Print Edition of The Observer for Friday, February 17, 2017

Students aid in local mayor’s dNC bid

Volunteers travel to Detroit, Baltimore and Chicago to campaign for South Bend mayor Pete Buttigieg

By MEGAN VALLEY

south Bend mayor pete Buttigieg announced he was joining the race for democratic national committee (dnc) chairman Jan. 5. on Feb. 25, 447 members of the dnc will vote in at lanta for the new chair.

until then, a group of 15 to 20 students from notre da me are working with members of the south Bend community on Buttigieg’s campaign.

“i think you can tell that he’s genuine, and you know that he has your best interests at heart,” fifth-year student Bryan ricketts said. “ … he did that with south Bend and the business community, he did it with college students and he did it with the

communities that were disadvantaged. generating action is what makes him such a compelling person and why i think he’d be great in the dnc chair.”

some of the students traveled to the detroit Forum on Feb. 3 and 4 to support Buttigieg and talk to dnc members about why they were rallying for him. senior a ndrew ga lo said they focused on “visibility” and relaying Buttigieg’s story and message.

“[The forums are] exciting; they’re fast-paced; they’re highenergy,” he said. “Basically, [they are] day-long events with panel debates with all the candidates for the various offices. …

The whole day consists of them debating.

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nd raises undergraduate t uition by 3.7% for 2017-18

Observer Staff Reprot

The university announced Thursday that undergraduate tuition and fees will go up by 3.7 percent for the 2017-2018 academic year, from $49,358 to $51,505. The average room-andboard rate went up by about

$500 to reach $14,890, bringing the total cost of attendance at notre da me to $66,395.

The tuition increase matches that of the previous two years.

“student charges were set by the Board of Trustees at its Feb. 3 meeting,” the university

stated in a press release. according to the 2016-2017 Bulletin of information, the basic fee for an on-campus student currently ranges from $32,021.50 to $32,271.50 per semester. For a full-time, offcampus student, the fee is $24,842.50 per semester.

Syrian graduate student explores civil war, asylum

By SELENA PONIO

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w hen majd a lshoufi spoke in the eck ha ll of law on monday afternoon, he made it clear that he was coming from a personal, rather than a legal, perspective.

a lshoufi, a sy rian master’s candidate in international peacebuilding and an asylum seeker, was one of the speakers at a lecture titled “asylum in the u s : law and the lives it Touches” — an event hosted by the international human rights

society and the center for civil and human r ights. The event’s intent was to shed light on current refugee and asylum laws in the united states.

a lshoufi was an activist in the sy rian nonviolent resistance movement of 2011. on aug. 22, 2011, he was arrested after taking part in a demonstration with 40 other men and women. a f ter being arrested, he was tortured and exiled. Today he continues his peacebuilding work in the u s

“if you are deprived of the

ability to speak your mind, you can’t really feel it until you lose it,” he said. “even worse than being shot was being arrested. you were said to be sent behind the sun because no one knew what happened to you, and your life was over.”

a lshoufi said the main arguments people have against letting refugees into the u s. a re rooted not in logical reasoning, but in fear. he said there are two extremes on the spectrum:

SMC organizes conference for women in STEM

By GABY JANSEN ne ws writer

sa int ma ry’s will emphasize feminism in the science, technology, engineering and math ( sT e m ) fields this saturday with hypatia day. na med after the greek mathematician, astronomer and philosopher hypatia, the conference takes place to encourage young girls in seventh and eighth grades interested in participating in sT e m fields.

a ssociate professor of mathematics and computer science k r istin kuter said the day is meant to interest more young women in sT e m fields before they enter high school.

“The goal is to encourage these girls to continue to study sT e m and to pursue an education in sT e m,” kuter said.

and nursing clubs will host sessions with the girls, teaching them new things and giving demonstrations.

The day will start with a speech from keynote speaker l aura k loepper, assistant biology professor. k loepper said she wants to inspire younger girls to be in science.

“i like to get other people excited, not just about my work, but about science in general too,” k loepper said.

a f ter the speech, the girls will go to sessions and demonstrations in their chosen fields.

The biology club will help its participants to extract dna from strawberries and put the dna in necklaces.

“a l l the students can go home wearing a necklace of strawberry dna ,” k loepper said.

senior biology major stephanie dreessen said the club will also have the students examine and dissect preserved specimens.

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These girls will participate with sa int ma ry’s students in activities in the fields in which they are interested. The chemistry, biology, physics, math, computer science, engineering

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The tarring of Congress

gop legislature’s overreaching attempt to limit the newly elected democratic governor’s duties, specifically removing the governor from managing the elections process.

makeup, the more reasonable the representative. statewide, however, voter suppression dramatically affects election results.

north carolina, the “Tar heel” or “old north” state, is renowned for iconic events such as the wright brothers’ aviation first in kitty hawk, honored on the state’s license plate with the phrase, “First in Flight.” politically, however, after the republican party gained total control of the governor’s house and both legislative chambers for the first time in more than a century during the 2010 election — a nationwide backlash principally focused against former president obama’s affordable care act (“obamacare”) — the gop’s flight path has landed onto several peculiar public relations tar pits. perched atop the list most notably is passage of house Bill 2 last year; most recently, the gop legislature’s overreaching attempt to limit the newly elected democratic governor’s duties.

The Tar heel state stands as a poster child for politically aggressive, moralistic rigidity. amidst strict voter id measures, gerrymandered districts and restrictive voter procedures, north carolina has brought upon itself public wrath and boycotts. hB 2, the enacted statewide so-called bathroom bill, requires individuals to use public accommodations consistent with one’s birth certificate — as opposed to one’s gender identity, the standard advocated last year by the obama administration. in response, the lucrative nBa 2017 all-star game originally slated for charlotte, north carolina, was relocated outside the state. The ncaa also blacklisted the state by moving seven championship events originally scheduled to be played in north carolina.

