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Student helps with Louisiana flood relief effort

Notre Dame sophomore raises funds for victims of flooding after torrential downpour in Louisiana

By MEGAN VALLEY news writer

a torrential rainfall starting aug. 11 caused 20 louisiana parishes to be designated federal disaster areas by the Federal emergency management agency. eleven people have been confirmed dead, according to news media outlets, and thousands more have lost their homes. sophomore gaven devillier and his family are doing their best to provide relief.

“mom was really restless on saturday, as we all were, and she decided that we needed to do

something to help out,” devillier said. “she posted on Facebook and got in contact with some friends and said ‘hey look, we’re gonna have a donation drop-off at our house, and then we’ll take the supplies to wherever they need to go.’ she sent that out saturday night and early sunday morning, just to let people know. “it got to the point around noon [sunday], our carport was full with supplies. my mom contacted some of the people at the local high school, brusley high, and they were gracious enough to help, so a few of them went out. we thought there was going

to be four people there; it turned out it was over 50. Fifty people volunteering to take the stuff we had and shipping it to where it needed to go.”

devillier, who is from brusley in west baton rouge, said his family’s home was not damaged.

“if you look a map of the parishes that were considered disaster zones, there’s a circle around west baton rouge,” he said. “we were lucky to not be affected directly, but my best friends’ houses, my high school teachers’ houses, they all flooded, or a lot of their houses flooded. we had 12 teachers from my high school,

Jimmy John’s franchise opens on Eddy street

By COURTNEY BECKER news writer

w hile new additions such as d unne hall, Flaherty hall and smashburger were being unveiled on notre dame’s campus over the summer, a new Jimmy John’s location also opened on e ddy street between the hammes bookstore and blaze p izza.

Tyler grummel, first assistant at Jimmy John’s, said the restaurant’s new location was chosen largely due to its increased proximity to notre dame’s campus — with the restaurant’s location on m ichigan avenue formerly being closest to campus — and takes domer dollars to account for added student business.

“ we’re closer to campus and we wanted to increase business that way,” grummel said. “This store, especially, is mainly notre dame-based clientele [and] we take d omer dollars over the phone and at the registers. we’re getting a lot more business because of that, too. we got it every

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catholic high, who had at least some damage to their homes. much of the organization and communication between the shelters within the east and west baton rouge parishes was done by devillier’s mother, he said. The devillier family and other volunteers took supplies to shelters across the region, including port a llen parish center, the river center and celtic studios. additionally, the devillier’s family assisted in organizing relief efforts for members of the catholic high community, where his father teaches senior physics and his brothers are

seniors.

“[Tuesday], we spent the morning trying to coordinate which students from catholic high needed help, whose houses were flooded,” he said. “The school wanted to get together and see what it could do for its own community. it was a volunteer invitation to the teachers; we probably had like 30 students come too that just showed up. The turnout was incredible that first day and continuing on through the week.”

devillier spent several of his

nd students experience r io olympic games

By EMILY McCONVILLE a ssociate news e ditor

The u s. women’s gymnastics team emerged onto the floor of the r io olympic a rena and sat down, awaiting the routines of the women’s allaround team competition. w ild applause greeted them, the packed arena and millions around the world cheering the star-studded quintet on.

i n the row of seats behind them was senior payton e rlemeier.

“i was low-key trying to keep my cool, but i was so excited to see them,” she said.

e rlemeier was an nbc olympics intern, a job she had gotten after working for the network at notre dame football games. she arrived in r io several days before the games began and watched the city make last-minute preparations.

“it was really cool to see everything come together,” she said. “s ome days you could wander anywhere, and then as it got closer to the g ames, security got tighter.”

e rlemeier worked primarily

at the gymnastics arena. not far away, fellow senior noemi ventilla was volunteering for the press team of the badminton arena.

ventilla had wanted to work at the olympic g ames since she was 10 years old, when her hometown, new york c ity, was bidding to host them.

“new york never got the olympics, but since then it’s been on my radar as something i could do and something i really wanted to do,” she said.

b y the time the 2016 summer olympics in r io de Janeiro rolled around, ventilla’s interest in the g ames had expanded to a senior thesis on their impact on host cities. she traveled to r io with a glynn Family honors p rogram research grant, as well as the volunteer position.

she spent 11 days working at the badminton arena, visiting newly-renovated buildings and neighborhoods, watching events and talking to people from all over the world in town for the g ames.

ventilla’s specific job, the

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Question of the Day:

What was your favorite part about syllabus week?

Graham Johnson senior off campus “dunking on freshmen.”

Ryanne Dymek senior off campus

“seeing the dome while running around the lakes.”

Christopher Jarocki senior off campus

“l ots of free time to work out and hang out with friends.”

Gina Gilmartin senior off campus

“having time to visit with friends.”

Laura Machado senior off campus

“g etting free food on campus.”

Phil Gilroy senior off campus

“The cartwright Twins.”

Students cheer the Notre Dame women’s volleyball team on to victory against the Broncos of Western Michigan on Saturday. The Irish also defeated Seton Hall and Cleveland State over the weekend at the Golden Dome Invitational.

No RSVP necessary. Tuesday

Last day for all class changes at ND campus wide all day Last day for students to add or drop classes.

Lecture: Einstein’s Cosmological Constant Jordan Hall, Room 105 7 p.m. - 8 p.m. Open to the public. Wednesday

Lecture: Dark Energy Nieuwland Hall, Room 115 4 p.m. - 5 p.m. Pondering questions of dark energy.

“Eye in the Sky” DeBartolo Performing Arts Center 8 p.m. - 10 p.m. Part of the Campaign Concerns Film Series. Thursday

Yoga in the Galleries Snite Museum of Art 4 p.m. - 5 p.m.

Relax and recharge through Artful Yoga in the Snite.

Student Standups and the Humor Artists Legends 9 p.m. Comedy shows.

ND Volleyball vs. Coastal Carolina Joyce Center 7 p.m. The Irish take on the Chanticleers.

ND Women’s Soccer vs. Illinois State Alumni Stadium 7 p.m. The Irish take on the Redbirds.

Jenkins announces new center in Mexico City

By RACHEL O’GRADY a ssociate news e ditor

Editor’s Note: A version of this story appeared online July 8.

notre dame plans to open an office in mexico c ity, university p resident Fr. John Jenkins announced Friday.

“it’s a first step, with lots more to do, in making mexico c ity one of seven global gateways in the world from which we can launch student and faculty exchanges, engage in joint research and build partnerships with business and with your great academic institutions,”

Jenkins said in a speech to the c lub de i ndustriales in mexico city, which the university made public in a press release.

Jenkins said mexico is

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last days of vacation helping his former educators, including his senior guidance counselor, religion teacher and english teacher.

“The work included tearing out sheetrock, bleaching the walls, because that’s how you kill the mold cheaply, tearing out the carpet, tearing out the flooring, moving everything, sorting things out that were ruined,” he said. “it wasn’t fun work.”

w hile dev illier said his family did “a lot of help,” he also said the relief efforts weren’t about his family.

