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‘Progress doesn’t look like a straight line’

Professor examines historical trajectory of racism, injustice in American society; looks to

By SELENA PONIO

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Journalist Jelani cobb explored a merica’s history of racism as well as its present existence Tuesday night. cobb, a professor in the columbia university graduate school of Journalism, has been published in The washington post and has written a series of articles centered on race, the police and injustice for The new yorker. his lecture, titled “The halflife of Freedom: race and Justice in a merica Today,” was hosted by the dean’s Fellows of the college of a rts and letters.

cobb said race replays itself constantly as a theme in history.

“it’s not simply an issue,” cobb

said. “we can’t fundamentally understand how the country came into existence or what the country is without looking at this subject. ... This idea of ‘we the people,’ this founding creed, that the ultimate authority is ‘we.’ but the more important question is who is this ‘we’? it’s a question we have never reconciled.”

cobb said he previously taught at moscow university, and it was there that one of his colleagues mentioned a particular optimism he thought defined a mericans. he said it’s this sense of optimism that is applied to our understanding of the past. however, he said he stands firm on the belief that

‘revue’ parodies political events

By COURTNEY BECKER news writer

move over, a lec b aldwin — the k nights of k eenan h all are entering the political satire arena with this year’s k eenan r evue, “state of the r evuenion.”

The r evue will be performed at 7 p.m. in stepan c enter on Thursday, Friday and s aturday.

s enior Jean c arlo yunen, this year’s k eenan r evue director, said the idea for the theme developed from a desire

to bring the notre d ame community together through laughter in spite of any political disagreements.

“s eeing the country divided and the current political situation, we thought we could do something about it,” he said. “not make fun just because we want to make fun, but [knowing] we could bring people together in laughter despite what their differences were and make a commentary on what the state [of the

Ramblers brave cold to raise funds for homeless

By NATALIE WEBER news writer

despite wednesday’s expected high of 31 degrees, the siegfried hall ramblers will be wearing only T-shirts, shorts and flip flops as part of their annual day of man. The event aims to promote solidarity

with the homeless — many of whom do not have adequately warm clothing during winter months — and collect funds for the south bend center for the homeless, junior michael hernick, day of man co-commissioner said.

“last year we raised $22,000, so i mean, our goal for this year

is to beat that again,” junior isaac a lthoff, day of man cocommissioner, said. “That was $9,000 over our previous record, so [to] just keep pushing the record up there is always the goal.”

siegfried hall president,

ND receives record gift

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notre dame received the largest gift directed toward financial aid in the university’s history this week, the university announced in a press release sunday.

according to the release, the late a llan riley and his wife radwan made the multi-million-dollar gift of an unspecified amount to support two scholarship programs — the a llan J. and reda radwan riley scholarships and the leo and edna riley-a ref and helena Jabbour scholarships.

“The rileys have been generous supporters for many years,

particularly in the arts,” provost Thomas burish said in a statement. “i am deeply appreciative of this transformative gift in support of our highest institutional priority, financial aid for deserving students.” both scholarships will be awarded on the basis of need or merit and are available for undergraduate, graduate and professional students, the press release said. The latter will be awarded to students who have either lived in the middle east or have expressed interest in studying the culture, history, language, literature or politics of the region.

“The focus of a llan’s parents,

as well as mine, was to provide their children with education,” radwan riley said in a statement. “at times, it was not easy sailing, but they prevailed and succeeded beyond doubt. we both appreciate what they sacrificed on our behalf, and now we feel it is our turn to do something worthy of their memory and honorable effort.”

The first awards of the two scholarships will be for the 2017–2018 academic year. according to the press release, at least 15 percent of the funds drawn each year will be used to assist graduates of schools operated by the order of the brothers of the blessed virgin mary of mount carmel.

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Wednesday

Lecture: “Concentrating Solar Energy” DeBartolo Hall 313

4 p.m. - 5 p.m. An ND Energy series.

Memes and Masculinity LaFortune Student Center

5 p.m. - 6 p.m. Food provided.

Thursday

Lecture: “Seasonal Poverty and Seasonal Migration” Hesburgh Center for International Studies

4 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.

