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speaker examines burden of N d tuition
Office of Student Enrichment director discusses increasing financial aid for low-income students
By AIDAN LEWIS News Writer
the office of Student Enrichment — founded in late 2015 — was the topic of conversation at the diversity and inclusion lecture series Monday night at debartolo hall. director of the office of Student Enrichment
Marc Burdell spoke about the office’s founding and its purpose — to help make Notre dame financially feasible for low-income students.
“the task was to figure out how to put together a new office that would really figure out how all of our students, regardless of socioeconomic status, first generation college status, non-traditional background or anything else for that matter, could feel welcome at the university,” Burdell said.
Burdell, a Notre dame alumnus, said he was particularly motivated to work in the office because he himself came from humble beginnings.
“i showed up in 1983 without a winter coat, my dad worked in a grocery store and i was the first in my family to go to college,” Burdell said. “i didn’t have a dime, but it was awesome. i had the greatest experience.”
Burdell said leaving for college as a low-income student brings with it many complications.
“you don’t just unplug from your family’s situation,” Burdell said. “Many of our students here were helping to raise their families, helping to support their families and helping run their families. When they left, there’s a void there and there are also some feelings of guilt.”
to help students deal with such issues, Burdell said the office has set up a peer-advising program.
“We try to pair students who have been here and have gone through certain things with students who just got here and are
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Director of the Office of Student Enrichment Marc Burdell, a Notre Dame alumnus, speaks Monday night about decreasing the cost of a Notre Dame education for low-income students through funding.
Dinner aims for discourse
By NATALIE WEBER News Writer
although junior Natasha reifenberg has advocated for reproductive rights in Latin america and senior aly Cox is the president of the Notre dame right to Life club, the two found common ground in their views towards a criminal ban on abortion in El Salvador and coauthored an editorial expressing their opinion on
the issue. inspired by the common ground they found during this encounter, the two are planning a BeyoNd the abortion debate dialogue dinner — cosponsored by BridgeNd, Show Some Skin, We Stand For and the Notre dame right to Life club — to bring together pro-life and pro-choice students to discuss abortion and find areas of common ground.
“[Cox] and i both feel really really strongly about the importance
of dialogue,” reifenberg said. “i think she’s someone who really understands that, because the pro-life position is the majority position at Notre dame.”
Cox said she felt it was her club’s duty to create a space for discussion between pro-life and prochoice students who said they felt they did not have a platform from which they could discuss their
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habitat for humanity chapter created at SMC
By GINA TWARDOSZ News Writer
Saint Mary’s students volunteered their time to build walls for “Women Build,” a project by habitat for humanity. Junior Kay thursby started a Saint Mary’s chapter of habitat for humanity and she — along with other Saint
Mary’s students — participated in the project as their first event. thursby said in an email that habitat for humanity has always been an instrumental part of her life.
“i have been involved with habitat for humanity since high school,” she said. “i was really involved in my high school youth
group at old St. pat’s in Chicago, and we went on service trips every summer. after i graduated, i served as the intern for the youth group and helped plan and execute these service trips.
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Islam Awareness Week begins
By COURTNEY BECKER News Editor
the Muslim Student association (MSa) kicked off islam awareness Week on Monday by handing out hijabs on Fieldhouse Mall and teaching people how to tie them.
Sara abdel rahim, a senior and the president of MSa, said community members were more engaged in the event this year after experiencing it in years past.
“i think people loved the event last year,” she said. “Everyone is coming up and saying, ‘hey, i still have my scarf from last year, can i grab another one? Can you teach me how to tie it a different way?’ So kind of building a foundation for the past couple of years and then having people remember it and tell people about it — it’s been really great to have people come and say, ‘i remember this from last year, and i want to do it again.’”
the week — which is cosponsored by other groups such as the gender relations Center, Notre dame international and Multicultural Student programs and Services — serves as an opportunity for non-Muslim students to learn more about islamic culture, abdel rahim said.
“i think it’s amazing. i wish islam awareness Week could be islam awareness year, but we obviously don’t have funds and resources for that,” she said. “But i think, definitely, when people come up and ask me to teach them how to wear it or what does a hijab mean to [me], there’s definitely an amazing desire for the students on campus to learn about islam and to get a better understanding of it. … Even though it is a majority-Catholic campus, if you do provide a venue and a platform for people to
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Howard Hall organizes Lenten ‘Chapel Crawl’
By ANDREW CAMERON news Writer
many students regularly attend sunday mass in their dorms, but during the Lenten season, students from howard hall encourage the community to take mass attendance a step further. since 2011, students organizing the annual howard hall chapel crawl have scheduled mass in a different chapel every day of Lent, allowing participants to attend mass in every dorm chapel and many chapels in other buildings on campus.
sophomore emily Patton, a resident of howard hall, organized the event as liturgical commissioner last year and now runs the Twitter account and Facebook page for the event. she
said she encourages the campus community to attend mass in various chapels during Lent to gain new experiences and perspectives while bonding with fellow students.
“every night during Lent — except saturdays — we have a mass hosted in a different dorm, and we communicate with all the dorms to make sure it fits their schedule,” Patton said. “We try to hit all the fun food-masses like the dillon milkshake mass and whatnot, and then, throughout Lent, we encourage people to go to those masses, and someone in howard leads a walkover to mass every night of the chapel crawl.”
Patton said the Twitter account — @chapelcrawl17 — is a new addition this year that will notify its followers of the chapel
the resources it can provide.
likely going to go through similar experiences,” burdell said.
d ue to its relatively recent founding, burdell said one of the office’s priorities is to educate students on the office and
Thus far, burdell said one of his main focuses has been to hear as many student voices as possible.
“We have probably talked one-on-one or in small groups with somewhere between 700 and 800 students over the past 18 months,” he said.
crawl’s schedule.
“it gives people updates everyday on what masses are happening, so if people subscribe to the Twitter with their phone, they can get a text telling them when we’re going to mass,” she said.
While a few students try to attend mass every day for the chapel crawl, most only stay for part of the scheduled masses, Patton said.
“o ver the course of the c hapel crawl, we probably get 20-30 people participating — not all at the same time — but we have had a pretty diverse group of people sign up to do walkovers this year, which has been pretty cool,” Patton said. “sometimes people will bring their friends to masses, too. The attendance at
burdell said he has learned that students are most concerned about financial aid and ensuring that money does not hold them back from having the notre dame experience. To help this problem, burdell said the o ffice of student e nrichment offers the student e xperience Fund, which is
the masses really depends, like if it’s midterms week, or dillon’s milkshake mass. it just depends on the day it falls on.”
Freshman clare buntrock, liturgical commissioner for howard hall, said attending daily mass can be a valuable experience during Lent.
“besides just seeing all the chapels, it’s a reflective experience going to mass every day … i’d say it definitely builds community while also building your spiritual life as well,” buntrock said. “a lot of people have commented that going to mass every day really changes your perspective during Lent. it’s a way to grow spiritually.”