“it really wasn’t us, i would say that it was primarily the holy spirit coordinating people together,” he said. “you wouldn’t be able to believe it if you didn’t see it: people were jumping into the water to

“indispensable,” and the university wants to be a part of the nation’s future.

“notre dame is excited by the promise of innovation and applied research in collaboration with mexican businesses and universities,” he said. “i n the long run, all of that may very well buttress economies and help people out of poverty in both of our countries.”

The university currently partners with the universidad popular autónoma del e stado de p uebla two hours from mexico city and has a site coordinator for study abroad students there, but a mexico city center would be the sixth in a network of notre dame “global gateways” that includes l ondon, dublin, Jerusalem, rome and beijing, each with

save other people, people were waiting in line for two and a half hours to get to where the flooding was in baton rouge so they could drop off their boats to go do search and rescue.

The united states military, the national guard, they don’t have those kind of numbers. but the cajun people really rallied around our own.”

The dev illier family isn’t done yet.

dev illier, who is active in the Knights of columbus on campus, said the notre dame chapter is planning on donating profits from its first steak sale to help the people of l ouisiana.

“my mom is still organizing supplies,” he said. “cajuns love to cook — she’s also organizing hot meals to be delivered to volunteers throughout baton rouge. she’s still working.”

Contact Megan Valley at mvalley@nd.edu

its own faculty and staff, academic programs and ability to sponsor research and events.

Jenkins said while the university initially looked to europe and a sia to build global partnerships, establishing a mexico city center is part of an effort to direct attention southward.

“That orientation is critical for understanding the changing demographics of the united states,” Jenkins said. “it is critical for higher education. a nd it is critical for the future of the catholic c hurch in the united states. it is also critical to confronting economic and social issues of the a mericas north and south; and how catholic educators in both hemispheres come to terms with providing the great equalizer — a good

education — to rich and poor alike.” according to paul browne, university vice president for public affairs and communications, there is currently no concrete timeline for the project.

The university’s ties to mexico date back to the late 1800s, according to browne.

“Fr. Zahm, who was the vice president of notre dame at the time, was a scholar on l atin a merican geology and archaeology and he went on digs in mexico for some artifacts. … during his exposure, he saw an opportunity to get mexican students to notre dame, he arranged for private train cars all the way from c hihuahua to south bend,” browne said. according to browne, there are currently 35 students from

mexico studying full time at the university.

i n the speech, Jenkins criticized divisive comments directed at mexico and mexicans living in the united states, calling such comments “churlish, insulting political theater, for certain.”

“The vitriol directed at the i rish — felt by i rishmen serving in the u s a rmy who defected to mexico — and later the italians, and other waves of immigrants to the united states — sadly is not a thing of the past; certainly not for mexicans in the united states who have been slandered in extraordinary ways, as has mexico itself,” Jenkins said.

Contact Rachel O’Grady at rogrady@nd.edu

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so often at the other store, but now people are coming in almost every day and paying with domer dollars.”

s ophomore a lex daugherty said he is excited to have a Jimmy John’s within walking distance that also delivers to campus.

“i am really excited about having one on e ddy street that i can just walk to because i definitely wouldn’t have walked downtown or i’d call it to have it delivered,” daugherty said. “i f it’s going to be a nice day then i won’t mind walking over, but … if delivery time is going to be a lot faster than it was from downtown, then i’m definitely going to have it brought to the door [when it’s cold].”

The new location has already seen an increase in business since students have returned to notre dame for the start of a new school year, grummel said, and despite being within walking distance of campus has continued to receive many delivery orders from students.

“ever since the students got

back there’s definitely been an increase, especially on the night side with foot traffic and deliveries to campus,” he said. “i think because we’re closer and we can get there even faster now [delivery has] grown because we can actually live up to the ‘freaky fast’ standard.”

Junior Jennifer mulvey said she is happy to see another different addition to e ddy street and is likely to make the walk over to Jimmy John’s instead of placing an order for delivery because of the short distance from campus.

“i’m really excited [about it],” mulvey said. “i’d probably walk over versus order. we have a subway on campus, which is kind of similar, but if you’re walking to e ddy street i think that’s kind of a unique one for e ddy street.”

daugherty echoed mulvey and said he’s happy to see a simple and fast sandwich option added to e ddy street, something he believes was missing in the past.

“There wasn’t really a basic sandwich option,” he said. “ you have bar bici, which is really specialized, and c hipotle of course, [and] i don’t count

mc a lister’s [ deli] because mc a lister’s feels more sitdown than carry-out, where Jimmy John’s is kind of a niche that wasn’t filled yet.”

The restaurant, which serves “fresh gourmet sandwiches” according to its website, remains open until 3 a.m. Thursday through s aturday, grummel said, due to the high amount of business the new location attracts because of foot traffic to and from bars on e ddy street.

“because we’re between the two bars we get a big rush right as we’re closing at night [so] we are open until 3 a.m.” he said. grummel also said the restaurant is always looking to hire new workers to keep up with the evening rush if any notre dame students are interested in an off-campus job.

“r ight now we’re just mainly focusing on [hiring] more night staff,” he said. “ we always have a nice flow of people coming and going because we do have a lot of students work for us, so in the summertime they move away and don’t always come back and then it switches off.”

Contact Courtney Becker at cbecker@nd.edu

result of a nearly two-year application process, was to show mainly c hinese and Japanese photographers of badminton, a popular sport in a sian countries, where to go. she had little work to do at first.

“o nce the quarterfinals and semifinals started, a lot more press started showing up and it got a lot more exciting,” she said.

For her thesis research, ventilla visited the sites of the olympic events, many of which had previously existed but were renovated for the g ames.

“They were really trying to make the olympics have as little of a negative impact as they can so they were reusing a lot of the stuff they had,” she said. “The place where i was working was a convention center from the ‘70s. it had been there and it will continue to be there.”

e rlemeier worked as a “runner,” on hand for sometimes 10 or 15 hours a day to help nbc commentators, production crew or other network employees. she watched many gymnastics events and said the brazilian athletes drew the biggest response.

“ w henever any of their athletes went out, the arena would just erupt, it would go crazy,” she said.

i n her free time, e rlemeier explored r io with other interns, including two local students. she would go to other events. she watched m ichael phelps, who grew up not far from e rlemeier, win one of several gold medals.

“s eeing him in person and swimming — it was a really great moment when he

touched the wall,” she said.

ventilla missed swimming and gymnastics but watched events in track and field, fencing, weightlifting, table tennis and, of course, badminton. she also saw the national team of hungary, where her family is from, play water polo twice.

“i wasn’t going to leave r io until i saw water polo,” she said.

The g ames’ operation was “pretty disorganized,” ventilla said, but fears over security and the Zika virus she saw in united states media were overblown.