The hB 2 measure was the republican-controlled government’s attempt to nullify federal measures and preempt a nondiscrimination ordinance in charlotte that made it possible for transgender individuals to use public restrooms that correspond with their gender identity. But that was not a unique occurrence. most recently after the legislature remained in republican control but a democrat was elected governor, the north carolina supreme court blocked the

For a casual observer, the reaction usually includes a sigh of disgust with the thought that both political parties do these power grabs on a routine basis. To an extent, both sides strive to advance their visions of governance (usually characterized as an “agenda” by the opposition). in simplistic rhetoric, the gop would like its brand to be one of less taxation, less government regulation and a smaller government. The democrats attempt to be more inclusive and diverse while utilizing government to assist the american society. each accuses the other of stepping to far from the center.

however, it matters which party is given total control of a state or the federal government because the gop enacts laws that are generally more restrictive, less diversely inclusive and notoriously attempt to advance their party’s electoral success through limitations and restrictions. once called the “party of no” for creating the gridlock during the obama tenure, republicans play a meaner, more ruthless and uncivil type of hardball politics. compromise and bipartisanship gop-style is when they control an entire governmental apparatus and force 100 percent of their philosophies onto a more diverse and complicated electorate.

This is a far cry from the days when both parties said, “yes,” during a republican president ronald reagan and a democratic congress led by speaker Tip o’neill who together both cut and raised taxes — nearly a dozen “revenue enhancement” tax hikes that included doubling the federal tax from 4 to 9 cents on a gallon of gasoline along with saving social security. Tax historian Joseph Thorndike said that two bills passed in 1982 and 1984 together “constituted the biggest tax increase ever enacted during peacetime.”

Today, the political parties are nestled snuggly in supersafe gerrymandered congressional districts that skew heavily towards both parties slicing communities along political and geographical lines to create super-safe districts. some argue that the more balanced a district in its political

This week, three college professors released findings that demonstrated election turnout was in fact suppressed by strict voter id laws. Their data showed that strict voter id states had a 3 percent latino gap versus 5 percent gap, 11 percent asian gap versus 6 percent gap and 5 percent black gap versus 3 percent gap in states without strict id laws. given the razor-thin margins in some rust Belt states, the effort to tilt regulations that manipulate voter district boundaries while limiting voter participation at the ballot box does pay off for the gop

The historical pace (same-day hB 2 special session passage and signing) at which north carolina gop lawmakers sped down Bazaar-o Boulevard to enact their rigid, conservative agenda and pushed back at progressive change portends of what to expect in the u s congress now that the republican party controls the entire federal government. already not a month into the Trump presidency, the gopcontrolled house eased restrictions on coal companies dumping ash into water streams and weakened provisions that require federal contractors to pay workers prevailing wages under the Fair labor standards act.

can a powerful gop one-party government with no need for compromise consistently muddy the waters while picking the pockets of workers without inciting a public backlash reminiscent of 2010? we will only know if voters tar and feather the gop congress in the 2018 off-term elections.

Gary J. Caruso, Notre Dame ’73 American Studies major, serves in the Department of Homeland Security and was a legislative and public affairs director at the U.S. House of Representatives and in President Clinton’s administration. His column appears every other Friday. Contact him on Twitter: @GaryJCaruso or e-mail: GaryJCaruso@alumni.nd.edu.

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

a n open letter to my nd family

i belong. i belong to the this university (even after graduation). i belong to this nation. i belong. it isn’t something i ’ve always felt confident about, this sense of belonging. a lthough born and raised in the united s tates, i grew up with an acute awareness that my last name, Fernandez, marked me as different.

it was being told, “you look s panish,” even though my olive skin and dark hair come from my italian-m altese mother. it was being asked, “so did your family come here legally?” when talking about my immigrant father. it was the whisper in the back of my head telling me the only reason i got into n otre d ame was because i checked off “that box.”

o ften, i tried to deal with this differentness by owning it, by turning it into a source of pride. i bragged about my d ad, who went from sleeping on a park bench to becoming coo of c adbury c hocolates, who sent three children to college after spending some of his first paychecks on replacing the wedding rings his parents were forced to leave behind in c uba. i told stories about my a buela and a buelo, who lied to the c uban government so that they could flee to freedom in the united s tates. i showed off in s panish class, proud of my seemingly flawless accent and prior knowledge. e very Thanksgiving, i endeavored to make my friends jealous with descriptions of delectable platanos, empanadas, ropa vieja and arroz con frijoles.

The problem with all these measures is that they could never get rid of the feeling that it wasn’t enough. Because although my accent was good, i spoke e nglish at home and learned my s panish in

the classroom. m y last name was “Furnanndez” and not “Fairnaandez,” with e nglish and not s panish vowel sounds. a lthough my d ad and abuelos faced poverty and discrimination, i grew up in a privileged environment. i loved c uban food, but knew nothing about c uban culture aside from what ended up in my stomach. g uilt filled me when i thought about having benefitted from a ffirmative a ction when i didn’t even consider myself h ispanic enough to deserve it.

Torn between two cultures, i felt as if i never fully belonged to either. i was too white to be a “real” h ispanic, but too h ispanic to be considered “fully” white. i kept most of this to myself. The uncertainty remained an unanswered question mark lurking inside my heart, buried underneath the joys and sorrows of the present moment.

a nd then the election happened.

a nd then people were saying to build a wall to keep out the “bad hombres.” a nd then people were howling to keep out political refugees lumped into the same category as suicide bombers and terrorists. a nd then the black and white of Trump’s rhetoric brought the question mark back to the surface. i identified with the political refugees who, like my abuelos and my d ad, were desperate to escape the violence and despotism in their homeland. i empathized with the h ispanic immigrants who merely wanted to give to their families the opportunities my d ad gave to me. But then, i identified with conservative c hristians who have had their beliefs about abortion consistently ridiculed. i empathized with those who wanted a government that regulated less and cared more, given my family’s history in c uba.

s lowly, i realized that my inability to identify with one group or the other was a strength, an antidote to the negativity generated by this election. i f we have learned anything from this election, we have learned how powerful a motivator fear can be: fear of the other, fear of the unknown. These fears have caused many in our country to believe that building walls, both physical and metaphorical, is the only solution. These are fears i know all too well. They are the same fears that caused me to build walls between my identities, to see them as separate and irreconcilable entities.

h owever, it is in breaking down these walls that i have come to feel a sense of belonging stronger than i have ever had before. m y mixed and messy heritage is a symbol of exactly what Trump is seeking to snuff out: the gloriously confusing melting pot that constitutes a merica’s greatest strength. i am the “both/and” that Trump doesn’t believe can exist. Both white and h ispanic. Both a patriot and a believer in open borders. i belong because i am “both/and,” and so do my brothers and sisters, my fellow humans. n ow more than ever, we must embrace the dignity of each individual, and that means embracing the sometimes contradictory and often confusing totality of the human person. i f we do not, if we keep building walls, we will soon face the burdens of the world alone. n o helping hand will be strong enough to break through the barriers we erect, and no soul will be brave enough to climb our towers of splendid isolation.