The goal of the chapel crawl is to get as many students both in howard hall and outside dorms
funded entirely by profits from The shirt. additionally, burdell said the o ffice launched the Fighting i rish s cholars Pilot program this year, which aims to better fund 55 high-achieving, underresourced students by providing them with $1,000 in cash and $1,000 in d omer d ollars.
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“ … The long term goal for this project is that [ reifenberg] and i want to spread it to other college campuses and see if we can get other campuses to take up this event, whether they have a pro-life or a pro-choice majority,” cox said. “We want to show people that whoever the majority is, [they] have the responsibility to create a positive space for this dialogue and learn how to work with minority voices on
cox said she wanted the discussion to encourage members of the pro-life and pro-choice communities to work together — despite their differences — to serve the marginalized, especially women.
“...that would be a very selfish decision for either side to make, that we could not work with the other side, because of our differences and then the people who suffer from that decision are poor and vulnerable women, especially those facing unplanned pregnancies,” she said.
to participate, Patton said. “i think it’s a cool way to visit different dorms and see all the cool chapels on campus,” Patton said. “We don’t hit them all, but we hit quite a few of them, and we do get all the dorm ones. it’s a goal for some people to go to every dorm mass before they graduate, so we’re kind of providing them a fast way to do it.”
Patton said the chapel crawl enables students to bond with their peers and form new friendships.
“The idea is to show everyone the chapels, and you’ll occasionally meet new people through the chapel crawl,” she said.“it’s a nice way to build community.”
Contact Andrew Cameron at acamero2@nd.edu
“We give this money to the students and let them decide on their own how to budget, how to choose their experience and how to meet their own needs,” burdell said. “We’re not going to tell them how to do it.”
Contact Aidan Lewis at alewis9@nd.edu
reifenberg said she and cox chose moderators for the discussions who would create space for compassionate discussion, rather than inflammatory debate.
“ … We chose moderators who can model this idea of friendship and who understand that the whole point of this isn’t [to be] the best at arguing and to be like shutting people down … but the people who can best promote discourse around a really difficult topic,” reifenberg said.
e ach table will have one prolife and one pro-choice moderator, cox said. The moderators will meet before the dinner to find common ground in their views.
“They’re supposed to meet ahead of time to get to know each other, start to become friends, learn more about each other and learn where they have common ground so that they can be leaders at their table for discussion,” c ox said. “They’re also going to be charged with the task of making sure the conversation stays productive, doesn’t turn into a debate, and condescending commentary and tones of voice are not allowed.”
Promoting future conversations beyond the discussion is “really key to the event being productive,” c ox said.
“i think that those kinds of real action can be a result of these conversations start[ed] at the tables at the event on a pril 4, and i think it would just be a greater cause for change.”
Contact Natalie Weber at nweber@nd.edu
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coordinated with over six habitat for humanity affiliates. [habitat for humanity] is by far my favorite non-profit.”
Thursby has always wanted to help the st. Joseph chapter of habitat for humanity, she said. but in order to do so, she had to establish a chapter of habitat for humanity at saint mary’s.
“ever since freshman year, i have always wanted to become involved with the st. Joseph affiliate, but just never really seemed to have the time to do it,” she said. “This year, i came knowing that i was going to volunteer, but quickly discovered that there wasn’t a campus chapter here, but there was a strong desire to have it. so, i decided to take it upon myself and start it.”
habitat for humanity is about improving the lives of those in need as well as the lives of everyone in the community, Thursby said.
“habitat for humanity is an extremely important non-profit because of their commitment to truly bettering society,” she said. “People often think of charity work as just giving things away and this isn’t true, especially with [habitat for humanity]. homeowners are required to volunteer hundreds of hours in order to receive a home, and i think that this is extremely important, not only in the efficiency of habitat, but also in the sense of ownership the homeowners truly feel. it’s a tough and long process of obtaining a habitat house, but, based on every testimony from homeowners i have talked to, it’s always worth it.”
The saint mary’s students involved in the new chapter participated in their first ever event saturday to help “Women build,” an event that began with a group women who wanted to build and provide affordable housing for everyone.
“Women build is a habitat for humanity-wide event in which every affiliate picks a homeowner and the whole construction of their home has to be completed — at the very minimum — by 60 percent of women,” she said. “on saturday, we constructed all the walls for the home. We put together over thirty-five walls with some other volunteers. it was really inspiring and rewarding actually being able to see the work we did. as our first chapter event, it was a major success.”
Junior morgan Klein was one of the volunteers who helped with Women build. she said she had never been exposed to habitat to humanity before, but when Thursby started a campus chapter, she found more information and became excited about finding a new way to serve the community.
“it’s a really amazing way to give back to the community,” Klein said. “a lot of students are always looking for new ways to serve and [habitat for humanity] is a great way to help people and spend meaningful time doing something that can make everyone’s life better.”
Thursby said the volunteers are the reason habitat for humanity can help so many people.
“Without volunteers, habitat for humanity would not be nearly as successful as they are,” she said. “They truly rely on volunteers, so there would be so many less people living in affordable housing without [habitat for humanity] and its volunteers.”
sophomore volunteer micaela Petrarca said in an email that she is proud of the saint mary’s chapter of habitat for humanity.
“i’m proud of our president Kay Thursby for making this club and introducing habitat to me,”
Petrarca said.“it’s an amazing organization and i’m so happy to be a part of it now.”
all students are welcome to join the saint mary’s chapter of habitat for humanity, Thursby said.
“any and all students are more than welcome to become members of our campus chapter,” she said. “it’s never too late to become involved, and the more members we have, the more work we can do.”
Contact Gina Twardosz at gtwardosz01@saintmarys.edu
come and learn about it, they’ll definitely engage and do that — which is cool to see notre dame students doing.”
The msa’s hijab day gave abdel rahim a chance to explain that to her, a hijab is twofold, she said.
“it’s a sense of modesty in the physical sense — so you do cover up your hair, and wear long sleeves and pants,” she said.
abdel rahim said this commonly offers a greater sense of empowerment to people who wear hijabs.
“but also, when you’re covered up — in a sense it’s more empowering because you get to go and engage and do all the things you want, and you’re not held back by what society’s vision of you is,” she said. “so there is a negative connotation to the headscarf, but there are so many amazing hijabis out there
— people that wear headscarves — that are so empowered, and it doesn’t prevent them at all from doing the things that they love.”
islam awareness Week is also being celebrated at saint mary’s, abdel rahim said, as Tuesday’s scheduled event is a lecture at the college.
“it’s with a scholar named michael birkel,” she said. “he’s a professor at earlham college and he wrote a book called ‘The Quran in conversation.’ a nd he’s really cool about interreligious dialogue because he talks about how anyone can be a guest in someone else’s religion, you just have to be willing to learn about it.”
The week also features what abdel rahim said is “the equivalent of a homily in catholicism,” a “Quran halaqah,” on Wednesday.
