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SMC health fair promotes self-care Saint Mary’s brings local organizations to campus, encourages Belles to ‘Fall in Love with Wellness’ By GINA TWARDOSZ News Writer
While Valentine’s Day is a time for romance, Friday’s “Fall in Love with Wellness” Student Health Fair encouraged students to practice self love with self care. The fair featured dozens of informational booths from campus and community organizations, therapy dogs, spin class demos, giveaways and an escape room. Heather Abbott, a counselor at the Saint Mary’s Health and Counseling Center, said
though the Student Health Fair is only in its third year, it’s grown exponentially — and organizers hope it will only keep growing. “I love hearing students returning who say that they’ve had such a positive experience,” she said. “There’s new vendors every year, lots of great information and a lot of community partners. I think it’ll keep growing — it’s something that we plan to make an annual tradition.” Love Your Melon, the Belles Against Violence Office (BAVO), Eco-Belles, the Office
of Civic and Social Engagement (OCSE) and the Student Nurses Association were just some of the student groups that showed up to encourage students to live healthier lives and help those who are in need. “Love Your Melon is a campus wide program which provides education and activities to support pediatric cancer research,” president of the campus crew Bridget Julian said. The group partners with nonprofits DKMS, Alex’s Lemonade Stand and the Make-a-Wish Foundation in order to fundraise for pediatric
Professors discuss dangers of implicit bias at panel To conclude the annual Notre Dame Ethics Week, the Mendoza College of Business and the Deloitte Center for Ethical Leadership sponsored a panel Friday entitled “Women in the Workforce.” The event discussed the structural disparities women face in their careers while offering advice to students to recognize and combat this inequality. Each of the panelists began by discussing her area of interest in regards to the manner in which women must approach their careers to be successful, answering questions from audience members and moderator Robin Kistler, director of non-degree programs for the Stayer Center for Executive Education. Associate management and organization professor Cindy Muir discussed how women continue to be underrepresented in positions of leadership despite graduating at higher rates than men and securing higher GPAs in a society that still views the workplace as predominately male-oriented. “The research shows that
there are no performance differences between men and women at work,” Muir said. “There’s a recent study that summarizes 142 separate studies collapsing across almost 500,000 employees, and they confirmed the existence of a significant pay gap, but no difference in performance.” In order for women to achieve the same gains as men in the workplace, women need to outperform men, but Muir said encouraging women to work harder and better will not alone ensure parity. “The problem is research is also clear on something else,” Muir said. “When women speak out against structural and societal issues — like I’m doing right now — they tend to be viewed unfavorably, and they’re seen as self interested.” As a result, at the individual level Muir said she believes women can absolutely achieve higher levels of leadership if they can consistently perform better than men “without making a whole lot of noise,” but this sentiment may not transfer to the group level. For the good of the group, advocating for what is right is essential, Muir said. Muir also emphasized that although overt bias in the
workforce has largely been eradicated in America, women still face discrimination in their careers, and identifying the bias is simply more difficult than before. “What we’re dealing with now is a much more subtle, almost invisible, form of bias, that people aren’t even aware that they’re doing, and both women and men are susceptible,” Muir said. Alice Obermiller, director of experiential learning and leadership development for Mendoza College of Business, discussed systemic issues in companies that often go unnoticed despite newer safeguards put in place to fight bias in the workplace. “I’m not even sure leaders, within these companies, even HR are fully aware of how discriminatory they can actually be,” Obermiller said. “And so I think as women, we have to become more savvy to pay attention to those things before we enter those companies, and really understand what we’re getting into so that we don’t get halted in our careers before they even get started.” In particular, Obermiller urged women to pay attention
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campus research through the sale of caps, beanies and t-shirts. “Our mission is to bring awareness to the pediatric patients and their families in South Bend,” Julian said. “Right now, we’re also signing people up to be bone marrow donors, so that’s just a small part of what we do to show our support and educate the local community.” OCSE also made an appearance at the fair on behalf of others, encouraging students to craft Valentine’s Day cards for residents of South Bend’s
Center for the Homeless. In the spirit of health and wellness, sophomore Cynthia Penaloza said OSCE was also asking students to sign up for their “Belles on Bikes’’ program which will allow students to meet up and take bike rides around South Bend together. Members of the Student Nurses Association promoted good habits at the fair through the practice of taking students’ blood pressure and handing out resources about mindfulness. see FAIR PAGE 3
Swing Dance Club welcomes amateurs
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Two members of Swing Dance Club dance in the Dahnke Ballroom. The club provides lessons and practice opportunities. By ALYSA GUFFEY News Writer
When Notre Dame junior Ruth Hughes visited the University’s Activities Fair her freshman year, she felt a little nervous to join the Notre Dame Swing Dance Club. However Hughes, the current president of the club, quickly learned the community was very welcoming to newcomers and amateurs alike. “Nobody ever made me feel judged even though I was
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such a shy, awkward freshman. I came and learned how to dance which is a miracle,” Hughes said. “I had never danced to any capacity when I joined, so it’s definitely for people looking to learn.” The club holds lessons Tuesday and Thursday nights in the Rockne Memorial and invites students of any skill level to join. Attending a single lesson costs $5 until a dancer has attended four practices. After four see SWING PAGE 4
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Class of 2019 graduate Najmeddine Harrabi performs in his stand-up comedy show “Alien in the Basilica.” He addressed his experience at Notre Dame as an African immigrant, and all proceeds from the event went to Education Bridge, a school in South Sudan.
