Print Edition of The Observer for Friday, September 9, 2016

Band gears up for home game

Marching band members reflect on traditions that foster community

By COURTNEY BECKER

News writer

Ahead of his first Midnight Drummer Circle, sophomore p a trick Falvey didn’t know how many people would come. t h e numbers at the Friday night band tradition amazed him.

“ i walk up to the Dome and see this enormous crowd of a few thousand people all there for us to start game day,” Falvey, a quad drummer on the Notre Dame Marching Band, said. “[ to ] kick it off was a really thrilling experience.”

t h e main event of a Notre Dame home football game weekend is, of course, the game. But visitors to campus also prioritize attending the Midnight Drummer Circle or one of the Band of the Fighting i r ish’s other traditional pre-game performances, such as tr umpets in the Dome and the Concert on the s t eps of Bond Hall.

Junior clarinet

Kim Forbes plays the piccolo at Darrel K. Royal—Texas Memorial

season opener to the Longhorns 47-50 on Sunday.

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students will have a second chance Friday to apply for tickets to see U.s supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg speak during her first-ever visit to Notre Dame.

the main event, “A Conversation with U.s supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg,” will be held in purcell pavilion on Monday from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., and is free

Assaults reported in crime log

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A rape was reported wednesday to a University administrator, according to the Notre Dame security police crime log for thursday.

the alleged rape occurred Aug. 28 in Keough Hall, according to the entry.

students did not receive an email crime alert from NDsp alerting them that the report had been filed.

Additionally, the crime log reported an update to an alleged rape that occurred Aug. 5. the rape was reported to the st. Joseph’s County police, and the location of the alleged rape occurred in the Fisher Graduate Apartments, according to the update.

information about sexual assault prevention and resources for survivors of sexual assault are available online from NDsp and from the Committee for sexual Assault prevention (CsAp)

Campus remembers lives lost in 9/11

By DREW LISCHKE News writer

starting at 8:46 a.m. sunday — the time the world trade Center’s north tower was struck — the Basilica bells will begin ringing; they will continue to ring until 9:03 a.m., the time that the second tower was hit.

sunday marks the 15-year anniversary of 9/11 — 15 years since the biggest attack on American soil since pearl Harbor.

there will be several opportunities sunday for Notre Dame students and community members to remember those who lost their lives in the terrorist attacks.

University president emeritus Fr. edward Malloy, who was in office when the attacks occurred,

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Lewis hosts LHOP, fundraises for food bank

By LUCY JACKOBOICE News writer

More than 800 people have R s V p d on Facebook for the l e wis House of p a ncakes ( l H o p ) , l e wis Hall’s signature fundraising event.

From 9:30 p.m. to 1 a.m. all four floors of l e wis Hall — plus the basement — will offer a variety of breakfasts foods, including bacon, cinnamon rolls, pancakes, eggs and juice.

“ we d on’t really have to do a lot of encouraging, everyone just wants to be a part of l H o p,” l e wis Hall president, junior l zett p i nk said. “ yo u can’t really hide from l H o p b ecause it happens right there on every single floor.”

Annie Hynes and s a rah Hynds are coordinating the event.

“[Hynes and Hynds] have done so much of the planning,” p nk said. “ it ’s been awesome.”

Hynes said residents of l e wis get involved in the event in a variety of ways.

“ we s end out one spreadsheet and it has shifts for everything throughout the week,” Hynes said. “ t h ere’s a lot of involvement throughout the whole process that people can do.”

For five dollars, students receive entry and a plate for unlimited access to the food. p r oceeds from ticket sales are donated to the Food Bank of Northern i n diana, a charity that l e wis Hall hopes to expand their relationship with over the course of the year.

“Now we’re trying to go and volunteer there and learn more about them,” p i nk said. s gnature events co-commissioners sophomores

s h e said some residents promote the event by wearing the chicken suit — the hall’s mascot — and chalking the sidewalks. o t hers sell tickets, set up for the event or cook the food.

p nk hopes to see an attendance of 1,500 or more this year — 300 more than last year’s event — and to bring in a larger profit for the Food Bank of Northern i n diana.

“ t h is year we got enough funding from [the s t udent Activities o f fice] to cover the entire cost of l H o p,” she said.

Hynds said the event not only raises money for a local charity, but also fosters a sense of community within the dorm.

“ it b rings a lot of spirit within our own dorm and really gets people together,”

Hynds said.

p i nk said the event also builds a sense of community outside of the dorm.

“My favorite part — other than the food — is that we kind of open up l e wis so that all of campus can come,” she said. “ i think it’s a really good community builder. Just bringing everyone together and bonding over food is great.” s t udents can purchase tickets at the door or at North and s o uth Dining Halls from

5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Friday.

“ it r eally brings l e wis together as well as i feel like people from across campus,” p i nk said. “ w h y shouldn’t you come to l H o p ? it ’s going to be so fun.”

Lucy Jackoboice at ljackobo@nd.edu

SMC expands summer study abroad programs

By JORDAN COCKRUM News writer

s a int Mary’s debuted two new summer study abroad programs this summer: the l ondon le B p rogram and an archeology program in tr im, i reland.

Both programs are open to students from all majors. t he l ondon l e B p rogram is a fourweek program. Archeology in i reland is a six-week program, but two- and four-week long options are also available, according to the Center for women’s i ntercultural l e adership (C w il).

“i have always wanted to study abroad, but by virtue of being a transfer student and someone who is double majoring, i could never do a semester program,” senior Adrienne w h isman said. “s o i looked for summer programs.”

Junior Kiersten l ieurance said students participate in the l ondon l e B p rogram through Maryville University in st l ouis. t h is past summer, two s a int Mary’s students were participants: l ieurance and senior Allison Burns.

“it w as so culture-driven,”

l ieurance said. “ we went to the businesses for class — it wasn’t classroom-based, it was more learning and cultural experience.”

t he program consists of one class and one practicum.

l ieurance took a globalization course, coupled with a practicum at the Victoria and Albert Museum.

“[ t he] part that i liked best about my classes was the opportunity i got to go and visit all of these prominent businesses in l ondon,” Burns said. “ we went to City Hall, the Houses of pa rliament, Canary w h arf, Fuller’s Brewery and many others,

and [we] discussed topics of globalization with prominent business leaders.”

pa rticipating in a practicum allows the students to take things they learned in their classes and take it into the real world. As part of their practicum, Burns and l ieurance studied an exhibit at the museum and, using what they gathered, created a marketing plan.

“t he l ondon le B p rogram helped me within my major by being able to actually go and see some of the places [and] things i’ve learned about in class,” Burns said.

“Any program or experience that exposes me to the history, religion, art, literature and philosophy i’ve only previously read about in a book is amazing.”

t he opportunity to work in the museum added to the cultural experience the students received from living in l ondon, l ieurance said.

“it w as a completely different culture, but everyone we worked with was very welcoming,” she said. “i think it was more a learning experience, getting to understand the difference between their culture and our culture and how that affects the worldly businesses.”

t he archeology program also presents an opportunity for students to gather “real world” experience.

st udents stay in tr im and excavate the remains of a 13th century Dominican friary, according to C w il

“t he tr im program is unique,” w h isman said. “it allows students to integrate into i r ish culture through a homestay family as well as loads of free time to explore not only tr im, i reland, but also the rest of i reland and the U.K.”

Kiersten Lieurance and Allison Burns pose in front of the London Eye. The two participated in the four-week London LEB Program, which consists of one class and one practicum. participated in this program.

st udy abroad programs at s a int Mary’s are coordinated by C w il . K aren Chambers, faculty coordinator of the i reland program, said C w il t ries to listen to the requests of students as to which programs they would like to partake in.

“o n occasion, we have had students request some type of active archaeology experience which we previously had not been able to offer in our portfolio,” she said. “ we have a long relationship with Maynooth University — next fall is our 40th year partnering with Maynooth — so we have a long and sustained interest from our students in i reland, so this program combined the two interests.”

t h is responsiveness led to the establishment of the archeology program. w h isman and senior Caylin McCallick are two of the students that

“i decided to go because i love history and the thought of being a part of discovering even a small part of history was extremely intriguing,” McCallick said. “i wanted to go to a place where i wouldn’t get in trouble for touching historical artifacts.”

st udents work with the i r ish Archaeology Field s chool and with professors that work on site with them, Chambers said. it a lso fulfills several requirements for students.

t he program facilitates a homestay for students and requires them to walk to and from the work site. t he homestay provides a cultural experience for students that cannot come from simply visiting i reland as a tourist, Chambers said.

“i reland is a rich culture, but those who visit as a tourist miss much of the culture that makes it different than U. s. c ulture,”

she said. “o u r tr im program is highlighted by a homestay experience in which students are invited into the home life of a family in the town. Understanding cultural differences is inherent in the liberal arts education — seeing that ideas can be viewed differently and learning to appreciate that difference.”

w h isman experienced this exploration of culture during her time in tr im.

“t he fact that the dig excavated a medieval friary made me nerd out so hard,” she said. “t he dig and the program helped me see history as it was and how it is still with us today. i walked to the dig site every day passing ruins and castles. America doesn’t have the luxury of seeing the remains of history from 800 years ago, or even 5,000 years ago.”

Contact Jordan Cockrum at jcockrum01@saintmarys.edu

ND receives $128 million in research funds

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Notre Dame received $128 million in research funding for fiscal year 2016, the second highest in school history, according to a University press release. t h is year was topped by only the 2015 fiscal year, in which the University received $133 million in research funds.

“ t he research, scholarship and creativity of Notre Dame faculty continues to make a difference in multiple ways across our country and around the world,” University

p r esident Fr. John Jenkins said in the release. “ t he growth in external funding is a tangible testimony to the importance of their work.”

According to the release, funded research projects cover a variety of disciplines, including energy, economics and everything in between.

