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Too little, too late Kmet’s return, late surge not enough for No. 7 Notre Dame to overcome No. 3 Georgia
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Irish senior quarterback Ian Book looks down after a play during Notre Dame’s 23-17 loss against Georgia on Saturday at Sanford Stadium in Athens, Georgia. Book completed 29 of his 47 pass attempts for 275 yards, including two touchdowns and two interceptions. He added 18 yards on the ground in a game where the Irish were held to 46 rushing yards.
There shouldn’t be any moral victories for Notre Dame, but Georgia game gave plenty for Irish to build on Jack Concannon Sports Writer
Saturday was a perfect illustration of what Notre Dame football is in 2019. The Irish are a great college football team. Irish fans are lucky to have such a successful team led by the greatest Notre Dame coach in recent memory. Their fight in the late fourth quarter after going down 23-10 showed what a mentally tough group they are. They gave Georgia a better game than 95% of FBS teams could have. Talent-wise the Irish are not quite on the Bulldogs’ level. There is no shame in admitting that you are not amongst a tier of roster talent that perhaps only includes Clemson, Alabama and Georgia. To join teams like that, you have to beat the best, and after Clemson in 2015 and Florida State in
2014, the Irish are tantalizingly close to elite status but are not quite there. There should not be any moral victories for a team like Notre Dame, but in many ways Saturday was something to build on. The Irish belonged on that field, the way a genuine top-10 team that can upset anyone on any given Saturday belongs on the field. The toughest part of making the jump from top 10 to perennial title contender will be continuing to manage life without consistent in-state talent. In-state recruits are the path to elite status. Eight of the 11 starters Georgia lists on offense were in-state recruits. Georgia could likely field a better team on paper than Notre Dame with just the players it recruits from in-state. No disrespect to the Mishawaka Cavemen, but see CONCANNON PAGE 2
By CHARLOTTE EDMONDS Managing Editor
Tradition, superstars, rivalry. A Georgia-Notre Dame pairing involves everything that’s good about college football. It seemed like this matchup couldn’t have been hyped up more. With College Football Playoff implications on the line, game day in Athens and the painful reminder of a one-point loss two years ago in Notre Dame Stadium painted red for the Irish. Even still, expectations were exceeded Saturday night. Cue the electric light show in Sanford Stadium and the bone-rattling chant of “We ready, we ready, we ready for y’all” — the energy was unlike many other matchups this Irish team has experienced. Despite coming in as a two-touchdown underdog, the Irish managed to respond with every blow the Bulldogs delivered and led the entire first half. But the luck eventually ran out when Georgia took a 13-point lead that Notre Dame was unable to
overcome, ultimately leaving Athens with a 23-17 loss and a lot of questions regarding the team’s playoff eligibility. “We were one possession away, one play away from winning the game,” senior wide receiver Chase Claypool said following Saturday’s loss. This back-and-forth play was filled with exciting moments established from the opening snap. In his first appearance for the Irish this season after suffering a broken collarbone at preseason camp in early August, junior tight end Cole Kmet corralled three consecutive passes totaling 33 yards. However, back-to-back penalties on senior offensive lineman Liam Eichenberg and several incomplete passes eventually brought on freshman punter Jay Bramblett, who buried the ball within the 10-yard line, bringing on junior quarterback Jake Fromm and the Bulldogs offense. Two years ago, Fromm made his first career start as see LOSS PAGE 3
Kmet makes splash in first game of season By CHARLOTTE EDMONDS Managing Editor
Saturday night belonged to Cole Kmet. In his first game back for the Irish following a broken collarbone, the junior tight end looked unstoppable. Yes, Georgia came away with the win and preserved their perfect record, but Kmet came up with play after play to silence the deafening crowd in Sanford stadium. He recorded a game-high 102 yards and averaged 12 yards per catch. For Irish head coach Brian Kelly, Kmet’s return had a stabilizing effect on his team. “Obviously we feel like he’s a difference maker because as a player, he kind of sets a tone in the game with the physical run,” Kelly said. “… The guy that gets us feeling like this is the way we can play this game. He opens up a lot of things for us. Obviously he’s a guy that needs balance, we see KMET PAGE 2
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need some guys to get healthy at the running back position.” Originally from Lake Barrington, Illinois — a suburb of Chicago — Kmet has distinguished himself as a Renaissance man in the program, serving as a pitcher for the Irish baseball team while majoring in psychology. Meanwhile, he’s become one of senior quarterback Ian Book’s favorite targets. “He’s a great player,” Book said. “… I just want to get him the ball whenever I can.” Against the Bulldogs, Kmet made his return in memorable fashion, grabbing three straight catches on the opening drive for 33 yards. And his impact didn’t stop there — he caught the first Notre Dame touchdown in Athens on a one-handed grab on 4th down. Perhaps no one knows the impact of Kmet on the team’s ability to space the field more than senior wide receiver Chase Claypool, who contributed 66
yards and a touchdown of his own on Saturday. “One hundred percent,” Claypool said when asked if Kmet’s presence impacts the options for him on the field. “He’s a playmaker naturally, so anytime we get another playmaker on the field it kind of opens the field up a little bit.” Kmet’s greatest threats are his size and ability to create. Along with Claypool, Kmet’s 6’5” frame easily towers over the average safety or cornerback. On countless occasions throughout his career with the Irish, Kmet sneaks into an opening for Book to thread him the pass. And with two minutes remaining in the first half against Georgia, Kmet did just that. Taking off down the field, he turned and faced up to secure a pass as two Georgia defenders swarmed him immediately. The 28-yard catch sparked a run that ultimately gave the Irish the lead heading into the half. When you have a player who’s such a difference maker, the team tends to follow
their patterns. So in the third quarter, when Kmet’s catches seemed to quiet, so too did the Irish offense. But big players are made for big moments. With just over six minutes left on the clock, Notre Dame got the ball back down 13. Kmet picked up a quick nine yards, getting out of bounds and stopping the clock. A few snaps later, with the line of scrimmage at the 49yard line, Kmet snuck behind the cornerbacks and brought down a 31 yard pass, putting the Irish in red-zone territory. They would eventually go on to score two snaps later. Kmet has time and time again wowed fans with his ability to make a play in open space and Saturday was no exception. At a time when Notre Dame needed something to be excited about following two lackluster season-opening games and numerous injuries to key players, Kmet’s performance on Saturday was just what the Irish needed to stay hopeful. Contact Charlotte Edmonds at cedmond3@nd.edu
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the talent coming out of the northern Indiana region at large is just not going to beat Georgia. Yet Irish fans have so much of which to be proud. The team overcomes the lack of Midwestern football talent by recruiting nationally, poaching the occasional elite recruit like Atlanta native Kyle Hamilton away from Georgia the way almost no one else could. Notre Dame is going to be playing the best teams in college football competitively for years to come. They’ll record double-digit win seasons and compete in highstake bowl games the way good teams do. Who knows if a College Football Playoff Title is on the table anymore, but maybe it doesn’t have to be for Irish fans to be happy with how things are going. This all is not to say the Irish never had a chance entering Athens. They did. One
could tell from the crowd noise at Sanford Stadium that Georgia fans were sitting on their hands a bit at the beginning of the second half, nervous to witness what would have been their first loss on home turf since 2016. Upsets happen, and this is exactly what Irish fans need to grasp. When the Irish head to places like Athens, they do so as an underdog, but an underdog with a legitimate chance to shock the world. The Irish have a hell of a football team in South Bend, and I felt a whole lot of pride seeing the standing ovation the team got from the Irish faithful as they sang the alma mater. The Irish might not be Georgia or Clemson, but they’re a great football team with excellent players and a superb coaching staff. We’ve got it pretty good. Contact Jack Concannon at jconcan2@nd.edu The views expressed in this column are those of the author and not necessarily those of The Observer.
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Irish junior tight end Cole Kmet, with ball, celebrates with his teammates after a touchdown during Notre Dame’s 23-17 loss against Georgia on Saturday at Sanford Stadium in Athens, Georgia. The one-handed grab was Kmet’s first career touchdown, giving the Irish a 7-0 lead and adding to the junior’s career night in his return from a collarbone injury.
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Halfway through the fourth quarter, Irish quarterback Ian Book rolled to his right after a flea-flicker and threw to wide receiver Chris Finke. However, Georgia senior safety J.R. Reed jumped the route and made a sliding interception near the Irish sideline. The pick, Book’s second of the game, set up a Bulldogs field goal and stopped a drive by Notre Dame that threatened to cut their defecit to three.
Junior Cole Kmet broke his collarbone in the first week of fall practice, making his season debut Saturday against the Bulldogs. Quarterback Ian Book wasted no time getting Kmet back in the action, finding him for the first three plays of the opening drive. In the second quarter, Kmet caught his first career touchdown to open the scoring. He finished the game with a game-high 108 yards on nine receptions, both also career highs.
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Activist discusses justice system, faith Member of ‘Central Park Five’ reflects on failures in criminal justice system, finding purpose in trials By KELLI SMITH Editor in Chief
Six months into Yusef Salaam’s prison sentence, an officer came up to him with one question: Who are you? It was a seemingly innocuous question, but it was one Salaam says changed the “total trajectory” of his life. “I said ‘I’m Yusef Salaam, one of the guys accused of raping the Central Park jogger but I didn’t do it,’” Salaam said. “[The officer] said, ‘No but I’ve been watching you. You’re not supposed to be here. Why are you here? Who are you?’ ... That question allowed me to look at myself and understand something that I
never truly understood.” It was a question that eventually helped lead Salaam to an entirely new perspective: He was meant to be in prison. Salaam is one of five men who was wrongfully convicted of raping and brutally assaulting a female jogger in 1989 in New York City’s Central Park. He was imprisoned at 16 years old and served nearly seven years before the real perpetrator confessed to the crime. Known collectively as the “Central Park Five,” Salaam and the other four men — four of whom are black and one who is latino — were exonerated in 2002. see SALAAM PAGE 4
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Yusef Salaam, one of the “Central Park Five” wrongly accused of raping a jogger in 1989, spoke Friday about his experience as a teen in juvenile prison and the comfort and growth he found in his faith.
