele collaborator Greg Kurstin, whose modern pop sheen adds a layer of artifice to the record. In short, this is an album that sounds like it desperately wants to fit in on the radio. Following that mandate, “Fuh You” is a crass stab at the kind of “rock” practiced by Imagine Dragons and OneRepublic — OneRepublic frontman Ryan Tedder co-wrote the song. Before the chorus hits, the song is about what you’d expect: a fairly straightforward guitar number that would sound best playing in a minivan or at a supermarket. It loses whatever simple charms it may have had when McCartney drops the f-bomb in the hook — “I just wanna fuh you” — and then keeps doing it. I don’t know what the world wants from Paul McCartney, but it’s definitely not an unabashedly horny come-on from rock ’n’ roll’s elder statesman. Even for the man who once asked “Why Don’t We Do It In The Road?” this is ridiculous. All of this isn’t to say that “Egypt Station” has no good songs. It’s just that the few worth listening to more than once find McCartney staying in his Beatles-era comfort zone. The most underrated part of McCartney’s contribution to the Fab Four was his bass playing, which opened up entirely new avenues for the instrument. He keeps that strong tradition going on the album’s best tracks, both of which not only foreground his skills on the bass, but also feature a pair of throwback classicrock melodies. Even so, when listening to both songs — “Come on To Me” and “Dominoes” — one can’t help but
be reminded of The Beatles. I think McCartney realizes this, and so to emphasize the obvious connection he includes a few allusions to his former group on the aforementioned tracks. “Dominoes” features a Ringo-esque drum performance, and McCartney even throws in the “Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!” from “She Loves You” into the outro of “Come On To Me.” Of course, no number of bad songs is going to do anything to McCartney’s legacy. He’s perhaps the most celebrated musician of the last 60 years, and he continues to tour the world with what is, by all accounts, a fantastic live show. He has nothing left to prove. So maybe it’s not surprising that this late-period album seems more like a collection of unfinished ideas than anything else. You can surround those unfinished ideas with a few Beatles knockoffs in an album and call it a day — unless you’re an actual Beatle.
what’s considered normal. Many of the constituents in the pageant system were actually quite displeased by the changes. In response to Carlson’s decision, a group of previous Miss America titleholders wrote a letter asking for Carlson to step down from her position. They claim that she made the decision without asking any of the constituents, and state that directors were unsure of the process, which makes it difficult to help their girls prepare for the national competition. Both state and national titleholders made impactful posts on social media about how the swimsuit phase helped them gain a new sense of confidence, and helped exhibit the hard work and determination that molded their character. Savvy Shields Wolfe, who won the contest in 2017, wrote in an Instagram post: “[At] Miss America … I was at a new level of strong that I didn’t think my body or mind was capable of … I felt empowered when I was wearing my evening gown, when I was in a swimsuit, when I was in my workout clothes.” The women expressed that they felt the changes were undermining what the organization had always stood for — empowerment. Shields Wolfe continued, “Miss America has always been, and always will be, an organization that empowers women.” With a swimsuit portion or not, women participated in the pageant to gain scholarship money, work on interview skills and
acquire the tools they need to become successful leaders of the future. Carlson still remains on the board, but this year’s competition lit a fire under each contestant to show America their talents, aspirations and social impact initiatives. The winner of the night’s competition, Nia Franklin, hails from New York. For her talent, she showcased her vocal abilities and performed an operatic piece. Geared toward challenging the contestants with real-world issues, the onstage question portion showcased each young woman’s education and ability to eloquently speak about a pertinent topic in society. In response to a question about how she would promote positive body image in America, Franklin replied, “I grew up in a school with only 5 percent minority, but growing up, I found my love of arts and through music, I felt positive about myself and who I was. That’s what I would encourage young girls to do, find who you are.” Franklin will be remembered as the first winner in 98 years who was not asked to wear a swimsuit onstage. Her thoughts? “These changes … will be great for our organization. I’ve already seen so many young women reaching out to me personally as Miss New York asking how they can get involved.”