Film: “Once Upon a Time There Lived a Simple Woman” DeBartolo Performing Arts Center 6:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.

Friday

Lecture: “Innovative Energy Generation” Mendoza College of Business

10:40 a.m. - 12:10 p.m. Open to the public.

Performance: Bach’s Lunch DeBartolo Performing Arts Center 12:10 p.m. - 1:10 p.m. Free but ticketed.

Saturday

Total Body Conditioning

Rolf’s Sports Recreation Center 11 a.m. - 11:45 a.m. Space is limited.

Men’s Basketball vs. Florida State Purcell Pavilion 6 p.m. The Irish take on the Seminoles.

Sunday

Women’s

country] is. [it] doesn’t necessarily drive most of our skits in many ways, but it’s something that is still there.”

While the idea for the state of the revuenion theme had been discussed in previous years, senior revue producer T.J. Groden said the current political climate offered the perfect opportunity to explore the theme.

“state of the revuenion was one of those puns that was on the list but didn’t get chosen,” he said. “Then this year, with all that was happening, it was just the sort of defining dialogue of the year. We thought it was an appropriate time to use that theme to engage in that dialogue a little bit.”

The Keenan revue publicity directors capitalized on this year’s theme by putting up posters modeled after presidential candidate poster and staging mock protests against the Keenan revue — during which Keenan hall residents chanted “not my revue” — to generate increased buzz about the event, sophomore publicity director henry mulholland said.

“We usually do a flash mob dance, and we totally butchered

it last year,” he said. “so we were trying to think of something else we could do and we thought it would be funny to have a protest against ourselves. … i think it was a really important year last year in terms of the election, and everything, so we all thought that would be a fun way to make fun of ourselves and also continue with the theme.”

mulholland said he hopes those who might have had a negative reaction to the publicity campaign come to the revue to engage in a dialogue about the various events the revue will parody.

“even if it does spark a little fire for people, i think it’s good,” he said. “i think what the revue does is just kind of get people talking in a good way about topics that might be sensitive for people, so it’s a good thing overall that people will be coming out for the revue based on however they feel.”

While some of the skits address national events and discussions, Groden said they all relate to the University in one way or another.

“some of our more politicallybent skits involve Trump juxtaposed with a notre dame figure or put in a notre dame setting, so we’re sort of exploring those

of racial progress and was part of the resistance to racial integration and equality.

progress is not permanent, and there’s always the potential of moving backwards.

“Progress doesn’t look like a straight line,” c obb said. “it looks more like an e KG. We’ve seen these great moments of peaks which have been followed by valleys with the hope that the peaks are higher and the valleys are shallow.”

c obb said the rise of hateful organizations like the Ku Klux Klan and acts such as lynching was fueled by an underlying objective to eliminate a sense

c obb said discrimination was not limited to a frican a mericans and cited examples through history such as the c hinese e xclusion act. he talked about inequality for a frican a mericans among areas such as health care, life expectancy and unemployment rates.

“We find that race matters in all these kinds of ways and that it continues to replicate the hierarchies that are baked into this country’s history,” c obb said.

c obb said it is people’s responsibility to move the world

topics,” he said. “With those national topics we sort of bring it in to more of the notre dame [and] local level.”

Junior Wilson barrett, returning head writer for the revue, said adding aspects of notre dame to political skits allowed the writers to present a fresh take on frequently parodied figures and events.

“i think there’s so much conversation and comedy around President Trump right now that it’s hard to add a new voice to that conversation sometimes,” he said. “i think the place that we can lend our voice most strongly is maybe on a notre dame level.

i think that’s the fun of the revue is that you throw in outside stuff and you let that affect what goes on, but i think it’s a notre dame show about notre dame.”

While some of the material in the Keenan revue may be considered controversial, the head staff was careful to not cross any lines in deciding what to include in the show, something Groden said was not made any more difficult by this year’s theme.

“There were definitely a lot of skits that were way too inappropriate or they’re just a little or a lot over that line, and we

in a desired direction. he said 2.9 million people took to the streets to protest after President donald Trump’s inauguration, which demonstrates that movements come about when “abstract principles become concrete concerns.”

