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Panelists discuss election, King’s legacy
Professors reflect on King’s ‘Where Do We Go From Here?’ and racial tensions in the Trump Era
By LUCY LYNCH news Writer
paying tribute to the martin luther king Jr. speech of the same title, the Walk the Walk week panel event, “Where do We go From here?” examined the 2016 election results and the future of american politics Wednesday night.
The event was led by panelists Timothy matovina, co-director of the institute for latino Studies and professor of theology; christina Wolbrecht, director of the rooney center for the Study of american democracy and associate professor of political science; dianne pinderhughes, chair of the department of africana Studies; and luis Fraga, co-director of the institute for latino Studies.
Following the question of racial
tensions prompted by president Trump’s election, the event was “inspired by [voting results] but was also appropriate to document in the Walk the Walk week,” pinderhughes said.
pinderhughes opened the discussion by reading an excerpt from king’s “Where do We go From here?” speech. pinderhughes said “where we go from here” must involve a notion of understanding power, love and the ways in which these two concepts correspond.
“The concepts of love and power have been contrasted as polar opposites, so that love is identified as a resignation of power, and power as a denial of love,” pinderhughes said. “power is best as love, implementing the demands of justice.”
Center for Social Concerns emphasizes service
By NATALIE WEBER news Writer
The center for Social concerns (cSc) hosted a fair Wednesday night to connect students with over 30 South Bend service organizations and student-led volunteer groups.
The fair allows students to find
ways to interact with the South Bend community, annie cahill kelly, director of community partnerships and service learning for the center for Social concerns, said.
“The Social concerns fair is an opportunity for students to meet directly with community partners … to become more engaged
in the local community through service, through community based learning [and] through research,” cahill kelly said.
cahill kelly said the fair ties into the Walk the Walk Week theme of service and allows students to integrate it into their everyday lives.
Smc hosts mixer for current students, alumnae
By GABY JANSEN news Writer
heritage Week at Saint mary’s added a new asset to its week of events: an alumnae and student mixer. after the plans for the annual poetry reading event at reidinger house fell through, the mission committee created the new event for students to meet with alumnae and talk with them one-on-one in the historical house.
Junior biology major lydia
lorenc planned the new event with the goal to get alumnae involved in heritage Week.
“it’s exciting to see how excited alumnae are to see us,” lorenc said. “you learn another perspective.”
Shay Jolly, a 2005 graduate and assistant director of alumnae relations, said the event was a good opportunity to engage in heritage Week.
“[alumnae are] a good part of our heritage,” Jolly said, “if it wasn’t for them we couldn’t go forward.”
Some alumnae wanted to reach out to current students and see what the campus is like today.
maureen parsons, a 2013 alumna, came to the event because she wanted to meet the current students.
“i always enjoy coming back to campus and engaging with students,” parsons said.
mary ellen koepfle, a 1978 marketing and finance graduate,
a mbassador weighs in on uS foreign policy
By TOM NAATZ news Writer
i n a lecture at the e ck h all of l aw, a mbassador d avid r obinson, assistant secretary and coordinator for reconstruction and stabilization at the Bureau of c onflict and Stabilization o perations the united States d epartment of State, discussed a merican foreign policy and the country’s role in the world under newly inaugurated p resident d onald Trump.
“a bout two months ago, i was traveling through e ast a frica and i got the same question everywhere i went. it was put best by the chief of the military in uganda: ‘What the heck is happening in the u.S. with the election?’” r obinson said.
r obinson used this story to emphasize that the rest of the world is still deeply interested in political happenings in the united States, also citing the Women’s m arches that
took place on all seven continents last weekend in response to p resident Trump’s inauguration.
“Theories about u.S. losing primacy of position are overblown,” he said.
“We are going through the most divisive and difficult election season since the 1820s,” r obinson said. “But what you’ll end up seeing is the u.S. institutions pull through like always. This is a country that runs on its institutions. p eople are saying, ‘o h my g od, it’s the end of the world!’ n o, it’s not.”
r obinson said he believes a merican institutions are, and will continue to be the backbone of the government. n oting the turbulent state of affairs the p resident has inherited, r obinson repeatedly said the “muscle memory” of government institutions are going to be critical to help the new administration in
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Professors discuss the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in the Oak Room of South Dining Hall Wednesday night as part of Walk the Walk Week. The panelists discussed contemporary racial tensions.
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University reviews academic Honor Code
By KALEIGH O’BOYLE news Writer
in this week’s session of the notre dame student senate, hugh page, dean of the First year of Studies and vice president and associate provost for undergraduate affairs, took the floor with student members of the university code of honor committee to discuss the ongoing review of the academic code of honor.
“one of our goals is to try and do a fairly thorough rewriting of the honor code but before we do that we figured that it was really important for us to solicit feedback from as wide a cross section of students as we can, and also to solicit feedback from faculty,”
page said.
page spoke of the student survey that was distributed this past fall as well as a faculty survey, the results of both indicating the need for further conversation among the entire academic community, which the committee plans to facilitate through a series of focus groups. The members of the senate broke into smaller committees to discuss what kinds of questions would be most relevant in the discussions of the upcoming focus groups.
committee member nate mckeon, a senior, led discussion about the clarity of the code of honor.