“it’s going to be a person in msa who has the whole Quran memorized, which is cool,” she said. “We do that in islam, we memorize stories and verses
from the Quran. a nd he’ll be taking a couple of verses and kind of placing them in context and describing them more — kind of like what a priest does during a homily after the readings in mass.”
The week will conclude with the msa’s islam awareness Week dinner Thursday — this year focusing on islam through the ages — and a mosque tour friday. abdel rahim said she and the msa are happy for any community members to engage with islam awareness Week in any way.
“on behalf of msa, we’re really blessed that we have a campus that’s able to sponsor events like this and to be able to put it on,” she said. “a nd we do look for people to engage more over the coming weeks and to ask questions, because we don’t think there’s anything that’s a bad question.”
Contact Courtney Becker at cbecker3@nd.edu
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By ADAM RAMOS s cene Writer
“more Life,” drake’s latest playlist — yes, “playlist” — is a strong outing for the former “degrassi” star. Though a positive review of the work doesn’t say much, all things considered. At 22 songs (too) long, “more Life” finds the Toronto rap star — accompanied by the hottest collaborators and producers in the game — synthesizing some of hip-hop’s most exciting elements into a likely commercial smash. In this way, the inevitable success of “more Life” — be it commercial or critical — does not necessarily reflect anything about drake, but rather about today’s diverse hip-hop landscape more generally.
drake’s last album, “vIeWs,” while commercially successful, was met critically with mostly yawns. For a man famous for spilling his heart out, drake turned inward for the 20-song album. The guarded and edgy persona he developed on the record was more tiresome than anything else and the overarching collaboration with longtime producer noah “40” shebib lost any semblance of its spark. his latest collection of songs, “more Life” — with its warmer beats and intimate feel — is a return to form in many ways, but it ultimately fails to redeem “vIeWs” and continues to raise questions regarding drake’s legacy.
Just as Kanye is an expert at getting the very best out of his collaborators, drake is an expert at getting the very best collaborators. on “more Life,” the inclusion of each guest feels precise. With the fresh success of his recent debut, sampha’s crooning vocals and sparse piano lines absolutely shine on
the beautiful “4422.” Quavo, Travis scott, 2 chainz and Young Thug provide the playlist with a bustling who’s who of southern trap, arguable the most buzzed subgenre today’s hip-hop has to offer. even lesser-known talents are sharp, like south London’s Giggs — featured on two tracks — and Jorja smith, whose beautiful vocals over black coffee’s lush house beat creates an obvious standout out of “Get It Together.”
The many different genres and aesthetic expeditions drake channels through his collaborations in “more Life” — whether it’s east London’s Grime, Atlanta’s exploding trap or south Africa’s polyrhythmic house — are immediate draws to the bouncing playlist. For better or worse, each of drake’s collaborators has full reign in their respective track, often forcing drake into the peripheries — or in the case of “skepta Interlude” and “4422,” out of the spotlight altogether. Ultimately, drake’s side-line presence gives the work a more manufactured rather than organic feel, as if the once 6-God is now simply fishing for hits through propagation. The irony of Quavo signing “never let these n----- ride your wave / nope, no way, nah,” on track “Portland” is almost as laughable as the idea that drake had any input at all on the groovy earth, Wind & Fire sample in “Glow.” (I see you, Ye.)
The one credit drake deserves stems from his commitment to taking dancehall, however ubiquitous as that genre has become, to the forefront of popular music. drake is obviously familiar with turning the subtle bass and breezy rhythms of Jamaican dancehall into hits (see “one dance” and “controlla”), but on “more Life” he attempts to capitalize on this ability. The bouncy synths of “Passionfruit” are magnetic behind drake’s sultry vocals, reminiscent of his top
vocal performances from tracks like “hold on, We’re Going home,” or “marvin’s room.” “madiba riddim” and “blem” also feature similar dancehall structures, which is pleasant, if a bit redundant.
Whether it’s a marketing scheme or simply an excuse for the lack of cohesion, drake labeling his work a “playlist” instead of an album or mixtape is curious. While “more Life” has generally a warmer feel than its predecessor, nothing binds it together — which is an issue. one of major strengths of drake’s 2015 surprise record “If You’re reading This It’s Too Late” was the confined subject matter and inspiration. The aggression and frustration was guided and engaging, each word felt meaningful. but now we have a playlist and a decent one at that. Unfortunately for drake though, the reality is that anyone can make a playlist — but it takes an artist to make an album, especially in hip-hop.
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“More Life” Drake
Label: Young Money / Cash Money
If you like: Young Thug, Sampha Tracks: “2244,” “Passionfruit”
By JOHN DARR s cene Writer
Ah, spring: the ideal season for perfume. While winter bundling smothers whatever scent is on your skin and summer heat evaporates perfume at overwhelming rates, spring provides a lovely backdrop of fresh air, rain smell and fresh flowers to compliment whatever scent you fancy. Whether you’re looking for a new scent or simply weeding through your current collection, this list will help you stick your nose where it does belong.
t he stinky
dolce and Gabanna — “Light blue”
Febreze smells better and lasts longer than “Light blue for men.” This is the hot guy or girl that you picked up in the club who seemed like “the one” before they opened their mouth; “Light blue” is initially pleasant but at close range is suffocatingly shallow and shrill. You can do better than screechy synthetic citrus notes over a stale wood base. “Light blue for Women” isn’t as offensive – it’s a basic citrus scent with some pleasant bamboo notes – but it’s just as overpriced.
calvin Klein — “cK one”
“cK one” is said to make the wearer invisible due to how bland and forgettable it is. It remains a favorite among health professionals who can’t subject patients to strong smells, probably. “cK one” is by no means an unpleasant scent; the pineapple, citrus and musk combination will never offend passersby. It simply doesn’t last long on the skin, though — and, for the short while it’s around, it doesn’t do much. There are cheaper ways to ensure you don’t make an impression.
Abercrombie and Fitch — “Fierce” college kids, don’t wear this. middle schoolers, say “hello.”
t he Whiffable
Lush — The entire line
Lush’s perfume line is where social responsibility meets artistic risk. reasonably priced yet distinctive and exciting, Lush perfumes are highly available for in-person testing through their many outlets around the nation. Whether you’re looking for something rough and rugged (the spiced leather of “breath of God”), straightup sexy (the floral sandalwood bomb “Lust”) or bracingly fresh (the humorously-named minty lavender of “dirty”), Lush is sure to suit your needs without hurting your wallet or blending you into the wallpaper.
Tom Ford — The “neroli Portofino” series here’s a disclaimer for you: these perfumes smell substantially better than anything else on the list. “neroli Portofino” itself is a miracle of a fragrance. It sparkles with fresh, juicy citrus notes (bergamot and mandarin orange) with unparalleled depth and richness; the complementing florals (orange blossom and jasmine) and base notes (amber and musk) fill out the perfume beautifully. “costa Azzura” infuses similarly wonderful citrus notes with a salty marine base to capture seaside bliss while “mandarino di Amalfi” has the juiciest orange note on the market. Tom Ford’s private line, of which this series is an integral part, remains the height of olfactory luxury. Yet with a multi-hundred dollar price-point, it’s impossible to give this line scene’s highest recommendation.