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to old paradigms of leadership and to be wary of companies who reward more masculine and autocratic types of behaviors, who simultaneously espouse to be collaborative and flexible. Although heroic and bold behaviors are most often attributed to men, Obermiller said those characteristics are not and should not be considered gender specific. Instead of associating certain characteristics with men and women, Obermiller advocated for authenticity. “I think that we need to start valuing people for who they are, and letting people find that sort of voice within them,“ Obermiller said. ”Whatever works, because I think there’s sort of the best of both worlds to have.” Continuing the discussion regarding authenticity, management and organization professor Angela Logan mentioned the importance of bringing the divide between an individual’s work life and personal life. Logan said most often individuals develop the same leadership skills in both, but fail to merge the two. “What is it that keeps us going when we have the major catastrophic issues in life? And what are the times that we’re dealing with — as I like to refer to
it — death by 1,000 paper cuts?” Logan asked. “What is it that keeps us grounded and keeps us focused in on making sure that we are staying true to ourselves and being as impactful as we can in our nine to five world?” In order to build resilience, Logan encouraged people to first stop and think about their life and consider whether they spend enough time engaging in activities they truly enjoy. “I will be the first to admit, the things that bring me joy are often the things that I spend the least amount of time doing,” Logan said. In relation to this discussion on authenticity, Obermiller said she believes it is not only important for individuals to have a strong understanding of who they are, but she also expects leaders to know and understand the people who work for them. Good leaders can adapt to situations and work with a variety of personalities to be effective, thus bringing out the best in everyone, Obermiller said. “I don’t know that it’s always that easy to get people to accept us for who we are,” Obermiller said. “But as women in particular, we have to do what we have to [do] in order find our voices and find it in a way that we know we will be heard.” Contact Serena Zacharias at szachari@nd.edu
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“We’re making students aware of their current health and providing them with ways that they can fix it,” senior nursing major Emily Casado said. Casado said nursing students are not allowed to diagnose other students, but they can give advice on how to lead a healthy life. Practicing mindfulness is a great way for students to survive the many stresses of college, Casado said, and many of the nursing professors at Saint Mary’s swear by it. “One of our professors is a huge champion for mindfulness,” she said. “Before nursing exams, she’ll do mindful exercises and turn the lights down so everyone can relax. She’s done that for years and we’ve tried to carry that on.” BAVO director Liz Coulston said she wants to remind students that, “health isn’t just physical health — it’s psychological, too.” Coulston and her team were handing out self care assessments to students at the fair, which can help students effectively track the ways they are taking care of themselves but also neglecting their health and well-being.
As for why BAVO was at the Student Health Fair, Coulston said staying healthy depends on one’s ability to take care of themselves and others in order to maintain a healthy community. “BAVO is a huge advocate for keeping everyone safe and healthy,” she said. “We learn through the Green Dot program how to look out for each other and notice potentially dangerous situations in order to intervene in a safe way.” In addition to the many campus groups at the fair, some organizations came from the surrounding South Bend community to spread resources on health and wellness to the students of Saint Mary’s. Kristen Sachman, a health specialist for the St. Joseph County Department of Health, said that their community outreach program tries to meet county residents where they are in order to provide them with information that could help them lead healthier lives. “It’s important that we’re on campus and really anywhere county residents are in order to help them practice healthful habits,” she said. “We brought a variety of resources of various topics — the topic of today seems to be healthy relationships, but it’s also flu season, so
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we brought some stuff for that, too.” While many of the organizations and groups present at the fair focused on individual or community health, EcoBelles encouraged students to consider the health of their environment. “We want to keep our Mother Earth as healthy as possible because that will increase our health as well,” junior Katerina Esguerra said. “Getting rid of burning fossil fuels will help increase the health of our lungs and our entire body, and making everything natural can help stop toxic chemicals from going into our bodies.” Esguerra said the group is spreading awareness about a new recycling initiative at the College. “There’s new products that can be recycled here, like clean cosmetic containers, shoes, oral care products and razors,” she said. “We’re accepting them in Moreau now, but our goal is to get bins in the residence halls.” All in all, Esguerra said the health of the planet affects everyone. “You can’t have a healthy life without a healthy environment,” she said. Contact Gina Twardosz at gtwardosz01@saintmarys.edu
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practices, dancers do not have to pay for any more sessions. Saint Mary’s senior and club vice president Mary Coleman said the practice sessions are a combination of instruction and flexibility. “To start each lesson, two of the more experienced club members will teach whatever skill we’re learning that night, and then we turn the lesson over to social dance, so that would be practicing the moves and [getting] to dance with each other,” Coleman said. During lessons, the club focuses on four styles of swing dancing: East Coast, Lindy Hop, Blues and Charleston. Coleman said that although each style has its own unique flare, her favorite is Lindy Hop. “Lindy is quick footwork and a little more upbeat, and I like that aspect of it. I think it’s more exciting than East Coast, which is a bit more technical,” she said. “On the other side of the spectrum, blues dance is danced to blues music, so it’s a totally different style and you have a bit more freedom.” In addition to swing lessons, the club holds a bi-annual dance where people can come dance and have a good time even if they do not regularly attend practices, Hughes said. “A lot of people do come to our
events who already know how to dance, and they don’t feel like they have to come to a lesson and learn, so at the dances, our community really comes together,” Hughes said. As part of the club, members have the opportunity to participate in a variety of events that take place
on campus and in the South Bend area. Thursday night, the club will be dancing as part of the Collegiate Jazz Festival on campus near Hagerty Cafe. Coleman said she has enjoyed her time with Swing Dance Club because she likes to dance, and the experience is
relaxed and social. “It’s a good way to meet people and because it’s social dancing, it’s not super awkward,” Coleman said. Since swing dancing styles have common features that keep it distinguishable from others, Hughes said she hopes she can
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continue to use her skills beyond college. “I really like having it in the back pocket,” Hughes said. “It’d be so fun to go somewhere and be able to dance with strangers.” Contact Alysa Guffey at aguffey@nd.edu
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A rundown on the An ode to Las Vegas runoffs: Ingal-Galbenski and Patidar-Patrick
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When most people at Notre Dame hear that I’m from Las Vegas, their first reaction is usually an emphatic and ambiguous “Ooo!” This is usually followed by a sometimes curious, sometimes oddly judgmental, “So do you live on the Strip? Or close to the Strip? Do your parents work on the Strip? What’s it like to live there?” The answer to the first three questions are always disappointing, because no, I do not live on the Strip. I live 20 minutes away from the Strip, but I also live 20 minutes away from most places I ever need to be in Las Vegas, so “close to the Strip” is subjective. As for whether or not my parents work on the Strip, I have yet another disappointing answer: No. Both of my parents work for the Catholic Church, which shocks most people almost as much as hearing that I’m from Las Vegas. “What’s it like to live there?” I never know what to say to this. How do I describe my hometown? How do I describe what it’s like to live in a city that most people only ever see for two days of drunken adventures? I’m not sure if I can ever do it justice, but here’s my best shot at describing Vegas. Vegas is a big city with a small community. When you live there, you’re almost always guaranteed to be three degrees of separation away from any new person you meet. Everyone knows everyone, and community ties run deep. And yes, we have our specific-to-Vegas quirks. We have slot machines in our airports, gas stations and grocery stores, and casinos in our strip malls. Almost all of our movie theaters and concert venues are attached to casinos. Some of our freeways have been under construction for what feels like a decade at this point, and we do have areas of town that are almost entirely populated by strip clubs and dispensaries. But Las Vegas is so much more than just gambling and clubs. We have beautiful mountains and canyons to hike. We have a huge Chinatown full of incredible restaurants and shops. You can find some of the best tacos you’ll ever eat in hole-in-the-wall restaurants that have been around for generations, and up-and-coming sushi restaurants run by young couples. You can find Ethiopian food on the same street as an authentic noodle house and an Indian restaurant run by the same family for decades. Our churches are just minutes away from the synagogues and gurdwaras, and faith leaders of all traditions interact at cultural events to support each others’ communities. Las Vegas is a rich city made up of everyone, from fifth-generation Las Vegas residents to first-generation Americans making their way in a new country. There’s a place and a community for everyone. Vegas is a different city to everyone that lives there. To me, Vegas is my high school and the coffee lounge down the road where my sister and I stopped after school. It’s the California Pizza Kitchen where my friends and I would celebrate both birthdays and Saturday shopping trips, and the ramen bar where I fell in love senior year. It’s the neighborhood church where my mother works, and the smell of warm curry when I come home after a long day. It’s the neon signs on a concert venue where I sprained my wrist in a mosh pit, and the dusty parking lots of the arts district downtown where the Route 91 memorial still stands. Vegas is a city that means something different to everyone, and I don’t think any two people would ever describe the city in the same way. So, when the next person asks me what it’s like to be from Las Vegas, I will direct them to this column. I don’t know if I will ever be able to fully describe what my hometown is like, but I know that my love and understanding of Las Vegas will forever be changing and growing, just as my city grows. I’m sure that in a year or so, I’ll look back on this column and wish I had described Vegas completely differently, but one thing I know for sure is that in a year or so, whenever I look back on this column, I’ll still love my hometown just as much as I do now. Contact Nelisha Silva at nsilva1@nd.edu The views expressed in the Inside Column are those of the author and not necessarily those of The Observer.