By MIKE DONOVAN

s cene writer

The punk mentality, in the eyes of many, revolves around indiscriminate mudslinging. landmark punk acts (i.e. The sex pistols, The dead kennedys and Black Flag) rallied swarms of fans, not by complexity of thought, but with sheer force. They threw ideas like grenades, aiming for whatever target would cause the biggest ruckus. in doing so, they embraced the superficiality that punk was built to destroy. effective punk requires a little more subtlety. ideas, both lyrical and musical, hit a lot harder if employed deliberately. The d c. band priests, on their debut lp “nothing Feels natural,” sets a new standard for intellectual punk. They forgo ideological grenades for the precision of razor sharp poetics and eclectic musical stylings. Tools in hand, the brainy punks methodically strip away every layer of falsity covering the cultural pressure cooker that is modern a merica.

“nothing Feels natural” begins its surgical condemnation of the modern condition with deep cuts into culture’s commercialist outer shell. “it feels good to buy something you can’t afford,” singer katie a lice greer shrieks on “appropriate,” applying a sardonic lens to an economic system that shoves garbage down gullets by the ton. she remarks later on “pink w hite house” that this rampant consumerism thrives because it offers “a nything you want, anyone you want, anywhere you want,” whether it be a nice new car, a binge-worthy sitcom or a method of inquiry that never ventures below the surface. everything is tailor-made to go down easy and foster addiction. commercialism churns out potent

distractions to stage what greer calls “a puppet show in which you’re made to feel like you participate.

having broken through the facade, the album turns its attention to the toxic social hierarchy underneath. The deceptively melodic single “Jj” welds together a series of images — “a rich kid low-life in a very big jacket,” a speaker who thought she “was a cowboy” because she “smoked reds” and some “jock frat boys” — with a nostalgic soul groove. The lyrics convey depravity while the music distracts from it. “puff” does just the opposite by soaking the mundane imperative to “make your dreams a reality” in the expertly crafted dissonance of drummer daniele daniele, bassist Taylor m and guitarist c s Jaguar, adding a sarcastic hue to the uneasy blend. These tracks, through their juxtaposition of cultural idealism and innate conflict, discredit the a merican dream as a viable notion. priests’ a merica is drowning in a sea of illusions and complacency.

The album, having established commercial dissonance on the macro scale, rides its themes into the individual’s headspace. greer lays personal disillusionment bare on the spoken word piece “no Big Bang,” when she compares the consumer perspective to witnessing “the sheer stupidity of a roller coaster just staring you in the face / as blank and inescapable as the slab of concrete below.” The consumer knows that progress, motion and meaningless fun are empty concepts but has no power to escape them. The cultural sedatives inhibit communicative ability. “no words / no Big bang,” greer mutters during the chorus.

w hile the record stays, for the most part, on its raging tirade, there are a few hopeful points. The title track, an

uncharacteristically delicate indie pop piece, searches for sincerity in self-criticism. “if i go 100 days without will i finally hallucinate a real thing?” greer asks herself, flipping the roles of reality and imagination in one fell swoop. maybe disconnecting from society and embracing the role of the outsider can free us from commercial a merica’s suffocating grip, and maybe the only natural course is the countercultural one she ponders over the dreamy arrangements. in this way, the quieter, more saccharine moments in “nothing Feels natural” also point back to the punk mentality.

priests’ debut succeeds because it glues together a disparate patchwork of lyrical and musical ideas with the punk rock ethos. Their unique approach transcends the genre’s accepted parameters and gives their subversive ideas a deeply personal flare. “nothing Feels natural” creates its own miniature counterculture and stirs the pot however it pleases.

Contact Mike Donovan at mdonov10@nd.edu

“Nothing Feels Natural”

Priests

Label: Sister Polygon Records

Tracks: “Nothing Feels Natural,” “Jj,” “Pink White House”

If you like: Sleater-Kinney, Savages, Sheer Mag

By ADRIAN MARK

They came from nowhere. The Finnish shoegaze and noise rock outfit kairon; irse ! gained significant notoriety in 2014 following the release of their breakthrough album “ujubasajuba,” amassing fans from around the globe after spending years in the obscurity of the Baltic experimental rock scene. surely inspired by scandinavia’s impressive metal output, the album’s colossal tracks feature icy, towering riffs richly evocative of the region’s polar winters and powerful drumming that hits like a blizzard. it was easily one of the year’s best records.

The band self-released “ujubasajuba” digitally on the online music retail website Bandcamp, an unassuming format unworthy of the album’s magnitude. The album’s success, however, drew the attention of local labels, among them svart records, which recently reissued “ujubasajuba” in both cd and vinyl format with all-new cover art. w hile the official reissue was called for, it was also executed in promotion of kairon; irse !’s follow-up record, “ruination.” From the start, “ruination” promised grandeur. after years of silence and an exciting record deal, the band released the album’s first single, “starik,” last fall. The track instantly recalls “ujubasajuba” with its moody, sinister aura. like many tracks on the former record, “starik” experiments significantly with song structure, delving even more into progressive rock than the band’s earlier music. w hile the track includes more diverse instrumentation – notably including the saxophone – the focus remains on an expertly

manipulated array of distinct and vibrant guitars, surely a plus in its own right.