“despair is the ally of the people who you are fighting against,” c obb said. “The whole point is to break people’s will and to leave people dispirited. but keep in mind the victories people have achieved against really large odds. o ptimism is the fundamental building block of anything that comes after.”

according to c obb, that optimism is tragic because he believes racism will never fully

day of Man

sophomore sam bishop, participated in the day of man last year and said the event is “a lot of fun” despite the cold temperatures.

“Probably my best memory is standing outside of south dining hall for an hour in the freezing cold, and i was dressed as a banana and we had some funny signs, and just having a lot of fun with the passersby and people laughing at us,” bishop said. “it hurts because it’s very cold. Your fingers and toes start to hurt, but it’s worth it.”

hernick said when he participated in the day of man during his freshman year, the temperature was between 15 to 20 degrees, and it was “snowing sideways.”

“i remember i was standing outside [LaFortune student center] with one of my friends,

wouldn’t put [that] onstage and put Keenan’s name behind it,” he said. “but i wouldn’t say that this year there were any of those that were because of the theme or the political dynamic.”

Junior John mcdonough, one of two new head writers along with junior michael di re, said while the head staff was conscious of not crossing any lines, they also gave Keenan hall residents the freedom to take risks during tryouts.

“The tryouts the first time are just the Keenan guys, and we try to give the fairest feedback,” he said. “We’ve done this for a little bit, so we know what works and what’s okay and everything, but you’ve kind of got to give room for people to give it a shot, and then if you see them cross the line you pull them back.”

The process of creating the show and determining content is left primarily to the hall residents, Keenan rector noel Terranova said.

“i just on the front end try to set the right vision for what we want the show to be,” he said. “For the most part, they kind of know how to produce the content that actually meets our goals of doing something that’s both funny and insightful and actually reflects

disappear, but that it will turn from a fatal illness to a chronic ailment as people find better ways of addressing it.

c obb said there is no notion of a “post-racial society.”

according to c obb, there was an anxiety felt among some white groups who felt other racial groups were becoming more advantaged after the election of President barack obama in 2008, but that anxiety was a result of racism.

“[ i f] you are defining your citizenship by your cumulative advantages over this group of people, then yes you will find progress to be threatening,” he said. “There’s no other word for that than racism.”

c obb said it was particularly

and then on the way back, it was really cold out, obviously,” hernick said. “We decided to sprint back to siegfried, and then he slipped and dropped his cup, so i had to stand there in the cold helping him pick up all his money. ... i felt like my fingers were about to fall off, and i was really mad at the moment, but it’s a good laugh now.”

The day of man gives siegfried students the opportunity to bond, a lthoff said.

“it’s definitely an event that everyone looks forward to,” a lthoff said. “People wake up in the morning and they cut their shirts and make them even more scanty. it’s just a big group thing.”

bishop said suffering in the cold helps the men of siegfried empathize with the homeless and gives them a sense of perspective.

“it definitely bonds us because one of the main points of day of

the values of Keenan hall and the notre dame community.”

aside from political skits, barrett said the show includes parodies of University President Fr. John Jenkins and head football coach brian Kelly.

“i think on campus we have powerful or well-known people like coach Kelly and Fr. Jenkins that i think we’ve done a better job than ever [parodying],” he said. “a nd, obviously, brian Kelly has done a better job than ever. We just want to say thank you to him, he’s done a great job in giving us material. … [Those are] the other areas that we delve into most, i’d say.”

This year, Groden said, over half the Keenan hall residents are involved with the revue in one way or another.

“That was one of our big goals this year, was to try to get as many people involved — especially freshmen — as involved in the show as possible,” he said. “so there are only so many people that will be onstage and that you’ll see in the spotlight, but for every one person onstage there are five or six guys behind the scenes … [to] make the show possible.”

Contact Courtney Becker at cbecker3@nd.edu

the testing times of racism and injustice that acted as an impetus of moving forward with social progress.

