Print Edition of The Observer for Tuesday, March 15, 2016

Junior t heresa s agartz dies

Notre Dame student died in her off-campus residence during spring break

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Editor’s Note: A version of this story appeared online March 10.

Junior Theresa s agartz, a former p angborn h all resident, died in her off-campus residence where she was found wednesday afternoon, according to a university press release.

st. Joseph c ounty deputy coroner c huck hurley said s agartz had a medical condition and likely died from natural causes.

a n autopsy was completed Thursday, hurley said, but the official cause of death has not

house bill 1022 moves forward

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Editor’s Note: A version of this story appeared online March 2.

a bill to change state law surrounding the extent to which private university police departments are required to make their records available to the public is headed to the governor’s office, according to the indiana general assembly’s website.

house bill 1022, sponsored by state rep. patrick bauer (d-south bend), would require private colleges and universities to release information about incidents that result in arrests or incarcerations to the public.

The house first approved the bill by a unanimous vote in January. after an amendment was added, the bill passed in senate by a 49-to-1 vote on march 1. Two days later, the house voted 93-0 to affirm the bill.

The bill will now go to the desk of indiana gov. mike pence. if he signs the bill, it will become a law.

The amendment changed the bill to give individuals employed by educational institutions as police officers the same statutory immunities granted to a state police officer. it also gives private

educational institutions the same statutory immunity granted to the state.

bauer said in a previous interview with The observer the purpose of the bill is to require university police departments to be more transparent with their public records.

critics of the bill say it does not require enough transparency from private universities because only a small portion of campus incidents result in arrests.

if passed, the bill would apply to notre dame security police (ndsp), the university’s private police force.

in January 2015, espn filed a lawsuit against the university after ndsp refused to grant an espn reporter access to campus police records related to studentathletes. The case, ruled in notre dame’s favor by the st. Joseph superior court, was appealed by espn attorneys from both parties presented their oral arguments in the indiana court of appeals and expect a ruling to be issued soon.

bauer, a notre dame alumnus, said the bill is not a direct result of the espn lawsuit. rather, he said the bill stems from concerns raised by indiana citizens, including many notre dame graduates.

medal honorees named

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Editor’s Note: A version of this story appeared online March 5.

v ice p resident Joe b iden and former s peaker of the house John b oehner will jointly receive the l aetare medal at notre d ame’s 2016 c ommencement, the u niversity announced in a

WSJ editor gives global perspective on election

By JENNA WILSON news writer

while the polarizing rhetoric of the 2016 presidential election is seen as unique to certain american candidates, gerard baker, editor-in-chief of the wall street Journal, said this rhetoric is not limited to america but rather mirrors a growing international rhetoric of extremist views. baker spoke on the similarities between current american and european views in a lecture monday night titled “2016 presidential election:

a global perspective.”

The lecture, which was held through the eugene clark distinguished lecture series and the mendoza college of business, was held in mendoza’s Jordan auditorium.

baker said he has covered more than six presidential elections in his career and noted this year’s is different.

“i cannot recall a more extraordinary election then the one we are having now,” he said. “however, it’s not just happening here — we are seeing

extraordinary events elsewhere in the world, and they have remarkable things in common.” parties espousing extreme views are gaining popularity in established western democracies, primarily because of economic dissatisfaction, baker said. in recent elections in germany, the far-right party alternative für deutschland, which was created only three years ago, secured 25 percent of the vote in some states, baker said.

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When you hear the phrase “strong woman,” what three traits do you think of?

Allison Dianis senior lyons hall

“confident, self-reliant and passionate.”

Anna Poltrack sophomore walsh hall

“a ssertive, knowledgable and patient.”

Sam Mannion senior lewis hall

“i ndependent, bold and freethinker.”

James Bowyer senior siegfried hall

“mom, independent and driven.”

Bryce deVenecia senior off campus

“athena, acropolis and awesome.”

Amanda Harbrecht junior lewis hall

“confident, compassionate and condoleeza r ice.”

Ann Forsyth lectures on “Holistic Aging and the Role of Place” yesterday at Bond Hall. A professor of urban planning at the Harvard Graduate School of Design, Forsyth studies the social aspects of physical planning and ubran development.

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Tuesday

Guided Mindfulness

Meditation

Snite Museum of Art

4 p.m.- 4:45 p.m.

No prior meditation experience is needed.

“Presenting and Publishing Basics” Brownson Hall

4 p.m.- 5 p.m.

Workshop for organizing research.

Wednesday

Meditation and Journalling LaFortune

7:30 p.m.- 8:30 p.m.

The first part of a three part micro-retreat.

Memorial Mass Basilica of the Sacred Heart

9 p.m.- 10 p.m.

In rememberence of junior Thersa Sagartz.

Thursday

Pasquerilla East Paddy Parade campus-wide 4:30 p.m.- 5:30 p.m.

Featuring ND bagpipes and campus clubs.

Irish and English Bilingual Mass Basilica of the Sacred Heart

5:15 p.m.- 6:15 p.m. Celebrate St. Patrick.

Friday

Men’s Tennis vs. Duke Eck Tennis Pavilion

3:30 p.m.- 5:30 p.m. The Irish take on the Blue Devils.

LGBT

Acclaimed author speaks at Saint Mary’s

By MARTHA REILLY

a ssociate saint mary’s e ditor

Editor’s Note: A version of this story appeared online March 6.

Though she was just a young girl at the time, chimamanda ngozi adichie remembers her home economics teacher asking her “how could you not like needlework? aren’t you a girl?” such experiences with sexism only motivate the distinguished author to resist injustice and express her worldviews through writing, she said in a lecture at saint mary’s on Thursday night.

college president carol ann money said adichie serves as an example for students through her ability to inspire her readers and convey a message of hope.

“her work echoes our mission to empower women and help them develop the compassion and empathy needed to make a difference in the world,” mooney said.

adichie said she composed her first book at age ten in her childhood home in nigeria, a place that still serves as a central part of her creativity.

“before [my family] moved into number 305 margaret cartwright avenue, chinua achebe and his family lived there,” adichie said.

“i realize now what an interesting coincidence it is that i grew up in a house previously occupied by the writer whose work is most important to me. There must have been literary spirits in the bathroom upstairs … i often got story ideas after taking bucket baths in the bathroom upstairs.”

adichie said she grew up surrounded by the effects a war that ensued from the establishment of biafra, a short-lived country comprised of nigerians who attempted to secede.

“i knew vaguely about the war as a child, that my grandfathers had died, that my parents lost everything they owned,” adichie said. “i was aware of how this war haunted my family, how it colored the paths our lives had taken.”

her mother suffered the harrowing implications of this conflict, she said.

“[my mother] spoke about making toast and scrambled eggs for her two little daughters before the war to standing in line and fighting for dried egg yolk at the catholic relief center,” adichie said. “if anything, learning about the war left me with a great respect for a generation who had the courage to believe so fervently in something.”

Knowledge of the war and

endurance of its permanent consequences inspired adichie to write a novel, “half of a yellow sun.”

“i was aware that the book, would in the end, share my worldview,” adichie said. “it would be a book that was concerned with the ordinary person.”

adichie said the response to this novel shocked her, for many people embraced its message and related it to their personal experiences.

“at my readings, particularly in nigeria, women would start to cry and to say thank you for telling the story and for finally making it possible to tell their families what they had gone through,” adichie said. “men would get choked up talking about how they had been conscripted as boys. young people born after the war would get emotional talking about how they finally understood their parents, who had experienced and been affected by the war.”

some readers who had not even lived in nigeria at the time of the war still praised adichie for her ability to transform their hearts, she said.

“an american woman told me, and i will never forget this, that ‘half of a yellow sun’ was the reason she decided to start to identify

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herself as a pacifist,” adichie said. according to adichie, her feminist ideals serve as an important component of her writing, for she was taught to embrace male attention and to aim to marry a rich nigerian man.

“To be feminist is to actively unlearn many of the things i was taught,” adichie said. “i wanted to dream for myself.”

she said she witnessed women forsaking their ambitions, which contributed to her quest for gender equality.

“i knew of so many women around me who had given up what they wanted to do or what they wanted to be because of husbands or children, and it made me wonder ‘w hat if fewer women had suspended their dreams? w hat would the world be like?’ adichie said. “For me, to be feminist is not merely to criticize, but to suggest alternatives.”

w hen adichie moved from nigeria to the united states at age 19, she noticed that us women receive much more judgment on their appearances.

“There is no part of the world today where men and women are totally equal, and that is a grave shame,” adichie said.

she said she remembers encountering a young woman who

attributed her feminism to adichi after identifying with adichie’s lines in “Flawless” by beyoncé.

