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butler pleads guilty to misdemeanor
Senior Notre Dame cornerback will pay for damages, complete community service hours
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Editor’s note: A version of this story appeared online Oct. 17.
notre d ame senior cornerback d evin b utler pleaded guilty at a court appearance o ct. 17 to a c lass A misdemeanor count of resisting law enforcement.
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August with two felony counts of resisting law enforcement and battery against a public safety official, but both charges have been dropped as part of the plea deal.
b utler will now enter a pretrial diversion program where he will pay the state nearly $150 for damage to officer Aaron k nepper’s clothing and will write an apology to
unveils new science hall wing
By NICOLE CARATAS
s aint mary’s e ditor
renovation work on the saint mary’s science hall has been a familiar sight over the past year, but no signs of bulldozers or barricades remained when the hall’s main entrance re-opened at its dedication and blessing
ceremony oct. 14. the renovation and expansion of the hall was made possible by a $10 million donation from clayton and maryAnn mathile and their daughter, Jennifer mathile prikkel, who graduated from the college in 1995.
k nepper, who arrested b utler on Aug. 20 at the l inebacker l ounge near campus.
b utler will also complete 24 hours of community service as part of the pretrial diversion program. i f b utler violates the terms of the program, the misdemeanor count will stand and b utler could face up to one year in county jail and up to a $5,000 fine. i f
b utler successfully completes the program, the misdemeanor charge will be dismissed. t he s outh b end p olice d epartment conducted an internal investigation regarding k nepper’s actions in the arrest after witnesses, including b utler’s girlfriend, accused k nepper of misconduct. s outh b end p olice c hief s cott r uszkowsi said Friday there
was no evidence of wrongdoing in the case, though no formal complaint was filed by b utler.
o ne day after his arrest, i rish head coach brian k elly suspended b utler from the football team indefinitely Aug. 21. neither b utler nor his attorney, Jeffrey k immell, commented on the case.
Student government presents report to trustees
By COURTNEY BECKER news writer
student government presented its research on entrepreneurship and innovation at notre dame during its semi-annual report to the university board of trustees on oct. 13. student body president corey robinson said this presentation was unique because no other notre dame student government administration has presented research on this subject.
“there has been no other type of student government in the past that has talked about entrepreneurship or culture of innovation on campus,” robinson said. “it’s really run the gamut but [the trustees had] never heard about entrepreneurship before as a student concern in the sense of careers.”
student body vice president becca blais said the focus of the report came about through
collaboration with the board of trustees.
“the cool thing about the board reports is in the fall [the trustees] actually assign it to us, and then in the spring we get to pick our own,” blais said. “so in the fall it’s really what they want to hear most about and through our conversations with them this is what came up.”
“it was perfect timing, really, because the university is trying to hire an associate provost and vice president of innovation,” robinson said. “they’ve been looking for the past year and they’re trying to hire someone very soon … [so] it was a very good time to talk about this.”
this focus on innovation also fits with the platform of the current student government administration, blais said.
“so far in our administration we have really tried to live by that principle,” she said. “every project that we’ve done has integrated
some principle of innovation, so integrating it into your life and accepting the challenges and the risk that it entails [is part of it].”
robinson said the major points for the report emerged during discussions with student entrepreneurs on campus.
“there are four things really that student entrepreneurs said, ‘hey, we need help with this, [it’s] a severe lack on campus,’” he said. “one of those things was workspace. Another was funding, [another] publicity and the last one was mentorship.”
From these points, robinson said, student government developed the goal of changing the university’s culture surrounding entrepreneurship and innovation.
“our specific goal was how do you change a culture?” robinson said. “you have to be able to have alignment of incentives. if only a
Play encourages conversation on race relations
By ANDREW CAMERON news writer
kicking off notre dame’s first race relations week, student government hosted a performance of the play “the cop” in legends nightclub on monday.
the play, written by rev. harry cronin and performed by brad erickson of san Francisco’s theatre
bay Area, is a solo drama centered around a police officer who is forced to confront his own hidden racism after his daughter is killed and he gains custody of his bi-racial grandson. Following the performance, the audience broke into groups to discuss the issues of racism and implicit bias explored in the play and how these issues can be addressed in the notre dame
community and American society as a whole.
According to erickson, the play’s crucial message is about how racism can affect people’s behavior and their ability to love others.