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Acqua di Parma — The “blu mediterraneo” series
The “blu mediterraneo” series sits in the same price range as designer scents, yet their warm-weather fragrances are a clear step about them. Acqua di Parma’s offerings on this line provide a wonderful range of scents as delightful as the Italian coast that inspired them. At the heart of the lineup is the exquisite “mirto di Panarea,” which embodies a sea breeze and Italian air with myrtle wood and basil floating atop sea salt and bergamot. For lovers of almond extract, there’s a picture-perfect likeness in “mandorlo di sicilia;” fig lovers can turn to “Fico di Amalfi” for a wonderful, seemingly impossible marriage between the earthy fruit and fizzy citruses. “blu mediterraneo” truly places paradise a waft away.
nautica — “ voyage”
The wonderful thing about “voyage” is not its smell — though that’s pretty amazing as well — but its value. master perfumer maurice roucel crafted this gem for nautica just over ten years ago; since then, it’s been priced incredibly low for reasons that I am yet to discover. “voyage,” with its crisp yet sweet opening of apple, amber and lotus flower, falls closer to unisex territory than most masculine perfumes; it lasts forever on the skin and dries down to a lovely, warm incarnation of its initial smell. It smells better than most perfumes that sell at four times the cost and outlasts almost every other warm weather scent on the market. “voyage” continues to be my number one recommendation for anyone looking to smell great, no matter what their budget.
Contact John Darr at jdarr@nd.edu
Talk to strangers
Daniel O’Boyle sports Writer
“ h i, what’s up? I don’t know you, but I see you walking around all the time.”
I’ve heard that more than a few times from people stopping me on regular walks around campus. m ost recently, late one rainy night last week outside LaFortune s tudent c enter. Gradually, it’s become something I’ve gotten used to. r andom strangers pretty regularly seem to want to know where I’m going and why they see me so often.
The answer to both is just that I spend far too much time wandering around aimlessly, with nowhere in particular to go. I’ve nothing interesting to do or any interesting place to go to. I just like walking around, especially at strange hours. I would probably be better served either working on homework or sleeping, but sometimes I’d rather just walk to no place in particular. It helps me clear my head after too much work and I enjoy being able to experience open spaces instead of being stuck in my tiny room, not to mention getting to take in the beauty of campus at night, something that doesn’t get old, even in my third year. It’s caused me to be stopped by n otre d ame s ecurity Police a couple of times to check I really go here, but that’s done little to change my habits.
I’ve made a few very good friends of those who stop me, and many more people who I’ll at least say hello to on any future encounters. The person I met last week had lunch with my friends and me on s aturday, and had become another person I’m glad has interrupted me in the middle of a walk. They always accept my walking around aimlessly without ever judging me for it.
Yet as well as my experiences with being stopped by strangers around campus have generally gone, I could never imagine myself stopping any of the people I see around. I guess I don’t have that kind of personality. m aybe I should try — chances are anyone who wanders around often enough for me to notice them regularly is probably at least a little like me — but stopping strangers to talk for no real reason just isn’t something I do often. That’s something I should probably try to change: I should try to talk to at least one person I see walking around that I’ve never spoken to before.
b ut maybe if you’re more inclined to spontaneous conversation with strangers, you should talk to the people you see all the time but don’t know. s omehow, they’ve ended up in the same kind of cycle as you, so you have something in common. It can be a surprisingly good way to make a new friend.
Contact Daniel O’Boyle at doboyle1@nd.edu
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Graduate student statement on Charles Murray
As educators and researchers, we, the undersigned graduate instructors, researchers and students of n otre d ame, hold ourselves and our students to the highest standards of reasoning and evidence. We teach our students that their arguments and conclusions must be based upon peer-reviewed research and well-reasoned arguments; we instruct them in logical fallacies and how to judge the legitimacy of their sources. We also teach our students, and recognize in our own work, that words have consequences. b ased on his so-called research and evidence, c harles m urray would neither pass our classes, nor would he be accepted as a legitimate source of authority for our students’ work. n ot only is his research shoddy and jejune, his arguments are profoundly racist and discriminatory. They are veiled attacks shrouded in pseudo-academic jargon and rhetoric, aimed at the most marginalized members of n otre d ame’s community. While reading his books in class as a vehicle for understanding contemporary eugenics and political discourse is one matter, elevating his views through the tacit acceptance provided by an invitation and a platform to speak — a platform not offered to those most deeply affected by his writings — is quite another.
In a post on Wednesday on r eal c learPolitics, associate professor v incent Phillip m uñoz defended his choice to invite m urray to speak on campus. m uñoz states that he invited m urray to encourage students “to think more deeply and thoughtfully about contemporary moral and political issues” and “to read thoughtful conservatives.” At issue is the fact that both these goals can be accomplished without undermining the other core values of higher education: instilling in students the ability to separate opinion from fact, rigorously interrogating truth claims, and recognizing and minimizing bias in research. m urray is not a “thoughtful conservative.” As faculty at c olumbia University recently wrote: “Although his writings carry the rhetorical patina of science, m urray is largely regarded in academic circles as a rank apologist for racial eugenics and racial inequality in the United s tates.” The methods and arguments behind the racist conclusions presented in his most famous (co-authored) work, “The b ell c urve,” were immediately critiqued by scholars of all political persuasions, including conservatives like Thomas s owell who specifically took m urray to task for his confusion of correlation with causation, and the unfounded leaps made to conclude that statistical differences in IQ scores were rooted in genetics. m urray has not repudiated his earlier racist work. In fact, 2014 saw m urray endorsing another work of racist pseudoscience by n icholas Wade — a work so egregiously bad that over 100 population geneticists signed a letter discussing “Wade’s misappropriation of research from our field,” concluding that “there is
no support from the field of population genetics for Wade’s conjectures.” Instead, in m urray’s most recent work,“c oming Apart: The s tate of White America, 1960-2010,” increasing class division and inequalities are not said to be solely the domain of genes, but are also attributed to a breakdown in cultural values such as honesty and integrity on the part of those in the lower classes. This breakdown is held to begin during the early 1960s, exacerbated by the war on poverty and by civil rights legislation. In upholding a picture of white unity in the postwar period, his work pushes to the background the history of class conflict in American society. Given the above, it shouldn’t come as any surprise that m urray’s principal funders are right wing neo-liberal think tanks and that his research draws on the work of those funded by white supremacist organizations like the Pioneer Fund. m urray’s claims as an academic are specious; his arguments are pernicious to the extreme. They should be discussed in the classroom and the University, given their outsized role in contemporary social and political discourse; however, this engagement can and should be done without providing a platform that functions to legitimize m urray, putting his work on the same level as that of the serious academics he debates. In contrast to m urray, we take seriously our charge to undertake rigorous research, as well as to attend to the marginalized in our n otre d ame community. Indeed, to do so is central to the c atholic mission of this university, while m urray’s promulgation of racist and class-based eugenics, and the results of his inflammatory rhetoric, are diametrically opposed to the the rigorous pursuit of knowledge and to n otre d ame’s core principles. It is our duty as educators and researchers to stand against c harles m urray and the tacit validation of his cause through the University’s (we presume paid) sponsorship of his speech.