For example, Alan s e aubaugh, chair professor in the college of engineering, and his research team won a $5.8 million award to support the Center for l ow e n gergy s y stems ( l e A s t ) , a Notre Dame-led initiative working

to devise new concept for energy-efficient devices to reduce power in electronic systems.

For his research on advancing the empirical study of global religion in mainstream academia, sociology professor Christian sm ith received a $4.9 million award from the templeton Religion tr ust. And faculty from the College of s c ience and College of e n gineering — led by Frank Collins and s c ott e m rich — received a $2.8 million grant from the National i n stitutes of Health to support Vectorbase,

a bioinformatics database that provides web-based resources to the scientific community on invertebrate vectors of human pathogens.

t he University supports research in more than 20 facilities and in each of Notre Dame’s colleges, according to Notre Dame Research’s website.

t h is year, 57 percent of awards came from federal funding, with 16 percent from foundations and 15 percent from industry sponsors, according to the release. l o cal and state governments,

Dungeon Tacos opens doors in men’s hall

By RACHEL O’GRADY

Associate News ed itor

t h e moment sophomore

Cam Kormylo heard there would be a space for food sales in Dunne Hall, he knew he had to transfer into the new dorm and open his own snack shop.

“ i went to those initial meetings for the new dorms, just to check it out, see what was up and they said they were going to have a space food sales,” Kormylo said. “Honestly, within a second, i k new i had to do it. t h at’s really the main reason i moved into Dunne Hall.”

Kormylo has worked on creating a location with “different kind of food sales” in the new dorm since last December. t h e final result: a taco stand.

“ i was working on all my recipes over the last year and really trying to perfect them this summer,” he said.

Admittedly, Kormylo said he did not know he wanted to do tacos right away, but after getting some feedback from friends and family, he thought a taco shop would be the perfect addition to Notre Dame dining options.

“ i kind of went back and forth with quite a few ideas, but i really kept on coming back to tacos,” he said. “ o n ce we settled on it, i

m ean, we just started cooking immediately. i t w as a lot of work.”

Kormylo said he started gravitating towards tacos after working with a to p Chef champion, s t ephanie i z ard.

“Her general manager owns a taco bar and it really felt like a good move,” Kormylo said. “ i t w as working with a lot of things i was comfortable with — what i k new — and you know, everyone likes tacos so that worked out really well.”

Despite the generally positive reception of the taco idea, Kormylo said he wanted to make sure he covered his bases and had something for everyone.

“ we h ave gluten-free tacos, vegetarian tacos, vegan tacos,” he said. “ we really are aware of allergens and the like. it ’s important to us that people like and eat our food.”

Kormylo worked with fellow sophomore Ryan Green to open up the shop, Dungeon ta cos, in the basement of Dunne Hall.

“ w e j ust did a test run last week, just to see how it would go,” Green said. “Honestly, it went great and the tacos were turning out fantastic.”

Dungeon ta cos officially opened its doors t h ursday evening — within 20 minutes, the duo had sold 73

tacos.

“ w e ’re super busy already,” Green said shortly after opening. “ i t ’s been a great response, i ’m really excited that we’re doing this.”

Kormylo took a break from flipping tortillas on the grill to look around the kitchen, and said he was pleased with how things are going.

“ i mean, they’re really

going well,” he said. “ we h ad a line that was all the way from the stairs to the chapel in Dunne, which is really great.”

Green said it was far more people than he thought would show up.

“ we h ad about 65, i mean, at least 65 people in line,” he said. “ t h at was insane.”

t h e steak tacos and potato tacos have been the most popular, Green said.

foreign entities and nonprofit organizations also sponsored various research projects.

“ t h is was another strong year for Notre Dame Research and it reflects the talents of our faculty and students,” Robert Bernhard, vice president for research, said in the release. “Due to their hard work and great achievements, we are celebrating another successful year for research funding and finished strong with the highest month of funding — nearly $23 million in June — in the University’s history.”

t h e shop sold out of tacos at about 10:15 p.m. t h ursday night, after selling about 250 tacos, according to Kormylo.

“ we a ctually bought food for the whole weekend,” Kormylo said. “ ye ah, so it was a good night.”

“ we s tarted with more of both those, but they’re just flying off the grill,” he said. “ i t ’s great that we’ve been getting the response we’ve been getting.” Additionally, Green said people have been going for their meal deal.

“ e s sentially it’s just any two tacos and a drink for five bucks,” he said. “ i t ’s a great deal.”

Contact Rachel O’Grady at rogrady@nd.edu

Professor researches biological impact of bats

By GINA TWARDOSZ News writer

After recent heavy rains, s o uth Bend’s mosquito population has grown, and with it the risk of insect-borne diseases.

Assistant professor of biology at s a int Mary’s l a ura Kloepper, along with her team of students, seniors Cassi Mardis and s t ephanie Dreessen, thinks she found a way to keep the mosquitoes in check: turning to the bats for help.

Bats eat insects, Kloepper said, and although they prefer moths and beetles due to a higher fat content, they’ll also eat mosquitoes.

“ i t ’s kind of like, if you’re at a big salad bar and there’s not a lot of meat, you’re going to eat a lot of the salad,” she said. “ s o they will eat mosquitoes and, with all the flooding we have been having, if we had a thriving bat

population, they would definitely be helping to eat some of the mosquitoes we have around.”

Kloepper said she believes bats can provide a solution to the mosquito problem and that bat houses can bring bats to residential homes and yards.

“ w e can encourage bats to live among us,” she said, “ p e ople can put up bat houses, that’s one thing they can do. i t ’s hard sometimes to get bats to take up residences in bat houses.

i t ’s not necessarily an ‘if you build it they will come,’ it’s more of ‘if they’re already in your building, [they will come].’”

Dreessen, who has a bat box in her home, said her experience with having a bat box has been generally positive.

“My dad, over the summer, decided to put a bat box in,” she said. “ i t d oes take time

for bats to realize the housing is available, but they will find it once they know where it is.”

t h ere are various designs and styles of bat houses on the market.

“ i t ’s like a box,” Dreessen said, “ w i thin the box, there are little sections, almost like a maze, and they’re really small, because bats are only so big and bats really like warm environments, so they’ll just cluster in there right next to each other.”

Mardis said bats can eat up to 1,000 mosquitoes in a single hour but are still regarded as pests.

“Many people think bats are a scary thing, but they are extremely beneficial to the environment and actually not so scary,” she said.

Additionally, Kloepper said the concern that bats carry deadly diseases such as rabies isn’t true.

“Most people are scared

of bats because they hear bats have rabies, and a lot of mammals carry rabies,” she said. “ t h e statistic is that only 1 percent of all bats that have been brought in for testing have been tested positive for rabies.

“ t h e thing to understand is if a bat has rabies, it is already going to exhibit abnormal behavior that will make it be more likely to be brought in for testing. s o i t’s thought that that 1 percent is highly inflated. yo u’re more likely to get rabies from a wild raccoon in your yard than you are a bat.”

Recently, a fungus carried over from e u rope has been reducing the population of bats found in the United s t ates, specifically those in the northeast, and now, the Midwest.

“ i t ’s called w h ite-nose syndrome, and it’s a fungus that has just been wiping out bat populations,”

Kloepper said. “ i t i s thought that the fungus was brought over to the United s t ates by humans.

“ i t a ffects bats that hibernate, and we are in a cold climate. t h e bat species we have around here that would normally be flying around are hibernating bats, and these are species that are incredibly vulnerable to w h ite-nose syndrome.”

Kloepper and her team said utilizing bats can help to not only save the bats but also to decrease s o uth Bend’s pesky, and now dangerous, mosquito problem.

“ w h en they tried to spray insecticide to kill off the mosquitoes, they in turn killed off the bees,” Dreessen said, “And [bats] are a different approach to that, but one that is more ecological and safe.”

Contact Gina Twardosz at gtwardosz01@saintmarys.edu

sMC names new director of Center for spirituality

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t he Division for Mission at sa int Mary’s recently welcomed Arlene Montevecchio as the new director of the Center for spirituality.

According to a College press release, Montevecchio earned a bachelor’s degree in religious studies from st Norbert College, a master’s degree in theological studies from Harvard Divinity school and is currently pursuing her ph.D. in systemic theology from Duquesne University.

Montevecchio, who took over in the role July 18, served as the director of Center for social Concerns and as an adjunct faculty member at Gannon University in e r ie, pennsylvania.

“My hope is to raise the profile of the Center locally and nationally to honor the vision of the s sters of the Holy Cross in faithfully responding to the signs of the times in our Church and world,” Montevecchio said

in the release. “we w ill continue to offer high-quality programming, bringing relevant topics in religion and spirituality to the campus and wider community in order to better reflect on the relationship between faith and reason and the individual and social dimensions of spirituality, including attention to poor and marginalized voices.”

Judy Fean, vice president for mission, said in the release that Montevecchio has already done meaningful work for the College.

“Montevecchio’s leadership and expertise will be instrumental in continuing the good work of the Center for spirituality,” Fean said in the release. “she has already scheduled known speakers for the fall and spring lecture series that will engage the local and broader community in relevant topics that impact our world today and call us to a deeper understanding of the social dimensions of spirituality.”

Ginsburg

but ticketed.

Due to a high number of sales after the event was initially announced Aug. 30, ticket reservations were temporarily suspended. students received an email Friday morning stating that additional tickets will be available to members of the student body Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on a first-come, first-serve basis. on the day of the event, doors open at 4:30 p.m. Monday, and students are encouraged to arrive

9/11

will lead a prayer service on south Quad at 9:15 a.m. near the flag pole. the service will include the presentation of colors by the Notre Dame RotC Color Guard and the playing of the national anthem by members of the Notre Dame Marching Band, followed by a procession to the Grotto.

Faculty members at Notre Dame have also organized a panel discussion titled “Fifteen years after the 9/11 terrorist Attacks: Reassessing the threat of international terrorism and the Domestic and Global Response,” scheduled for sept. 22. political science professor

BOARDROOM INSIGHTS

Hear about current issues and career paths from leaders of some of the world’s largest and most innovative companies during these interactive talks.