Lecture reviews Walk through campus Title VII’s LGBTQ celebrates SMC’s founding protections By MaEVE FILBIN
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Ryan T. Anderson, the William E. Simon senior research fellow at the Heritage Foundation and the author of several books including “When Harry Became Sally: Responding to the Transgender Moment,” delivered a lecture Friday on arguing Title VII’s sex discrimination prohibition did not apply to sexual orientation and gender identity. The lecture featured discussion of some Supreme Court (SCOTUS) cases that will be reviewed next month, and it was sponsored by the Federalist Society and Students for Child-Oriented Policy. The lecture was not without conf lict as several students left f lyers in the lecture room. One f lyer was titled “Homophobia has Consequences” and included statistics on harassment and suicide rates among the transgender and LGBTQ
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population as well as the claim that “Anderson violated ethical research standards by ignoring consent rules.” The other f lyer featured the 2011 poem “Litanies to My Heavenly Brown Body” by Mark C. Aghuar. In the lecture, Anderson argued that gender identity and sexual orientation were not covered by the prohibition of sex discrimination in Title VII. “You don’t have to presume anything about an employee’s sex to discriminate against them on the basis of their sexual orientation or their gender identity,” he said. “Even if what you think they’re doing is discrimination, you don’t need to know if the employee is question is male or female in order to mistreat them because they’re gay or lesbian.” One case Anderson considered was the case of R.G. & G.R. Harris Funeral Homes Inc. v. Equal Employment see TITLE VII PAGE 3
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As part of the year-long celebration of 175 years of Saint Mary’s College, students, faculty, alumnae and other visitors took a journey across campus — and through history — with “Discover Saint Mary’s: A Walk in Time.” Participants gathered at the Church of Our Lady of Loretto to be commissioned as pilgrims by Interim President
Nancy Nekvasil and Sister M. Veronique Wiedower before embarking Sunday. In her opening remarks, vice president for mission at Saint Mary’s Judith Fean said “A Walk in Time” was an invitation to be intentional while exploring the campus. “It’s more than a walk,” Fean said. “It’s more than a tour. It’s a pilgrimage. … So, what sets pilgrims apart from other travelers? Pilgrims are on a journey with a deeper
purpose. Pilgrims are seekers, although what they seek may vary.” Joni Kanzler, director of research for development at Saint Mary’s and chair of the Pilgrimage subcommittee, orchestrated the walk, along with other members of the 175 celebration steering committee. Kanzler said she hopes participants considered the storied past of the see WALK PAGE 3
Annual Flu Blitz provides free vaccinations By SERENA ZACHARIAS News Writer
In preparation for f lu season, University Health Services (UHS) hosted their annual Flu Blitz on Tuesday through Thursday providing free inf luenza vaccines to prevent campus community members from falling sick in the midst of the fall semester.
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Director of UHS Sharon McMullen said this year the University administered approximately 6,450 f lu vaccines to students, retirees, staff and dependents, over the course of three days in the Stepan Center. The public health initiative is a joint effort between UHS and the Division of Human Resources to protect people
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from contracting the f lu and lessening its symptoms if infected. “Avoiding inf luenza is important, especially on a college campus, where illnesses can spread easily due to our close proximity to each other, and because getting sick with the f lu can interrupt a see BLITZ PAGE 3
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Saint Mary’s Spirit Week begins By SARA SCHLECHT Associate News Editor
Saint Mar y’s Residence Ha ll Association (RH A) k icks off its annua l Spirit Week on Monday, w it h a series of events t hat occurs annua lly to foster communit y among students who live on campus and ma ke students feel at home. “We want to create an env ironment where students feel t hey have an opportunit y to get involved [w it h] events where t hey feel welcome,” RH A president and senior Grace Kelly said. This year, Spirit Week has an Oly mpics t heme and w ill begin w it h an opening ceremony on Monday evening, she said. A fter t hat, t here w ill be s’mores on t he island at La ke Marian. Spirit Week is k now n for its giveaways, Kelly said, and t his year w ill include giveaways for larger numbers of students t han t hose of prev ious years. A t-shirt giveaway on Monday w ill have enough shirts for a ll students liv ing on campus, as well as some for a limited
number of off-campus students wanting a shirt. Residents of each dorm w ill have a dif ferent shirt design. “Because we’re t he Residence Ha ll Association and represent t he people who live in t he residence ha lls, we felt it was important to ma ke sure t hat ever ybody got a shirt,” Kelly said. Events scheduled t hroughout t he week include a donut giveaway in Reignbeau x Lounge in t he lobby of Le Mans Ha ll on Tuesday morning, a volleyba ll tournament on Wednesday evening and a scavenger hunt on Thursday. A closing ceremony for t he week w ill be held on Friday. “These events sound lowkey, and I want t hem to [so] students don’t t hink t hey’re too over whelming,” Kelly said. In addition to t he communit y fostered at t he events, Kelly said RH A has a lso planned anot her giveaway to encourage students to come to events t hroughout t he week. “For ever y event you go to, you get a ticket to put in a bowl,” Kelly said.
“At t he end of t he week, we’re going to draw a name out of t he bowls for a gif t basket. The more events you go to, t he more chances you have to put tickets in … for t he gif t basket.” She said t he gif t basket w ill include gif t cards, food items, beaut y supplies and a sweater. Funding for Spirit Week activ ities and giveaways comes primarily from t he f unds a llocated to student organizations at t he beginning of each academic year, Kelly said. For events t hat occur later in t he year, RH A uses money from f undraisers t hat ta ke place t hroughout t he year. Spirit Week was origina lly planned to ta ke place earlier in September, but Kelly said planning t he events and ordering shirts took longer t han anticipated. “We didn’t rea lly feel prepared to have it earlier,” Kelly said. “Ever y t hing had to be eva luated by t he Of f ice of Student Involvement and a lot of [ot her] people before we could get [Spirit Week] approved.” Contact Sara Schlecht at sschlecht01@saintmarys.edu
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Sisters of the Holy Cross who established the College in 1844. “To think about the steps that we’re taking, and what the sisters had to face when they first came here 175 years ago,” she said. “ … And then as [the pilgrims] move from place to place, just being able to say this is where [the sisters] walked too, you know, how many years ago. That’s the part that means the most.” Planning for the walk began in June of 2018, Kanzler said, with the initial goal of traveling on foot to the original site of the first school and novitiate opened by the sisters in Bertrand, Michigan. “It’s a long way to walk, a lot of costs involved,” Kanzler said. “We decided Saint Mary’s is here, and this is our home.” Kanzler said the pilgrimage committee worked closely with the Sisters of the Holy Cross to give pilgrims the opportunity to “stop, ponder, reflect and pray” while learning more about the heritage and traditions of the College and the sisters who founded it. Sister M. Veroniqe Wiedower, president of the Congregation of the Sisters of the Holy Cross, shared this history with pilgrims visiting Bertrand Hall, the first home for the College, then called Saint Mary’s Academy. After Fr. Edward Sorin and the Congregation of Holy Cross began the foundation of Notre Dame in 1842, Wiedower said, they asked Blessed Basil Anthony Moreau, of Le Mans, France for some assistance. “They immediately wrote a letter to Father Moreau back in France and said, ‘Once the sisters arrive — and their presence is ardently desired — they must be prepared, not only to look after the laundry and the infirmary (over at Notre Dame), but also to conduct a school, perhaps even a boarding school,’” Wiedower said. Less than six months later, in May of the following year, Wiedower said, four newly professed sisters traveled from Le Mans, France to the U.S. “They made private vows to Father Moreau the day before getting on the boat, so they were not seasoned religious women,” Wiedower said. “Sister Mary of the Heart of Jesus was 19 years old. She was named the headmistress of the school. Sister Mary of Nazareth was 21 years old, and she was named as infirmarian and teacher. Sister Mary of Calvary was 24 years old, and she was named the chief linen keeper, and took care clothes for all the students, the brothers, priests and the sisters. And Sister Mary of Bethlehem
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was 45 years old, probably illiterate. Her job was to be in charge of the cows and the dairy.” These sisters succeeded in founding and running the College in its earliest days, despite being newly-professed religious sisters, untrained in teaching and only speaking French, Wiedower said. “So, I say Father Moreau should have miracles right away,” Wiedower said. “One: the sisters have survived all of these 175 years with four women who came over. And secondly: that Saint Mary’s College has survived 175 years with the beginnings of those first four women.” Much of the Saint Mary’s experience that students enjoy today is owed to those that came before, crossing the Atlantic to educate and spread the values of the Congregation of the Holy Cross, Wiedower said. “I’m a firm believer that the spirits of those who have gone before us live on, and that we stand on the shoulders of the women and men who have done something to allow Saint Mary’s to grow and to thrive today,” Wiedower said. “So, I think it’s important for students to know that the foundation on which their education is built on, the core values that we try to instill in students at Saint Mary’s, all come from this heritage of these men and women who took a risk, and did things that they weren’t necessarily prepared to do.” Wiedower said she hopes Saint Mary’s students graduate with similar values. “I hope that the education that these women receive not only prepares them for professions after graduation, but also prepares them for life, where they’re going to take risks and to be pioneers in many, many ways in the future,” Wiedower said. Interim President Nancy Nekvasil said Saint Mary’s legacy of 175 years is unique. “I think that it’s really unusual to be at a place that has been in existence for 175 years,” she said. “When I’ve gone to meetings, and I’ve had the opportunity to say that we’re celebrating our 175 anniversary, among other [college] presidents, there are audible gasps around the room. “It’s just really an incredible thing. And then when you think about the history, with regard to very young sisters, who left everything, and came across a very dangerous ocean, and stayed here, and instead of complaining and asking to be sent home … they looked around to see what the needs were. And I think that’s really who we are as Saint Mary’s.” Contact Maeve Filbin at mfilbin01@saintmarys.edu
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Opportunity Commission where an employee who projected male for six years told Harris Funeral Homes of their upcoming sexual change and was then fired. For the basis of his argument, Anderson cited a 1993 quote from Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg who said that “the critical issue of Title VII’s text is that members of one sex are exposed to disadvantageous terms or conditions of employment to which members of the other sex are not exposed.” “It’s not saying there can be no standards with respect to sex,” Anderson said. “ … It’s saying there can’t be double standards. You can’t have certain expectations for men that you don’t have for women; you can’t have certain expectations for women that you don’t have for men.” Anderson said a distinction must be drawn between sexism, cissexism and heterosexism. He said sexism is “discrimination against women,” heterosexism is “discrimination against gays” and cissexism is “discrimination against people who are transgender.”