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“Egypt Station” Paul McCartney Label: Capitol Track: “Come On To Me” If you like: The Beatles, OneRepublic
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Horoscope | Eugenia Last Happy Birthday: Let the past be your barometer. Don’t lose sight of what happened and who let you down. You have more options than you realize. Be clear when it comes to what you want and who you want to associate with. Choose wisely, and the changes that occur will bring you the rewards you desire. Your numbers are 5, 18, 21, 28, 36, 42, 49. ARIES (March 21-April 19): Don’t let emotions get in the way. Size up what’s at stake and how much you can accomplish. If you stay focused on what’s important instead giving a play-by-play account of what you are doing, you will avoid unnecessary interference. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Listen, compare and be willing to make reasonable changes. An emotional situation will arise with one of your peers if you share too much personal information. Look for options that won’t jeopardize your reputation or make you feel uncomfortable. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Cover all aspects of a situation necessary to ensure you do a decent job. Observe what others are doing and avoid letting anyone tamper with your affairs. A change will turn into a learning experience. Be careful what you wish for. CANCER (June 21-July 22): Take time to figure out how you can make things better at home. A look at your relationships with loved ones will help you redefine how you restructure your everyday routine. Accommodating someone you love will pay off. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Take a close look at your relationships with others, and consider who brings out the best in you and who doesn’t. Draw the line with anyone who is unpredictable or urges you to make poor choices. Be honest and cut ties. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Don’t hesitate to make subtle changes to the way you look or how you live. Doing your most to be your best will make an impression and attract people eager to work alongside you. Romance is highlighted. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Keeping up shouldn’t be your concern. Do what feels comfortable and suits your budget. Letting someone else’s expectations be your guide will lead to disappointment. Satisfy your needs and set goals that are reasonable, and satisfaction will be yours. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Put greater emphasis on how you feel, and fit better health and diet practices into your everyday routine. If you look and feel your best, it will encourage you to do your own thing. Romance is in the stars. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Watch what others do and listen to what they say. Someone will misinterpret or lead you astray, causing conflict with a friend, relative or peer. Don’t let emotions intervene in your communication. Be direct regarding your thoughts and feelings. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Avoid getting into heated discussions that can cause unwanted personal change. Stay focused on your personal papers, finances and legal matters. Refuse to let an emotional plea sway you from doing what’s right. Stick to the script you prepared. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Don’t show anger or act impulsively when dealing with joint ventures. Protect against insult or injury and focus on positive change that will bring you greater stability. Take time out to rejuvenate and to rethink the best way to move forward. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): A financial gain looks promising. Make personal changes that will offset some of the problems or situations you want to put behind you. Use your imagination, and you will come up with an idea that will lead to success. Birthday Baby: You are hardworking, diligent and ambitious. You are creative and persuasive.
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Sam the savior? Cool the Jets Ryan Kolakowski Sports Writer
Sam Darnold might be the emerging Broadway star of New York Jets football, but, when it comes to their newly crowned franchise quarterback, fans should exercise an abundance of caution. On Monday evening, fans of the New York Jets were awestruck when their usual laughingstock of a franchise put a 48-17 drubbing on Matthew Stafford and the Detroit Lions. In the third quarter of the Monday Night Football matchup, the Jets posted 31 points in seemingly every way imaginable. Linebacker Darron Lee returned an interception 36 yards to the end zone. Andre Roberts tightroped down the sideline on a 78-yard punt-return touchdown. Isaiah Crowell dashed 62 yards out of the Jets backfield for a long rushing score. Big play after big play put an exclamation point on the Jets win. Darnold, the third-overall pick in April’s NFL draft, wasn’t expected to start the first game of the year. He was added to a depth chart that included journeyman Josh McCown and former Vikings’ quarterback Teddy Bridgewater. By the time the season kicked off, though, Bridgewater had been traded to New Orleans and McCown was relegated to mentor and backup duty. Darnold was thrust into the spotlight, but he was promptly embarrassed when his first pass of the evening was intercepted and returned for a touchdown. Darnold bounced back after his initial turnover and led New York to the win in Week 1. Along the way, the quarterback completed 16 of his 21 pass attempts for 198 yards and two touchdowns. Although modest, that stat line was certainly impressive for a rookie debut. By the end of the night, fans were enamored with their 21-yearold superstar. Today, though, it is necessary that fans remind themselves of one thing. This franchise is still the New York Jets. The Jets, who have not been to the playoffs since their AFC Championship Game appearance in 2010. The Jets, who have had to look up in the standings at the New England Patriots every season since 2002. The Jets, who have already seen performances like this from highprofile rookie quarterbacks. In 2013, Geno Smith led the Jets to an 18-17 win over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers while tossing for 256 yards. Smith struggled in two years as the Jets starter before being benched in 2015 and then leaving the team after 2016. In 2009, Mark Sanchez racked