“how clear is [the code] in defining actual academic dishonesty, like, you know, if you’re
going into an assignment or an exam, do you have a good grasp on what academic dishonesty is?” mckeon asked.
Students shared a common concern in deciphering the grey areas of academic dishonesty. a ll agreed that while copying the answers of another student on a final exam is an obvious violation of the honor code, there is more ethical ambiguity in collaborating on homework assignments, projects and small quizzes.
Sophomore dillon hall senator Tim o’connell said further obscurity arises when considering the distinct styles of learning and teaching in different fields of study and said a large part of the responsibility falls on the professors to clearly delineate their expectations.
“We as a group thought it was more of the professor’s job to kind
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wanted to interact with students during the mixer.
“i want to know how to keep Saint mary’s vibrant,” koepfle said.
Jude a nne hastings, a 1996 alumna, took the opportunity to see what was happening on campus.
“We like to see students and support Saint mary’s in any
of outline,” o’connell said. “[in engineering] we think there’s a lot of not so much of a grey area on the homework because professors are usually, ‘hey, work on the homework together just turn in your own,’ and then for tests it’s pretty obvious, just do your own. … We had some kids in a rts and letters and mendoza who thought it was kind of more of a grey area ’cause they have a lot more, kind of multiple choice, Sakai quizzes.”
in fact, whether the professors should claim responsibility in clarifying their interpretations of the code or the students should be expected to apply the code in a “one size fits all” mentality was a popular point of discussion. mcglinn senator, sophomore maria palazzolo, said her group was surprised to learn the professors did not share their own
way we can,” hastings said.
Students who attended were also curios to meet alumna and get advice from them. Freshman e mma Fruend thought the mixer showed Saint mary’s was a good community.
“everyone seems friendly and nice and wants to share,” Freund said.
Junior biology major k aitlyn c artone said she enjoyed getting to talk to alumnae individually at the house.
“i think just seeing where everyone is after graduation is cool,” c artone said.
The event was also a way students could explore the closed reidinger house. Freshman a bby Seubert was originally curious in the mixer because she wanted to see the house.
“it was always cool walking around and seeing what is behind the door [of reidinger],” Seubert said.
koepfle said she advises students to enjoy their time and to
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solving these problems.
a s a civil servant, r obinson said his opinion of the president does not matter.
“ i will try to make what the president wants to happen happen, unless it is illegal or unethical. it doesn’t matter if i don’t like him — that’s none of your business — but if he succeeds it will be through me,” r obinson said.
much of the lecture centered on united States foreign policy in recent years.
r obinson said that since 9/11, a merican foreign policy has been, in his view mistakenly, geared towards military solutions.
“ you can’t bomb people into liking us,” he said. r obinson said he believes
opinions on the code.
“We said we think it’s more of the professor’s job to say for the specific class, because it’s different for each class what they would want or how it works,” palazzolo said. “ … But natasha, who facilitated the discussion, said that the professors think it’s the student’s job. So it’s a miscommunication that needs to be fixed.” additionally, the ease of obtaining increasingly common online resources further complicates the issue of cheating, as sophomore and cavanaugh hall senator Brittany Benninger said.
“We talked about online resources, if you will, so like those sites where you can buy tests … how does that play into the new honor code?” Benninger said.
Contact Kaleigh O’Boyle at koboyle1@nd.edu
find a favorite spot on campus.
“e njoy every single minute at Saint mary’s, it goes by so fast,” koepfle said. “Find your favorite place on campus.”
hastings said to take advantage of the Saint mary’s community.
“Soak up every opportunity Saint mary’s gives you, it’s hard to get it out in the real world,” hastings said.
The mixer at heritage week also made students and alumna proud of their school. r achel Tomas morgan, a 1991 graduate, said the school made her the strong woman she is today.
“i’m proud to be a Saint mary’s grad,” Tomas morgan said. “[The school] helped me to be a strong woman.”
c artone said the event from the week gave perspective to what the college was like.
“[ you] see where you came from,” c artone said.
Contact Gaby Jansen at gjanse01@saintmarys.edu
that security cannot be achieved simply with “bombs and bullets,” but through building institutions that will ensure stability and safety across the world.
r obinson used the a merican experience in a fghanistan to make this point.
“We killed the Taliban’s n o. 2 guy something like 15 times. That approach didn’t defeat the Taliban,” r obinson said.
While killing enemies is critical, r obinson said, it is also important to solve the political problems that are the causes of violence.
r obinson said that he believes that the nonmilitary, and particularly diplomatic, wings of the government are “overlooked.”
Contact Tom Naatz at tnaatz@nd.edu
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l ocked doors: the death of community?
a mong the list of things that n otre d ame values most, four are c atholic values, the endowment, the h onor c ode and community. This last one has recently come under attack by changes made on campus. This might sound appalling, but it is true — or it at least has the potential to expand out and destroy the dorm culture that we so avidly enjoy.
i am talking about renovations that were recently completed on h oward h all. i t is true that h oward was in desperate need of an update. Walking through the halls sometimes could feel as if you were wandering through a haunted house, even during d ecember, the most cheerful time of the year at n otre d ame. o verall, the renovations were a success. h oward finally feels like a place to walk around barefoot; it feels like home, the way n otre d ame should feel.
