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Protests against parietals continue Demonstrators gather in Sorin College to call out hate speech, demand an end to University policy

By MARY BERNARD and NATALIE WEBER News Writer, Assistant Managing Editor

A few minutes before 11 p.m.

Thursday, as rain continued to sprinkle down, 17 students gathered outside Coleman-Morse to prepare for their second demonstration in Sorin College.

Some lived on campus, some off. But they were united in a common mission: to rid the University of parietals and end hate speech on campus.

“We want this to be peaceful, and we want this to be loving, and unifying, and working towards building community rather than tearing it apart,” senior Anne Jarrett, one of the leaders of End Hate at ND, said.

Senior Savanna Morgan, also a leader of the movement, gathered with students outside, reminding them of demands and procedures for the demonstration. According to the group’s Instagram page, the students want to end parietals, call out hate speech, decolonize academia, decolonize the University’s land and implement diversity training in each dorm.

Soon, they headed inside Sorin.

One student stayed outside — senior Drew Lischke, where he read aloud from the Communist Manifesto.

The students entered the dorm carrying flyers titled “Why Parietals?”

“Parietals trap survivors in unsafe situations,” the flyer read. “ ... Parietals institutionalize and

normalize division … Parietals also disproportionately affect marginalized groups … Parietals disproportionately affect the poor.”

The students first demonstrated Sunday at Stanford Hall following reports of “biased slurs” being directed at individuals in Stanford and Keenan Halls. Around 30 students remained in Stanford from 2 to around 5 a.m., leaving only after University staff and the Notre Dame Police Department threatened protesters with expulsion.

At the peak of the protest Thursday night, there were around 45 students present, roughly half of whom were demonstrators. The rest were Sorin residents.

Residents engaged in discussion with protesters and expressed a

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wide variety of opinions regarding parietals.

“I didn’t really think about how parietals affected some groups, and I’m very open to what they’re saying,” freshman Michael Harrington, a Sorin resident, said. “... I think [the demonstration] is a good way to inform people of what they’re trying to say.”

Sophomore Tony Perez, also a Sorin resident, attended Sunday’s protest. He joined the group in front of Coleman-Morse on Thursday before the students walked to the dorm.

After talking with residents and attending the prayer service, Perez said he felt the night produced fruitful dialogue.

“I was really proud and excited about the way not only the End

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Inspired by Notre Dame, 13-year-old Zack Gosselin has been organizing charity events and raising money for a variety of causes since he was six years old. Gosselin attended his first Irish game Saturday.

By TOM NAATZ Notre Dame News Editor

Notre Dame fan and Bostonarea native Zack Gosselin has raised thousands of dollars for charity over the course of his career. Through a series of charity events, Gosselin has fundraised for a variety of causes across New England.

However, at 13 years old, Gosselin is not the average philanthropist. He recognizes he is on the younger side when it comes to organizing charity

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work.

From the age of six, Gosselin said he knew he wanted to help people. Now, seven years later, his philanthropy is having a realworld impact.

“Since I was six years old, I started wanting to bring value and peace to people and just make people have memories and smile,” Gosselin said. “I’ve always been driven by the smile effect and people who are down and out, just bring them up a little bit.

Gosselin said his philanthropic work has benefited a variety of

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different groups and organizations. In addition to supporting two fallen firefighters and a local Boys and Girls Club, his work has contributed to Catie’s Closet, a group working to provide clothing for low-income students, Aaron’s Presents, which helps children carry out charitable endeavors and Operation Stand Down Rhode Island, which supports veterans.

In recent years, Gosselin has hosted a skating event to see CHARITY PAGE 5

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College Fulbright grantees share experiences

By SARA SCHLECHT

Photo courtesy of John Gosselin

Hate at ND showed up but the way the Sorin guys really came in,” Perez said. “I didn’t get the chance to talk to everyone but from people I did talk to and from what I saw around, it sounds like they were really listening actively and being open.”

Alex Ford — a sophomore who brought a red rosary with her to the protest — said she came to the sit-in mainly for religious reasons.

She said she agrees with Catholic teaching that premarital sex is wrong, but is opposed to parietals because she believes it leaves students vulnerable to sexual assault.

“I think parietals does not stop anyone who’s having sex from having sex,” she said. “They’re just

Members of the Saint Mary’s community gathered Thursday evening for a panel discussion about Fulbright grants as part of the College’s International Education week.

Laura Elder, a global studies professor who specializes in cultural anthropology, has received multiple Fulbright grants and now serves as the College’s Fulbright program advisor.

“It’s a program for which all U.S. citizens are eligible, across the board,” Elder said. “All you need is a bachelor’s degree and an idea.

You do not have to be an academic scholar. It could be someone who’s interested in the arts, medicine [or] science. What you need is an idea and a place where you’d like to work on that idea.”

Elder received a Fulbright Scholar grant to study the intersections of Islam, feminism, culture and the economy in Malaysia in 2015.

“As part of this research that

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I was doing — thinking about Islam, feminism and economy — I got to go all around Malaysia and give lectures because Fulbright paid for it,” Elder said.

Because of the Fulbright program’s focus on having deep exchanges within a country and its larger surrounding region, Elder was also given the opportunity to visit other places such as Cambodia and Burma.

In addition to research and travel, Elder has used her experience in Malaysia to form relationships that could potentially be used to help Saint Mary’s establish more study abroad programs, she said.

“I’m [the] Fulbright program advisor,” Elder said. “If you’re interested in these kinds of engagements, we can make them happen.”

Eleanor Jones, a Saint Mary’s alumna (’16) and current graduate student in global affairs at Notre Dame, was a Fulbright English teaching assistant in Mongolia from 2017 to 2018. see FULBRIGHT PAGE 5

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Fighting Irish Media promotes ND athletics

By RENEE PIERSON News Writer

The Fighting Irish Media (FIM) is a group of students and professional staffers that works to promote Notre Dame athletic programs and produce their media content.

Notre Dame football is one of the most well-known college programs in the country.

However, they have not gained and maintained this notoriety alone — a number of organizations on campus such as FIM have contributed to Notre Dame’s illustrious reputation.

“FIM does a bunch of athletic broadcasts and video editing,” freshman Matt Smith said.

“We’ll do a bunch of different promos for every sport so they can always put stuff up on video boards and social media accounts. We’re trying to highlight athletics at Notre Dame.”

Sophomore Maya Puterbaugh said FIM’s sports coverage is meant to energize the student section at every Notre Dame game.

“Overall, our big things are doing coverage for sporting events,” Puterbaugh said.

“We operate the cameras that go to the video board and live broadcasts. We also make the

promotional videos that go up on the video board like all of the hype videos with the awesome music to get the student section riled up.”

These are only a few of the many responsibilities that the FIM take on. For the football team, freshman Suneina Badoni said students are able to take up important production roles in areas such as “filming games, going to live events, making gifs for social media [and] making the hype videos for the video board.”

Generally, the work that FIM does is geared towards getting people excited for Notre Dame sports, senior Mia Berry said in an email.

(Editor’s Note: Berry is a former Observer sports writer.)

“At FIM we’re consistently making sure that we’re creating a home-field advantage for every home game,” she said. “Home field advantage is just making sure that there’s a lot of energy in the stadium that ND players can feed off of and perform at a high level.”

Freshman Eliza Smith said FIM strives to promote Notre Dame and the spirit of the Fighting Irish.

“I definitely believe FIM works to better the brand of Notre

Dame,” Smith said. “We don’t put players’ names on the backs of their jerseys because the brand is not the player ... right now the brand is Notre Dame.”

Supporting Notre Dame sports in this way contributes to school spirit in general, Matt Smith said.

“We hope to promote athletics in general because it’s a great thing for school spirit and school pride,” he said. “Something that Notre Dame is really good at is enhancing that.”

The student workers at FIM get to explore the world of digital media in a very hands-on way, senior Natural Baptiste said in an email.

“We have a lot of young adult and student workers who are in tuned with the times,” Baptiste said. “If someone has an idea, a lot of the time it gets green-lighted.”

FIM is one of the few programs in the country that allows students to produce media, Berry said.

“FIM has been complimented multiple times that our broadcasts look just as good if not better than other universities with professional staff,” she said.

This open access provides students with a unique experience, Puterbaugh said.

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“ND is unique with how involved students can get,” she said. ”We have broadcasts where all the cameras are run by students, our replays are student-run, so much of the behind the scenes stuff they let us do.

It’s real life experience and you don’t get that a lot of different places.”

The FIM provides opportunities for these students to gain knowledge that not only impacts the Notre Dame community, but also their own lives.

“Working with FIM made me realize that this was something I was doing with my free time, and I really enjoy it, and it made me realize that I wanted to go into the entertainment industry,” Puterbaugh said. “I actually ended up picking up FTT as a second major. It really helped me figure out that this is what I wanted to do as a career.”

Though the student workers have experienced personal growth through FIM, Baptiste said they have also learned the value of hard work and community engagement.

“It is a lot of work but at the end of the day, I know I was hired because I am capable of the job,” Baptiste said. “I can go back to my room after every game and know I did a good job.”

Eliza Smith said she is dedicated to the work, a commonality all the student workers share.

“I work really hard, I put in a bunch of hours, but that’s what everyone else does,” she said.

“We all just have one goal which is the common goal, and the common goal is Notre Dame.

I’m ok with not being recognized because if the players are meant to represent the brand of Notre Dame, why should I be any different? The point is that we made a good production and we did it together.”

Though they’re dedicated to their work, the students find time for fun, Badoni said.

“I don’t feel like work is an obligation,” she said. “It feels more like a privilege — I always have fun.”

Eliza Smith said the friendships that have formed between the staffers make the challenges of work more manageable.

“I really do believe that this is the most fun job I’m going to have in my life because you build relationships so easily,” she said. “Yeah, you’re under the wire and you have stressful moments, but then after it’s over and you just move on.”

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Former defense counsel discusses death row

By CIARA HOPKINSON News Writer

On Sept. 21, 2011, Troy Davis was executed for the 1989 murder of Officer Mark MacPhail of the Savannah Police Department.

Davis, a black man, maintained his innocence throughout the 20 years in prison and multiple appeals that ensued, and his highly publicized case drew international attention and protest.