“i asked her what it meant to be feminist, and she said that every day she would wake up and say to herself ‘i woke up like this,’” adichie said. “hearing her say that made me really start to think seriously about what it means to be feminist for young women today. w hat does it mean to say ‘i woke up like this, flawless?’ i like to think that it doesn’t actually mean that you’re without flaws, because god forbid that a human being would be perfect.

“To be without flaws would be inhuman. i like to think that for feminists, flawless means that you accept yourself the way you are, that flawless, in the feminist sense, really means a radical self-acceptance and the firm knowledge that beauty never means one thing.” adichie said she is grateful for the opportunity to express her beliefs, such as her feminist principles, through writing.

“i write because i cannot imagine my life without the ability to write or to imagine or to dream,” adichie said. “i write because i have to.”

Contact Martha Reilly at mreilly01@saintmarys.edu

baker said the wall street Journal’s polls have demonstrated american dissatisfaction with the direction of the country.

“other than during the first three months of president obama’s administration, for the last 10 years, americans have continually reported that they feel the country is on the wrong track,” baker said.

The stagnation of middle class income has contributed to the sense of dissatisfaction, baker said.

“The u s. has been the most successful economic machine in the history the world. it has been particularly successful in growing the middle class,” baker said. “what we’ve seen in the last 25 years is that the progress has actually stopped.”

while the united states is unique in when dealing with middle-class income stagnation, baker said, economic dissatisfaction is also seen in europe’s high unemployment rate.

“in the last 25 years we have seen trade agreements, we have seen [an] opening up and increase of the global economy, we saw the collapse of the soviet union in 1991 and the emergence of china as a major player at the end of the 1980s and the beginning of the 1990s,” he said. “This unleashed huge amounts of resources into

the world economy, that had not been available before. a combination of free trade agreements and the emergence of these economies into the global system created an extraordinary amount of supply that drove down the price of labor..”

economic dissatisfaction has created “an overwhelming desire” to recover national identity, baker said.

“combined with the sense of political correctness that you see in washington and brussels, there is pervasive political correctness that has alienated numerous people around the world,” he said.

baker said whichever candidate wins in the presidential election will have a hard time passing international trade agreements, even if the agreement is beneficial for the global economy. he said both democrats and republicans will not push for global trade initiatives and instead opt to support more protectionist measures, as many believe the opening of the global economy has contributed to the stagnation of the middle class.

“i don’t want to give the impression that we are retreating into the 1920s, 1930s [economy] because people are too dependent on each other, globally,” he said. “but i do think we are headed into a period where we can see a much greater assertion of national rights.”

Contact Jenna Wilson at jwilso35@nd.edu

s agartz

yet been determined. s agartz likely died late monday or early Tuesday, he said.

s agartz was a student in the c ollege of s cience and a native of a lbuquerque, n m she was a third generation member of the notre dame community, according to the

release. “a s a community, we grieve for Theresa and extend our deepest condolences to her family and friends,” university p resident Fr. John Jenkins said in the release. “my prayers are with them.”

i n an email sent to students wednesday night, v ice p resident of student a ffairs e rin hoffmann harding said the university c ounseling

c enter ( ucc ) and c ampus m inistry resources are available to all members of the notre dame community. “ we realize that many of you may have been impacted by Theresa’s death,” the email stated. “The university c ounseling c enter and c ampus m inistry are both available to offer their support to you and other members of our community.”

press release s aturday.

The l aetare medal is awarded each year to a merican c atholics “whose genius has ennobled the arts and sciences, illustrated the ideals of the c hurch and enriched the heritage of humanity,” according to the press release.

university p resident Fr. John Jenkins commended both men for their dedication to the nation and for their civility.

“ w hile both have been loyal and committed partisans, they were leaders who put the good of the nation ahead of partisan victory, seeking through respectful dialogue honorable compromise and

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progress,” Jenkins said in the press release. “ s peaker b oehner’s resistance to a simple reductionism made him suspect in his own party; v ice p resident b iden reminded his fellow d emocrats that those in the other party are ‘our opponents, not our enemies.’”

a ccording to the press release, v ice p resident b iden has served two terms in the o bama administration, and oversaw the $840 billion stimulus package in the a merican r ecovery and r einvestment a ct and leads the r eady to work i nitiative.

e lected to the u s house of r epresentatives in 1990, former s peaker b oehner served as chairman of the house e ducation and workforce c ommittee where he authored several reforms,

including the p ension p rotection a ct and a school choice voucher program for low-income children in washington, d c ., according to the press release.

“i n recognizing both men, notre d ame is not endorsing the policy positions of either, but celebrating two lives dedicated to keeping our democratic institutions working for the common good through dialogue focused on the issues and responsible compromise,” Jenkins said in the release.

b oehner and b iden join the ranks of past l aetare medal recipients p resident John F. Kennedy, d orothy d ay, walker p ercy, m artin s heen and many others.

The university’s 171st c ommencement will be held m ay 15.

a dr. seuss spring break

Kathryn Marshall news writer

m y spring break was not spent under a beating beach sun, nor was it spent coasting down a c olorado ski run. i spent my break watching two cousins of mine, two little girls ages seven and nine. i n the house, a golden retriever aged only two and on the table a pile of papers telling what to (and not to) do. e arly mornings spent waving goodbye to the bus after packing lunches where purple lemonade is an absolute must. Then it’s walk the dog, do the dishes, straighten couch cushions with care, grab a broom to battle tumble weeds of puppy dog hair.

“ h ow did she do it?” i ponder aloud. Four kids, a dog, a cat, even turtles were allowed. m y mom did this for much more than a week, and continues to do so … what an incredible feat. This is how she creates a home where love comes to life, just as here the girls will return to escape college strife. Through her example i watch the two girls grow day by day, full of dreams and the courage to confidently say, “ i ’ll be the athlete with records to beat, i ’ll be a journalist researching lions in the a frican heat!”

They rush in the door in an uncoordinated mess, eager to share which part of the day was the best. w hile doing homework assignments with fractions and telling time, reading d r. s euss books full of confusing slant rhyme, each time Jess read aloud about s neetches and stars, and as e m prepared for all those swim practices of hers, my college bubble popped in the land of mac and cheese, a land where the magic word is an oftenforgotten “please?”

The girls were so curious about the world and about me, both often asking “what will you be?” They were so curious about my college life fables and they loved chattering about unicorns while eating l ucky c harms at the table. o ver break, my inspiration came not from p interest nor the b ible, but rather, from the simple curiosity reflected by an unbounded smile.

r ecall that one book about the c ivil war nurse, or perhaps you were enchanted by p otter’s “ e xpelliarmus” curse. e ither way, something was the foundation for your dreams, no matter how crazy or odd that reminder may seem. you once looked to the future without fear, without doubt. you wanted to know what this world was all about. i t may seem hard to accept and believe as we turn to face grown-up world reality, but you know what? we’re here, making those ‘when i grow up’ essays come true. a nd just remember, not matter what you do, those childhood dreams will forever be a part of you.

Contact Kathryn Marshall at kmarsh02@saintmarys.edu

The views expressed in the Inside Column are those of the author and not necessarily those of The Observer.

Mandatory vaccines

c urrently, children between the ages of zero and six years old receive an average of 28 doses of ten different vaccines. a lthough there is no federal mandate requiring these vaccinations, all 50 states have some sort of requirement for public schools. This has sparked debates over the legality of these mandatory vaccinations, especially pertaining to preschools and elementary education. w hile parents are entitled to make medical decisions for their children, public schools should continue to mandate vaccinations in order to protect the welfare of their communities.