“The place where i find optimism is in each moment where we have encountered these values, where we find ourselves moving backward [that] has had a catalyzing effect on people of conscience who have come together and demand that we create a more decent, equitable and more democratic world,” he said. “We have seen that shockingly small number of people summon the will to perform acts of importance far beyond their numbers.”

Contact Selena Ponio at sponio@nd.edu

man — maybe the most valuable thing in it — is an expression of solidarity with the poor, with those who are exposed,” bishop said. “in expressing that solidarity with them, we are also expressing it with each other. so we suffer together, we stand outside together. We do all of it together for others.”

according to hernick, raising awareness of homelessness is necessary, and a group from siegfried volunteers at the center for the homeless every saturday.

“The goal of the whole day is obviously to raise some money, but it’s also to raise awareness and to work really hard this one day so that people think about homelessness, and think about the problems it poses a little more the other 364 days of the year,” he said.

Contact Natalie Weber at nweber@nd.edu

Happy Birthday: keep an open mind and a positive attitude. l et your charm help you navigate through both the good times and the bad. Show compassion and understanding and be willing to see your faults and accept those of others. Sharing will help bring you closer to the people you love. Be mindful and offer kindness and consideration. your numbers are 7, 14, 18, 25, 33, 38, 46.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Take your time if emotional situations flare up. Try to be optimistic and offer unique solutions instead of getting upset. l earn from your past mistakes and you will avoid making an unnecessary mistake.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Travel plans or visiting someone who can feed you information about current trends or changes going on in the workplace will lead you into an interesting project. Think big, but don’t overdo it. Moderation will keep you out of debt.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Take strides that will help you bypass any negativity or deceptive rhetoric with people who may be trying to take advantage of you. Stick close to those you trust. l ove and romance are featured.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Emotions will surface if you let what others do get to you. Avoid attempting anything that may result in minor injuries or poor health. l ook for opportunities to use your skills to get ahead instead of wasting your time arguing.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Aim to stabilize your life. Don’t let emotional issues come between you and your goals. Take pride in what you do and live within your means. having a plan in place and following each step with precision and detail will pay off.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Children or people you have helped in the past will offer an interesting perspective on a situation you currently face. l isten to advice, and if necessary, ask for assistance in order to make the changes that will improve your life.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Don’t let your emotions stand in your way. Think big and follow through with your plans regardless of the obstacles you face. Positive changes will unfold if you are ready to do what’s necessary to make things happen.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): friends and relatives will be happy to pitch in and help if you ask. Offer incentives if they will make it easier to reach out for assistance. Ask questions and listen to those with more experience and you will get ahead.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Don’t neglect the ones you love. you’ll be so intent on getting ahead you may lose sight of why you are working so hard in the first place. g et your priorities straight before someone complains or does something you don’t like.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Emotional matters will cause you to rethink your relationships with some of your peers. Trust is important if you want to feel comfortable sharing your ideas. Move forward with caution and avoid indulgence, excess and exaggeration.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Share your thoughts and look for ways to use your skills, talents and knowledge to get ahead. Take action and see what unfolds. Express who you are, what you have to offer and what you want. romance is highlighted.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Turn your home into a place of comfort. Aim to lower your stress by engaging in something that brings you happiness or satisfaction. Time spent with children or someone you love will improve your disposition. Aim to please.

Birthday Baby: you are proactive, focused and intelligent. you are engaging and appealing.

ryan Lidge has played — i don’t know, he’s got to be approaching the record for games played as a catcher at notre dame.”

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Irish junior forward Anders Bjork surveys the ice during Notre Dame’s 2-2 overtime tie with New Hampshire on Jan. 20.