SCHEDULE:

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016: JACK BRENNAN, Lead Director, General Electric and Chairman, Board of Trustees, University of Notre Dame

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016: MIKE MCGAVICK, Chief Executive Officer, XL Group, PLC

OCTOBER 14, 2016: HAMID MOGHADAM, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Prologis

OCTOBER 28, 2016: WILLIAM C. COBB, President and Chief Executive Officer, H&R Block, Inc.

NOVEMBER 4, 2016: VICTOR DODIG, President and Chief Executive Officer, CIBC

NOVEMBER 11, 2016: PAUL IDZIK, CEO, E*Trade

DECEMBER 2, 2016: CAROL SAWDYE, Vice Chairman and Chief Financial Officer, PwC

LOCATION:

Mendoza College of Business’ Jordan Auditorium 10:40 a.m. – 12:10 p.m.

by 5 p.m. to pass through security checkpoints. Attendees should enter through the south side of the Joyce Center. photography, videography, weapons, backpacks, purses and large bags will be prohibited from the event, according to the email. Ginsburg has served on the U.s supreme Court since her appointment by president Bill Clinton on Aug. 10, 1993. prior to assuming her seat on the supreme Court, Ginsburg served as general counsel to the American Civil l berties Union (AClU) from 1973 to 1980 and subsequently served on the

Michael Desch, who will sit on the panel, said not only was the U.s surprised by the attack, but “the attacks seared themselves into popular consciousness” by coming about 10 years after the Cold war era.

“it was a vivid reminder of the dangerousness of the world at a time when we were feeling pretty good about ourselves,” he said. the attacks came at a time in American history when international affairs were hitting a period of pacification, Desch said. As a result, the acts of terrorism came with further and much larger implications.

organization’s national board of directors from 1974 to 1980.

Ann williams, a U.s Circuit Judge and 1975 law school alumna, will serve as moderator for the conversation. williams was appointed to the Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit in 1999. she currently serves on the University’s Board of trustees. the event is sponsored by the office of the president, Notre Dame law school and Notre Dame student Government. tickets are available online and more information can be found at nd.edu/Ginsburg.

“After this attack, we saw an increase in the belief that the U.s had to become more deeply engaged in running the world with military might,” he said. As the years go by, each new class of students remembers less and less about what it was like to live in the U.s on and after sept. 11, 2oo1. in just a few years, college freshmen will have been born after the attacks occurred. that makes remembering the events even more important, Desch said.

“s nce the freshmen of the graduating class of 2020 were only three and four at the time of the attacks, it is not only important for the University to commemorate the attacks, but also to critically evaluate big events such as these to learn from them,” Desch said.

Contact Drew Lischke at alischke@nd.edu

Band

CoN t N U eD FRoM pAGe 1

player Danny Cohen said one of his favorite traditions is the band’s march to Notre Dame s t adium on s a turdays.

“ t h e march-outs are really cool because … i see all of the kids right on my side looking at me, or putting their hands out and being like, o h m y gosh, look at all these people,’” Cohen said.

“ i t ’s the coolest thing to see their amazement and how much of an impact the band has on the game day experience. i ’ ll never be a [Division i ] a thlete, but i get to impact these people who come in such a way that it’s really special.”

Falvey said he loves to see the effect the band has on younger fans in particular.

“As a young fan i was in awe of the band … but now being a part of it, i definitely feel like i m a part of something bigger than myself,” he said.

“Just seeing the excitement and the joy we bring to fans, especially younger fans like myself back in the day, it’s really cool to see the effect that we have on people.”

Junior clarinet player

Carolyn e b ner said she feels a sense of responsibility to ensure everyone’s experience watching the band is memorable.

“o n e of the things they tell us in band is that every time you perform, it’s someone’s first time seeing you and someone’s last time seeing you, which is just something that i really take to heart,” e b ner said. “… Now it’s my responsibility to make someone else awestruck by that and just to kind of make it magical for them.”

s e nior drum major Danny

during each home football game, which they will do for the first time this year at Saturday’s game against Nevada.

Martin, who played trumpet in the band for the past three years, said he is excited to experience these traditions as a viewer instead of a player and has already been humbled by the difference.

“Being able to actually witness the hard work that people have put in and to hear the band playing and not be playing myself [is going to be the biggest difference],” Martin said. “ to b e able to both participate in that, but also witness it and be able to see how much time and effort that all these people have put into this program, into the game day experience at Notre Dame as a whole, i ve been very humbled by the work and the dedication of the members of the band, and now as drum major, being outside my section, i can see that on a base level.”

Junior trumpet player Grace Garry said the amount of work the band puts in brings them closer as a community.

“ we t ry and do a lot of bonding,” Garry said. “For example, we have a band buddy system [in which] the upperclassmen become band buddies with an incoming freshman. … t h e band just does a really good job of looking out for one another.”

Martin says this closeness leads to individual section game day traditions that most fans don’t even realize take place.

“ t h e clarinets always go to the Fr. s o rin statue and play, the baritones always play outside the Dome after we finish tr umpets Under the Dome and each section typically has something like that,” he said. “ … l ttle things that are unique to the band that also, if you do happen to stumble upon them

as a fan, can be a really cool experience.”

Despite the number of memorable traditions that take place before the football game, junior trumpet player Robert Gallant said the most exhilarating moment for band members during a home football game weekend is the trot out onto the field for the pregame show.

“ e v eryone in band says you get six home games a year, so you only get 24 trots out of that tunnel,” Gallant said. “ yo u don’t want to take any of them for granted.”

A full schedule of the band’s performances is available at ndband.com.

Contact Courtney Becker at cbecker3@nd.edu

Recently, i got to take an eng agement-type photoshoot with the love of my life: a McDonald’s X l sweet tea. i t w as fun, it was easy, and i didn’t really think about what the pictures would be used for. i laughed, joked and the results were priceless. i didn’t always go about photos this way. A year ago, whenever a photo was taken of me, i w ould ask myself, “ w i ll this be the picture they use in my obituary?” i smiled in all of those photos, to protect the image that i had built for myself. yo u couldn’t see through my ironclad shining smile that it took great effort to make it through each day. i t w as a question i a sked myself daily: “How will they represent me in the news if i killed myself?” p r ogress for me was when i s topped thinking that question whenever i took a photo. After months and months of therapy, i wanted to build an honest image of myself. i wanted to take a photo and see a person i recognized, instead of a stranger i h ad constructed. i wanted to be a person whose outside appearance reflected her inner personality and light, not one whose appearance masked hatred and loneliness.

t h e best thing you can give the world is your most honest self. i t i s exhausting to keep up with a facade, which is something you only use to protect yourself. i challenge you to give the world your most honest self, be it good or bad. i still have anxiety. i have had depression. i no longer let those diseases dictate my life and who i am. i wanted to show that having anxiety doesn’t prevent you from living a full, satisfying life with lots of joy. Do not let your fears and your struggles define you. s h ow the world that you live in spite of them. Be an honest example, but not one that shows up in the nightly news as a shock factor.

Next time a photo is taken of you, ask yourself: “Does this reflect the whole person that i am, and is this my most honest self?

Engage for excellence

t h is weekend, as we pour into Notre Dame s t adium for the first home football game of the year, many of us will be wearing this year’s iteration of t h e s h irt. o n the back of t h e s h irt there is a message to “surrender to excellence” — part of a longer quote from University p r esident e m eritus Fr. t h eodore Hesburgh, which reads, “ t h ere has been a surrender at Notre Dame, a surrender to excellence on all fronts, and in this we hope to rise above ourselves with the help of God.”

However, there is one front within our lives here at Notre Dame and s a int Mary’s where we have failed to “surrender to excellence:” we h ave shirked our responsibility to be politically active and engaged citizens, choosing to surrender, not to excellence, but to apathy and ignorance.

i n p ast editorials, we have written about the need to vote and the great responsibility we have as voters, especially in the face of historically low young voter turnouts. Although showing up to the polls is an important component of being a politically engaged citizen, it is not sufficient for true political engagement.

p o litical activism requires a dedication to discovering the truth, standing up in protest against injustices and challenging one’s nation and one’s self to engage in constructive dialogue. to b e fully engaged citizens, we must let go of our collective insecurities and personal indifferences.

t h e scope of our political ineptitude extends far beyond the ballot box. t h is past week, our campus became the most engaged it has been in a long time when several hundred people joined a Facebook event protesting the changes made to North Dining Hall. t h e fact that we can become fired up about minor changes in the food services department, but not about the very real and troubling issues facing us today, is deeply alarming and indicative of our failure as students and as citizens.

As this e d itorial Board sees it, two main factors drive a lack of engagement across our campuses. First, there are some who do not know how to become engaged in certain topics or situations. w h ether due to time constraints, disinterest or even just not knowing where to look, some of us are simply unaware.

For this group, the first step is easy: educate yourself. t h ere are more than enough clubs, events and resources on our campuses to ensure that all of us can explore and develop well-informed convictions on where we stand.

t h en there are those of us who actively choose not to partake in necessary conversations, despite the convictions we hold. i n some ways, those in this group present a greater challenge to developing a politically involved campus, for they have the knowledge to make a difference, yet choose to do nothing.

Complacency is inherently an act of cowardice,

especially when presented with the opportunities afforded by our education. w h at is the point of a being a college student if not to challenge ourselves and our beliefs, to grow outside of our comfort zones and to ask the truly important questions?

to b e able to partake in the conversation on campus, we must first realize that politics is a dialogue that requires understanding and patience, not aggression and stubbornness. Conversations must be just conversations; they cannot be debates in which people expect a “winner,” but rather open and respectful dialogue.

i t i s our right to have an opinion, and it is our opportunity to share that with our classmates. Conflicts will naturally occur given the bipartisanship that divides our nation across sharply defined lines. However, we are asking that you step over those lines and reach out to the other side, keeping an open mind and a sense of respect for your counterparts.

to s ome, this prospect may seem scary — and they have every right to be scared. Developing into politically active citizens requires that we boldly step out of our comfort zones and engage those around us, even if we think our peers hold different opinions. i t ’s a challenge, but the rewards of being a passionate citizen are plentiful.

