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University students visit West Wing

By NICOLE MICHELS

a ssistant managing editor

notre dame students studying in the university’s washington, d c. program discovered they have friends in high places when they visited the west wing to speak with deputy chief of staff to president barack obama, rob nabors.

w hile participating in the washington program, students must work 20 to 25 hours per week at an internship and take nine credits of classes, according to the program’s website. students also tour various sites of national importance, including the supreme court, the capitol complex and the west wing.

Junior a lex caton [editor’s

note: caton is a viewpoint columnist] said getting to tour the west wing and meet one of the president’s right-hand men was “surreal.”

“you’ve seen the T v show, you’ve always heard about [the west wing], but you’ve never imagined you could be in it. sitting around a room with battle flags, medals, a portrait of Fdr [Franklin delano roosevelt], boxes of m&ms with reprints of barack obama’s signature on them … a surreal experience,” caton said. “it was surreal: being in such close proximity to someone who spends three to four hours a day with the president and having him be so frank, so honest about

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south bend updates taxi ordinances

By ABI HOVERMAN news writer

The c ity of south bend has worked to better regulate local taxi companies and improve the municipal code, assistant city attorney a nn c arol nash said.

“w hat we’re really trying to do is help taxi drivers know that they’ll do better businesswise if they become more customer oriented. … i’m hoping

the requirements of the ordinance will help them along,” nash said. “it will be good for taxi business and better for the city as a whole.”

i n an effort to improve safety, the c ity now must inspect taxi vehicles once a year and the s outh bend a irport must do the same once a year.

“we make sure the car is in very good condition,”

nash said. “we always did inspect [the cars], but we

standardized our criteria with the criteria of the airport, so there is no confusion.”

Following a suggestion made by former notre dame student body president grant s chmidt, all cab drivers the c ity licenses must display a placard inside their vehicles that shows the driver’s name, the company, the cab number, a city map and the company’s

bavo starts year with picnic

By EMILIE KEFALAS news writer

on Thursday, saint mary’s students took a stand against domestic violence and sexual assault by participating in a no more campaign picnic hosted by the belles against v iolence office, director connie adams said.

“we wanted to do it at the beginning of the academic year

Extra football ads showcase ND

By CHRISTIAN MYERS n ews w riter

m any members of the notre d ame community feel our university has five times as much to offer as any other, and during the nbc broadcast of each home football game, notre d ame gets five times the commercial air time of other universities with which to attempt to prove this true.

b eth g risoli, director of multimedia services, said the university’s working relationship with nbc gives the university the chance to air a two-minute and a 30-second institutional message during home football games. i n total, this is quintuple the air time typically allotted to other universities during national broadcasts of sporting events.

“ we have a unique opportunity with nbc ,” g risoli said.

“it’s hard to say everything you want to say about your university in 30 seconds, so we’re delighted to have these two-minute segments.”

The university uses these extra two minutes to broadcast its “fighting for”

campaign, which is now in its seventh year, g risoli said. e ach year, notre d ame produces six new segments for broadcast and rebroadcasts one previous year’s segment. nbc airs one segment during each of the seven home games.

The campaign’s goal is to show the inspiring work of students and professors, and at the same to capture the human element and the motivations behind the efforts, g risoli said.

“ we select topics that showcase how members of the notre d ame family are advancing the university’s vision domestically and globally through scholarship, research and service,” she said.

“ we have extremely impressive and motivated students, and our faculty are doing incredible things in their work. These two minutes allow us to tell a story and to show the breadth of research, the undergraduate achievements and the deep c atholic faith of our university.”

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Student ‘strove for greatness’ to be Leprechaun

By KATIE McCARTY news writer

senior Johnny romano used to dream about being a notre dame football player, but after realizing his body type was not well suited for the sport, he decided to take on a different role in notre dame athletics and became the notre dame l eprechaun.

“i always wanted to be a football player, but when you are five feet and five-and-threefourths inches tall, it’s a little hard,” romano, a native of glencoe, i ll., said. “so i strove for greatness, and what’s better than being a football player?

The notre dame l eprechaun.” romano said the process to become the l eprechaun begins with a one-page essay about why the l eprechaun hopeful wants to be the official mascot of notre dame. Those applicants then participate in cheerleading tryouts.

“They try to see how you interact with the team,” romano said. “They would pull you aside and tell you to pump the cheerleaders up and then give you different situations to get the crowd going.”

Ten to 15 hopefuls are then cut

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down to six finalists, who learn some of the finer points of what it takes to be the l eprechaun.

“They taught us the jig, and then we had a push-up contest, a mini pep rally and a game time situation,” romano said. “a fter that, we each had an interview with a panel of six people, which included representatives from different departments, like athletics. usually, the previous leprechaun is there, too.”

romano said he was not nervous during the process.

“i have nerves of steel,” he said. “i had been a leprechaun the year before, so this was my second year. i was just trying to get the top spot.”

This past weekend was the university’s first football game, and romano said the experience was exciting.

“The pep rally was fun, but at the game it did not really hit me

that i was the l eprechaun until they said ‘here come the i rish’ and i had the flag on the field,” he said. “i just didn’t want to get trampled by the football team.” during the game, romano tried to rally the crowd.

“i try to get fans engaged during key plays,” he said. “i get them pumped up, especially with the volley cheers that include whole stadium.” notre dame Football is a

tradition in romano’s family, he said. h is grandfather played on the football team from 1946 to 1949 and helped the i rish win three national championships. attending the university is also a tradition in the romano family.

“my father went here,” romano said. “e ighteen of my first cousins have attended either notre dame or saint mary’s.”

romano, a marketing major, says his plans are not concrete for after graduation. w ith a fluency in spanish, romano said he will either find a job or do a year of service in honduras.

“i lived for six years in mexico because of my dad’s job,” romano said. “i also studied abroad in mexico during the sixth grade.” w hen asked which of this season’s football games he is most excited about, romano grinned.

“m ichigan is in the big house, usc is at night, and we are playing in the dallas cowboys stadium,” romano said. “g o i rish, beat wolverines.”

Contact Katie McCarty at kmccar16@nd.edu

g risoli said this season’s first segment aired during the Temple game and featured the university’s enFocus program, which partners entrepreneurship students with the c ity of s outh b end to develop innovative ideas for the city’s many programs. a nother of this year’s seg-

“We’ve built a tremendous following with this campaign, and people look forward to it every year.”

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ments, which has yet to air, will feature the nd seed program, g risoli said. nd seed is a group for engineering students that raises funds to build bridges in rural s outh a merican communities.

The segment explores the motivations of one student whose father was an engineer in c olumbia but then could not find work as an engineer in the united s tates. g risoli said the segment that airs during a particular game is chosen based on association with the opposing university whenever possible.

“ s ometimes we look at the university we’re playing and

see if one of our segments ties in with that institution,” she said. “For instance, this year we’re playing navy at home and we have a story that touches on research we’re doing with the navy.”

The “fighting for” campaign airs to over four million viewers each game and is popular with fans and alumni, g risoli said.

“ we’ve built a tremendous following with this campaign, and people look forward to it every year,” she said. “ we get a surprising number of responses from alumni, and 99.9 percent of it is positive, which is very rewarding. we’ve even had stories where students say they saw one of these segments and it made them choose this university over another school.”

g risoli said the development process takes almost a full year and begins as soon as the football season ends.

“ w hen the season is over, we exhale, and then we regroup and begin planning the next campaign,” she said. a t the beginning of this process, she and her partner, assistant director of marketing communications a nn h astings, collaborate with an nbc production team to solicit ideas from the university community and then select from the best potential topics, g risoli said.

“ we welcome ideas from anyone, and we specifically reach out to deans from each college, the o ffice of the p rovost and various

institutes and centers,” she said. “ we seriously consider a few dozen stories each year based on rigorous criteria.”

g risoli said once the next season’s six stories are selected, a great deal of work and travel goes into filming each two-minute segment.

“For each story we hone in on the storyline, interview lots of people and consider lots of locations,” she said. “ we interviewed a rchbishop d esmond Tutu once and he appeared in a segment.

“it’s always an adventure and it takes resourcefulness. we fly all over the world, and it’s not unusual to have two crews in different parts of the world doing two things at the same time.”

This past summer, the nbc team had to film part of a segment with one small camera because they couldn’t get the rest of the equipment through customs in n icaragua, g risoli said.

g risoli said working on the “fighting for” campaigns is difficult, but she finds it rewarding to tell the stories of students.

“These segments require a tremendous amount of work, but every day i am just blown away by notre d ame students and what they can accomplish,” she said. “i find them remarkable, and it’s a privilege to tell their stories.”

a ll previously aired “fighting for” segments are available at fightingfor.nd.ed

Contact Christian Myers at cmyers8@nd.edu

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his own experience … telling us that the way he got there was not by accident or good fortune, but hard work.”

caton said he was excited to hear of the path that nabors took to reach his current position.

“it was humbling to see the hard work that he did, but inspiring to see that if i want to contribute my own piece to the story of the a merican government, that dream is achievable for me if i do the hard work,” caton said.

Junior Tim scanlan said he was excited to meet nabors because he hoped to learn about the life of a national policy-maker.