The Notre Dame Exoneration Project, the Klau Center for Civil and Human Rights and several other organizations hosted a lecture with Jay Ewart, Davis’s lead counsel, Thursday afternoon.

Lenora Popken, a third-year Notre Dame law student, opened the lecture with a reflection on her experience protesting outside the Georgia prison where Davis was to be executed.

“By seven, the chants of, ‘Not in my name,’ and ‘I am Troy Davis’ could be heard beyond the prison gates,” Popken said. “However, those cries fell upon deaf ears and at 10:53 that night, the state of Georgia took the life of 42-year-old Troy Anthony Davis and had the audacity to claim they did it in the name of the citizens of Georgia, despite compelling evidence of Mr. Davis’s innocence.”

After reading the transcript of Davis’s last words, Popken introduced Ewart, who was with Davis in his final moments as witness to his execution after working with him for eight years.

“The case started to gain momentum with a couple interviews on NPR, which eventually led to a New York Times op-ed to talk about how there was a grievous wrong: how of all of the evidence against Troy, which was nine witnesses at trial, seven had recanted,” Ewart said. “There was an alternative suspect who confessed to multiple people and mounting evidence convinced them that they said that he shouldn’t die for his crimes.”

Ewart laid out the facts of the case as pieced together by witnesses and Davis himself. On the night of Aug. 19, 1989, a disagreement between a neighborhood man called Red and a homeless man named Larry escalated outside of the Burger King where MacPhail was working off-duty security.

Davis attempted to step in as the altercation got violent and Red threatened Larry. Red hit Larry in the face with his pistol and Davis ran away. Moments later, MacPhail came around the corner to intervene and was shot dead. Larry suffered a brain injury so severe that he was unable to remember who hit him and killed MacPhail. Red initially denied having possession of a weapon that night and later admitted he had but had lost it.

“Now, the question then is, if Red was the aggressor, if he was the one who had the gun and admitted that he was doing it, if it was a .38, which was the murder weapon, if he could never have produced it, if he was the one standing across from Larry, who was pistol whipped and the same man who pistol whipped Larry shot the officer, all facts that

were uncontroverted at trial and appeal, how did Troy get convicted?” Ewart said.

The lack of concrete evidence meant police had to rely on eyewitness accounts, Ewart said.

“We know today, thanks to studies being done of DNA exonerations, that between 75 and 85% of all wrongful convictions are the result of eyewitness misidentifications,” Ewart said. “They’re not always wrong, but there are proper practices that we understand today.”

After his initial conviction in 1991, Davis got a new team of lawyers as well as investigators from the Georgia Resource Center in Atlanta on his case in 2000. As the investigators began to revisit the crime scene and talked to witnesses, Ewart said, it became clear the power dynamic between the witnesses and police officers had influenced their testimony.

“These were vulnerable people,”

Ewart said. “You had — of the nine witnesses — you had two homeless persons, two teenagers, an illiterate fast food worker and a woman out on parole. … Each of them said, ‘I didn’t see what I actually saw. I felt pressure from the police and the position I was in. I was on parole. I was a teenager and the police were threatening me. I had nowhere to go. I needed medical help, and ...

I couldn’t get it until I told the police what I thought they wanted to hear.’ ... Eerily similar.”

Ewart, then a recent graduate of Emory Law School, joined Davis’s case as a pro-bono attorney in 2004. Over the next several years, Davis was granted two stays, one in 2007 and one in 2008, that delayed Davis’s execution. After the first stay, Ewart filed a petition with the Georgia Supreme Court.

“I made the argument that recantations of the vast majority of trial witnesses in a case with no physical evidence should be enough for

a new trial or at minimum should warrant an evidentiary hearing in front of a judge,” Ewart said. “At that point, we had affidavits from seven of the nine eyewitnesses, in addition to other evidence that no judge ever actually looked at. ” Davis’s case lost by one vote.

After another stay and refusals to hear the case, the Supreme Court of the United States allowed the case to be transferred to a district court in Savannah. The team assembled once again in Savannah in 2010, this time with a key witness: Red’s nephew, Ben, whose uncle had told him never to speak of the incident when he was a teenager in 1989.

Ben was now in prison as a result of the War on Drugs, Ewart said, and despite his moving testimony, the team lost the case.

“His testimony was moving, incredible, all consistent with exactly what the known facts were to be at the time,” Ewart said. “But he testified in shackles in an orange

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jumpsuit and our judge just didn’t believe a word he said.”

Red avoided testifying throughout this process and was the witness the judge wanted, Ewart said.

The judge delivered a 167-page opinion and sentenced Davis to death.

Ewart finished his lecture with a call to remedy the failings of the legal system, and recalled an instance when he sent Davis the novel “To Kill a Mockingbird” to read while in prison.

“It wasn’t a week later that he wrote me back,” Ewart said. “The letter, I still have it, I was reading it last night … he was quoting Atticus Finch … the quote read, ‘The law says reasonable doubt. But I think a defendant’s entitled to a shadow of a doubt. There’s always the possibility, no matter how improbable, that he’s innocent.’”

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“I went [to Mongolia] in August to do teacher training and what they call survival Mongolian language … and some Mongolian culture and history,” Jones said.

Jones taught at the University of Life Sciences in Ulaanbaatar, the capital of Mongolia. Most of her students came from the countryside, she said, and many of their families were nomadic.

“When they would go home for the holidays, they would have to find their family because they may not be where they left them,” Jones said.

Among the parts of her teaching experience she highlighted was an international cooking day at the university, during which she helped make some of the most American dishes she could think

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doing it at a different time of the day. What it does do is put people at risk for being harmed by being raped. And I think that’s a much graver and more serious sin that the University has a greater responsibility to its students to prevent.”

Morgan and Jarrett met with Erin Hoffmann Harding on Wednesday to discuss moving forward with the demonstrations. Two police officers and two people from the multicultural student programs and services also attended the meeting.

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of — mac and cheese, sloppy joes and coleslaw.

She said she also attended an eagle festival, which occurred in -20 degree temperatures.

“I found out I’m allergic to the cold,” Jones said. “Once, I went horseback riding in -20 degrees, and my face broke out in hives.

My Mongolian friend was with me and saw my face and picked up snow from the ground and just rubbed it in my face and then wiped it off with a scarf. The hives were gone ... because the snow wasn’t as cold as the air.”

As the end of her program neared, Jones said she got to travel more.

“At the end of the program for Fulbright, we did community outreach,” she said. “For two weeks, we got to travel around the Mongolian countryside to different rural schools and do some

dental classes and do some outreach for the American Embassy to promote some of our exchange programs.”

An important part of Jones’ experience was looking beyond “pretty pictures” to see the problems in the area, including pollution, she said.

“The winter that I was there was worse than it was in New Delhi,” Jones said. “... Mongolians [would] wear the air mask and then pull it down to smoke a cigarette and then put the air mask back on.”

Jones said her time in Mongolia was difficult but gave her the chance to learn a lot about herself.

Jamie Wagman, chair of the history and gender and women’s studies departments, was a Fulbright Specialist in Morocco in the spring.

“In the spring of 2018, Fulbright notified me that the International

University of Rabat in Morocco accepted my application, and I was approved for a short-term project,” Wagman said.

Wagman said she had North African friends after hosting people for the Study of the United States Institute at the College.

“But I never set foot on [the] continent,” Wagman said. “I’d certainly never seen Morocco. I did not know Arabic. I barely knew any French. Still, I couldn’t wait.”

Wagman brought her family to Morocco with her for the duration of her program. She said being a mother and an academic poses challenges when it comes to giving proper time and attention to both roles, so bringing her family with her was very important.

One focus of her work in Morocco was helping the recently founded university with curriculum and development.

“I met with faculty members and administrators to put together a proposal for a dual MBA and masters in gender and women’s studies program,” Wagman said.

“I also provided lectures on transgender visibility, reproductive rights, history, sexual purity and stereotyping, and public health history in the U.S.” She said her students were familiar with gender theory, and the university community did not conform to the gender norms she had expected.

Wagman said she found the university community to be welcoming and helped her family get acquainted with the city.

“I realized how easy it is not to know what to do and not to know who to ask,” she said.

police involvement or expulsion during the demonstration. When the demonstrators were told to remain on the first floor, they did, despite wanting maximum exposure.

“There will be less resistance in this protest mainly because the stakes are higher,” Morgan said before entering the dorm. “…

Students’ safety comes first.”

Graduate student Morgan Widhalm was at the protest as a trained “legal observer” from a local chapter of the National Lawyers Guild. Widhalm explained that the role of a legal observer at a demonstration is to make sure people’s rights are being respected, regardless of the individual’s personal opinion on the protest.

Throughout the night, Widhalm documented the event. While legal observers mostly attend protests on public land, Widhalm said, Thursday’s sit-in was unique in that it was held at a private university.

“It’s very different in terms of it’s not necessarily [about] laws per se, as [it is] in terms of University policies that all students adhere to,” Widhalm said. “ … I know what I can say about rights under the law, but what are rights of the student?

What are your responsibilities?”

Fr. Bob Loughery, the rector of Sorin, sent an email to residents shortly after 4 p.m. Thursday with the subject line “Guests in Sorin.”

“As you know, there have been a number of events occurring on

campus this past week that have impacted members of the Notre Dame community,” the email read. “... Remember our guest policy … as the host, you are responsible for the guest’s behavior, that the guest is respectful of our community and our home.”

The email made no mention of the night’s demonstration, but organizers gave Loughery 24 hours notice that the event would take place in his dorm. During the event, Loughery engaged with the demonstrators and Sorin residents.

“I want to see them continue to move in this direction,” Loughery said. “I think this is a good experience and a good model for how to engage the community. … I think what we did tonight works.”

The prayer service was held in the chapel shortly after midnight.

The chapel is not a 24-hour space, but the protestors were told there would be no retribution for the non-male students. Loughery read from the Gospel of Luke and offered a prayer of unity.

“Let’s pray for those who long for a place to belong,” Loughery said. “ … Let’s pray for those who are victims of violence, for their healing and recovery. … Let’s pray for our Notre Dame community, that all

may have hearts that are open and curious.”

Fifth-year architecture student Taz Bashir was grateful for the dorm’s welcoming attitude throughout the sit-in and the opportunity to connect with others during the prayer service.