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student’s academic progress,” McMullen said. While the CDC recommends getting the flu vaccine every year to reduce the risk of flu complications that can lead to hospitalization or even death, they also urge everyday preventative actions to slow the spread of germs that cause respiratory illnesses like the flu. When most people in a community are vaccinated, McMullen said it becomes more difficult for the flu to spread in general, so flu shots help more than just the individual receiving the vaccine. “The annual Flu Blitz is yet another opportunity to build community in true Notre Dame fashion,” McMullen said. Having a large percentage of people in a community vaccinated also enables herd immunity, which helps protect immune-compromised individuals who cannot receive vaccinations. In order to be most effective, UHS times the Flu Blitz specifically, so students, staff and faculty are protected
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“If you were motivated to take negative employment action against [someone] based on sexual orientation or gender identity, it wouldn’t be a form of sexism,” he said. “[Sexism, heterosexism and cissexism are] three different social realities, three different social victims or targets and three different forms of discrimination. The 1964 law dealt with one of them, not the other two.” Anderson said as a result of this, city councils and other legislative bodies deal with the issue separately. The city of South Bend, he said, has a non-discrimination ordinance that bans discrimination on the basis of sexism, heterosexism and cissexism. “It didn’t always include those latter two concepts,” he said. Anderson said the concepts are not the only things that are different about the three states. He said the realities are also different. “Sex refers to how someone’s body is organized with regard to sexual reproduction,” he said. “ … Sexual orientation refers to what are your romantic inclinations, attractions, desires, actions. … Gender identity is how do you identify.” Anderson said LGBTQ people are not excluded from
being covered under Title VII and that they are protected in the same was as other employees from discrimination on the basis of sex. While he said people could have a separate discussion on whether LGBTQ people should be a protected class of people, it is not the question ahead of SCOTUS in October. “It’s not something the 1964 law address,” he said. “If you say we don’t hire gay men and we don’t hire gay women, then you’re not discriminating on the basis of sex.” Opponents of his view, Anderson said, say that anything that refers to sex discriminates on that basis. “That obviously can’t be correct because the Supreme Court jurisprudence on this has required the creation of certain female-only activities and facilities because otherwise you would be guilty of sex discrimination,” he said. “It’s can’t simply be that if you make reference to sex you discriminate against sex. What the court said is that if you make reference to sex and then treat one of the sexes worse than the other for that reason, you discriminate on the basis of sex.”
throughout the entirety of flu season. UHS Health IT Specialist, Neal Connolly, who was the Flu Blitz Manager this year, said the influenza vaccine is typically effective for about six to eight months after vaccination. “So anyone who was vaccinated at our event should be covered until roughly April — which is typically the end of the flu season,” Connolly said. As UHS director, McMullen said she served as executive sponsor of Notre Dame’s annual Flu Blitz while also helping out giving vaccines. “I even had the chance to go back to my roots as a registered nurse and to administer vaccines, including to vice president of student affairs, Erin Hoffmann Harding,” McMullen said. UHS not only holds the Flu Blitz for easy access to the flu vaccine to community members, but McMullen said they also consider the event an annual drill for emergency preparedness. “If our campus ever experiences a need for large-scale administration of medication, for example in a meningococcal meningitis outbreak, we’ll be ready, thanks to the
structure of our Flu Blitz,” McMullen said. “Some of the emergency management elements we intentionally include are clear chain of command, separate ingress and egress, point-of-care documentation, efficient throughput, epi ‘hotwash’ debriefing session and collaboration with campus and local partners.” In addition, every year UHS rotates the leadership positions of the Flu Blitz among staff members to build depth of emergency management experience and to offer professional development, McMullen said. For students, the Flu Blitz may also serve as a learning experience. “We use this opportunity to engage the academy,” McMullen said. “Last year, Dr. Josh Shrout got his flu vaccine at the 2018 Flu Blitz and wondered if it could provide a learning opportunity for students in his Water, Disease and Global Health class. That thought turned into a problem set for this year’s class using deidentified UHS vaccine data.”
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Salaam Continued from page 1
Now an inspirational speaker, Salaam shared his experiences with about 400 people at Washington Hall on Friday night as part of Notre Dame Student Government’s “Race Relations Week.” “When we were first accused of this crime, there were over 400 articles written about us,” Salaam said. “There was a tsunami of media that was destined to the murder of us. And we somehow survived. We weren’t supposed to survive ... but somehow, miraculously, we came out of prison.” Salaam said he was convicted for the worst crime in New York City at the time. Throughout the trial he went through as a teenager, he couldn’t reconcile the hatred everyone had in their eyes. “Then when [the court] asked me if I had anything to say before they sentenced me … they were telling me that I should not live on purpose,” he said. “They were telling me to turn my life down. But when I stood up, God put something in me.” Reading what he told the court at the time, Salaam recited his poem “I stand accused.” The poem was met with thunderous applause from Friday’s crowd of attendees, but Salaam said the court in 1990 didn’t react so positively. “I was 16 years old and what I was trying to get at was the understanding that I had been given in this short amount of time, that here I was in America,” Salaam said. “Here I was supposed to be protected. Here I was supposed to be afforded the same opportunity as the law. But America was looking at me as if I was not even a whole person — as if I was 3/5 of a human being.” He wanted that sentiment to be addressed, he said, because being in America doesn’t make him an American. Salaam held up a full-page ad U.S. President Donald Trump took out in the New York Times after the Central Park incident, which called for the death penalty and police to be “brought back.” Trump was whispering into the darkest places of society, Salaam said. He referenced recent high-profile cases in which black men were shot and killed by police officers. “It’s such a horrible thing when you realize that you are not protected under the law,” Salaam said. “That oftentimes, if your name is Tamir Rice, or Treyvon Martin, or Eric Garner — as a matter of fact Eric Garner is interesting. Because he kept telling the officers, ‘I can’t breathe.’” The interesting thing about Garner’s case, Salaam noted, is that on the side of any cop car are the noble words “serve and protect.” “As a matter of fact, in New York City it goes a step further,”
he said. “It says courtesy, professionalism and respect. Now I feel like everyone wants to be treated courteously, definitely with professionalism and most certainly respect … but when Eric Garner kept saying ‘I can’t breathe, I can’t breathe, I can’t breathe,’ they didn’t give him the first letters [on] that cop car. … I began to understand this in a completely different way.” During his own time in prison, rather than crying “Why me?” to God, Salaam said he also eventually saw his experience in a different light. “Now I understood that when they call prison the belly of the beast, that is similar to a mother’s womb,” Salaam said. “Where in the belly of your mother, you’re being shaped and formed in order to find a purpose and to survive. … The fact that we made it means we were born on purpose, and not
only were we formed on purpose but we were formed with a purpose.” In such a way, Salaam likens prison to a cocoon because life inside “becomes stillborn” but growth is still possible. “One of the most fascinating things about life is that you can never truly understand what you’re going through or rather what you’re growing through until you look back on your path,” Salaam said. “… And so the story of the Central Park Five, now known as the Exonerated Five, turns into a love story.” God put them in a space that allowed them to become working class citizens, Salaam said, and also allowed for the criminal justice system to begin to be restored from being “a criminal system of injustice.” “I want people to know that when you find yourself in
so-called dark places, there’s always a light somewhere in the darkness,” he said. “And even if that light is inside you, you can illuminate your light in the darkness.” The “Central Park Five” case gained even more attention recently following Netflix’s summer release of the series “When They See Us” — a drama based on the case that is nominated for 16 Emmys. Salaam fielded a question during a question and answer portion of the lecture about the series. “Our prison time was hard but it wasn’t what I expected when I saw ‘When They See Us,’ Salaam said. “As a matter of fact, when we got to part four [filmmaker] Ava Duvernay pulled me aside and she said ‘Yusef, this is the TV version. We can’t show all of it. We can’t show how bad it was.’” We have to see ourselves as
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our future selves, Salaam said. In that way, he often circles back to that question the officer asked him six months into his prison time — who are you? Spurred on by that officer’s question, he discovered the true meaning behind the name his parents gave him. “My parents named me a sentence: God will increase the teacher with justice and peace,” Salaam said. That realization helped alter his perspective, he said, and allowed him to see that growth allows people to plant seeds for the future and look at themselves in the past, present and future tense. “It’s so beautiful when you know that everything that happens to you was supposed to happen,” he said. Contact Kelli Smith at ksmith67@nd.edu
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By SARAH KIKEL and LYDIA ANDERSON Scene Writers
Siegfried Pizza (Siegfried Hall) Time: Monday, 11:15 p.m. Chef Shae confidently asserted that his pizza training included a single three-hour shift with the “manager” and served us with a smile. The kitchen atmosphere was slightly disorganized, with cardboard boxes strewn around, but we forgive Siegfried as long as they recycle. Background music was playing, but it was almost undetectable. While their kitchen facilities are not equipped for dining, comfortable Siegfried lounges are only a few feet away. Because our pizza was made-to-order and there were customers ahead of us, we waited about twenty minutes for our (whole) pizza. Chef Shae (spice master) prepared our meal with care and dutifully upheld the dignity of “Siggy pizza.” Our half-cheese/half-pepperoni was served hot, fresh and sprinkled with oregano. The pizza sauce was more savory than sweet, and the crust was thicker than Zaland’s, both factors culminating in a moment of exaltation when we bit into the warm and stringy cheese —worth the wait! Siegfried Pizza toppings include pepperoni, sausage, bacon and chicken. Sauce selection includes hot sauce and garlic sauce, with two sauces for 25 cents. Mini pizzas are $3.50 and whole pizzas are $7, each new topping costing an additional 25 cents. They also deliver anywhere on campus for free (take note, Carroll). Siegfried Pizza hours: Sunday-Thursday: 9:30 p.m. -12:30 a.m.
By NIA SYLVA Scene Writer
If this new season of “The Great British Baking Show” were a loaf of bread, it would be slightly under-baked. Sure, I would eat it. But the person who baked that loaf certainly wouldn’t be getting any handshakes from me. I know we’re only a couple episodes in (Netflix has chosen to release this new season week-by-week). Still, I don’t think it’s too early to suggest that this show has lost some of its spark. The move from BBC to Channel 4 was never going to do GBBS any favors — especially since it meant losing lovable presenters Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins — as well as the inimitable Mary Berry — but I was hoping that the show would rediscover its “groove” after a few seasons. This has not been the case. Although show-runners managed to find new presenters who (weirdly enough) resemble Mel and Sue in appearance, Noel Fielding and Sandi Toksvig’s oddball, largely costume and prop-based humor is often hit-ormiss. While it is admirable that these two have attempted more than a total imitation of Mel and Sue’s pun-based humor, neither possesses their predecessors’ easy charm. Where Mel and Sue were delightfully quirky, Noel and Sandi — particularly Noel — often tread the line between
Za Pizzeria (Zahm House)
Zaland (Keenan Hall)
Time: Friday, 12:15 a.m. Chef Nick denies receiving training before assuming his prominent position, but as a “real Italian,” he claims that training is unnecessary. Outfitted in red walls with black trim and checkerboard flooring, Za certainly lives up to expectations of Zahm. A bit chaotic, with shredded mozzarella cheese scattered across the counter and constant foot traffic from customers, the pizzeria is a popular Friday night destination. The couch facing the counter encourages socialization (and distraction of employees). Audible — but surprisingly not deafening — music plays in the background. The cheese pizza was warm and gooey, and we were quickly sucked into the essence of Zahm. Though premade, pizza was kept warm and fresh in a HeatMax food warmer behind the counter, which was easily accessible to customers. Chef Nick continued to prepare pizzas throughout the night, successfully merging occupation and socialization, with a special affinity towards the female population. Unlabeled seasonings caused a few mishaps (salt- not parmesan cheese), but customers adapted. Although an incident with a broken tip-jar posed a danger to customers, swift employee cleanup kept Za safe for all. Za Pizzeria toppings include pepperoni, sausage and mushrooms. Seasonings include six pepper blend, oregano and salt. Their coolers feature a wide variety of Arizona teas. Chef Nick also claims Za sells gluten-free pizza, but this is unconfirmed. Za hours: Monday-Thursday: 10 p.m.-1 a.m., FridaySaturday: 11 p.m.-2 a.m., Sunday: 7 p.m.-1 a.m.