“i think it gives us a glimpse into some of the really horrendous things that have been happening in this country, certainly between police and young men of color in
particular,” erickson said. “A lot of us think ‘well, that could never be me. i could never do anything like that.’ what the play explores is that the thing that drives people to do those things that we think are so horrendous is actually in all of us. it sort of convicts all of us of this same issue.”
erickson said systemic racism starts with personal racism.
“it gets embodied in systems, in governments,” he said. “but it starts in the heart, and that’s what the play’s looking at. if you had asked this character a year or two before the play if he was racist, he would have responded ‘no, absolutely not. i’m a cop, and we’re trained to treat everyone equally.’ in the course of
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The newly-renovated Saint Mary’s Science Hall features a new physics wing to accommodate the physics major introduced last year.
“i fixed a family’s house and played with their cats on an Appalachia trip.”
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“i caught and filleted my own fish.”
Three Notre Dame students enjoy apple cider at a harvest-themed dinner in South Dining Hall on Monday night. The dinner featured fall favorites, local produce and dishes inspired by the art of Paulette Tavormina, a still-life artist featured in the Snite Museum of
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small niche of students are thinking about it, and then administrators aren’t thinking about it and the trustees don’t even know it exists, that’s going to be very difficult to change the culture.”
senior michael markel, student body chief of staff, said the board report highlights the changes university culture is currently undergoing, which will look different in a few years.
“this board report in itself is encapsulating the change in culture for notre dame,” markel said. “in the next 20 years or so [campus culture is] definitely going to [change] dramatically, at least entrepreneurship and innovation endeavors on campus.”
blais said student government compiled the report based on extensive research it did, including sending out student surveys,
conducting interviews with administrators in a variety of campus departments and examining case studies of existing entrepreneurial endeavors on campus.
“the report as a whole broke down the background where we tied this back to the founding of notre dame and how innovation is a part of the tradition and legacy of notre dame,” blais said. “then we worked on the current resources, then we moved into the case studies, and then from there we pulled together those recommendations.”
one of those recommendations is the implementation of a startup-in-residence program that would expand upon the university’s existing entrepreneurship-in-residence program under the gigot center for entrepreneurship, which blais said is already a valuable tool for student entrepreneurs.
“students who are going through the entrepreneurial process … can
connect with entrepreneurs who have already been through it,” she said. “these people can offer them advice along every step of the way, whether it’s coming up with their idea or prototyping, finding funding [or] connecting with the right people, and they really serve as a mentor in that sense.”
A startup-in-residence program would entail housing an existing startup on campus designed to offer students collaboration and learning opportunities, robinson said.
“we thought, ‘what if there was a startup-in-residence program, where we go to silicon valley and ask a small-to-medium-size startup to leave silicon and be housed [in mendoza] for a semester or for a year?’” he said. “it’s great for them because here we have a thriving university community where ideas are being thrown all over. … secondly, for students it allows us to have a living, breathing startup within our ecosystem where we
then see how it’s done.”
An advantage robinson discovered in working on the report was his ability to draw from his own experience of starting a nonprofit organization with senior Andrew helmin.
“Andrew helmin and i started a nonprofit together, so in a sense i’m also a student founder. so i kind of had a little idea of what the problems look like from ideation to implementation because Andrew and i have already done it,” robinson said. “i knew what kind of resources existed and what didn’t, but as far as a more traditional startup like a company … i had no idea what resources were out there for that.”
markel said student government turned to current students and student entrepreneurs for feedback to help them fill in any missing pieces of their report.
“we had a general outline, we filled out that outline, and then we asked some other people for their
input,” he said. “we realized that we had to do a little more research and then finally we got to the point where we could present a good, well thought-out presentation that encapsulated all of the resources on campus and really highlighted one of the major issues being communication of those resources.”
robinson urged students to act on ideas and get involved now rather than waiting until they leave notre dame.
“the culture is changing already and anyone can be involved,” he said. “entrepreneurship isn’t just building companies. entrepreneurship and innovation is so much more than that. … we don’t have to wait until we graduate to go change the world. we have computers, we have internet access and we’re at one of the best colleges in the world — let’s do something right now.”
Contact Courtney Becker at cbecker3@nd.edu
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the play, he realizes this hatred that he has inside of him. so it’s a discovery: he discovers this hatred inside of himself, but he will never get rid of it if he doesn’t foresee it.
“there’s so much maybe in your family or in the society around you that can lead you to [have that hatred] even though you’re denying it. unless you see it, you’ll never be able to change it. people have said that racism is the original sin of America, and we have to see it if we’re ever going to get rid of it.”
cronin said he believes all people are joined in the human family as children of god.