“Even though most of us come from completely different backgrounds, I think we all have some baseline spirituality, some sense of discernment that we’re trying to follow,” Bashir said. “I think we’ve all tried to kind of share that sense of discernment with one another and through prayer and through Fr. Bob’s guidance, we were able to do something like that.

“I don’t know many rectors who would reach out to us and reach out to protestors and say ‘Welcome to my home, welcome to my chapel.’”

Morgan said she was touched by the prayer service and felt bonded to all of the other students in the chapel.

“The prayer of unity is emblematic of everything we’re trying to do,” Morgan said.

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fundraise for his philanthropic pursuits. Gosselin said the idea to help other people through skating first came to him and his father while on a family vacation.

“Me and my dad were skating in Waterville Valley [New Hampshire], where we go every winter,” Gosselin said. “We sort of had this moment where we’re like, ‘We have so much fun here. Why don’t we bring that fun to other people?’”

The skating event has grown significantly over the years, he said.

“When I was six it was 100 people, and I’m like ‘whoa, this is crazy,’” Gosselin said. “When I was seven it became 200, and then the year after that was the one 450 people showed up and Jermaine Wiggins, who’s a Super Bowl champion, so we had ties to him. It’s just been growing on and on ever since.”

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In addition to being a philanthropist, Gosselin also considers himself a loyal Notre Dame fan.

“I don’t know what it’s been. I’ve always liked them,” he said in reference to Notre Dame football. “My whole family is [Boston College] people. But I’ve always liked them for my whole life. I don’t know what brought me to it.”

Gosselin visited campus for the first time last weekend, where he witnessed the Fighting Irish’s 52-20 victory over Navy. He said his Notre Dame fandom has inspired his charity work, particularly with respect to the old adage Irish players read as they come out of the locker room and onto the field. “‘Play like a champion today’ is really something where I see it and think ‘I am playing like a champion today in my own way,’” he said. “It helps me out there.”

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Inside Column

10 ways to deal with parietals Cristina Interiano News Writer

In light of recent protests against parietals and controversy that has surrounded this gender-segregating policy, I thought it would be appropriate to provide a few solutions for heterosexual students who want some extra private time with individuals from the opposite sex (and for some reason do not have extra off-campus apartments). You know, for the classic late night private studying.

Due to lack of personal experience and because I am now off campus, I had to ask my friends if breaking parietals was at all possible, and if so, which schemes did they have to pull off to do so. With the help of my good friend Tamima Mourad, we were able to gather a couple ideas from our friends on how to succeed in breaking parietals. Some of the responses we received are: 1. Have the person go in early and just never leave.

Pro tip: keep one or more empty water bottles in case they have to pee.

2. Get someone to open the back door.

3. Have someone go up each f light of stairs before you and check the halls.

4. String a rope from the top of your window to the bottom f loor and have the person climb up.

5. Always carry an extra pair of your clothes, especially sweaters and hats, and ask the person to dress up with them beforehand.

6. “OMG que?” — translates to “OMG what?”

7. If the laundry room is closer to your room or close to a 24-hour space, get the person to run to a laundry bin and put piles of clothes over them — even if they are not your clothes, just whatever is lying around. Take the bin to your room and act like 3 a.m. is usually the time you do laundry.

8. Cover the person with a long blanket, maybe they won’t ask.

9. Carry pepper spray in case an R A / AR / rector shows up, you can think of an explanation later.

10. Just run and hope for the best.

Sadly, during my dorm days people were not bold enough to take these risks — or maybe the idea didn’t occur to them. Therefore, I could not witness such crimes, or rather, political statements being performed.

However, the people behind these suggestions guarantee an 83.7% success rate for most of these plans of action.

So if parietals are still at the top of your concerns and the University is not responding to your protest against parietals, I encourage you to give these a try. Good luck to all of you brave souls who do!

Contact Cristina Interiano at cinteria@nd.edu The views expressed in the Inside Column are those of the author and not necessarily those of The Observer.

The irony of expatriation Krista Lourdes Akiki Lifestyle Nomad

“Such is the nature of an expatriate life …

The insider-outsider dichotomy gives life a degree of tension. Not of a needling, negative variety but rather a keep-on-your-toes sort of tension that can plunge or peak with sudden rushes of love or anger.”

Author Sarah Turnbull’s words have never resonated so strongly with me before. On Oct. 17, for the first time, these words — which I have read over and over previously — sparked so much awareness and insight that I could connect and identify with.

On Oct. 17th, massive protests erupted across major Lebanese cities after the government announced new tax measures. Millions of civilians took to the streets chanting, waving f lags, dancing to Lebanese nationalist tunes and above all demanding radical change that would ensure a better future for the years to come. Behind the recurrent call for “the fall of the regime” lies years of deep intersectional divide, exploitation and illusory promises by political elites and underlying frustration with the government over electricity and water shortages, poor waste management and the economic crises that only seems to worsen “They tried to break the will of the people … We refuse this. That’s why we’re here today,” said a protester interviewed by CNN. “Our dignity is more important than anything else.”

Growing up, the chasm of division between people was always prominent in diverse domestic issues. Ever since the civil war, people would rally behind a political party or a certain sect. The control these sectarian political parties have exercised has for years only pitted people against each other making us believe that a fellow Lebanese was an enemy of ours. For years corruption has been the only law of the parliament; a parliament that has done nothing but put Band-Aids on wounds that have been open for years; a parliament that has too often let the country bleed heavily while they amassed the fortunes in their pockets.

On Oct. 17th, people said enough was enough. They were sick of working three jobs to put food on the table, they were sick of not finding jobs, they were sick of dying at the hospital’s doors, they were sick of raising their kids only to see them leave the country and never turn back, they were sick of illusory promises that only seemed to gnaw away at their dignity.

My heart has never been fuller than the time where I watched the reports of two

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million Lebanese, young and old, taking the streets and most importantly ditching the f lags of the parties they once pledged to follow. Christian, Muslim, Druze, Atheist … for the first time in history they stood undivided.

That’s when homesickness hit me the hardest. While I was here, my mother, father and sister were taking the streets. My closest friends were ditching their courses because they believed something out there was greater, and it was waiting for them.

It was a different sense of isolation and loneliness. My heart was longing to be right there in the streets with the people who only seemed to ref lect beautiful energy and spirit of patriotism.

As Adam Gopnik once said, “The loneliness of an expatriate is of an odd and complicated kind, for it is inseparable from the feeling of being free, of having escaped.”

And yes, I am building a life for myself. I have grown in these past few months more than I have in an entire year. But this complicated freedom was not lived wholeheartedly as my heart was left behind in the streets of Beirut pounding with an urge to be with my people.

Yes, I left behind everything looking for change and adventure but the truth is no matter where I end up I will always be first and foremost Lebanese.

In this past month, I have noticed that the feeling I was harboring was not only mine but was shared across millions of hearts in Chicago, Michigan, New York, Boston, Los Angeles, Stockholm, Paris, London, Milan, Australia …. Across the globe the hearts of Lebanese expatriates was pounding with the desire to take part in this historically pivotal moment in time. Millions of these hearts were longing to be back home among their loved ones and most importantly fighting for their right to come back to the home they once left with a heav y heart.

So here I am, like most students abroad, sitting in my room looking at the Lebanese f lag hung up on my wall while I try to read a scholarly article about justice and accountability. I am failing miserably as my mind keeps going back to Lebanon.

Krista Lourdes Akiki is majoring in management consultancy and global affairs. Coming from Beirut, Lebanon, she always enjoys trying out new things and is an avid travel lover. She hopes to take her readers on her journey as she discovers new lifestyles and navigates new cities. She can be reached at kakiki@nd.edu or via Twitter @kristalourdesakiki.

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Letters to the editor

Response to parietal protest — activism in search of a cause Assuming the piece published earlier this week defending the parietal sit-in at Stanford Hall was not satirical, I write to respond to the absurdity of the author’s claims.

For those who have not read it — “Parietals criminalize gender itself, but we already knew that” — the basis of the author’s argument is that parietals perpetuate racism, sexism and ‘queerphobia’ on Notre Dame’s campus.

The author further states the parietal system is designed to perpetuate the ‘white cis-heteronormative hegemony’ of Notre Dame’s campus, offering little support or definitions of these intersectional buzzwords, which remain unknown outside of the gender studies department.

He argues that the Notre Dame Police Department’s response to the parietal sit-in, in which it followed standard University protocol, unfairly targeted ‘womxn [sic] of color’ and

‘marginalized persons.’

But the author’s own argument falls apart when he, a self-identified ‘cis-gender queer student,’ acknowledges he is unburdened by the supposedly oppressive parietal system. In fact, he benefits from it as he is free to ‘walk into my dorm with my significant other at any time of day.’

This is odd considering queer persons allegedly bear the brunt of the parietal system, according to the author’s own argument. Apparently his status as a white cisgender person outweighs the burdens imposed on him as a queer person? Further clarification is needed.

For most members of the Notre Dame community, as has fortunately been expressed in other responses in The Observer this week, these arguments are absurd. Yet, unfortunately, they have gained traction on university campuses across the country.

Such a fractured vision of reality robs us of our

shared human identity and is antithetical to retaining a strong campus community. Notre Dame is a place full of people from different backgrounds, regions of the country and socioeconomic groups— and this diversity is embraced within the mission of its Catholic identity.

We all bear our individual burdens, but none of us are marginalized in any true sense of the word given our opportunity to attend Notre Dame during a period in world history unparalleled in terms of human flourishing and well-being.

I suggest the author and group channel their activist zeal to a more worthy cause rather than impose fringe views of gender and identity on the Notre Dame community.

Ben Horvath class of 2015, J.D. Candidate, 2021 Nov. 21

A brief polemic against an insidious Catholic parochialism For the love of God, please knock it off already.

Stop trying to pass right-wing orthodoxy off as Christian dogma and quit pretending your private interpretation of Catholic theology is final.

I for one am sick of seeing Christianity being co-opted by self-appointed guardians of the faith to advance right-wing projects. I won’t defend contemporary liberalism, which gives free rein to capital and minimal protection for the poor and marginalized, or the “liberal anthropology” against which a recent columnist has inveighed.

But to leap from the failures of liberalism to a denial of any concept of liberty as individual selfdetermination is a perversion of Christian ethics and social teaching.