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up 272 yards through the air in a 24-7 win over Houston. The Jets reached two AFC Championship Games with Sanchez at quarterback, but he was nothing more than a game manager before flaming out. We have watched this movie before. It is unreasonable to expect Sam Darnold to join the Jets and suddenly become the savior. The rookie quarterback is hardly perfect, and he illustrated that with a pick-6 on the first pass of his career. Throughout his time at the University of Southern California, Darnold was terribly turnoverprone. In the 2017 season, he tossed 13 interceptions and lost nine of his 12 fumbles in 14 games. Those 22 turnovers are a cause for concern in New York, a city where the pressure of the media and the fan base can crush an athlete. The back pages of the New York tabloids sang Darnold’s praises Tuesday morning, but they can tear him down at the first sign of weakness. If Darnold allows those turnover woes to follow him to MetLife Stadium, a chorus of boos could be raining down on him very soon. Darnold is barely 21 years old, making him the youngest quarterback to start a season opener since the AFL-NFL merger in 1970. He played in only 27 games over two seasons at USC. That youth is an exciting shot of adrenaline for the Jets, but that inexperience indicates he still has a lot of growing up to do. Jets coach Todd Bowles tried to extinguish the excitement around his rookie at his Thursdaymorning press conference. “It’s only been one game,” Bowles said. “To sit here and say whether he’s great or whether he’s trash or whether he’s anything else, it’s way too early for that.” Fans should follow Bowles’ lead in remaining level-headed after Darnold’s initial success. Fans are excited, and with good reason. They have suffered through enough, so it is fair to rejoice in this victory and be happy with the progress. However, this is to say that expectations should be tempered. As Adams tweeted after the win against the Lions, “Not too high not too low. But a great 1-0 start as a team.” Fans should take Adams’ advice as the Jets prepare to make their home opener against the Miami Dolphins this Sunday. Keep your eye on Darnold, though. Maybe, just maybe, he will be the next big thing to hit Broadway. Contact Ryan Kolakowski at rkolakow@nd.edu The views expressed in this Sports Authority are those of the author and not necessarily those of The Observer.
Dolphins’ Stills will continue to kneel Associated Press
DAVIE, Fla. — There was a time when Miami Dolphins receiver Kenny Stills was bothered by the backlash over his decision to kneel on the sideline during the national anthem, his way of following Colin Kaepernick’s lead and protesting social injustice. He is no longer worried. If anything, his resolve got stronger. “We’re not going anywhere,” Stills said. Stills was one of two players who kneeled for the anthem in Week 1 around the NFL. Fellow Dolphins receiver Albert Wilson was the other. League-wide, only about 10 players participated in any form of protests. On Thursday, two days removed from meeting with veterans on Sept. 11 and getting lauded by U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, Stills insisted that his pregame statements are not going away. “It’s not going to change,” Stills said. “Activism isn’t something you just kind of get involved in and then turn your back on it. Once your eyes are open to some of the things that are happening, you continue to work and try to
grow and create change for the rest of your life. It’s something I’m committed to forever.” Stills said the Dolphins, who had established a team policy during the offseason saying that players who protested on the field could be subject to a suspension of up to four games, have not tried to stop him from kneeling. The Dolphins’ policy and all NFL punishments for protests were put on hold as the league and union negotiate. “This has never been against the military or the flag or the police,” Stills said. “And so just for them to have the opportunity, for us to have the conversation, for them to approach me and say that, that meant a bunch.” There are some, however — most notably, President Donald Trump — who insist on describing the kneeling and other similar actions, such as Oakland’s Marshawn Lynch staying seated for the anthem, as a protest of the flag. “You don’t have to agree with how or why he has chosen to exercise the 1st Amendment before every game to acknowledge the hours he gives voluntarily, on his day off, to serve his fellow
Americans,” Rubio tweeted. Stills said he understands the backlash is not going to stop. “It’s not about being the face or who gets the notoriety for it,” Stills said. “It’s just what I care about outside of work and what I spend my time doing when I’m not here working for the Dolphins.” Stills first kneeled during the anthem in 2016 and has been vocal discussing racial inequality and other issues. The player protests — started by Kaepernick, who has not played in the NFL since that season — have become a divisive topic. The debate was refueled earlier this month, when Nike made Kaepernick one of the faces of Nike’s 30th anniversary “Just Do It” campaign . “Obviously, we’d be encouraged to see more guys participating in the protest, but I understand that everyone makes their own decisions,” Stills said. “I’ll continue doing what I’m doing. It’s never been about that. It’s not about what other guys are doing. I understand my position and what I’m standing for, what I’m standing up for.”