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The two remaining tickets will take the stage Tuesday night in the runoff debate before the student government elections Wednesday. The Ingal-Galbenski and Patidar-Patrick tickets place contrasting emphasis on how to most effectively improve the lives of students at Notre Dame. The Patidar-Patrick ticket stresses the importance of campus presence. Their campaign centers around transparency in the daily activities of student government. They want to push for increased club funding through the student government senate and connect student groups with potential sponsors. Noble Patidar is a junior from Keough Hall who is committed to promoting inclusion. He wants to implement diversity training for leadership positions, residence halls and student organizations. He seeks to instate a universal requirement that all RAs, Hall Staff and Welcome Weekend ambassadors take part in diversity training through the Multicultural Student Programs and Services department. Connor Patrick is a freshman who is passionate about his Catholic faith. He is a member of the Gospel choir and teaches Sunday school at St. Adalbert’s on the weekends. He has emphasized the definition of the word “Catholic” as meaning “universal.” “I want to make this university welcoming to every person of every religious background, or even if they aren’t religious. Notre Dame does a good job of this, but we need to do better,” Patrick said. The Patidar-Patrick ticket calls their campaign team a “family,” and wants to replicate the same culture of community throughout Notre Dame through advocacy for physical and mental health. The platform stresses the necessity of breaking the stigma surrounding mental health through increased student government programming and implementation of more effective resources and support systems to educate students about mental health issues. They also want to pressure Campus Safety and University Operations to install blue lights and emergency call buttons in more areas across campus, specifically in less-traveled areas around the lakes and on the edges of campus. Sexual assault is a large part of the PatidarPatrick platform. If elected, they will advocate for the implementation of Callisto, a software used on college campuses nationwide that connects those who have experienced sexual assault to reporting channels, local resources and other victims in the same area to increase solidarity amongst sexual assault survivors. The Patidar-Patrick campaign calls for feasible sustainability initiatives to set precedent for other colleges across America. Actions include creating dorm-customized reusable tumblers and informing students of the discounts of using these cups at popular locations like Starbucks, installing motiondetected lights in dormitories and incentivizing dorms to hold sustainability events. The Ingal-Galbenski ticket believes that the University should include students in the
dialogue of decision-making moving forward. They emphasize the necessity of building a respectful community, where every member is given opportunities to grow. Rachel Ingal is a resident of Badin Hall who is majoring in political science with minors in business economics and international development studies. Among other endeavors, she is a member of Halftime Acapella, is on the Junior Class Council and works as a tour guide for the admissions office. She wants to strengthen the Notre Dame community and to ensure that “the Notre Dame Family is extended to everybody and that everybody feels like they have open arms.” Sarah Galbenski is a junior majoring in Spanish and Global Affairs with a concentration in international peace studies. She is a resident of Walsh Hall, where she serves as the Chair of Service on the Hall Council. She is a member of the Notre Dame Folk Choir and a Kellogg International Scholar. Sarah can often be found in the Center for Social Concerns and is passionate about service. Among her many service-based endeavors, she has participated in multiple CommunityBased Learning courses and Social Concerns Seminars, and spent a summer engaging in the International Summer Service Learning Program. The Ingal-Galbenski campaign seeks to build a task force to identify donors and research possible funding sources for the creation of a Multicultural Center on campus. Other diversity and inclusion initiatives include creating an awareness campaign of the resources offered by the Office of Student Enrichment and increasing consultation with Class Councils and the Student Union Board to bring diversity to various campus events in an effort to make them friendly for all. The platform also discusses ideas to improve student health and wellness, such as increasing funding for the University Counseling Center and partnering with McWell to increase communication with dorm commissioners, as well as increasing the flexibility of fitness classes and awareness of mental health resources for students abroad. The campaign also responds to the issue of student safety by advocating for the expansion of GreeNDot training to Welcome Weekend teams, athletic teams, football ushers and off-campus bars, among other safety initiatives. Students may vote beginning at 8 a.m. on Wednesday via a link sent by Judicial Council to their emails. Lucie Kneip is a freshman living in Ryan Hall and is a member of BridgeND. She hails from North Bend, Ohio, and is a political science and global affairs major. If she cannot be found petting the dogs around campus, she can be reached at lkneip@nd.edu. Lucie is a general member of the Patidar-Patrick campaign. BridgeND is a multi-partisan political club committed to bridging the partisan divide through respectful and productive discourse. It meets on Tuesdays at 5pm in the McNeill Room of LaFortune Student Center to learn about and discuss current political issues, and can be reached at bridgend@nd.edu or on Twitter @bridge_ND.