The hand-wringing of some of our self-appointed defenders of natural law has unsurprisingly concluded in a bitter parochial form of Christianity. It is mere parochialism to claim that one’s own understanding of the place of humanity and individuals in the broader context of creation constitutes the only possible application of Christian faith to social life, and that the divinely appointed order it supposedly grounds just

happens to be something that sounds suspiciously like right-wing theocracy.

After all, is it so impossible for individual selfdetermination to coexist with, or even be an (albeit imperfect) expression of, the full meaning of liberty as participation in divine creation? Why should a Christian anthropology not include individual freedom?

Revealingly, this same columnist includes a Youtube link to a recent talk from Attorney General William Barr, with the hyperlink text “faithful Catholics.” Evidently the author takes Mr. Barr to be an example of a faithful Catholic with the right understanding of liberty. I wonder whether Mr. Barr’s faithful Catholicism was shown in covering up the Iran-Contra affair and hiding the powerful from any semblance of justice.

Perhaps it was expressed by his work in the ‘90s to abolish parole in Virginia; for as we all know, mercy, forgiveness and restorative justice are by no means consequences of Christian social thought.

Or perhaps it was best expressed by recently re-instating the death penalty for federal crimes, with the first five inmates slated to be murdered within

the next two months. Surely, our crucified Savior loves state-sponsored executions.

At the risk of over-simplification, I would suggest that there are two broad traditions in recent American history of Catholic engagement with civil society: that of Dorothy Day, Fr. Daniel Berrigan and Sister Helen Prejean … and that of William Barr. The former tradition proudly bears the mark of the liberating force of the Gospels in its work to free individuals from unjust systems of oppression, to ensure that they have the individual liberty of self-determination within the broader context of the miraculous freedom of being God’s creation. The latter executes prisoners, covers up crimes and self-assuredly pronounces to the masses ethical commandments from the pulpit of power and privilege; it is an ineliminably bourgeois and white-collar Catholicism, drained of life and true liberty, that takes the side of the powerful and dares to justify oppression in Christ’s name.

James Anthony Stoner senior Nov. 19

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By WILLOUGHBY THOM Scene Writer

Existentialism is not a movement but a mindset.

On Tuesday, Notre Dame’s Institute for Scholarship in the Liberal Arts hosted their first lecture of their Distinguished Lecture Series with a lecture from Alice Kaplan of Yale University.

Alice Kapalan—the John M. Musser Professor of French, chair of the department of French, and founder of the Yale Translation Initiative — presented on “how Albert Camus became an American writer—or at least a household word.” Kaplan’s lecture focused on the work of Germaine Brée and her friendship and work with Albert Camus, but, in addition to her analysis of Brée, she expressed the ideas of existentialism and the roots of their formation. Out of everything she presented on, this struck me.

Camus did not believe existentialism was a movement, but saw himself as “absurdist,” like Jean Paul Sartre.

Nevertheless, “they’re way existential” - Cher, Clueless, 1995.

The ideological identity crisis reminded me of a project I conducted earlier this year in search of our modern existential movement. It is found in punk rock.

Existentialism is a philosophy with many different avenues. It is said to be an “anti-philosophy” which

By JAKE WINNINGHAM Scene Writer

has been formed by people who have responded to the emergency of life in a modern world. These existentialist philosophers deny their title and refuse to conform to one philosophical label. They feel restricted if they are confined to a single title and they feel strangled by one type of thought and outlook.

Like existentialist philosophers, punks don’t want to conform to the common ferment either. The confrontation of loneliness, anguish and doubt and the concern for individual fate are parallel in both movements: punk and existentialism.

There are three key ideas of existentialism: rationality vs. reason, being present and nothingness. Rationalism and reason are distinct terms, according to an existentialist. They believe that many accounts, such as experience and emotion, cannot be explained rationally only reasonably. In other words, by being aware of human existence (and of oneself) it is reasonable to say that humanity does in fact exist, but you cannot explain why it exists, destroying all rational explanation. The concept of being present is important because it is the defining factor in determining individual freedom.

Lastly, there is nothing inside man himself. The idea of nothingness is the backbone for existentialist’s view of man’s purpose. Man is filled with a void, creating an internal and individual battle to discover his purpose.

It forces man to confront the nothingness creating man’s purpose.

Disgruntled youth of the United States and Britain, marched, moshed and surfed in their steel-toed boots, safety pinned leather jackets and spiked hair to the fast-paced, aggressive beats and tempos of punk rock to challenge the nothingness of humanity.

In the midst of economic turmoil, punk was innovative and exciting. The youth who felt suppressed by the hypocrisy of world leaders, older generations and by their own parents, strove for their voices to be heard.

Through the power of music, individuals were able to express themselves and lead a community of people to achieve a common goal of restoring freedom, unity and equality in society.

Punk rock wanted to move away from the lengthy, 20 minutes jams of the ‘60s and create their own proper history. Punks do not like living in the past. They believe that the past was nothing more than a trail of mistakes, but the present is where change is going to happen.

Like existentialists, punks promote the importance of living in the moment. With the music came the infamous fashion statements and — occasionally — violent pits, but the music was a call for change not for chaos.

Existentialism is a punk rock philosophy and punk rock is an existentialist philosophy.

Look into it. You may be surprised.

literal, fruitless soul-searching, “The Simpsons” doesn’t just assert that the soul exists; it even puts a price on it.

the audience — with misty eyes, a rarity for a show that usually creates busted guts.

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Last week’s unveiling of the Disney+ streaming service has found media attention mostly focused on the platform’s stellar new “Star Wars” show “The Mandalorian” and expansive back catalogue of animated Disney classics. Lost in the frenzy, however, was a streaming landmark: thanks to Disney’s recent acquisition of 20th Century Fox, Disney+ is the first service to stream every episode of “The Simpsons.” While the travails of American pop culture’s foremost nuclear family seem a little out of place amongst the clean-cut Mouse House image, this is a better time than ever before to get caught up on one of the longest-running shows in television history. Below are five highlights of the thirty-plus seasons of “The Simpsons.”

“Cape Feare” (Season 5, Episode 2)

“Marge Vs. The Monorail” (Season 4, Episode 12)

Even if it’s not the “best” episode of “The Simpsons,” “Cape Feare” is probably the definitive 30-minute slab of the program. A big-name guest star? Check, in the form of a never-funnier Kelsey Grammar as Sideshow Bob. Bob’s losing war against a cavalcade of rakes is a hysterical visual joke that has inspired entire scholarly articles, while his chest tattoo leads to some typically dubious life advice (“No one who speaks German could be an evil man!”). More than anything, “Cape Feare” showcases the show’s use of cultural touchstones both contemporary and fusty: the episode itself is a parody of a 1991 Scorsese film that nevertheless ends with a full-length rendition of “H.M.S. Pinafore.”

Much like “Saturday Night Live,” “The Simpsons” is known for its murderer’s row of writing alumnus.

Undoubtedly the most notable comedian to come out of that writing room is Conan O’Brien, who famously penned this “The Music Man”-aping installment. When Phil Hatman’s Lyle Lanley promises to bring public transit and prosperity to Springfield with a catchy song-anddance routine, O’Brien’s joke-loaded script kicks off in earnest; unlike the titular monorail, however, it never derails.

“Bart Sells His Soul” (Season 7, Episode 4)

“Lisa’s Substitute” (Season 2, Episode 19)

“The Simpsons” is a satirical omnivore, taking on every aspect of life in America and beyond through a lens both high- and low-brow. This episode, my own personal favorite, considers no less than the nature of salvation and the soul using Bart Simpson as an avatar. After an all-time gag where he substitutes the church hymnal with “In-AGadda-Da-Vida,” Bart doubles down on his anti-religious predilection by selling his soul to Milhouse for five dollars. Through a series of trials that find Bart doing some

The biting, sarcastic exterior of “The Simpsons” hides the bleeding heart at the show’s center. Seldom have the program’s humanist tendencies been on more prominent display than in this early-season episode, where Lisa’s long-ridiculed academic impulses are finally rewarded. In a one-off turn as the world’s perfect substitute teacher, Dustin Hoffman is central to the most touching moment in the show’s entire run. With his train departing from Springfield, Mr. Bergstrom leaves Lisa — and

“You Only Move Twice” (Season 8, Episode 2) If “The Simpsons” makes the news these days, it’s more likely than not in reference to the ever-growing trend of the show predicting the future. Though it doesn’t foreshadow a specific current event, this 1996 episode presages today’s Silicon Valley billionaires in the form of Albert Brook’s Hank Scorpio, whose Google-esque niceties can’t mask the villainous nature betrayed by his name. Come for an expert parody of consumerism and Bond movies alike, stay for a brutal final dig at the only NFL team not worth owning.

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Horoscope | Eugenia Last Happy Birthday: Keep a level head this year. Your imagination will help you come up with wonderful possibilities, but reason and responsibility will be required if you plan to come out on top. Doors will open, and the chance to use your skills and talents in unique ways will tempt you to take on too much. Be selective, and remain in control. Your numbers are 4, 10, 17, 22, 25, 38, 47.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Don’t stop dreaming. Where there is a will, there is a way to make changes that will improve your life in the future and for the long-term.

Work hand in hand with someone you love, and more significant opportunities will unfold. Expand your mind, improve your health and make romance a priority.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Making changes to the way you approach your work or your everyday routine will make those close to you stand up and take a greater interest in what you do and how you do it. Include people you enjoy spending time with in your plans.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Take a moment to breathe. Don’t rush something that needs more time, or you may suffer a loss. Situations will quickly get blown out of proportion if you let your emotions take over and you rush to make invalid assumptions.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): You need to delegate your time with care. How you get along with others will make a difference when it comes to your accomplishments.

Be open to change, but be smart enough to monitor what others do without taking over.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Your speed and agility will pay off. Stay focused on what’s important and needs to be completed, and don’t waste time on unnecessary chatter that could lead to trouble. Avoid an argument, and distance yourself from unpredictable people and situations.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Do the groundwork, get your facts straight and be willing to do whatever it takes to put your plans in motion. Protect against poor health or people trying to incentivize you into something you know isn’t right for you.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Take care of matters that could affect your home, personal documents or livelihood. Emotional spending will add to your stress.