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Mets icon David Wright likely to make final start Associated Press
NEW YORK — New York Mets captain David Wright will return for the team’s final homestand, making what will probably be his last appearance as a big leaguer. The Mets said that they plan to activate Wright when they return to Citi Field on Sept. 25 against Atlanta. The 35-yearold is scheduled to start at third base on the second-to-last day of the season against Miami. It would be his first major league game since May 2016. Wright has worked to return from a litany of neck, back and shoulder injuries that have required surgery. Although he’s not officially retiring, Wright is not expected to play again after this season. “The way I feel right now and from everything the doctors have told me, there’s not going to be an improvement,” Wright said when asked if he could play beyond 2018. “So, yeah, I don’t see that as a possibility.” Mets Chief Operating Officer
Jeff Wilpon and Senior VP of Baseball Operations John Ricco joined Wright for an emotional news conference prior to the club’s doubleheader against the Marlins to make the announcement, ending speculation on whether the seven-time All-Star would return. “David Wright is a Mets icon, one of the finest players and people ever to wear the uniform, Mets uniform or any uniform, and clearly our fan favorite,” Wilpon said. “Despite more than two years of hard work, three surgeries and a rehab assignment, his body’s still preventing him from making it back. I’ve had many conversations with David and he’s told me that he wants to end this year on our active roster.” Wright’s contract includes salaries of $20 million this year, $15 million next season and $12 million in 2020. By reinstating him from the 60-day disabled list, it would likely lessen the amount of insurance money the Mets could collect.
“David has earned the opportunity to return to the major league field. Out of respect for him personally, professionally, and for our fans we want to give him that opportunity,” Wilpon added. “The decision has nothing to do with insurance or finances. It’s about David’s long-term health, his quality of life and desire to get back on the field. Giving him the chance to return to the field is the right thing to do for David, our organization and the fans.” I wish that things could have certainly turned out different for me physically but as far as regrets go, I can’t say that I have regrets because I felt like I knew one way to play the game,” Wright said. “I’ve tried to play that way and there’s not a lot of people out there that can say that they’ve made it to the big leagues, that they got to be with one team for their entire career, and they go to captain that team and have the success that at least in my mind I’d like to think that I did.”
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a team that’s fun to watch — never counting themselves out or taking their opportunities for granted. “[Brey’s] philosphy is so important here,” McCormick said. “That’s all intentional on his part … he said ‘It’s my job to make sure that these indiv iduals —these guys — play loose. If they didn’t have the skill they wouldn’t be here. My job is to help them work through all the stuff that we tend to allow us to stop performing at our highest level.’” McCormick said even through Brey is intense in his ow n way, throughout practice he’s always thinking about how can he give confidence to other people so that they, when the time comes, feel ready to step up. That relentless attitude was famously on display
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back on Februar y 9, 2013 when Notre Dame took on the then-No. 11 Louisv ille Cardinals. Dow n eight w ith 45 seconds remaining, sophomore guard Jerian Grant took control of the game, scoring 12 points to force overtime. That was just the beginning. After five overtime periods and hav ing four players fouled out, the Irish escaped w ith a w in in what became the longest game in Big-East regular season histor y. “It’s one of my favorite games,” McCormick exclaimed. “It was just so much fun. Five overtimes !” Much like ever y thing he has a hand in, McCormick makes an intentional effort to be present and available to the team. In addition to celebrating mass before ever y game, McCormick is at many of the practices, and said players frequently stop by his office in Coleman-Morse. He continually rejected