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Todd P. Marek , Anthropology
Mallika Sarma , Anthropology
Amanda Cortez , Anthropology
Mauna Dasari , b iological s ciences
Jamee Elder, h istory and Philosophy of s cience
Katie Osborn , e nglish
Courtney Smotherman , Ph. d. in Literature
Mae T Kilker, m edieval Institute
Maggie Shum , Political s cience
Gabriel Foster, Ph. d. in Philosophy
Rachel Oidtman , b iological s ciences
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Does the EPA have a transparency problem?
Sarah Cate Baker
The inside of a laboratory and the inside of a congressional hearing may sound like two separate worlds. but four bills proposed in the last three years are trying to collide the two, as congress becomes increasingly concerned with climate science and the environmental Protection Agency (ePA). These bills are purportedly designed to increase scientific transparency at ePA – but does that science have a transparency problem to begin with?
According to the congressmen supporting these bills, the answer is, unequivocally, yes. representative Lamar smith, who proposed the honesT Act earlier this month, said in a press release that “the days of ‘trust me’ science’ are over,” and that “increased transparency, fairness, and balance in ePA’s [science Advisory board] is long overdue.” smith is chairman of the house science committee, and responsible for calling the “make science great again” congressional hearing in February. his vice chairman, Frank Lucas, also supports the crusade for transparency; he proposed the ePA science Advisory board reform Act, the sister-bill of honesT. In it, Lucas argues that ePA’s science advisory board (sAb) has become corrupt. “Unfortunately, limited public participation, ePA interference with expert advice, and conflicts of interest threaten to undermine the sAb’s independence and credibility. … The safeguards provided in this bill will restore the sAb as an important defender of scientific integrity and promote more credible and balanced policy outcomes from the ePA.” but what Lucas calls safeguards, scientists call handcuffs. The honesT Act stipulates that ePA cannot create regulations based on scientific data unless that data meets three criteria: it has to be “the best available science,” “specifically identified” and “publicly available online in
a manner that is sufficient for independent analysis and substantial reproduction of research results.”
setting aside the “best science” stipulation, which rings as absurdly subjective, the problem lies primarily with the third requirement. making scientific data freely available to the public seems like a great idea, which many scientists support – a fact evident in the recent push for open-access journals. but climate change science is a different game. It often uses personal information, like zip codes or medical records, which would have to be redacted before being published online. To ePA, this would be a bureaucratic nightmare; such large redactions would take an incredible amount of time and cost an estimated $250 million a year. This is money ePA simply does not have, especially as it faces a proposed 30 percent budget cut from President Trump. The legislation would effectively paralyze the Agency. meanwhile, the ePA sAb reform Act addresses who can serve on ePA’s science advisory board. It stipulates that any scientist on the board cannot possess a current ePA grant, or apply for one in the next three years. It’s coined as a way to reduce scientific bias – but it would make a huge number of academics unable to provide their expertise. Their spots would have to be taken by people from industry or government, which in some cases have an even greater bias in protecting their industry or constituency. This type of bias is not addressed in the Act; members of the oil and gas industry, for example, may advise ePA to their heart’s content. smith himself, proposer of the honesT Act, gets his largest campaign donations form the oil and gas industry.
To summarize: the honesT Act would cripple ePA’s ability to create new regulations, and the ePA reform Act would prevent it from consulting leading scientists on those regulations. And are these Acts even necessary? To return to the original question – does ePA have a transparency problem?
ePA bases its regulations off of science, and science itself is inherently transparent. In order to get ahead as a scientist, your work must be published in a peer-reviewed journal. This means experts in that field must look at the work and determine it is legitimate and valuable. In order to really get ahead, that work must be cited by other papers from other scientists, requiring even more people to read it and believe it to be useful. If a scientific study is not transparent enough to be read and accepted by other experts in the field, it will never be published, and never even reach ePA.
The house seems to think that this scientific seal approval is not enough. Their demands for freely-available data strike most scientists as ridiculous – what would congressmen do with raw scientific data, as only two of them have a science Ph.d? Why demand transparency out of a field that has transparency built in to its process? And why attack ePA specifically, when all scientific-based organizations make decisions in essentially the same way?
Perhaps because these Acts are not about increasing scientific transparency at all. They’re about crippling an Agency that protects us from environmental harm. And while honesT and the ePA reform Act may not be capable of increasing ePA’s transparency, they are certainly equipped to dismantle it.
Sarah Cate Baker is in her third year at ND, double majoring in biology and English. When she’s not in the lab pouring over viruses under a microscope, you can usually find her shooting caffeine in the Hesburgh basement while she desperately tries to write papers and make deadlines. If you would like to question her sanity or her science, feel free to email her at sbaker6@nd.edu
The views expressed in this column are those of the author and not necessarily those of The Observer.
The failings of the euro
o n Jan. 1, 1999, several countries in the e uropean Union ( e U) all joined forces and became a part of the “eurozone.” This declaration made certain countries adopt a common currency – the euro. n ot only did this bring certain e U countries even closer, but it also had many intended goals. For one, it brought these countries together to pursue similar fiscal policy goals. At the time, it was only 11 countries; now, however, 19 of the 28 e U member countries are a part of the eurozone. b ecause of this, all of these countries have monetary and fiscal policies that are mostly controlled by the same entity – the e uropean c entral b ank ( ecb ), making all eurozone countries subject to a single organization. Although the organization pursues policy differently depending on the country to which the policy is directed, the ecb still has a few main goals for every single country. s pecifically, it foremost wants to keep inflation (or deflation) under control (like most central banks). The creation of the eurozone and the ecb was intended to do good, to bring most of the e U countries together and to make them stronger financially.
r ecently, however, the eurozone has been in grave danger. It is facing a crisis, and the many countries within it are in severe fiscal distress.
This can be seen in the Greek debt crisis and the infighting between countries on how to finance debt within the eurozone. o ne needs to look at what has happened in the past to see how economists can tell that the eurozone is in a severe crisis, In doing so, one can figure out what such a unique agreement needs to succeed in today’s globalized economy. In looking at the crisis that the eurozone faces, one can see just how it has melted down in recent years. various performance indicators show economists how efficient or healthy the economy is – from its large unemployment and debt to its slow growth and struggles with the inflation rate. These indicators show that the eurozone crisis is real, and that all countries within the eurozone are in trouble. In looking at this however, economists can see just how the eurozone may be able to survive as an institution. o ne can wlook at its current policies to determine just what conditions are necessary for it to survive and become viable once again.