“i’m so glad i went because i saw it with my eyes instead of the eyes of the media, which really helped,” she said. “i think i had a more accurate view being down there than i would have just reading all the terrible things.”

e rlemeier said she never felt unsafe.

“i thought r io did a better job than people gave them credit for,” she said.

ventilla said she was continually impressed with the global nature of the olympics — her fellow volunteers were from mexico, c hina and i ran, and two Japanese men gave her the country-specific pins that many attendees were exchanging.

“everyone was super friendly,” she said. “i feel like the olympics has this unique ability to make people excited and want to share stories.”

For e rlemeier, the best part was just being there.

“s ee everything in person, having those moments of when simone [ biles] finishes and the place erupts, it’s an incredible feeling to be part of something so big.”

Contact Emily McConville at emcconv1@nd.edu

By MAREK MAZUREK scene writer

a famous line from “The e ntertainer” sings, “i won’t be here in another year if i don’t stay on the charts.” l uckily, billy Joel remains the idol of his age, confirmed by his latest show at wrigley field. For over 40 years now, Joel has been exactly that — an entertainer — and Friday night in wrigleyville was no different.

Though nearing 70, Joel still has the chops and charisma to captivate a crowd — if the very drunk, middle-aged woman in front of me was anything to go by. Joel stuck mostly with his greatest hits, opening with “a ngry young man,” “my l ife” and “The e ntertainer.” There were a few slower songs — “Just the way you a re,” “a nd s o it g oes” and “she’s a lways a woman” — but as always, Joel’s more poppy material carried the show.

From the start of the night — “p relude/a ngry young man” — the

drums were electric and very, very loud, as were Joel’s vocals, which seem to be just as good now as they were in 1975 — a feat many aging rock stars would kill to pull off.

a nd it wasn’t just Joel. Joining the new york native on stage were a slew of guest saxophonists, guitarists and even an opera singer and Joel gave each time to shine. “s ay g oodbye to hollywood” and “new york state of m ind” featured soaring saxophone solos while “The r iver of d reams” — perhaps the best performance of the night — was graced by gary, i ndiana, native c rystal Taliefero on the congas and vocals. but above all, the night belonged to Joel and his fans. Joel’s career has been full of ups and downs, and playing a fifth straight sold-out show in wrigley Field was never a given, even for the p iano man himself. a nd the tens of thousands of fans knew that. Their passion — singing and dancing like they wore younger mens’ clothes — drove the concert. Though technically

spot-on, this show wasn’t for the critics or the money, but for loyal billy Joel fans everywhere.

a nd, in a city known for l ollapalooza and more hip groups, it was refreshing to see an old-fashioned entertainer put on a memorable show. yes, it’s easy to attach the word “entertainer” to Joel, but in the truest sense of the word, that’s what he is. Joel knew what the crowd wanted and he gave it to them, twice even having the audience pick between two songs in what he called a “fielder’s choice.”

i n between songs, Joel was still his usual witty self, working in “Take me o ut to the ballgame” and pulling out a flyswatter when a fly threatened his bald head. a nd that’s not the mention the jabs about his ex-wives after “Just the way you a re” and “she’s a lways a woman” and the potentially intentional poke at Kanye when Joel commented on his own lack of frills saying, “That’s it for special effects, the piano goes this way the piano goes that way. you can’t

fly this thing.”

Joel saved his best for last and the high point of the concert was the last third which included “s cenes from an italian restaurant” and a 40,000 member singa-long to “p iano man” where everyone in the audience swayed back forth like they were singing the a lma mater. The encore kept everyone on their feet with “ we d idn’t start the Fire,”“it’s still rock and roll to me,”“uptown girl,”“ you may be r ight” and “o nly the g ood d ie young” in quick succession. w hile he may not be doing backflips off his piano like he did when he still had hair, Joel still knows how to put on a show. i f you like even just a few of his songs, it’s well worth it to make it out to a show. Friday night’s show at wrigley emphasized Joel’s effect on the musical world and on the lives of his millions of fans. “o nly the g ood d ie young,” but the greats — like Joel — will live forever.

Contact Marek Mazurek at mmazurek@nd.edu

By KELLY McGARRY

The sauna calling itself l egends night c lub filled to a comfortable capacity to welcome saturday night’s opening act. The social a nimals, a down-to earth indie alternative band with an a mericana edge, fearlessly kicked off the semester’s first l egends show.

The social a nimals brought a refreshing mix of popular covers and originals from their appropriately named debut album, “Formative years.” playfully plucked notes along with the vibrant personality of frontman dedric c lark kept the audience engaged.

The a mericana style manifested itself in The social a nimals’ most well-known song “l et me g o” in a sound that bordered on country. a full on dorm-party vibe ensued at the on-campus event when the band played their rendition

of r . Kelly’s “ignition remix,” causing a universal sway to break out among crowd members.

Their version of the popularly recreated “w hen doves c ry” proved a more sophisticated cover. The combination of a mature sound and youthful energy indicate a promising future for the young band. o verall, The social a nimals left the audience pleasantly surprised, none too impatient for the headliner’s turn. a selection of free snacks rejuvenated concert-goers between sets. popcorn, pretzels and nachos will allegedly be available for free at all upcoming events at l egends — monumental news for hungry music fans.

The excited audience packed tightly around the stage for headliner atlas g enius, an alternative pop-rock band from australia. The group is lead by brothers Keith and m ichael Jeffrey, whose familial connection was

apparent. The energetic audience came prepared for the upbeat dance songs that characterized the show.

From the first song throughout the entire show audience members readily clapped along with the drumbeat, jumping up and down nearest the stage and taking full dancing liberty in the less-crowded back areas of the nightclub. e lectronic musical elements and flashing lights created a futuristic atmosphere.

The relatively young band drew original songs from the two albums they’ve recorded since 2011, but didn’t limit themselves, playing a variety of covers as well.

Tears for Fears hit “everybody wants to rule the world” suited their tireless style well, but high points of the night were brought on by expressive originals. a s if the dancing was not already infectious in the crowd, frontman Keith

Jeffrey announced one of the band’s biggest hits, “i f so,” saying “This one’s for dancing.” w hen atlas g enius unexpectedly began there encore with The weeknd’s “The h ills,” it might have been another cheap crowd-pleasing pop cover to make the audience sing along, but their version of the song proved more meaningful. a rock style made the familiar lyrics seem edgier, bordering on disturbing. The high-energy night culminated with top hit “Trojans,” expending whatever energy was left in both audience and performers. o verall, atlas g enius’s set made for a playful night at l egends, filled with unrestrained dancing. students left the event sweaty and satisfied.