Time: Monday, 10:45 p.m. Chef Ragan is jovial and enthusiastic, a pro at small talk and sells Zaland well. The pizzeria’s modern interior includes cushioned stools that enable customers to enjoy a meal while attempting to learn Zaland’s pizza secrets from the chef on duty. At the bottom of their cooler, V8 juice, whipped cream, Hershey’s chocolate syrup and Tostitos salsa offer spontaneous interior design. Devoted to cleanliness, Zaland carefully organizes their ingredients in the refrigerator and freezer, and also offers hand sanitizer and a large supply of napkins. Their pizza is self-serve and sits open on the counter, but the chef is available for any needed assistance. Our pizza was smattered in a sweet sauce with an adequate quantity of cheese and spiced pepperoni. Although the crispy crust was a little bland, the pizza sizes were large and filling. Zaland’s many customers quickly devoured their slices. Zaland toppings include cheese, pepperoni, sausage and hot sauce. Seasonings include black pepper, basil, Italian pizza seasoning and six pepper blend. Their coolers offer a wide variety of carbonated drinks, and candy and ice cream are also available to round out your meal. Zaland pizza is simple and sweet. Pizzas are $1 a slice, $6 for whole cheese, $7 for whole sausage/pepperoni. Zaland hours: Sunday-Thursday: 9:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m., Friday-Saturday: 11:30 p.m.-2:30 a.m. Best pizza: Siegfried Best atmosphere: Za (enter at your own risk)
eccentric and just plain weird in a way that feels out of place amidst all the baking powder and gingham. And the show is clearly struggling to develop new and inventive challenges for contestants. One “technical,” for instance, tasked contestants with making a veggie burger and some burger buns, an especially odd choice for the season’s “Break Week” episode (usually one of its best). Even the episodes’ themes are getting more far-fetched. This week was “Dairy Week” — as if 95% of baked goods don’t contain butter and eggs to begin with. Accompanying this apparent challenge fatigue is a similar issue with the show’s contestants. Once recognized by the Times as emblematic of Britain’s increased cultural diversity, the show has clearly made that a primary focus. While such a decision, in itself, should be celebrated, this year’s cast of contestants seems more curated to fit some implicit quota of race and sexual orientation than chosen randomly from Britain’s wealth of diverse citizens. Furthermore, the cast skews very young. This year lacks even one adorable grandma baking traditional British desserts, an exclusion seemingly indicative of a misguided attempt at modernization. But the problem isn’t primarily that the casting choices seem like inauthentic pandering. It’s that they’re all fairly forgettable. Most seasons, I find myself falling in love
with almost every contestant. This time, I can barely remember anyone’s names. Worst of all, their baking has failed to impress. Maybe it’s unavoidable that a show’s 10th season won’t find bakers able to “top” the creations of their predecessors (the bar can’t keep moving up forever, I guess). But I had a hard time being wowed by Alice’s macaroon sheep when I had Paul’s Lion Bread sculpture (Season 6) in the back of my mind or praising Michelle’s carrot cake when I’ve seen Nadiya’s incredible soda pop cheesecake. That’s how I’ve felt this whole season, really. It’s not bad. But I can’t help remembering what came before.
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Show: “The Great British Baking Show” Where to watch: Netflix If you like: Other mediocre cooking shows Favorite episode: None. They’re all the sme
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Inside Column
The best of fall
It’s not a question of skill: sexism in female athletics
Annie Smierciak Jackie O’Brien
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Dear Father Jenkins
Fall is a great season for many different reasons. Every year, I look forward to the couple of months that we have on our gorgeous campuses with the changing leaves and — if we’re lucky — the 70 degree weather. Now that I have convinced you that autumn is the most wonderful time of the year, I have listed below my favorite aspects. Getting to watch college football every Saturday: I grew up watching college football to the point where my dad would only allow sports channels to be on the entire weekend. Specifically, Notre Dame football was the number one priority in my house. Now, I cannot imagine doing anything else on a Saturday in the fall. As a student, I look forward to the tailgates and standing in the student section. Also, just being on campus on Football Fridays at Notre Dame is something I cannot describe to someone who has never been. The excitement is contagious because the campus is packed full of people who are all diehard Notre Dame fans. Getting to consume pumpkin spice everything: Anything pumpkin-flavored reminds me of fall and puts me in a good mood. One of my favorite pumpkinflavored items is the pumpkin spice latte at Starbucks. I highly recommend if you have never had one. I look forward to it so much that I actually called the Starbucks on State Route 933 and asked what day they were going to start serving PSL‘s. I am definitely addicted! It might be the best pumpkin flavored coffee I have ever had. I also look forward to pumpkin scones at Starbucks, but not as much as my mom’s pumpkin bread and pumpkin cookies. Getting to wear jeans, sweaters and scarves everyday: My favorite outfits in my wardrobe are always perfect for the fall season. When I go to the mall, it seems like I am always looking for a long cardigan or a plaid scarf. I love wearing jeans, a fall colored sweater and a fall-colored scarf. If you add some brown boots, you have the complete fall outfit. Every February when I am shivering walking across campus with the wind whipping in my face, I wish I was wearing a light sweater, scarf, vest and some jeans instead. Getting to go apple picking and visit pumpkin patches: The activities that take place in the fall are so fun. Even though I am not the biggest fan of “spooky season” specifically, I get so happy when I get to eat as many apples as I can and visit a pumpkin patch like the one in “It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown.” Corn mazes are always a fun activity to do on a nice fall day too. Getting to see the leaves change: The campuses and landscaping always look phenomenal in the fall because of all of the colors. I love nothing more than looking down the avenues and seeing the colors that lead up to the main buildings on all of the campuses. The beautiful trees give great opportunities for photo shoots too. Who’s down for a photo shoot on campus? I hope everyone enjoys the best season of the year as much as I do! Contact Annie Smierciak at asmierciak01@saintmarys.edu The views expressed in the Inside Column are those of the author and not necessarily those of The Observer.
Last year, a six-year-old avid Notre Dame fan Amelia Joan Connolly wrote to The Obser ver to express her frustration that she could not buy a women’s basketball jersey in our University bookstore. They have men’s jerseys, cheerleading outfits, cookbooks, expensive artwork and decked out pool tables, but no women’s basketball jerseys to support our team that won the National Championship and made it to the final four the next year. She said it wasn’t fair and that if there were more jerseys made to support the women’s team, more kids would cheer them on. And she’s exactly right. We just opened a new indoor practice facility for the football team — and this is great. We should invest in our athletic programs, and the football team was in need of a new indoor facility. However, we have put millions of dollars into one program while failing to recognize another equally successful program in our own bookstore to even close to the same extent. Adding resources to one area of athletics does not imply the deprivation of resources from another. I’m not tr ying to rag on Notre Dame specifically in this column. This clearly isn’t a Notre Dame specific issue. Gendered inequality in sports is an issue that has per vaded our society for decades. Women weren’t even allowed to run in the Boston marathon until 1972. The highest salar y in the W NBA, of $117,500, doesn’t even come close to matching the starting NBA salar y of $582,180. Jackie Young, a Notre Dame Women’s basketball alum and number one pick in the 2019 W NBA draft is estimated to earn $53,537, compared to Lebron James’ four-year contract with the Lakers for $154 million. Our women’s national soccer team brought the pay gap to the foreground this year, and the team ended up filing a lawsuit with the soccer federation for gender discrimination, citing “female W NT players would earn a ma ximum of $99,000 or $4,950 per game, while similarly situated male MNT players would earn an average of $263,320 or $13,166 per game.” The women’s national team has won four World Cups. The men’s team reached the quarterfinals in 2002. Even more damning is the fact that critics can’t even point to a difference in generation of profit. From 2016 to 2018, the women’s team produced $50.8 million compared to $49.9 million from the men’s team. Obviously, this is a problem, but it raises the question of why. W hy does our society continually fail to recognize the importance and skill associated with female athletics? Many people will argue that it is not the fault of the NBA for the inequality in their athletic
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programs. Women’s sports are less interesting, less athletically impressive and thus draw fewer viewers — but this is simply not true. The lack of investment in women’s leagues is the obvious factor to blame for the patriarchal and archaic state of women’s sports today. It’s not the lack of revenue that female sports are able to produce, it is the fact that they were never able to produce that revenue in the first place because of rampant structural sexism. How is a league supposed to generate loyal viewership when all of the coaching staff and players are underpaid, their facilities lack the investment of male programs and the athletes are rarely considered for sponsorships or any other type of major promotion? Female tennis is a great example. In 2007, all Grand Slam tournaments standardized pay for male and female tennis players. The standardization of pay legitimizes female athletics to viewers, eroding at the stereotypes and misconceptions developed through decades of underfunded leagues and programming. Furthermore, the female tennis circuit plays the same major events on the same cycle as their male counterparts and networks have become just as willing to broadcast the major events. Clearly, the problem isn’t the ability of female athletes to generate a profit, but the refusal of managers and advertisers to take interest in the first place. I walked into the bookstore last week and I did see some gear supporting our national championship team, but it still isn’t enough. Representation — and the kind that Amelia desires — is vitally important, but it will still take years to erode at the rampant sexism that has plagued our understanding of female sports. It requires a reorientation of thinking to ask the question of why the majority of viewers think of the male basketball team when they hear ND basketball? As we begin this new year, and upcoming sports seasons, football, basketball and field hockey alike, I think it’s important that we consider what support for our female teams look like both on campus and nationally. Women’s sports lack popularity not for their lack of skill or excitement in the games, but fundamentally because we never decided to support them in the first place. Basketball jerseys in the bookstore is a small but important step to recognize equity in athletics and inspire a new generation of fans. Jackie O’Brien is a Notre Dame senior studying political science and peace studies, originally from the Chicago suburbs. When she’s not writing for Viewpoint, you can find her attempting to complete the NYT crossword, fretting over law school applications or watching RuPaul’s Drag Race. She can be reached at jobrie21@nd.edu or @im_jackie_o on Twitter. The views expressed in this column are those of the author and not necessarily those of The Observer.