At the same time, it is important to ensure that we don’t mistake aggression for passion. Nothing will ever justify belittling, mocking or disrespecting those we converse with, no matter how different their values are from our own.

Furthermore, political activism is just as fundamental to our education at the University and the College as our academic studies and our vocational development. i t c arries with it a weight of moral responsibility.

As the youth of the United Kingdom found out this past summer, political apathy can have serious consequences. i n J une, the U.K. voted to leave the e u ropean Union in a move that shocked the world, causing panic in financial markets worldwide. However, it turned out that those in the 18- to 24-year-old demographic — those who would be living with this decision far more than any other generation — were the ones with the worst voter turnout.

w i th that decision to not vote, to not know and to not engage came an outcome which was unexpected, and the ramifications of which we may not fully understand for years to come.

As it stands now, older generations are the ones making the decisions that will impact our nation for years to come, yet we are the ones who will live with those decisions.

s o w hen we don our game day shirts this weekend, we ask that you consider the questions posed by Fr. Hesburgh’s call to surrender to excellence.

w i ll we stand up and transform the political dialogue on campus? o r d oes our political activism only extend as far as the like button on a Facebook event?

t he first time i met Mrs. Brown was in Virginia woolf’s essay “Mr. Bennett and Mrs. Brown.” woolf introduced to me this old woman, in her 60s, sitting in the corner of a train from Richmond to waterloo. t here was a line i dare not forget: “she gathers herself together with superb dignity.”

woolf says, “t he impression she (Mrs. Brown) made came pouring out like a draught, like a smell of burning.” i wonder what imposing beauty Mrs. Brown has that woolf feels an urge to write a story about her. yes, she is a small woman whose feet, “in their clean little boots, scarcely touched the floor.” yes, she seems to be a neat woman — “everything buttoned, fastened, tied together, mended and brushed up.” w hat else?

Has she saved lives? Has she fought for world peace? Has she spent sleepless nights thinking about income equality in her country? Has she witnessed extreme poverty? Has she travelled around the world?

Has she had the fortune of attending Notre Dame (or for geographical and transportation limitations at the time, Cambridge or o x ford)? i f not, i wonder, what qualifies her to be in woolf’s story or in anybody’s story really? Am i not better looking and more accomplished than Mrs. Brown? w hy not me? i sigh — time is different.

i am too fast; sometimes i cannot even catch up with my own thoughts, as if someone else put those

Mrs. Brown

thoughts into me. so let me put my mind to rest for a moment and allow myself the leisure to sit down and think deeper.

First of all, what is a story? My advanced fiction writing professor wrote the following sentence on the board: “A and B, but C, then D.” My editor at Forbes commented at the end of my draft, “Does it create something new for the readers?” Virginia woolf spoke through the yellow pages and fragrance of ink, “catch me if you can.” None of these says a story should be about a socially-defined successful person. so w hen we finally sit down to conduct the sacred task of writing a story, what known or unknown person should we start with? Do we search our memory for a person we admire? Do we start from our closest friend because we know them best? Do we look back into the history to find a hero of the old times? or do we look around our surroundings and finally set our eyes on a normal, withered, suffering, little woman and place our faith in her?

i think it depends on our confidence in our ability to discover and share beauty. t he stories of great people have been observed and recorded by many but the story of an “old lady in the corner opposite” on the train remains untold. is it because her emotions are not strong enough or her life is not valuable enough? No, at least none of us will admit to it. t hen why is her story still hidden? Are there too many Mrs. Browns? But there are also a lot of us.

w ho are we? t hat’s a question i have posted for myself and failed to answer.

t h roughout the years, history has remembered

those who fought and won and those who fought and lost, but it is quite oblivious about those who simply lived and died. we a re not history. we a re human beings, created to live and die, with one another. we should never desert Mrs. Brown. woolf believes that Mrs. Brown has “unlimited capacity and infinite variety.” However the majority of us, myself included, opt for the less time-consuming way of observing Mrs. Brown. we pass her by on the street, in the pub or in the library. we smile, be polite, trust our eyes have conveyed all the friendliness she needs and, in the end, we desert her. “But the things she says and the things she does and her eyes and her nose and her speech and her silence have an overwhelming fascination, for she is, of course, the spirit we live by, life itself.” i heard woolf protesting through the pages.

i n our busy schedule, shall we start by observing Mrs. Brown’s blue patterned dress? t hen maybe her white hair, painted by age? t hen her two little feet, withered with time yet having walked on high mountains and wide plains. eventually, maybe we will see her way, and indeed every Mrs. Brown’s way, of “gathering herself with superb dignity.”

Rebecca Feng is a senior at Notre Dame, double majoring in accounting and English, but traveling and living abroad is her real education. She read Shakespeare and old English poems in Scotland last semester and interned at Forbes Magazine Asia business channel in New York this summer. Email her at yfeng2@nd.edu for story ideas and comments.

An avocado broke my finger

l a st May, i embarked on an adventure that would ultimately change the direction of my life (and my left middle finger). i worked with the s i sters of the s a cred Heart of Jesus in Gulu, Uganda. From these incredible women i learned so many things, like how to make industrial quality liquid soap, groundnut butter and mango marmalade. During this time, i learned to embrace a simpler life where i appreciated what i had and did not miss what i acked.

p a rt of this new routine involved picking our own produce, like avocados. o n e sunny afternoon, i assisted one of the compound’s workers, s u nday, in his task of harvesting avocados. Never dreaming that, of all the things i had done during the summer, this could be a risky endeavor, i joyfully joined the escapade. i watched him throw down the massive fruits to my site partner. i did not think about how Ugandan avocados are the size of my head or that they are hard as rocks in that stage of growth. i did not think about how my site partner (who succeeded at cradling several of the flying bombs out of the air with the utmost finesse) is an accomplished softball player and therefore comfortable with that kind of catching action. All i t hought was that i was in Uganda. i was having an adventure. And, gosh darn it, i was going to catch an avocado.

t h e first two attempts failed stupendously and the poor fruits slipped between my outstretched hands, slamming onto the ground. t h e third try proved to be the charm. i put on my game face and caught one of those suckers right out of the air. t h is, unfortunately, made me cocky, and when the fourth fruit flew my way, i used poor form and

proceeded to slam my middle finger vertically into the avocado.

t h e injury itself didn’t particularly bother me; i took some Motrin and just tried to blow it off. i w orked at the vocational school’s health center, where i saw brave people bearing the brunt of their afflictions when medical resources were lacking, and i was not going to stir up a fuss about some finger injury. it w asn’t until one of the sisters saw my purple, crooked finger a few days later that she instructed me to go to the clinic. o n ce there, i was told there wasn’t anything i should do, but i was given antibiotics and instructed to “put some aloe vera on it.” i didn’t want to question the wisdom of medically-trained professionals too much, so i followed their instructions and didn’t think about my finger for the rest of the summer. i was, after all, living with people who had lived through the horrors of Joseph Kony and come away with so much worse than injured fingers. Broken or not, i had no right to complain or ask for further medical attention for a finger when i was working with a young man who didn’t have arms.

it w asn’t until i came back to the st ates, had my finger X-rayed and was given a splint and some occupational therapy rehabilitation putty that the full impact of that experience hit me (pun intended). i n a d eveloped world, i was allowed to worry about my finger. i was allowed to think about the long-term effects of a non-fatal injury. i was allowed to worry about how such an injury might change my quality of life in a way my friends in Uganda were not. t h e differences in our health care systems that i had slowly absorbed during the summer came down to this: i expected my health

care provider to offer me the tools to lead an uninhibited, quality life, whereas in Uganda they simply hope for life.

w h at becomes of the sense of self-worth when such messages are internalized? How can human dignity be universal when resources are distributed in such a way that some people can expect complete care while others are grateful for a heartbeat? Must we only care about the well being of the whole person, down to their fingers and toes, in places of affluence?

t h is summer, i learned that living without could give you so much more in life. w h en you don’t rely on physical amenities, you seek fulfillment in yourself and your surrounding communities. i learned that living simply does not mean you simply live. e v en simple living, however, requires a few basic necessities that still grossly lack in many parts of the world, including adequate access to water, food, education and health care. t h ese are the basic things that we, as a global community, hope to provide for all persons. s t ill, we need to ensure that we view this quest for betterment through the lens of universal human dignity. it s houldn’t be a luxury to care about the holistic care of a person. All people should value their quality of life. t h ey should not feel shame for voicing needs or pains. o f c ourse, big picture development goals are important, but so too are the little ones. s e lf-worth is a treasure. All people are important, even their fingers.

By ADRIAN MARK LORE scene writer

t he suburbs of Des Moines, iowa, bloom around the city like a springtime fractal. it’s 4 p.m. in 1996. you gulp down a sandwich, grab a half-empty backpack and run out through the door and into the summertime. sparing the headgear, you hop on your bike, pedaling under a tart sun toward a best friend’s house in a rush. you had talked about making a trip to the record store after school; that new album was finally out. But when you pull the brakes on his driveway, it’s autumn. t he blood-orange leaves gather around your feet. He doesn’t answer the door. you knock again, and when he comes, it is to tell you that he has a girl over – talk later, yeah? A chilly winter breeze whips off your cap. w hen you look back, the snow has settled inside your open backpack, blanketing your baseball cards, ruining your cassette player. you feel childish and stupid, suddenly.

in many ways, the quiet sensitivity of Midwestern indie rock outfit w i lco is

post-melancholy — it breathes a mood of lost innocence like a given. t h is is especially true on the band’s 10th studio album “schmilco,” whose songs exude not nostalgia for suburban rites of passage, but describe with reverence the white American experience — a mood tinged subtly with self-aware bitterness.

t he record’s opening track “Normal American Kids” best represents this. i the title sounds tongue-in-check, the lyricism is heartfelt and adeptly complemented by pastoral guitar strumming.

t he song describes the existential discomfort of life as a member of humankind’s most privileged demographic, as well as the consequent desire to detach oneself from it — as though somehow this would justify the gloom of consumerism and suburban emptiness. essentially, the song is a solemnly selfconscious criticism of so-called “First world problems.”

t he following track “if i ever was a Child” continues along this theme. Here, wi lco communicates with younger versions of themselves, like hardboiled adults turned into disillusioned

romantics trying to pinpoint the moment when things changed, though feeling little certainty of what exactly changed or how. was it out behind the school parking lot, smoking a first cigarette? or dropping out of college, with little direction in life?

on one level, the vision of childhood channeled on “schmilco” feels oppressively near — the trading cards peeking out from under off-brand booze and unfinished tax returns — but just as often it feels impossibly distant. As though to complement the fleeting nature of the feeling, the album’s run is unusually brief, most of the songs clocking out in under three minutes.