“i was excited when i found out about the meeting because of how integral nabors has been to the domestic policy of the obama administration,” scanlan said. “i was really looking forward to knowing more about how decisions are really made and hearing about some of the current conflicts in greater detail, especially in regards to syria.”

w hen he met nabors in person, scanlan said he was impressed with his candid account of his work. scanlan said learning work at the executive level demanded 18 hours of work, seven days a week underlined the intensity of nabors’ job.

“The meeting was great — rob nabors was an energetic and earnest speaker,” scanlan said. “he covered everything from a typical day in the life to the priorities of the administration

going forward. it was an hour and a half of humble honesty about washington success and the work it takes to get there.”

Junior nicole sganga said she was inspired by nabors’ willingness to speak candidly about his path from notre dame to just outside the oval office.

“This big, powerful man in washington was sitting down and telling us jokes and stories about [university president] Fr. hesburgh was his freshman seminar professor … it was amazing, how candid he was,” sganga said. “it was very uplifting and inspiring to see a notre dame graduate who didn’t know what he wanted to do when he received his diploma, go so far.”

Junior emily voorde said she was impressed by how easily nabors found common ground between himself and her peers.

“we talked about syria, about his day-to-day operations … but we also talked about dorms on campus and Fr. hesburgh,” voorde said. “it was neat to see someone with so much power able to sit down and speak with us on a really personal and honest level, it shows that these people aren’t superheroes — they come from the same roots we do.”

“he spoke very candidly about how at our age, he wasn’t sure what he wanted to do … to everyone in the room, i know that was reassuring. There’s still time to decide what we want to do and to make a really incredible contribution to the country and the world.”

Contact Nicole Michels at nmichels@nd.edu

SMC welcomes Fulbright Teaching Assistants

By TABITHA RICKETTS news w riter

a t the beginning of this academic year, s aint m ary’s welcomed two Fulbright Foreign l anguage Teaching a ssistants to campus.

a lla a bu e lella, a native of e gypt, and ye Zhenman, a native of c hina, said they went through a rigorous application process and were eventually selected for the Foreign l anguage Teaching a ssistant p rogram (F lTa ).

“ w hat attracted me to the scholarship [was the opportunity for] sharing my own culture, sharing my own experiences, getting to know a different culture and the a merican people,” e lella said.

ye Zhenman said the application requirements at her university in c hina are very strict, since the F lTa scholarship has a very competitive applicant pool. most e nglish professors in c hina had attended graduate school in the subject before obtaining their positions.

“The age limit is 25 to 35,” she said. “[ a pplicants] must be college e nglish teachers with two years’ working experience.”

i n order to participate in the program, the women had to accept that they would be spending one academic year apart from their families and friends, according to the F lTa website. The distance and limited communication can make things difficult, especially for Zhenman, a young mother.

“it’s very worth it,” Zhenman said. “m y whole family is very supportive. i have always wanted to go to the [ united states]. s ometimes you have to [have make some] sacrifices in order to get something.”

a lthough she does get homesick, e lella said her experience so far is 100 percent worth it.

“i was a little bit homesick at the beginning, but once you start the courses and once you start teaching, you get [very] busy,” e lella said. “ you don’t think about [being] homesick.”

i n addition to the physical distance, the women also said they have cultural differences to contend with.

“[There are] a lot of differences,” e lella said. “ you [ a mericans] are very direct

when it comes to communication. i f you want something, you just say it directly. i n e gypt, for example, if you want to ask somebody for a favor, you kind of have to start a story at the beginning to ask for a favor at the end.”

Zhenman said she experienced culture shock last weekend when there was a miscommunication about a gift that was presented to her.

“ we c hinese people are not ready to take gifts,” she said. “ we are sometimes quite indirect and we keep refusing until we have it.”

e lella said she often faces curiosity about her clothing.

“i am considered to be the only veiled [woman] here on campus, so people here are like, ‘ w hy are you wearing that?’” she said. “ s o i have to explain that. This is considered to be the huge cultural difference here for me. This is my major role here: to explain my culture [and] to spread my culture.”

a s teaching assistants, the women get the opportunity to teach their home language as well as to take college courses alongside s aint m ary’s students. The women said

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even the length and routine of classes is different from what they were used to. “i like the a merican classes here,”

Zhenman said. “The students and teachers are quite interactive.”

a lthough they said there is still a slight language barrier that sometimes presents some problems, especially when students and professors speak e nglish quickly, they both enjoy the open exchange. b oth women said they attended a ctivities n ight on wednesday in an effort to become more involved in the campus community.

“ you have a lot of activities,” Zhenman said. “i want to do some volunteer work, something like that.”

e lella said she would like to visit different states to get an idea of the diversity of a merican culture.

“i can’t judge a merican food just because of s aint m ary’s food,” she said.

The women said one of their biggest complaints about campus life is the c ollege’s i nternet connection.

“This is the only connection we have to our families,” e lella said. “a nd how can we do that

when the i nternet is so slow?” e lella said she also found it difficult to adjust to the time schedules of businesses in the s outh b end area.

“[ e veryone] sleeps very early,” she said. “i n e gypt, if you want to go out at 12 a.m. to go eat at any restaurant, you would find a lot of restaurants [open].”

o f all the advice and training the women received before and after coming to the united states, Zhenman said former F lTa scholars gave the best advice.

“They gave us a lot of helpful advice, but the best was ‘how are you?’” she said.

Zhenman and e lella said the use of “how are you?” as a greeting and a formality rather then as a true inquisition was one of the hardest things to get used to in their transition.

d espite the differences, both women said they are glad for their experience at s aint m ary’s.

“ we’re willing to learn,” Zhenman said. “This is a golden opportunity for us.”

Contact Tabitha Ricketts at tricke01@stmarys.edu

rates. The drivers must also post the phone number of the c ity’s c entral o ffice in case an issue arises, nash said. “o ne of the biggest complaints we have gotten is people feel they were overcharged,” nash said. ” you should be able to look at this card and know what it is you’re going to be charged.”

nash said other major changes include requirements for taxi companies to have more vehicles and drivers, increasing from two to six of each. a t least two taxis must be available at all times, she said. “ we need someone available all of the time. … we don’t want anybody stranded,” nash said. “ we require them to have something available.”

nash said in order to be more customer-friendly, improve business and encourage safety, taxis must equip themselves to accept credit and debit cards.

“it’s been a long time since we had a taxi driver hurt,” nash said. “They’re already vulnerable — they have to drive anywhere in the city anytime they’re called. we certainly don’t want them hurt. i f they’re taking debit cards instead of cash, they’re better off.”

d ue to public health and safety risks, the c ity forbids smoking in vehicles, nash said. s he said passengers who smell tobacco smoke in their taxi should immediately report it to the c ity number posted in their cab.

“nobody should be smoking in the cab,” nash said. “ we’re dead serious about that. That’s not allowed. … There’s absolutely no excuse for that.”

nash emphasized to students the importance of only

using c ity-licensed taxis because these are the only safety-inspected vehicles. s he said the c ity also screens licensed drivers for unsafe driving records and administers drug tests to them.

“ we have some security measures in place when we do our licensing of our drivers,” nash said. “i f you get into a taxi that isn’t licensed, you have no idea if that person has a criminal history, how they drive or even if they have a license at all. you can’t just rely on the fact that they call themselves a cab driver. we encourage people only to use c ity-licensed vehicles.”

nash said before getting into a taxi, students should look for special taxicab license plates and should verify that the outside of the vehicle displays the company name and rates. s he said if the taxi does not display the required placard and license, students should not use the vehicle and should report a description of it to the c ity or to the police.

nash said these changes will ensure students and other customers have positive and safe experiences in taxis. s he applauded notre d ame students for relying on taxis, especially while intoxicated, and she said this usage has made drinking and driving a non-issue in her eyes.

“d on’t be afraid to get in cabs,” nash said. “The drivers are very safe, and are very excited to serve the students. … for the most part you’re going to get great service and safe driving. These are the people who are doing it right. The people who are doing it wrong are giving others a bad name.”

Contact Abi Hoverman at hoverman.1@nd.edu

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to really kick off the year, reconnect and share what we’re about, encourage students to get involved and provide an opportunity for students to reconnect with the office,” adams said.

The belles against v iolence office (bavo), established nearly four years ago, educates students about sexual assault, relationship violence and stalking, adams said.

part of the education process includes mandatory green dot training for all first-year students, adams said. green dot training is part of a national campaign that encourages students not to ignore acts of violence.

“i get really, really excited to see the excitement that is coming from [first-year students],” adams said. “They are recognizing they have the power to really reduce violence and really have an impact in our community.”

senior e lizabeth burzynzki, a member of the bavo student advisory committee, said she recognized the importance of the cause when adams spoke at her first-year orientation.

“[ w hen i was a first-year,] i thought the mandatory meetings about sexual assault were interesting,” burzynzki said. “it’s like, ‘yeah, this is a real issue, this is a human issue,

this is something i need to get behind.’”

adams said the clothesline project, a national initiative that bears witness to violence against women by decorating T-shirts, organized an important station at Thursday’s picnic.