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The US military’s Achilles heel Andrew Sveda Bow Tie Politics
A Harvard and MIT researcher calls it a “massive vulnerability” that still has “virtually no policy or oversight agency” to defend it. A member of the House Armed Services Committee says it’s an asset “we are almost as dependent on ... as ... the sun itself” but has “no castle to protect” it. If attacked, “the brain and nervous system” of our military would be “suppressed, if not shattered” entirely, says a defense expert at the Rand Corporation. We’d be rendered “deaf, dumb, blind and impotent”; we might not even know who the attacker was. Some high-profile defense officials in 2001 considered it “a top national security priority,” yet continued inaction and lack of leadership on the issue has left us lagging behind great power rivals like China and Russia. America’s military has been allowed to “[erode] to a dangerous degree,” and within it lurks a badly exposed, fatal Achilles heel: the precarious situation of U.S. satellites and space capabilities. From navigation, intelligence and imagery to missile deployment and detection and communication, satellites are the cornerstone of every single operation our Armed Forces undertake — not to even mention that virtually the entire global economy would fall into limbo without GPS and satellite technology. As emerging rivals like China and Russia as well as Iran and North Korea — recognizing our acute dependence on space — rush to craft cheap asymmetric responses to our space technology, the U.S. runs the risk of having their most vital military and civilian asset increasingly become a collection of multibillion dollar “sitting duck[s].” By crippling America’s military might in such a way, America’s enemies, especially China, have found a strategy, along with more conventional military expansion, to shift the balance of power to such a degree that Beijing and even Moscow could finally deal America a “decisive military defeat” or prevent American action altogether in areas like the Senkaku Islands, South China Sea or Taiwan. Further, China — already America’s most formidable and aggressive threat — is undergoing rapid development of its space capabilities with the intent to one day establish unquestioned dominance in the final frontier. It’s abundantly clear that China seeks to ultimately
surpass the United States as the world’s leading superpower. The country has challenged freedom of navigation in the South China Sea, and Xi Jinping’s “China Dream” promises a “world-class” fighting force that can “fight and win wars” (can’t imagine against whom) by 2050. Even worse, its ambitious Belt and Road Initiative will shrewdly position Beijing — not New York — as the heart of global trade for generations to come, and its accumulation (through debt traps, state-controlled companies, etc.) of ports and bases from Belgium, Greece and Djibouti to Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Australia have vividly illustrated China’s ambitious steps to increasingly mold the international order in its image. It’s precisely because of this grand strategy that China is “[expanding] by orders of magnitude” its capabilities and clout in space. For years China has understood that space will be a theater of war and perhaps the most pivotal one, making space dominance a necessity to victory on earth. While this may be alarming enough, Chinese strategists elaborate further, arguing that Beijing must become “the strongman of military space,” that space hegemony requires not just “ensuring one’s ability to fully use space” but also deliberately “limiting, weakening and destroying an adversary’s space forces” — notably that of the United States. They say this because they fully understand America’s great vulnerability in and ultimate dependence on satellites and know that “a decisive large-scale first strike” to neutralize U.S. space assets would make a Sino-American conflict (of any size) much more winnable. And China is already swiftly working towards achieving its goals of establishing a formidable presence in space. Twelve years ago it successfully tested its first anti-satellite missile and four years ago it established its equivalent of a space force. Last January it became the first nation to land a spacecraft on the far side of the moon, and China has now become the world leader in launching satellites. In its “U.S.-China Military Scorecard,” the Rand Corporation discovered that China held an advantage over U.S. defenses in its “ability . . . to hold U.S. military or dual satellite capabilities at risk,” especially with regards to vital communication and imagery technology, which were deemed to be at “high risk.” Beyond that, some believe China now has the ability to destroy a satellite “22,000 miles above Earth” (the furthest in the world), and Beijing remains committed to testing and developing more subtle means of
counterspace warfare like jammers and cyber attacks, seen in assaults on NOAA in 2014, a “high-profile government” video chat in India in 2017 and two U.S. satellite companies, one a DoD contractor, just last year. And it doesn’t plan on slowing down any time soon. If any of this has worried you about America’s position in the world and the rapid ascent of its strongest adversary, it should. We find ourselves again at a crossroads, a “Sputnik moment” where our actions and response today will affect the course of our history and our story, and as we approach this critical juncture, let us be certain of one thing: China does not stand for freedom. One only has to look at Xinjiang, Hong Kong and the South China Sea to understand what a world with China as the leading superpower might look like. It’s a world order that stands in stark contrast to the one led by America and the one that stands today. And the world stands brighter and more free today because America, despite all its flaws, leads. It’s our duty and obligation that we continue to do so. Ronald Reagan was right: “. . . war comes not when the forces of freedom are strong, but when they are weak. It is then that tyrants are tempted.” The threat facing us is all too real, and it’s time we as Americans understood that and its implications. To contain the rise of an aggressive and hegemony-seeking China, it’s essential that America rebuilds its military that has been decaying for years. Our first priority must be to better equip our forces to defend our Achilles heel and our most prized strategic asset: our space technology and satellites. It’s time that Washington to finally take seriously what was said in 2001: our space technology is in danger and is a “top national [security] priority.” Nothing can be of higher importance than defending this technology, the foundation for all our military does, against the growing capabilities of our most dangerous rivals. After all, we are only as strong as our weakest link. Even a Paris who knows his opponent’s weakness can bring down an Achilles. Andrew Sveda is a freshman at Notre Dame from Pittsburgh intending to major in political science. Besides politics, Andrew enjoys acting, playing the piano and tennis. He can be reached at asveda@nd.edu or @SvedaAndrew on Twitter. The views expressed in this column are those of the author and not necessarily those of The Observer.
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Investigating the ‘Cyber Sleuths’ As Notre Dame graduates from Michiana who are now working in the criminal legal system, we feel compelled to comment on last Saturday’s installment in the “What Would You Fight For” advertising campaign. For those unfamiliar with the campaign, installments in the series air during halftimes of Notre Dame football games on NBC. They generally “[showcase] the work, scholarly achievements and global impact of Notre Dame faculty, students and alumni . . . who fight to bring solutions to a world in need.” They generally make us feel proud. The most recent installment, “Fighting to Uncover the Evidence,” breaks with this tradition, in that it is less an advertisement for Notre Dame and more propaganda for Michiana law enforcement. We are taken aback by the Office of Public Affairs and Communications’ representation of the “Cyber Sleuths” program and local law enforcement, and the University’s level of comfort with holding this out as a fair and accurate representation of our institution and values. This ad is tone deaf and blind to recent policing controversies, particularly in Michiana. It is intellectually dishonest in its presentation of police as “experts in criminal law and criminal procedure.” It irresponsibly presents technology in the hands of law enforcement as an unqualified good. And it tacitly suggests that one gets furthest and does the most good by cooperating — even volunteering — with the
law enforcement apparatus than by critically examining its impact, holding it accountable for its abundant failures and questioning how it is deployed. These are not the University’s values. At least, we hope they are not. Lionizing law enforcement and partnering with it in public ineluctably comes with baggage. Take St. Joseph County Prosecutor Ken Cotter, a “Double Domer” prominently featured in the ad. We’re shown Mr. Cotter solemnly interacting with what must be a “Law and Order” set, like a network TV version of the experienced, decorated prosecutor he is. He is in the ad to acknowledge and reify the role that the Notre Dame Cyber Sleuths play in “holding people accountable for the crimes they commit, and getting justice for our victims,” as he says. The other side of Mr. Cotter’s legacy is left unacknowledged. Many South Bend residents will remember Mr. Cotter by his failure, last summer, to get a grand jury to indict an SBPD officer on reckless homicide charges after he sped down a city street going over 90 mph, without engaging his sirens until just before he struck a car and killed a Latina mother of two. The controversial racial disparities in the makeup of the South Bend police force as well as recent police shootings will likely play roles in determining the legacy of South Bend’s top prosecutor. In a criminal trial, when you preemptively rehabilitate your witness, you “open
the door” to rebuttal evidence. Why feature Mr. Cotter — or local law enforcement — at all? We are not saying the University must air local law enforcement’s dirty laundry in an ad like this. We’re saying this ad should not have gone to air in the first place. We encourage those skeptical of our claims to check out coverage of recent law enforcement failures — like ProPublica’s recent reporting on law enforcement in Elkhart, Indiana. We do not think absolutely everyone in law enforcement — particularly the Notre Dame Cyber Sleuths — is unworthy of praise. We only hope they take a more nuanced view of law enforcement than what is on offer in the ad, and that they are committed to making law enforcement function much better than it currently does. Moreover, we encourage students to intern at public defender offices like the one we work at if they want to see a fuller picture or — more to the point — if they are interested in actualizing the mission of this University by fighting for justice and equality. Arnav Dutt class of 2013 Sean Paulsen class of 2015 Sept. 22
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Horoscope | Eugenia Last Happy Birthday: Check off every box before you begin to make changes you’d like to implement. You have more choices than you realize, and you should question anyone trying to persuade you to make a snap decision. Take your time and move forward one step at a time, and you’ll be able to navigate the best possible route to your destination of choice. Your numbers are 5, 13, 22, 29, 31, 37, 43. ARIES (March 21-April 19): Get out of the house and do something you enjoy. A relationship with someone you love will take a positive turn if you make unique plans for two. Romance is favored and will lead to a closer bond. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Respond with compassion when dealing with a close friend, relative or child. Your tone of voice will make a difference in the way others react. Choose your words wisely and offer options, and you’ll gain respect and loyalty. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Your enthusiasm will be taken advantage of if you are too willing to accommodate others. Offer suggestions, but don’t make promises that will leave you dealing with responsibilities that don’t belong to you. Personal improvement should be your priority. CANCER (June 21-July 22): Control situations of an emotional or intimate nature. A challenge will surface if you let an outsider interfere in your personal affairs. Listen to complaints others have before you voice your own. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Attending a reunion or family gathering is encouraged. Conversations will be informative and give insight into a topic that interests you. Expanding your interests without putting your finances in jeopardy can be accomplished if you are innovative. Romance is featured. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Take part in a challenge that stimulates your imagination. Get involved in activities that you can share with people who bring out the best in you. A change of scenery will be rejuvenating and encourage you to rethink life choices. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): You’ll face opposition if you speak your mind. Size up a situation and let things settle before you offer your opinion or suggestions. Getting into an argument won’t solve problems, but showing interest, compassion and kindness will. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): A getaway will give you a chance to reassess your personal situation. Mulling over your options and considering what you want will help you come up with a workable plan that will make your life easier and less stressful. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Keep a low profile and put your efforts into self-improvement. Doing things that make you look and feel your best is favored as long as you set a strict budget. Refuse to let an emotional situation ruin your day. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Nurture relationships and prospects that are important to you. Planning a fun-filled day with someone you love will bring you closer. Keeping busy and being attentive will discourage complaints and getting into a disagreement. Choose peace and love over discord. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Be cautious when it comes to contracts, agreements and spending money on things you don’t need. Go over personal documents, and make sure everything is updated. Proper diet and exercise are encouraged. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Plans can be made that will add to your comfort at home and encourage you to pursue a project that interests you. Share your thoughts with someone you enjoy working with, and you will be offered options you hadn’t considered in the past. Birthday Baby: You are sensitive, passionate and hardworking. You are reliable and attentive.