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An excellent apostolic exhortation Brennan Buhr God, Notre Dame, Country
Just a few months ago, I became concerned that Pope Francis was slowly embracing a new vision of the Church that is beholden to liberal German wealth and does not submit itself to the abiding witness of the Holy Spirit. The recent Amazon synod seemed to have all the markings of a subterfuge whereby liberal-minded bishops would manipulate the legitimate joys, hopes, griefs and anxieties of poor Amazonians in an ecologically fragile region to advance their own ideological agendas on married priests and female deacons. This past week, however, my worst fears were proven wrong, as Pope Francis released his apostolic exhortation “Querida Amazonia,” reaffirming that his Church will always concern itself first and foremost with human beings over doctrinal civil wars. Considering that Catholic commentators of both liberal and conservative bents have mostly focused on the twin issues of clerical celibacy and the role of women in the Church, it would be helpful to consider what Francis actually says about real-life Amazonian communities in his apostolic exhortation. The Holy Father subdivides “Querida Amazonia” into four major chapters or “dreams” (social, cultural, ecological and ecclesial) which I will consider one by one. Recalling his own encyclical “Laudato Si,’” Francis begins his first chapter on social issues by affirming that “a true ecological approach always becomes a social approach; it must integrate questions of justice in debates on the environment, so as to hear both the cry of the earth and the cry of the poor.” Recently, increased exploitation of the Amazon region by “colonizing interests,” such as the timber and mining industries, has forced indigenous peoples out of their homes and communities and into cities where they experience “enslavement, subjection and poverty . . . xenophobia, sexual exploitation and human trafficking.” In sum, they are treated “as if they did not exist.” This systematic exploitation is the epitome of “injustice and crime” that must be met with “networks of solidarity and development” that empower Amazonian peoples with education and employment opportunities (especially in sustainable agriculture) that enable them to
preserve their way of life rather than force them into the chaos and confusion of city life. In his second chapter on cultural issues, Francis (again citing ‘Laudato Si’) focuses upon the “leveling effect” with which consumerist mentalities threaten contemporary world cultures, especially indigenous Amazonian cultures. He urges young people in particular to hold fast to their cultural roots in these troubled times so that the “artistic, literary, musical and cultural inspiration” of the Amazon will flourish for generations to come. Furthermore, Francis emphasizes the need for a “dialogue” between Western urban cultures and indigenous Amazonian cultures, since Westerners “can hardly demand that the groups from the interior forest be uncritically open to ‘civilization’” without a reciprocal concern for preserving the “richness” of the Amazonian cultural heritage. Admittedly, I tend to disfavor calls for “dialogue” that often carry relativistic implications. However, I strongly sense that the dialogue Francis seeks here is not intended to relativize the truths of the Catholic faith. Rather, he is simply emphasizing that Western-minded Catholics can only effectively evangelize foreign cultures by speaking to them in and through their cultural presuppositions, just as the witness of Our Lady of Guadalupe has been responsible for converting countless indigenous peoples in the Western Hemisphere to the Catholic faith over the past few centuries. Granting the inherent importance of the social, cultural and ecological issues that Amazonians face today, Francis nevertheless argues in his fourth chapter on ecclesiology that none of these issues can be properly understood without considering the “call to faith that we have received from the Gospel.” Citing his 2013 apostolic exhortation “Evangelii Gaudium,” Francis contends the Church must proclaim the “kerygma,” the original, essential message of Christ expressed personally to the hearer, above all else. Indeed, Francis seems to be responding to conservativeminded critics who claim that the Vatican has developed a self-limiting NGO (non-government organization) mentality when he states that “without that impassioned proclamation, every ecclesial structure would become just another NGO.” He then turns to the idea of inculturation which, though I have been critical of this concept in the past, he clarifies with reference to John Paul II’s writings
on the reciprocal relationship that must exist between the autonomy of culture and the one true Catholic faith. This inculturation process instantiates itself through social, cultural, liturgical and ministerial dimensions. Even though this ministerial dimension plays a minor role in “Querida Amazonia” as a whole, it has nonetheless been the point of focus for most commentators. Although Francis does not specifically discuss the hot topic of clerical celibacy, he does reaffirm that “the exclusive character received in Holy Orders qualifies the priest alone to preside at the Eucharist.” Furthermore, this function does not render him “superior” in status but (again citing John Paul II) totally orders him toward “the holiness of Christ’s members.” Likewise, Francis criticizes the “reductionism [that] would lead us to believe that women would be granted a greater status and participation in the Church only if they were admitted to Holy Orders.” Rather than trapping ourselves within “partial conceptions of power in the Church” that equate women priests with “progress,” Francis exhorts the faithful to reflect upon the role of women in the Church as an imitation of “the tender strength of Mary, the Mother,” whose witness cannot be reduced to a mere functional role because it reflects the “inmost structure of the Church.” Doubtlessly, “Querida Amazonia” is just the beginning of a continuing conversation on Amazonia and the (perhaps unfortunately) related issues of clerical celibacy and the role of women in the Church. With this in mind, bishops and cardinals across the world ought to consider this excellent apostolic exhortation carefully and in continuity with the legacies of John Paul II and Benedict XVI, thereby dispelling with the fiction that Francis is a revolutionary liberal Rahnerian. In truth, Francis is neither a liberal nor a conservative, but a personalist. Brennan Buhr is a senior Juggerknott from Albany, New York who studies theology, political science (but really, just theory) and history. He loves drinking cold glasses of skim milk and eating salad for dessert when he is not consuming “the living bread that came down from heaven” (Jn 6:51) at the Basilica. He can be reached at bbuhr@nd.edu or @BuhrBrennan on Twitter. The views expressed in this column are those of the author and not necessarily those of The Observer.