“girls can go and decorate a T-shirt, and then we’ll keep the T-shirt,” adams said. “l ater on in the year, we display [them] in the student center and then we also display [them] in the library,” adams said.

adams said she hopes the project’s light atmosphere will promote a positive, hopeful image of fighting sexual assault and violence. hopefully, students will recognize this hope and get involved with bavo this

year, she said. “g enerally speaking, in our society when we talk about these issues, the initial reaction is kind of a loss of a sense of hope,” adams said. “but when we start talking about ways that we can do something and [take] feasible steps to prevent violence, there’s power in that. That’s really exciting and it builds that hope up. i really feel that’s the core of what we’re about.” applications to join a bavo programming committee are available at http://reslifesmc. wufoo.com/forms/bavo-programming-committee-application-z7z8q3/. They are due sept. 9.

Contact Emilie Kefalas at ekefal01@saintmarys.edu

Egyptian interior minister escapes assassination

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cairo — egypt's interior minister narrowly escaped assassination Thursday when a car bomb tore through his convoy, wounding 22 people and leaving a major cairo boulevard strewn with debris — the first such attack since the military ousted the country's islamist president.

The strike raised fears of a militant campaign of revenge for the coup and the likelihood of an even tougher hand by authorities against protesters demanding mohammed morsi's return to office.

The interim president compared the attack to the insurgency waged by islamic militants in the 1980s and 1990s against the rule of now-ousted autocrat hosni mubarak, when militants carried out numerous assassination attempts, killing the parliament speaker. mubarak himself survived an assassination attempt in 1994, when militants attacked his convoy in addis ababa, ethiopia.

That insurgency provided mubarak with a justification for a nationwide state of emergency, lifted only after he was driven from power by an uprising in 2011.

since morsi's ouster in a July 3 coup, egypt has been back under

emergency law, and police have arrested nearly 2,000 members of his muslim brotherhood and other islamist supporters. in mid-august, authorities forcefully dispersed two promorsi sit-in camps in cairo after days of warnings, setting off violence that killed hundreds nationwide. The move led to retaliatory strikes on government buildings, police stations and churches around the country. islamic hard-liners have since stepped up attacks on security forces in the sinai peninsula and in the south, and have increasingly brought attacks to the capital.

still, Thursday's bombing against mohammed ibrahim, who heads the police force waging the crackdown, was a substantial escalation. There was no immediate claim of responsibility.

interim president adly mansour's office vowed it would "not allow the terrorism the egyptian people crushed in the 1980s and 90s to raise its ugly head again." military leader abdel-Fattah el-sissi, the man who ousted morsi, pledged to continue the fight against terrorism.

egyptian media have for weeks vilified the protesters, blaming the violence on morsi's

supporters and a terrorism campaign. a fter Thursday's attack, state media urged citizens to exercise caution, report suspicious activities or individuals, and called on authorities to widen their crackdown on suspected terrorists.

The attack is likely to further isolate the islamists. liberal politician a mr moussa called on the ousted president's backers to take a clear position against the bombing.

"w hen lives of innocents are targeted, those who support that or justify it will not be accepted among us," said moussa, who sits on a newly appointed constitutional panel.

morsi's supporters sought to distance themselves from the attack.

The a nti-coup coalition, a group of islamist factions that has spearheaded protests since morsi's ouster, predicted it would be used as a pretext for widening the crackdown on its opponents.

"The coalition is against any violent act, even if it is against those who committed crimes against the people," the group said. "it expects that such incidents will be used to extend the state of emergency and to increase the use of oppression, repression and detention which have been used by the coup authority."

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Maddie Daly a ssociate scene e ditor

even though we have been back in south bend for just a week and a half, summer already feels months away. we are back in the rhythm of school, and summer now seems like a distant glimmer of the past. i would like to take a moment to remember summer 2013 while i still can. although i didn’t have a fabulous summer to brag about, simply put, i learned a lot about life.

i am now a junior at notre dame and still slightly reluctant to admit that i did not work for a top business firm in new york, nor did i travel to china for a six-week program. my resume received no additional padding. however, my bank account and modesty sure did. i spent nearly every waking minute of the summer working two jobs with only one week off. specifically, i assumed the role of nanny for three children in the suburbs of chicago, carting them to tutoring, swim lessons, gymnastics and birthday parties while suffering through their antics and tears. no matter how pointless this all sounds, i feel like i gained as much world experience by playing mom for three long months as i would have in an office cubicle. more importantly, i realized a lot more about how much respect we should all have for our mothers. shout out to you, mom. in my very little amounts of spare time, i worked as a sales associate at a store called anthropologie in oakbrook mall in the western suburbs of chicago. it’s an overpriced, girly store with a hippie twist. my hours were spent ringing up thousand dollar purchases and aiding helpless boyfriends shop for their lucky girlfriends.

nothing about my summer would seem to impress future employers all that much or make me stand out right away. most obviously, now that we’re back, nothing about my summer impresses most of the students here at notre dame. however, i know i gained invaluable life skills by working near-menial jobs. The amount of patience and people skills i gained this summer from working a lowly retail job will take me far.

i realize that, to some, this would be a waste of a summer, reflecting poorly on my degree of motivation and my plans for the future. but to me, although it would have been nice to have landed an impressive internship in a big city, i refuse to look back on the summer with regret. i gained a type of real-life work experience and had no ego boost to accompany it, keeping me modest and thankful for the opportunities i had to work two fairly simple jobs.

sometimes at our overachieving school we can get distracted by the competition to get the best job and then tell everyone about it. in fact, i think i deserve the right to add this fancy, impressive title to my resume right now: “elite intern in child services with an associate position at an upscale women’s fashion company.” if that doesn’t say “hire me,” i don’t know what does.

Contact Maddie Daly at mdaly6@nd.edu

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

Opening our minds and doors

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“notre d ame will admit undocumented students”

a s notre d ame’s leaders continue to push the united states government on immigration reform, the university announced it would join the majority of a merican c atholic colleges and universities in admitting undocumented students in an 89-word press release a ug. 22.

“The university of notre d ame has adopted changes in its admission policies that will make possible the admission of undocumented students who successfully compete for a place in its first-year and transfer classes,” the release stated.

“i n making the decision to admit academically qualified men and women who are undocumented,” said d on bishop, associate vice president for undergraduate enrollment in the release, “we will strengthen our incoming class and give deserving young people the chance for a notre d ame education.”

The attention the nation has given to the university’s new policy to admit undocumented students speaks to the symbolic weight of the decision. w hen notre d ame does something, people notice.

i n this case, notre d ame’s action publicly affirms the worth and dignity of undocumented students by giving qualified and deserving applicants chances to attain the education all of us at this university are so blessed to receive. we applaud the administration for taking this step on behalf of our undocumented brothers and sisters.

The policy aligns with the university’s mission “to cultivate in its students … a disciplined sensibility to the poverty, injustice and oppression that burden the lives of so many.” it will increase ethnic and racial diversity at notre d ame by bringing in students who were born in other nations. w idening the potential applicant pool will allow the university community to continue to grow intellectually and spiritually, cultivating the voices of often-marginalized undocumented students while welcoming individuals with different life experiences into the notre d ame Family.

i f the recent developments at notre d ame to resolve feelings of exclusion voiced by certain groups are any indication of the community’s likely response to the addition of undocumented students, current students and faculty members will welcome them with open arms and open minds.

notre d ame’s decision is fair to all students. The majority of undocumented students were brought to the united states as children, following their families’ decisions and now living with the challenges as adults. These undocumented students still will have to earn admission to the university by the same academic, extracurricular and moral standards that the o ffice of a dmissions use to assess every other candidate.

now, qualified candidates will receive a chance to prove themselves, irrespective of their immigration status. This policy is ethical, fair and compassionate.

b ut, it’s too soon to celebrate. The adoption of a new policy does not mean the job is done.

The press release did not expand on the financial and social support systems that need to be created to ensure undocumented students can participate fully in the college experience and succeed post-graduation.

a t the forefront of any prospective college student’s mind is concern over his or her finances.

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“notre d ame is committed to meeting the full demonstrated financial need for all admitted students,” the press release stated.

i n reality, a notre d ame education will remain out of reach for many undocumented students, some of whom likely come from low-income backgrounds. undocumented persons are not eligible for federal financial aid in any form, including loans, grants, scholarships or work-study funds. a dditionally, i ndiana’s house bill 1402 stipulates that students without documentation cannot receive state aid. undocumented students can only receive privately-funded financial aid, such as that which comes from notre d ame’s private endowment.

There are a few private scholarships available for undocumented students, but while these forms of aid are helpful, they likely will not offset the cost of a notre d ame education enough for most undocumented students. most university students still graduate with a significant amount of debt, though they can apply for and receive governmental aid. undocumented students cannot utilize governmental aid to offset this burden, and thus, a notre d ame education will remain out of reach for many.

w ill notre d ame provide these students with more financial aid in recognition of their inability to qualify for government funding? would providing additional aid to undocumented students be the ethical choice, or would that be unfair to other students? The university has not yet publicly answered these questions.

The cost of a notre d ame education is not the only hurdle undocumented students interested in attending the university must face.

These students need healthcare. w ill they be eligible for the student health insurance that university health s ervices offers? w ill they pay the same rates?

These students need post-graduation prospects. w ill the university give undocumented students information about pathways to citizenship? w ill the university help them navigate the post-graduation job search?