The record’s first two tracks, “sinister waters i” and “sinister waters ii,”are further inspired by prog-rock structures, incorporating angular leads and retro-sounding synth warbles over the course of 25 dynamic minutes. similarly, “porphyrogennetos” devolves into a solo section reminiscent of king crimson but entirely devoid of the band’s signature aggression – though it maintains a familiar cathartic vigor. indeed, if “ujubasajuba” were compared to the band moonsorrow, “ruination” would be more akin to kebnekajse.

The ambition is plainly audible on the record, and one senses the band’s commitment to reinvention and innovation. playing down the prog-rock influence, the title track “ruination” is a spaced-out funk ballad pumped with highfrequency noise. and “llullaillaco,” the record’s most concise track and arguably its foremost highlight, is a skillful study of pre-“loveless” my Bloody valentine that capitalizes on the band’s stylish, energetic ferocity. it is worth noting, however, that the record’s best cut is also most out of place. That is to say, the band’s prowess was less reflected in the prog-rock moments than in other sections of “ruination.” as a result, while the record as a whole constitutes a laudable effort, perhaps the band should refocus its energies elsewhere going forward. perhaps more constructively, however, they could benefit from perfecting the sound of their updated aesthetic. The main drawback of their prog-rock execution was its occasional over-reliance on tried-and-true formulae. Both

halves of “sinister waters” grew occasionally laborious and their use of dated synthesizers felt both familiar and retrograde in a bad way. additionally, some of the vocals were featured too high in the mix – and were performed in english – mitigating the dreamy atmosphere they created on “ujubasajuba” and indeed on “llullaillaco.” if not quite as refreshingly radical as “ujubasajuba,” kairon; irse !’s follow-up and industry debut “ruination” is a formidable work. departing somewhat from their shoegaze and noise-rock roots to delve ambitiously into the more complex syntax of progressive rock music, kairon; irse ! demonstrates a genuine artistic drive that has become woefully uncommon, even in the underground scene. overall, the record welcomes new listeners and should inspire excitement for the band’s future output.

Contact Adrian Mark Lore at lore.1@nd.edu

“Ruination”

Kairon; IRSE!

Label: Svart Records

Tracks: “Llullaillaco,” “Starik”

If you like: Slowdive, Ride, Deathconciousness

By MATTHEW MACKE s cene writer

i n 2015, there were zero people of color nominated for an acting o scar. i n 2016, there were zero people of color nominated for an acting o scar. i n 2017, there are six. a mong the films that tackle the issue of race and garnered the attention of the a cademy are “moonlight,” “Fences,” “l oving,” “i a m not your negro,” “o.J.: m ade in a merica,” and “13th.” r ounding out that lineup is “h idden Figures,” the 20th c entury Fox film telling the long-forgotten story of the a frican-a merican women who played instrumental roles in making some of nasa’s most iconic missions possible. it centers on three women in particular, played by Taraji p henson, of “e mpire” fame, o ctavia s pencer, and popstar Janelle monáe. henson is the ostensible star of the movie, serving as the primary protagonist and mathematician supreme. her character, k atherine Johnson, is called out of the basement reserved for the black workforce and into the agency’s central operations center. There she starts out as an equation checker, albeit one that is handicapped by white, male physicists and engineers who censor the their work to point that she has almost no data to work with. a fter managing to catch an error by holding a folder up to the light, she is promoted to work at the computer. a s would be expected of the main character, she quickly proves herself as a mathematician without equal.

This rise, however, is entirely dependent upon a l h arrison, the character played by k evin c ostner. This plot dynamic has emerged as a point of contention among some critics. w ithout h arrison, a white male, there to promote Johnson or heroically tear down the ‘colored’ bathroom signs, she would not have attained the success and respect that she did. s ome argue that this is just a historical fact: without the approval of the white hegemony, women like k atherine Johnson could not have hopes to succeed. o thers, however, consider this representation just another subtler reaffirmation of the patriarchy. For my part, i think these plot decisions were made to protect the ego of the establishment. w hite people don’t like being portrayed as the bad guy, even when the term is historically accurate, as is the case in a merica’s long history of troubled race relations. Fortunately, henson’s k atherine Johnson is not the only heroic black female in “ h idden Figures.” o ctavia s pencer plays d orothy vaughan, the unofficial supervisor of the a frican a merican women at nasa vaughan is constantly passed over for promotion despite doing the work of someone in a managerial position. r ather than rely on the goodwill of the white people around her, she makes herself, and her girls, indispensable. o nce she learns that nasa is bringing in ‘an i Bm ’ that will eliminate the need for bottom-of-the-ladder computers, she immediately begins learning and teaching how to code and operate the machine. e ventually, she demonstrates

that she knows the machine better than anyone and needs to be kept around. i ronically, vaughan is soon on equal professional footing with the woman who consistently advocate against vaughan’s promotion. g iven the divergent nature of the paths these actors played in “h idden Figures,” it should come as no surprise that s pencer is an a cademy award nominee for Best s upporting a ctress, while the main actress did not receive a nomination. henson delivered a solid performance, but is beaten out for the position of “only minority in the lead actress category” by r uth negga, of “l oving.” negga plays m ildred l oving, a woman who goes from submissive housewife to empowered symbol of civil rights over the course of the film. it’s a theatrical range that none of the titular “h idden Figures” demonstrate.

d espite the characters’ unremarkable development, “h idden Figures” has managed to be a popular movie. This is because the story is just so compelling. it seems ridiculous that it took until 2017 for the tales of these women to be recognized by the general public. “ h idden Figures” may be a dramatization, but it tells the stories of real women of color who did truly amazing things and deserve to be remembered. hopefully the success of “h idden Figures,” both publicly and critically, will encourage more studios to take a chance on this sort of movie.

Contact Matthew Macke at mmacke@nd.edu

WEEKEND PREVIEW

WHAT: d ueling p ianos

WHERE: l egends of notre dame nightclub.

WHEN: 10 p.m. Friday

COST: admission is free with notre dame, saint mary’s or holy c ross student i d parents admitted free on Junior parent’s weekend. Tips encouraged for audience song suggestions.