Contact Kelly McGarry at kmcgarry@nd.edu

WELDON

The ultimate battle

it’s a rivalry as old as time. superman versus b atman, The yankees versus The red s ox, not even your local mailman and the neighborhood dog could ever compare. no one really knows how it got started, or even why, but since the earth has been spinning around the sun, c hacos and birkenstocks have been mortal enemies. it also seems that along with the brands, the wearers have been hashing it out whenever the topic comes up. d on’t wear either type of fashion-backward sandal home for Thanksgiving because you never know who in the family wears what. wearers of both will say their style is superior, so we’re going to break it down and look at the facts. The c haco brand sells themselves as a type of footwear for the “outdoor-minded,” but let’s be honest, how many of their wearers are actually using them to hike up anything but their stairs to their room? d urable and waterproof, you can finally toss out your c rocs (which i won’t even get into for the sake of my sanity) and get that sexy z-strap tan line as you sign up for rock climbing classes or shower in the communal bathrooms on campus. w ith a pair averaged at a steal of $90, you can have multiple pairs of the plastic shoes with different colored straps for every outfit. For many this versatile shoe is the way to go. i n the other corner with over 200 years of history and “Jesus sandal” jokes, the birkenstock is a preferable option for those who are looking for more of a weird uncle who probably could be deemed a hoarder vibe, or a super cool, western european professor vibe. These strappy leather shoes are the perfect pretentious version of a didas slide ons, for those who want to pretend to be put together. make any outfit slightly more hectic by adding old mismatched socks under your “birks,” you’ll feel instantly cooler as you walk to class. c haco has some serious competition with their multiple variations of strap width, color, and texture.

For those two college students in the entire world that haven’t picked a side yet, it can be a tough decision. it sets the precedent of who you want to be and how you want to live your life. it is very important to pick which aesthetic you want for the rest of your entire life. you could either be a free spirit who spends all day asking others to hammock and talking about how you’re thinking about going vegan, or you could discuss how the brexit spiked Japanese inflation while sipping on a fair trade cup of coffee. b oth are viable options but you have to remember, you can never switch sides.

Contact Anisah Awad at aelsayedawad01@saintmarys.edu

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

The future of Republicans

w hen i was a junior in high school, i ran for president of the model united nations ( mun ) club. i had been a member since i was a freshman, and, while i was no longer as interested in mun as i had been when i first joined, i knew i had to run for office. my main opponent was, in my opinion at the time, going to radically alter the course of the club in a way that was dangerous to its primary goal of regulated, intellectual discussions on the most pressing issues facing the world. how? well, he was popular.

w hen i was a freshman, the club had about 20 members. i n a school of nearly 2,000 students, this was quite small. we’d come together for our weekly meetings, make a few jokes about the holy s ee and the dpr K, listen to our advisors talk about our upcoming conferences, and then introduce the debate topic for the evening. The executive board of the club would pass out detailed fact sheets about the conflict or problem, so that even the students with very little knowledge of the subject could create and defend reasonable arguments. it was an environment where i was challenged with problems and ideas i had scarcely considered before, where my peers truly wanted to engage in these conversations.

b efore the seniors graduated, a new executive board was elected. many of the members had decided to throw their votes to the less qualified presidential candidate as a joke, assuming the advisors would step in. They were wrong. The new president was a disaster. There was always some issue with the t-shirts or collecting money for the upcoming conferences. he even abandoned our own school’s conference to take the ac T (having known the date months in advance and that, while the exam could be done another day, his duties as secretary general could not) without telling the advisors. The club grew to 30 members, but many of them were new, and because of our president’s natural tendency towards inefficiency, few were taught to debate well.

b y the third year, even under a much better executive board, the club began to split: returning members who took the club seriously and new members who just wanted two days off from school for the munuc conference, scheduled time to hang out with their friends, and something to put on their college applications. The group had swelled to over 60, but meetings regularly ran for nearly two hours, rarely with any debate time, and our advisors were more than a little frustrated. a s one of only two members to remember model un as it had been freshman year, i felt my club had gone completely off the rails, and i decided it was my responsibility to get it back on the track.

my main opponent, though a third-year member, was of the new faction. he had, in fact, brought in many of the new members, because he was well-known as a fun (or at least, unintentionally amusing) guy. i thought he would be the absolute end to model united nations as

i knew it. my fellow opponents did as well, and we all agreed that, in case of a run-off election, we would vote for one of us and not mun’s Trump.

There wasn’t a run-off. he won by a landslide. i went home and cried. not because i lost — fine, i cried primarily because i lost and because i took high school model united nations far more seriously than the actual ambassadors to the united nations. but secondarily, i cried because i thought that, had i won, i could have changed course. i realized at the start of senior year that was not the case.

Far more frightening to consider for my fellow d emocrats and those republicans still holding out against their presidential nominee: it’s not the case now. Trump’s support is more dangerous than his presidency could ever be. he could win, and even be reelected, and spend at most 8 years fighting against the bureaucracy, the supreme c ourt and c ongress to put in whatever strange and unworkable policies he might want. it would be scarring, yes. but the real damage has already been done.

s o many voters want change — they want some mystical return to greatness. should we colonize a ntarctica, enslave the penguins, free them over a hundred years later, then allow political and social injustices against them to continue indefinitely? They want to break down what they see as a corrupt political system, led by ‘c rooked h illary,’ ‘lyin’ Ted’ and crew – and they see d onald Trump as the way. The republican p arty is forever changed by this candidate who has hijacked their platform, but, more importantly, they are bound by the massive number of supporters he brought with him, all of whom want this kind of ‘republicanism’ to stay. The party has no choice but to bow down to more polarized rhetoric and murky-at-best ideology, because that’s what people want. republicans in c ongress and famous conservatives around the country are falling in line. The notre dame c ollege republicans shamelessly gave in on a single issue – the single issue at notre dame, abortion – one which Trump holds merely for pandering. a nd while the mechanisms at work here on campus and across the nation could be studied and theorized and discussed forever, the point is that this is actually happening. i think many of us against Trump have fallen into the trap of thinking that this election is a freak accident, and if we can survive it, the parties will return to the status quo. but as much as his name appears in the media, this election is not really about d rumpf anymore. it’s about keeping the attention of his supporters, who may very well decide in the future to call themselves republicans, independent of this candidate, campaign and election cycle. w in or lose, it seems these new republicans are here to stay.

The case for American exceptionalism

a merica. w hat does it mean to you? For some, it means liberty and opportunity; for others, it means football tailgates and family bb Qs. b ut for many a mericans, it is a story of great adversity and unparalleled achievement. w hile they recognize that it is not perfect, nor has it ever been, many a mericans see the u s . as a beacon of hope and freedom for all mankind.

i n the eyes of some at home and abroad, however, there is something fundamentally wrong with this worldview. a lmost daily, some prominent figure can be found denouncing the evils of early a merican history, the excesses of a merican culture, the flaws of a merican foreign policy or the inequality in a merican society. more often than not, these indictments are based on misguided information and a distorted view of reality.

a mericans, in turn, are often criticized for their national pride, and unfairly characterized as biased or ignorant. p erhaps, as an immigrant to this great country, i can offer an explanation for a merican exceptionalism that will not be dismissed as blind patriotism.

a merican exceptionalism is the belief that the united s tates is inherently different from other nations, specifically in regards to its unique history, values and unrivaled success. it is a nation born from the understanding that g od, not government, bestows upon people their unalienable right to liberty.

i ndividual freedom is so profoundly engrained in a merican society that most of the world can hardly understand it — whether that’s the guarantee of gun ownership, the sanctity of trial by jury or the rights of citizens to say what they want and financially support whichever political candidates they

choose.