Additionally, one must look at certain factors that indicate just how all economies are performing. o ne of the most significant and alarm-raising statistics is the unemployment rate of eurozone countries. c urrently, about 11 percent of the labor force in eurozone countries is unemployed. This is about 18 million people across 19 countries, with significant variations amongst eurozone countries. c ountries such as s pain have unemployment over 20 percent, while countries such as Germany have
unemployment as low as 4.7 percent. When compared to two relatively healthy economies such as the United s tates and United Kingdom (both having unemployment around 5 percent), eurozone countries are in serious trouble. n ot only is unemployment inherently a problem because it is an obvious indicator of business and jobs not growing, it also breeds other issues. Unemployment, as we have seen in our country, makes people unhappy and resentful towards the establishment. When this happens, countries tend to react sharply to the will of their people – when people aren’t happy about being unemployed, they criticize the euro and the ecb . This puts pressure on both the ecb and the home country to do something about unemployment. In a collective, cooperative entity such as the eurozone, this is never good.
o bviously, the eurozone was established to benefit the entire continent of e urope. Its recent results, however, have been incredibly troublesome — its stability is certainly something that will shape the world economy in the next few decades.
Neil Joseph is a senior from Columbus, Ohio, majoring in political science and economics. He hopes that you don’t use these articles against him when he’s running for school board one day. He welcomes all compliments at njoseph2@nd.edu and sometimes responds to those who criticize him.
The views expressed in this column are those of the author and not necessarily those of The Observer.
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Happy Birthday: express your thoughts without revealing your emotions. share just enough to make others feel comfortable and willing to feed you information that will help you make important decisions regarding your future and the people you are going to include in your inner circle. focus on your creative dreams and developing the skills and talents that will lead to personal happiness. your numbers are 3, 12, 19, 27, 33, 38, 42.
ARIES (March 21-April 19): e motions will be difficult to control when faced with setbacks that involve your status and reputation. use logical thinking to ensure that you maintain the level of respect you deserve. d on’t let anyone speak on your behalf.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Put more effort into whatever you are doing. your courage and endurance will make a difference to the outcome of any pursuit you take on. d on’t be afraid to do things differently. A change in lifestyle will do you good.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Question everything, but don’t let your findings stop you from striving to reach your goals. Pursue your dreams regardless of the obstacles. It’s important to enjoy what you do if you want to be at peace.
CANCER (June 21-July 22): be aware of what others say and do. An inappropriate response will cost you emotionally. bide your time, be observant and offer help instead of criticism. Too much of anything is best avoided. Work on yourself, not trying to change others.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): you can get ahead if you are willing to listen, adapt and use your intelligence to expand your interests. d iscipline and the willingness to work hard will put you in a category that will be difficult to match.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Take care of personal health, wealth and settlements. d on’t leave any stone unturned or let anyone speak on your behalf. control is the name of the game if you want to get things done your own way.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): d on’t overlook new possibilities. When one door closes, another door opens. Partnerships may be dicey. you will win favors and come out a winner if you treat others with respect. romance is on the rise.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): unusual alterations at home or within the dynamics of important relationships can be expected. face each crossroad with a passionate and progressive tone and you will find a way to prosper and forge ahead.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): b e careful how you handle personal matters and family dynamics. not everyone will see things your way or want to participate in your plans. g o about your business and you will enjoy the people you meet along the way.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): keep busy, finish what you start and avoid anyone who offers negative remarks or tries to distract you. g etting things done in a reasonable amount of time should be your goal. maintain simplicity and live within your means.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): sign up for anything that will help you build a better environment to live in. c hoose your friends wisely and don’t forget about those who have stood by your side for years. old friendships will offer strength, encouragement and support.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): d on’t be fooled by your imagination or the assumptions others make. stick to basics and rely on truth, facts and what you know. A little force behind your plans will give you the momentum required to excel.
Birthday Baby: you are smart, disciplined and original. you are aggressive and opportunistic.
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Anticipating the NBA first round
R.J. Stempak sports Writer
The nbA playoffs begin in less than a month, so here are the first-round matchups that I want to see.
starting with the eastern conference: cavaliers vs. heat. If the current standings hold, this would be the premier first round matchup in the conference. This series has everything a spectator could want: the greatest player in the nbA playing against his old team, the dynamic duo of Lebron James and Kyrie Irving trying to stop the greatest player in the nbA, as well as a healthy J.r smith. The greatest player in the nbA that I’m referring to is, of course, dion Waiters, the man who hit game-icing shots over Golden state and cleveland during his team’s 13-game win streak throughout January and February.
The matchup of middling teams who used to “contend” for the eastern conference title: hawks vs. raptors. These two teams were both previously hailed as the team to take down Lebron, yet now they sit in the four and five slots in the conference. Whoever comes out of this matchup will earn the right to lose to cleveland in the second round. Good luck taking down the King.
The team with the smallest All-star point guard vs. the team with the tallest All-star point guard: celtics vs. bucks. If current seeding holds, this would not be the matchup, and never in a million years would the celtics try to guard Giannis Antetokounmpo with Isaiah Thomas, but just imagine that. The people’s 5-foot9 champion who is scoring a remarkable 29 points per game, trying to play defense against a dude who is rightfully nicknamed the Greek Freak. he does euro step dunks and can make it all the way to the rim with only a single dribble from half court. everyone who is too vertically challenged to aspire to the nbA will side with the underdog in this matchup.
now off to the West, where the Jazz vs. Grizzlies could be the grittiest matchup in years in a time when the houston rockets went 1-for-2 from the midrange in the entire game sunday in their win over the Thunder. simply put, both of these teams play ugly. They work hard to crash the glass,
take and miss many midrange shots and defend like there is only one side of the floor. so let’s just throw them together so they don’t mess up any other potential Western conference matchups.
I would like to see the spurs, on their way to yet another championship, get an easy but exciting matchup in the first round, so I will give them the clippers. The better Los Angeles team started the year as one of the best teams in the league. since then, a few injuries and the same-old teamwide discontent with officials and each other has derailed a team that now seems destined to never reach the Western conference finals. The spurs are carried by Kawhi Leonard, and that has turned out to be a better option than being led by chris Paul, blake Griffin, deAndre Jordan and doc rivers.
my final desired first-round matchup is also my most-anticipated: rockets and Warriors vs. Thunder. The old o.K.c. big three reunited on the same floor for a quick four game series, except it is the triple-double man versus the world, just the way he wants it. of course, with a starting lineup of steph curry, James harden, Klay Thompson, Kevin durant and draymond Green, the Warrior-rockets are going to demolish russell Westbrook and his team of non-shooters. maybe Westbrook’s head explodes, maybe his entire body explodes. What a guy, this russell Westbrook character is. he has alienated teammates and lost friends ever since he entered the league, all because of the trait that makes him who he is: an unrelenting motor. he is physically incapable of not trying as hard as he can every play, every night. sometimes, that is to the detriment of his team, but it is the only way his team can win, now that he is without durant or harden.