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Best, worst offseason moves Ellen Geyer Sports Writer
It’s been 82 days since my last Sports Authority about the NBA. Accordingly, I will devote the remaining 482 words of this article to THE best professional sports league in the United States. Author’s note: this piece is best read while listening to the song “Basketball’ by Kurtis Blow. Note on author’s note: Basketball IS, in fact, my favorite sport. This summer’s free agency was one of the most absurd debacles I’ve ever witnessed. We knew it was going to be a big offseason, but we didn’t know it was going to be THAT big of an offseason. The entire playoff landscape has been reshaped by a slew of blockbuster deals, all of which demonstrate the league’s move away from a Big Three towards a Big Two. Without further ado, the biggest winners and losers of the 2019 NBA free agency.
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moping around aimlessly with no real leadership and frankly no semblance of a desire to win. Who’s going to be the face of their franchise? Kevin Love? No offense, Kev, but we all know you’d rather jet around Europe then hit the gym with your guys in Northeast Ohio. The league didn’t even throw the Cavs a bone in the draft. It’s going to be another long year at the very bottom of the league.
Western Conference Biggest Winner: Los Angeles Clippers With one of the best plays of the offseason, the Clippers stole Kawhi Leonard right out from under LeBron and the Los Angeles Lakers. The Clippers were good before they had Kawhi — now they’re just scary. The board man gets paid, and this year, I anticipate his salary will come in the form of back-to-back NBA titles. Sorry Warriors, you can kiss your five-year Finals appearance streak goodbye (There IS a God).
Biggest winner: Milwaukee Bucks
Biggest Loser: Oklahoma City Thunder
It’s no secret that the Bucks’ biggest competition in the East was the Raptors, and I assume Milwaukee will be sending a thank you note to Kawhi Leonard in Los Angeles for clearing the way to an Eastern Conference title. Milwaukee kept roughly the same core and will continue to build on their momentum from last season. The 76ers might give them a slight run for their money, but without J.J. Redick, I don’t know how likely that really is.
Where to begin with the poor Thunder (apologies to my colleague Charlotte, who is experiencing almost as many misfortunes as a Thunder fan as I am as a Cavs fan). Losing Russell Westbrook and Paul George at the same time is quite unfortunate, and it looks like they’ll be having a building year in what’s looking to be a particularly brutal Western conference.
In conclusion
Biggest loser: Cleveland Cavaliers
Western Conference Champ: Clippers Eastern Conference: Bucks NBA Champ: Clippers
The summer the Cavs had in 2019 was almost as depressing as the winter the Cavs had through 2018-2019. Absolutely devastated with the loss of LeBron, it seems like Cleveland is sticking with the strategy of
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Errors hurt Irish in loss to Wolverines on road Observer Staff Report
The Notre Dame women’s volleyball team traveled to Ann Arbor on Sunday to compete against Michigan for the second time in five days. Coming off of a home win against the Wolverines, the Irish women were not so fortunate on the road. The game finished three sets to one in favor of Michigan. This was the tenth game of the season for the Fighting Irish Volleyball team. The team currently has a 7-3 record, with two of the three losses resulting from away games. Michigan marked the last non conference game that the team will play before matching up against ACC teams for the rest of the regular season. The first set of the game was close. The Irish only trailed by two points, finishing 25-23. Moving to the second set, the Wolverines picked up some momentum. This set was not so close; the Irish trailed 25-15. Even though they were down
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you got to worry about somebody running down the seam and it creates some other opportunities for [senior wide receiver] Chase Claypool and some other players on your football team. ”Now that we know that we‘ve got him back, it allows us to really start to focus on how we can get our weapons the football. ” … He did a great job in terms of not worrying about the injury, coming back and making physical plays, and playing physical. I thought it was a great, great way for him to come back in his first game.” Kelly also had praise for Claypool stepping up and making plays when the Irish needed it. “He’s a warrior. He plays so hard. Every single play, he’s demanding the attention of the Georgia defense and made an incredible catch down late in the fourth quarter,” he said. “Everybody knows we’re going to go to him and still comes up with big plays. He got hit a couple of times and just gets right back up. He makes a huge play in special teams. Can’t get blocked. Just unblockable. He’s a warrior. He’s so instrumental to our success and I can’t say enough good things about him.” Despite good performances
2-0 going into the third set, the Notre Dame team did not let up. The Irish won the third set 2520. If they wanted any chance at winning the game, the Irish needed to win the fourth set as well. Fighting until the end, the fourth set finished 25-16 in favor of the home team, Michigan. Looking at the kill stats for the game, Notre Dame and Michigan were very even — 50 and 51 respectively. One of the major deciders for this game was the amount of errors that Notre Dame had throughout the game. The Irish had a composite 32 errors throughout the game, compared to their opponents 17. This played a major role in the Irish’s downfall. The Notre Dame team showcased a lot of young talent in the game against Michigan. Freshman outside hitter, Caroline Meuth and sophomore right side hitter, Sydney Bent led the team in kills, with 11 each. The two hitters showed up across the board for countless other stats as well. On the
defensive end, these girls led the team in digs, with Meuth racking up 15 and Bent recording 12. Together, this duo shines a light on the future of Notre Dame volleyball. Also a noteworthy performer was sophomore Zoe Nunez. Racking up 40 assists, Nunez was by far the biggest playmaker for the Irish this weekend at Ann Arbor. Named to the Preseason All-ACC Team for 2019, Zoe Nunez is foreseen to perform at a high level for the entire season. The Irish currently sit in third in the ACC season rankings, trailing only Pitt and Wake Forest. Their rivals for next week, University of North Carolina, are in last at No. 15 and have a losing record of 3-7. The first ACC game will be both a challenge and an opportunity to bounce back from a tough away loss against a school rival. The game is scheduled for Friday, September 27th, at Notre Dame. Tip off is set for 7:00pm at the Purcell Pavilion.
from a few players, there were many errors that cost the Irish throughout the game. Kelly discussed the play of his offensive line and the several false start penalties his team committed. “I think there’s room for improvement. We’re putting a lot of pressure obviously on our offense when you’re throwing the ball,” he said. “We want to be more balanced. We’re really thin at the running back position right now. So, when you put that much pressure on your offensive line and they know that you’re throwing the football, that’s a pretty good job with the group up front and sorting things out. “Again, I think what was most disappointing was the inability to communicate effectively, and we got to coach that better, but we also have to be aware. We had too many false start penalties. We knew they were going to move and stuff up front and we didn’t handle that very well. Then we had some issues with the silent cadence with our quarterback and again, we’ve got to do a better job there. All in all, their pass protection was excellent. Kelly also commented on how the atmosphere of the game got to the offense and through senior quarterback Ian Book off of his rhythm. “We had used silent count all week. Matter of fact, we had our Saturday walkthrough and we went 15 minutes of silent
cadence without any issues. I just think unfortunately in the moment of the game, he just went back to muscle memory and what he had done so much, is the clap, and it cost us,” Kelly said. “So, obviously very unfortunate, but we’ll have to continue to work on it and clean it up so it doesn’t happen again.” Despite the end result, Kelly is looking forward to the next game against the University of Virginia and will work to get his team back up after an emotional loss. “We play a lot of big games and so, we can’t put all of our energy, emotional energy, into one game. We talked about that last week, that we have to go down here and treat the Georgia game like a business trip because the next game is going to be as big,” he said. “You go into a season with an emotional balance from week to week. “We got to go to Michigan and that’s going to be a big one. We’ve got to go play our rival USC. We’ve got to go to Stanford. Navy is always difficult and an emotional game for us. We set the season up that way. We don’t play up and down or competition with. We play to a level that is consistent, week in and week out, and we kind of talk about that. Our guys do a great job of balancing it that way.” Contact Hayden Adams at hadams3@nd.edu
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per game. It would be a difficult match, but Notre Dame had more than enough talent to challenge North Carolina. The first half of action was dominated by the Tar Heels who controlled most of the possession and forced the Irish’s keeper, senior Duncan Turnbull, to make four saves before the 45th minute mark. Having pressured the Notre Dame defense relentlessly, UNC did not have to wait very long for their first goal as Turnbull deflected a powerful shot from junior Raul Aguilera in the 13th minute. The ball was corralled by senior forward, Jelani Pieters whose own shot reached the back of the net giving the Heels a 1-0 lead. UNC finished the half with eleven total shots while Notre Dame was only able to muster one. The Irish responded to their first half struggles by starting the second period aggressively. Notre Dame created many chances and, in the 56th minute, junior midfielder, Aiden McFadden launched a spectacular 30 yard volley that came just short from leveling the score. However, the Irish’s hopes for a comeback were dampened by freshmen defender, Blake Malone who scored the first goal of his collegiate career in the
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playing above that level, and … whether it‘s taking care of a little finer detail defensively, or with finishing … or with grinding out the result … it‘s becoming a little bit infuriating. “But we‘re doing so many good things and controlling large portions of the game against quote-unquote top 10 teams. … At the end of the day, we‘re still coming out with that loss. So we have got to figure out how to fix that. And hopefully, we‘ll have a little chip on our shoulder and play with an edge … because I think we all realize how good we can be and we need to take care of business.” It was a relatively mundane first forty-five minutes, with the only gilt-edge chance of the half coming Clemson’s way courtesy of a set-piece in the 20th minute. After referee William Ate called a soft foul on freshman midfielder Maddie Mercado on the Irish right, Clemson’s Renee Guido lofted a masterful flat ball into Irish penalty area. Engineered commotion at the top of the 18 by the Tigers left two Irish defenders in heap, giving Clemson senior defender Mackenzie Smith an incredible amount of space on the six yard box. Smith had time to chest the ball down but then took one touch too many, allowing Irish sophomore goalkeeper Mattie Interian to bolt off her line and smother Smith’s effort to make
67th minute. Malone was able to head the ball in near the back post off of a Jack Skahan corner, which extended the Heel’s lead 2-0. Notre Dame battled back valiantly and pushed sophomore goalkeeper Alec Smir to make his first save of the night in the match’s final minutes. As Irish head coach Chad Riley reflected upon the contest, he was encouraged by his team’s aggression in the second half despite the overall result. “I think [UNC] came out with a lot of aggression,” Riley said. “We didn’t have a lot of the ball in the first half. I thought that they actually scored their goal on one of their worst chances. It bounced off a couple of people and fell right to their striker. In the second half, we were very good and responded really well. “We were really pushing hard and had some close chances to even-up the game. Against the run of play, they scored on a corner, which then led us to chase the game a little bit more. I loved that the team really fought until the very end. Overall, we are disappointed with the result, but I think the second half was the best half of soccer that we’ve played all year.” Coach Riley also commented on how this three match road stretch helps the Irish prepare for the postseason. “Playing on the road is a little bit different, but … at the end
of the day, I think my team is pretty used to it. I like playing away from home because you have to do that to win a national championship. This road trip has been excellent preparation for us.” While Notre Dame came out of Chapel Hill without a win, their gritty second half performance gave the team a lot to build off of as they travel to Michigan State (0-4-2) on Tuesday. Turnbull will look to build off of his great start between the posts as he has recorded 16 saves in only five matches. The game in East Lansing will be at 7 p.m. and is a good opportunity to pick up a valuable road win before the Irish really get into the core of their tough ACC schedule. When asked about Notre Dame’s immediate goals, Riley stated that the team’s preparations are geared towards defeating the Spartans. “It’s tough any time you go a couple of games without getting the result you want,” Riley said. “A draw with Indiana is not a terrible draw, but, at the same time, you want to win that game. I think right now everybody is just focused on Michigan State. We know that this is an important game against a good team, so the short term goal is to be prepared to attack the Spartans with a high intensity.”