the notion of what he does as work, rather calling his serv ice to the basketball team a “passion project”. “I love students … to me, it’s not work. it’s about just managing your time,” McCormick said. “I love being in residence at Stanford, I love ser v ing w ith campus ministr y. The problem is as a director, if you’re not careful you can spend all your time doing administrative stuff and actually not spend any time w ith students … a director of campus ministr y that has no access to students isn’t a ver y good director.” McCormick is in a unique position to see his many different passions intersect; most recently, through the development of “fellowship,” a designated time during away game for team discussions. “The guys of their ow n volition started this group … Basically when you’re on the
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road there’s not that much to do,” he said. “You go to practice, then team meal, then it’s eight o’clock and we’re just gonna hang around.” McCormick said they started sitting dow n after dinner and would throw out a topic of discussion. “Big chunks of the team were there and then support staff and we’d get in on these w ide ranging conversations that would be all over the place and we did it for ever y single away game,” he said. McCormick particularly pointed to former Irish forward Bonzie Colson and junior guard T.J. Gibbs as leading the charge in gathering support amongst the team for fellowship. He also said those experiences are the reason he continues to be a chaplain. “To be able to be apart of that and to hear what they were thinking … I’ve seen plent y of basketball,” McCormick said. “I can
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watch Notre Dame on T V. But to get to know the players and to understand how they see things, and what perspectives they hold, and what they’re passionate about, that for me is far more interesting.” Going for ward, McCormick said he’s looking for ward to seeing how the players take the lessons from last season — a year riddled w ith injur y and close losses — and use them to improve. “Last year [Gibb’s] got throw n into that position because Matt Farrell got injured so now, T.J. has a sense as the point guard, this is my team,” McCormick said. “[Senior guard] Rex Pf lueger, this is his senior year. Obv iously, there’s a sense of ow nership that these guys prev iously we’re under the w ings of other guys but they both have incredible leadership capacities.” In addition to the core leaders, Notre Dame is also adding arguably their best recruiting class w ith five freshman, four of which are four-star commits. “To see what five freshman can do and how that changes the dy namic and how some of them are going to be forced almost immediately to enter into roles that are pressure packed and challenging, that to me is what’s so interesting,” McCormick said. “Then you throw in we’re play ing in the ACC … it’s exciting.” True to the team’s laid back approach, McCormick is just enjoy ing stay ing in the moment and developing relationships. “For me, it’s an honor to play some small role in that.” Contact Charlotte Edmonds at cedmond3@nd.edu
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Notre Dame releases ACC season slate Observer Sports Staff
After releasing its nonconference slate in late August, Notre Dame men’s basketball now has a completed regular-season schedule after the Atlantic Coast Conference revealed its 2019 league schedule that w ill feature 12 nationally-telev ised matchups throughout an 18-game gauntlet for the Irish. ACC v isitors to Purcell Pav ilion w ill include Sy racuse (Jan. 5), Virginia (Jan. 26), Duke (Jan. 28) and Virginia Tech (Feb. 23) — all of which are expected to be ranked in the preseason top 25. Boston College (Jan. 12), North Carolina State (Jan. 19), Georgia Tech (Feb. 10), Wake Forest (Feb. 19) and Clemson (Mar. 26, Senior Day) w ill also travel to South Bend. Conversely, Notre Dame w ill hit the road starting on Jan. 1 to play at Virginia Tech, and w ill compete in several other notable away matchups, including v isits
to North Carolina (Jan. 15), Miami (FL) (Feb. 6), Virginia (Feb. 16) and Louisv ille (March 3). Boston College and Georgia Tech return as Notre Dame’s traditional ACC repeat opponents and w ill each have a home-andhome series. For non-conference play, the Irish w ill face fivestraight notable opponents in November and December — at home against DePaul, Illinois (ACC/BIG 10 Challenge), Ok lahoma (Jimmy V Classic), at UCL A and Purdue (Crossroads Classic). This year marks the final season of the traditional 18-game ACC schedule as the league plans to move to 20 conference games for the 2019-20 campaign. A fter the gauntlet of the ACC regular season commences for the Irish, the 2019 ACC Championship w ill be held in Charlotte, North Carolina, at Time Warner Cable A rena and w ill begin on March 12, 2019.