The ever-popular dueling pianos return to legends on Friday night. enjoy the live music and exciting atmosphere as two talented pianists face off against one another, playing off-the-cuff renditions of songs suggested by the audience itself. dueling pianos presents a lively show which engages the whole crowd. come and go as you please – the event is scheduled from 10 p.m. to 1 a.m. on Friday night and drop-ins are encouraged. looking for something to do with your parents for Junior parent’s weekend? The show is appropriate and accessible for everyone and parents are encouraged to attend.

WHAT: “i a m not your negro” (2016) WHERE: Browning c inema in deBartolo performing a rts center.

WHEN: 6:30 p.m. saturday

COST: student tickets are $4, available on the deBartolo performing a rts center website. senior tickets are $5 and regular tickets are $7.

nominated for an academy award in the “Best documentary Feature” category, “i a m not your negro” delivers an incisive and devastating critique of american race relations of both past and present. raoul peck, the director, drew on the unfinished manuscript of noted author and social critic James Baldwin, “remember This house,” which chronicles his friendships with noted civil rights figures such as medgar evers, malcom X and dr. martin luther king Jr. The film weaves Baldwin’s text, interviews, and other historical footage to communicate a compelling narrative of race relations throughout a merican history.

WHAT: saint margaret’s house w inter walk 2017

WHERE: walk a mile in downtown south Bend. walk begins in the lobby of the county-c ity Building and ends at saint margaret’s house.

WHEN: on-site registration opens sunday at 1:30 p.m. and the walk beings at 2:30 p.m.

COST: donations encouraged.

walk a mile in the shoes of the women at saint margaret’s house. The day center, founded in 1990, serves women and children in downtown south Bend. This annual fundraiser for the house helps to fund the numerous services saint margaret’s house provides to women and children in the community, including hot meals, showers, empowerment and educational programs, housing, case management, services for victims of abuse and a loving community. participants may register online or simply register the day of the walk – just make sure to get there early. The one-mile walk is followed by a reception and open house.

ncaa needs to revise hiring rules

Ryan Klaus sports writer

earlier this week, in what on the surface seemed like a banal move, michigan head football coach Jim harbaugh added to his coaching staff by hiring high school coach michael Johnson as an assistant. Though seemingly mundane, the hiring had a clear ulterior motive: Johnson happens to be the father of michael Johnson Jr., the top rated dual-threat quarterback in the class of 2019.

This isn’t the first time harbaugh has employed such a tactic to lure a top recruit. in his two seasons with the program, he has signed wayne lyons, Biff poggi and devin Bush Jr. within uncomfortably close proximity to the hiring of one of their parents.

in defense of harbaugh and michigan, Johnson is clearly not wholly unqualified for an assistant position with the program: his previous credentials include a decade as an assistant in the nFl , time with ucla and previous positions with both the esteemed Jim and John harbaugh. moreover, even if the hiring were primarily motivated by a desire to recruit his son, it would assuredly be far from the first time that programs in college sports have utilized the strategy. John calipari has known about the trick since at least 2000, when he hired the father of dajuan wagner, the nation’s top recruit at the time. w hy did future superstar Ben simmons spend his one season in college basketball disinterestedly playing for a mediocre lsu team? part of it certainly had to do with the fact that his godfather, david patrick, was an associate coach for the Tigers.

For decades there have been countless of examples of strategic hirings to bring in certain players, which is — simply put — a problem. w hile some players might dream of playing for their dads in college, recruits should not have to feel pressure to play for schools that might hinder their development or potential accomplishments just because their parents or mentors are hired by the program. Take, for example, villanova sophomore point guard Jalen Brunson.

Brunson, a heralded recruit from chicago with offers to

play pretty much wherever he wanted to when he left high school, almost ended up at rutgers because they showed interest in hiring his father r ick Brunson. The hiring fell through when r ick Brunson faced criminal charges in 2015 — charges which he eventually was acquitted of.

had Jalen followed his father to rutgers he would likely at best have made a lowly Big Ten squad a bubble team in his four years with the university. instead, Brunson is not even two years in at villanova and he already has a national championship and is widely considered one of college’s best players. For a player not widely considered a top nBa prospect, the difference between playing for a team like rutgers and a team like villanova in what ultimately might be the pinnacle of Brunson’s career is undeniably significant.

of course, recruiting in major college athletics is filled with unscrupulous practices that no ardent fan would ever fully want to learn about. The whole process can be likened to watching how hot dogs are made; when it comes to the recruiting it is almost best for fans to learn as little as possible about the grotesque and slimy procedures used in assembling their favorite teams.

so, compared to institutionalized escort services and monetary bribes, the hiring of parents to increase a recruit’s interest in a particular school might not seem quite as disturbing. however, it is a practice that is both unfair to recruits, putting them in situations where they feel pressured to pick schools that may not be in their best interest, and seemingly easy to halt with the adoption of a simple bylaw. current rules and proposals have all been focused on making sure iawps ( i ndividuals a ssociated w ith p rospects) are not hired outside of coaching. it is now time for the ncaa to focus on preventing iawps from being put on coaching staffs in close proximity to the recruitment of their children.

Contact Ryan Klaus at rklaus1@nd.edu

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

Saint Mary’s loses to Flying Dutch on road

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Sports Staff

saint mary’s lost its final road game of the season, as hope got off to a quick start and remained out of reach.

a fter falling 5-0 behind in the first minute, the Belles brought the game back to within two points thanks to a jumper from junior forward gabby diamond and a free throw from sophomore guard e rin maloney. however, those were the last points the Belles (2-22, 1-14 miaa) would score for almost 10 minutes, as hope (22-2, 14-1) built a 23-3 lead by the end of the first quarter. The Belles missed 19 consecutive shots after diamond’s opener, until senior forward kelsey

ronan made the score 23-5 early in the second quarter.

The Belles offense improved in the second half, but the Flying dutch remained productive and widened their lead to 43-18. saint mary’s saw only four players score during the first half, while the Flying dutch had 11 different players all make field goals.

a fter the offensive struggles in the opening quarter, the Belles struggled defensively in the third. i n the period, hope scored 26 points, a total that would have been higher had the Flying dutch made more than three of their nine freethrow attempts. By the start of the fourth quarter, hope had more than doubled saint

mary’s points, leading the game 69-34.