the best of her four saves on the night. After an uninspiring first half, Norman and his side talked during the break about exploiting Clemson’s flanks in hopes of breaking the deadlock. “We did some things where we thought there was a lot of space in the wide areas, so we tried to create the overload [in those areas],” Norman said. “[That] was one of the main things we did in that game to really push the envelope a little bit in the second half, which would help us create more chances, but … in the end, left us a little more vulnerable from a defensive standpoint. But … that was the main adjustment — to get more players in those wider areas to where we felt [Clemson] was more susceptible to where the space was for us.” The game would indeed open up in the second half, but it would be the Tigers who struck first in the 57th minute. Smith would more than atone for her failure to finish in the first half with a wonderful strike from 25 yards. After maintaining a brief spell of possession in the Irish half, Guion played a simple ball to Smith, who took advantage after Notre Dame failed to close her down. Interian got a hand to Smith’s dipping effort but could not keep it out, as the ball just managed to cross the goal line after nicking the underside of the crossbar. Norman reflected that his team paid dearly for making a rare mistake against top opposition. When asked if Smith — a
defender — was given too much space, Norman agreed. “One hundred percent,” he said. “There are multiple things that went wrong defensively, where we could have [put] more pressure on the ball that close to our goal. … You‘re playing a good team …. they’re gonna punish you if you make those mistakes and … Clemson did. So … credit to them for taking advantage of a defensive error on our part and finishing off that chance.” Notre Dame would grow back in the match, however, and create multiple opportunities to score the equalizer. The best chance would come in the 72nd minute, when Clemson’s senior keeper, Sandy MacIver, made a magnificent save to deny Irish junior midfielder Sammi Fisher at MacIver’s near post. Sophomore forward Olivia Wingate put the Tigers on their heels with a strong run down the near touchline before working the ball to grad student Shannan Hendricks, whose cross was only cleared as far as Fisher. Fisher duped the Clemson back line by feigning a cut inside before entering the Tiger penalty area and unleashing a low drive that was only kept out by the strong right hand of MacIver. On the ensuing corner, Notre Dame sophomore Brianna Martinez got her head to the delivery after a great leap, but her effort flew well over the crossbar. A half a minute later, sophomore Luisa Delgado dragged a shot wide. Finally, with five minutes to go, Fisher put another
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school and found immense success this past track season, capping it off with a NCCA Championship in the distance medley relay at the NCAA Division I Indoor Track & Field Championships with teammates graduate student Edward Cheatham, junior Sam Voelz and junior anchor Yared Nuguse. Sean Carlson, head men’s cross country coach, said he is confident Jacobs will make a smooth transition from the 5K high school distance to the 8Ks and 10Ks of college. When asked about his performance Jacobs stated, “I was happy. Our main goal was to just run as a team, and we really need to get used to that throughout the season because that’s what cross country is about. It’s a team sport. We did that for awhile and we stayed together, had a great pack through four miles, and we are really happy about that. It was a great day.” Jacobs said he is thrilled to be back on the cross country course competing. “It feels great. It’s tough, so sometimes I don’t like it,” he said. “But it’s awesome. It’s awesome with the team. We have a lot of goals and we have a lot of potential I think and a
decent chance on target after a well-executed play from a setpiece. Martinez drew the foul and a yellow card after being taken down by Tiger sophomore Syndey Dawson, and with Clemson expecting junior forward Eva Hurm to whip a ball to the back post, Hurm slipped in Fisher, who had peeled off the Tiger’s three-person wall. Fisher attempted a deft side-footed finish to the far-post, but MacIver’s right foot was enough to guarantee her side the clean sheet and the three points. While pleased with how the Irish played overall, Norman acknowledged that his team could learn from Clemson’s efficiency in front of goal. “Clemson is a good team,” he said. “They are a legitimate top 10 team and they’re tough to play against. We limited their opportunities. We were able to create what we felt like were enough opportunities to win the game, but soccer’s a funny sport because, you know, they had a player that made the plays. … [Smith had a] great shot about twenty-five yards out that found a way over the goal line and you know, even with even controlling sections of the game and creating enough chances, we got to figure out how to finish some of those opportunities. On the same theme of being clinical, Norman discussed the team’s frustration. “If you walk out of a game where the other team smashes you and they create a bunch of chances and you create nothing
lot of talent, so I’m excited to see what we can do this year.” There were many other strong performances, but Carlson noted the performance of junior Peter Monahan who placed third overall with a time of 25:17.27. “This is his first year where he is healthy and running on our home course, which is really cool to see for our cross country season. He was in our top five and that’s always fun to see,” Carlson said. The other scorers for the men finished within mere seconds of one another: freshman Matthew Carmody finished second with a time of 25:17.09. Followed by sophomore Zach Kreft (25:17.42), and senior Tyler Keslin (25:23.41), who placed fourth and fifth overall respectively. Both teams will be using the next couple of weeks to gear up for the Joe Piane Invitational, which will take place Friday, Oct. 4th at Burke Golf Course. The meet will feature 15 of the top 30 schools in the nation and 16 national qualifying teams from last year. “We are looking to get a more holistic picture of where we are at at Joe Piane. We will be tested there,” Carlson said. “There are some really good schools.” Contact Nate Moller at nmoller@nd.edu
and lose by a goal or two, that’s a very different, depressing feeling than when you get out of a game and you feel that you created more than enough chances to win,” he said. “I mean … the feeling’s more of an extreme, like, frustration, just because I feel bad for players. I feel like they’ve done [enough to get a result]. I feel for them. But at the end of the day, it’s on us … there aren’t moral victories here. No one’s gonna pat them on the back because they put in a good performance and … controlled parts of the game and created a lot of chances.” The Irish will look to get back to winning ways when they host Pitt at Alumni Stadium in their first conference clash of the year at home. Norman does not see the need for any drastic change, although he is anticipating a strong reaction from his side. “We‘re not going to change a whole lot because there have been so many good things,” he said. “We just have to play with an edge and attitude all game. And we have got to be more ruthless and cutthroat when we get into the box. You know, we have got to [take care of] some finer details on the defensive end, but there won’t be any massive changes. … I hope there’s an angry team that comes out to play on Thursday.” Kickoff on Thursday is scheduled for 7 p.m. and will air on ACC Network Extra. Contact Greg McKenna at gmckenn2@nd.edu
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ND dominant in tourney wins By NATE MOLLER Sports Writer
The Notre Dame men’s and women’s cross country team continued their dominant start to the season by both taking first at the National Catholic Invitational this past Friday. Both teams easily finished in first place with the women’s team winning by a 52 point margin and the men’s team edging out the next opponent, Walsh by 54 points and tallying a perfect score of 15, with individual runners finishing in 1-23-4-5 order. The women’s team was once again led by the young talent of sophomore Maddy Denner. Competing in her first home cross country meet, Denner shined from start to finish and crossed the finish line of the 5K in a time of 17:21.12. Denner now has back to back victories, as she won the Crusader Invitational two weeks ago. Leading for the whole race, Denner started to pull away
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from the field after the third mile en route to a resounding victory. There were plenty of other promising performances across the board, but most notably on the women’s side were the performances of second and third place runners, junior Anna Sophia Keller and freshman Jocelyn Long, who placed second and third overall with times of 17:45.13 and 17:55.15 respectively. The other scorers on the women’s side were junior Erin Sullivan and senior Erin Archibeck. Sullivan and Archibeck finished fifth and seventh overall with times of 18:02.84 and 18:06.60 respectively. On the men’s side, all eyes were on redshirt sophomore Dylan Jacobs. Jacobs did not disappoint, winning the 8K race clocking a time of 25:08.94. Jacobs was the 2017 Foot Locker National Champion in high
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In the second contest of No. 16 Notre Dame’s three match stint away from home, No. 11 UNC was able to cruise to a 2-0 victory on Friday. The Irish (3-2-1) had fought through two overtime periods to hold No. 4 Indiana’s potent offense to one goal in a 1-1 draw, but they still traveled to Chapel Hill as an underdog. The Tar Heels (41-2) had not lost a game since September 1st and were fresh off of a three match winning streak before tying their instate rival, Davidson. The statistics seemed to indicate that North Carolina had a slight edge over the Irish. UNC scores about 2.14 goals per match while limiting their opponents to a mere 0.71 goals on average. On the other hand, the Irish rack up more points than UNC on average (2.20 per contest) but allow 1.80 goals
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Irish sophomore midfielder Mohamed Omar passes the ball during Notre Dame’s 1-0 win over Denver on Sept. 8 at Alumni Stadium.