But there was one issue that i noticed immediately: The doors have been changed, or more specifically, the lock mechanisms on the doors. We have all been to a hotel before — you are required your keycard around to get into your specific room. i have no qualms with this as when i am visiting a hotel, i am more worried about security than it feeling like a home. a nd this is what n otre d ame has done to h oward h all, required a special keycard, different from your student id , that you must have with you at all times because the door locks automatically regardless of if you want it to or not.
m any people may say this is not an issue. i know the dorm culture for many female dorms is different than my native, small male dorm of Sorin, and that a much larger percentage of residents may have locked their doors anyway. a nd although my beloved Sorin still has traditional key locks, it is only a matter of time until n otre d ame attempts to impose security over community for all of its residence halls. p eople will make do by perhaps putting tape over the door latch to prevent it from locking, if not for any reason than to avoid getting locked out when they shower. This is likely true, but don’t let that distract from the fact that it is an attack at the intradorm community that n otre d ame students take such pride in.
you may think that i am being too harsh on a harmless security feature, but hear me out. o ur current dorm system is an opt-out system. i n order to remove your room from the available unlocked rooms in the dorm, you must make the decision to “opt-out” and lock your door. These new locks create an opt-in system where you have to actively make the decision to leave your door physically open or it joins the ranks of the locked rooms in the dorm. This will force freshmen back into their own rooms as opposed to allowing them the ability to search out other freshmen’s rooms to hang out in.
m ake what you will of a n otre d ame filled with self-locking dorm doors. i t may not affect everyone on this campus, but i confidently believe that it will hurt more students than it helps.
Contact Emmet Farnan at efarnan@nd.edu
The views expressed in the Inside Column are those of the author and not necessarily those of The Observer.
Visit a mosque
We are living in a continually polarized and tumultuous political climate here in the u nited States, with the recent election only furthering divides among citizens and their differing views on a variety of platforms, including religion. With a lack of facts and communication crossing the aisle from either party, all civil discourse around i slam, extremism, the i slamic State group and a merican m uslims has come to a halt. i gnorance stands in the way of any meaningful conversation, as fear-mongering and hate prevent all a mericans from learning more about m uslims and i slam’s role both in the u nited States and the world. a mericans have an overall distorted view of m uslims, and an i psos mori study found that even though only 1 percent of people within the u nited States are m uslim, a mericans believe the number to be 17 percent. a bout half of a mericans think at least “some” u.S. m uslims are antia merican, which is roughly the same amount of a mericans who do not personally know a m uslim. n ext to not knowing a m uslim, one of the other bigger shifts in opinion on i slam is due to age — according to FiveThirty e ight, a respondent was more likely to express negative sentiments towards m uslims the older they were. There is clearly a disconnect between what we a mericans think we know about i slam and the actual facts.
So what responsibility do n otre d ame students, faculty and staff have in this matter? Well for one, as individuals working around education, we have a greater responsibility to get our facts straight, no matter which political party or ideology we may choose to support. i t also means that we have the resources right at our fingertips to do so. Take a class on i slam through one of the many departments that offer it, such as Theology, p olitical Science or a merican Studies. m ake sure you are getting information on i slam and its followers from reliable sources in the post-truth world in which we find ourselves living. m ost importantly, no matter your beliefs, visit the i slamic Society of m ichiana ( i S m ), a located just minutes away from campus, and experience a Friday service at the mosque firsthand.
The only way to truly curb bias and ignorance on this matter is through experience. i am fortunate enough to have been able to attend the Friday services twice through class, and it was an experience that made a foreign concept that much more accessible. The individuals at the i S m , including i mam m ohammad Sirajuddin, are more than happy to answer any questions after the service, and they are used to visitors attending service to observe. So visit and expand your comfort zone; because at a time of political polarization in our country, we need to do what we can within our own power to educate ourselves and to place ourselves in someone else’s shoes.
you do not have to agree with me after visiting the mosque, but at the very least you will be participating in virtuous discourse rather than blind feuding. you will listen to a sermon in e nglish that above all preaches respect and peace, you will see the little children excitedly mirroring their parent’s every movement in prayer, you will see mothers, fathers, students, professors, doctors, grandparents and everyone in between that makes up a merican m uslims in this country. a nd everyone will be humanized, which is something that all too often gets lost in the political discussion. So grab a classmate, a friend or someone with differing views on i slam in this country and experience the mosque for yourself. i t is the only way to ensure that you are no longer a part of the population that does not argue within the bounds of respect and reason.
Kylie Ruscheinski is a sophomore political science major and business economics minor from Chicago living in Cavanaugh Hall. She is on the board of BridgeND, along with Model United Nations and NDVotes. She is still on a high from the Cubs winning the World Series, and is now excited for another great run for the Chicago Blackhawks. She can be reached at kruschei@nd.edu
BridgeND is a bipartisan student organization that brings students from across the political spectrum together in discussions concerning public policy issues. The viewpoints expressed in this article do not necessarily reflect the opinion of BridgeND, but are the individual opinions of the author. Contact BridgeND at bridgend@nd.edu or follow them on Twitter at @bridge_ND
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l essons learned from ‘l a l a l and’
Warning: This reflection on “l a l a l and” contains spoilers.