The founders of this nation believed that constitutionally protected freedom would allow individuals to generate wealth and live prosperously without government infringement. They were right. The great a merican experiment that began in 1776 would succeed in creating the wealthiest, freest and most powerful nation in the history of civilization.

The values of free enterprise, market capitalism and private industry created the largest and richest economy the world has ever known. These values help us understand how the united s tates, with less than five percent of the global population, represents almost 30 percent of total world economy.

o ne of the most pervasive misconceptions is that a merica is somehow losing its competitive edge in scientific and technological development. This could not be further from the truth. The u s accounts for 40 percent of global spending on research and development, employs 70 percent of all nobel p rize winners, and houses three-quarters of the world’s top 40 universities.

e ach year, a merican factories lose millions of jobs to foreign competitors with low-cost labor; yet the u s . remains overwhelmingly the world’s leading manufacturer. how is this possible? it’s because a merican manufacturing is doing what it has always done: moving forward, maximizing efficiency and pursuing the greatest profits. From m icrosoft to a pple, from g oogle to a mazon, a mericans have proven time and time again to be world’s preeminent innovators.

p erhaps even more impressive than a merica’s economic success, is its accent to global leadership. how did a weak and relatively insignificant union of colonies become the world’s greatest superpower? a s fascism, and later communism, spread virulently around the globe, the u s . remained true to its core democratic values. This commitment to

protecting freedom, coupled with the bravery and sacrifice of millions, ensured that a merica would triumph in the face of great evil.

b y the end of the twentieth century, a merica was not only the most powerful nation in the world, but also the cultural center of contemporary western civilization. The u s . overwhelmingly leads the world in music, movies, literature and even modern art. i n some ways, a merica’s military supremacy is not nearly as impressive as hollywood’s cultural influence.

i believe a merica is a truly exceptional nation, and i am incredibly thankful for the privilege to call it my adopted home. i disagree fully with those who think this is a nation in decline, or a nation falling behind the rest of the world in any meaningful way.

The united s tates certainly has problems, and a mericans are in need of stronger, more effective leadership if they are to overcome the numerous challenges facing this nation. a s another presidential election draws near, the future of a merica has never been more uncertain. however, it’s important to remember that a merica is no stranger to adversity. The true measure of a peoples’ strength is its capacity to meet new challenges in the face of overwhelming odds. i f a merican history has shown us anything, it is that it’s capacity for overcoming such challenges might well be limitless.

Liam Stewart is a sophomore in the College of Arts and Letters, majoring in political science. Liam was born and raised in the beautiful Irish city of Dublin, although he has been proud to call Seattle home for the past six years. He enjoys country music, hardback books and binge-watching TV shows. He can be reached at lstewar4@nd.edu

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

make debates boring again

Stephen Raab

l et’s Talk smart

Throughout the election season, we’ve seen the various candidates square off in innumerable debates across a merica, and the one thread through all of it is showmanship. These events have drawn packed crowds, cheering and applauding wildly whenever the candidates stop speaking. i n an effort to keep social media buzzing, the moderators have taken to pulling questions from Facebook. i t’s a circus with clowns aplenty, and the networks are more than happy to keep it up.

w hile it’s loads of fun to watch, this styleover-substance debate structure has major flaws that limit the useful potential of the debate. For instance, grandstanding for cheap applause is a massive part of the reason why insurgent candidates have become so popular. l istening to a detailed, nuanced explanation of how immigration or trade policy is assembled doesn’t draw massive applause from the live studio audience. w hat will do that is cries of “we’re going to build a wall!” or “the one percent!” s mall wonder d onald Trump has flourished in this environment — he’s an entertainer, not a politician.

s o who is at fault for this devolution of political discourse? The short, unpleasant answer is “everybody.” b oth parties’ leaders have mortgaged the quality of their primaries in exchange for firing up the base. The networks have ignored their responsibility to generate content that informs viewers instead of pandering. The bulk of the blame, however, lies with the people. The

consumers begged for this style of coverage, and now they’re getting it. i t’s the simple mechanics of capitalism at work — if someone wasn’t buying, they wouldn’t be selling.

The more aseptic the debates can get the better. i deally, the candidates would face off in an empty room painted white, wearing beige suits and drinking skim milk. a radio address would be still better yet, as listeners would be undistracted by the physical appearance of the candidates. ( c onsider — was Franklin r oosevelt’s policy agenda any less powerful because it was delivered from a wheelchair?)

There’s still plenty of reason to have the debates, of course — a strong presidential candidate must be able to make a persuasive argument in real time in the face of opposition, as he or she will be expected to do during negotiations with other world powers. b ut behind those closed doors, there will be no crowd to cheer on a personal attack or off-topic rant. The moderators of the general election debates know this; accordingly, the audience of these inter-party contests is not permitted to cheer, boo, or make any noise whatsoever. w hy, then, is this behavior not only tolerated but encouraged in primary debates? a ren’t we supposed to be vetting the best candidate to face the opposing party in the general election?

There’s also a time and a place for applauseline politics. That time and place is out on the campaign trail. i n front of throngs of dedicated supporters, it’s perfectly fine for a candidate to rile up the crowd with emotional rhetoric. o n the other hand, a debate should not be about generating these lines, but rather holding the

candidates accountable for them.

There will doubtless be pushback to this strategy from the broadcasters, who have discovered that the gop debates in particular are a license to print money. i certainly can’t unilaterally force them to make better debates, and i wouldn’t expect them to voluntarily make that decision in the face of good business sense. b ut if they’re so content-averse, there’s no point in their pretending to be news organizations rather than entertainment centers. i f ratings really are all that matter, cnn , Fox and the like would be better served airing episodes of “The b ig b ang Theory,” as that routinely pulls in comparable viewership numbers and is about as relevant to the issues. we deserve — and desperately need — a debate structured in rigid examination of the issues rather than razzle-dazzle. s ince this cycle’s primaries are over, i can only hope that the networks recognize and correct their mistakes in the future. i f not, i modestly suggest they go the opposite direction. h ave the candidates introduced with their own theme music like professional wrestlers. m ake them sit above dunk tanks and dunk the one with the lowest Twitter score at the end of the debate. h ave the audience throw tomatoes at candidates they don’t like. a fter all, this isn’t anything important — this is just the presidency of the u nited s tates.