Hoonhout

in the third, three successive vermont goals pushed what had been an irish lead to a sudden 4-2 deficit. it looked to be a disastrous turnaround at the time, but notre dame did not go down quietly. The irish scored two goals in the final 3:10 of regulation to send the game to overtime, but once again failed to capitalize on the momentum, and the game ended in a 4-4 tie. This is a great example of what has been plaguing notre dame all year. While they may be cardiac kings, the irish had a chance to pull out a huge win against a hockey east opponent — especially as the race for postseason seeding heats up. Yet they blew an early two-goal lead and had to battle back to get a result. This team has the mental toughness to grind out results when it needs to, especially as the irish have come back to win or tie in nine games this year.

a nd, following Friday’s near shocker, the irish dominated vermont in a 4-1 win to leapfrog them in the conference standings. but the lack of consistency has plagued this team all year, and with the postseason and some tough opponents coming up, it is questionable whether or not irish can find it within themselves to start stringing results together.

on the whole, this season has been a roller coaster ride for notre dame. The irish have been ranked as high as no. 3, but an up-and-down four months has resulted in the irish being most recently ranked no. 16, just barely good enough for the final spot in the ncaa tournament’s 16-team field. now, there is still hockey to play, including a final hockey east tournament for notre dame before it moves to the big Ten next season. still, at its current record of 15-9-4 — including a 8-5-3 conference mark — the team has struggled to sweep opponents. sure, there is no team in the hockey east that is an easy win. but as the irish have gone 1-1 against teams such as Uconn, merrimack and Umass — who sit seventh, ninth and last in the conference, respectively — those are games, on paper at least, that notre dame should be using to

pile up wins.

notre dame’s best performance of the year has undeniably been a 3-2 comeback home win against then-no. 3 boston college. despite going down 2-0 early, the irish stuck with it, and star junior forward a nders bjork was instrumental in leading the irish to three straight goals and a convincing win. it was boston college’s first hockey east loss and a huge team win for notre dame.

The irish can certainly play with the eagles, but the games in between have been constant pitfalls this season. boston college, on the other hand, has been able to sweep most of the other teams it has played, and that’s why the eagles are first in the conference. While irish head coach Jeff Jackson has talked throughout the season about the irish finding their groove, the team has yet to do it, and now it’s crunch time.

The irish have three hockey east opponents left to close out the regular season: 11th-place maine, fifth-place Providence, and second-place boston University. While it’s unlikely the irish can sweep all six games, they’ll start the challenge with maine first, and the matchup poses a huge test.

a ll season, notre dame has played competitive hockey with the boston colleges and the minnesota duluths of the world — teams of high caliber that pose a real challenge — and the matchups with the Friars and the Terriers should result in exciting, fast-paced hockey. but against teams like maine, who are nowhere near the same level as the irish on paper, notre dame has struggled to dominate. Thus, pockets of great performances have been separated by up-and-down irish streaks. if the the team can finally be consistent against the maines of college hockey — opponents that it is supposed to beat — it might be able to string some results together, start playing consistent hockey and racking up wins. a nd at this time of year, wins are all that matter.

Contact Tobias Hoonhout at thoonhou@nd.edu

The views expressed in this column are those of the author and not necessarily those of The Observer.

mainstays from last year’s lineup like junior outfielder Jake shepski and sophomores center fielder matt v ierling — both of whom also pitched for notre dame in relief at times last season — and utility man nick Podkul also return for the irish, while sophomore infielder cole daily will also look to build on his increasing presence in the second half of last season.

Fiala, daily and Podkul will be among the new faces making appearances in an irish infield that lost starters at three of its four positions. First baseman/third baseman Zak Kutsulis and shortstop Lane r ichards both graduated last may. Junior second baseman cavan biggio decided to forego his final year of eligibility to pursue his mL b dreams after being selected by the Toronto blue Jays in the fifth round of the mL b entry draft last June.

it’s the first time in six years notre dame doesn’t have at least one biggio on its roster,

with cavan and older brother conor each playing their college ball in south bend; they represent one of a couple pairs of brothers who have found success in south bend over aoki’s tenure at notre dame. Their younger sister, Quinn, is also verbally committed to play for the softball team.

Utility man r icky sanchez, who spent time at first, third, home, designated hitter and in the outfield last season, also graduated. a ll told, notre dame said goodbye to nine seniors — the 10th, lefty michael hearne, is back for a fifth year, the only graduate student on the roster.