“the fact that [the police officer] is going to learn how to love his grandson is a metaphor for how you solve racism: you realize that we’re all one,” he said. “racism is hate. hate is always destructive. the first person it destroys is the hater. i think it’s a horror in our society that we’re blind to.” student body president corey robinson said he was pleased with the turnout at the play and participation in the discussion afterwards.
“not only did a lot of people come, but the dialogue was good,” he said. “the play was brilliant, and then we had eight discussion leaders from the diversity council asking not just really vague questions about what’s wrong, but rather what can we do as students right now, in south bend, in our dorms.” robinson said he wanted the week to to find a new way to approach the issue of race.
“we want to include people in the conversation that aren’t usually included,” robinson said. “we want to be able to broaden the scope and say ‘no, the past eight months in America have affected everyone. whatever your ties are, if you’re an American, you have to deal with the racial issues of the past eight months.’ we want to encourage people to think about that and see what their role is.”
Contact Andrew Cameron at acamero2@nd.edu
“t his is a monumental and historic occasion,” mary burke, chair of the board of trustees, said. “After much planning and preparation, we gather today to celebrate saint mary’s continued commitment to women in science and to thank c lay and maryAnn mathile and their daughter Jennifer mathile p rikkel. t heir generosity marks the largest private gift in the history of the college.”
burke said the mathiles embody blessed Fr. basil moreau’s idea of “cultivating the mind and the heart” because they understand the need for access to enhanced equipment for science in order to give back to society.
“true to the charism of the sisters of the holy c ross, the mathile family’s gift is a response to the needs of our time,” burke said. “t his expansion will equip our students with the sustainable, state-ofthe-art tools required to success in the classroom, and serve the greater good through their careers in science.”
Fr. steve newton began the blessing of the building by reflecting on the intersection of science and religion.
“it’s very appropriate that we are on a catholic college campus dedicating a science building donated by a woman who was a religious studies major while she was here at saint mary’s,” newton said. “t he bridge between science and religion is long, it’s old and it’s very, very durable. t here have been conflicts over the years and misunderstandings, but in fact the compatibility of faith and reason is so tight that without the one, we could not have the other, and without the other, there would be no point to the one.”
mathile p rikkel said her gift to saint mary’s is a representation of her family’s life work.
“my parents … and myself are people of strong faith who feel called to share g od’s blessings with others,” she said. “much like the sisters of the holy c ross — whose compassion moves them to reflect on the signs of the times, discern needs and respond — my parents and i also consider saint mary’s mission to prepare students to make a difference in the world as congruent to our own purpose. … we invest in projects that makes g od’s plans come to fruition.”
According to mathile p rikkel, college p resident e meritus carol Ann mooney asked the mathile family for the donation for the science hall.
“she moved my family’s collective soul,” she said. “o ur students and faculty now have a space worthy of their passion, devotion and knowledge and that feeds my soul, because where better to invest one’s money than in the heart of another human being?”
mathile p rikkel said she is happy she could provide the funds to make the science hall project happen, especially as a graduate of the c ollege.
“t here’s something special and unique here about saint mary’s,” she said. “i can tell you as an alumna that the education and experience here is transformative. … saint mary’s college allows students to identify and embrace their inherent, g od-given gifts. here, truly, the mind and spirit are educated.”
current saint mary’s p resident Jan cervelli concluded the dedication by thanking mooney for her work with the Faith Always, Action now campaign, which was launched in 2008. t he campaign raised $105 million in less than six years, according to cervelli.
“i f we expect science education and research at saint mary’s to be on the cutting edge — and we do expect that — then our students and faculty need the best possible facilities to do their work,” cervelli said. “we
can say with pride that a vision has come to fruition.
cervelli said the building was designed specifically with sustainability in mind. t he furniture was either reused or donated to habitat for humanity, sensors were added to control lighting, heating and air conditioning, the ventilation equipment allows for more precise control and notification for when service is needed and the roof was built to support the installation of a green roof, she said.
“w ith the most up-to-date technology and a design that facilitates the interaction and collaboration that fuels innovation, the renovated and expanded science hall will be a catalyst for discovery,” she said. “even the building itself exhibits scientific and technological best practices. t his project reflects everything we strive for at saint mary’s.”
Contact Nicole Caratas at ncaratas01@saintmarys.edu
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The College held a dedication ceremony outside the main entrance of the newly-renovated Saint Mary’s Science Hall on Oct. 14.