Stephen Raab, an MSM Candidate at the Mendoza College of Business, graduated Notre Dame with a Bachelor’s in Chemical Engineering in 2016. He enjoys matching wits with all comers at sraab@nd.edu

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

Happy Birthday: how you navigate the challenges of the upcoming year will be crucial. so many opportunities, as well as distractions, will make it difficult for you to know what to do first. organization and setting priorities will help you maintain your balance, peace of mind and a little wiggle room when things become hectic. it won’t be easy, but the rewards will be worth the effort. your numbers are 5, 11, 24, 29, 33, 35, 46.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Take stock of what you have to do. personal responsibilities are best cleared up quickly so you can get on with the plans that are more enjoyable. you need a little “me” time to reorganize your thoughts and plans.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): you’ll be offered excellent suggestions that will make your home life better. creating a space to work on creative projects will be a good idea. make decisions for practical reasons. emotionally charged motives will lead to disappointment and regret.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): someone unique will enter your sphere. size up what sort of contributions you can make and consider what you have done in the past in order to maximize the possibilities of the future. use your imagination.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): a change will do you good. visiting someone you enjoy spending time with will spark new ideas for how to enhance your life. a romantic gesture will result in future plans and the desire to make personal improvements.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): money matters will surface if you have been too generous. an investment or joint venture will be based on false information. it’s best not to put your trust in anyone but yourself. do your own thing and try to avoid loss.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): doing what you can to bring worthwhile improvements to your community, family or country will enrich you in more ways than you thought possible. you will receive an unexpected gift that will encourage you to work less and enjoy life more.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): stay out of the line of fire. if you meddle in someone else’s affairs, you will end up taking the blame for whatever goes wrong. put greater effort into your home and establishing a good relationship with those you love.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Travel, communicating and sharing with people who enjoy the same activities as you will inspire you to make personal changes that will enhance your life. offering assistance to an organization you believe in will be enlightening.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): making a change or promise without taking time to weigh the pros and cons will leave you in a vulnerable position. it’s important to take your time and wait to see what everyone else does before you commit to anything.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): good fortune is heading your way. check out an intriguing investment opportunity. children and family members will offer support when you need it. a special arrangement between you and someone you love will improve your personal life.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): don’t make an abrupt change just to appease someone else. you have to be able to live with any decisions you make without feeling like you are being taken advantage of. meet others halfway, but say “no” to a lopsided proposal.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): your friendly attitude will be the difference between having a good time or not. d on’t let anger or demands rise to the surface, ruining your chance to spend a wonderful day with someone you love.

Birthday Baby: you are well-rounded, fetching and alert. you are sensitive and proactive.

Olympics remind us youth matters

w hen you’re new at notre d ame, you answer the same questions so often the answers get drilled into your head. i live in o’ neill h all; i’m an applied and computational mathematics and statistics major (say that three times fast); i’m from this little suburb of c hicago known as i ndianapolis.

b ut as you start to grow older, you develop real, meaningful relationships. Those relationships lead to a new question every a ugust: “ w hat did you do this summer?”

a s far as stock answers go, mine’s pretty easy. i spent the first few weeks of it teaching high schoolers some assorted calculus topics — remember arc length, integration by parts and the shell method?

— and then, by and large, did nothing until i took the gre in a ugust. b ecause i should at least pretend i have a plan for what happens after i graduate in m ay.

o h, right, i also celebrated an nba title in June with my dad, whose 52-year-long dream was finally realized. d uring the last couple weeks of this summer though, like most sports fans, i turned my attention south toward r io for the 2016 o lympics. s etting aside the infrastructure and other assorted problems — of which there were plenty — and the absurdity of the r yan l ochte situation — which only served to deflect attention away from deserving storylines late in the games — these o lympics were quite great.

we said fitting goodbyes to two of the greatest athletes of all time, m ichael phelps and usain b olt. i can’t really remember an o lympics where phelps didn’t compete — that’ll be weird if he isn’t talked back for 2020 — and b olt has dominated sprinting like nobody has before and, more than likely, nobody will again. phelps is the greatest male swimmer the world’s ever seen, and b olt is the greatest male sprinter. b ut instead of focusing on the greats walking away,

what about the ones coming in? b ecause it was a fantastic o lympics for some of the world’s youngest athletes.

l et’s say what’s true: no other athlete dominates his or her sport quite like Katie l edecky does with distance swimming. a nd after four gold medals and a silver in r io, she’s just 19 and has no real competitors, at least in the 400- and 800-meter freestyle events (yes, it is meters at the o lympic level).

a nd then you have simone biles who, like l edecky, is also 19 and the greatest athlete her sport has ever seen, though that idea i s perhaps a little less out of the blue in gymnastics. i’m one of those people who really don’t know what’s going on in gymnastics — i think every routine looks pretty fantastic — but you don’t have to in order to enjoy and appreciate her greatness.

g etting out of the a merican bubble, we saw c anadian 16-year-old penny o leksiak emerge as a rising star in the pool … and then tweet d rake asking for concert tickets. a s i’d expect any teenage girl to.

s etting aside that today’s youth are somehow inherently lazy — at least that’s what old people love to yell about — the o lympics presented an interesting idea to me: That i can take inspiration from those younger than me.

That’s not how the typical maturation process goes. we look up to parents or coaches, politicians or teachers, but never really think to look back a few years.

s o let’s answer the question again: w hat did i do with my summer?

yeah, sure, i taught a bit, coached a bit and studied a bit. nothing too much.

b ut through it all, from the kids in my classroom in m ay to the ones on my T v screen in a ugust, i re-learned a valuable lesson: o ur youth matters. i n the classroom, on the field or working on a community service project.

Contact Alex Carson at acarson1@nd.edu

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

bengals run out of steam against Jacksonville

Associated Press

JacKsonville, Florida — The cincinnati bengals were so sharp against Jacksonville that andy dalton and several teammates were done long before halftime.

dalton led the bengals to two touchdowns in three possessions, earning him a little extra rest in a 26-21 loss to the Jaguars in the preseason sunday night.

“it was a good outing for us,” dalton said. “Two touchdowns in the first half of a preseason game is pretty good, and we got them both ways. ... it’s a good feeling to do it both ways.”

The bengals (2-1) felt good on both sides of the ball, too. dalton found giovani bernard for a 19-yard score on a thirddown play, and then Jeremy hill capped a 9-minute drive with a 1-yard scramble to the pylon. defensively, the bengals held Jacksonville to just 90 yards in the first half. Jacksonville’s first three drives: turnover, threeand-out and three-and-out.

cincy’s only concern in the regular-season dress rehearsal was the health of three pro bowlers.

receiver a.J. green left in the first quarter with a bruised right

mlb | royals 10, red soX 4

knee, but the team said it was nothing serious and he should be fine for the opener. cornerback adam Jones strained a calf in preseason warmups and did not play. and special teams ace cedric peerman broke his left forearm and could be sidelined for the season.

safety Tashaun gipson (bruised knee) was Jacksonville’s only injured starter.

The Jaguars (0-3) had bigger problems — the offense and defense both failed to show — that raised questions about what’s supposed to the franchise’s most talented team in nearly a decade.