Fiala has his claim on shortstop this season after spending most of his time at third base last year, but the other positions around the infield are still competitive, aoki said. he added if he had to put a lineup out right now, it would have Lidge behind the plate with freshman connor Power — who also catches — at first base. continuing around the horn, aoki described second base as “a little up in the air” between some combination of daily, Podkul and freshman nick neville, while third base could be Podkul or neville, too.

This year’s senior class is smaller than the last,

numbering just four: Fiala, Lidge, left-hander scott Tully and the righty smoyer, who threw 61 1/3 innings while making 11 starts for the irish in 2016.

“This year’s class has a little bit more daily, on-the-field impact,” aoki said. “ … This group, they’re all, have been and probably will continue to have the potential to be very impactful on the field. … i think our senior class, mike and Kyle in particular, are responsible really a high level for that.” aoki said although the ups and downs of a baseball season have yet to begin, he senses a good camaraderie among this group.

“i think we’re in a pretty good place from a mindset standpoint,” aoki said. “ … i really like this group. They’re fun to be around, and there are some potentially really exciting things from them, both from a group standpoint and also from an individual standpoint. i really like being around them. i like the way they go about their daily business.”

notre dame travels to the Lone star state next week to get its season underway at the a lamo irish classic on Feb. 17.

Contact Zach Klonsinski at zklonsin@nd.edu

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79 of the team’s 88 points, while none sat for more than five minutes the whole night.

“Those four guys made bigtime winning plays for us,” irish head coach mike brey said.

“We have guys that want to hit big shots when there’s game pressure on them,” brey said later. “We’ve got four guys that’ll do it, and that’s really a great weapon to have.”

colson was the standout performer, though, hitting both his 3-point attempts as he notched another stat-filled double-double with 27 points, 16 rebounds and five blocks.

“i told him i needed the ‘junkyard dog,’ the bonzie that’s pounding his chest,” farrell said.

“i need him playing with emotion because that gets us going.”

notre dame’s junior captain wasn’t the only big man putting up an impressive stat line, though: Wake forest sophomore forward John collins went toeto-toe with colson, scoring 24 and adding 14 rebounds in his team’s loss.

“[colson] was thoroughly exhausted — that’s why i used the timeout a couple times just to rest,” brey said. “ … We couldn’t take him out, he had to play it out. but to wrestle collins in the post and then do what he did offensively is physically unbelievable.”

a fter notre dame took that 5654 lead, it didn’t take too long for the demon deacons (14-10, 5-7) to claw the game back to a 60-60 tie. but a beachem 3-pointer put the irish back ahead, and in due time, that lead grew to eight, 7466, with just over four minutes to play. Wake forest had another run in them, though, and rattled off six straight to cut the notre dame advantage back to two.

farrell and Wake forest senior

forward austin a rians traded buckets, before vasturia put his mark on the result, hitting a 3-pointer with 2:09 to play. from there, irish maintained a two- or three-possession lead the rest of the way.

over those final 15 minutes, notre dame’s offensive efficiency was sky-high — the irish scored 46 points in their final 26 completed possessions, an efficiency rating of 176.9 — outscoring the demon deacons by 15 points over that stretch. The irish finished the game 13-for-27 from deep after a 9-for-14 second half, turning the ball over just twice in the second stanza.

continuing a trend from saturday’s loss at north carolina, the irish went small again Tuesday — senior forward austin Torres and junior forward martinas geben played just six minutes between them — and brey said that playing “fiveout” helps his four key scorers offensively.

“five-out with a smaller lineup, with [sophomore guard rex Pflueger] or [freshman guard T.J. gibbs] helps the four most important guys on my team,” brey said. “The big four are really helped by that, and it’s evident in their numbers second half of carolina and really [Tuesday].”

The win snapped notre dame’s longest losing streak in eight years — and brey’s happy to have that off his team’s back.

“man, we needed that,” brey exclaimed as he walked into his press conference. “We needed that, baby.”

brey’s team will have another chance for a resume-building win saturday, when the irish host no. 14, second-placed florida state at Purcell Pavilion. Tipoff is set for 6 p.m., a change from the initial 2 p.m. game time.

Contact Alex Carson at acarson1@nd.edu

Colson’s double-double leads Irish to victory

By ALEX CARSON Assistant managing e ditor

For the first 25 minutes Tuesday night, it was tough to get a read on n otre d ame.