The first concern many parents bring up regarding mandatory vaccinations is the side effects. since many of these vaccinations are given at a young age, parents are often concerned that the negative side effects could have a lasting impact on their child’s development. i n 1998, a ndrew wakefield published a study that claimed there was a link between measles-mumpsrubella ( mmr ) vaccinations and autism in children. i n 2005, robert F. Kennedy Jr. wrote an article for rolling stone claiming that thimerosal caused “speech delays, attention-deficit disorder, hyperactivity and autism” in young children. however both of these claims have been discredited numerous times. i n fact, the british Journal of medicine reported that wakefield had received over $650,000 in bribe money from multiple law firms to fake test results. w hile Kennedy’s thimerosal study was also disproved by the a merican academy of pediatrics and the u s p ublic health s ervice, thimerosal is currently not administrated in vaccinations for children younger than six as a precaution. b ecause multiple scientific studies have proven that vaccines are not linked to these lasting side effects, parents cannot use this argument as a reason to not vaccinate their children. however, there is a direct correlation between children who are not vaccinated and children who contract diseases such as pertussis and/or the chickenpox. Therefore, schools should mandate vaccinations based on the most recent studies preformed by the medical community.

a nother reason some people are not in favor of mandated vaccinations is because they don’t think that government should be interfering with their medical decisions. w hether it is from an extreme libertarian or a religious rights perspective, some people believe that it’s not the job of the government to dictate whether a child is vaccinated or not. w hile the government’s reach is a valid political and philosophical issue, it is not a valid argument against mandated vaccinations. because the government is funding the public school

system, legally they can require participants to have certain vaccinations before attending. i f certain beliefs cause parents to feel strongly that they do not want to vaccinate their children, they always have the option of homeschooling them. since there are no federal laws requiring vaccinations, there is no legal force requiring parents to disregard their beliefs or ideals and vaccinate their kids. however, they will have to accept that they will be limiting their education options. b ecause the legal systems still allows parents to make this choice, the public schooling system should continue to require vaccines in order to protect the wellbeing of the students the school is responsible for.

o ne of the emerging arguments against mandated childhood vaccinations is that the pharmaceutical companies, F da and cdc should not be trusted to regulate vaccines. l ooking back at the Turing pharmaceuticals scandal where the ceo increased the price of a lifesaving drug by 5,000 percent, corruption within the industry is clearly a valid concern. however, the vaccines currently required for all public schools are not new drugs. dTa p, ivp, mmr , varicella and hepatitis b have all been extensively studied and have persisted to survive media controversies and political questionings. For a drug to be required at every public school throughout the united states, the scrutiny it would undergo by both the scientific and political communities would prevent any one corrupt organization from providing harmful vaccinations. For example, even the annual flu shot is still optional in every state except c onnecticut. Therefore, these current vaccinations should stay mandated due to the years of analysis that support their authenticity.

c learly, public schools should mandate vaccinations in order to prevent harmful diseases from spreading throughout the school’s population and into the greater community. a lthough vaccinations should still be mandated, researching any vaccination before receiving it as well as understanding your family’s medical history is important. hopefully by promoting vaccine use, people lucky enough to have access to these vaccines can work with other nations to help the children in their communities also have access to this great medical achievement.

For more information on the arguments surrounding mandated vaccinations, please visit vaccines.procon.org.

Katherine Smart is a junior in the Naval ROTC program and a current resident of Badin Hall. She is a political science and pre-health major. She can be reached at ksmart@nd.edu

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

Returning to Cincinnati

as i listened to the s unday g ospel.

most professionals don’t get a spring break. i was reminded of this reality as i walked notre d ame’s quiet campus after students left for service trips, sunny beaches and everything in between just over a week ago.

b ut, the quiet of campus was the catalyst i needed to take some intentional time to slow down. s o, i took an opportunity at the end of break to return to my hometown of c incinnati.

o ver the course of my life, well-meaning people have asked me if i would eventually settle down in c incinnati. a nd for a long time, i was a little bit shocked by that question. w hy would i return to a place that i knew so well? r eturning to c incinnati seemed like the safe choice, a choice that i strongly rejected as i gazed out on a world that brimmed with possibility.

c ollege and post-grad life seemed to offer me more exciting opportunities. a nd the more i learned and experienced, the more my excitement grew for those opportunities, right alongside a growing sense of boredom and disdain for home. i n my eyes, i had accomplished everything that i needed to accomplish there. memories of times when i was most fully alive in my childhood — time spent with family, life-giving philosophical conversations, theater with my best friends — faded quickly. i had little interest in looking in the rearview mirror — the best, i believed, was yet to come.

yet, just this past s unday, some different thoughts entered my mind about home and my life

letter to the edItor

The passage was a familiar one — the one about the woman caught in the sin of adultery. i initially felt myself begin to tune out as i recognized the words from the oft-quoted line: “l et the one among you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone at her” (Jn 8:7).

i n that moment, i didn’t feel a need to return and reflect on these words that i knew so well. s o, not surprisingly, my mind shifted toward other things — the beginning of the workweek and the events that would shape its calendar.

yet, all of a sudden, my mind slipped back to attention. it was just as much a sudden realization as it was a culmination of realizations that, i believe, had been slowly in the making.

m y time at home flashed before my eyes. i thought back to the delight i felt the previous Thursday morning as i gathered to share stories with an old teacher friend. i thought back to the laughter shared s aturday afternoon with some of my best friends and their spouses as we regaled each other with tales from high school.

a nd there in our pew in c hurch i observed my family: my mom, d ad and brother, three people whose stories had so profoundly shaped and influenced my life.

w hy had i so frequently looked past the beauty of these experiences? it was then that the full force of realization hit me. i n these short days, i had shared stories and time with people that i knew well. i n giving myself fully, i was able to focus not on an imagined future, but the truth and beauty of the familiar in my present. This time, i finally saw that the meaning that i spent so much time looking for had already been given to me.

i don’t think it’s any coincidence that these realizations came in the midst of a celebration of the e ucharist. how many times do we feel bored at m ass or in our own lives? m ight our own minds start to wander a little in the midst of the familiarity of scriptures and prayers or in the most of our daily routines? how often do we focus our energies too much on what might come to the exclusion of what is?

it is always easier for me to keep searching for meaning in new places than to spend time in places i already know. i n the safety of my thought and imagination, i don’t have to give myself as completely. There, i can remain at a distance, safely encountering reality on my terms.

yet, the reality of g od’s invitation to us is the robust belief in the possibilities that lie in the familiar, in the places and people we already know. i n g od’s eyes, every moment is an opportunity and invitation into glory, an invitation to see that g od might already be giving us those things we most long for.

w hat might g od already be doing now in our lives? a sking and investigating this question might be the very thing that allows us to take another look at the c hurch, our homes and our most intimate relationships. p erhaps those things we most long for have already being given to us, if we’re honest with ourselves to look.

A 2012 and 2015 graduate of Notre Dame, Scott currently serves as the assistant director for Notre Dame Vision in the Institute for Church Life. He can be reached at sboyle2@nd.edu

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

i n defense of the establishment

a lmost verbatim at any rally, interview, town hall discussion or any speech of any form given, s enator b ernie s anders exasperatedly cries out that the a merican people have lost faith in government because of a system that favors the rich, an economy that forgets about the regular working class a merican and establishment politicians that only pay attention to wall s treet. s ubsequently, as a result of these polemic statements, the increasingly hackneyed diatribes by s enator s anders erupt in applause by crowds that are basing their indignation on the sense that they are being forgotten by the government.

This growing hatred and distrust for the government is a dangerous path that the general public has decided to enter — and in both political parties, as seen with the popularity of anti-establishment candidates such as Trump in the r epublican p arty — because this “political revolution” that s enator s anders is calling for is stemmed in a false understanding of the role of government, which as a result can be extremely harmful to the structure that maintains society as we see it today. i n fact, our system of government was designed to favor the people over the threat and interests of the oligarchs and monarchs of imperial e ngland. The reason the system seems so rigged is not because it is inherent in its design, but because we’ve let it get that way. w hen only 38.5 percent of all the voting-eligible population in the united s tates voted in the past election, it means we are actively letting roughly 40 percent of the population decide what the other 60 percent want. c ivic disinterest is what is causing the economy and the entire system to be slanted towards the rich and wealthy, because they are the ones who are the most consistent in voting and voicing support. m oney may be able to buy companies and formal interest groups time with members of

congress, but money will never be able to transact votes from one individual to an interest group.

n ow, i am not naïve enough to believe that it is easy for everyone to vote, when there are laws that are always being passed to make it harder for people to vote, many of which are masked by the pretext of having less fraudulent elections (as if that is currently a huge problem). i do think some laws are designed to make it harder for people to vote, and we need to find ways for those a mericans who may be alienated by language barriers, economic barriers or other impediments that are legitimately keeping them from being involved in the civic process. w hat i do not take as legitimate excuses are the ideas that government is boring, irrelevant, does not matter attitude or other similar responses that justify general disinterest and nonparticipation in voting and civic participation.

o ne of the tactics that lobbying groups use to force politicians to vote one way or another is assuring them that they will contact the people in their congressional districts and tell them how their opposition or inaction for a bill that a lobbyist supports and convince them to not vote for the politician again.

m ost bills involving money or regulation impact somebody negatively, and finding that small amount of people in districts of 700,000 constituents (where perhaps only a few thousand vote each election) and spinning distaste for a bill is not too hard. This is a politician’s worst nightmare — grassroots opposition. p erhaps this would not be a problem if more people voted, but since that is not the case, the opposition of a few people is enough for a politician to guarantee a lobbyist their support for a bill that may benefit corporations more than it does the people.

it is not money that is truly destroying our political system; it is a lack of participation in the

political process. g rassroots support and opposition is perhaps the most efficient force that drives a politicians decision-making.

s uccessful lobbying groups take advantage of the public’s general disinterest and engagement by targeting key groups in districts in order to scare a politician into voting one way or another. w ith voter turnout being dismal in most areas of the country, politicians can be swayed by the smallest threat at reelection they receive. Therefore, it is unfair to say that the interest group system in the united s tates is rigged in favor of the rich, because the power lies within the people. The unfortunate part, however, is that the people seem to care little about this power they hold.