If Westbrook were to defeat the rockets or Warriors in a playoff series, I would be fine with anointing him mv P of all time. but in the real world, I would be shocked if he were to pull off a single win against either of them. That being said, I would bet Thunder in seven. I’m ready for the playoffs.
Contact R.J. Stempak at rstempak@nd.edu
The views expressed in this Sports Authority are those of the author and not necessarily those of The Observer.
Irish distance runners find success at nc state
Observer Staff Report
The Irish competed at the r aleigh relays at north c arolina’s Paul d err Track on Friday and s aturday, and they walked away with several exceptional performances from their distance runners.
o n Friday, the women’s team had three 1,500-meter runners with impressive times. Graduate student s ydni
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meunier finished in 26th with a personal-best time of 4:30.00, senior Lexi Pelletier ran a 4:39.77 and graduate student Kathleen darling finished with a 4:45.18. The men had junior Kevin Pulliam place 33rd in the 5,000-meter with a 14:27.49, his first race since he was a sophomore. To wrap up the weekend, graduate student danielle Aragon finished seventh in
the women’s 800-meter with a 2:09.84. she was one of the many distance runners who recently returned to the track after being injured or ineligible.
next on the Irish schedule are both the Texas relays, starting Thursday and ending sunday, and the stanford Invitational in Palo Alto, c alifornia, from Friday to sunday.
Spurs rout Cavs as Cleveland falls in ranks
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sAn AnTonIo — Kawhi Leonard scored 25 points and the san Antonio spurs dismantled the ailing cleveland cavaliers 103-74 on monday night in a showdown that turned into a major letdown for the defending nbA champions.
Lamarcus Aldridge and Pau Gasol added 14 points apiece for the spurs, who won their fifth straight.
cleveland (47-26) dropped its second in a row, set a season low for points and fell a half-game behind boston (48-26) for the top seed in the eastern conference playoffs.
cavaliers star Lebron James was injured late in the third quarter after taking an elbow to the base of his neck. he remained on the bench for a while receiving medical attention, then headed toward the locker room and didn’t return to the game. his status was not immediately known. cleveland has been out of sync recently, losing three of five, and those struggles only got worse against san Antonio. The spurs led by as many as 33 points to the delight of the sold-out crowd. san Antonio (57-16) is two games behind Golden state (5914) for the league’s best record
entering a home showdown with the Warriors on Wednesday. cleveland opted to play its stars rather than sit them for rest, but the trio of James, Kyrie Irving and Kevin Love sat out the fourth quarter of its second rout in the past two weeks.
James exited with 25 seconds remaining in the third after taking an elbow to his neck from david Lee on a rebound. James continually rubbed the area before collapsing after he crossed midcourt and remained on the floor for about a minute before walking unassisted to the bench. he left for the locker room early in the fourth quarter during a timeout.
DeRozan, Joseph lead Toronto over Orlando
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Toron To — demar derozan scored 36 points and cory Joseph had 15 points and 13 assists as the Toronto raptors defeated the orlando magic 131-112 on monday night for their sixth straight victory.
derozan, selected the eastern conference player of the week earlier in the day, set the pace early by scoring 18 in the first quarter. Joseph added six rebounds and Jonas valanciunas had 17 points and nine rebounds for the raptors (45-29).
e lfrid Payton had 22 points and nine assists for orlando (27-47). evan Fournier added 20 points, and nikola vucevic had 12 points and 15 assists.
It was the first game between
the teams since the raptors traded Terrence ross to the magic for serge Ibaka in February. ross finished with 17 points and two rebounds, while Ibaka had 16 points and seven rebounds.
The raptors took a 99-89 lead into the fourth quarter.
derozan’s basket gave Toronto a 19-point lead with 8:15 to go in the third. but the magic, winners of seven games this season after falling behind by double digits, fought back.
bismack biyombo made a pair of free throws to cut Toronto’s lead to five with 12 seconds left in the period. but after derozan hit a jumper to widen the lead to seven, delon Wright stole the inbounds pass and hit a 3-pointer at the buzzer to give Toronto its double-digit lead
back going into the fourth. Payton paced the magic surge, hitting all four field goals he attempted in the quarter. he led all scorers with 10 points in the period, as orlando outscored Toronto 32-26.
After four ties and seven lead changes in the game’s first 15 minutes, the raptors took charge over the final nine minutes of the second quarter to take a 73-57 lead into halftime. The raptors hit all four 3s they attempted in the quarter, three by norman Powell, who led all scorers with 11 points in the period.
e ight different Toronto players scored in the quarter as the raptors outscored the magic 33-17 over that nine-minute stretch and led by as many as 18 points.
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squad’s season.
Litzinger said that he was happy with how the coaching staff and swimmers performed throughout the season.
“i truly enjoyed coaching these teams. our staff did an incredible job,” Litzinger said. “The athletes understood what it would take from the beginning, and they all responded at the
acc level and of course, the last two weeks, at the ncaa level.”
Litzinger is determined to continue this year’s success into next year.
“This is a sport that doesn’t stop. no one is getting slower out there,” Litzinger said. “The expectations have changed with our success, and a great spring and summer will be needed to continue our upward trend.”
Contact Kyle Barry at kbarry@hcc-nd.edu
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s enior captain s ergio Perkovic broke open the seal with a goal at the 11:44 mark in the first period. b oth teams played steady in their six-onsix half sets, but o hio s tate (91, 0-0 b ig 10) gave notre d ame (5-1, 1-0 acc ) some trouble in transition. a fter putting on the pressure in the middle on the field, the b uckeyes forced a turnover and got a goal of their own five minutes later.
The i rish responded with three goals before the end
of the period, two coming from sophomore attack r yder Garnsey, and the last from junior b rendan c ollins with 22 seconds left. notre d ame ended the quick-paced first period with a 4-1 lead.
The b uckeyes opened scoring in the second period after an unfortunate top-post bounce off of a shot from junior midfielder Pierre b yrne lost possession for the i rish. o hio s tate subsequently took the ball on a fast break and cut the lead to two.
a fter an aggressive move by r yder Garnsey led to a b uckeye foul, the i rish went up a man for thirty seconds. They took advantage, as freshman midfielder b ryan c ostabile scored a goal to make it 5-2. Fifthyear senior midfielder b obby Gray and Perkovic added two more for notre d ame, and as the half came to a close, the i rish were up 7-3. b ut off of a missed shot by c ostabile, the b uckeyes were able to score in transition with nine seconds left. o hio s tate then scored again with one second to go to cut the i rish lead to 7-5.
c orrigan was not pleased with those final seconds.
“We did have a couple mental lapses at the end of the half,” c orrigan said. “We took a shot with 25 seconds left in the first half. We don’t want that shot. We either want a layup or a shot under five seconds. We do this so exactly what happened can’t happen. We opened that door for them. The team knew it. We made that mistake, so i told them, ‘Let’s not let that overshadow the 28 minutes of good lacrosse we played in the first half. Let’s get our poise back, just get back out there and play.’”