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What it means to be an American If the rest of the world lived with my same American lifestyle, three additional Earths would be needed to supply this demand. Although investment in renewable energy is still needed, all current political debate fails to mention this fact: Our lifestyle of the highest consumption in the world is unsustainable — no matter what comprises the energy source. Naturally, any political solution would be hesitant to tout this fact, as the foundation of our economy seems to rely on sustained growth, especially on consumer spending to stir the economy. The consumer culture promises us happiness with more specialized and numerous products, redefines mere wants into consumer needs and fuels an insatiable desire for more accumulation of wealth and consumption. What would it look like to break away from this culture, the ever-heightening pursuit of the newest designer shoe or cheap trinket? Lucky and privileged to live in the United States and born into a middle-class family, I am grateful to have a warm home, devices to save time, ample convenience and the ability to buy consumer goods. I offer this gratitude for what I have been given, yet I harbor all of the benefits only for myself, spending for my every want, not necessarily for my needs. This privilege and gratitude imply a responsibility to not squander what I have been given, and my gratitude would only be mere words unless I showcase it through my own actions. How can this gratitude be actually realized when I am not willing to sacrifice my own sake of convenience to avoid the deadly consequences for those most
vulnerable due to increased storm intensities and sea level rise from climate change? This gratitude must be shown to my children and grandchildren through leaving them those same resources for them to someday also be grateful. My gratitude, contrary to just being thankful for unlimited convenience in consumerism, transforms to a gratitude marked by restraint and simplicity, providing for only my own needs compared to feeding every want. If the sacrifice for my children’s future is to abstain from meat (as emissions from livestock production are a significant part of global emissions), how is this any different from sacrificing for my children by saving up a college fund or a mother abstaining from alcohol during pregnancy? While energy consumption is necessary to improve quality of life for education, public health and economic opportunity, further increases in energy consumption for developed countries do not necessarily increase overall well-being. Even with the world’s highest GDP at $20.5 trillion, the US was ranked 15th in the Quality of Life ranking for 2020. Would the value of life really diminish if people did not have 30 different ties or T-shirts to choose from, or if they had to utilize mass transportation services instead of driving to work? A change in consumption would lead to a change in consumer values. It would be inequitable to deny those who have less to force them to lower amounts of productions; just imagine America trying to convince China or India on limiting emissions by persuading them that only Americans are allowed to pursue a life
of unlimited consumption. It is simple hypocrisy and would lead to the further destruction of the Earth. Instead, what would it mean if Americans voluntarily lowered their consumption demand, showcasing to other countries its own commitment to lowering emissions, understanding that greater convenience and consumer goods do not necessarily imply greater well-being? Though all tools to solve the climate crisis should be pursued, including renewables, energy efficiencies and economic regulations, each of us as individuals can play a role in our daily lives. As Americans lucky enough to live in this country, we are called to consider reductions in our carbon footprint through living simply in decisions about transportation, food choice, consumer products and luxuries not just as a sacrifice for our children or for our neighbor but because our gratitude beckons a kindness bestowed in return. This semester, I challenge each of us to implement at least one practice in 2020 for voluntary reductions, such as reducing food waste, limiting meat consumption or becoming vegetarian, carpooling or acting against the throwaway consumer culture.This action should not become the end goal but rather the first step on our journey, as we begin to train ourselves that this world and our lives in it are a gift, not an entitlement. Patrick West senior Feb. 14
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Mookie Betts, thank you Aidan Thomas Sports Writer
Growing up in Portland, Maine, I was fortunate enough to watch Mookie Betts play baseball before he reached Fenway Park. Working at the Portland Sea Dogs, the Red Sox’s Double-A squad, I got to see Betts on a nearly daily basis, witnessing first-hand the electric touch he brought to the game. Earlier this week, the trade of Betts became official, and, while I am able to keep perspective, this is the saddest I’ve ever been about a player leaving my favorite team. And, while I’m not criticizing Chaim Bloom and the Red Sox for their decision, I will however use this Sports Authority to remember my favorite Mookie memories. These aren’t necessarily the best plays he ever made in a Red Sox uniform, simply the times I remember watching him play and thinking … to quote George Kittle: “Wow, I am so happy, he is on my team.” So, here are my three favorite Mookie memories:
3. Mookie Betts throws out Kevin Kiermaier trying to stretch a double into a triple This certainly isn’t one of his top-10 plays he ever made, but I remember this play vividly. I was watching the Red Sox cling to a 2-1 lead in the bottom of the eighth inning over the Tampa Bay Rays. It was Aug. 23, 2016, and the Red Sox had not made the playoffs since their 2013 playoff run. It was a key divisional game and it looked like, when Kiermaier laced an offering down the right field line, the Red Sox were headed for another bullpen collapse. Instead, Betts grabbed the ball in the corner, spun and fired a onehop strike to third base to nab Kiermaier. The throw clocked in at over 95 mph. Any slower and any less accurate, and Kiermaier would have been aboard with a leadoff triple. It was one of the best throws I’ve ever seen. Combined with the importance of the situation and the game, it’s one of my favorite memories of Betts out of all the games he roamed right field for the Sox.
2. The 13-pitch battle with JA Happ cumulates in grand slam “I’m telling you … it’s time to partyyyyyy!” The echoes of Dave O’Brien’s call of this legendary Mookie moment still send shivers down my spine. The Sox were facing the Toronto Blue Jays and trailed 2-1 in the fourth inning. Despite all the magic the Red Sox had experienced in their 2018 season so far, it was tough to be facing a deficit at home against a bad Toronto team, especially with J.A. Happ — a very tough lefty,
toeing the rubber for the Blue Jays. Boston loaded the bases for Betts, and what happened next was as heart stopping as baseball gets. Betts quickly saw two strikes fly by, but he spoiled several offerings and worked the count full. After fouling off a low off-speed pitch, Betts prepared to see the 13th pitch of the at-bat. Happ came with an inside fastball and Betts did what every Sox fan got so used to seeing him do: He turned on the heater and launched it over the Green Monster for a massive grand slam. The usually composed Mookie tossed his bat and shuffled down the first base line, screaming towards the Red Sox dugout. O’Brien made the moment even better with an amazing call. In all the magical moments of that 2018 season, that grand slam is easily one of the best.
1. Mookie’s final play in a Boston uniform When it happened, it had the feeling of a good-bye. In a meaningless final regular season game, the Red Sox were tied with the Orioles heading into the bottom of the ninth at Fenway. Mookie led off with a single, bringing up Rafael Devers. Devers chopped a single that deflected off the shortstop and into short right field. Betts wheeled to third base, which would have already put the Red Sox in good position to walk it off, but Mookie wasn’t done. As most would assume, the Orioles assumed Mookie was staying at third. The right fielder tossed the ball casually toward the infield, and Mookie took off for home. He finished his sprint around the bases with a headfirst dive into home to beat the throw and win the game for the Sox. Betts leaped up and let out a celebratory roar. If that doesn’t describe Mookie — making a gutsy hustle play to win a game that had no meaning. He could have quit on the season, on the Red Sox, but that’s not the way Mookie plays or ever played while he was in Boston. He stayed the Mookie we knew and loved straight through to the end. When I watched Betts wheel around the bases for the gamewinning run last October, I hoped desperately it wasn’t the last play I would see Mookie make in a Red Sox uniform even though it had that feel. I still hope that this isn’t goodbye, that maybe Betts will still come back in free agency and this is simply a, ‘See you later.’ But that might be a longshot hope. For now, I will simply remember the good times, and just say, “Thank you, Mookie.” Contact Aidan Thomas at athoma28@nd.edu The views expressed in this Sports Authority are those of the author and not necessarily those of The Observer.