When i first saw “l a l a l and,” i was caught up in the whirlwind romance between e mma Stone and r yan g osling, or m ia and Sebastian. Sebastian is a struggling jazz pianist and m ia an aspiring actress who each encourage the other to follow their dreams, “crazy as they may seem.” he is the reason she ends up starring in a film in paris, she the reason he opens his own jazz club in l a
Fast forward five years, and m ia has not come back for Sebastian. She is married and has a child with someone the audience has never met before. This handsome, caring man may be a wonderful husband and father, but as an audience member who had grown attached to the zany m ia and Sebastian, it is hard to adjust to glamorous m ia and her unknown husband.
The improbable ensues: m ia and her husband stumble into Sebastian’s club and see him play the simple, yet emotion-filled, theme from earlier in the film. The audience is taken on a fantasy flashback through what could have been if Sebastian and m ia had reconnected. i f he had reached out, or if she had tracked him down, m ia could have had a different house, husband and child.
The song ends, and m ia’s husband, unaware of her history with the pianist, asks if she wants to stay. She shakes her head no. She has gotten a dose of nostalgia and cannot prolong it without regret or inappropriate longings. m ia and Sebastian lock eyes right before she exits. “it was nice to see you again and remember our time together,” her eyes seem to say, “but i have made my choice and stand by it.”
upon leaving the theater, i heard a father and two
daughters discussing the end. “They could have ended up together,” the youngest daughter protested. “didn’t you see the way they looked at each other?” The father replied that the look was a respectful goodbye, not the rekindling of a relationship.
my initial response was a sharp desire that the daughter was right, that they revisit their relationship and end up together. But i had to force myself to take a step back. m ia had married a different man and had a child with him. She made decisions, and where someone of weaker constitution may commit adultery out of a desire to redo, she trusted her past discernment and decided to be happy where she ended up.
it is harder to feel happy for Sebastian, who ends the film alone and lonely. yet if he had wanted a future with m ia, he should have kept in contact with her while abroad and tried to meet up when she returned to the States. it would not be good for him to be the other man and break up her marriage and leave her child in a broken home.
it is morally better for them to part ways and not tempt themselves. yet as a viewer my initial response was a desire to see them reunited no matter what. The classic romantic comedy focuses on one relationship, which suffers many bumps, but which prevails in the end. m ia and Sebastian’s relationship did not prevail, and my negative reaction showed how much films with alternate endings are needed.
l ife is not structured like a typical romantic comedy. most people have a number of relationships full of movie-worthy moments, and they do not end up in life-long relationships with all of those people. it is important to understand that you can get along with many different personalities, and just because you have a good time together does not mean you are meant for each other, or that it is a tragedy if you do not end up together.
This is important to realize as we are growing older and some of us are getting engaged and married. We
may not be 100 percent happy in our marriages, as i doubt anyone can or should be. or we may be overjoyed with our lives, and yet running into a past flame may make us wonder: what if i had ended up with this person? plenty of movies and television shows would encourage us to pursue that thought in the name of love or in the desire to rack up as many romantic encounters as possible. yet m ia in “l a l a l and” reminds me that true love involves fidelity and sacrifice, not undisciplined whim-hunting,
Furthermore, “l a l a l and” helps me see that relationships are not just about what is between two people, but how those two people help each other grow at a certain stage in life. Both m ia and Sebastian grew from dating each other for the year they were together, as they encouraged each other to follow their dreams. however, the time came for the relationship to end. it was not bad that they had dated, and it was not bad that they were no longer together. i n other words, a relationship does not need to end in marriage for it to have been a good thing for both parties involved.
This can be a good thing to keep in mind if worrying about whether someone is “the one” keeps you from entering a relationship. obviously, if you cannot see your future with a certain person at all, don’t enter into a relationship with them. however, if you feel mostly optimistic but have a few doubts, don’t let those doubts shut down the possibility. even if it doesn’t end in marriage, it is likely that you will both grow as individuals in the relationship and be better because of it.
Ms. Thomassen is a senior studying mechanical engineering. She lives at the Château off campus, with four friends and more crêpes. She can be reached at ethomass@nd.edu
The views expressed in this column are those of the author and not necessarily those of The Observer.
Navigating gay sexual health at Notre Dame
i n the 1980s, a merica’s aidS epidemic mushroomed, growing from a few hundred cases into a crisis that would eventually claim over 500,000 lives in the united States. When the c enter for d isease c ontrol first reported cases of aidS in 1982, it wrote that while there had been relatively few thus far, one in three patients with aidS died and the disease was spreading fast within the gay community. however, the White house took it far less seriously. When asked about then-p resident ronald reagan’s solution to the crisis, his press secretary famously joked that the p resident had never heard of aidS because he didn’t have it.
The result of this homophobia was low funding for education, prevention or treatment of aidS or hiv, the virus which can lead to aidS. eventually, through the efforts of many outspoken public figures, including Surgeon g eneral e verett koop, research on prevention and treatment was funded and disseminated. Today, acquiring hiv no longer means developing aidS, but risk for hiv remains high among gay and bisexual men. The history of the crisis provides a cautionary tale — failing to identify the public health risk of hiv/aidS and respond appropriately can ruin lives.
a s a gay student at notre dame, the conversation about sexual health to newly out members of the lgBT community is always a difficult one. The most effective method of preventing transmission among sexually active people is, and has always been, both condom use and accessible testing for high risk populations. newer treatments such as p rep can also be effective. however, no organization on campus that serves the lgBT population disseminates information about sexual health, though i hardly blame
them when university politics seem to preclude the university health Services website from providing basic information about sexually transmitted infections or hiv/aidS online.