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during game day,” Johnson said. “So you have to prepare for every opponent well or you run the risk that someone will send you home sad. I have a lot of respect for that team. As we learn more about ourselves and execute more on daily basis, then I really like our team.” In the first two matches, junior outside hitter Jemma Yeadon had her fourth double-digit kills performance in six matches against Western Kentucky, with 14 kills. Yeadon went on to lead the attack with 12 kills against Miami of Ohio, along with senior libero Ryann DeJarld’s team-best 19 digs. During the last match against Chattanooga, the freshmen made an impact with freshman hitter Sydney Bent’s seven kills and freshman
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immediate success, so it would have been forgivable if the Irish had a lackluster season. Following that struggle in the season-opener, however, Notre Dame tore through two ranked foes in one weekend in Bloomington, Indiana. The Irish easily dispatched thenNo. 18 Connecticut 3-0, and they followed that performance up with a 2-0 ousting of the then-No. 22 Dartmouth
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setter Zoe Nunez’s team-best 19 assists. “Three out of the four freshmen started again,” Johnson said. “Sydney played all around and did a good job in Chattanooga. They will continue to compete for positions, and we will wait to see where things fall.” While the Irish offense has been effective, the team’s defense has been even better. Notre Dame currently holds the second-best hitting percentage allowed this season (.094), trailing only their upcoming opponent (.093) by the slimmest of margins. Playing their homeand-home series against a Big Ten opponent in Michigan, who is currently undefeated, head coach Mike Johnson said he is not concerned with statistics or how the rivals stack up on paper. “It’s early in the year, and we are still working on us,” Johnson
said. “Michigan is a good team, and they play the game well. We are certainly ready for things they can do. Volleyball is volleyball at the end of day, and we are just continuing to improve our ability to play the game.” Although Michigan is the only team that has a quick turnaround in the schedule with Notre Dame, Johnson said it prepares them for future conference matchups. “It is a little bit of a precursor in conference life — you play a team and time passes, make the adjustments and you’re quickly playing again,” Johnson said. “Michigan is just a microcosm of that. Two days apart, learn more about them and have the opportunity to make adjustments for next game. It’s a good warm-up for that.” Contact Meagan Bens at mbens@nd.edu
Irish junior Jemma Yeadon goes up for a spike during Notre Dame’s 3-0 victory over Oakland on Aug. 31 at Purcell Pavilion.
Big Green. Over the course of three days, Notre Dame emerged as a potential national contender by easily taking care of two ranked teams. Notre Dame later defeated Syracuse on the road and played No. 2 Indiana University tight before falling in overtime. Chad Riley, the head coach of the Fighting Irish, has brought in a winning culture and established it early in his new role with the squad. Riley is no stranger to success. His team at Dartmouth College dominated the Iv y
League for several seasons, and he served as the assistant coach for Notre Dame from 2006 until 2011. He is a 4-time Iv y League champion as the Dartmouth head coach, and he helped lead two Big East championship squads at Notre Dame in 2007 and 2008. Now, Riley is proving that he was the right man to succeed Bobby Clark as the Irish head soccer coach. Clark, the head coach from 2001 until 2017, left grand expectations for the soccer program when he retired last November.
Under Clark, the Irish won the 2013 national championship, marking the peak of the program’s success. Riley has taken control of the program and has not allowed expectations to intimidate him. Instead, he has led the Irish to a No. 8 ranking in the United Soccer Coaches Poll. Despite the overtime loss to Indiana, the outlook for the Irish season appears promising. However, the challenges are just getting started for Riley. Next week, Notre Dame will take on No. 4 Michigan State and No. 3 North Carolina. While both matches will take place on Notre Dame’s home turf in Alumni Stadium, the week ahead remains intimidating.
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These upcoming matches against Michigan State and North Carolina will play a large role in determining how Riley’s first season as head coach will be shaped. If the Irish impress against some of the nation’s stiffest competition, then they will cement themselves as a force to be reckoned with this season. This upcoming week, all eyes in collegiate soccer will be on Alumni Stadium, where Riley and the Irish will certainly be under the microscope. Contact Ryan Kolakowski at rkolakow@nd.edu The views expressed in this column are those of the author and not necessarily those of The Observer.
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Senior forward Ian Aschieris looks to break past the Indiana defense during Notre Dame 2-1 overtime loss on Tuesday at Alumni Stadium.