These students need an entry point into the notre d ame community. w ill notre d ame facilitate their immersion into this community? w ill the university provide them with the support necessary to handle the very unique challenges they will face?

o pening the university’s doors to undocumented students is symbolic. how notre d ame plans to support these students is unclear, and until the university elaborates on the ways in which it will support its undocumented students, this action will remain only symbolic. we look forward to hearing about how the administration, student a ffairs and government-facing factions of notre d ame will collaborate to enrich and assist these students as they pursue education at our university and make plans for life after graduation.

undocumented students can help the university community better understand what more needs to be done to ensure that all people have a right to education in this country. e ven more importantly, by working, playing and praying with us, undocumented students will help notre d ame continue to grow into a more understanding and welcoming place.

we look forward to learning from our undocumented peers who attain admission to and choose to attend notre d ame. we hope the university will give them the chance to consider sharing their stories and experiences with the notre d ame community.

prolonging your semester’s adventures

melding rosh hashanah this week with the start of the academic year not only heralds the upcoming Jewish new year of 5774, but also offers students an opportunity to discover how to savor each new semester moment without relying on snapchat, vine, instagram or our digital devices. is it possible to force time to crawl while permanently imprinting for a lifetime your laughs, loves or languishing moments without a personal icloud to store those memories? Think of last weekend’s football game, for example. how much of your experience has been already forgotten or muddled into a collective memory, a “football game day” jumbled mindset?

i can vividly remember many secondsemester senior year moments because i vowed to concentrate while relishing the final moments of my final student campus existence by living at a slow-motion snail’s pace. during that lone semester, i latched onto my life like a dementor’s kiss consuming a soul. unfortunately, it was not until preparing for this column that i could recall my first home football experience in notre dame stadium, which in those days began late — sept. 20. more to the point, the only game i routinely remember from my freshman year is the tie with the university of southern

california. w hile standing dead center of the end zone above the tunnel as time expired, i watched an irish field goal attempt hit the upright and bounce away. it was such a nothing feeling that i never forgot that moment nor the final score: notre dame 14, usc 14.

how well one preserves life’s memories depends upon one’s understanding of life. every autumn, freshmen who know nothing lose their way on campus. sophomores — who believe they know everything simply because they are no longer freshmen — strut in with an immature, cocky mindset. seniors, who are the royalty on campus, merely do what they want before they either prematurely retire with a case of senioritis or just do not care anymore. consequently, it is the junior class that actually owns the campus and is best equipped to encounter and ultimately appreciate its campus adventures.

Too often in life, our surroundings and relationships go underappreciated until we lose a loved one or end a particularly enjoyable era. more importantly, how often do we settle into a routine that becomes possessive of our souls and consumes our time? campus life at “catholic disneyland” is no different than any other place or time in the real world. it is only more restrictive if you let it be off-putting. it can be an unforgettable time if you embrace diversity, seeking out those who are different than you and who own differing

opinions.

each new school year only provides an open window of about three weeks for students to easily and overtly seek new acquaintances. before your semester habits calcify into sterile mindless practices, sit in a different section of the dining hall or simply introduce yourself to someone who appears interesting or atypical. with little effort, and certainly without help from the google glass optical headmounted display or various smartphone apps, everyone can meet anyone. most importantly, on campus, everyone represents a lifetime of walking, breathing poetry or prose.

sometimes the most rewarding relationships in life begin with the most accidental and unintentional introductions. i recall my first freshman day on campus meeting fellow lyons hall resident, steve pallucca: The guy who became my best college friend. stevie passed away five years ago. his family owned a grocery store in Kansas and thus he looked (but also acted humorously) like John belushi. ironically, he arrived in the late afternoon just as we third-floor freshmen were about to caravan to the dining hall. “oh, just in time for the fat boy to go to dinner,” i thought as i first laid eyes on my rotund rascal of a roommate.

with my notre dame campus days behind me — some might say long gone, but i disagree while clutching my vivid recollections — and my perspective of the

golden dome now seen through my rearview mirror, life never appears so short as when you look back upon it while regretting lost time. yet, ultimately, time passes all of us. That is why grasping onto the upcoming semester and school year with gusto assures you of rewarding moments, which become emblazoned as cherished memories. it also assures you that you have not overlooked a friend’s tear or missed the pleasure of your roommate’s zany antics. nothing in today’s instant internet age can replace your conscious, deliberate memory preservation process.

so while the countdown clock closes on your college career, regardless of how much time remains, it is never too late to better hone your senses on our diverse and timeless world. nobody thought back when i first met stevie that my embrace on life would someday lead to greeting the notre dame community with a Jewish wish for a good year, “l’shanah tovah.”

Gary J. Caruso, Notre Dame ‘73, serves in the Department of Homeland Security and was a legislative and public affairs director at the U.S. House of Representatives and in President Clinton’s administration. His column appears every other Friday. He can be contacted at GaryJCaruso@alumni.nd.edu

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

All that glitters is not gold

Mia Lillis we are nd

“ w hen people ask why you aren’t participating in things on this campus, you can’t tell them why. i f you talk about money, then you’re horribly gauche. money never features into their equation, because they never have to worry about it. but it’s a part of my life. my lack of money influences almost everything in my life.” a t the risk of sounding horribly gauche, let’s talk about money. The notre dame community often suffers from a lack of sensitivity to students who are not upper middle class. w hile ostracized students that i have spoken with indicate that such insensitivity is not necessarily malicious but rather, due to ignorance, it is nevertheless problematic on a campus that claims to be an inclusive family. unfortunately, our campus is driven by a frequently erroneous assumption that money exists when it comes to social life, political discussions and general everyday concerns. p articipating in the social life at notre dame is undeniably expensive. want to celebrate a friend’s birthday by going out to The mark? That will cost you $10 to $15, especially if you plan on splitting the check. want to go out with friends to the bars? hope

you are wearing something “cute” if you are a girl. a t the very least, failing to dress up will make you feel out of place among your girlfriends. a t the worst, you will be told by a drunk individual to “go home and put nicer clothes on.” a cute outfit will cost $10 to $15. i s that bar in walking distance? i f not, you will have to spend $6 on cab fare. i f the bar has a cover, you will lose another $3 to $5. i f you plan on drinking at the bar, there goes another $3 to $30. a nd, of course, this is assuming you even have the time to go out with friends, which may not be the case if you are working 30 hours per week to pay for room and board. speaking of room and board, do you want to wear the new dorm hoodies the rest of your dorm is proudly flaunting? That will be another $15 to $30. For some students, these expenses are no big deal, but for others who desperately empty childhood piggy banks and sell possessions in order to afford football tickets, these casual, “everyday” expenses are simply too much. i n fact, many students with a tight budget opt out of buying football tickets altogether. w hile some students from lower income families may use the rector’s Fund to buy tickets, this fund grants a limited amount of money, and as one friend indicated, if you must choose between tickets and textbooks, the choice is obvious.

but failing to buy tickets often elicits harsher judgment and derision than any other d omer faux pas. i personally did not buy football tickets my freshman year, mostly because i was uninterested in football at the time and was not yet aware that football is an integral part of the social life here. gradually, friends and acquaintances discovered my absence, and the judgment i received from some of them was brutal. w hile one may argue that such harshness was directed toward my reasons rather than the act of opting out itself, it is important to remember that students who cannot afford tickets frequently use the same excuses to avoid awkward discussions about their finances. such harsh judgment rubs salt into the wounds of students that would like to participate in notre dame tradition but cannot afford to do so.

political discussions can also be a nightmare for students of lower socioeconomic status, with them frequently finding their personal situations objectified and reduced to generalizations. For example, one friend found it difficult to endure a peer’s lambasting of a merican citizens on food stamps since his family had needed food stamps for a good portion of his life. a nother felt degraded when a peer that supported privatized health care called citizens left without health care

a “necessary evil.” he has had dental problems for the past decade and has been unable to fix them due to lack of health care.

e very situation described above was based on a true story told to me by anonymous members of the notre dame student body. These are not merely hypothetical concerns. They are real, ostracizing experiences of students at notre dame. i f we claim to be a family, perhaps we ought to reexamine our social and verbal habits. perhaps instead of planning section outings to g ame stop, we can instead plan section m ario Kart tournaments. perhaps instead of giving our friends a hard time when they fail to join us at the bars, we can host social gatherings at our own apartments. perhaps instead of using charged rhetoric such as “handout seekers” in political discussions, we can think twice before we speak. o ur individual actions have shaped the culture of insensitivity on this campus and our individual actions can foster a more compassionate environment for all members of our family.

Mia Lillis is a senior living in Cavanaugh Hall. She can be reached at mlillis@nd.edu

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

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on a beautiful, sunny south bend day earlier this week, we ventured around campus searching for our school’s best fashion trends. camera in hand, we scouted out the best dressed on campus and found plenty of material. with a

season change ahead of us, we discovered that these students displayed a perfect combination of summer and a slight touch of fall. coming from hometowns all over the united states and sporting accordingly varying styles, these wonderful fashion experts were kind enough to model for The observer, so follow their example and keep our campus stylish.

it’s only the second week of class, so yes, it is too early for workout clothes and nikes. let’s keep it classy, ladies and gentleman. w ho knows, maybe you will appear in the next Fashion Friday article!

Contact Maddie Daly at mdaly6@nd.edu and Erin Thomassen at ethomass@nd.edu

If you’re looking for new, hip or different, you came to the wrong place. Get ready for the sweet, sweaty nostalgia-fest that is the Notre Dame dorm party experience.