While notre dame is a c atholic university, an acknowledgement of reality would be helpful — despite its teachings against premarital sex, our rates of sexual activity (regardless of sexuality) are equivalent to those other major universities. Because the number of sexually active gay and bisexual men on campus is small, an ST i like hiv could spread like wildfire (not to mention the elevated risk of hiv in i ndiana, thanks to former g overnor m ike pence’s defunding of needle exchange programs and planned parenthood/health department hiv testing).
Think this can’t happen at notre dame? i n one study abroad program last year, several students contracted chlamydia, a common ST i in the college age bracket. i f you were developing a public health model for the notre dame gay community, this bounded, small group of nd students provides a pretty good estimate. Thankfully for them, chlamydia is easily detectable and treatable with antibiotics. hiv is neither — in fact, it often goes undetected in 51 percent of the college age group (2014 cdc report). This is not to pass judgement on anyone who has contracted an ST i, but whether your health issue is chlamydia or the flu, students need access to health services.
given the threat to students’ well-being, one might think that the university would provide prevention and testing. unfortunately, this is not the case. c ondoms are not available on campus, and in fact, in 2013, the Boston g lobe reported that while notre dame has no written policy against condom
distribution, “their policies similarly do not allow students to distribute condoms on campus and … students who do so could face disciplinary action.” ST i/hiv testing is only available by first scheduling a doctor’s appointment, and then either putting the cost on your insurance (not the recommended way to come out to your family) or paying over $100 out of pocket. i ndiana is no help either — its health department does not provide ST i/hiv testing services, and its lack of funding to planned parenthood means that its costs are similar to notre dame — either pay with insurance or eat a $118 bill.
i f you are a sexually active gay or bisexual man on notre d ame’s campus, your only local option is aid S a ssist, a nonprofit located at 201 S. Williams St. in South Bend. They provide free hiv, hepatitis c and syphilis testing between 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. monday through Thursday. The office is just an u ber ride away. o r ask a friend for a ride — if you tell someone about your plan to get tested, you’re more likely to follow through. a dditionally, check out the services your state or city provides. m any of them provide anonymous, low-cost hiv testing that you can access during breaks — a quick g oogle search can find this information for you. i f you do contract an ST i, apps like So They c an k now can offer advice and support. Without the support of notre d ame or i ndiana’s state government, these are your best options for accessing the health care you need to keep yourself and your community healthy.
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Happy Birthday: Weigh each move you make carefully and consider how much time and effort it will take to carry out. making wise choices will help you avoid being a jack-of-all trades and master of none. Stay focused and make a point to focus on what matters most to you. a steady pace of progress should be your priority. your numbers are 5, 13, 22, 25, 34, 37, 44.
ARIES (March 21-April 19): Be careful and don’t make assumptions. Wait until you are given a true picture of what’s actually happening. Taking on too much under false pretenses will be costly in the end. g auge your time and use your talents wisely.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20): d on’t settle for substitutes. Speak your mind and push until you get your way. your stubbornness will pay off if you offer incentives to those standing in your way. a kind gesture will go a long way. r omance is encouraged.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): your thirst for knowledge will help to balance out your financial goals. Take a course that will enable you to apply for positions that have been out of reach in the past. r efuse to let anyone lower your self-esteem.
CANCER (June 21-July 22): discuss your plans and make arrangements that include someone you enjoy spending time with. Business and personal trips will spark an interest in making subtle lifestyle changes. Try to spend more time doing the things you enjoy doing most.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): you’ll have added discipline that will help you gather information and expand your interests. Take care of any responsibilities you’ve been given and move on to the things you enjoy doing most. p rotect against minor injury or illness.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): g etting together with like-minded people or collaborating to come up with something special is featured. you’ll be on target when it comes to finding new ways to use tried-and-true methods. a partnership looks promising and so does romance.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): pace yourself. Before you jump into something, make sure it won’t cause friction at home or with someone you love. a im to finish what you start and to take care of your responsibilities before you move on to more enjoyable pastimes.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): your intuition and ability to tap into what’s going on around you will make it easy to make wise choices. m ake personal improvements and use what you have or where you live as a springboard for new beginnings.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): g et together with old friends or colleagues. The information you receive will encourage you to change how you live and what you do for work. p lot a course and bring about the changes necessary to reach your goals.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): let past experiences guide you. Someone will try to limit or interfere with your plans. don’t back down when the only thing that will help you gain respect is the truth. make love and romance a priority.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): you have the right idea, but will need to harness your talents and use them wisely to maximize your chances of advancement. keep an open mind when discussing secrets or if you choose to get involved in other people’s business.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Size up a situation that is bothering you or a cause you believe needs help and do your best to make a difference. d on’t worry about the stubbornness of others. d o your thing and you will break through any barriers you face.