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end a ninth-inning threat. On Saturday, both offenses came to life, as they combined for eight runs in the first two innings. Notre Dame got the jump on the Blazers, scoring three times before UAB batted for the first time. Prazjner, moving up to third in the order, again came in clutch for the visitors, poking an opposite-field three-run home run for his second career long ball and a 3-0 Notre Dame lead. UAB responded with a two-run shot from first baseman Colton Schultz to cut the deficit to one, and then the Blazers pushed three more across in the second for a 5-3 lead. The Irish gave up another run before rallying in the seventh. With two outs in the seventh, junior second baseman Jared Miller drilled a double — part of his 4-4 day — and came around to score on an infield single and throwing error. Graduate student left fielder Eric Gilgenbrach was up next, and he absolutely launched a game-tying home run. Unfortunately the Notre Dame rally was nullified by a UAB grand slam in the
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would add to the efforts and tie the game early in the second with his fifth career goal. The contest ended up going into overtime at 3-3, and after no winner was declared in the overtime period, Minnesota took home the conference point after winning the shootout. After the game, Irish head coach Jeff Jackson attributed the slow start to the bye week and said, overall, his team did a pretty good job against a good Minnesota team. “[It was] playoff hockey, basically. It was a good game. My only disappointment was falling behind 2-0, chasing the game. But we came back. We took the lead in the second period. You just hope you could hang on to finish it off,” he said. “It’s usually the first period after a bye week that you struggle a bit. I didn’t think we struggled that poorly, it was just that [Minnesota’s] top line scored a couple of nice goals, and we didn’t defend real well off either one of them, frankly. The first one was just a tough bounce at the point. The second one was more of a rush situation. But I thought we played pretty well for the most part. I thought all four lines did a pretty good job; our defense did a pretty good job. We just have to come back at them tomorrow.” After a tough battle on night one, the Irish were unable to
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bottom half of the inning. The Irish had no more magic left in them, managing just a solo blast from sophomore pinchhitter Jack Zyska to account for the final score of 10-7. The Irish doubled up the Blazers in hits, 14-7, but the two big home runs from UAB did too much damage. Notre Dame used a strong bullpen effort to secure the series win Sunday. Tied 3-3 after three innings, the Irish pulled their starter and got six scoreless frames from their relief corps. Notre Dame punished the UAB relievers to the tune of six runs in five innings. The Blazers had just two hits in the game, their three-run third inning being their only source of offense. Junior catcher David LaManna gave the Irish the early lead in the second inning, fouling off a few tough pitches in a long at-bat with two strikes, two outs and two runners on base; eventually, LaManna rocketed a double all the way to the wall to score two runs. A third-inning sacrifice fly from Kavadas extended the lead to 3-0, but UAB tied it up in the bottom half of the inning, recording its only two hits of the game in the frame.
The Irish got back in front in the fifth inning, and this time they didn’t surrender the lead. Kavadas sparked the Irish once more, coming up with a man on and nobody out. The first baseman turned on an inside pitch and lost it over the right field wall for a two-run blast. It was enough of a cushion for sophomore right-hander Mitch Megias who saved the bullpen with a gutsy three-inning effort, walking one and striking out three to earn the victory. Notre Dame got four more runs to put the game and series away for good. Sophomore designated hitter Carter Putz headlined the Irish’s prolific offensive attack, notching three hits and two RBIs while scoring three runs for Notre Dame. Kavadas and LaManna combined for five RBIs, while junior southpaw Tommy Vail and Boyle tossed three perfect frames with four strikeouts to end the game. Notre Dame heads to San Antonio for the Alamo Classic on Thursday, Friday and Saturday where they’ll play four games against Incarnate Word, Toledo and the University of Texas at San Antonio.
redeem the shootout loss in night two, succumbing to the Gophers 2-1 in a close battle. Things didn’t start as quickly in the second game for either squad, as the first period ended with both teams scoreless. But 8:01 into the second period, Leivermann added another goal on the weekend, giving the Irish the lead. Unfortunately for the Irish, it would be their only goal of the evening. Early on in the third, the Irish managed to kill a Gopher power play, but soon after, the Gophers took advantage of a crucial turnover at the blue line and tied the game at one. Then, 6:16 into the third, McLaughlin added another goal on the weekend off a rebound, and the Gophers would hang on to that 2-1 lead throughout regulation. After the game, Jackson said it came down to some crucial mistakes for the Irish. “We made a blatant turnover to lead to the first goal,” he said. “It was that and then the penalty, obviously, went to both goals. I thought after the second period I felt good about where we were. We turned the tables on them in the second period, and we started the third right away with a bad turnover and then a penalty. Same thing as last night basically.” Going forward, Jackson said his squad needs to learn to play 60 minute hockey and maintain that killer instinct throughout the remainder of the season. “We have to find a way to
play 60 minute hockey games. That’s where it starts. Just like Minnesota, Minnesota and Michigan are two of the hottest teams in the country in the second half of the year here. We lost two games to Michigan earlier in the year. We have to play smart,” he said. “To me, that’s the number one thing. We need to play like a more mature hockey team, and that’s on me. I’ve been trying to get these guys to understand how they have to play and do it for 60 minutes. I thought — in the second game against Wisconsin and then both nights with Penn State — I thought we were turning the corner. But this weekend, I thought there were periods that we played very well, and last night I thought we played pretty well for pretty much the whole game. But, [in] the third period again we gave up the lead. Instead of trying to get that next goal, we do something that leads to a goal against and all of the sudden we’re on our heels, and that happened again tonight. So, for me, it’s just poise, and patience and maturity. … When you’ve got the lead, you’ve got to play smart. You can’t take penalties, you can’t make blatant turnovers and you have to make sure you don’t give up odd man rushes. You can still play with a killer instinct and try to score another goal without doing those things.” Contact Connor Mulvena at cmulvena@nd.edu