The reason the political process has become so expensive is because people increasingly make themselves less accessible to politicians, who ultimately still need one’s vote to keep their jobs, so they beg for more money to pay for ads and mailers and canvassers, and outreach efforts for the purpose of reaching someone and sharing their message for a merica.

u ltimately, i do not think s enator s anders is wrong in saying that the economy favors the rich, but i do think it is wrong for the indignant of the current awakening to claim that it is the fault of the establishment for letting it get this way and radically calling for a revolution that will harm our government more than it will help. i f you want the economy to be more in favor for you, then do the revolutionary act of registering to vote and actually doing it, and don’t let 40 percent of the voting population dictate what is best for the other 60 percent.

Cesar Hernandez junior

By NICK LAUREANO scene writer

if “Zootopia” — the latest movie from walt disney a nimation studios has a major flaw, it is the delivery of its message. l ike brad bird’s “The incredibles,” a film that was more overtly objectivist than some ayn rand works, “Zootopia” wears its heart on its sleeve. but just because the message is hammered home doesn’t mean it is simplistic. nay, “Zootopia,” rather than play like an overwrought parable about the importance of diversity, presents a more nuanced take.

meet Judy hopps, the dreamer. she’s a small town rabbit, born and raised on a carrot farm. Through an extremely over-the-top elementary school stage production that preaches “anyone can be anything,” the audience learns that Judy dreams of being a police officer in the bustling metropolis Zootopia. Judy’s ambition — noble as it is — is met with scrutiny rather than praise. “you’re just a dumb bunny!” “There’s never been a bunny cop!” slurs and stereotypes abound, and connections with our reality are even more clearly defined when Judy mentions, “a bunny can call

another bunny cute, but when another animal does it …” she doesn’t finish the sentence, and she doesn’t have to: the point is clear.

a mong the haters are Judy’s own parents. “if you never try anything new, you’ll never fail,” says her father as he begs her to adopt the simple life of a carrot farmer. Judy’s parents believe in the power of limitations — in this case, a bunny’s mental capacity, size and place on the food chain — and truly fear for their daughter’s safety in a big city populated with predators. They are so repressed by their socially-constructed lot in life that they no longer embrace the fundamental truths and beauties of their identity as bunnies, visually exemplified by Judy energetically hopping while her parents simply walk. if Judy is a model for children to strive for, her parents and their misplaced affections are an only modestly exaggerated reflection of a reality that adults can relate to. but this being a children’s movie, Judy hops on. a nd hop she does, to Zootopia, through the police academy then to the stage as valedictorian of her graduating class of police cadets. she protests being assigned to parking duty — as a “meter maid,” this time the epithet is sexist

— but is powerless to defy, unable to become a “real cop.” on the parking ticket beat she meets nick, a sly fox. well, that kind of stereotyping is exactly the kind of thing “Zootopia” is out to undermine. nonetheless, nick is sly, and his and Judy’s paths cross while he is in the middle of an elaborate profit-churning popsicle “hustle.”

a s a predator, nick is in the minority — most of Zootopia’s inhabitants are “cute,” “helpless” prey as opposed to predators, who pose a threat to the majority in their potential to “turn savage.” of course, only a few of Zootopia’s predators have ever turned savage, and there is no evidence to suggest prey are incapable of turning savage as well; but that doesn’t stop the masses of prey from labeling all predators — all “others,” as they’re referred to — as a threat, something to be feared. w here “Zootopia” excels is the extent to which it explores both sides of this predator/prey tension. can you really condemn Judy, a survivor of a childhood fox attack, for carrying fox repellant? on the other hand, we learn that nick wasn’t always so sly; rather, his craftiness is merely a defense mechanism born from childhood trauma. “if the world is going to see a fox as shifty and untrustworthy,”

he explains, “there’s no point in trying to be anything else.” again, for the sake of the children in the audience, “Zootopia” does not dare end on such a dour note; but adults in the room will understand nick’s words are not theatrics, but sincere frustration.

“Zootopia,” four years in the making, turned out to be even timelier than its creators likely intended it to be. of course they intended this movie to be a necessary commentary on the current social climate and racial tensions in a merica. but how could they have predicted the specifics of the 2016 political landscape? nonetheless, “Zootopia” is incredibly pertinent to the current presidential race. w ithout delving into spoilers, i will say that a fear mongering, opportunistic politician seeks to vilify the predators — the minority — in order to achieve and maintain power. sound familiar? it’s for this depth of characters and themes — not to mention the splendors, visual wonderment, a zany plot and enough jokes to burn, that you expect from a disney animated movie — that “Zootopia” is a must see.

Contact Nick Laureano at nlaurean@nd.edu

By ADRIAN MARK LORE

we can play favorites all the live-long day, sure, but the more you implore me to agree with you that c hicago and detroit were the cradles of modern house music, the more strongly i’ll retort that the fact that we’re in i ndiana doesn’t mean that you can put on your blinders and pretend that the m idwest is the cradle of modern electronic music. i n fact, the underground scenes of c hicago and detroit, led by luminaries like Frankie Knuckles, c ybotron et al., were massively influential in shaping the sound of electronic dance music today, but if you don’t think that the british scene had much to do with it, then i don’t think we have much to do with each other. because nobody disses l ondon’s The orb on my watch. The orb shaped ambient house as you know it, period. of course, i don’t mean to erase the influence of the Japanese scene’s ryuichi sakamoto or haruomi hosono — though i admit to not being their most outspoken fan — nor even the influences of fellow englishman brian eno or the products of a merican minimalism, both of which, au contraire, i

talk far too much about. w hat i do mean to say is that in the early ‘90s, it was The orb that singularly consolidated these sounds into the scene-defining aesthetic that is an interesting juxtaposition of spacey yet earthly, alien yet simultaneously human. This aesthetic stretches its ethereal fingers into much of both ambient and house music today. but the ‘90s came and went, and so did the numerous follow-ups and novelty album titles. a nd though their influence was a watermark over many of the decade’s most groundbreaking electronic records — aphex Twin and boards of canada, in particular, deserve mention here — so too did the duo itself seem to vanish from the collective consciousness. certainly, the duo has been around this whole time, but after a series of generally uninspired records over a decade and change, it’s no mystery that they’ve lost their buzzword status. i n fact, it is along this slow decline into obscurity that their latest release, the vinyl “a lpine,” has gone virtually unnoticed.

but in spite of its short length “a lpine” is not to be missed. even in its brevity

this release feels perfectly well self-contained. indeed the glassy, grassy ambiance of the three tracks builds upon itself throughout each track so well, with sonic motifs punching in and out and back again, that these three movements feel like just that: indivisible elements of a continuous whole.

The record begins with “a lpine morning,” something of an electronic jam session that flits between house beats that sparkle like spring water, waves of earthy downtempo, and what sound like clips of yodeling mixed ad absurdum. it’s a calm wake-up call for the clubbier “a lpine evening,” a more traditional house track yet one that never shirks the duo’s stylistic eccentricities; ever the kings of vivid aural atmospheres, this track marches along like the hike up a mountain inside switzerland’s hottest nightclub. The final track, “a lpine dawn,” would seem inappropriately placed at the record’s end, but its more spacey, uplifting ambiance wraps up the piece like the pleasant resolution to a long night, the mountain’s cusp reached, the journey ended. but has the journey really ended? it certainly doesn’t come across as though

The orb is finished with their expeditions through electronic music — quite the opposite. i n part due to its length, “a lpine” leaves one not only wanting more (in a good way) but expecting it. This record’s overall aesthetic, well-reflected in its sharp and modern cover art (compared to some rather dated ones in The orb’s past), characterizes a duo that is ready to embrace a new, more modern world of sound. but though “a lpine” was a very satisfying release, it wasn’t exactly cutting-edge. now that The orb has caught up, it’s time for the duo to break some new ground.