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For the second time in as many weeks, the Notre Dame women‘s soccer team traveled to South Carolina to take on top10 opposition and again came agonizingly short of sharing the spoils, this time suffering a narrow 1-0 loss against Clemson on Friday night. Friday‘s result was the Irish’s third defeat in as many games, with the losses at No. 7 South Carolina and at home against Iowa also being decided by a single goal. Notre Dame head coach Nate Norman admitted that frustration has set in amongst the squad, especially after being the better team for significant portions of all three contests. “I don’t think that frustration is because we‘re like, oh, man… [South Carolina and Clemson are] just so great… [or because] we can‘t play at that level,” he said. “I actually think that not only are we playing with them, but, in many instances, we‘re
Notre Dame football head coach Brian Kelly held a teleconference Sunday afternoon to answer questions regarding Notre Dame’s recent loss at No. 3 Georgia. He provided an injury update by announcing that junior linebacker Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah had been examined for a blow to the head. “Owusu was evaluated for a concussion. He was brought to the tent. So, that‘s hard to be booing at a young man who suffered an evaluation for a concussion,” Kelly said. “Again, it‘s a non-issue. It happens in college football all of the time. Guys go down and they’ve got to be administered to. I’ve seen games against us where there have been many, many more, so I’m not even sure why you’re asking the question.” He also addressed the recoveries of, among others, junior wide receiver Michael Young and sophomore running back Jahmir Smith, who missed the Georgia game for a
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Irish sophomore forward Olivia Wingate sprints forward during Notre Dame’s 3-2 loss to Iowa at Alumni Stadium on Sept. 15.
broken collarbone and turf toe, respectively. “As it relates to getting guys back, I would say ‘probable’ for Michael Young, I would say ‘probable’ for Jahmir Smith, and I would say, as it relates to Jafar Armstrong, we‘re probably a couple of weeks from Jafar getting back into action,” he said. “I would say ‘probable’ for Braden Lenzy. Three probables for this weekend and Jafar is making great progress towards coming back sometime, we’re hopefully, right around the USC game.” Junior tight end Cole Kmet also suffered a broken collarbone during fall camp but made his season debut against the Bulldogs. Kelly had praise for Kmet’s performance. “Well, anytime you have a player that you believe can impact, to get him off to a good start, it creates obviously a lot of energy on the sideline when you‘re bringing a guy back in. His physicality was felt right away,” Kelly said. “Then he gives us great versatility because now see KELLY PAGE 9
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a true freshman in South Bend and posted 141 yards. While he got the job done back in 2017, Fromm proved experience has only made him all the wiser, earning a total of nearly 200 yards with no turnovers. The Irish defensive unit gave him some trouble, though. In the opening drive, Fromm earned a quick first down before the Notre Dame defensive line held junior running back De’Andre Swift to three short carries, bringing up 4th-and-long. “He’s a great running back. He’s explosive, big back, just a guy that’s competition as well,” senior safety and captain Alohi Gilman said of Swift. “He’s obviously tough for any matchup.” These opening snaps set the tone for the remainder of the quarter, as neither team was able to gain substantial yardage. The Bulldogs relied primarily on the run game while Irish senior quarterback Ian Book kept his focus on the big targets on the periphery: Claypool, Kmet and junior running back Tony Jones Jr. in short yardage. With neither team on the board, the Irish finished the first quarter with Claypool picking up a key first down on 3rd-and-long to move the offense near the midfield stripe. Returning to the field, the Irish were unable to immediately build on that momentum as Book struggled to connect with his receivers and Kmet picked up the fourth penalty of the game for Notre Dame. They got a second chance, however, when Georgia senior wide receiver Tyler Simmons dropped the punt and Claypool recovered deep in the Notre Dame red zone. “I was excited because this one actually counted as compared to last year against Clemson, which probably should’ve counted,” Claypool joked after the game. Aided by a pass interference by Georgia, from the 8-yard line Book moved to the 1-yard line before hurling a high pass into the end zone for Kmet, who made a one-handed catch. In many ways, the Irish striking first seemed a necessary response to the hostile environment. “We had crowd noise that was pretty defeaning, so we were ready for it,” Claypool said. “I don’t think the crowd noise really threw us off our game, other than just the false starts. Other than that, in terms of doing the plays the right way, I think we did that.” But just like that, the celebration was over. Georgia came marching down the field, adding a touchdown of their own to the board. Starting at the 25-yard line, Fromm showed a variety of different looks, connecting with six different players and even rushing into the
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red zone himself before handing things over to Swift — who then sprinted three yards into the end zone. In the final minutes of the first half, Notre Dame kept their foot on the accelerator, intent on restoring the lead. Four straight passes, including 28-yard throws to both Kmet and sophomore receiver Lawrence Keys III, quickly put the Irish in scoring territory. However, with the clock winding down and after running out of timeouts, Book was unable to find the end zone, getting his pass blocked on a short-yardage throw. Junior kicker Jonathan Doerer took the field for the first time and added three points to the Irish score. “When you call a play like that you’re either going to be a hero on the play or take a zero,” Irish head coach Brian Kelly said of the third-down block. While the play disappointed the Irish’s opportunity to punch in four extra points, Kelly was generally impressed with Book’s performance. “The big picture was poise and patience in the pocket, delivering the football where he needed to,” he said. “There’s some things we’ll work on, but he’s getting to the level that he can begin now to ascend to a level where he can begin to take over the game.” That poise and confidence showed signs of cracking early in the second half, as what little offense the Irish had managed to create virtually stalled. Georgia gained 131 yards throughout the third quarter, compared to Notre Dame’s 19. The Irish simply didn’t have a response for the Bulldogs’ dual offensive threat. The first time Book took the field in the second half, he got picked off on 3rd down on the Notre Dame 22-yard line. The Bulldogs were unable to capitalize on this location but did manage to grab three points of a 40-yard field goal by redshirt senior kicker Rodrigo Blankenship. A 3-and-out by the Irish was followed by another Blankenship field goal before the Irish found themselves in trouble again with two players picking up penalties on third and fourth down. As the lights came down on Sanford stadium and phone flashlights took over, the game was proving to be more exciting than the 10-13 score might reflect. Georgia struck first as Fromm connected on a series of four passes, including a 15yard throw right into the end zone. For Kelly, high-speed focused drives like this are what make Fromm so threatening to opponents. “He doesn’t put the ball in a position where it’s going to be turned over,” he said “… They had to make some good catches.” One of the players who found himself on the unfortunate end of one of Fromm’s dangerous
throws was senior cornerback Troy Pride Jr. However, Kelly said that’s far more likely due to the ability of the Georgia receivers and Fromm to communicate than a lack of ability on Pride Jr.’s part. “Troy’s a great defender, but he didn’t have much of a chance,” Kelly said. With the game now a touchdown and a half, Notre Dame desperately needed to respond, but was unable to keep the ball for long when Book threw his second interception of the night — right into the arms of senior defensive back J.R. Reed. The Irish managed to contain the Bulldogs and force Blankenship to take a 43-yard field goal, but the score still approached that two-touchdown loss prediction. Just past the halfway mark of the quarter, Notre Dame finally found its rhythm again by returning to the passing game. While all the receivers and running backs contributed throughout the drive, Claypool and Kmet once again were the go-to guys, recording a 31-yard and 23-yard catch to put their team in striking distance. Claypool snagged a fouryard catch in the front-corner of the end zone to cut the Bulldogs’ lead in half. Georgia burned a minute of game clock before the Irish offense returned for one final chance at avenging their 2017 loss. Taking the field just past the midfield stripe, Book connected with Jones and Claypool to earn a quick first down. Out of timeouts, Book looked to Claypool twice, throwing three incomplete passes. On fourth down, Georgia rushed along the edges of the pocket, forcing Book to scramble and throw a Hail Mary. Deep in Georgia territory, Claypool rose to make the catch but three Georgia defenders were there to make the play. Notre Dame was forced to watch the Bulldogs run the clock out and claim the victory. This loss stung, according to senior defensive end and captain Khalid Kareem. “[The team] played well, it just came down to those small plays — turning the ball over, jumping offsides,” Kareem said. Despite the narrative that Notre Dame’s College Football Playoff opportunities hinged on this matchup, Kelly is reassured that next week’s home game against Virginia could be more effective in defining the season. “The defining game will be next week. We’ll know who we are truly next week,” he said. “How you come back on Monday will certainly define who this football team is. I know who you are tonight based upon what I saw, but you want to talk about defining games, it wasn’t tonight, it’ll be next week.” Contact Charlotte Edmonds at cedmond3@nd.edu
Scoring Summary 2
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
Total
0 0
10 7
0 6
7 10
17 23
Notre Dame 7, georgia 0
Cole Kmet 1-yard pass from Ian Book (Jonathan Doerer kick)
10:39
remaining Drive: Five plays, 8 yards, 1:43 elapsed
NOTRE DAME 7, Georgia 7
D’Andre Swift 3-yard run (Rodrigo Blankenship kick)
2:27
remaining Drive: 13 plays, 75 yards, 8:12 elapsed
NOTRE DAME 10, georgia 7 Doerer 27-yard field goal
0:00
remaining Drive: Eight plays, 66 yards, 2:27 elapsed
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Notre Dame 10, georgia 10 Blankensip 40-yard field goal
8:31
remaining Drive: Four plays, -1 yard, 1:27 elapsed
georgia 13, notre dame 10 Blankensip 31-yard field goal
4:21
remaining Drive: Seven plays, 53 yards, 2:36 elapsed
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Georgia 20, notre dame 10
Lawrence Cager 15-yard pass from Jake Fromm (Blankenship kick)
13:19
remaining Drive: Eight plays, 82 yards, 3:59 elapsed
georgia 23, notre dame 10
Blankenship 43-yard field goal
6:54
remaining Drive: Seven plays, 41 yards, 4:17 elapsed
Georgia 23, notre dame 17
Chase Claypool 4-yard pass from Book (Doerer kick)
3:12
remaining Drive: 10 plays, 75 yards, 3:42 elapsed
statistics
RUSHING yards
152 46
PASSING yards 187 275
total yards 339 321
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Irish senior wide receiver Chase Claypool takes in the atmosphere during Notre Dame’s 23-17 loss against Georgia at Sanford Stadium in Athens, Georgia, on Saturday. Claypool tallied 66 receiving yards, including a 23-yard catch late in the fourth quarter that set up a four-yard touchdown pass from Ian Book to bring the Irish within a touchdown.
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After a scoreless first quarter, Notre Dame was threatening an upset of Georgia, heading to the locker with a 10-7 halftime lead. However, Georgia’s defense settled in, not allowing an Irish first down in the third quarter. At the same time, Bulldogs quarterback Jake Fromm and running back D’Andre Swift paced the offense, giving the record home crowd a 23-17 victory.
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Irish senior wide reciever Chase Claypool cuts toward the end zone during Notre Dame’s loss.
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Irish senior quarterback Ian Book looks to throw during Notre Dame’s 23-17 loss at Georgia on Saturday at Sanford Stadium.
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Irish senior running back Tony Jones Jr. looks for an opening during Saturday’s matchup at Georgia.
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Irish junior linebacker Drew White dives for an open-field tackle during Notre Dame’s 23-17 loss against Georgia on Saturday. White had four solo tackles during the game, tied for second-best on the team.