Finally, The Kickback kicks back.

This is how this space should work.

you, the content-hungry reader, send me, the obnoxiously giddy writer, suggestions for music that you think should be featured. i will listen to anything you send, and the favorites will make it here.

This one, smallpools, comes courtesy of our resident underground music scavenger (and ad design manager) sara h illstrom (who cannot

function, let alone work, without massive headphones that are descendants of those worn at nascar races).

you may never have heard of smallpools, but that’s because they’re new. not just first-release new, but they actually just formed a few months ago.

i ncredibly, they’ve already been invited to tour the country and have been building the buzz ever since releasing their self-titled ep in July. “smallpools” gives you four unbelievably catchy tracks that won’t take up more than 15 minutes of your day. That is, until you hear it and want

ladies and gentlemen, but especially freshmen ladies and gentlemen, i welcome you to a new school year. The weather is wonderful (if you have air conditioning), the squirrels are frolicking around campus, and everyone is busy trying to figure out where their classes are and why there’s so much new shrubbery outside of debartolo. but amidst the chaos of these first few weeks, i would like to take a moment to talk about one of our most beloved pastimes at the university of notre dame — dorm parties.

oh, dorm parties, where you can see nothing and feel everything. w here there’s more sweating happening than did at rolf’s that day. w here the party never stops, until it’s 2 a.m. and then apparently, the party moves to Taco bell.

There’s not a whole lot that is comfortable about dorm parties, but one thing you can seek comfort in is the music. There is undoubtedly some predictability to the dorm party soundtrack. so whether you’re in a new dorm or with new friends and things start to get weird, you can always rest assured that the students on campus will play the same 20 songs and you probably already know the words to all of them.

For you sophomores and upperclassmen, you probably already have a playlist going in the back of your head (or maybe even created on your ipod), but to all you freshmen new to the dorm party scene, here’s what to expect.

1. “Get Low” – Lil Jon and East Side Boyz

This song was released 10 years ago (feel old yet?), but somehow we all love it just the same. “get low” is a go-to if no one in the party is dancing because it’s a scientific fact that no one can resist the urge to point to the window, then the wall. bonus points if you know all the words to the “explicit version” because that made you cool in middle school.

2. “Party in the U.S.A.” – Miley Cyrus

The only thing college partiers love more than singing pop songs is a merica. This song combines

to run it back over and over again — my first listen took close to an hour.

The ep opens up with the project’s signature track, “dreaming,” which originally vaulted the group to the masses after it was the no. 1 song on The hype machine, a collective music blog that gathers popular songs and reviews from just about every other music blog. but without a doubt, after listening to “dreaming” you’ll be humming the chorus and possibly up out of your seat dancing, or at least bouncing your head, for those of us who are jitterbug-deficient.

both of those things. i just ask that you refrain from twerking badly to this miley classic and save it for the bound-to-be-played “we can’t stop.”

3. “Wagon Wheel” – Darius Rucker or Old Crow Medicine Show

This is any notre dame student’s go-to song for when a party winds down, almost a celebration for the last ones standing. The debate over which version is better rages on.

4. “I’ll Make a Man Out of You” from “Mulan” if it isn’t already clear, we love nostalgia around here, and there’s something about partying to disney that is so wrong and so right at the same time. w hether this is morally reprehensible or not, you can hold your cup in one hand and point to all your friends with the other as you sing along and maybe ruin a small part of your childhood.

5. Something from a musical it never ceases to amaze me how much notre dame students love singing to musical theater and how often it’s played at social gatherings. i’ve been to parties and watched a dozen people break out into “Joseph and the a mazing Technicolor dream coat.” i’ve seen a group of men belt out some “les mis.” Fortunately, i haven’t heard any “cats” yet, but there’s still time.

6. “Call Me Maybe” – Carly Rae Jepsen it’s possible that this phase has finally passed, but i’m almost positive that “call me maybe” fever hit harder at notre dame than anywhere else. i was once at a gathering where the song was played five times in a row and no one complained. no one.

7. “I’m Shipping Up To Boston” – Dropkick Murphys particularly popular on football weekends, this pre-kickoff song is an easy way to get a party riled up. This song is even better when combined with the “here come the irish” intro used at games for maximum authenticity. even in those miserably hot and tiny rooms, school spirit is alive and well.

Contact Allie Tollaksen at atollaks@nd.edu

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

a nd each song follows the same way: different tune, different words, same feeling. every song is a jubilant, fun-loving ode to living carefree and happy-go-lucky.

i f Foster the people, passion p it and Two door cinema c lub all worked together, this would be their finished project.

a s sara told me, it’s really, really, really poppy. but there’s never anything wrong with fun, and if it’s fun, you should share it.

That’s what i’ll do here, and hopefully, it’ll be a result of what you have shared with me.

Congress debates new stadiums in California college football’s game of thrones

Casey Karnes sports writer

college football is back, and with it come the fall traditions we all love. The roaring crowds singing fight songs, the clashing rivals with bad blood that run back for centuries, the gleaming helmets as two sides charge into battle, waving flags proudly displaying each sides’ unique sigils and colors. remind anyone else of hbo’s game of Thrones?

The only season i anticipate as fervently as college football’s is game of Thrones, and i love them for very similar reasons. They both feature fascinating individuals, villains you love to hate, crumbling alliances, and, of course, a heaping helping of corruption.

so, logically, in lieu of a normal college football preview, i’ve examined a few similarities between the sport and the chaos of westeros. For anyone who is not caught up on the third season of game of Thrones, read with caution. w hile i won’t flat out spoil anything, i will make reference to events that occurred at the end of last season.

First up, the ncaa itself. a chaotic, poorly run organization that is inconsistent in its rulings and seems to be on the verge of coming apart at the seams? sounds like a perfect match for westeros. w ith the off-season comments by the sec, acc and big 12 commissioners demanding major changes to ncaa procedures, it seems to be only a matter of time before the power conferences break away from the ncaa l ike robb stark, balon greyjoy and the baratheons, the conferences believe they can govern more efficiently and fairly than the current regime, and they’re probably right. but for the time being, the kingdom remains intact, and it’s clear who the dominating group is. The sec is the l annister Family of the ncaa it has better warriors, smarter tacticians and more resources (gold for the l annisters, fertile recruiting ground for the sec ). a nd at the end of last season, it was clearly in control, with Joffrey Football on the throne and its cold, calculating patriarch continuing to dominate the game.

l ike Tywin l annister, nick saban will pick apart your strategy and show you no mercy. a nd is there any better analogy for the petulant boyking Joffery than the insufferable reigning heisman winner Johnny manziel? The one likable l annister, Tyrion, is more difficult to find a comparison

to, but coach l es m iles at lsu fits the mold of a quirky genius who never quite gets the credit he deserves and isn’t afraid to speak his mind. i n addition, sec fans tend to show some incestual tendencies similar to the l annisters, chanting s-e-c at their home games and boasting of a labama’s championships like the whole conference won for some reason. so, who would notre dame be in this scenario? well, like the starks of w interfell, the i rish are coming off a stunningly brutal defeat at the end of last season after a shocking streak of unexpected victories. They’ve lost several key leaders, and while there are returning members of the team/family, many expect the slaughter at the end of last season to mark the end of their opportunity to return to glory. both the starks and notre dame have been called honorable to a fault, and while hope remains in feisty younglings a rya stark and Jaylon smith, only time will tell if they will ever be able to challenge the l annisters or sec again.

now for daenerys Targaryen, the mother of dragons. she’s separated from the rest of the main powers but enthralls viewers with her beauty, unique tactics and deadly fast dragons. i n much the same way, oregon has emerged as a new football power based on the strength of the team’s flashy looks, inspired offense and unfathomably fast stable of athletes like de’a nthony Thomas and Thomas Tyner. a nd just as daenerys barely missed a beat after losing Khal drogo, oregon seems to be doing just fine without c hip Kelly, racking up more than 700 yards and 66 points in coach mark helfrich’s first game.

e lsewhere in the pac-12, stanford is adjusting to its new role as a national championship contender. w ith its history as an academics-first institution, it must be careful not to be corrupted by the football religion that develops at other schools. a s stannis baratheon showed in Thrones, even the most honorable men will compromise their values when facing the allure of ultimate power.

i can’t wait to see another epic season of explosive battles, brutal blows and brilliant tactical maneuvering, both in college football and in game of Thrones.

Contact Casey Karnes at wkarnes@nd.edu

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

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sacramenTo, calif. — Two nba teams in northern california will be closely watching the final days of this year’s legislative session, when state lawmakers will consider measures that would aid construction of new arenas for the franchises.

one proposal would assist the golden state warriors in their plan to move the team from oakland to a possible waterfront arena in san Francisco, a move that has drawn the ire of east bay lawmakers upset at jobs moving away.

The other measure is a lastminute proposal from the state senate’s top democrat to make good on his promise to nba officials that the sacramento Kings will be able to build a new downtown arena with no unnecessary hassles involving california’s tough environmental laws.

in both cases, the plans would still require approval from several government agencies. w hile the warriors’ plan has faced mostly regional concerns, critics have blasted the Kings arena bill as the latest in a pattern of special legislation aimed at jump-starting a particular project.

senate president pro Tem darrell steinberg, d-sacramento, disputes that assessment, telling reporters that aspects of his legislation would apply to projects beyond an arena for the Kings.