Contact Adrian Mark Lore at asanch11@nd.edu

‘Alpine’

The Orb

Label: Kompakt

Tracks: “Alpine Evening”

If you like: The Avalanches

By THOM BEHRENS scene writer

on march 4, Kendrick l amar released a compilation album entitled “untitled unmastered.” on a ftermath/ interscope records through Top dawg entertainment. The album contains songs that l amar was unable to release on his critically acclaimed 2015 album, “To p imp a butterfly,” as Kendrick told p itchfork. The album is 34-minutes long, and each song is untitled besides a number and a date between 2013 and 2016, which indicates when the song was written, according to consequence of sound.

From one angle, it is visibly reactionary to Kanye west’s “The l ife of pablo,” which was released several weeks prior. Kanye’s album, which he purported through his Twitter account to be a gospel account, received much backlash for this title, given much of the album’s crass and morally bankrupt content. conversely, l amar, who has always had the rare ability to reconcile spiritual pursuits with corporeal struggles, threads gospel themes and religious sympathies throughout all of his music, his latest effort included. Furthermore,

whereas “The l ife of pablo” was the culmination of much internet hype, single releases, instagram posts and eye-catching Twitter activity, “untitled unmastered.” came suddenly and without announcement. in the second half of “untitled 7,” Kendrick’s words almost point directly to Kanye’s “30 hours,” speaking to those in his studio about making “jam tracks,” and casually instructing those around him how to play and perform. a nd in the context of Kanye’s album — at times disconnected and ad lib heavy which has continued to have songs updated and re-released even a month after its debut, the format and nature of “untitled unmastered.” seems to be Kendrick saying, “oh, so this is what we’re doing? here, have some b-sides.”

but b-sides aren’t always inferior, and “untitled unmastered.” is fantastic proof. a graceful and logical follow-up to “To p imp a butterfly,” “untitled unmastered.” is unassumingly beautiful. Kendrick makes no expressed effort to “top himself” in lyric, sound or concept, yet still gives us an earnest and artful, ultimately very satisfying piece. “T pab” defined the year in rap with

l amar’s reactionary lyrics, abrasive tone and construction, his rendition of bob d ylan’s “it a in’t me, babe” to the hip-hop machine. w ith “untitled unmastered.,” he now cements himself as an independent titan: “push[ing] the club to the side for [ g od]” as he says in the album’s opener. a nd like d ylan, he chooses to actively distance himself from the culture of his typified genre and, with “untitled unmastered.,” shows us the beauty and depth that can come by granting artists this freedom. much like the man whose vocal strategies he imitates, Kendrick has become both the poster child and rebel of his genre.

The compilation, although characteristically avant-garde, still contains all the key ingredients for a fantastic listening experience: collaborators ceel o green and Jay rock make frequent appearances, and bassist and frequent collaborator Thundercat appears on over half the tracks. shimmying drumlines, recurring anthemic mantras and those background singers who sang “we want the funk” in “King Kunta” move the listener through a deep and head-nodding experience. due to its relaxed structure, the listener finds himself not moving

from song to song, but through the entire project, resurfacing at moments to appreciate specific riffs and hooks. Thundercat’s phenomenal expertise on the bass helps anchor the album to the same beat that led “To p imp a butterfly.” The album is pervaded by the chant “p imp, p imp, hooray!” — a reminder that the material in this new album is cut of the same cloth as his last. The reminder is welcomed, but not needed; it is clear both from theme and quality that “untitled unmastered.” belongs to the l amar who is at the peak (thus far) of his artistic career.

Contact Thom Behrens at tbehren1@nd.edu

‘untitled unmastered.’

Kendrick Lamar

Label: Top Dawg Ent

Tracks: “untitled 6,” “untitled 7”

If you like: J. Cole, Schoolboy Q.

By KEELY BERGIN

scene writer

w hile many on campus were packing their bags or possibly already heading home for break, “1916: The irish rebellion” premiered at the debartolo performing a rts center with all the pomp that it deserved. unless you are in an irish class or have a professor in the irish department, you might not have heard of it — but it’s kind of a big deal. The film, along with a three-part documentary series, is being released internationally on over 120 pbs stations, bbc4 and rTÉ. The project has been six years in the making, released to align with the centennial anniversary of the 1916 easter r ising.

l iam neeson, who narrated the documentary, provided a moving reading of william butler yeats’ poem “easter 1916” at the premiere, which somberly set the stage by reminding the audience of the truly human cost of the r ising.

“we know their dream; enough/ To know they dreamed and are dead.” The brutal executions of the leaders of the r ising served as a catalyst for the fight for irish independence.

irish a mbassador a nne a nderson emphasized the importance of the role that the united states played during The easter r ising, as well as the event’s international effects. a nderson lauded the move to think about the r ising more critically as opposed to blind commemoration.

according to christopher Fox, director of the Keough-naughton institute and english professor, “1916” is a unique effort in how it demonstrates the international effects of this rebellion across the british empire.

The documentary was written and co-produced by bríona nic dhiarmada, Thomas J. and Kathleen m o’donnell. dhiarmada said the aim of the documentary was to show The r ising not only as a historical event but also as “a story of

real men and women, people of flesh and blood who participated or witnessed epoch-making events ... a story of heroism and of cowardice, of moral courage and of venality, of mercy and of cruelty, of victory and defeat.”

dhiarmada certainly succeeded. The documentary presents the narrative of the r ising in a manner that makes it accessible to all audiences. readings of letters and writings by the leaders of the r ising, useful commentary provided by leading irish historians, powerful visuals and an excellent musical score resulted in an engaging and thoughtprovoking piece. The sheer number of historians involved from ireland, the united states and britain is impressive. The acquisition of numerous primary sources must have been cumbersome, but well worth the effort. The visuals of different locations within dublin juxtaposing the past with the present keeps the audience engaged and reminds one of

the end result of the r ising. additionally, the interview clips of the family members that the leaders left behind proved to be the most emotionally moving parts of the documentary. For those that are interested in a more in-depth examination of the r ising, its context and international effects, there is also a three-part documentary series to be released on pbs a companion book has also been released by the university of notre dame press which includes stunning visuals from a myriad of contemporary publications as well as photographs and excerpts from the leaders of The r ising themselves. There will be a documentary premiere for students to attend march 31 at 8:30 p.m. The event is free but ticketed; tickets can be obtained through the debartolo performing a rts center.

Contact Keely Bergin at kbergin1@nd.edu

NFL free agency needs to change

Ben Padanilam a ssociate sports e ditor

i t’s many sports fans’ favorite time of the year: m arch m adness. we’ve reached that time where everyone is busy filling out their bracket in whatever rational or irrational way they please.

b ut college basketball is not the only sport that contributes to the madness in m arch. n F l free agency is underway, and that has certainly been anything but sane.

i ’m a b rowns fan, so this season of free agency has been particularly frustrating. w hile the front office seems content to make a fresh start, they’ve let four very good players who were some of the only brights spots of a poor team walk away without much of a fight, as they didn’t even franchise tag one of them. i t’s far too early to judge these moves and the people who made them, but it puts extra pressure on the front office to ensure the moves work.

b ut enough about the b rowns. Those moves were dictated by the team and the philosophy of its management. The true problem with free agency — one that is not unique to this offseason but has been made abundantly more clear — is the way that the market drives up prices on players who are not deserving of even half of the money they ultimately receive.

Just look at some of the deals that have been reached this offseason. you all have probably heard by now that the h ouston Texans gave b rock o sweiler $72 million over four years. That’s more than Tony r omo and c arson p almer currently receive through their deals, and they are far more proven and successful commodities than o sweiler.

b ut his deal is not the only one that is mind blowing. Just to name a couple: s am b radford was given $36 million for two more years with the p hiladelphia e agles, despite last year’s disaster of a season. o livier vernon was given a five-year, $85 million deal from the n ew york g iants, making him the third highest-paid defensive player in the entire n F l That’s more than J.J. watt, von m iller, r ichard s herman and other players who are far more accomplished at their respective positions.

l ooking at how teams value players and comparing it to the value of others at their position, the a lshon Jeffery, Travis b enjamin and Janoris Jenkins deals also become suspect, amongst others.

o f course, there are certainly reasons that these teams can give to attempt to justify some of these deals, but it is the market that is really driving these deals. a nd it is unfortunate, as these deals can ultimately hamstring these franchises for years to come as these players fail to live up to the expectations that come with the money they’re being given.

a nd the price tags on these players will only continue to increase, making mediocre players even more valuable commodities, unless, perhaps, the n F l changes the way it conducts free agency.

w hat if the n F l instituted some sort of vcg mechanism, which uses a secondprice auction to match players with teams? That way, honesty would be at the forefront of the market, and teams would actually bid on players given how they value them individually rather than based on who is available.

w hat about some sort of stable matching market design? i n this concept, players and organizations would be matched based on preferences that exclude monetary factors. o nce stable matches are achieved — which means no one player or organization prefers another player or organization to the one they are already matched with given their preferences — then the players would negotiate their contracts separate from the market.

unfortunately, these methods might not actually improve upon the problems that exist in the n F l free agency market. a nd players certainly wouldn’t agree to it, because the market currently favors them heavily.

b ut something has to change. p layers should be paid based on their actual value and their resume, not solely on what a market ruled by inflation dictates they are worth. a fter all, m arch is already mad enough, and we could use a little more sanity in sports this time of year.