Perkovic said that despite the rough close to the half, going into the locker room only up two goals, the team did not come out any less aggressive in the second half.
“The end of the first half was tough for us, because they had two goals in 10 seconds,”
Perkovic said. “They had a lot of momentum, so we knew they were going to come out strong. We weren’t scared in the second half, we kept putting pressure on them and towards the end they finally cracked and we got a bigger lead.”
While the third period lacked the drama of the second, the i rish were able to convert two goals and concede one to go into the final period up 9-6. Garnsey, who had two goals and two assists on the day, earned his second assist in the period to junior defender John s exton, who tallied his first goal of the season. Garnsey said that he found success in playing to what the defense showed him. “i think it is just taking what the defense gives us,” Garnsey said. “They were in a zone a little bit today, so we were able to pick them apart there. a nd from there my job becomes a easy with assists when we got guys like s ergio [Perkovic] and John s exton who are in the right spots and are great shooters.”
i n the final period, o hio s tate struggled finding any gaps in the notre d ame defense, and starting taking risks that turned into i rish goals. The b uckeyes were able to get one goal early in the period, but gave up three afterwards to seal the notre d ame win. Perkovic’s third at 7:02 gave him his second straight hat trick.
“i had a lot of good opportunities today,” Perkovic said. “i could’ve buried a couple more, but we spread the field really well and felt comfortable out there. i have been shooting since the beginning of the year, so i am not going to stop shooting. i thought we played very good team offense.”
The i rish open acc home play at noon on s aturday against s yracuse at a rlotta s tadium.
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Irish sophomore attack Ryder Garnsey surveys the field during Notre Dame’s 16-5 win over Michigan on Feb. 26 at Arlotta Stadum. Garnsey leads the team in goals and assists this season with 14 of each.
Irish hold off Buckeyes in top-five matchup
By R.J. STEMPAK sports Writer
no. 2 notre dame had previously won the last 14 meetings with no. 4 ohio state, and on saturday afternoon the irish increased their win streak over the buckeyes to 15. With a 12-7 final score, notre dame gave ohio state its first loss of the season.
irish head coach Kevin corrigan said this was the most complete performance that his team played so far this year.
“We did a lot of good things today,” corrigan said. “i just said to the team, i thought we had in total, over the course of a game, about three minutes of mental lapses, and we paid for almost every one of them. That is to [the buckeyes’] credit, they didn’t let us off the hook on any of them. We also played a lot of really good lacrosse today, probably the most complete game in terms of the decision-making throughout the game.”
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nd sets program record at ncaa s
By KYLE BARRY sports Writer
The n o. 19 n otre d ame men finished their season on a historic note after their performance at the ncaa championships in i ndianapolis on s aturday.
The i rish concluded the ncaa championships with a program-record 29 points and finished 25th overall. n otre d ame’s record-breaking performance went beyond the 2012 season, when the i rish finished 28th with 15 points.
i rish senior swimmer Trent Jackson finished his n otre d ame career by earning a ll- a merican honors after his final meet at the ncaa c hampionships. Jackson swam 1:53.58 in the preliminary race of the 200 breaststroke, which placed him in the top eight and advanced him to the finals. Jackson would go on to finish eighth in the final meet with a time of 1:55.24.
i rish swim coach m ike Litzinger said he was proud of how Jackson was able to
overcome obstacles to become an a ll- a merican.
“Trent was a very unlikely hero. h e was recruited as a middle distance swimmer, and upon the coaching change, we decided to focus on the breaststroke events,” Litzinger said. “a s it turns out, his size, strength and background really made a difference. i am very proud of Trent and how coachable he has been.”
i n the finals of the 400 freestyle relays, the four i rish swimmers, made up of sophomores Tabahn a frik and d aniel s peers, junior Justin Plaschka and senior r eed Fujan finished 14th overall with a time of 2:51.42. a mong the accomplishments for the i rish this season were four new program records set at the ncaa s (in the 200 free relay, 400 free relay and 50 freestyle), a record-tying nine swimmers sent to the ncaa s, a thirdplace finish at acc s and a national ranking of n o. 14 at the highest point of the
Nd womeN’s lacrosse | nd 16, syracuse 7
Notre Dame drops three contests over weekend squad knocks off syracuse
By TOBIAS HOONHOUT a ssociate sports e ditor
no. 13 notre dame bounced back from a string of three straight defeats in a big way sunday, going on the road to no. 11 syracuse and putting together a complete team performance in a convincing 16-7 win. during their three-game losing streak, the i rish (9-4, 3-1 acc ) had been outscored 24-10 in the first half, and that pattern threatened to repeat when the orange (8-3, 2-1), who were riding a six-game home winning streak, scored twice within a minute to take a 3-2 lead with 13:42 left in the half. but the i rish, who had seven seniors in the starting lineup, responded with a four-goal run to take a 6-3 lead. senior attack cortney Fortunato closed out the period with a goal to give her a firsthalf hat trick, and the i rish went into the break up 7-4. notre dame’s strong suit this season has been the second half, and the i rish continued
that trend with a little luck. a fter senior midfielder casey Pearsall opened the half with a goal to push the cushion to four, orange sophomore attack nicole Levy — who earned acc rookie of the year honors last year — was called for an illegal stick, putting the i rish up a player for two minutes. notre dame capitalized with three straight goals to take firm control of the game at 10-4. sophomore goalkeeper samantha Giacolone said although her team performs well in the second half, it would prefer to be able to put together a strong, complete 60 minutes.
“We’ve been known as a second half team, but i think we’re trying to change that a little bit and be a full-game team, just because we’re getting down to the wire, and every team is good that we play,” Giacolone said. “We can’t just keep betting on coming back in the second half. i think that first-half
By ALEX CARSON and JOE EVERETT
s enior sports Writer and sports Writer
n otre d ame’s bats fell quiet over the weekend, losing the i rish all three weekend games against n o. 12 Florida s tate at Frank e ck s tadium, falling 8-2 and 8-3 (13 innings) Friday before losing s aturday’s series finale 5-1. d ue to inclement weather forecasted in the s outh b end area over the weekend, the series previously scheduled was brought forward to a Friday doubleheader and a s aturday afternoon matinee, and although n otre d ame was forced to play 22 innings Friday, i rish head coach m ik a oki said the offensive issues the i rish showed were much more of a factor than the external circumstances.
“ i t’s not ideal, obviously, and it’s a long day especially when we play 13 innings [in the nightcap], but this is the nature of it,” a oki said. “ i actually thought we played better in the second game
meN’s lacrosse | nd 12, ohio sTaTe 7
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Sophomore Matt Vierling readies for a pitch during Notre Dame’s 12-1 win over Northern Illinois on March 21 at Frank Eck Stadium.
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Senior midfielder Sergio Perkovic cradles the ball during Notre Dame’s 16-5 win over Michigan on Feb. 26 at Arlotta Stadum.