Rookie watch

bengals: wr a lex erickson scored for the third straight game, stating his case to make the team. erickson caught a 21yard Td pass from aJ mccarron early in the third quarter. it was his second Td catch of the preseason. he also returned a punt for a touchdown.

Jaguars: de yannick ngakoue got the start ahead of dante Fowler Jr., but only because the Jaguars wanted to see ngakoue get some snaps with the firstteam defense. ngakoue finished with two tackles.

Position battles

bengals: second-round pick wr Tyler boyd, vying to start opposite green, had a 9-yard reception.

Jaguars: Fourth-year rb Joe banyard ran 11 times for 54 yards, including a 7-yard Td run in the third quarter, and had his most extensive work of the preseason. banyard and corey grant are competing to be the fourth-string back.

Injury update

bengals: lb vontaze burfict and Te Tyler eifert were among a dozen players ruled out before the game.

Jaguars: eight players were ruled out beforehand, including dT roy miller, rookie dT sheldon day and Fs peyton Thompson.

Quotable

bengals: “i do feel faster this year because i feel healthier.” — hill.

Jaguars: “well, we played pretty bad. i don’t think we did a whole lot of things. we played bad at every position and usually that is what happens when you play bad: you do not score a lot of points.” — quarterback blake bortles.

Mondesi’s late triple lifts Royals over Red Sox

Associated Press

bos T on — r aul mondesi hit a bases-loaded triple and e ric hosmer added a tworun single during an eightrun sixth inning, lifting the surging Kansas c ity r oyals to a 10-4 victory over the b oston r ed s ox on s unday night.

s alvador p erez hit his third solo homer in two games for Kansas c ity, which took two of three at Fenway p ark and got its 17th win in 21 games.

d avid o rtiz hit his 534th career homer, a solo shot, for the r ed s ox, tying Jimmie Foxx for 18th on the career list. b oston has lost four of five.

m att s trahm (2-0) pitched

2 2/3 innings of hitless relief for the win.

e duardo r odriguez (2-6) gave up five runs in 5 1/3 innings before the bullpen allowed five more in the sixth.

The r oyals chased r odriguez and regained the lead in the sixth after the r ed s ox moved ahead in the fifth.

a lcides e scobar had an rbi single before mondesi rocked his triple to the outfield-wall triangle in center. c heslor c uthbert had a run-scoring fielder’s choice grounder before l orenzo c ain added an rbi single.

r obbie r oss Jr. relieved and gave up hosmer’s tworun single off the g reen monster before getting the final two outs.

b oston capitalized on center fielder p aulo o rlando’s error to score three times off starter yordano ventura in the fifth. c hris young singled and o rlando dropped s andy l eon’s fly at the track, putting runners on second and third before a walk.

b rock holt drove in the first run with a groundout before Xander b ogaerts’ tworun single.

ventura gave up four runs — three earned — in 4 1/3 innings.

o rtiz’s 31st homer went into the bleachers behind b oston’s bullpen in the fourth.

p erez homered off a billboard above the g reen monster.

Volleyball

mistakes has been a major focus for the team, according to m c l aughlin, and committing only five errors to the p irates’ nine allowed the i rish the take care of the second set, 25-20.

i n what would be the final set of n otre d ame’s home opener, the i rish took control. s ophomore libero r yann d eJarld set the pace for her team, controlling the backcourt with a teamhigh 16 digs in the match while junior outside hitter s ydney Kuhn and senior middle blocker Katie h iggins pounded the p irates at the net. Johnson served for the third and final set, which the i rish won, 25-19, on another error courtesy of the p irates.

n otre d ame’s second game of the i nvitational had a different challenge for the i rish — c leveland s tate was a much taller team than s eton h all — but ended with the same positive outcome for the i rish, as the team took down the v ikings (2-1) in straight sets.

The i rish changed up their starting lineup slightly, starting sophomore middle blocker m eg m orningstar and freshman outside hitter Jemma yeadon which, as m c l aughlin noted, was meant to give more players a chance to step up.

“[ we’re] just playing people and giving people opportunities,” m c l aughlin said.

“a nd we’ve got to continue to do that until somebody takes charge and owns a position.”

a fter falling into a threepoint hole to start the match, the i rish went on an eight to one run led by n unge and Fry. n unge, in particular, built on her momentum from Friday’s game, picking up seven kills in the first set alone. The i rish controlled the rest of the set,

as m orningstar and Kuhn both recorded multiple kills, while yeadon scored the first point of her collegiate career in the 25-21 set win.

The second set was a tighter battle for the i rish, although they were able to come out on top courtesy of n unge yet again. The n ewburgh, i ndiana, native won the set for the i rish, singlehandedly going on a 3-0 run to break a tie with the v ikings and close out the set, 25-22. s he finished the match with a career-high 14 kills, topping her previous career-best mark of 10.

a fter the match,

m c l aughlin said he considered the second game of the match to be its defining moment.

“ w hen it got tight, we made a couple really good plays and then we served tight,”

m c l aughlin said. “ i think it showed the value of and the importance of our serving.”

The third and final set of the match was highlighted by c leveland s tate’s unforced errors, as the i rish cruised to a 25-18 set win to take the match. Fry took advantage of the breakdown in the v ikings’ passing game with her third ace, one of n otre d ame’s eight aces of the match.

yeadon picked up a doubledouble in the first game of her college career, finishing the game with 10 kills and 12 digs. m c l aughlin said he was impressed with yeadon’s performance, especially as a freshman.

“ i think Jemma, for her first college match did some really good things,” m c l aughlin said. “ we’re asking an awful lot of her, but i think she can handle it.”

i n their final game of the i nvitational and second game of the day, the undefeated i rish faced off with western m ichigan.

m c l aughlin said he told his team to approach the match

in the same manner as the others.

“[ i t was the] same approach,” m c l aughlin said. “ we’re n otre d ame, and we have to get better. we have to address our weaknesses, we’ve got to fix things, and we’ve got to keep growing emotionally and playing mature volleyball.”

The i rish went on a roll in the first set, taking a commanding 10-point lead at one point before ultimately winning the set, 25-16, behind p lumlee’s five kills. a dditionally, n otre d ame’s blocking ability was key against the b roncos (1-2).

Fry and m orningstar each made their presence known early on at the net, tallying up five and three blocks during the match, respectively.

The second set was the closest of the weekend for n otre d ame. The i rish had match point with a two-point lead, but the b roncos scored the next two points to extend the set. a fter a string of points were traded, yeadon was eventually able to put the set away, 29-27, with a kill. m c l aughlin said he was proud of how his team performed under the pressure.

“ i ’m telling you, it’s no fun,” m c l aughlin said. “ i t’s a

grind. b ut at the end of it we made some plays and pulled it off, so i think you can learn some lessons from that.”

The i rish charged forward in the third and final set, led by m orningstar. m orningstar began placing her tips in hard-to-reach areas of the courts and recorded six kills in the final set alone, including the match-winner. The i rish won the set by a score of 25-16.

m c l aughlin said he was pleased with his team’s performance this weekend at the g olden d ome i nvitational but is still looking for more.