The Irish (18-7, 7-5 A cc ) oscillated between looking like their usual selves, jumping out to a 14-9 and going on an 11-2 run later in the first half, and looking like a team taking on water faster than it could be shoveled out, giving up 9-0, 10-0 and 7-0 runs. Given the effects of a four-game skid and a Tuesday game against a nonmarquee opponent, Purcell Pavilion was largely quiet and partially empty — one could have easily mistaken the game for a n ovember nonconference one, not a key February league tilt.

Then, with 14:50 to play and the Irish trailing 5042, junior forward b onzie c olson did something he hasn’t done with much consistency all year: hit an open 3-pointer. The next trip down the floor, Wake Forest lost junior guard m att

Farrell at the arc. s uddenly, it was a two-point game, and Purcell was alive.

Within a couple minutes, c olson hit another 3 — this one in front of Irish football head coach b rian Kelly, who sat courtside with new defensive coordinator m ike e lko — and the Irish led for the first time in the second half, 56-54. Though the d emon d eacons would tie the game, n otre d ame never trailed again, pulling away late for an 88-81 win.

“We picked each other up and said, ‘ h ey, we gotta do this, it’s not gonna be easy,’” c olson said of the team’s halftime chat, when the Irish trailed 41-36. “When adversity hits, you’ve gotta get over that edge, and we did that.”

Perhaps more than they have all year, the Irish leaned heavily on their “big four” Tuesday night. c olson, Farrell, senior forward v.J. b eachem and senior guard s teve vasturia combined for

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Lack of consistency could create issues for ND

Last Friday, the Irish hosted then- n o. 12 vermont in the opening game of a crucial h ockey e ast series. With the season winding down and then- n o. 17 n otre d ame right on the cusp of a top-16 nc AA berth, a loss would have been a crippling blow to the team’s playoff chances, and the Irish (15-9-4, 8-5-3 h ockey e ast) came out like they knew it. Two first-period goals from sophomore forward Andrew o glevie and junior forward b o b rauer pushed n otre d ame in front 2-0, and the Irish looked to be in firm control of a game they couldn’t afford to lose. b ut as the game went on, the Irish offense struggled to add to the lead, and vermont started to look dangerous. A late second-period goal for the c atamounts (16-9-3, 8-6-2) shrunk the lead to 2-1, and

Aoki deciding on starters for season

By ZACH KLONSINSKI Assistant managing e ditor

notre dame’s season doesn’t get underway until next week when the Irish travel to s an Antonio for the season-opening Alamo Irish c lassic, but the program has already been hard at work constructing a fresh look for 2017.

“When it’s all said and done, [our new team building] will encompass the existing locker room,” Irish head coach m ik Aoki said Tuesday, sitting in the visitor’s locker room on the first-base side of the field. A mud pit surrounded the Irish locker room on the third-base side, almost completely hiding bits of the expansion’s concrete foundation from sight.

“It will be a larger area for the guys to hang out, have team meetings, there will be a small study room off that space. The [current] locker room’s kind of tight.”

The expansion of the home locker room, slated to be finished mid-April, gives Frank e ck stadium a facelift that corresponds with the team’s entering the season: a sense of

familiarity with just a touch of something new.

The core of last year’s Irish club, its pitching, returns most of its staff in 2017, Irish head coach m ik Aoki said.

“We’re deep there,” Aoki said. “We’re especially talented there as well.”

Aoki said the four starters he picks for s an Antonio will come out of a group that includes right-handers senior r yan smoyer and juniors Peter s olomon, brandon bielak, brad b ass and s ean Guenther, and graduate student lefty m ichael hearne. Aoki also mentioned junior right-hander c harlie vorsheck and freshman lefty c ameron brown as potential starters as the season progresses.

In the field, the Irish will be steadied by veterans like seniors catcher r yan Lidge and shortstop Kyle Fiala, both of whom have seen extensive playing time in their careers at notre dame.

“Kyle Fiala has basically started every day since he has been a freshman,” Aoki said. “