Birthday Baby: you are astute, goal-oriented and insightful. you are innovative and trendy.
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‘The Bachelor’ parallels NBA
Daniel O’Boyle Sports Writer
as we approach the a ll-Star Break, the picture starts to settle in the hunt for an nBa championship ring. But there’s another ring that many across the country dream of getting: an engagement ring from aBc’s bachelor, nick viall. “The Bachelor” and the nBa may seem unrelated, but if you look hard enough, there are plenty of similarities.
l iz is the nets
Truth be told, liz and the nets were both out of the running before the season started. The nets traded away their future in 2013 to pick up aging celtics stars; liz, like kevin garnett and friends, has been there before. unfortunately for her, that played a big part in liz going home. it’s no surprise to see them both already out of the picture.
Alexis is the 76ers
Some ideas sound so crazy they just might work. like tanking for four straight years or wearing a shark costume and telling nick you’re a dolphin while you hope to one day become a dolphin trainer (a job where knowing what dolphins are may be a requirement). yet a lexis remains on the show, while Joel embiid has led the Sixers to an outside shot at grabbing the no. 8 seed in the east. is it likely that either a lexis or the Sixers win it all? no, but sometimes you have to trust the process.
jaimi is the t hunder Jaimi’s biography states she can bench press a man with her legs. out of anything found in this year’s contestant bios, nothing is a better metaphor for how russell Westbrook carries the Thunder. There’s another layer to the comparison, too. The Thunder seemed set for a potential dynasty five years, but slowly that dream came apart, starting with James harden’s 2012 trade to the rockets. meanwhile, in episode 2’s group date, the contestants have to pretend to loudly break up with nick in public. When Jaimi invents a reason, she mentions laundry, dishes and facial hair trimmings everywhere — almost certainly a reason why harden was traded away.
rachel is the Cavaliers
The cavs are the defending champions, they boast the best player in the game and they are strong favorites to win the east. rachel became an early contender too, earning nick’s firstimpression rose. yet both are in a bit of a slump. The cavs are 4-6 in their last 10 games, while rachel received little screen time in episode 4. But we know both
are real contenders and a blip like this is no cause for concern. expect both to recover and be just fine.
Vanessa is the r aptors
vanessa is a popular fans’ choice. She confronts nick about corrine and seems like she’s in it for the right reasons. The raptors are a similarly likable team. if your favorite team can’t win it all, chances are you’d be reasonably happy if it was Toronto instead. on vanessa and nick’s one-on-one date, they simulated zero-gravity, making vanessa the most likely to understand what a demar derozan dunk feels like (derozan, to his credit, has not thrown up after dunking this season). a nd vanessa’s from montreal, which is also in canada and therefore basically the same place as Toronto.
danielle l . is the spurs
Both danielle l. and the Spurs are obvious contenders, yet there’s not much to say about either. The Spurs are always a top team; danielle l. is definitely a major contender right now, getting a one-on-one with nick in episode 4, and there’s little to say besides the fact it’s unsurprising. She’s not involved in too much drama, but you know she’ll go far.
Corinne is the warriors you knew this comparison was coming. The villain of this “Bachelor” season and the team most basketball fans root against. if anyone would consider a top-three player joining a 73-win team in the offseason “the hardest road,” it’s the contestant who naps all day and still needs a nanny, yet talks about managing a multimillion-dollar company. if any contestant would accidentally send an inappropriate Snapchat picture to the world, it’s pretty clearly corinne. corinne’s been accused of lacking maturity, while the Warriors have blown some leads this year, typically a sign of immature teams. a nd while you’re clearly supposed to hate them, personally i love watching them both. The Warriors can completely go off and take over a game at any moment — that’s what happens when your fourth-best player can drop 60 in a game. corinne, meanwhile, takes over the show by saying and doing the most ridiculous things. Whether the Warriors and corinne win or lose, it will be compelling to watch them when the season really heats up.
Contact Daniel O’Boyle at doboyle1@nd.edu The views expressed in this Sports Authority are those of the author and not necessarily those of The Observer.
k iefer looks to maintain perfect record
Observer Sports Staff
notre d ame will return to action this weekend at the d e c icco d uals, the fourth installment of their annual home event.
Both the men’s and women’s teams for the i rish are coming off strong showings in two events over the weekend. The third-ranked notre d ame women were 4-1 in both Saturday’s St. John’s i nvitational and Sunday’s nyu i nvitational.
The fourth-ranked i rish men also finished 4-1 at the nyu i nvitational, with a 3-2 record the day before. The weekend featured accomplished juniors Jonathan Fitzgerald and c laudia k ulmacz both reaching the milestone of 100 career victories in sabre.
For her efforts over the weekend, senior foilist l ee k iefer was named the acc p layer of the Week. Between the two meets, k iefer posted a record of 8-0 and is 20-0 on
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the season.
The d e c icco d uals will take place throughout the day Saturday and Sunday at notre d ame’s c astellan Family Fencing c enter and are set to begin at 8 a.m. both mornings. The d uals will serve as notre d ame’s only true regular season home event of the season, though the c astellan Family Fencing c enter will serve as a host site for the second consecutive year for next weekend’s northwestern d uals.