The proposed arena, to be located at a site currently occupied by a mall, was part of the pitch that sacramento made to the nba in its effort to keep the team from moving to seattle. The team’s new owners want to open the facility in fall 2016.

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his amendment to sb743 would still require the project to go through a full environmental review process, but it would speed up consideration of lawsuits and allow for mediation instead of legal battles.

The effort comes as steinberg also aims to find consensus on broad changes to the state’s landmark environmental law, which some say has been abused to halt projects for nonenvironmental reasons.

steinberg said his proposal builds on changes from recent laws designed to speed construction of large projects, including a bill intended to aid a new stadium in los a ngeles for an nFl team.

critics say such bills amount to preferential treatment for well-connected developers and favored projects, allowing the work to bypass important rules such as the california environmental Quality act.

“we’re disappointed to see yet another ceQa streamlining bill for yet another sports arena popping up in the last days of the legislative session,” said bruce reznik, executive director of the planning and conservation league, in a statement. “w hile we appreciate the proposed bill doesn’t affect the actual environmental review undertaken, the streamlining provisions included in this bill combine to take away many of ceQa’s important enforcement mechanisms.”

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The legislation from assemblyman phil Ting, d-san Francisco, would authorize the state lands commission to give its approval that the project is consistent with public trust laws for development along the shoreline.

under the current plans, there would still be public access to the site, which would host events beyond basketball games and include open space around the facility.

w hen the measure cleared the assembly in may, Ting said the piers are in need of expensive repairs and the warriors’ proposal would bring a project worth almost $1 billion into the city. That investment would benefit the entire region, he said. some east bay cities and lawmakers have opposed the bill, which they say endorses shifting jobs from an economically distressed area to a region with a low unemployment rate. assemblywoman nancy skinner, d-berkeley, has said the legislation would give an advantage to san Francisco without any trade-offs or recognition that oakland and the surrounding areas would be impacted by the loss of the sports team.

Ting’s bill could come up for a senate vote as soon as Friday and could then return to the assembly for a final tally before it could reach the governor’s desk. steinberg’s proposal on the Kings arena will await consideration by both chambers next week during the legislature’s final session days.

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alameda, calif. — lamarr houston’s time in the shadows of the oakland raiders defensive line is over.

a fter spending his first three seasons as the young guy on a veteran line dominated by r ichard seymour and Tommy Kelly, houston is being counted on to lead oakland’s front.

he has moved from left defensive end to the right side, where he is being counted on as the primary pass rusher on a defense that has no proven player when it comes to getting to the quarterback.

he has also stepped into the leadership void on a defense that will have nine new starters from last season.

“Fortunately i was here with seymour and Tommy and they taught me a lot,” houston said. “i’ve been learning and i’m still learning. but being one of the older guys on the line, i just feel it’s my job to help the other guys to come along and get toward the vision we want as a team.”

The raiders overhauled their defense after it struggled a year ago in the first season under defensive-minded head coach dennis a llen and coordinator Jason Tarver. seymour, Kelly, rolando mcclain and michael

huff were all cut. philip w heeler, matt shaughnessy and desmond bryant were among those who left in free agency.

in total, the players who won’t be on the active roster for sunday’s opener against the indianapolis colts accounted for 79 percent of the defensive snaps a year ago.

“he’s running that show there up front,” Tarver said.

“we’re excited about what he’s doing. he’s the one that’s running that group and he does a good job with it.”

a s much as the raiders need leadership, they really need a pass rush from houston. The entire defensive roster accounted for just 16 sacks in the nFl last year and lacks a proven pass rusher.

houston rushed the passer from the left side more than 90 percent of the time last season, according to game-tracking by the website pro Football Focus.

“he’s demonstrated that he’s got the best ability as a rusher,” a llen said. “he’s a little bit more of a power rusher than he is a speed rusher. but i really think he’s a guy that can help getting some pressure on the quarterback.”

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passer with four sacks, 14 quarterback hits and 35 quarterback hurries. his production picked up as the season went along with 25 of his 53 pressures and three of his sacks coming in the final five games.

he will be counted on to be the team’s primary pass rusher to disrupt the opposing quarterback from the blind side.

“everybody takes pride in getting the quarterback down,” he said. “That’s one of a l davis’ most famous quotes. Take the quarterback down in the first couple of plays and take him down hard. a s a d-lineman i pride myself on trying to get to the quarterback.”

houston has been at his best early in his career as an edgesetting defensive end in the run game. he has just 10 career sacks and is more of a power rusher than a typical speed guy who beats tackles around the edge to get to the quarterback. a fter cutting veteran pass rusher a ndre carter to get down to the 53-man roster limit, the current raiders defense has no proven pass rusher.

The raiders need an upgrade from the pass rush after having a franchise-low 25 sacks a year ago if this defense is going to be able to slow down opposing offenses.

Irish open season at IU Fall Kickoff

By GREG HADLEY s ports w riter

Fresh off a spring season in which they won the b ig e ast title and placed 15th at ncaa regionals, the i rish open their fall season s unday in noblesville, i nd. at the iu Fall Kickoff.

a t the Kickoff, the i rish will face a field of entirely m idwestern teams that includes Xavier, l ouisville, c incinnati and host i ndiana.

notre d ame’s main competition, though, will be p urdue. The b oilermakers finished third last year at the ncaa championships and are currently ranked fifth by g olfstat.com and 13th in the nation by g olf world heading into the fall season. The team is led by junior a urora Kan, who placed 15th at the national championships last year and finished 16th at the 2013 usga women’s a mateur c hampionship.

l eading the i rish will be sophomore Talia c ampbell, who also played at the a mateur c hampionship.

a lthough c ampbell did not advance to match play, she did come just one stroke short of making the cut, and i rish coach s usan holt thinks the experience will serve her well going into the Kickoff.

“s he fought back well that last day and just missed the cut,” holt said. “b ut i think there are still a lot of positives she can take away.”

m aking their debut for the i rish are freshmen Jordan Ferreira and Janie Fineis. holt believes both will make an immediate impact.

“b oth girls have played a lot of golf,” holt said. “ we need five scorers every tournament, so i think both will be very important for us this year.”

Thirty-six holes are scheduled for this single day event, making for an intense day of golf that holt says will prepare her team well for the year ahead.

“it’s a long season,” holt said. “ we want to get off to a good start because we face some good fields in the future.”

The forecast for s unday calls for winds up to 10 miles per hour and temperatures in the mid-80s. w ithout any recent rain, the greens will be fast and unforgiving, holt said. still, it will be one of notre d ame’s few chances to play above the m ason-d ixon line before the fall weather sets in. holt, however, is not worried about her team’s preparation.

“That’s what we have [the rolfs Family a ll- s eason varsity g olf Facility] for,” holt said. “They enhanced the facilities in the offseason, and i think it will help us prepare better.”

o verall, holt sees the Kickoff as a launching point for the rest of a season that she hopes will end with another championship, this time in the acc “no matter what, our goal is always to build toward a championship,” holt said.

The i rish begin their fall season s unday at the p urgatory g olf c ourse in noblesville, i nd., at the iu Fall Kickoff.

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Irish to test lineup at Valpo

By ISAAC LORTON s ports w riter

The i rish will look to finalize their top running groups this weekend as the men’s and women’s squads travel to valparaiso, i nd., for the c rusader c lassic.

b ut many of notre d ame’s best athletes won’t make the trip to valpo.

“ we won’t be running our top guys this weekend,” i rish men’s coach Joe p iane said. “ we want to see what some of these other guys can do. ... we want to do this for the sake of experience. a lot of these kids haven’t run much cross country. it will be interesting because we aren’t running with the top squad, but i am completely confident that we will do very well. ” i rish women’s coach Tim c onnelly said he plans to approach the meet the same way.

“This weekend, you won’t see all of our top athletes,” c onnelly said. “a lot of our runners will not have very much collegiate experience. it will be freshmen and also sophomores who were on the cusp of our top group last year.”

b oth the men’s and women’s cross country teams are using this initial meet to evaluate untested freshmen and

sophomores looking to push into the top running groups. p iane said there are definitely a few runners he will be sure to watch. For some, it could be their opportunity to move up.

“a bsolutely, i am excited,”

p iane said. “i want to see senior p at l esiewicz, sophomore Kevin d urham, and freshmen s cott m illing and n ick l aureano run. i think m illing will become a great 10,000-meter runner for us.”

c onnelly said he has the same hopes for the women runners and noted the enormous progress many have already made.

“i feel confident that we have some very good kids who will be running this weekend,” he said. “i will be very surprised if they are not some of our top athletes come championship season. They are at a whole different level from a year ago. i’m excited to see them run.”

a nd the runners are just as excited as their coach.

“They have been working so hard all summer and they are really looking forward to running against someone who isn’t their teammate,”

c onnelly said.

notre d ame begins racing Friday at 6 p.m. at valparaiso university.

Contact Isaac Lorton at ilorton@nd.edu

belles ride momentum

By A.J. GODEAUX s ports w riter

c oming off a dominating performance monday against i llinois Tech, s aint m ary’s will attempt to carry that momentum into another nonconference tilt when it faces w ilmington on s aturday.