The Belles put together their most complete quarter of the game in the last period, holding the Flying dutch to 6-of-16 shooting as they slightly closed the gap to a final score of 81-48, thanks to a shot from sophomore forward caroline macius with two seconds remaining. diamond led the Belles in points with 13, while adding six rebounds. Freshman guard a lly steve scored 12 points, while ronan made three blocks and two steals.

The Belles will play their final home game of the season saturday, honoring the team’s seniors as they host olivet. Tipoff is at 3 p.m.

Arnold Palmer’s grandson leads Genesis Open

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los angeles — This is the starring role sam saunders prefers.

saunders, the grandson of arnold palmer who so famously kept his composure during a heartfelt eulogy of The king, rolled in birdie putts and kept a clean card at riviera on Thursday for a 7-under 64 and an early two-shot lead in the genesis open.

saunders called it his best round on the pga Tour, and it was merely a coincidence that it came on the 50-year anniversary of palmer defending his title at the los angeles open, when it was played at rancho municipal.

“he just always talked about how much he loved coming out there and playing,” saunders said. “i think his celebrity matched pretty well with the celebrity atmosphere that you have here, so he was obviously comfortable with that.”

saunders had a two-shot lead over dustin Johnson, who has a chance to go to no. 1 if he were to win this week. pga Tour rookie J.T. poston joined Johnson at 66, while phil mickelson was among those at 67.

The first round was unlikely to finish because of a fog delay in the morning, and the bigger concern was a monster storm of rain and wind expected to arrive along the california coast later Thursday.

saunders has kept a busy schedule over the last four months in the aftermath of

palmer’s death. he is taking on a bigger role at the a rnold palmer invitational next month, along with being a husband and the father of two sons, and getting his golf game in shape.

“it’s been busy, but busy in a good way,” he said.

saunders was rock solid oct. 3 when he stood before thousands at st. vincent college, and so many more watching the live telecast of palmer’s memorial service. speaking without notes, saunders beautifully captured the spirit of palmer as a golfer and as a grandfather, saying that day, “There wasn’t a big difference between the man you saw on T v and the man we knew at home.”

he has always been known as palmer’s grandson, and saunders has learned to embrace it. he no longer worries about trying to make a name for himself.

“i don’t need to compete against my grandfather’s career. nobody can,” he said. “i don’t care how many golf tournaments you win, nobody’s going to compete in the terms of doing what he did for the game. a nd for me to try to promote my own brand or name would be foolish because i have such a great opportunity to promote and to continue what he has already done. That’s what i’m going to do and not make it about myself.”

The morning was perfect for scoring once the fog lifted, and saunders rarely had a round with so little stress. he only

came close to making bogey twice, saving par with an 8-foot putt on the par-3 fourth hole and a 6-foot putt on the par-3 14th. saunders, with only conditional status this year, is playing on the first of what figures to be several sponsor exemptions. he missed the cut in l a Quinta and pebble Beach and knew with the forecast so dire that it would be key to getting off to a good start.

Johnson has come close to winning r iviera, one of his favorite courses, four of the last five years and he looked as though he might be tough to beat this week when he holed a 10-foot birdie putt on the 18th hole as he made the turn, going out in 32.

he failed to birdie the par-5 first hole when his approach was on the fringe on the wrong side of the green, forcing him to hit a flop shot to the other side. worse yet, he was stung on the neck by a bee, and stood on the next tee rolling a cold water bottle against his neck as his brother and caddie, austin, removed the stinger. Johnson hit two ordinary shots, but followed with a pair of 25-foot birdie putts. a bogey on the fourth hole dropped him to 5 under, and he finished with pars.

m ickelson is playing his fifth straight event, though the 46-year-old sure didn’t seem bothered by that. he went eagle-birdie-birdie around the turn to briefly take the lead and settled for a 67.

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opener, last year’s encounter with o hio s tate may be a place to start. The only road victory n otre d ame recorded over a ranked team last season came against the then- n o. 15 Buckeyes at another well-known football site, when the i rish won 17-9 at o hio s tadium. h alfpenny said she enjoys traveling

with her current squad and believes they have what it takes to start well on the road.

“The comfy confines of home are comfy,” h alfpenny said. “But this will be pretty fun. This team has been fun to travel with in the fall and preseason. They’re very lowdrama, they’re very flexible, they have great leadership and everybody’s just very excited to make this trip more exciting. w e’re going to play

m ichigan at The Big h ouse, and that’s really neat. n ot everybody gets to say they’ve played m ichigan at The Big h ouse.”

The w olverines remain a young program, only in their fourth year of existence, with last year’s 6-12 record being a high for the program. The i rish have met m ichigan once before at n otre d ame in 2015, a game n otre d ame won 21-12. i n two games this year, the w olverines remain

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winless, having lost to o regon and James m adison. a mong the key players for the w olverines will be senior midfielder a nna s chueler. s chueler is tied for her team’s lead in goals, has recorded four of m ichigan’s five assists and leads the team with eight draw controls. h alfpenny said that, despite their short history, s chueler and the w olverines can still pose a threat.

“ i ’m excited about it,

m ichigan is a very talented team, very athletic, very physical,” h alfpenny said.

“They have great speed, a great draw controller, they’ve got some serious weapons on offense.”

The i rish and the w olverines will meet s aturday at m ichigan s tadium in a nn a rbor. o pening draw is at 1 p.m.

Contact Daniel O’Boyle at doboyle1@nd.edu

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return of sophomore forward Bobby nardella, who came back from injury last weekend against m aine. nardella played limited minutes Friday night, but was back to his former self s aturday night, assisting on a power play goal from junior defenseman Jordan g ross. Jackson is glad to have him back, not only for his offense, but also for his defense.