Georgia Tech pulls off another home upset
Associated Press
aT lan Ta — Josh okogie scored 35 points, Ben l ammers added 18 and g eorgia Tech pulled its second home upset of a Top 10 opponent with a 78-56 victory over no. 6 Florida State on Wednesday night.
g eorgia Tech (12-8, 4-4 a tlantic c oast c onference) led 41-15 at halftime and 7047 with 6:52 remaining on l ammers’ dunk. Florida State never got closer than 18 points in the second half.
Few signs pointed to a meltdown for the Seminoles (18-3, 6-2). They were tied for first place in the acc and had gone 5-1 in their last six games, all against ranked opponents.
Florida State never trailed in a five-point win over l ouisville last Saturday, but they fell behind so quickly that coach l eonard hamilton cleared his bench early the first half, using all 13 players. The starting lineup of d wayne Bacon, Jonathan i saac, Xavier r athan-mayes, Terance mann and m ichael o jo averaged just 8.6 minutes before intermission.
Bacon, the acc ’s eighthleading scorer, finished with 12 points on 4-for-15 shooting. nobody else scored in double figures for the Seminoles.
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points and hit three 3-pointers for the yellow Jackets. okogie and l ammers combined for 25 rebounds. g eorgia Tech, which had lost 10 of 11 to Florida State, enjoyed its second home victory over a Top 10 opponent under first-year coach Josh pastner.
The yellow Jackets upset then-no. 9 north c arolina on d ec. 31, three days after barely escaping with a home win over north c arolina a &T. Though the victory over the Tar heels was a big surprise, it came with students out for c hristmas break and the football team playing a bowl game that day.
mc c amish pavilion was essentially a home game for north c arolina, which outnumbered Tech fans at least 3 to 1. The Jackets also played then-no. 9 l ouisville at home before losing, but returned with a win over a veteran c lemson team.
l ast week, g eorgia Tech lost by one point at v irginia Tech and by 13 at then-no. 16 v irginia.
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Florida State: maybe this game will be an outlier for a strong, balanced roster, but who saw this coming?
The Seminoles had been dazzling, climbing to their highest
ranking in The a ssociated p ress poll since getting ranked no. 6 on Feb. 22, 1993. They had won 14 of 15 with losses only to north carolina and then-no. 25 Temple.
hamilton will have to get his team to move past this game quickly. he pulled his starters early in the first half as Florida State trailed 17-4, missing nine of its first 11 shots from the field with six fouls and two turnovers.
The first half was a disaster as the Seminoles missed 29 of 35 shots and were 1 for 11 on 3-point attempts.
g eorgia Tech: pastner has done a great job with a roster that’s the least experienced in the nation and was picked to finish near the bottom of the acc
he doesn’t get credit for recruiting okogie, though. okogie, from nearby Shiloh h igh School in the suburb of Snellville, signed with pastner’s predecessor, Brian gregory, in the fall of 2015. okogie can score from all over the court. he first showed his proficiency nov. 26 against Tulane, setting the school record for a freshman with 38 points. it broke the mark of 33 shared by mark p rice against v irginia in the 1983 acc Tournament and by dion glover against Seton hall in the 1998 ni T.
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tactics to prepare them for the way p ittsburgh hits the ball.
“We do different things in practice,” l ouderback said. “ l ike in doubles, when they have to play against someone who serves differently, they move in and serve really close so they get used to the ball getting to them faster, and we work quite a bit on our defense and slowing the ball up this week to get ready for them. We also have some kids on our team that hit the ball hard, too, so it helps for us to play against them in practice.”
The i rish are coming off two dominant 7-0 wins at home over Western m ichigan and Wright State in their first two matches of the season. The i rish were powered by singles wins from senior m onica r obinson, junior a llison m iller, freshman Zoe Spence and freshman Bess Waldram in both matches. Senior m ary c loss, junior Brooke Broda, senior Jane Fennelly and sophomore r achel c hong also recorded wins on the day.
Sunday’s match against the p anthers will also be the team’s first acc matchup of the spring schedule. l ouderback said his squad knows the importance of getting a win in its first conference test.
“ i t’s always big,” l ouderback said. “ l ike last year in our 14 conference matches, nine of them ended 4-3 to win or lose. So we know every match we play in the acc is going to be a tough match. We would love to start off with a win, especially playing against them on the road.”
l ouderback said his message to his team is to play hard and compete well.
“ o ur big thing is just going out and playing our game,” l ouderback said. “a lso just competing well against them. We’re seeing some balls coming hard in practice.”
The i rish and p anthers will get underway Sunday at 10 a.m.
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coming together. Welcoming [junior attack] a bi cullinan back to the field after a knee injury at the end of her freshman year will be great, she has incredible 1v1 prowess. So while it may look like we’ve lost a lot and we’re starting from scratch, we’re certainly not.”
Fortunato, who finished seventh in the nation in goals last year while also leading the team in assists, is expected to be not only the leading attacker for the i rish again in 2017, but also among the best players in the country, featuring on the u.S. training team for the 2017 World cup and being named as a preseason Tewaaraton candidate by i nside l acrosse. halfpenny said she believes Fortunato has added an improved patience and shot selection to
her game that should see her move to the next level.