The Quakers (1-1-1), on the other hand, are trying to get back on the winning side of things after a 1-1 draw against w ittenberg.

i n addition to trying to build some momentum for the upcoming miaa season, b elles coach m ichael Joyce is using this match to better gauge possible line-ups for the rest of the year.

“ we’re still looking at players, positions and trying to build chemistry on the field,” Joyce said. “ we’ll use this weekend to finish sorting that out for the conference schedule.”

Joyce says he believes the game against w ilmington will be a solid tune-up for the conference season, pointing out that the b elles (1-1-0) and the Quakers share many similarities.

“ w ilmington is a solid team with a lot of experience,” Joyce said. “Their conference is very similar to the miaa it’s very deep with a lot of talented teams and a strong history of consistently doing well.”

i n their blowout 4-1 win against i llinois Tech, s aint

m ary’s outshot the s carlet h awks 30-2, looking like a completely different team than the one that was shut out,1-0, against b ethel to start the season.

“a s well as we’ve played offensively, we’d like to finish a higher percentage of our shots on goal,” Joyce said. “ we should be scoring more often with the number of chances we’ve been creating.”

o n the other hand, Joyce said the team needs to play under control, especially against a talented team like

w ilmington.

“The last couple of games we’ve played recklessly on the attacking side, which we can’t afford to do” Joyce said. “ we need to bring back proper balance, especially in the back. w ilmington will be very organized and aren’t going to give anything foolish away.”

The b elles return to action at s aturday at 2 p.m. at the c harlie g ilhart Field in w ilmington, o hio.

Contact A.J. Godeaux at agodeaux@nd.edu

Reds treat Little Leaguers to VIP experience

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union ciT y, ind. — The saying is “There’s no crying in baseball,” but you can bet there will be an exception to that rule saturday at great a merican ball park in cincinnati.

The cincinnati reds are playing host to the los a ngeles dodgers in a matchup of two of the national league’s top teams, although for one local group in the stands, the game means much more than postseason implications.

more than seven weeks after 8-year-old union city boy dylan williams’ tragic death after he was hit in the neck by a baseball during an all-star team practice, williams’ family and his teammates are being treated to a vip getaway day to saturday afternoon’s reds-dodgers game.

The event was the brainchild of dodgers second baseman mark ellis and his wife, sarah, who felt compelled to do something after

“she read the article in usa Today, and we have a young daughter, her name is dylan, so that’s how it piqued her interest,” ellis told The star press in a phone interview this week. “she wanted to help, to reach out to the family or to the community and just see if there was anything we could do.”

The ellises then got in touch with union city mayor bryan conklin to see how they could help.

“w hen i got the call from sarah, they wanted to do something, so i went on the website and saw they played the reds on (saturday) and i said, ‘you guys just need to get together,’” conklin told The star press (http://tspne.ws/17gpbv X ).

conklin was able to use his connections within the reds organization — namely steve cobb, president and ceo of the henny penny corp. and a

member of the team’s ownership group — to set the wheels in motion for saturday’s events.

“i used to work down in henny penny in eaton, ohio,” conklin said. “i just put a bug in (cobb’s) ear. i said, ‘you know, here’s what you can do to help facilitate both teams to do something.’ “

The plans for saturday’s game plays out like a baseball fan’s dream trip for those from union city, a small community with a population of about 3,500.

erick williams, dylan’s father, told The star press the large group is meeting in union city saturday morning and is boarding a charter bus, where it will make the two-hour trek southeast to the Queen city. a mong those in attendance will be dylan’s parents, erick and georgiana, dylan’s brother and sister and both sets of his grandparents.

a lso making the trip will be dylan’s little league teammates and coaches and their families.

ellis said the group will get the opportunity to go onto the field before the game and mingle with the players.

The little league team is also receiving its own helmets, courtesy of ellis and rawlings.

“it’s about getting these kids out there and these families and

honestly just letting them have a good time,” ellis said Tuesday from coors Field in denver, where the dodgers were preparing to play the colorado rockies. “let them enjoy a ball game, hop on a bus and just enjoy being around each other and just have a good day together.”

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Irish kick off season at Gopher Invitational

By A.J. GODEAUX sports writer

notre dame will step up to the tee for the first time this season when it travels to i ndependence, m inn., for the g opher i nvitational, a twoday tournament hosted by the university of m innesota.

The tournament, now in its ninth year, features an impressive field, including no. 1 c al, which returns to defend the 2012 title. The b ears led wireto-wire, ultimately defeating smu by 14 strokes. The big Ten is well represented, with m ichigan state, penn state and m innesota in the 12-team field. The i rish return for the first time in two years after not participating in the tournament last year.

i rish coach Jim Kubinski said the team is not focused on the strong competition but instead on simply getting the season started on the right foot.

“ we play a sport where we can’t control our competition,” Kubinski said. “i nstead,

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we want to come out and set a positive tone for the season,”

Kubinski said. “To do that, we need to exhibit all the mental characteristics to be successful, by staying positive regardless of result, and keep moving forward throughout the round.”

Kubinski said he also wants his team to play without stress, adding that they need to “commit to shots and don’t place too much emphasis on their consequences.”

This year’s team looks very different than the one that competed at the 2011 i nvitational, with three freshmen — blake barens, l iam c ox and matthew rushton — in the starting five, something Kubinski couldn’t recall happening in his nine previous years at the helm. nevertheless, Kubinski seems confident in the youngsters’ ability, while also raving about the other two golfers in the starting five.

“( s enior) niall [ platt] has looked great and posted a 65 yesterday,” Kubinski said.

“( s ophomore) c ory s ciupider has as high a ceiling as any player i’ve coached.

“it’s a great group of guys

this year. we’re really excited to get started.”

The two-day tournament starts sunday at w indsong

belles open two-match weekend at home

By SAMANTHA ZUBA

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The b elles will play in their first home match of the fall Friday against conference rival a lbion as part of a twomatch weekend that will also take them to a lma, m ich., to face a lma on s aturday.

s aint m ary’s (1-4, 0-1 miaa ) fell 3-2 to Kalamazoo on Tuesday in its conference opener, but this weekend’s matches offer the b elles two opportunities to earn their first conference win of the season.

Freshman setter c lare mc m illan spurred s aint m ary’s offense with 53 set assists in the match versus the hornets (5-0, 1-0 miaa ). b elles coach Toni e lyea praised mc m illan’s rapid development and her ability to collaborate with hitters, especially junior middle hitter melanie Kuczek. Kuczek recorded a .414 attacking percentage Tuesday against Kalamazoo.

“b eing a first year setter, c lare [ mc m illan] has already shown consistency running our offense,” e lyea said. “s he has been able to produce great numbers, especially with melanie [Kuczek] in the middle and both of our outsides.”

The b elles have an attack percentage of .118 on the season and posted .178 against

Kalamazoo, their highest single-match percentage to date. e lyea said s aint m ary’s will continue to develop as an offensive unit in its matches this weekend.

“ we will be looking to make some offensive improvements moving into our weekend matches, as well as continue to play at a very high level,” e lyea said.

l ast year, a lbion (1-4, 0-1 miaa ) posted a 2-24 record under first-year coach

Kristen s lamer-de st. a ubin.

s ophomore outside hitter

h alle Thom and senior middle hitter Jalyn i ngalls anchor the britons as offensive threats, e lyea said.

“Kristen [ s lamer-de st. a ubin] is a good coach that knows the game well,” e lyea said. “They have some tall, physical kids that have a lot of experience playing together. h alle and Jalyn are good players that they will be relying on.”

Thom leads a lbion with 2.28 kills per set and 41 total kills so far this year, and i ngalls has pounded 1.89 kills per set for a total of 34 kills. a s a team, a lbion has achieved a .139 attacking percentage.

most recently, a lbion lost 3-0 to no. 2 c alvin. i ngalls and freshman outside hitter

l auren o utwater sparked the britons with three kills each

against the nationally-ranked Knights (5-0, 1-0 miaa ). a fter squaring off against a lbion, the b elles travel to a lma (3-2, 0-1 miaa ) for a second conference challenge.

s cots coach s arah d ehring has guided a lma to a 35-22 record since taking over as head coach in 2011. d ehring propelled the s cots to a 20-12 record in the miaa during that time.

s enior middle hitter l ea Klooster provides a significant portion of the s cots’ offense. Klooster has 53 kills through five matches and an average of 2.65 kills per set.

e lyea said d ehring’s coaching and Klooster’s hitting drive a lma’s success.

“a lma is coached very well,” e lyea said. “ we expect them to be aggressive and strong at the net. l ea has really come out strong for the s cots, so we know they will be relying on her for a lot of their offense.”

a lma last played against no. 5 hope and lost 3-0. b ut the s cots narrowly lost the second game of the match 25-23. Klooster smashed eight kills and snagged nine digs as a lma closely contended against the ranked Flying d utch (5-0, 1-0 miaa ).

e lyea said she expects a lma to maintain its competitive reputation.

“it has always been a battle

with a lma during my time here at s aint m ary’s,” e lyea said. “ we expect more of the same.”

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adjustments or change in game plan. w hen traveling, you just have to take those parts into consideration. Traveling isn’t easy, but we just have to get our guys comfortable with it.

“ w inning on the road is about adaptability and perception. i f you go in thinking you are at a disadvantage, you will be.”

b oth with dominating defenses, the i rish and n orth c arolina will look to capitalize.