But to be sure, “schmilco” is not a sad album, even if its longest track is named “Cry All Day.” it is merely honest — a nd refreshingly so. “Cry All Day,” indeed, is not about unshakeable and debilitating sadness as much as it is about owning up to emotion, an action that has counterintuitively become taboo in the context of urban America’s theatrical and antiseptic interpersonal relationships.

t h is is where the tension on “schmilco”

festers. “Kids say the darndest things,” say adults, but perhaps it is that they say the most honest things. w hat happens when they begin to lie for their self-interest? something is lost, something that wi lco attempts to put into words on this record. t heir lyricism alone does not always capture it — which may be impossible with some transcendent themes — but their effortless musical craftsmanship, on this record as polished as ever, never fails to convey what words cannot say.

Contact Adrian Mark Lore at asanch11@nd.edu

“Schmilco” Wilco

Label: dBpm

Reccomended Tracks: “Normal American Kids”

If You Like: Arcade Fire, Bon Iver, Angel Olsen

By JOSH BATISTA scene writer

After the success of his debut album “Rodeo,” tr avis s c ott delivers grungetrap and dark textures on his second studio album “Birds in the tr ap si ng McKnight.” Heavily criticized as underdeveloped, the 24-year-old s c ott establishes his place in the hip-hop scene with “Birds.” Despite appearances by big names like t he we eknd, young t hug, Cassie, Kid Cudi, sw izz Beatz, Bryson t i ller, André 3000 and Kendrick l a mar, s c ott maintains the spotlight on this album. s c ott is known for his delinquency and wild stage presence, and those mannerisms emerge out of the dark trap stew that he hosts in “Birds.” i n t he first track “t he e nds,” s c ott abstains from his usual auto-tuned vocals in exchange for some solid rapping. on first listen, you may not even recognize that André 3000 is rapping. A smooth transition into “ way Back” follows. o verall, each track on “Birds” blends

seamlessly into the next due to smart executive production by s c ott himself — a dark, detuned synth extends throughout. “ way Back” transitions from an uptempo track into a “808s & Heartbreaks”-sounding track. it e ventually grows into a metallic symphony with overdriven guitars and swelling violins.

Despite their variety, each contributor on the album manages to hit a traditional triplet flow or auto-tune rap similar to the sound that Future pioneered. Underground rapper Nav brings a generic rap sound to “Biebs in the tr ap.” Fortunately, the catchy hook and s c ott’s charisma pull out Nav’s half of the song from being a trap anthem, where s c ott and Nav do not hold back from drug references. w ith s c ott’s opening bar being “Nightmares, high life, sleepy, night night,” drugs become the only recurring theme in “Birds.”

Although he lacks any sort of overarching message in his music, sc ott communicates his drug-addict persona as

something he struggles with. i n “Guidance” featuring Roy woods and K. Forest, a poppy instrumental is juxtaposed with a heavy chorus including vocals by all three artists. t h is juxtaposition creates a dichotomy of conflicting emotion: you want to dance and simultaneously drown in your own misery — a staple of s c ott’s sound. t he 14-track album is an emotional roller coaster, a step up from s c ott’s unorganized freshman album

“Rodeo,” full of too-long tracks with dramatic changes halfway through. i n “Birds,” s c ott manifests dual musical ideas and switches between emotions seamlessly.

i n “Goosebumps,” s c ott sings and raps cockily over an ethereal dreamlike instrumental, “ye ah, we gon’ do some things, some things you can’t relate / ye ah, ’cause we from a place, a place you cannot stay.” He creates and exudes superiority, asserting his place as an important figure in the hip-hop game. Kendrick comes in unexpectedly

i n R ae s r emmurd’s recently released sophomore effort, “ s r emmlife 2,” one track, “Black Beatles,” features a thought-provoking pastiche: Fortysix years since the release of their final album, t h e Beatles still manage to infiltrate pop culture. “i’m a f----- black Beatle, cream seats in the Regal / Rockin John l e nnon lenses” s r emm’s s w ae l e e boasts on the track — testament to t h e Beatles special legacy within the music world.

potential for undergoing this process — t h e Beatles. i n d efending this rationale, Klosterman states, “ t h e Beatles defined the conception of what a ‘rock group’ was supposed to be … t h e Beatles were the first major band to write their own songs, thus making songwriting a prerequisite for credibility; they also released tracks that unintentionally spawned entire sub-genres of rock.”

each have pivotally altered today’s rap-scape.

i n p ouring over we st and l a mar’s respective “Black Beatles” claims, two very disparate, albeit viable, depictions of rap emerge.

“ w h at’s a black Beatle anyway? A f---- roach?/ i guess that’s why they got me sitting in f----- coach” ( “Gorgeous,” Kanye we st).

with flows from “Untitled Unmastered,” creating interesting textures. Despite s c ott’s limited thematic content, “Birds in the tr ap si ng McKnight” is a solid sophomore album. s c ott creates a new environment for all featured artists and brings out a new side in each of them, yet the rookie stands out in a project crowded with seasoned elites.

Contact Josh Batista at jbatista@nd.edu

“Birds in the Trap Sing McKnight”

Travis Scott

Label: Grand Hustle

Reccomended Tracks: “The Ends,” “Biebs in the Trap

If You Like: Young Thug/Jeffrey, Desiigner, PARTYNEXTDOOR

Author Chuck Klosterman is interested in special legacies. i n h is latest book, “But w h at if we we re w r ong,” Klosterman aims to reimagine our society through the perspective of a far-off future. t h roughout the work he argues that the way we understand our contemporary society will change radically in the distant future. i n t his way, Klosterman develops provoking insight on today’s society, the society of the past and the way we interpret recorded history.

o f nterest is Klosterman’s ability to trace past historical trends and apply them to a modern context. s p ecifically, Klosterman takes aims at the way music genres progress through time, claiming, “As the timeline [of music] moves forward, tangential artists in any genre fade from the collective radar, until only one person remains; the significance of that individual is then exaggerated until the genre and individual become interchangeable.”

Applying this logic to the genre of rock music, Klosterman argues one group has “immediate and sensible”

t h e idea that t h e Beatles may end up representing an entire genre someday isn’t exactly revolutionary. i n f act, many music figures have alluded to t h e Beatles with this sort of cultural legacy in mind; Rae s r emmurd is far from the only one. Most references to the Fab Four materialize as comparisons: bold claims from artists stating their similar potential for embodying an entire genre. But is any contemporary artist justified in making this comparison? More importantly, what genre — if any — is at a point historically where such an artist could emerge?

p o ssibly, the most attractive answer is hip-hop, more specifically, rap: a genre currently in the midst of a stylistic and thematic explosion, a neo-golden era. to day’s rap music is advanced by a diverse group of topnotch artists constantly pushing the boundaries of acceptability. it ’s not a huge stretch to imagine an artist today who will embody the entirety of rap as time goes on. it s eems the most obvious, or as Klosterman would say, “immediate and sensible,” choices from our current pool of rappers are Kanye we st and Kendrick l a mer. Both artists are self-proclaimed “Black Beatles” and

i n c lassic “no prisoner” fashion, Kanye we st conjures t h e Beatles to self-acclaim, while also acknowledging institutional racism. i n t his vein, if Kanye we st one day embodies rap, the genre will be thought of as a provocative, in all senses of the word, vehicle for exploring societal taboo. Kanye we st’s transcendent ability to progress the musicality of rap has i nspired an entirely new generation of rappers a nd garnered almost unparalleled critical praise – all while maintaining almost constant controversy.

Rap, in the Kanye we st definition, is equal parts celebration and unrest. w h ile songs like “Gold Digger,” “ s t ronger,” “Heartless” and “Famous” play out like euphoric pop songs, other tracks like “Jesus wa lks,” “Hell of a l i fe” and “Blood on the l e aves” concurrently present incredibly jarring messages through equally compelling means. Under we st, rap lives a dynamic yet confrontational existence.

“Judgment to the monarchy, blessings to p a ul McCartney / you called me a black Beatle, i ’m either that or a Marley” (“Control,” Kendrick l a mar’s feature).

Kendrick l a mar embraces the Beatles comparison. Don’t misinterpret the claim though, just like we st, l a mar has tremendous confidence in

his craft. Not only does he put himself on the same level of influence as p a ul McCartney, but also of Bob Marley –and to be fair, he’s not far off. Born in wisdom, bred in contemplation and delivered with precision, every line of Kendrick l a mar’s social poetry breathes deeper meaning. Compton, California’s Kendrick l a mar has spent the past 10 years ambitiously reassigning the role of social awareness within the greater scope of rap. l a mar’s undoubtedly iconic “good kid, m.A.A.d city” is a brilliantly intimate exploration of the urban struggle via a multitude of perspectives. t h e equally important follow up, “ to p i mp a Butterfly,” evolved to universality, rejecting the notion of a pop album via jazz-inspired hooks and heavily nuanced verses.