“he was doing a pretty good job with that before he got hurt, so as time goes on we’ll rotate him in, but i think he’s back to full speed,” Jackson said. “he certainly makes a big impact on the power play, and that could be part of the reason for the last month our power play’s kind of been inconsistent. But he’s also a factor offensively, whether it’s on a breakout, whether it’s through the neutral zone — even in the offensive zone with his skill set, he can make plays from the blue line. The thing i’m most proud of though is that he became a better defender this year, he made a conscious effort — like Jordan g ross, the same thing, he made a conscious effort to become a better defender and it hasn’t really impacted his offensive abilities, but now we can trust him on the ice defensively. he’s not a high-risk player defensively, and that’s really important. he’s not the biggest guy in the world but he plays hard minutes, and he plays smart minutes, and defensively, that’s probably more important than the size and physicality in the position.”

l ooking ahead to p rovidence, this weekend represents a couple of lasts for the i rish. not only is it the last home series of the regular season, but on s aturday night, notre d ame is honoring it’s two seniors on the team, forward Ben o stlie and goalie c had k atunar. w hile neither has had a major impact on the statistics this year, Jackson is very proud of them both, especially as leaders on the team.

“[Ben’s] always been a little bit of a role player, but the good thing for me is the fact that he’s playing his best hockey right now for us,” Jackson said. “he got back into the lineup on a regular basis because of injuries, and he’s taken advantage of it, and i’m happy for him. he’s playing more than just role-time minutes, he’s playing 12 to 15 minutes a game right now, playing on a regular line. he’s taken advantage of it, and i give him credit. c had is another story, we had higher expectations for c had and i’m sure he did too when he came in here, but he’s always kept his head straight, he’s been a phenomenal student in the classroom, he’s been a good teammate, and it’s a hard thing to do, and

he hasn’t complained.”

For Jackson and the i rish, as long as they stick to the game plan they won’t be intimated by anyone, even arguably the hottest team in college hockey.

“ we have to utilize our strengths and play our game,” Jackson said. “a nd like i said, no matter who we play against at this point, if we use our speed and have success managing the puck and make good puck decisions it doesn’t really matter who the opponent is or how well they’re playing, we just have to do what we do and do it better than they do.”

o n Friday night, the game is slated for 7:35 p.m., and will include a ceremony during the second period intermission to honor the 2006-07 team, the first notre d ame team to ever win a ncaa tournament game. s enior night will be s aturday at 7:05 p.m.

Contact Tobias Hoonhout at thoonhou@nd.edu

“[clemson has] played well lately,” mcgraw said. “They’re kind of a new team, a young team and [clemson head coach audra smith has] them really playing well together. They’ve got a lot of energy. i was, again, i feel like i’m repeating myself, but our defense was just awful. we have no pride in our defense. it’s a shame because we could be really good, we just don’t care about defense.” mcgraw had a simple fix for the defensive issues.

“you sub,” mcgraw said. on the offensive side of the ball, however, the irish had a stronger night. The offense’s shining moment came in the first quarter, when the team went on a 15-0 run near the start of the quarter to give them a 19-6 lead.

sophomore guard arike ogunbowale scored 15 points on the night, despite going 5-for13, and tallied seven rebounds. it was mabrey, however, who paced the irish with 29 points, three rebounds and three assists. mabrey’s night was highlighted by three 3-pointers. mcgraw praised mabrey’s effort and noted she carried the team throughout the game.

“she was phenomenal,” mcgraw said. “she took it all on her back and down the stretch she hit every big shot and then the free throws at the end. … she doesn’t force things. she takes what they give her. if they give her shots, she takes them and makes them and if they don’t give her shots, she

looks to contribute in another way by getting assists or playing better on defense.”

Junior forward Brianna Turner picked up nine points for the irish, but the preseason all-american got in foul trouble early in the second half, forcing her to take a seat for much of the half. mcgraw was particularly displeased with Turner’s inability to keep her personal fouls to a minimum.

“we need to have Bri on the floor,” mcgraw said. “you need to be smart, you can’t play half the game. … it was just really not being smart. when you’ve got three [fouls], you’ve just, you’ve got to give it up.”

senior forward kristina nelson stepped up in Turner’s absence, scoring eight points, blocking two shots and nabbing two rebounds. after scraping out the win over the Tigers, mcgraw is looking

forward to notre dame’s next game against no. 21 syracuse, which will be on sunday at 5 p.m. at syracuse’s carrier dome.

“[syracuse senior guard alexis] peterson’s really having a phenomenal year and [red-shirt senior Brittney] skyes is a tough matchup for us, so they’re a very good team,” mcgraw said. mcgraw she hopes to have some of her injury- and illnessridden team back and ready to play for the matchup.

“[Junior guard] mychal Johnson was only allowed to play a couple minutes tonight,” mcgraw said. “[sophomore guard] ali [patberg] will be back; [junior forward] kathryn [westbeld] hopefully will be back, i don’t know her status yet.”

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The wolfpack have, at times, shown glimpses of the team that was picked to finish sixth in the acc before the season started. a n 84-82 road win over now-no. 12 d uke last month was the key win, but n c state also blew past v irginia Tech in raleigh in early January, 10478. on the flip side, though, g ottfried’s team has had its fair share of no-shows — a 51-point loss to no. 10 north carolina was the most eye-catching, but a loss to last-place Boston college also stands out.

Brey and the i rish (20-7, 9-5), however, expect n c state’s best this saturday.

“There’re certain nights they’ve really put it together,” Brey said. “a nd my feeling is they’re going to play great and we are going to have to play fabulous to win a road game. i think you have to throw out the record right now of n c state given the dynamics of the program.”

Freshman guard dennis smith, the aforementioned potential top-five pick in June’s n Ba draft, was a big reason for n c state’s preseason hype — and Brey knows stopping him will be a test saturday.

“can you adjust to slow him down a little bit? can you double team off some ball screens? can you make him a little more of a jump-shooter?” Brey said.

“Because when he gets into the lane, he’s going to get fouled. he’s a heck of a passer, he makes plays. he can beat you.”

notre dame’s defensive approach against smith will likely hinge on diversification, Brey said, with a guard from each class — freshman T.J. gibbs, sophomore rex p flueger, junior matt Farrell and senior steve

vasturia — capable of matching up against the wolfpack star.