“ s occer is a funny game in general,” s omoano said. “Taking advantage of our

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i t also worked to rebuild chemistry between that group and the rest of the players on the pitch.

“ i think everything revolves still around our midfield, and i thought we just didn’t have enough of a connection in there s unday with those three … [who] have to be very good in pulling the other players into the game,” he said. “ s o we really spent a lot of time with that [ w ednesday] and we’ll spend some time on it this week.”

The midfield will need to be strong against the Titans (1-2-1), who come to a lumni s tadium backed by the play of goalkeeper m artha d unbar. a fter a strong, eight-save performance against s an Francisco this weekend, the sophomore was named h orizon l eague w omen’s s occer d efensive p layer of the w eek.

The match against d etroit represents the final chance for n otre d ame to face a nonconference opponent this

opportunities and that first goal is critical. i f [we] get an opportunity, [we] take advantage of it and go up 1-0. b ut what will help us win the game is the preparation.”

c lark said the i rish hope to play their game.

“[The Tar heels] are a good team,” c lark said. “Their players are well coached. They play like ourselves. we are not going to shock them. it will be a tough match. we are very well aware of what we need to do.”

The i rish look to topple top-ranked north c arolina on s unday at noon at a lumni s tadium.

Contact Isaac Lorton at ilorton@nd.edu

season, as the conference season begins against n orth c arolina s tate on s ept. 12 in r aleigh, n c w aldrum said taking the match against the Titans will be crucial for his team’s confidence heading into a tough acc schedule and for its chances of making it to postseason play.

“[The match is] really important for a couple reasons,” he said. “ o ne is continuing to keep the kids confident. a nytime you play a good team [like ucla ], there’s a risk of losing the game, so it’s important to get another win to keep the confidence that we’ve built in these first four games already. a nd the other part is the rpi you need to keep winning the games you’re supposed to win and then win some of those big games you have in front of you.”

b efore the i rish set their sights on those big game opponents, they must focus on their latest challenge against d etroit, which begins s unday at 7 p.m. at a lumni s tadium.

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i rish will have an outside hitter they can rely on.

a long with the lineup changes, the i rish hope to improve many aspects of play during their home tournament.

“ we are just looking to

change things on our side of the net, like reducing unforced errors,” brown said.

“a nd then we will be in good shape.”

b ut most of all, the i rish are looking forward to their first game on home court.

“it is great to play at home. we are very, very excited to be at home,” brown said.

“ we know we are going to

have a good crowd and i think it is going to make a big difference.”

The i rish will kick off the tournament Friday at 7 p.m. in p urcell p avilion. Their match s aturday starts at 6 p.m., and sunday’s match begins at 2 p.m.

Contact Meri Kelly at mkelly29@nd.edu

CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: rose mcgowan, 40; dweezil Zappa, 44; michael Keaton, 62; raquel welch, 73.

Happy Birthday: let your passion drive you. don’t hold back when you should be lining up all the people and things you need in place in order to reach your destination. goals can be set and victory can be expected. Keep impulses in order and overspending in check, and everything else will fall into place as you climb the ladder to success. your numbers are 2, 13, 23, 29, 31, 36, 43.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): put pressure on anyone standing between you and your professional goals. send out your resume, discuss job prospects with your current boss or consider effective ways to earn more cash. a change brought on by your own actions will be successful.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): use your expertise to teach others how you want things done. delegating work will free up time, allowing you to focus on what’s most important to you. your confidence will ensure that your peers look up to you.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): easy come, easy go. be cautious handling cash and possessions. not everyone you deal with will be honest, and being left shortchanged will leave you in an awkward position. Take care of yourself emotionally and physically.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): share your thoughts and plans, and the response you get will help you make a decision regarding your home, family and what you want to devote your time to. a joint venture will make a difference to your personal finances.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): your changing attitude and desire for something new will lead to mixed emotions when dealing with friends and family. consistency will be required if you want to appease someone who depends on you. avoid secret dealings that can lead to a costly mistake.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): serious talks can spare an emotional mishap within a relationship. ask questions and work together to find common ground. plan to do things that will please both you and those you deal with. compromise and keep the peace.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): don’t let the changes going on around you influence the way you react. Keep a low profile and you’ll avoid being dragged into a no-win situation. get your work done, your responsibilities taken care of and be on your way.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21):size up your situation at work and at home, and explore the possibility of making moves that will increase your income and your ability to use your skills and the things you enjoy doing most. don’t get discouraged; get moving.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): you can make personal life changes, but you must keep your costs down and your wish list short and concise. Friends and family will judge your indiscretions harshly. don’t overspend on your lover -- you cannot buy love.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): physical health will suffer if you overindulge or take on too much. don’t miss out on an opportunity because you are not up to taking on the extra work involved. Farm out menial jobs and focus on what’s important to you.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): put more effort into the relationships you share with others. whether it’s personal or professional, the way you handle others will be a major factor in where you end up living and working. an unexpected change will take you by surprise.

PISCES (Feb. 19- March 20): relationships will play an important part in the decisions you make. listen to what’s being said and counteroffer with what you want. your ability to express your desires passionately will convince others to give you want you want.

Birthday Baby: you are intense, detailed and practical. you are intelligent and goaloriented. hOROSCOPE

Top notch teams clash

No. 1 Tar Heels visit Alumni Stadium to take on No. 4 Irish in touted matchup

By ISAAC LORTON sports writer

Two early-season powerhouses will descend upon a lumni s tadium on s unday, as the n o. 4 i rish host n o. 1 n orth c arolina.

The matchup against the Tar heels (2-0-0) will mark the first conference game for n otre d ame (1-0-1) in the acc , and both teams are taking similar approaches to an unfamiliar conference opponent.

Tar heels coach c arlos s omoano said his team will not prepare for notre d ame in any specific way since it’s so early in the season.

“ we have never played n otre d ame,” s omoano said. “[ n otre d ame] has been a great soccer program for years and it will just be another challenge that we face every day. it will be like playing any other competitive team. e arly in the season, most teams are probably focusing on themselves. we have some video of [ n otre d ame] and [ n otre d ame] of us, so we will take a look at that. b ut right now, we

have to define ourselves.”

i n a similar manner, i rish coach b obby c lark said the i rish already have too much on their minds.

“ we don’t spend a lot of time worrying about the opposition,” c lark said. “ we look at ourselves, what we did in our last games and what we will do. we sort ourselves out and get ourselves in the right state of mind. we don’t have to worry about them.”

a lthough it was an exhibition game, the Tar h eels earned a 1-0 win over defending champion i ndiana on a ug. 24. s omoano said n orth c arolina will not allow the early hype to get in the way of its play.

“ n o, we don’t feel anything about the rankings,” he said. “ it’s one week into the season. we won’t know if we are n o. 1 until later. it can only be proven over time.”

e ven though it is early in the season, c lark said every game against a n o.1 opponent adds something for the players.

“ e arly season rankings don’t mean too much, but you don’t get to n o. 1 without

convincing people,” c lark said. “The players will look forward to it, it adds a little spice. i n the overall big picture, i don’t think it means much, but to start in the acc

this way, it adds a little spice.”

The Tar heels will need to be in the right mindset on the road in order to come away from n otre d ame with a victory, s omoano said.

“ we don’t approach anything differently when we are away,” s omoano said. “There are no psychological

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Squad looks to rebound i rish host g olden dome invitational

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a fter falling 1-0 to n o. 3 ucla in their first loss of the season, the n o. 8 i rish will return to action s unday to face off in a night contest against d etroit.

The week of practices between the two s unday matches allowed the team to fine-tune fundamentals that were not as sharp as they need to be, i rish coach r andy w aldrum said. h e also said the upcoming one-game weekend came at just the right moment, as n otre d ame (3-1-0) looks to regroup from its loss.

“ you’ve got an extra day of training, you know, not having two games in the weekend,” w aldrum said.

“ s o the extra days will help — certainly came at a good time.”

The i rish struggled offensively against the b ruins on s unday, recording only

one shot in the entire 90 minutes. w aldrum said in response to those shortcomings his squad worked on rebuilding the chemistry between the midfielders,

By MEREDITH KELLY s ports w riter

a fter a weekend away, the i rish will host their first home tournament, the g olden d ome i nvitational, this weekend at p urcell p avilion.

notre d ame (1-2) will start off Friday against b owling g reen, then continue s aturday against no. 22 p urdue and finish the weekend with a s unday matinee against d abrowa, a team from poland.

The i rish are coming off a hard weekend, losing two games and winning one, yet i rish head coach d ebbie brown says she believes the i rish can reverse their luck.

brown said the team made too many un-forced errors last weekend but has gotten into a better rhythm during practices this week.

“o bviously, you learn a lot after the first week you play,”

brown said. “ we saw several errors we could improve on — our blocking, our defense — and we have been able to address a lot of the little things that we hope will go a long way for us.”

brown said the i rish also worked on alternative lineups during practice this week because s ammie brown, a senior defensive specialist, is injured.

“ we are just trying to get into a better rhythm with s ammie being out,” brown said.

The i rish will continue to change the lineup throughout the weekend in order to play to their full potential, brown said.

brown said she does not intend to replace s ammie brown with one particular player, but rather, with a couple players. regardless, brown said the