Rap then, in the Kendrick definition, is provocative in a progressive sense. s i mply stated, in switching from the we st universe to the l a mar, pop is traded for jazz and confrontation for levitation.

l e t’s a cknowledge that although it’s fair to say both Kanye we st and Kendrick l a mar will inevitably be remembered for a while, in the very long run history rarely plays out as expected. Klosterman is the first person to admit this, “o u r world is not reasonable. And the way this question [who will embody the genre] will be asked tomorrow is (probably) not the same way we’d ask it today.” it s eems whether Black Beatles or Dung Beetles, we all must obey the progress of time and her stories.

Contact Adam Ramos at aramos6@nd.ed

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Time for LSU to get rid of Miles

t h is past weekend, i had the pleasure of taking in l s U – w i sconsin, one of the more entertaining games of college football’s inaugural week. As part of the experience, i had the opportunity to see first-hand the vapid “offense” that has simultaneously frustrated ls U f ans for the past few years and barricaded the team from qualifying for the College Football p ayoff. t h e result, a sloppy 16-14 defeat at the hands of unranked w sconsin, points to one simple conclusion: it is definitely time for ls U a nd its head coach, l e s Miles, to part ways.

o f c ourse, rumors swirled about Miles’ job security after last year’s 7-0 team eroded down the stretch. e v entually, whether it was because top replacement candidates like Florida

s t ate’s Jimbo Fisher were unavailable/uninterested or some other reason, ls U decided to retain Miles and he triumphantly was carried out of t i ger s t adium after l s U e nded a three-game skid by defeating te xas A&M in the final week of the regular season.

Despite this triumphant ending to a precarious final month of the season, the very same issues that had fueled Miles’ hot seat were readily apparent during s a turday’s loss and likely will be easily identifiable over ls U ’s next few games.

l ke it has the last three seasons, ls U ’s quarterback situation was dreadful.

Brandon Harris, who was the only quarterback to attempt a pass in last year’s woefully inefficient passing offense, looked just as undeveloped as he did during l s U ’s abhorrent three-game losing streak last November.

t h e archaic offensive design, which includes a number of inefficient pitch plays and futile pass attempts,

looked unchanged from last season.

i n f act, the only noticeable change on offense from last year was the fact that offensive coordinator Cam Cameron, who himself has been trapped in Miles’ outdated system, worked from the sidelines, which Miles already decided will not be the case for we ek 2.

w h en looking at the landscape of the FB s holistically, it is hard to say that any coach has done less with more than l e s Miles.

t h is season, the t i gers returned nearly 80 percent of its tackles and 82 percent of its sacks to a defense that is loaded with former bluechip prospects. ls U a lso boasts a guy named l e onard Fournette, a once-in-ageneration running back who had 138 rushing yards s a turday in what many considered an “off game.” w h en taking ls U ’s talent and experience into account, it will truly be impressive, in an undesirable way of course, if they end the year in mediocre standing as they have over the past few seasons.

i n a s port characterized by unrealistic expectations and excessive turnover among head coaches, it is always an interesting exercise to observe coaches who have improbably overstayed their welcome and survived the botched implementation and development of their ineffectual systems. Just like a hypothetical defensive coordinator who sees his defenses filled with top recruits get repeatedly gashed in big games but still remains in a position of influence, l e s Miles has clearly reached a point where his methodology and coaching is no longer putting ls U n the best position to reach its potential.

Contact Ryan Klaus at rklaus@nd.edu

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

Nova pitches complete game gem against Reds

Associated Press

pittsBURGH — ivan Nova is doing his part to improve baseball’s pace of play. the right-hander threw a six-hitter to stay unbeaten with pittsburgh and Jung Ho Kang hit a two-run double to key a three-run first inning as the pirates defeated Cincinnati 4-1 on thursday night, extending the Reds’ losing streak to five games.

Nova (12-6) pitched his second complete game in seven starts since being acquired from the New york ya nkees in a trade on Aug. 1. He struck out four, walked none, got 15 of his outs on ground balls and retired the first 12 batters while throwing 94 pitches. the game lasted 2 hours, 28 minutes during a season in which Commissioner Rob Manfred has fretted about the average time of major league games.

“i think my wife and everybody likes it when i get home

early, so i try to make it as quick as possible,” Nova said with a grin.

Nova improved to 5-0 with a 2.53 eR A in seven starts with the p rates. He has issued just two walks in 46 2/3 innings.

“it’s just more of what we’ve been seeing from him,” said Clint Hurdle, who became the sixth manager in p rates’ history with 500 wins. “it was a really nice mix of pitches and pitching. No walks again. it’s the manual there of how you want to get it done in a quick and efficient way.”

Kang’s double opened the scoring and he came home on a single by Francisco Cervelli as the pirates took an early 3-0 lead against Dan st raily (11-8).

Kang is 7 for 13 with seven RBis in four games since being activated from the disabled list on Monday after missing 15 days with a sore left shoulder.

“He’s in a good place,” Hurdle said. “He’s seeing the ball well, looking really good in the field.” the pirates, still on the fringe

of the National league wild card race, won their second straight following an eightgame losing streak. they began a stretch of 15 consecutive games against teams with losing records. the Reds dropped to 57-82, clinching their third consecutive losing season and 14th in the last 17 years.

Josh Harrison hit two doubles for the pirates. David Freese and Cervelli had two hits each.

Zack Cozart singled in the Reds’ lone run in the sixth. Andrew McCutchen countered with an RBi single in the bottom of the inning. st raily gave up three runs and seven hits in five innings. He struck out six and walked three.

“i wasn’t exactly where i wanted to be — but they had three hits (in the first) inning that were probably a foot away from a glove. total,” st raily said. “so t hat’s just kind of the way it happened.”

Brewers’ bats deliver to blitz Cardinals

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st loUis — Domingo santana and orlando Arcia hit back-to-back homers as the Milwaukee Brewers continued their recent road dominance routing the st louis Cardinals 12-5 on thursday night.

Hernan perez had four hits and three RBis or the Brewers, who won their season-high fifth straight on the road and have won seven of their last eight games. the Cardinals fell to 30-38 at home and dropped a half game behind the idle New york Mets for the second wild card spot. santana and Arcia connected on consecutive pitches in the second inning. it was the seventh

time Milwaukee hit back-to-back homers this season and the second time in four days as Chris Carter and santana did it on sunday at pittsburgh. perez’s four hits matched a career high he set tuesday against Chicago.

Arcia had three hits and raised his average to .367 over his last 15 games. the bottom three hitters in the Brewers lineup reached eight times and scored six runs. Martin Maldonado’s two-run home run in the sixth was his first since Aug. 13.

Brewers right-hander Junior Guerra (8-3) needed 74 pitches to get through five innings in his second start back from the

disabled list. it was his first career win against st louis in three tries.

Jaime Garcia (10-12) struggled for the fourth time in his last five starts, losing a career-high fourth straight decision. He gave up five earned runs in 3 2/3 innings — his third shortest outing of the season.

Cardinals reliever Mike Mayers retired just three of the nine batters he faced, giving up six runs. He has given up 15 runs in 3 1/3 innings and has a 40.50 eR A.

Kolten wong’s two-run home run in the fourth was the Cardinal second baseman’s third in his last six games. Jose Martinez’s first major league hit in the eighth scored Jedd Gyorko.

Yankees top Rays for fifth consecutive win

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N e w y o R K — Rookie ty ler

Austin hit a solo homer in the bottom of the ninth inning to give the New yo rk ya nkees their season-high fifth straight victory, 5-4 over the ta mpa Bay Rays on t h ursday night.

Brian McCann hit two homers for the ya nkees, who moved a season-high nine games over .500 (74-65).

Austin homered off e r asmo Ramirez (7-11) on a 3-2 pitch for his third homer since being called up Aug. 13. te ammates met him at home plate by dousing him with water in a raucous celebration.

After blowing three leads during the first six innings,

New yo rk moved within two games of Baltimore for the second A l wild card and four games of A l e a stleading Boston. Resurgent New yo rk plays 20 of its remaining 23 games against division opponents, putting it in position to compete despite selling off key pieces at the Aug. 1 deadline. to mmy l a yne (2-1) entered and struck out pinchhitter l o gan Morrison to end the ninth.

t h e pesky Rays kept erasing leads, getting two homers each from Kevin Kiermaier and s t even s o uza by the sixth. t h is was the first game this season in which three players had multiple homers, per the e l ias s p orts Bureau.

New yo rk had to use five relievers on a night when its bullpen was already short-handed. Manager Joe Girardi said before the game he hoped to avoid using Dellin Betances, ty ler Clippard, Adam war ren and l u is s e verino, so he had to dig deep in the bullpen when CC s a bathia went just four innings, allowing three homers while throwing 87 pitches.

McCann’s first homer led off the second inning and landed in the luxury suites just below the third deck in right field. His second put the ya nkees up 4-3 in the fourth, giving him 19 for the season. He ripped a hard single to center in the sixth. McCann entered on a

3-for-20 slide and had hit just .232 with two homers since Aug. 1 — one of those homers came tu esday against to ronto. t h e lefthanded slugger is one shy of his ninth straight 20-homer season and 10th overall.

Kiermaier homered twice in the first three innings, setting a career high with his 11th homer in the third.

He’s hit safely in a careerbest 12 straight games, the longest streak by a Ray this season.

t h e ya nkees went ahead 2-1 in the first when Alex

Cobb’s pickoff attempt to first hit Didi Gregorius as he dived back safely. t h e ball skidded away from first baseman Brad Miller, allowing Jacoby e l lsbury to score

from third. s o uza had his third multihomer game of the season, and second at ya nkee s t adium. After hitting a solo homer to right-center in the second, he crushed a ball 430 feet off the glass sports bar beyond center field in the sixth.

s o uza had been in a 5-for40 slump without a home run.