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Fr. Pete reflects on past seasons By CHARLOTTE EDMONDS Associate Sports Editor
In the second half of The Observer’s feature with Fr. Pete McCormick, the Holy Cross priest discussed some of the more memorable moments of his past six season’s as men’s basketball team chaplain. As McCormick recalled various stories from his experience with the team, one common theme constantly resurfaced — the team has fun, and a lot of it. At a time when college athletics are looking more and more like sophisticated Fortune 500 companies, the Irish have built themselves a reputation of breaking from the norm, more closely resembling a group that planned to meet up for a game of pickup at the Rockne Memorial gym, but just so happened to stumble into Purcell Pavilion. This is by no means a statement on their ability. Their two Elite Eight appearances and an ACC Championship in the past four years, along with their top15 recruiting class they’ve just
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welcomed in, speak for themselves. Rather, head coach Mike Brey has found his recipe for success in recruiting sometimes overlooked athletes with standout basketball IQs. McCormick said one of his favorite memories was winning the ACC Championship in 2015 when, much like a kid in a candy shop, it seemed surreal that the Irish were the one’s that would be cutting down the nets. “The first year [in the ACC} we got destroyed … The second year guard J[erian] Grant and guard Pat Connaughton … those were the two real leaders of the team,” McCormick said. “They both kind of unite and lead us to that magical moment. I remember thinking as I’m walking out and the confetti’s falling and I’ve seen this … so many championships ceremonies and I’m like ‘this is ours.’ I’m not watching it like it’s someone else.” Over the years, the combination of unselfish play and a never-say-die attitude has produced see FR. PETE PAGE 13
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Irish senior defender Felicien Dumas takes on a defender during Notre Dame’s 2-1 loss to Indiana on Tuesday at Alumni Stadium.
Notre Dame set to travel to face rival Michigan By MEAGAN BENS
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After competing in the Holiday Inn-University Plaza Invitational last weekend, Notre Dame will travel north to face No. 19 Michigan on Friday and then host the Wolverines at home Sunday. The Irish (6-2) and Wolverines (9-0) resume their rivalry after last playing in 2009. Notre Dame holds the historic advantage in the matchup with an all-time 8-5 record against Michigan, including a 5-1 mark when playing at home and an even 3-3 record in Ann Arbor. Facing three teams last weekend, the Irish walked away with two wins. The one loss was to Western Kentucky, the team they fell to in the first round of the NCAA tournament last season. Head coach Mike Johnson said the game served as a lesson for upcoming matches. “Certainly you never want to lose. The thing for us, we are just learning about preparation and learning that our preparation in practice will lead to our results
Prior to the start of the season, the Notre Dame men’s soccer team was slated to take on 11 opponents who were ranked in the preseason United Soccer Coaches poll. Six of those 11 teams were ranked in the top seven of the preseason poll. The schedule looked daunting, especially for a new head coach entering his first year with the program. Now, after 5 matches, the Irish are 3-1-1, and Chad Riley appears to be the right man to lead Notre Dame through this gauntlet of a schedule. After the season-opening tie against Saint Louis University, it was easy to wonder if this would be a year of transition for the Irish. It is not always easy for a new head coach to find
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Irish junior Jemma Yeadon and senior Meg Morningstar attempt a block in Notre Dame’s 3-0 victory over Oakland on Aug. 31.
Coming off a eighth-place finish in last week’s Badger Invitational, the Irish will look to bounce back and play to their potential in this year’s 2018 Northern Intercollegiate tournament. This upcoming weekend will be the eighth-annual Northern Intercollegiate hosted by the Northern Illinois University’s men’s golf team at Rich Harvest Farms in Sugar Grove, Ill. The tournament features 14 rising programs including defending-champion Marquette, Ohio State and Missouri. Last year, the Golden Eagles set a schoolrecord score of 32-under-par for the 54-hole event. Tournament play begins Saturday and ends Sunday with each five-man team along with 17 additional individual golfers playing 36 holes Saturday and 18 Sunday. The Irish are hoping to rebound from their mediocre performance at last week’s
Invitational, one that head coach John Handrigan labeled “disappointing.” Sophomore Davis Chatfield shot an 80 in the first round, while seniors Miguel Delgado (+12) and Kevin Connors (+16) and junior Hunter Ostrom (+19) struggled to play up to par. Although the team failed to meet the high expectations held for them going into the Badger Invitational, the Irish did manage to improve throughout each round, which is something coach Handrigan said he was pleased to see. Furthermore, the one bright spot that came out of last week’s contest was the performance of Notre Dame’s t wo freshman: Taichi K ho and Andrew O’Lear y. O’Lear y shot 4-over-par through three rounds playing on the five-man team, and K ho shot 1-over-par competing as an indiv idual. In round 2, K ho’s score of 3-under-par was the best among all Irish golfers.