Stick to a minimalist lifestyle, and you’ll feel much better about upcoming events, prospects and your relationship with someone special.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Set up interviews, check out job listings and look for something that excites you. There is money to be made; personal changes will encourage a better lifestyle. Question what’s essential and how you would like to move forward.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Concentrate on what you need to do to keep the peace. Avoid being trapped in someone’s dilemma. Face facts, stick to the truth and make a point to avoid indulgence. Someone around you can’t be trusted, so don’t share personal information.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Look at the choices you have, the changes that are taking place and how you can use the knowledge you have to make the most of a possible opportunity. Speak up and offer ideas -- an exciting offer will come your way.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Stay on top of whatever job you are given and perform it to the very best of your abilities. Refuse to let the changes others make affect your life. Know when to say no and do your own thing. Don’t trust someone to be fair. Emotional manipulation is apparent.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Look at the possibilities before making a decision.

Given the chance, someone will take advantage of you. Use your insight and intelligence when it comes to joint ventures. Show your strength of character, and you will deter interference.

Birthday Baby: You are insightful, responsible and thoughtful. You are sensitive and powerful.

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Sports Authorities

Calm down about the Astros Liam Coolican Sports Writer

Every year, between the end of the World Series and the start of free agency, the baseball media has to find something to talk about.

This year, it is the Houston Astros and their alleged sign stealing during their 2017 World Series run. Former Astros pitcher Mike Fiers went on the record with The Athletic last week to disclose that they used a complicated method of stealing signs involving multiple cameras in the outfield and players in the dugout banging on trash cans.

This news has sent baseball fans and players into a frenzy. Many people are even suggesting that the Astros be forced to abdicate their title.

However, did they do anything wrong?

Sign stealing is as old as the game itself. It is not forbidden in the rules, and teams accept it as part of the game.

As anyone who has played competitive baseball knows, signs can get very complicated and the average person would not be able to decipher them.

There is usually one or multiple “indicator” signs, which signal to the team when to start watching the signs. There are “brush off” signs, which negate anything given before them.

There are usually multiple different gestures that signal the same thing, auditory signs, and sometimes signs will even completely change halfway through a game or when a runner is on second base.

All of this makes stealing signs nearly impossible. The runner on second may look to the catcher to try and figure out the pattern, but in such a short time that is nearly impossible. Other traditional ways to steal signs have become obsolete. Now, it is all about technology.

The first known use of technology came in 1951, when the New York Giants were accused of using a high-powered telescope in the outfield stands in order to tip pitches. In 1961, the MLB issued a ruling saying no technology could be used for the purpose of stealing signs, but this was never really enforced. In 2001, they firmed up that ruling, saying that no cell phones or other electronic equipment could be used for communication during games, specifically for stealing signs (hence why you see wallmounted phones to call to the bullpen).

However, there have been a number of other examples

of using technology to steal signs since then. The Toronto Blue Jays had their infamous “man in white” in center field, the Philadelphia Phillies were reprimanded for using binoculars to steal signs from the bullpen, the New York Yankees have been told to stop using their television network to tape opposing team’s dugouts, and the New York Mets were caught stealing signs using cameras. The one incident that really caused trouble was when the Boston Red Sox were accused of using an Apple Watch in the dugout to communicate with the team’s replay official, which violated the no communication ruling.

Before the 2019 season, commissioner Rob Manfred decided to crack down on this practice, banning the use of any cameras in the outfield except for broadcast purposes.

They also said the team staffers who watch instant replay to determine if plays should be challenged would be monitored by a security officer, and all other television feeds would be on an eight-second delay.

However, this was after the Astros’ alleged sign stealing, and their system, which was essentially having players and coaches watch a television right outside the dugout, try to decipher the signs and bang on a trash can if an off-speed pitch was coming. Is this illegal?

Definitely, as per the 1961 ruling. However, can the Astros really be punished without punishing the Blue Jays, Yankees, Phillies, and Mets, among all the other teams who likely did it before the new 2019 ruling, with more restrictions and harsher punishments?

The league showed it didn’t punish teams severely for stealing signs using technology before this year. Even the Red Sox, by far the worst of the bunch, were only hit with a slap-on-the-wrist fine. Joe Girardi, the manager of the Phillies said while he was the manager of the Yankees in 2017 that the Yankees “assumed everybody was doing it.”

Can the Astros really be blamed for doing something that the league clearly didn’t care much about until this season, while many of their opponents were doing the same? I don’t think they should be, and the league should recognize that.

Contact Liam Coolican at lcoolica@nd.edu The views expressed in this Sports Authority are those of the author and not necessarily those of The Observer.

Requiem for a University of Kentucky sports fan Hayden Adams Associate Sports Editor

I’ve had some time to cool off from my initial reactions to what happened in the Kentucky Sports world in the past couple of weeks.

A dominant win for the Kentucky football team over Vanderbilt with more than 400 yards rushing can cure a lot of maladies within a fan base after a disappointing loss. But as I sit here at nearly 2 a.m., I’m in a mood, and so I feel the need to go off on the University of Kentucky sports programs for two ATROCIOUS losses, one by the basketball team and one by the football team.

Let’s start with football since that happened first.

For a little background, Kentucky has had it rough with injuries this season.

Their starting dual-threat quarterback, Terry Wilson, tore his patellar tendon in the second game of the year.

He was replaced by Saw yer Smith, a graduate transfer quarterback from Troy who has a good arm but makes bad decisions.

Even so, he led them to a 21-10 fourth quarter lead at home against Florida before the Gators stormed back and won 29-21 (to paraphrase a national football podcaster, no team can snatch defeat from the jaws of victory like Kentucky football against Florida).

After that game, Smith hurt his shoulder and wrist over the next two games, preventing him from throwing a tight spiral more than five yards downfield and leading the Wildcats to three straight losses heading into a game against Arkansas.

Now, you may wonder why Kentucky didn’t just put their third-string quarterback in. Well he, Nik Scalzo, tore his ACL before the season.

Thus, they were forced to use their fourthstring quarterback, Lynn Bowden Jr., their starting slot receiver who played quarterback in high school.

Their would-be fourth- and fifth-string quarterbacks, Walker Wood and Amani Gilmore, are perpetually injured and uninformed on the playbook, respectively.

Because of this, Kentucky doesn’t throw the football.

It’s boring as hell, but it works. Bowden rushed

for 196 yards and two touchdowns in a comeback victory against Arkansas, he led them to a 0-0 draw in the first half at Georgia (before losing 21-0 in a monsoon), ran for 204 yards and two touchdowns in a 29-7 rout of Missouri and, most recently, led Kentucky to a 38-14 victory over Vanderbilt.

What’s really impressive about all this is that Bowden has shown he simply cannot pass, and teams are starting to figure that out, but Kentucky’s line is still good enough for them to run all over every team they play.

But that’s where we run (no pun intended) into some frustration.

Sandwiched between Missouri and Vanderbilt was a date with Tennessee at home. Tennessee, while possessing some talented players at receiver, lost their first two games of the season, one of which was a 29-26 2OT loss to BYU, the other of which was a 38-30 loss to Georgia State.

GEORGIA STATE! And the Vols were coming into Kentucky with the Cats on a roll, and they carried that momentum in to start the contest.

After Kentucky got on the board first and went up 130, they could do NOTHING for the remainder of the game.

Well, that’s not true. They COULD rush for 302 yards on the night, convert 7-15 third downs, hold the Vols to 5-11 on third down and 14-25 completions and go 2-5 on fourth down.

What they COULD NOT do was win the game, and what makes it particularly infuriating is that they had the ball ON THE GOAL LINE in the final minutes of the game, trailing 17-13, and after running for 300 yards in spite of the fact that they went only 4-7 passing for the WHOLE NIGHT and Tennessee knew they were trying to run it, Kentucky could not run the ball four times behind the tackles and pick up six yards for a game-winning touchdown.

Kudos to Tennessee, I guess, since they learned their lesson from 2011 when Kentucky beat them with a wide receiver at quarterback and ran basically the exact same scheme.

Even so, expectations are already pretty low for football, so let’s shift to basketball.

Not only did No. 1

Kentucky lose. Not only did No. 1 Kentucky lose at home. No. 1 Kentucky, a week after beating the previous No. 1 Michigan State in Madison Square Garden, lost at home to Evansville. Evansville.

EVANSVILLE! I’ve already written a sports authority criticizing Kentucky coach John Calipari for his lack of creativity calling plays, and that certainly applied in this one seeing as they trailed Evansville by three with less than 10 seconds remaining in the game, called a timeout, and the whole play was for freshman Tyrese Maxey to dribble up and pull up for a three from near half court.

But this is a whole new level of absurdity.

Yes, Kentucky is extremely young as they are every year.

Yes, they did have a couple of key contributors hurt.

And yes, the arena was lacking in fan support.

But this is a team LOADED with McDonald’s All-Americans and their seven available guys still couldn’t beat a team from Evansville. Although, I do want to congratulate Evansville coach Walter McCarty, who won a championship with the Cats in 1996. This is big for him and he deserves it, because he actually brought his team to the game ready to play.

What really annoys me about this is that Calipari’s teams always put it together late in the season, and so their early season slip-ups are often forgiven. But this shouldn’t be forgiven.

They were the No. 1 team in the country and lost at home to Evansville, and there is no sane world and no just God if that ever becomes acceptable in the minds of Kentucky fans.

So, in conclusion, the lower the expectations, the better a Kentucky fan’s life goes.

But, being an optimist, I can’t help but get my hopes up, and so I live in a perpetual state of angst.

But it’ll all be better when the Cats cut down the nets in April.

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Roundtable Week 6: predicted NFL, upset picks

By DOMINIC GIBSON, AIDAN THOMAS, DAVID KRAMER, NATE MOLLER, LIAM COOLICAN & PATRICK GALLAGHER Sports Writers

Matchups Dallas Cowboys @ New England Patriots (-6.5) Green Bay Packers @ San Francisco 49ers (-3) Baltimore Ravens @ Los Angeles Rams (+2.5) David Kramer: America’s Team facing off against the reigning champions makes for an electric atmosphere this weekend in Foxborough. Dallas sends arguably the most f luid and multifaceted offense of the Pats’ schedule to date; especially in light of Dak Prescott’s explosive performance last weekend in Detroit, I expect the Patriots to struggle. Dallas wins.