Cobb made his second start since having to mmy John surgery in 2015. He allowed four runs — three earned — over six innings. He gave up two homers and threw 89 pitches.

t h e Rays trailed three times during a 7-6 win over Baltimore on we dnesday.

t h e paid attendance was 27,631, under 30,000 for just the second time at ya nkee s t adium — the first was 27,532 on tu esday. t h at was the first time under 30,000 since 2004.

Training room Rays: ss Matt Duffy will h ave surgery Friday on his left heel. Dr. Bob Anderson, team orthopedist for the NF l’s Carolina p a nthers, will perform the operation. ... RH p Chase w h itley is expected to return following to mmy John surgery in one of the next three games. w h itley pitched for the ya nkees in 2014 and ‘15 but was placed on waivers and claimed by ta mpa Bay last November while recovering from the surgery.

Up next Rays: Rookie l H p Blake s n ell (5-7, 3.39) starts vs. New yo rk on Friday night. He struck out seven over six innings of one-run ball in a win against to ronto last time out and has a 2.61 e R A in two starts against New yor k this season. ya nkees: RH p Michael p i neda (6-11, 5.10) pitches against ta mpa Bay. p neda is 0-1 with a 7.04 e R A over his past three starts. Like us on Facebook. fb.com/ ndsmcobserver

Houston manager ejected in loss

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Cleveland i n dians took advantage of a controversial bases-loaded wild pitch in their 10-7 victory over the Houston Astros on t h ursday.

t h e i n dians scored a pair of runs on the play in the third inning that led to the ejection of Houston manager

A.J. Hinch.

Replays showed Cleveland’s l o nnie Chisenhall fouled off the pitch from David p a ulino, but plate umpire and crew chief Jim Joyce stood by his ruling of a wild pitch and Cleveland took a 4-1 lead.

Joyce told a pool reporter he didn’t see or hear the ball hit the bat and whether Chisenhall made contact wasn’t a reviewable play.

“ we d id not have the ball hitting the bat,” Joyce said.

“Me originally, and then i w ent to each crew member and asked them the same thing. i f a ny of them had it hitting the bat, i would have turned around and called a foul ball. My partners couldn’t help me on it.”

Hinch had an opposing view.

“ i think everybody in the ballpark saw the play the way it happened except for the four guys on the field,” he said.

Cleveland led 2-1 when Chisenhall attempted to check his swing on a pitch in the dirt. t h e ball bounced away from catcher Jason Castro and rolled toward the on-deck circle near the i n dians dugout.

p l ay was allowed to continue and all three runners

— Francisco l i ndor, Mike Napoli and Jose Ramirez — crossed the plate.

Hinch protested the ruling and was ejected by Joyce.

After a video review, l i ndor and Napoli were allowed to score and Ramirez was placed at second.

Chisenhall was unavailable for comment but Castro, who didn’t run after the ball, also disagreed with the call.

“ i thought it was pretty obvious it was a foul ball,” he said. “(Joyce) just said he didn’t have the ball hitting the bat. t h e initial reaction is the biggest indicator, and you saw what happened. i t was a pretty disappointing call for us.”

l ndor was on third base and immediately headed home when the ball rolled away.

“ i heard a noise, but i don’t know if it hit the bat or hit the (catcher’s) mask,” he said.

i n dians manager te rry Francona wasn’t sure initially what happened.

“ we h ave the ability to go to replay, which they don’t,” he said. “Nobody ever wants to have a call go against them.”

Joyce explained he called time because he was discussing the play with Castro and wanted to stop the action on the field.

“ i have not seen the play yet,” Joyce said. “ i will be looking at it tonight, you can bank on that.”

i n g ame interrupted by a 55-minute rain delay in the middle of the sixth, Carlos s a ntana hit a two-run homer — his 30th of the season.

l i ndor had three RB i s a nd Abraham Almonte hit a tworun triple. Cleveland split the fourgame series, opened a sixgame lead over second-place Detroit in the A l Central and finished 8-2 on its homestand.

tr evor Bauer (11-6) allowed five runs and seven hits in five innings. Cody Allen, Cleveland’s fifth reliever, struck out two in a perfect ninth for his 26th save in 29 chances and second in as many nights. Making his first major league start, p a ulino (0-1) gave up four runs and four hits in three innings.

Colby Rasmus and y u lieski Gurriel homered, and Alex Bregman had three RB i s for the Astros, who trail Baltimore by 2 1/2 games for the second A l wild card.

Belles set to play in Hanover Fall Classic

By DANIEL O’BOYLE, BRENNA MOXLEY and RYAN KLAUS sports writers Golf

t h e Belles are competing in another two-day tournament this weekend at the Hanover Fall Classic. Hanover is hosting the event, which will be held at s u nrise Golf Course in Madison, i ndiana, on s a turday. s h adowood Golf Course in s e ymour, i ndiana, will be the playing location for s u nday’s matches.

l a st weekend, the Belles secured a fourth-place finish in the o ivet l a bor Day i n vite by shooting 473. A rough first day put them in sixth place, but improvement the next day helped the Belles jump in the standings.

Junior captain ly dia l orenc reflected on last week’s outcome, saying it gave insight into what the team needs to do in order to succeed in the tournament this weekend.

“i think the team will come out more aggressive on day one than in the last tournament,” l orenc explained.

“Now we have a better idea of our competition and our ability to play against them. i know that we will start out strong and finish strong.”

t h e Belles started the season off by placing second in the Cross to wn Rivalry tournament in late August.

s a int Mary’s junior Kaitlyn Cartone emphasized the team’s excitement about the remainder of this season and said that their goals to

succeed are no exception for this weekend’s event.

“i think we are a really competitive team this year and we go into every tournament expecting to play well,” Cartone said. “ t h is tournament is no different. we k now that the competition is tough, but i h ave no doubt we can win this.”

Volleyball

s a int Mary’s notched its first win of the 2016 season on we dnesday night against Manchester, securing victory by a score of 3-1 (25-23, 27-29, 25-20, 25-20).

t h e Belles (1-4) opened up a 14-9 lead in the first set, but the s p artans (1-4) brought it back to 18-18 and it remained close before the

Belles clinched the set thanks to a service error. Manchester took a 19-14 lead in the second set, on the back of seven consecutive points, but the Belles fought back to lead the set 27-26 before the s p artans eventually won the closest set of the contest.

t h e Belles took the third set, with the winning kill by senior left side hitter Meaghan Gibbons, before securing the victory in the fourth set thanks to a kill from middle hitter Colleen Kilgallon. Kilgallon totalled 14 kills for the Belles, leading the team, while Gibbons notched up 10. Junior middle hitter l e ah Buck led both teams in blocks with five, while freshman libero Kaylin s z ucs led the match in digs with 21.

t h e Belles will open conference play Friday when they play Adrian. t h e Bulldogs (41, 1-0 M i A A) won their conference opener against tr ine 3-1 (25-8, 25-19, 18-25, 25-21). t h e Bulldogs and the Belles will begin play at 7 p.m. at s ai nt Mary’s.

Soccer

s a int Mary’s had a difficult start to its conference schedule, losing away to Albion 4-0 we dnesday night.

t h e Brits (2-0-1, 1-0 M i A A) were dominant in terms of creating chances, taking 24 shots and placing 20 of them on target, while the Belles (12-0, 0-1 M i A A) could only get away two.

Albion created pressure early, with three corner kicks inside the first four minutes, but freshman Belles goalkeeper t h allia Robles kept the scores tied for nearly half an hour, making seven saves. Albion’s freshman forward Riley Burnette found the opening goal, however, in the 28th minute. t h e Belles conceded a second only four minutes later to go into the half 2-0 down. i nto the second half, Albion continued to dominate, and added two more goals. t h e best chance of the game for s a int Mary’s came just after the hour mark, when freshman defender Callie Doyle had a shot saved. Robles finished the game with 16 saves, the most by a Belles goalkeeper in six years.

Next up for the Belles is a home encounter with o l ivet. t h e Comets (2-1-1) played out a 1-1 draw with Adrian in their M i A A opener.

s a int Mary’s and o l ivet will kick off at noon s a turday.

Cross Country s a int Mary’s returns to action this weekend at the Alumnae Race s a turday.

t h e Alumnae Race, the second event for the Belles this season, follows the Belles’ 8th-place finish at last weekend’s Calvin i n vite.

s e nior Brittany Beeler led the Belles with a 13th-place finish and a time of 19:03.6.

Junior Reilly p eri and senior Kaitlyn Alessi were the next top runners for the Belles and finished in 45th and 53rd, respectively. Katie Glenn led all freshmen runners for the Belles with a time of 21:23.0 in her first race with the team, which put her at 95th overall. t h e Alumnae Race is set to begin at 11 a.m. s a turday morning at s a int Mary’s.