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Mooney baskets inside, but Duke immediately responded with a 9-0 run of their own. It was finally ended by a Durham fadeaway jumper. A fastbreak three with just under three minutes left extended Duke’s lead to 12 points, forcing Brey to take a timeout. The teams traded baskets for the rest of the half, and Duke led 4232 at the half. Mooney and Durham combined for 27 of the Irish’s 32 first half points. Duke was led by freshman for ward Vernon Carey Jr. and and sophomore guard Tre Jones, who scored 21 and 19 points throughout the game. Carey scored inside and outside, showing off the offensive versatility that has him projected as a lotter y pick should he declare for the draft. “W hen they’re shooting like that, around the big guy, I don’t know what to do,” Brey said. Duke was 10-22 from beyond the arc, while Notre Dame was just 5-21. “We have to make 10 threes to win league games, and I don’t even know if we got 10 great, clean looks,’’ Brey
said. “Even the looks we got were rushed because of their speed and closeouts.” He also had high praise for Jones. “I have the utmost respect for him,’’ Brey said. “He’s just an assassin, and a winner, and it all starts with him.” A Mooney three opened the scoring for the Irish in the second half, but Duke came out red hot, and Brey was forced to take a timeout after Duke opened up a 17 point lead. A Prentiss Hubb corner three cut the lead to 16, but after a timeout, Duke went on a 17-3 run and soon led by 30 points. “We were dead with 15 minutes left in the game,’’ Brey said. “I was tr ying to see if we could do running clock.” Over the last eight minutes of the game, Duke’s ferocious defense continued to stif le the Irish, and Notre Dame’s defense struggled to get stops. Duke would go on to win 94-60 after both teams emptied their benches in the last few minutes, getting younger players some reps. The Irish return home for another big game against North Carolina on Monday night. Brey was already thinking about that game
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before the Duke game was over. “The whole last 10 minutes in timeouts, I was talking about Monday night. We got to turn around mentally here and get ready to play against North Carolina on Monday and see if we can get out of this stretch, that started at Clemson, 2-2,” he said. “That’s probably as good as it gets.” The Tar Heels (10-15, 3-11 ACC), ranked as a preseason top-10 team, have faltered as of late, losing their last five games, and sit last in the ACC. However, they have taken both Duke and Virginia down to the wire in the last three games, losing to each on a buzzer beater. They still boast a talented roster, led by junior for ward Garrison Brooks, who scores 14.9 points per game, and freshman guard Cole Anthony, the number one recruit in the class of 2019. They will undoubtedly pose a challenge for a Notre Dame team tr ying to get back on track after losing their last two games. Tipoff is set for 7 p.m. inside Purcell Pavilion and the game will broadcast live on ESPN. Ann Curtis | The Observer
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Katie Marino. Notre Dame clung to that one-run lead for the rest of the game, as each team got several runners on base, but the other team’s pitcher and defense locked down and didn’t allow another run, and the final score was 1-0 in Notre Dame’s favor. Both Holloway and Sickels pitched complete games, with Holloway earning her first shutout, second complete game and third win of the season. She improved her ERA to 0.56 and added five strikeouts to her season total of 15. On Saturday, the Irish played a pair of games, starting the day with a morning matchup against the Buckeyes (3-5). Holloway also started this game, and once again she made her presence felt. She threw six innings, only giving up one unearned run while striking out nine, walking none and surrendering four hits. On the other side of the scorecard, Notre Dame’s offense held scoreless for the last five innings Friday, surged during this game, scoring seven runs, including four in the seventh inning to put the game out of reach. Holloway also made significant contributions on the offensive side, hitting her second career home run to start the second inning, giving the Irish a lead they would never relinquish. After a few scoreless innings, Notre Dame found the long ball once again in the sixth. Junior center fielder Abby Sweet led off the inning with a single and promptly stole second. The steal was unnecessary, however; freshman infielder Joley Mitchell was next at the plate, and she capped off a ninepitch at-bat with her first career home run. In the bottom half of the frame, the Buckeyes got one back, but Holloway limited the damage by getting a strikeout to leave the bases loaded. In the seventh, the Irish put the game away with a four-spot. A hit-by-pitch and two walks put the bases loaded with one out, and freshman first baseman Miranda Johnson scored two with a single, followed by Holloway plating two more with another single. Junior Morgan Ryan entered the game to close out the match for the Irish, which she did cleanly by inducing three groundouts, securing a 7-1 Irish victory. Later in the day, the Irish once again faced off against
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the Illini, a game that proceeded similarly to the morning. Marino led off the game, and she wasted no time putting the Irish on the board, launching a home run three pitches in. The score remained the same until the bottom of the fourth, when Illinois took advantage of a leadoff double and evened the score on a fielder’s choice. Irish starter sophomore Payton Tidd limited the damage, however, and got a strikeout to strand three and end the inning. Notre Dame answered right back in the next inning, with Sweet hitting a grand slam to give the Irish a 5-1 advantage. Two frames later, Sweet got the Irish scoring started again, leading off the seventh with a double. A Mitchell walk and a Johnson single set the stage for back-to-back RBI singles from freshman outfielder Leea Hanks and freshman infielder Brooke Marquez, scoring three. The next two batters recorded productive outs, grounding out but driving in two more. The Irish loaded the bases once more but could not add to their total. Ryan once again entered to finish the game and allowed a one-out single before dialing up a double play to give Notre Dame the win, 10-1. On Sunday, the Irish played the Buckeyes again to finish the weekend, with Tidd starting at the pitcher’s mound. An error allowed the first Ohio State player to reach, but a pickoff by sophomore catcher Shelby Grimm and successful run-down helped Tidd enter the dugout with the game still scoreless. Like she did in the previous game, Marino hit a home run to lead off the bottom half of the first. This sparked a five-spot for the Irish and an early exit for the Buckeyes pitcher, who recorded only one out. Tidd wasn’t at her best, letting Ohio State creep back in by giving up four runs over 2.2 innings, but her teammates made sure the Irish never trailed over the whole weekend. Mitchell launched her second homer of the weekend — and her career — in the fifth inning to provide a key insurance run. Holloway entered in relief in the third and pitched 4.1 scoreless frames, only giving up one hit and two walks. The Irish held on to win 6-4, giving Holloway her fifth win. Next Thursday, Friday and Saturday, Notre Dame will travel to Palm Springs, California, for the Mary Nutter Classic, where they will play six games against San Diego State, BYU, Seattle, Oregon, Arizona State and Cal State Fullerton.