“rex, matty, T.J., steve — we do have a number of different bodies who can guard him,” he said. “playing some zone, we’ve got to do the whole thing with him.”

p flueger will get another start saturday, and while the dana point, california, native is known for his defensive skills, Brey said he offers help at the offensive end, too.

“we know he can guard, he’s proven himself there,” Brey said. “a nd you can put him on a real good guard. you can put him on dennis smith to start, which is a pretty good way to start it if he starts the game.

“But he’s very good with the ball — he went all those games without a turnover — so when we’re five-out, it’s another ballhandler on the floor that can make decisions; he can put it on the floor and go; he has made his 3-point shot at a much-improved clip … but he gets his hands on stuff.”

a fter saturday, notre dame will have a week off before its next contest, a home tilt against g eorgia Tech on Feb. 26 — and if the i rish can head into that break at 10-5, they could easily find themselves near the top of the conference standings by the time the yellow Jackets visit.

“we talked about trying to get to 10-5 and then seeing what happens in the league the rest of that week,” Brey said. “i f you got to 10-5, all of the sudden your position could be really interesting by that following sunday when you play g eorgia Tech.”

notre dame goes for a fourth straight win saturday at n c state, with tipoff from pnc a rena scheduled for noon.

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Nd womEN’S bASkETbAll | nd 84, clemson 80

Irish successfully fend off Tigers’ comeback attempt

By ELIZABETH GREASON sports writer

no. 7 notre dame was poised to extend its winning streak to eight for the majority of its matchup against clemson on Thursday, maintaining a commanding lead from start to finish. almost.

The irish (24-3, 12-1 acc) allowed the Tigers (14-13, 3-11) to claw back into the game, coming back from a 13-point deficit two minutes into the fourth quarter to draw within two of the irish with seconds left on the clock. notre dame was able to pull out the win, as sophomore guard marina mabrey knocked down two free throws to give the irish the 84-80 victory.

irish head coach muffet mcgraw credited clemson with a strong performance, but noted her team’s lack of focus on defense was what allowed the near-upset. mcgraw criticized her team for its defensive struggles, which have been an issue throughout the season.

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m ichigan poses first road test

By DANIEL O’BOYLE sports writer

For the first time in program history, n o. 8 n otre d ame will play at m ichigan s tadium, as the i rish open this year’s road schedule with m ichigan at the iconic football venue.

The i rish (3-1) come into the game having played four games at l oftus s ports c enter in 10 days, the last of which was a 21-9 victory over m arquette. The victory was the third straight for n otre d ame, after the i rish lost the season-opener to n o. 9 n orthwestern by a single goal.

s peaking after the win over the g olden e agles, i rish head coach c hristine h alfpenny said her team has to recover quickly from the physical contest.

“ we’re going to have to recover,” h alfpenny said. “ i t was high performance tonight, we emptied the tank like i asked them to, but we’re going to have high recovery tomorrow, break down this film and prepare for m ichigan

because we’re continuing to battle for the crown in the midwest. we’re going to work our way through these Big Ten opponents.”

a fter going 4-4 in road games last year, including a defeat at n orth c arolina in an ncaa Tournament matchup, the i rish will be hoping to set a tone of improvement on the road this year with this, the first of a three-game road trip that will see the i rish travel to n orth c arolina to meet e lon and n o. 10 d uke before the end of the month.

The i rish have a chance to set that tone at the largest stadium in the country, as the wolverines (0-2) host their outdoor games at m ichigan s tadium. This will be m ichigan’s last year of doing so before building a dedicated lacrosse venue, and this meeting therefore looks set to be the only lacrosse game — men’s or women’s — n otre d ame will ever play at “The Big h ouse.”

i f the i rish are looking for positive omens for their road

HoCkE y

nd tries for run at hockey east

By TOBIAS HOONHOUT sports writer

i n a battle of two hot teams, the no. 15 i rish host the 10thranked p rovidence in their final home series of the regular season.

w ith only four games to go till the postseason, notre dame (17-9-4, 10-5-3, hockey e ast) sits third in the conference standings, one point ahead of the Friars (18-8-4, 10-6-2). w hile the i rish used an away series sweep against m aine last weekend to move into firm contention for a firstround bye in the conference tournament, p rovidence has won nine in a row to completely turn around their season.

“p rovidence is the hottest team in the country right now,” i rish head coach Jeff Jackson said. “But i think we’ve been playing well over the last three or four weeks as well, so it’s setting up to be a really nice series in my opinion, but it’s going to be a challenge.

They’re a good team.”

l ast weekend, with perhaps their postseason chances on the line, the i rish delivered two huge wins, a 3-2 win and then a 4-2 comeback victory, to solidify their season. For Jackson, the key to the recent success has been simply everyone doing their job.

“hopefully it’s that we got our message across and they’re actually doing the things that are important for us to win, and it’s the little things,” he said. “i think we’ve been doing a better job of managing the puck, coming out of our zone and throughout the neutral zone, and that’s where it all starts. i f we do a good job with the puck, then generally first of all we limit how many transitional chances the opponent has, and it also generates offense, so i think that’s been the biggest point.”

a nother huge bonus for the team and the power play is the

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Notre Dame looks to slow Smith Jr. at NC State

By ALEX CARSON a ssistant managing editor

mark g ottfried was fired as north carolina state’s head men’s basketball coach Thursday. well, kind of.

a s a season that started with high hopes has slid into a near-nightmare, n c state announced Thursday that g ottfried will be removed as head coach after the end of the season. so, as no. 25 notre dame heads to raleigh, north carolina, for a saturday showdown with the wolfpack, it will be entering a unique situation.

That could give a talented, yet unsuccessful, n c state (14-13, 3-11 acc ) squad a bit of an advantage, i rish head coach m ike Brey said.

“given the coach’s situation, i think that stirs the intensity and energy and probably fan base — and the team,” Brey said. “They have really good players. certainly, they’ve got a top-five pick handling the ball, they’ve got a physical front line; there’s a reason they were picked high, they’ve got ability.”