Contact Ben Padanilam at bpadanil@nd.edu

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

notre dame splits four league contests over break

By JOE EVERETT sports writer

The week of spring break was one of ups and downs for n otre d ame, as the i rish (8-8, 2-2 acc ) started their conference schedule with a couple wins against b oston c ollege and l ouisville, followed by a pair of road losses at the hands of c lemson and wake Forest.

acc play started well for the i rish, as they dismantled b oston c ollege (3-8, 1-3) 7-0 on m arch 3 in c hestnut h ill. The i rish rested most of their regular starters against the e agles and won handily at nearly every position, including freshman d aniel r ayl’s 6-2, 6-4 win over e agles sophomore Kent m ukai. i rish head coach r yan s achire described r ayl’s 3-1 performance in acc play as “huge for the team” because of other injuries to the n otre d ame squad.

Three days later, the i rish handled l ouisville (9-9, 0-4) at home by a score of 5-2. Freshman g rayson b roadus and senior n icolas m ontoya

won their doubles flight and junior e ddy c ovalschi and senior a lex l awson did as well to quickly scure the doubles point. The four singles points were picked up by r ayl, c ovalschi, junior Josh h agar and senior Kenneth s abacinski.

h owever, the i rish found themselves on the wrong end of a back-and-forth tussle with c lemson (11-7, 2-1) on Friday, as they dropped a 4-3 decision to the Tigers at the h oke s loan Tennis c enter, a loss that s achire described as “a bit of a disappointment.” The i rish dropped the doubles point, losing on courts 2 and 3, and then proceeded to trade points for the entirety of singles, with b roadus, h agar and r ayl winning their respective matches.

s achire noted the i rish didn’t play their best tennis over the weekend, a fact magnified by their 7-0 road loss at the hands of n o. 9 wake Forest (18-4, 3-1) on s unday.

n otre d ame, now .500 in acc play and overall, has played a season marked with inconsistency. h owever, s achire still believes the i rish have the ability to capitalize on the numerous opportunities coming up on their schedule.

“ i think our level of play has been pretty good,” s achire said. “ we know we have a lot of opportunities. we’re in a position to finish acc play well, and so now we have to play well.”

s uch opportunities will present themselves this weekend, as the i rish return home to the c ourtney Tennis c enter, hosting d uke at 3:30 on Friday and m iami at noon s unday.hosting d uke at 3:30 on Friday and m iami at noon s unday.

“Teams in this league are too good if you’re not playing well,” s achire said. “ we didn’t play the big points as well as we could have [against wake Forest]. a lot of matches are coming down to a few key points, and we didn’t do a great job winning those points this past weekend.”

Contact Joe Everett at jeveret4@nd.edu

Irish dominate regional field in Columbus

Observer Staff Report

The i rish finished strong on the strip for the second year running at s aturday’s ncaa m idwest regional at French Field h ouse in c olumbus, o hio. The team is set to qualify the maximum number of 12 fencers for the national championships later this month.

The no. 1 women’s team sent nine fencers to the strip and came out with two regional titles. a signature win over no. 6 o hio s tate highlighted notre d ame’s performance on the day.

Freshman foil s abrina m assialas had an

outstanding day as she went 16-1 in the foil field. Five i rish fencers finished in the top 15 for women’s foil, including senior n icole mcKee, freshman e lyssa Kleiner, sophomore e rin d ietsche and sophomore Zoe l oh. s enior c atherine l ee, also an acc champion in women’s epee, placed first in her field with a competitive 6-3 finish. o n the men’s side, the n o. 3 i rish had a gold medalist in freshman a xel Kiefer, who finished with a perfect 11-0 foil performance. s ophomore foil v irgile c ollineau was close behind in third place, at 9-2 on the day. veteran senior g arrett

mc g rath (10-2) took silver in epee, and freshman d arius Zacharakis came in fifth with a 7-5 finish. Freshman d ylan French placed seventh with the same record. s ophomore Jonathan Fitzgerald (7-2) finished strong for the i rish, placing second in sabre. The top two finishers per weapon are set to compete for an ncaa title, and the committee will release the full list of qualifiers by wednesday. notre d ame has the potential to send the maximum number of 12 fencers. The ncaa championships will begin m arch 24 at b randeis university in waltham, m assachusetts.

Seidel snatches two more national titles

By MOLLY MURPHY sports writer

m olly s eidel expanded her trophy case this weekend as the senior won both the 3,000-meter and the 5,000-meter national championships at the ncaa indoor championships in b irmingham, a labama.

“ m olly is incredible, she’s ‘The g irl on Fire,’” i rish head coach a lan Turner said. “ s he broke her own school record in the [five kilometer] for the third time in collegiate history. s he made it look easy, when we all know how extremely difficult it is. Then she comes back the next day and wins the [three kilometer] for her fourth overall ncaa title. n ot only has she elevated her running, but her distance teammates and the team as well. i am so happy for her.”

s eidel said she was nervous coming into the meet, but noted that she was confident enough in her abilities and her training to pull out the two national titles.

“ d efinitely coming in it had been my goal for the whole season to try and go after the double [championship] and knowing that it was going to be an enormous amount of great competition there,” s eidel said. “ i was definitely nervous but very excited for it and very confident in the work that i had put in. it was a lot of nerves that i was facing, but i was just so ready to get out there and race.”

To pull out the victories, s eidel pointed to patience and the influence of assistant

coach m atthew s parks.

“ i think patience has probably been one of the biggest factors, not necessarily my own, but with c oach s parks,” s eidel said. “ h e’s been great with kind of sacrificing trying to run really fast at the beginning of the season and run a ton of meets for quality. h e makes sure that my training is progressing well and that i ’m getting in a solid amount of rest and recovery and building in a solid enough base so that i still have energy and gas left in the tank by the time that i get to the end of the season.”

w ith her recent victories, s eidel now holds four national championships, adding to titles won in the outdoor 10,000-meter run and cross country in 2015.

To go along with s eidel’s winning performance, the women’s team finished fifth overall in the indoor championships.

“ we finished 13th outdoors last season, eighth in cross country this season and now fifth indoors. it’s the highest we have ever finished and first time in the top 10 for a women’s track team in nd history,” said Turner, “ m y goals for the program when i took the job last year were to finish in the top 10 in cross country, indoor and outdoor track. we are well on our way to making that happen. i ’m proud of the entire team.”

o n its way to the fifth place finish, every n otre d ame athlete entered in the meet came back a first-team a lla merican. c oach Turner noted being especially pleased

with the performances of sophomore p arker e nglish and junior Jamie m arvil in the distance medley relay, who ran in place of senior m argaret b amgbose and s eidel who qualified.

“ p arker e nglish and Jamie m arvil were competing in their first ncaa championships,” said Turner, “ we didn’t run m argaret or m olly, due to them having to run hard on back-to-back days in their individual events. p arker and Jamie ran great legs for us. p arker’s 54.79 [seconds] 400-[meter] split and Jamie’s 800 split of 2:07.69 were great, even though their baton exchange was botched and Jamie ran into the official who was responsible for lining up the outgoing runners.”

Turner also noted sophomore Jessica h arris and senior d anielle a ragon’s contribution to the relay.

“Jessica h arris ran an excellent opening 1,200 leg and [ d anielle] a ragon finished the 1,600 leg in a very swift 4:34.67. Their time of 11:01.86 is the fifth best in [ n otre d ame] history,” Turner said.

Contact Molly Murphy at mmurph40@nd.edu

Irish lose one match, win another over break

By MICHAEL IVEY sports writer

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otre d ame played two matches over spring break, losing to m iami in the first match before defeating liu b rooklyn in the second.

l ast s unday, the i rish (95, 3-2) lost to the h urricanes (6-4, 3-2) 5-2 in their first scheduled match over break in c oral g ables, Florida. Junior m ary c loss and sophomore b rooke b roda earned the only two singles victories of the day for the i rish, on the fourth and fifth courts respectively. c loss won her first set 6-3 before falling in the second set 6-3. i n the tiebreaking set, c loss fought off opponent s ilvia Fuentes, 6-2. b roda lost her first set 6-2 before fighting back to force a third set, which she won 10-7. i n doubles action, the teams of c loss/senior Julie v rabel and senior Quinn g leason/junior m onica r obinson both lost their matches 6-3. b roda/sophomore a llison m iller were tied 4-4 before their match was discontinued.