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ND Women’s BasketBall | Louisvile 82, ND 49
Cardinals defeat Irish in conference game Observer Sports Staff
The Notre Dame women’s basketball team faced off against the No. 9 University of Louisville on the road Sunday. The Irish women were unsuccessful in the game, losing to the Cardinals 49-82. This leaves the Irish with an overall record of 1016 and 5-9 in conference play. This was the team’s last road game before an upcoming three-game home stretch. Irish head coach Muffet McGraw is looking to finish the season with as close to a winning record as possible. The Irish women have made a lot of progress since the start of the year, growing both as individuals and as a unit. A few Irish players stood out among the crowd Sunday. Among these was junior Mikayla Vaughn. The center was the highest scorer for the Irish, putting up 16 of the Irish’s 49 total points. She was 8-10 from the field, making her the highest
percentage scorer on the team. Also putting up significant points for the Irish was gradtransfer Destinee Walker. The 5-10 guard put up 12 points and four rebounds against the Cardinals. Walker has been an integral part of this Irish team’s system and efficiency this season. McGraw has, on multiple occasions, expressed the importance of Walker’s shooting ability to the team. A player who can hit the three ball is a major part of any successful program. One of the biggest drawbacks of this game was the number of turnovers committed by the Irish. The Irish allowed 13 turnovers in the first half alone. To complement this, Louisville scored 24 of their points off of turnovers. Their ability to score in transition was a major strength in their victory. With a much deeper roster than Notre Dame, the Cardinals had 33 points scored by bench players,
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compared to zero from Irish bench players. The Irish starting five each played for at least 29 minutes, leaving very little playing time to their three subs. After losing so many of last year’s starters, it feels strange to watch the Irish struggle to field an uninjured, fully operating starting five. Unfortunately, this loss against the Cardinals did not paint an unfamiliar picture for the Irish women. This is the 11th time that the Irish have lost by 10 or more points this season. With that, the Irish are looking to close the season off with a bang. A threegame home stretch under the lights at Purcell Pavilion is sure to send these women in the right direction. The next game for the Notre Dame women is against the Virginia Tech Cavaliers. The game will be played at home Thursday. The game is set to be a hard fought battle and a test of this team’s ability to overcome adversity.
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ND Men’s Basketball | Duke 94, ND 60
Duke routs ND in ACC matchup By LIAM COOLICAN Sports Writer
“That counted as one loss?” Irish head Coach Mike Brey quipped in his post game press conference. Brey attempted to keep the mood light after his team was dominated by Duke (22-3, 12-2 ACC) from start to finish, falling 94-60. “Wow, they were great. They were fabulous,” he said. The Irish (15-10, 6-8 ACC) were led by strong play from senior forwards John Mooney and Juwan Durham, who finished with 19 and 21 points respectively, but struggled to get anything offensively from their guards. Brey praised Durham especially, who has seen his playing time cut occasionally this season as the Irish utilize a small-ball lineup. “I thought [he] really played well, and battled,” Brey said. However, the rest of Notre Dame’s starters combined for
Hockey
Squad ties 1, loses 1 in weekend series
just six points, all from sophomore guard Prentiss Hubb. Senior guard TJ Gibbs, who averages 13.2 points per game, was scoreless on 0-7 shooting. Brey credited Duke’s defense for the Irish’s offensive woes. “We couldn’t get anything going from our guards,” he said. “I think it was their ball pressure.” Notre Dame turned the ball over an uncharacteristically high 14 times, leading to 24 fast break points for Duke. Both teams opened the game hot from the field. Durham had eight of the first 10 points for the Irish, and a one-handed dunk made the score 12-10 Duke. Duke then went on a quick 8-2 run to extend their lead to eight points. Notre Dame closed the gap to just one point with a 7-0 run, courtesy of a three from sophomore guard Dane Goodw in and t wo John see M BBALL PAGE 10
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Irish sophomore forwards Alex Steeves and Graham Slaggert look for the puck during a 3-2 victory over Ohio State on Nov. 8.
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Baseball
nd Softball
Team records 4-game sweep over weekend
Irish go 2-1 in opening series
Observer Sports Staff
Observer Sports Staff
Over the weekend, the Notre Dame softball team traveled to Raleigh, North Carolina, to compete in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge. The Irish (7-2) recorded wins in all four of their games, two each against Illinois and Ohio State, while outscoring their opposition 24-6. The Irish began the tournament Friday with an afternoon matchup against the Fighting Illini (5-3), and the game quickly proved to be a pitcher’s duel. Junior right-hander Alexis Holloway got the start for the Irish and worked around a oneout single with a double play to post a clean first inning. The Illini sent sophomore righty Sydney Sickels to start the game in the bottom half of the inning, and Irish sophomore outfielder Emma Clark led off with a single. Two batters later, she stole second, putting her in scoring position and allow her to come around on a single from senior infielder
In last year’s season-opening series, Notre Dame gave up 46 runs in three games, with their closest contest being a 10-1 loss to Arizona State. The series set the tempo for the season, as the Irish finished just 24-30 and never had a .500 record throughout the year, their mediocre season ending with an 0-2 record as an 11th-seed in the ACC Tournament. If the 2019 season opener was an indicator for the rest of the season, the Irish certainly wouldn’t mind if their 2020 opening weekend indicates the direction of their upcoming campaign. Notre Dame plated 22 runs in three games and allowed just 12 en route to a series victory over the University of Alabama at Birmingham. The Irish took the opener 4-2 and the finale 9-3, the two victories sandwiched around a tight 10-7 loss. The Friday contest was all about pitching, as the two teams combined for just seven hits. The Irish sent junior
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The Notre Dame hockey team, in an important conference matchup, managed to tie one and lose one against Minnesota, one of the hottest teams in college hockey right now. The winless weekend brings the Irish to 1212-6 overall with a 7-8-5 record in the competitive Big Ten. Coming off of a bye, the Irish got off to a slow start Friday night, finding themselves down 2-0 in the first period after junior forward Scott Reedy and sophomore forward Blake McLaughlin of Minnesota slotted two early on. Reedy’s goal came just 28 seconds into the first period, and McLaughlin’s came 13 minutes into the contest. The Irish managed to bounce back quickly, as junior forward Colin Theisen found the back of the net just 96 seconds after McLaughlin’s score. Sophomore defenseman Nick Leivermann
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Irish senior infielder Katie Marino prepares for a pitch during an 8-0 win over IUPUI at Melissa Cook Stadium on Apr. 2.
hurler Tommy Sheehan to the mound, and their ace responded accordingly, firing off seven stunning innings of onehit baseball. He walked one and struck out nine, dominating the Blazers’ bats all game. However the Notre Dame offense was also stagnant, and neither side scraped as much as hit off the opposing pitcher in the first five innings. UAB got a one-out triple in the sixth but couldn’t score. Notre Dame ultimately struck first in the seventh inning. Irish junior first baseman Niko Kavadas worked a walk, advanced on a sacrifice bunt and then wheeled home when Irish sophomore shortstop Zach Prazjner snuck a single through the left side. Over the next two innings, the Irish tacked on three runs via wild pitches to stake themselves to a 4-0 lead. UAB got two runs out of the Notre Dame bullpen, but the Irish put the game in the hands of 6-foot-7-inch junior closer Joe Boyle, who struck out a pair of batters to see BASEBALL PAGE 9