“For the first weekend, we made some progress, and i think the girls understand we have a lot more to go,” m c l aughlin said. “ i t’s a process. i t’s never enough, no matter how good we get. i t gets better and better as we go so, yeah, for the first weekend, we did some good stuff and some not so good stuff. we’ve just gotta keep getting better.

“ i t’s just part of learning the lessons we have to learn. p assing tests that we have to pass to become the team that we want to become. you know, we’re trying every day to form an identity, and i think we took a step forward [this weekend].”

The i rish will next see action in the s hamrock i nvitational, which is set to take place Friday and s aturday at p urcell p avilion.

Elizabeth Greason at egreason@nd.edu

“uc -i rvine is a strong team, and we knew they were going to come in here with a lot of energy and quality players,” p anken said. “To be able to implement what we wanted to do and get the result we wanted is a big boost of confidence, knowing that we can play like that against any team in the country.”

notre d ame’s match against the l obos (0-2) started four hours after the scheduled 2 p.m. kickoff time thanks to lightning in the area, but that didn’t stop 1,308 fans from coming back at 6 p.m. to watch the game.

The i rish, who had been at a lumni stadium nearly the entire day, didn’t have the same offensive production they had against c alifornia-i rvine, but their defense stepped up to shutout an aggressive l obos team that outshot them in the match, 18-6.

“new mexico is an excellent team, and there’s no question about that,” c lark said. “i would say they’re a better team than the one we played in the semifinals [in the 2013 ncaa Tournament]. … They’re big and they’re physical, and they’ve got six guys over 6-foot-4, but i thought our central defenders were superb.”

The lone score of the game came from a ubrey, who notched his second penaltykick goal of the season in the 41st minute. The i rish now have two penalty kick goals in the first two games of the season. They earned just one attempt all of last season.

“it’s just something i’ve done growing up — hitting pKs,” a ubrey said. “i put it in the corner with a lot of power, so even if the keeper knows where i’m going, he can’t get to it.”

That power was on display as both his penalty kick goals were scored despite the goalie correctly guessing which side a ubrey shot at.

b oth notre d ame and i ndiana finished the tournament undefeated, but the i rish took home their second straight title based on goal differential. The hoosiers (20) had a goal differential of

plus-three, while the difference for the i rish was plus-five.

c lark said he hopes this tournament’s success will help carry momentum over to next week’s a didas/iu

c redit union c lassic, where they’ll compete against no. 1 stanford, who won the ncaa tournament last season, and c alifornia.

“ you want to win everything,” c lark said. “next week we’re at bloomington, and we want to win that one. e verything you go into, you want to win it, but the focus at the moment is ‘ w hat can we take from that game that we can take into next week?’

“next week we’ll be playing stanford, who is very similar to [ new mexico] and to the way they play … so that was maybe a good rehearsal for playing the current national champions.”

notre d ame will join stanford, c alifornia and i ndiana at the a didas/iu c redit union c lassic starting Friday at a rmstrong stadium in bloomington, i ndiana.

Contact Manny De Jesus at mdejesus@nd.edu

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weather pushes match to monday

Observer Sports Staff

no. 12 notre dame’s match with western michigan on sunday was postponed due to lightning.

The irish (2-1-0) and broncos (2-0-0) were slated to square off at 5 p.m. sunday at a lumni stadium, but the match has been postponed to monday at 7 p.m.

This is the first game postponed for both teams this season. notre dame is coming off its first loss of the season Thursday to michigan, 2-0, at u-m soccer stadium. western michigan, however, enters the contest riding a two-game winning streak after victories over Fort wayne and indiana.

Kickoff for the rescheduled match will be 7 p.m. at a lumni stadium.

mEn’s soCCER | nd 4, uc-irvine 0; nd 1, new meXico 0

ND sweeps in Berticelli Memorial

By MANNY DE JESUS sports writer

n o. 9 n otre d ame started its season off with two wins after capturing its seventh m ike b erticelli m emorial Tournament title, defeating c alifornia- i rvine on Friday night and n ew m exico on s unday night by scores of 4-0 and 1-0, respectively, at a lumni s tadium this weekend.

The i rish (2-0) started their 2016 campaign with a dominating 4-0 victory against the a nteaters (0-2), powered by junior forward Jon g allagher’s two goals and an assist.

The opening score came from tri-captain senior midfielder e van p anken, who received a cross from g allagher, slid towards the left post and connected for the goal.

g allagher gave the i rish their second goal, scoring from six yards out on the right side of the field with a powerful shot in the upper

left corner of the net. s enior defender b randon a ubrey scored on a penalty kick two minutes later to give the i rish the 3-0 advantage, and g allagher scored his second goal of the match in the 78th minute to secure the win.

a fter the win, i rish head coach b obby c lark emphasized the importance for his team to replicate the way it played Friday on a consistent basis.

“ you got to [play consistently] if you’re going to make the [ ncaa ] tournament,” c lark said. “ w ith the schedule we have, if we don’t play consistently, we won’t be in the tournament, but we enjoy and thrive in that.”

p anken also praised the performance of his team and harped on the confidence boost the match gave them after going through the preseason without a win.

i rish open season with best start in five years

By ELIZABETH GREASON sports writer

w hen n otre d ame stepped out onto the gold medal court from the 2012 l ondon o lympics — which had been placed in p urcell p avilion for the g olden d ome i nvitational — for their season opener Friday, it felt prepared to turn the tables on their unsuccessful 2015 season.

w hen the i rish (3-0) stepped off that same court for the final time this weekend, they had done just that, winning nine straight sets to close out the weekend undefeated.

n otre d ame’s first challenge came against s eton h all on Friday evening. The i rish came out victorious, shutting down the p irates (0-3) in straight sets, 3-0.

The play of junior middle blocker s am Fry and sophomore outside hitter r ebecca n unge early on calmed the i rish and led the team into a rhythm. Their eight kills apiece in the match allowed the i rish to build momentum over the p irates, who struggled to find consistency and communication in the absence of senior libero Tessa Fournier. Junior outside

hitter m addie p lumlee led the i rish with ten kills, and her steady service game regularly targeted s eton h all’s weaker backcourt.

i n the second set, n otre d ame played more consistently, which i rish head coach Jim m c l aughlin said the squad still needs to improve on.

“ i thought when we got tight and under pressure a little bit, we found our rhythm,” m c l aughlin said. “ b ut we’ve got to be able to maintain it. There are some ebbs and flows in the game, and we’re still shaken by them a little bit, so we lose our rhythm.”

The most memorable points in the match came from junior libero n atalie Johnson. s he pancaked herself on multiple occasions, barely sliding a hand between the ball and the court, extending the point and giving the i rish the opportunity to earn the point when it seemed like a lost cause.

The second set was almost error free for the i rish, who were able to recover quickly from a poor pass, a lack of communication or a lost point. e liminating