Recent weeks have proven Jimmy G’s competence in huge situations, and Sunday Night Football presents a critical piece of the NFC playoff puzzle. Both teams hold a narrow lead in their respective divisions, and with the Packers coming fresh out of bye, I look forward to a tight matchup in the Golden City.

49ers win and cover in a nail-biter.

Nothing appears to stop Jackson’s Ravens. The statement feels plain, but in light of their exigent schedule as of late, their win streak deserves due credit. The Rams’ recent defensive insurgence poses a potential setback to their dominance, but Baltimore looks too good on both sides of the ball for this trend to gain relevance.

Baltimore easily wins and covers.

Dominic Gibson: The Cowboys and Prescott especially put out a very strong showing on the offensive side of the ball, something they had been searching for over the last few weeks. The Pats, on the other hand, have faltered some when it comes to scoring points. Nonetheless, Dallas has proven to be an inconsistent team at times, especially against quality opponents. Patriots win and cover.

It seems like the 49ers are still trying to re-establish their identity after a loss to Seattle and a scare from the Cardinals. Seattle was able to highlight some of the issues that the 49ers still have with a game that could have been much worse had things gone Seattle’s way.

There is no denying their defense is elite, but Jimmy

Garoppolo’s performance in tight situations is lackluster.

The Packers led by Aaron Rogers will put out another strong performance and win outright.

Lamar Jackson and the Ravens have been an absolute unit as of late. Led by their MVP candidate quarterback, the Ravens have been able to hang significant amounts of points on their opponents and I don’t see that train stopping here, especially after a huge win over Houston.

Baltimore wins and covers.

Liam Coolican: The Patriots offense has struggled recently, but if anyone can turn it around, it’s Bill Belichick. I can’t bet against the Patriots this week, especially when they are playing the Cowboys, a team that hasn’t shown up against quality opposition.

Their best win is the Eagles, and they haven’t beaten a single above .500 team this season. Expect the Patriots to make the right changes on offense, and win and cover.

The Seahawks win over the 49ers two weeks ago exposed insecurities in the 49ers defense for the first time, and expect Aaron Rodgers to exploit those. The Packers defense will make some big plays, and Rodgers will again step up. Packers win outright.

This seems like a possible trap game for a Ravens team that has been playing so well, but I can’t stomach picking a Rams team whose offense has been so anemic recently.

Jackson won’t have as big a game as he is used to as of late, but the Ravens defense should shut down Jared Goff and the Rams’ poor run game. Ravens win and cover.

Aidan Thomas: The Pats defense has been ridiculously good, and the Cowboys may be a tad overhyped, but I’ve got a weird feeling about this one. With a road game at Houston looming, it seems as much as a trap game as the Pats might face. The Cowboys offense is good enough to put up some points and hold off an inconsistent New England offense.

Dallas wins outright.

I could definitely see Green Bay pulling off the road upset, but their 26-11 loss to the Chargers remains an ugly blotch on their schedule.

That recent dud puts some doubt on their capabilities on the road, against a 49ers team whose only loss is a buzzer beating overtime defeat to an elite Seattle squad.

Give Jimmy G and the 49ers to win and cover.

I think the Rams can slow down Lamar Jackson and the

Balitmore Ravens’ Heismanfilled offense, but I have my doubts about what Jared Goff can do against a rapidly improving Baltimore defensive unit. I like the Ravens to win and to cover thanks to the small spread.

Patrick Gallagher: In what seems like a yearly NFL tradition, the Cowboys failed to live up to ridiculously high preseason expectations. Dallas has not defeated a team with a winning record all season, but, by virtue of a weak NFC East, they are on track to make the playoffs. I do not expect the Cowboys to earn their first major victory over the best team in the NFL, and New England’s defense will dominate as the Pats easily cover while trouncing the Cowboys.

The 49ers seemed to recover pretty well from a heartbreaking divisional loss to the Seahawks as they comfortably defeated the Cardinals. Jimmy Garoppolo looked less than stellar as the Arizona defense picked him off twice. On the other hand, Aaron Rodgers has only thrown two interceptions all season and is clearly the more consistent quarterback.

With the continued help of sympathetic refs, Rodgers should lead Green Bay to an outright victory.

In a statement blowout victory over Houston, the Ravens cemented the belief that they would be the greatest challenger to New England in the NFL. Lamar Jackson continues to record monster numbers and looks to be the best quarterback of the 2018 draft class by far.

The Rams have disappointed after their Super Bowl appearance last year and do not have the offensive firepower to keep up with Baltimore.

The Ravens win and cover.

Nate Moller: The Patriots found a way to come back and earn a solid win on the road in Philadelphia, and I expect them to continue to roll against the Cowboys. The Cowboys have been atrocious against good teams this year with losses to the Saints, Packers and Vikings and their best win coming against the Eagles. Patriots win and cover.

Both teams are coming in with a narrow one game lead in the division, and this game will prove crucial to the playoff picture. The 49ers have not looked like the best team in the NFC over the last three games that included two narrow victories over the Cardinals and a loss to the Seahawks. Despite this, I

expect the 49ers to find a way to get a signature win late in the fourth quarter and solidify themselves atop the NFC. 49ers win and cover.

The Ravens are on an absolute roll right now, and I don’t expect that to change in Los Angeles this weekend.

The Rams narrowly avoided an upset from the Bears last week, and they will have to play much better if they want to beat a red hot Lamar Jackson. I don’t think the Rams will be able to put up enough points to match the Ravens offense, and I like the Ravens to win and cover.

Upset picks of the week: Kramer: Analysts continue to evaluate Big 12 matchups with vast uncertainty. Perhaps most startling is the 19-point spread between Oklahoma and TCU this weekend. After already devastating the Longhorns and nearly pulling the away upset against Baylor two weeks ago, the Horned Frogs come to Norman as potential spoilers for the Sooners this weekend. Both teams struggle with consistency issues this season, and I expect TCU to draw first blood and catch Oklahoma with uncharacteristic consistency from quarterback Max Duggan. Horned Frogs over Sooners!

Gibson: It’s hard to really wrap your head around why UCLA has been underperforming for the last few years, especially considering where they are located in terms of talent and recruiting. Nonetheless, the 4-6 Bruins will take on the No. 23 USC Trojans in what will be another chapter in their rivalry series. Before playing Utah, UCLA has found some success on the offensive side of the ball, going on a three-game winning streak before it was halted at the hands of the Utes. In a rivalry game, anything can happen and I have a feeling UCLA will come to play. The game has the potential to be a good one and I think the Bruins will pull off the upset.

Coolican: Colorado has looked a lot better recently, but they still haven’t been rewarded often, as they have only won one of their last five. I expect that to change this weekend, as their defense will finally step up and take down a shaky Washington offense.

Especially given that this game is in Boulder, I think Colorado needs to make a statement here to salvage their season and they will by

knocking off Washington.

Thomas: So since nailing my first upset pick of the year, I’ve proven pretty bad at these, so I’m just going to take a shot in the dark this week.

On Nov. 2, Drew Brees visited the Purdue locker room and delivered a legendary pump-up speech. The Boilermakers then won two straight gutsy games and are now coming off a bye week.

I’ve tried different ideas for picking these upsets and not many have worked, so give me the Brees effect; Purdue upsets Wisconsin as 24-point underdogs.

Gallagher: Lovie Smith and the Fighting Illini have slowly started to change their program’s reputation as a bottom feeder in the Big Ten. While they are known for surprising victories over more traditional powerhouses like Wisconsin and Michigan State, I find that it is more interesting that Illinois has consistently played a class above other weaker divisional opponents as they crushed Rutgers and Purdue. This development clearly depicts the upward mobility of the program, and I believe that they will take another giant step towards relevance by beating Iowa on the road. The Hawkeyes may have just pulled off an impressive win over surging Minnesota, but they will overlook this game and pay for it.

Moller: Fresh off of its first ACC win of the year via a 49-6 trouncing of Duke, I like Syracuse to pull off the upset on the road against Louisville. The Orange were a team that many people thought might be Clemson’s toughest opponent in the ACC at the beginning of the season, but their season has consisted of one disappointing loss after the other. I think the Orange have found some of their identity and they are set to pull off another victory.

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offense went stagnant over the next six minutes with 11 missed shots.

Despite poor shooting during the game, head coach Mike Brey is confident his team will shoot better going forward.

“The law of averages will kick in,” Brey said. “We had some good looks. I think we settled for some shots instead of driving it some when we could have, and I think that will help us a little bit more.”

The defense kept the Irish in the game and sophomore guard Robby Carmody finally broke the scoring drought for the Irish to knot the game up at 17 apiece. The Toledo offense heated up, however, and the Rockets built a 25-19 lead over the next few possessions.

Goodwin finally knocked down a three a few possessions later to rejuvenate the Irish. Before that basket, the Irish were 1 of 13 from the 3-point line. Toledo responded with a basket of their own on the next possession, but Gibbs knocked down two from the line to cut the Rocket lead to 27-24 going into the half.

Despite some made shots to start the half, the Irish offense faltered again and Toledo went on a run. At the under-16 timeout, the Rockets led 35-31.

Laszewski finally broke another scoring drought for the Irish by knocking down a 3-pointer to cut the Toledo lead to one. Toledo slowly extended their lead to seven, however, before Goodwin reinvigorated the Irish by knocking down threes on back-to back possessions to cut the Toledo lead to one once more with 10 minutes to play.

Following some back and forth possessions, both teams went cold from the field for the next three minutes before Johnson knocked down a three off of an offensive rebound to extend the Toledo lead to 50-45 with just over five minutes to play.

The drama then started to escalate. After a Toledo player appeared to run into senior forward John Mooney, a moving screen foul was called on Gibbs. Brey was disgusted with the call, leading to a technical foul. Jackson would calmly knock down both free throws and extend the Toledo lead to 52-45 with just over four minutes to go.

Despite being down by seven, Goodwin said he and his teammates had the confidence to win.

“We had some good looks that weren’t going in, and we said we are going to do this,” Goodwin said. “Man to man we said we were going to do it.”

Toledo still had a five point lead with a minute to go, and the Irish began to foul with

42 seconds left. Following a missed one and one by Toledo, Gibbs converted a short jumper to cut the Toledo lead to 54-51 with 29 seconds on the clock.

The Irish defense came alive with graduate student Rex Pf lueger picking up a steal and drawing a charge. Despite this move, the offense failed to capitalize and the Rockets still led 54-52.