Contact Daniel O’Boyle at doboyle1@nd.edu; Brenna Moxley at bmoxley@nd.edu; Ryan Klaus at rklaus1@nd.edu

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i r ish scraped past Missouri in overtime thanks to a 25-yard shot from freshman forward Jennifer westendorf. westendorf is currently the leading scorer for the i r ish this season with three goals. s e nior forward Kaleigh o msted and senior midfielder Cindy p i neda are the leading assisters for the i r ish, having created two goals apiece.

t h e Broncos (2-2-2, 0-0-0 w C C), who sit just outside the top 25 in the N s C AA poll, have been winless in their last four games, tying both of the last two 1-1. w th their two wins this season being in overtime and double overtime, s a nta Clara has played quite a bit of soccer already with 64 total minutes of overtime overall. s e nior midfielder Jordan Jesolva has recorded three goals and one assist so far this season for s a nta Clara.

l a st year, the Broncos posted a 15-7-2 record, earning an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament where they were defeated by Arizona.

t h e Cardinal (5-0-0, 0-0-0 p a c-12) have been one of the best teams in the nation so

far this year, posting a perfect record, including a 1-0 win over No. 5 Florida. s t anford boasts two to pDrawer s o ccer preseason first-team AllAmericans in senior goalkeeper Jane Campbell and junior midfielder Andi

s u llivan, who has three assists so far. s e nior defender Maddie Bauer was also named second-team AllAmerican and senior defender Alana Cook was named to the third team. s o phomore midfielder Jordan DiBiasi leads the Cardinal in goals this season with three.

t h e last encounter for s t anford was a dominant 3-0 victory over Marquette, where the Cardinal outshot the Golden e a gles 31-2.

s t anford’s strong start to the 2016 season comes after a 2015 campaign in which it won the p a c-12 and earned a top seed for the NCAA tournament, before being upset by Duke in the quarterfinals.

l ke the i r ish, the Cardinal will come into the game off a short rest after playing Minnesota on Friday.

t h e i r ish and the Broncos will kick off at 10:30 p.m. Friday at Buck s h aw s t adium. Notre Dame’s game against the Cardinal will begin at 2:00 p.m. s u nday at Cagan s t adium.

opinion, in each other that will lead to us all shooting some good numbers. i t w ill help take the pressure off of the team aspect and allow us to just worry about ourselves and our own game. we ’re a different level of a team this year compared to years previous and i think that our scores will show it in this upcoming week and the many tournaments to come.”

p l aying at the oldest athletic club in the United s t ates, Notre Dame will compete against s a n Diego, t C U, UC Davis, Cal p o ly, s a nta Clara, Fresno s t ate, host school s a n Francisco and others.

l a st season, Notre Dame started the season off with a second-place finish at the Notre Dame Kickoff i n vitational and lost all momentum the following competition, finishing 12th out of 14 teams at the Rod Myers i nvitational.

o s trom said this team is bound for a much better result in this year’s second invitational.

“ i think there is just a completely different mindset about our season right now,” o s trom said. “ we a re all very focused and that is being shown by the scores we are producing so far. And we all want to win very badly so i think that’s a good combination for some good golf in these bigger events.” Notre Dame will begin the two-day o l ympic Club i n tercollegiate tournament Monday morning, with play concluding on tue sday.

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but so is Virginia te ch, so both teams are off to good starts, and we know both teams will be fairly confident. But also, both teams know there’s a long road ahead still.” t h at “long road ahead” comes in the form of a grueling ACC schedule that the i r ish will have to navigate.

Nine of the 12 ACC teams are ranked in the latest top 25 poll, including five of the top six. Clark noted this year is the continuation of a pattern of dominance by the conference.

“ t h e ACC is without question, or has been in recent years, the strongest conference in the country,” Clark said. “ i t ’s off to a good start this year, and i think that’s one of the fun things of playing in this league is that it is very competitive. i f y ou take one off day you could be in trouble, so you’ve got to bring your ‘A’ game every week, because the guys know they’re going to be challenged.”

t h e i r ish and Hokies will get the ball rolling at 7 p.m. at Alumni s t adium on Friday.

Contact Joe Everett at jeveret4@nd.edu

Football

and he edged himself with the performance he had.”

Kelly did not specify if he plans to play Zaire on meaningful snaps, but said Kizer needs to continue to be effective to hold onto the starting role.

i expect him to continue in that role. i f h e’s not effective, if he’s not what he have known him to be, we have one heck of a good quarterback ready to play.” Kelly also praised Zaire’s attitude in the days following the announcement.

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“My expectation is: [Kizer] is the starter for this game,” Kelly said.“ we k now that, based upon what he’s done in the past, he’s very effective as a starting quarterback.

“ i thought he had two very good days [of practice],” Kelly said. “ i n p articular we dnesday and t h ursday, i thought he was really focused, locked in and is ready to lead our football team.

t h at’s all i ’ ve asked him to be, ready to lead our team.

He’s embraced his preparation, he’s embraced his role and what we’re asking him to do. t h at’s all i can ask for.” w h ile the starting quarterback position is no longer a question mark for the the i r ish, the “X” receiver position is, as senior to rii Hunter Jr.’s status is uncertain for s a turday’s contest. Kelly said that Hunter, who suffered a concussion s u nday, will practice Friday, but will not play unless he feels ready to go.

“i think in all situations, we want to do what’s right for

[the players],” Kelly says. “i f he’s cleared, it’ll still be his decision to make. we want to always give our players the opportunity to go through the protocol and he wants to go through it. i h e’s cleared tomorrow, we’ll still make a decision if he feels ready to play.”

Kelly also said that graduate student safety Avery s e bastian was cleared after going through concussion protocol t h ursday and will play on s a turday.

“[ s e bastian] is going to play,” Kelly said. “At what level he plays, we’ll find out, but he practiced today. He feels good, he feels like he’s ready to play and wants to play.”

Kelly stated that junior Drue tr anquill and freshman Devin s t udstill will be the two starting safeties.

For s t udstill, it will be his first start as well as his second game at the collegiate level. Joining s t udstill and

tr anquill in the secondary will be sophomore cornerback Nick Coleman, who struggled against te xas and was eventually pulled from the game. Kelly said, however, that Coleman’s pride will push him to continue to work, and that he personally talked with Coleman to get him ready for Nevada.

“Nick really was a young man that got caught in poor techniques, he didn’t trust his techniques,” Kelly said. “He was clearly, on tu esday, not in a good frame of mind so i spent some time with him. Here’s the great thing about Nick Coleman: He’s won a state championship, he’s a winner, he’s got a lot of pride. i said, ‘l o ok Nick, this is where you turn it on and compete. yo u can’t give up on a guy like Nick Coleman. He’s got too much pride.”

Contact Marek Mazurek at mmazurek@nd.edu

Kelly confident in Kizer heading into Nevada

By MAREK MAZUREK sports ed itor

No. 18 Notre Dame takes the field in its home opener against Nevada in just a day. But unlike the days leading up to the contest against te xas, the i r ish (0-1) know who their starting quarterback will be when they face the wo lf p a ck (1-0).

t h ursday evening, i r ish head coach Brian Kelly elaborated on his decision to make junior De s h one Kizer “the guy,” saying Kizer was awared the starting role based on his play at te xas.

“ i don’t think i ’ ve ever had a crystal clear moment, other than: he was responsible for six touchdowns and he didn’t take the first series of the third quarter,” Kelly said. “He made a pretty big statement. i said all along, i n eeded to let them play in a real game to break a logjam up. i t w as really tied in my eyes, we went into that game

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ND looks to build on strong start

By MANNY DE JESUS sports writer

l o oking to build on their historic start at the Notre Dame Kickoff i n vitational, the i r ish will travel to s a n Francisco to compete in the o l ympic Club i n tercollegiate on Monday and tu esday.

t h e i r ish started the season off by making a statement last weekend, winning their invitational by 23 strokes over Valparaiso and Detroit. Notre Dame also set their lowest 36-hole tournament score, recording an 11-under-par 557. Despite returning eight upperclassmen, it was a couple of fresh faces who led the charge for the i r ish.

Freshmen John Felitto and Hunter o s trom finished first and third, respectively. Felitto, who tied for the fourth-best round in i r ish history with a score of 65 s a turday afternoon, shot a 7-under-par 135, while o s trom recorded a 4-under

138 in his collegiate debut. Despite it being their first time out on the course as collegiate golfers, Felitto and o s trom were much more concerned about qualifying for the o l ympic Club i n tercollegiate than controlling their debut jitters.

“ i really wasn’t that nervous at all during that first event,” o s trom said. “ i was a lot more focused on just qualifying for our first event at o l ympic Club, which i was in pretty good shape for leading by one at 5-under for four rounds, so i was just going to try and play two good rounds.”

As they move forward to next week’s o l ympic Club i n tercollegiate, the i r ish are confident their potential this season is far above the 10th–place ACC finish they earned last season.

“ we are all thinking very highly about this upcoming week,” o s trom said. “ t h ere’s a lot more trust, in my

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Notre Dame set for ACC opener

By JOE EVERETT sports writer

Fresh off its early season success, No. 1 Notre Dame will kick off ACC play this Friday night against No. 15 Virginia te ch.

t h e i r ish (4-0-0) moved from fourth to first in the latest Coaches p o ll on tu esday, garnering their seventh No. 1 ranking in the past four years. t h e i r ish are remarkably well-rounded statistically, ranking second in the country in total goals scored (12), eighth in the country in goals-against-average (0.24) and seventh in save percentage (.947). t h is dominance has led to a promising start for the i r ish and the lighting of the No. 1 sign atop Grace Hall, but head coach Bobby Clark warned not to put too much stock in the squad’s hot start, quoting a text he received from former Notre Dame soccer star and current U. s . N ational te am defender Matt Besler.

“[Matt] texted me to tell

the boys to remember that it’s not how you start, it’s how you finish; it’s about finding that rhythm at the end of the year that will make the season truly special,” Clark said. “ i think that’s very true … it’s just one game at a time. i t ’s great to get a great start and a nice ranking … but the only ranking that’s really important is the final one at the end of the season. t h e i r ish begin their march towards the postseason with their first ACC match against Virginia te ch. Notre Dame leads the overall series, 5-10, but the Hokies (4-0-0) are looking at a promising season themselves. “ we ’ve got to handle the maturity of their team as well as their transition,” Clark said. “ t h ey’re strong in set pieces as well, but we’ve got to make sure we play our game. we ’ve got to do what we do well, because we don’t want to get taken out of our game. we ’re [undefeated],

i r ish prepare for weekend road trip to California

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No. 20 Notre Dame will begin a four-game road trip this weekend with two games in the Bay Area, facing s a nta Clara on Friday night before a clash with No. 2 s t anford on s u nday morning.

t h e i r ish (5-1-0, 0-0-0 ACC) have had success at home this season, winning all five games they’ve played at Alumni s t adium and keeping five clean sheets. But in their one game away from home so far, August’s encounter with Michigan, the i r ish lost 2-0. l a st year, the i r ish had similar success at home, posting an 11-1-0 record, but couldn’t replicate their form on the road or at neutral venues, going a combined 3-4-1 away from home. Notre Dame will hope an improved record on the road will help them achieve more success than in 2015. i n t heir last encounter, the