“i think that c ortney’s been focused on continuing to improve our team and help push up to the next level since she’s been a freshman,” halfpenny said. “She’s been one of our determined, strong, confident leaders with an incredible skillset. Seeing everything she’s done, you wonder what else she can do, and i’ve really seen her focus on her patience and finding the right shot. That’s been a really big thing for her. Watching her movement patterns, she’s continuing to grow in her off-ball movement, which has been really exciting. her time with the u.S. team was all so positive. She learned a lot, she got to play with the best in the world and was able to bring back some of that to her game, but really raise those around her’s game as well, and that’s really a sign of someone who wants to be the best.”
With many of the top teams in the nation playing in the acc , and notre dame meeting many other strong opponents in out-of-conference matchups, the i rish face yet another daunting schedule, including nine teams who made the 2016 ncaa tournament. That schedule includes a run through march and a pril of four road games against tournament teams, ending with ncaa semifinalist Syracuse, before a home game against defending national champions north c arolina. halfpenny said she enjoyed the chance her team gets to prove itself against the nation’s best.
“We get opportunities on opportunities,” halfpenny said.
“That’s the wonderful thing about playing in the strongest conference in the country. i feel like every week we get a great opportunity to play a quality opponent and when you play the best they’re going to expose some areas you need
to improve on, but you’re also going to have the opportunity to showcase areas that you’re strong in. That’s going to be a great strength of playing in the acc . We learn more about ourselves, we’re kind of pushing the limit and raising the ceiling of how great we can be and you attribute that to great opponents.
“We’ve got great studentathletes. it really is the best of the best here at notre dame, and when you’re consistently battle-tested, it’s going to make you stronger, smarter, more powerful and more confident in your game. So we attribute that to the strong schedule we get to play both in and out of conference.”
The i rish will begin their season Feb. 5, when they host northwestern at l oftus Sports c enter. o pening draw is at 1 p.m.
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us to take every game. it’s really important,” mcgraw said. “you know, we slipped up at n c State, and we’ve really got to be ready for every game.”
But mcgraw admits that this one will be harder than most.
“[duke is] a great team. They’re just a difficult matchup because they’re very athletic defensively, and they can score in a lot of different ways,” mcgraw said. “They play great defense. i think their zone is really good. They’ve got some bigs coming in off the bench. They’ve got depth.”
The core of that “great” team is junior guard l exie Brown and redshirt junior guard rebecca greenwell, who average 17.5 and 16.7 points per game, respectively, for the Blue devils. Brown, who played her two first
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seasons at maryland before transferring to duke two years ago and sitting out last season, has reinvigorated duke’s team, according to mcgraw.
“i think l exie Brown changed the culture of their team,” she said. “She’s really made them a very different team than they were last year. i think she’s just a tremendous point guard. She does so many great things. They’ve got good inside presence. [Sophomore guard kyra] l ambert’s a tough matchup for us. greenwell and Brown shoot the ball really well, but Brown — really, she’s the key to their team.”
With junior forward kathryn Westbeld still a game-time decision, the irish expect to play a lot more four-guard packages against the Blue devils. one backcourt combination the irish have found effective in those situations is that of senior guard l indsay a llen and
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sophomore guard a li patberg, who has played 20 minutes in each of the last two games.
“yeah, i didn’t really expect to play them together as much as i have been, but the defensive intensity that they bring, the intelligence that they bring — i think a li gives us so much of what l indsay already gives us, that it’s great to have two people out there that can run the offense, get us into stuff, know which way to look into the post and can defend,” mcgraw said.
one thing immediately in notre dame’s favor is its return home. a fter playing 10 of their last 12 games on the road, the irish will now play four of its next five at home, including Thursday’s 7 p.m. tipoff. Being back at p urcell pavilion will be a huge lift to a road-weary irish squad, mcgraw said.
“it’s great to be home,” mcgraw said. “We’re excited for our fans. We need them. ... it’s been a brutal stretch, but we really managed to get through it, and now we just need to really start moving forward. But i think the fans are really gonna help us.
“ … [The players are] excited about it, to just be back in the friendly confines of p urcell pavilion. i think we’ll shoot the ball a lot better, just to have that comfort of being in our own bed and getting a little more rest.”
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scored meet, so we’re not going with all our gun barrels loaded and firing. For the athletes that are going, we’re going to get after it. This is an opportunity to be on a banked 200-meter track that was used at the World c hampionships, so we’re excited to get on that facility.”
Turner and the i rish will be missing arguably their two biggest guns at iowa, as graduate student molly Siedel and sophomore a nna rohrer opted for rest in preparation for the highly anticipated meyo i nvitational, a strategy that is not uncommon among the distance groups, according to Turner.
“We’ve got a limited number of distance people going, because [distance] will be gearing up for the meyo i nvitational,” he said. “a ll the events at the meyo are loaded fields, and running [distance races] every week is rough on them, so a lot of times they will run every other meet.” even at less than full strength, notre dame will still look to make an impression in iowa c ity at the Black and g old p remier. The two-day competition begins Friday at 11 a.m. and continues Saturday at 10 a.m.
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ALLISON CULVER | The Observer Irish junior forward Kathryn Westbeld dribbles up the court during Notre Dame’s 72-61 loss to UConn on Dec. 7 at Purcell Pavilion.