On the ensuing possession, Willie Jackson of Toledo was fouled with 11.4 seconds to go and made one of two free throws to give the Rockets a 55-52 lead.

Sophomore guard Prentiss Hubb was then fouled with six seconds to go, but he missed the front end of the one and one.

The Irish grabbed the rebound and kicked it out to a wide-open Gibbs, who missed a three before pleading to the referee for a foul to no avail.

The shot got stuck between

the rim and backboard, however, giving the jump ball to the Irish down by three with .8 seconds to play.

Out of the timeout, Brey drew up a play for Laszewski.

The misdirection inbounds play gave Laszewski a great look from three to send the game to overtime at 55 apiece.

Laszewski said he knew he made the shot when it left his hand.

“Coach Brey told me to step up and take it, and it gave me a lot of confidence,” Laszewski said.

The overtime period was almost as crazy as the end of the game.

Goodwin gave the Irish a brief lead out of the gates before Jackson answered with a layup to tie it up again. A few possessions later, Mooney found himself at the line but was unable to make either shot.

Redshirt freshman guard Keshaun Sanders of Toledo

was fouled on the next possession. Sanders sunk his free throws and the Rockets regained the lead at 59-57. After cutting the lead to one, the Irish defense got a huge stop to get the ball back with 31 seconds to go.

On the next play, Gibbs found Pf lueger on a backdoor cut to give the Irish the lead for good at 60-59.

Brey mentioned how the backdoor cut was not a planned play.

“It was just out of our emotions,” Brey said. “That was not a called play. It was just two senior guards connecting and communicating.”

Gibbs and Pf lueger both knocked down two free throws, and when all was said and done, the Irish secured the 64-62 win in thrilling fashion.

Brey hopes his team can look back on this exciting win throughout the rest of the season.

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“This is a great reference point because no matter how bad it may look at times, we can always remember how we came back against a solid Toledo team,” Brey said.

Brey believes Pf lueger was the difference-maker against Toledo. Pf lueger is why the team is better than last year, Brey said.

“I could care less about [Pf lueger’s] shooting.

He makes every play. He’s such a winner,” Brey said. “There’s a will about this group, and Pf lueger is the key. You look at the stuff he does and how much we missed a winner and tough guy.

The Irish will have a few days to regroup after their hard fought, emotional victory before they tip off against Farleigh Dickinson on Tuesday night at Purcell Pavilion.

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averaging 3.8 goals per game as a team, something that should bode well for them as they will have to travel for five of their next six games.

W hile the top senior line of the Irish has been struggling to find the back of the net, coach Jackson is pleased with some of his depth players scoring at opportune times.

“I think that right now our senior line is not scoring. I guess it’s a good thing that we’re winning with the fact that they’re not scoring because eventually they’re going to start getting some goals,” Jackson said. “W hen people look at the depth chart, they see them as being our three leading scorers so they’re going to put their best players on the ice against them and when you’re on the road, that’s even more significant because you don’t have last change. I know that eventually they’re going to start being productive again, it’s just a matter of when. But in the meantime, it’s great to see that we’re getting production out of other guys.

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count on your top line.”

Coach Jackson has also been searching for more offensive production from his special teams unit on the man-advantage, something that was missing in both series against Ohio State and Wisconsin as the Irish failed to convert on any man advantage opportunity they received, going 0-9 in four games.

“We did make a few changes on the power play. W hen things aren’t working, we have to move people around and give other guys a chance,” Jackson said. “We have to generate scoring chances on the power play. If we’re not doing that then we’re not going to score. So, it starts with generating scoring chances and then secondly, it’s about finishing and trying to score some goals. Until we get it working the way we need to, then we’ll probably tinker with it.”

A big strength of the Irish has been their defensive structure and goaltending, something that has been critical to their success as Notre Dame has matched their best start since the 2006-07 season when it began the year 8-1-1.

“I really like how our D-core is playing as a whole

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right now, especially the young guys,” junior defensemen Matt Hellickson said.

“I think we’ve moved really well as a D-core and then everybody has been moving their feet.”

Another big strength of the Irish has been their ability to come from behind in several games this season. With the win over Wisconsin last Saturday, that marked the sixth time the Irish have had to overcome deficits in order to earn their wins. Matt Hellickson attested to the resiliency and the attitude that have played a factor to the Notre Dame efforts from behind this season.

“We have really good emotional control on the bench, and I think that’s one thing that helps us be the comeback kids. If we’re down one or two goals, we don’t usually let that affect us on the bench,” Hellickson said.

“We still have a really upbeat attitude and until that final buzzer goes off, we always know in the back of our heads that we have a chance to win.”

Puck drop for the critical Big 10 series is set for 7:00 p.m. at the Munn Ice Arena.

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through their Corfe on the left wing, generating a plethora of chances in the opening 45 minutes. In just the first 15 minutes, Corfe created two golden opportunities; five minutes into the game, the senior midfielder muscled Irish senior defender Senan Farrelly off the ball and delivered a cross through the middle, but the dangerous chance went untouched and out of bounds. Minutes later, Corfe would dust Farrelly with some nifty footwork and cut across the top of the box, but he turfed his shot, and Irish senior keeper Duncan Turnbull easily handled the shot.

Overall, the Irish outshot the Raiders 7-5 in the first half, but they put just one shot on target to the Raiders three. Sophomore forward Jack Lynn had Notre Dame’s two best chances; Lynn delivered a low rocket in the first minute of play, but Wright State’s Swedish keeper Joel Sundell dove and parried the shot away. With just under 26 minutes to play in the first half, Lynn found himself on the receiving end of a beautiful long distance cross from Farrelly; his header froze Sundell, but Lynn’s effort glanced off the post and out of bounds, keeping the Irish off the scoreboard.

It was one of Farrelly’s final plays of the game, as he would exit with injury later in the contest.

Despite the absence of Farrelly and starting center back sophomore Philip Quinton, who was ineligible after a red card in the ACC tournament against Clemson, the Irish held their own defensively.

“You always want to have your full group of guys,” Irish head coach Chad Riley said.

“But I’d focus more on [senior reserve defender] Spencer

Farina stepping in and doing an unbelievably good job.

I thought [junior defensive midfielder Townsend Meyer] stepped in and did a great job.

We were a little thinner, but we had experienced guys who I thought performed well.”

The Raiders’ pressure paid off with just over 18 minutes remaining on the clock in the first half. A Turnbull save off a long shot led to a Wright State corner and the Raiders would earn a quality chance off the set piece. After the original kick was touched out of the box by a Notre Dame defender, Corfe would again get his feet on the ball, chipping it into the box with a little pace. Wright State defender Alex Hummell crouched and f licked the ball towards the far post. His placement was perfect as the ball kissed the inside of the post and settled into the corner of the net for the opening goal of the match.

After Wright State broke through, they refused to settle into a defensive mindset, continuing to push for a second goal. While Notre Dame prevented any more major chances, they were largely unable to create their own offense. Their only remaining chance of the half came via some combination work between junior midfielder Aiden Mcfadden and sophomore wing Patrick Coleman; Coleman was played in on goal from the right side, but he was unable to put much mustard on his shot, his look nudging wide of the near post.

The first half delved into a midfield tussle, and several testy fouls were committed, culminating in a physical play at the end at the first half that had several players on each team nearly engaging in a small altercation.

The second half began in ominous fashion for the Irish — an early miscommunication led to a Wright State corner and a f lurry of chances for the Raiders. Two shots were

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Irish graduate student defender Felicien Dumas passes the ball during Notre Dame’s 1-0 win over Denver on Sept. 8. Dumas led the Irish with six assists this season and was second in points with 12 on the year.

blocked by Notre Dame defenders, and the Irish eventually cleared the zone.

After the early mishap, Notre Dame appeared re-energized offensively, and they once again began pressing the Raiders, pinning them deep in their defensive third.

After some bad luck in the first half, the Irish finally benefited from a fortuitous bounce, with a cross from graduate student defender Felicien Dumas being def lected high in the air, throwing off the positioning of both Sundell and the Wright State back line.

Lynn was the quickest to react, racing to the ball; Sundell got caught trying to decide between staying on his line and coming out to challenge Lynn, and he ultimately watched Lynn’s header f loat over his arms for the equalizer.

“I think you just settle into games,” Riley said about his team finally breaking through in the second half. “It’s going to take time. We wanted to be a little more aggressive.”

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Irish sophomore forward Jack Lynn looks to separate from his defender during Notre Dame’s 1-0 victory against Denver on Sept. 8. Lynn led the Irish in goals and points this season with 10 and 21, respectively.

From there, the Irish capitalized on their momentum, continually pressuring the Raiders and searching for the go-ahead goal. But Wright State answered with Sundell, the Horizon League Tournament MVP. Sundell came up with multiple clutch saves to keep the Irish out of the back of the net, allowing his team time to recover from the shock of surrendering their lead. Graduate student forward Ian Aschieris had a great shot deflected, but Sundell, who had already dove to his left, reached back to scoop the deflection with his right hand.

Several other Irish efforts missed the frame, before Lynn put forth yet another spectacular chance for Notre Dame, using his left foot to one-time an Aschieris cross, but Sundell came up with the save of the match. Shuffling to his left, the Raiders’ keeper reacted to the point-blank shot with a stunning kick save.

Fired up from their keeper’s stellar play, Wright State began to press back the other way, earning a few corner kicks that led to a pair of offtarget shots. Shortly after, the Raiders would stun the home crowd with a quick goal, as Stefan Rokvic controlled a long ball along the end-line and was able to pass it into the middle where Raiders forward Zion Beaton blasted the ball into the uncovered net for a 2-1 lead.

Before the Irish had recovered from that shock, it was Wright State’s playmaker, Corfe, who, after pushing for a score all game, finally broke through. On a spectacular individual effort, the Englandborn star cut into the box from the left side and unleashed an absolute rocket. Turnbull went full extension, but even his fully stretched 6’7” frame could not touch Corfe’s blast, which eluded the Irish senior and found the upper right corner for an absolutely stunning goal that hushed the Irish

crowd.

Suddenly down 3-1, Notre Dame spent the remainder of the match desperately pushing for offensive chances.