The i rish were scheduled

to play a double header against e ast c arolina and liu b rooklyn on Tuesday in p uerto r ico, but the matches were cancelled due to weather. o n Friday, the i rish defeated liu b rooklyn (0-7) 7-0 in a rescheduled match. n otre d ame won all of its singles matches in straight sets, highlighted by straight 6-0 wins from c loss and back-to-back 6-1 victories by b roda and freshman r achel c hong. i n doubles, g leason/ r obinson and c loss/ v rabel won their matches 6-1, while b roda/Fennelly shut out their opponents 6-0.

i rish head coach Jay l ouderback said this trip was beneficial to his team, both for team-bonding and in preparing for their upcoming outdoor matches.

“ we had a great experience in p uerto r ico,” l ouderback said, “and we had the opportunity to play or practice outdoors every day, which will help us in the transition to playing acc matches outdoors.”

l ouderback said he was pleased with his team’s performance during the trip

and thought they adapted to the unfamiliar conditions faster than he expected.

“ i thought we played really well in both matches and seemed to adjust to the elements really well,” l ouderback said. “Transitioning to outdoors can take some time but we seemed to adjust quickly.”

l ouderback said it was important to reschedule the match against liu b rooklyn to make sure they didn’t play only one match over break and to play at least once in p uerto r ico.

“ we lost one match because of rain, but we were able to reschedule the l ong i sland u. match,” l ouderback said.

“ we really needed to get a least one match in besides the m iami match, so things worked out well.”

l ouderback said c hong’s return from injury is important to his team’s depth going forward.

“ we were able to get r achel c hong her first dual match of the year,” l ouderback said.

“ s he’s coming back from an injury, and getting her in the lineup against l ong i sland

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shows we will have some extra depth.”

w hen asked about what area of his team’s game he thinks needs improvement, l ouderback pointed to his team’s doubles play.

“ we will continue to work on our doubles,” l ouderback said. “ i ’m really excited about the way we’ve competed in

singles. we have to get our doubles up to our singles level, and then we will be able to compete with any team.” n otre d ame’s next match will be at home against wake Forest on Friday at 3:30 p.m. at the e ck Tennis p avilion.

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n ovember, the h uskies have been unbeatable recently. Through the first two rounds of the h ockey e ast tournament, the h uskies have now extended their winning streak to 11 games and are 18-1-2 since the middle of d ecember.

b ecause of n ortheastern’s current streak, the bye week could have actually hurt more than it helped, according to senior defenseman a ndy r yan.

“ i t is hard to know how much it affected us, but i think it probably had an impact,” r yan said. “ we were not prepared for the start of the game on Friday night, and it looked like we did not take advantage of the bye week, which was disappointing.”

i n the opening game of the weekend Friday night, sophomore goaltender c al p etersen surrendered a pair of goals in the first seven minutes of the first period. s ophomore defenseman Jordan g ross quickly cut the deficit in half at 7:35 of the opening frame. h owever, the comeback attempt ended there, with the i rish failing

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l andis and the i rish then came home to battle d enver, a team that was ranked second in two of the national polls and first in the other — with n otre d ame holding on to the top spot in two heading into the matchup.

The previous two times these teams met needed overtime, and this affair was no different. a fter trailing 7-2, the i rish ripped off six straight goals to take the

to score on a five-minute powerplay in the first period and hitting a number of posts throughout the game. n ortheastern added a late empty-net goal to bring the final score to 3-1.

Then on s aturday, an outburst of scoring from both squads resulted in ten total goals, but n otre d ame came out on the short end of a 6-4 decision. p etersen gave up his highest goal total of the season to the h uskies on s aturday, letting in all six n ortheastern goals.

The upside for n otre d ame from s aturday’s game, if there is one, should be that it snuck four goals past freshman goaltender r yan r uck, who has posted a .915 save percentage on the season. s ophomore defenseman l uke r ipley gave the i rish a first period lead on his goal, while senior left wing m ario l ucia scored twice and senior center Thomas d i p auli added another to keep the score close.

The two losses capped a disappointing end to the season for the i rish, who dropped five of their final six games against tough competition, including p rovidence, b oston u niversity and n ortheastern.

lead over the p ioneers. Four of those goals occurred in under 43 seconds with time dwindling down.

“ o ne thing we know about our guys is that there’s no quitting,” i rish head coach Kevin c orrigan said. “ i never questioned whether our guys were going to play to the last whistle, i just wish we had played better.”

d enver tied the game up with just over two minutes to play and maintained possession throughout overtime before p ioneer junior midfielder Zach m iller’s goal with 2:02 to play.

“[The level of competition] has certainly increased greatly because of the caliber of teams we have been playing,” r yan said. “ i think the biggest thing is it has become much harder to score against these teams, especially since it’s towards the end of the season. This means that we have to be almost perfect defensively and

“ i t’s crazy, that’s five out of six going to overtime,” c orrigan said. “ i t’s two teams that know each other, we’re both well-prepared for each other, the kids are going to compete like crazy and you’ve just [got] to find a way to make the last play of the game.”

w ynne led the way again for the i rish with three goals on the day. w ynne said he was disappointed with the team’s start but knew they had it in them to come back.

“That’s the one thing about our team — even though we had an awful first three

take advantage of our opportunities to score when we do get them.”

n ow the i rish are forced to watch as the h ockey e ast tournament concludes next weekend without them.

n otre d ame will wait until s unday to hear if it did enough to earn a spot in the 16-team ncaa tournament field, but r yan said the team

quarters, we never give up,” w ynne said. “This team has a lot of heart. we fought to the very end… [and] it makes you think what we can do if we put a whole game together.”

“ we live for that moment honestly,” added junior midfielder p.J. Finley, who scored the opening goal as well as the go-ahead goal for the i rish. “g uys in this team have been in every possible conceivable situation… [so] the kids don’t get scared by this type of moment. we live for it. a nd honestly i don’t think

believes it can make a run if it makes the tournament.

“The team is still optimistic about our tournament chances,” r yan said. “ i think we understand that as long as we get into the tournament, then anything can happen.”

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anyone in our team was surprised that we stepped up like that.” w hile leaving the ranks of the unbeaten, n otre d ame dropped only to n o. 2 in the i nside l acrosse poll, while d enver replaced them on top. The i rish will resume play s aturday when they welcome an unranked v irginia team (3-4, 0-1 acc ) to a rlotta s tadium. The game will get underway at 6 p.m.

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Junior guard d emetrius Jackson said n otre d ame can use the stretch without a set opponent to work on ridding the squad of the turnover bug: The i rish turned it over 35 times in two games at the acc tournament last week.

“ o nce we can figure out who we play, we can dial it in more,” Jackson said. “ b ut these few days, we can work on ourselves. working on taking care of the ball, working on what we can just do to clean up our game.”

i rish junior guard d emetrius Jackson looks to drive during n otre d ame’s overtime win over d uke on Thursday in the acc tournament.

m ichigan leads the alltime series with n otre d ame, 15-7, with the last meeting an 87-84, double-overtime wolverines win in a nn a rbor, m ichigan, on m arch 20, 2006. n otre d ame’s last win in the series came on m arch 15, 2000, when the i rish ran away 75-65 winners. m ichigan has

won both ncaa tournament games between the teams, in 1974 and 1976.

p rior to his season-ending injury, senior guard c aris l evert led the wolverines in scoring with 16.5 points per game. w ithout l evert, however, junior guard/forward Zak i rvin leads a trio of active m ichigan players in double figures, averaging 11.7 points per outing.

The i rish have met Tulsa just once on the hardwood, with the g olden h urricane taking a 74-59 home win on Feb. 19, 1955.

Tulsa’s offensive leaders reside in the backcourt, with senior James woodard, who averages 15.6 points per game, leading a trio of g olden h urricane guards that average double figures.

This will mark n otre d ame’s fourth appearance in the ncaa tournament as a n o. 6 seed; in 2001, the i rish topped Xavier in the first round before losing to m ississippi in the second round, while in 2007 and 2010, n otre d ame exited early, losing to n o. 11 seeds w inthrop and o ld d ominion.

i f n otre d ame advances in the tournament, it would see the winner of a game between n o. 3-seeded west

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v irginia and n o. 14-seeded s tephen F. a ustin in the second round s unday.

s hould the i rish advance out of the first two rounds, they would head to the s weet 16, played at p hiladelphia’s wells Fargo c enter on m arch 25 and 27. n o. 2-seeded Xavier would be a potential opponent in that round, while n o. 1-seeded n orth c arolina, n o. 4-seeded Kentucky and n o. 5-seeded i ndiana highlight the other half of the bracket.

s unday’s ncaa tournament selection came on the heels of an acc tournament performance that saw n otre d ame dig itself a deep hole twice, working out of it to beat n o. 19 d uke, 84-79, in overtime Thursday before falling 78-47 to n o. 3

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muffet mc g raw said. “ we’ve got great teams coming in here, and we’ve got to do the job on them.”

The other teams to earn no. 1 seeds in the tournament were c onnecticut, the overall top seed, s outh c arolina, who is on the same side of the bracket as notre d ame, and b aylor.

Though their bid to the ncaa tournament was never in doubt, the i rish secured it last week by winning their third consecutive acc tournament with a 68-57 victory over s yracuse. That was preceded by a 78-67 win over m iami (Fla.) in the semifinal and an 83-54 win over d uke in the quarterfinal.

c apturing the tournament victory was never really in question for n otre d ame, which trailed for just a combined eight and a half minutes in its three games. g raduate student guard m adison c able was named the tournament mvp after averaging 14.3 points per game, including an 18-point game with six 3s against s yracuse. Junior

n orth c arolina in Friday’s semifinal.

s enior forward Zach a uguste’s 19-point, 22-rebound performance led the i rish over the b lue d evils (23-10, 11-7), but it was the big comeback that stole the headlines. d own 64-48 midway through the second half, the i rish ran off 14 straight points to close the gap to two with just over four minutes to play, and they got the game to overtime at 70-70.

There, n otre d ame pushed past a d uke team that had ground out a win over n orth c arolina s tate the day before, moving onto the acc tournament semifinals for the second straight year.

That’s where n otre d ame’s time in washington came to an end, however, as the Tar

guard l indsay a llen and sophomore forward b rianna Turner joined c able in earning first-team all-tournament honors.

The tournament title is the team’s fourth straight, extending back to its final season in the b ig e ast. notre d ame has captured the regular-season and tournament championships in each of its first three seasons in the acc

“i think the first one is always special, when you come into a new league,” mc g raw said. “a nd coming out of the b ig e ast, which was a great league, and coming into the acc not knowing everybody and winning and going undefeated was really special for us. Then this year, looking at our team and thinking of what we’ve lost and what we’ve come through, who we’re playing and how it’s been working out, this team has surprised me.

“it’s probably not the most talented team we’ve had in the last five years, but it’s certainly one of the most fun. They are just a joy to be around, they work so hard, and it’s been really great watching them improve throughout the year.”

h eels (28-6, 14-4) avenged a loss earlier in the season in what started as a tight contest, but quickly ballooned to a one-sided one. n orth c arolina led just 23-22 with around six minutes to go in the first half, but the Tar h eels produced a 24-0 run either side of halftime to take a firm grip on a game where the i rish produced their lowest offensive output of the year with just 47 points. n otre d ame, losers of four of seven, will return to action Friday in the ncaa tournament against m ichigan or Tulsa. The i rish play the last game of the day in b rooklyn, with tipoff estimated for 9:40 p.m.

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w ith the acc trophy wrapped up, notre d ame was able to take a much-deserved rest during the university’s spring break, m c g raw said, before players return to the court this week in preparation for the ncaa tournament.

“i think that one of the things we’ve been able to do well over the years is give them a rest, because mentally, it’s just so big,” she said. “They’ve got so much work academically, and then they’re over here, when they have a day off, it’s never on the weekend because we’re playing s unday or monday. s o for them to have time off to just get out and be kids and enjoy life and hopefully get into the gym and get a couple of shots up, but generally just really relax.”

notre d ame hits to the hardwood with the goal of advancing to its sixth consecutive Final Four, which will take place in i ndianapolis. The i rish will start that campaign this s aturday against north c arolina a &T, with tip at 6:30 p.m. at p urcell p avilion.

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By MARY GREEN senior sports writer

notre dame earned its fifthstraight no. 1 seed in the ncaa tournament on monday night, setting the i rish up for an opening-round game against no. 16 seed north carolina a&T on saturday.

The i rish (31-1, 16-0 acc ) are the top seed in the l exington, Kentucky, region, where they will play if they advance past north carolina a&T in the first round and the winner of no. 8 g eorgia and no. 9 i ndiana in the second round.

beginning with last year’s tournament, the top four seeds in each region host the first two rounds of games, so the i rish will play their first two games at p urcell pavilion before potentially heading to l exington.

“we’re excited to be going to l exington, but right now, we’ve got to focus on our first two games,” i rish head coach

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Pioneers take top-two contest i rish set to host opening rounds as region’s top seed

By BRIAN PLAMONDON sports writer

Twice last season, n otre d ame took part in games between teams ranked n os. 1 and 2 at a rlotta s tadium, and twice the i rish prevailed. s unday, however, the i rish dropped one, falling to then- n o. 2 d enver in overtime, 9-8.

n o. 2 n otre d ame (4-1) suffered its first loss of the season as the i rish went 1-1 over the break. o n s unday, n otre d ame tried to enact revenge against d enver (6-0), the team who knocked the i rish out of the ncaa tournament last year in the semifinals and eventually won it all. The i rish were not able to stop the now-top-ranked p ioneers, however, falling after a furious comeback attempt — and in the process allowing d enver to extend the longest winning streak in the nation to 19 games. a week earlier, n otre d ame opened its spring break by traveling to c alifornia for the p acific c oast s hootout

against n o. 6 m aryland (3-2).

There, the then- n o. 1 i rish pulled away in the fourth quarter to deal the 2015 ncaa runner-up Terrapins a 9-4 loss.

s ophomore attack m ikey w ynne was key for the i rish against m aryland. h e scored four goals despite aggressive defense, and the i rish ended up scoring five straight goals in the last 5:22 to pull away. d espite the offensive output late, the game was truly a low-scoring affair that valued defense.

“ i t was a testament to both defenses tonight,” i rish senior defenseman m att l andis said. a fter the win, l andis, a senior captain and a lla merican, earned honors as the acc d efensive p layer of the week and the u nited s tates i ntercollegiate l acrosse a ssociation ( usila ) d efensive p layer of the week. l andis held top m aryland attack junior m att r ambo to just one goal on six

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a potential rivalry game could await notre dame on Friday in the ncaa tournament’s east region, as the no. 6-seeded i rish will take on either m ichigan or Tulsa, both no. 11 seeds, at barclays center in brooklyn, new york.

The wolverines (22-12, 10-8 big Ten) and the g olden hurricane (20-11, 12-6 The a merican) will meet wednesday in dayton, ohio, in one of the First Four games, with the winner moving on to face the i rish (21-11, 11-7 acc ) in an east region first-round game.

sunday’s selection show presented notre dame with an unusual set of circumstances — it’s the first time since the field expanded to 64 teams in the 1980s the i rish don’t know their first opponent right off the bat.

i rish head coach m ike brey said he’s looking forward to

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having a chance to work with his team without worrying about setting a game plan for their opponent.

“i’ll say this: i will not be as distracted with the opponent,” brey said. “i’ll be more concentrating on my team, and that’s probably a good thing for this team right now. To work on us for a couple days and then maybe throw in some m ichigan/ Tulsa stuff wednesday.”

w hile teams that have played in the First Four have had success in subsequent games in recent years, sophomore bonzie colson said he’s happy to get a chance to watch notre dame’s opponent play wednesday.

“it’s gonna be a little different for us knowing that there’s a play-in game before we play, but it gives us an opportunity to watch their game live and see how they’re playing,” colson said. “Knowing that we can watch the game and maybe look at their tendencies

notre dame bounced from hockey east tournament

By HUNTER McDANIEL sports writer

a fter closing out the regular season with a shutout win to secure third place in hockey east, the i rish came out flat in the conference tournament and were unable to skate out of the quarterfinals.

no. 12 notre dame (19-107, 15-5-2), having finished in the top four of the conference in the regular season, earned a bye through the opening weekend and the right to host their quarterfinal matchup at compton Family ice a rena. however, the i rish drew a red-hot, sixth-seeded northeastern team in the second round and dropped the first two games to the no. 14 huskies (20-13-5, 108-4) in a best-of-three series over the weekend.

Though notre dame had skated to a win and a tie in a pair of games against northeastern back in