The chances came, but, except for a late goal on a set piece, the finishes did not. Sundell made another kick save on a sizzling Aschieris cross, and minutes later, he went airborne to deny Coleman’s leftfooted effort. Sundell would deny McFadden’s long-range try, and he punched away a Dumas cross to keep the Irish deficit at two goals. Notre Dame did creep within one on a free kick, with Dumas finding senior John Rea to keep the Irish’s hopes alive. But that was all they would get. A corner kick with three minutes left was Notre Dame’s final quality chance, but they could not quite get to a bouncing ball in the box and Wright State cleared and saw the game out from there, advancing to the Round of 32.

On his team’s near-rally, Riley was complimentary of their efforts and chances.

“I think the guys did a great job, and their keeper made some great saves,” Riley said.

It was a brutal way to go out for Notre Dame, who seemed to be getting hot heading into postseason play, but they ran into a red-hot Raiders squad that played with passion from the opening whistle, and that spelt doom on the Irish season. Notre Dame will return a lot of talent, including leading goal scorer Lynn, but their graduating class will be missed, especially captains senior Jack Casey, Aschieris and Dumas.

“I think the captain group, along with all the seniors, have done so much for the program,” Riley said. “It’s a program with a lot of pride and a lot of tradition. I thought they were great leaders for us, and I couldn’t be prouder of the way they led the group this year.”

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game like this, but he played his best football against a team that is difficult to play with because they’re in at your ankles, obviously there’s a lot of low blocks in there. …

It’s not a game that a defensive end loves to play in, and he just showed how good of a football player he is by playing in a game like this.”

Kelly and Nolan also broke down some film for those in attendance, and examined the late-game scoop-andscore by sophomore linebacker Paul Moala on a pitch.

“Here’s Paul Moala, a local player from Penn High School, does a great job of getting at the pitch here, deflects it, and is off and scores a touchdown,” Kelly said. “It was great to see him score on that play.”

Kelly said he expects Moala to see more snaps against Boston College (5-5, 3-4 ACC) based on his performance and the similarities between the Eagles and the Midshipmen. “[The Eagles are] going to run the football if they can, and if it works their way, they could run the ball as much as 85% of the time,” Kelly said.

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control the ball through running the football, condensed formations and [taking] some shots; very similar to Navy. So trying to get Paul on the field is something that we’re trying to do, with [junior linebacker] Jeremiah [Owusu-Koramoah] as well.”

Despite several injuries to key Irish defensive players, Kelly said the team has remained stout thanks to the tremendous depth they’ve accrued.

“We’ve been able to count on some younger players,” Kelly said. “[Freshman defensive lineman] Jacob Lacey’s played really well for us as a young player. [Freshman defensive lineman] Howard Cross III has played in four games, he’s not gonna be able to play. … He’s a guy that really stepped in and helped us quite a bit. I just think the depth has really played a role, and then our frontline guys have played so well and coach [Mike] Elston does such a great job of developing those guys to play the scheme that we’re seeing week in, week out.”

Nolan then mentioned that, while the Irish offense hasn’t gotten off to as fast of starts as they were accustomed to in past years, the defense has also had strong play to begin

games, only giving up 3.4 points in the first quarter on average.

“That’s obviously part of what we talk about in terms of getting off to a great start, and as you know I like to take the football if we can win the toss,” Kelly said. “And you get on the board first, I like our percentage when it comes to scoring, and if you do you’ve got a great chance of winning football games. Defensively, holding them down, scoring first puts us in a good position to win, and we’ve done a nice job with that over the last few years.”

Nolan then shifted the conversation to the topic of senior quarterback Ian Book and the controversy surrounding his status as the starter after the Michigan game. Since then, Book has become the only quarterback in Notre Dame history to throw for at least four touchdowns in four games and at least five touchdowns in three games in a single season. Kelly commented on the shift in Book’s play since his early-season struggles.

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fabulous job. I think the receivers are making plays for him. And he’s been really efficient in what he’s seeing, and he’s been decisive with the football. He’s been on the mark, he’s been sharp. So it’s not just one guy, I think it’s everybody around him has been sharper in their game.”

As Kelly alluded to with the play of the receivers, senior wideout Chase Claypool has managed to show even more flashes of stardom despite already being Book’s No. 1 target. Kelly had praise for the difficult matchup Claypool presents to defenses.

“You can’t say enough about what Chase has been to this offense, in terms of his ability to make play after play, big plays, and … [he] really is a mismatch for most players that he’s gone against,” Kelly said. “Whether it’s Georgia or Navy, he’s won those one-onone matchups.”

Nolan then asked Kelly about helping Book shut out the noise with a history lesson.

“We were trying to just equate some things that have happened in history, and one of things that Napoleon [Bonaparte] made a habit of was that he wouldn’t read the mail for three days, and that was because a lot of the mail

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had things in it that would generally get taken care of by the time he got to the mail three days later,” Kelly said.

“And it’s the same thing with our football team. You don’t need to listen to that stuff because down the road it’s going to get taken care of, and what was important at that time is not important later. So a lot of the things that were said at that time were really just at that moment, they’re different now, and so sometimes it’s good just to not read the mail. Unless they’re bills, you should pay the bills. ... It’s good once in a while to just put that stuff to the side, and you can do something about changing that narrative, and do it by going back to work.”

While Kelly has made a concerted effort to help Book, he said he wants to help any player who is facing trials and tribulations as college football players and student athletes.

“I think that anytime that I can put something into perspective that allows them to deal with what’s current and what they’re dealing with on a day-to-day basis, I try to help them get through those times,” Kelly said.

Contact Hayden Adams at hadams3@nd.edu

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Kelly talks BC, offensive growth

By HAYDEN ADAMS Associate Sports Editor

Irish head coach Brian Kelly hosted his final radio show of the season Thursday night in anticipation of his team’s senior day matchup with Boston College this Saturday.

Kelly and Notre Dame men’s basketball announcer Jack Nolan began by discussing the team’s domination of Navy this past weekend.

“Well we built off what we did in the first half against them last year, [in] which we shut them out,” Kelly said. “It was a base that we had begun to develop over the last year or so and we added a little bit to it. Now they came out and the plan was to run the quarterback and that was, again, because of a lot of the coverages that we had employed, it was their best opportunity to actually move the football.

But the one thing about the Naval Academy is that they don’t get the chance to go up

ND pulls out overtime victory against Rockets

against the speed that we have on defense, and we’re long as well. And having that length and that speed was difficult for them to handle and we were able to get the ball away from them, and the turnovers obviously were huge for us in this game.”

The Irish forced two turnovers against the Midshipmen (7-2), two of which came in the form of forced fumbles by senior defensive end Khalid Kareem. Kelly praised Kareem for the performance and dedication to his craft despite the peril of facing the triple option offense.

“I think that says a lot about Khalid Kareem,” Kelly said.

“Here’s a guy that is a defensive end, he’s a guy that’s gonna play on Sundays. Last year he was rated as a guy that could go as high as the third round, came back. And playing option football, he’s a guy that easily can tap out in a see KELLY PAGE 15

By NATE MOLLER Sports Writer

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Irish sophomore point guard Prentiss Hubb looks to drive during Notre Dame’s 64-62 overtime win over Toledo Thursday night.

Men’s basketball defeated the Toledo Rockets of the M AC 64-62 in an overtime thriller last night at the Purcell Pav ilion. In a game that saw horrible shooting by both teams, the Irish made enough big plays on defense by the end to secure the v ictor y.

Sophomore guard Dane Goodw in led the Irish w ith 16 points, followed by senior guard T.J. Gibbs and sophomore for ward Nate Laszewski w ith 11 apiece.

Junior guard Marreon Jackson led the way for the Rockets w ith 23 points.

The Irish defense played well out of the gates and built a 7-2 lead for the Irish, but Jackson made some early shots to tie the game at 9-9.

Follow ing a few made shots from Notre Dame, the Irish see M BBALL PAGE 12

HOCKEY

men’s soccer | Wright State 3, ND 2

Irish season ends at home Squad prepares in upset loss to Raiders for Michigan State

By AIDAN THOMAS

By CONNOR MULVENA

Sports Writer

Sports Editor

The longer a playoff soccer game stays even, the more momentum sw ings towards the underdog. That’s exactly what happened Thursday night, as the Irish spent about half the game even w ith the Wright State Raiders, but they could never pull ahead.

Propelled by a stellar performance from keeper Joel Sundell and their dy namic play maker Deri Corfe, the Raiders stayed w ith the Irish for the length of the game before bur y ing the hosts w ith t wo late goals and holding on for a 3-2 v ictor y in the opening round of the NCA A tournament.

Despite play ing in the first NCA A tournament game, Wright State hardly looked uncomfortable. Unw illing to sit back and defend against the higher-ranked Irish, the Raiders pushed the pace

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see M SOCCER PAGE 14

Irish sophomore midfielder Mohamed Omar heads the ball during Notre Dame’s 1-0 win over Denver on Sept. 8 at Alumni Stadium.

After splitting a pair of road conference games in Madison, Wisconsin, the no.

3 Notre Dame hockey team w ill travel to East Lansing, Michigan to take on another conference foe in Michigan State. This w ill be a massive series as the Irish (8-1-1, 4-11 B1G) sit w ithin t wo points of Penn State for the conference lead, while Michigan State (5-5-0, 3-1-0 B1G) sits w ithin t wo points of the Irish for second place, creating the potential for a huge sw ing the Big Ten standings.

The Irish w ill be facing off against a confident and disciplined Michigan State squad that took care of business in its latest conference series, sweeping rival Michigan by a combined seven goals while only allow ing three.

“They’re a better team than they’ve been in recent years because a lot of their young guys now are getting

older,” Irish head coach Jeff Jackson said. “Those guys are the guys that are helping lead their team, not just their top line.”

The Irish w ill not only need to find a way to shut dow n the depth scoring of the Spartans, but also find a way to break dow n the strong defense and goaltender that Michigan State possesses.

“Their goalie [John] Lethemon has played really well here in the last month.

To go into Penn State and shut out Penn State is not an easy thing to do,” Jackson said. “And that’s a credit to their defense too and their defensive structure.”

W hile traveling on the road presents challenges in having to play in front of large and hostile crowds, the lack of last change is something that all v isiting teams must overcome w ith secondar y scoring. As of late, the Irish have found production in their third and fourth lines, see HOCKEY PAGE 13