By CHRISTIAN BUNKER
s cene writer
t here are points in life that deserve a soundtrack. you probably imagined the sound of a triumphant fanfare the last time you got an A on a test, or a high energy rock anthem while you were getting ready to go out last Friday. however, it’s undeniable that American popular music is applicable only to a tiny fraction of your waking hours. t here are no fitting chords for the 75 insufferable minutes of your humanities seminar, nor lyrics that can describe the time spent trying to fall back asleep after enduring the industrial wails of your roommate’s alarm. you could try to force sensical music on these nonsensical moments, and many do. however, there is something to be said for recognizing that much of your life slips by, and accompanying it with music that slips by as well. And of course, the only reasonable candidate to fill this void is ambient music.
Ambient consists of sounds that lack melody, rhythm, or structure. it is music without our preconceptions of what music is. it encapsulates the spontaneity, freedom, and unconscious expression that modern visual art has been chasing for a long while, but it does so far more naturally. t his is perhaps because of how we consciously experience sound. sight is always the focus of
our attention, so works like those of pollock and rothko that subvert our attempts at scrutiny are awkwardly received by the viewer. in contrast, ambient music is a completely natural listening experience because we’re used to sound hovering at the edge of our consciousness rather than at the center of it.
t hat’s not to suggest that ambient is meant to be ignored. t his genre is unique among all others in that the sounds seem to exist without regard to an audience. most songs have lyrics that are intended to be relatable to the listener, often in an effort to emphasize the emotions and experiences that people have in common. however, the artist-audience dialogue clearly transcends lyrics. songs in other languages can be very touching, and even post-rock instrumentals explore motifs and build to crescendos in an attempt to hold the listener’s attention. however, in ambient the artist-audience dialogue is nonexistent because neither party is acknowledged or even necessary. great ambient music truly feels as if it was never created, but merely exists, such that if you were in a totally deserted forest and brian eno’s “2/1” drifted through the trees, you wouldn’t question it. similarly, robert Fripp’s distorted, aimless guitar on “evening star” sounds like the background static of the universe. t hese sounds seem to have been around forever, and they don’t give a damn
if you’re listening or not. however, i do care if you listen to ambient or not. i won’t say that it’s perfect study music — yes, it will fade to the back of your mind, but it can also grab your attention when you least expect it. i certainly have never been able to accomplish anything while Aphex twin’s “#6” works its magic. nevertheless, it’s a good way to get your mind off things and will certainly help you appreciate “normal” music more by virtue of its sheer contrast to everything else. because of this, i’ve selected some of the most definitive ambient tracks, listed below, for your personal enjoyment.
key Ambient tracks:
- Fripp & eno - “evening star”
- Fripp & eno - “t he heavenly music corporation”
- david bowie - “warszawa”
- david bowie - “weeping wall”
- brian eno - “2/1”
- brian eno - “in dark trees”
- brian eno - “under stars i & ii”
- Aphex twin - “#2”
- Aphex twin - “#6”
- suzanne ciana - “concert at phil niblock’s l oft”
Contact Christian Bunker at cbunker@nd.edu
By ADRIAN MARK LORE
s cene writer
i walked through the nursing home, its labyrinthine hallways transmitting the scent of freshly-laundered curtains. A gentle piano melody hovered like mist over the linoleum floor that led to the hazy ballroom, where men and women — their recollections the victims of severe deterioration — held hands, quietly moving at pace with the slow music. t hey danced easily; it was muscle memory. t he music was familiar, kept on a scratched record that played throughout the day. none of the silent dancers seemed to mind, or notice, the endlessness of replay.
t he first time i visited a nursing home coincided with the first time i listened to t he caretaker, one of l eyland k irby’s many identities as a musician. t he record was “An empty bliss beyond this world,” released in 2011 and as eerie as its title suggests. t he collection of ditties from worn vintage records, looped slowly ad absurdum like an old, haunting memory, was a study of dementia through music, of the perceptive distortion that comes with advanced age. t he record is chilling and dark, yet illuminating in its philosophical achievement. it is peaceful as its songs’ inconclusive ends describe and come to terms with the cyclical yet fleeting nature of life. in the framework of grief, the music is not denial — but acceptance.
k irby is a very prolific musician, releasing new music under innumerable different monikers often several times a year. still, “An empty bliss” was his first major
critical success outside of the avant-garde niche. For better or worse, k irby decided that his most recent record as t he caretaker — “everywhere at the end of time” — would capitalize on the success of “An empty bliss” by reproducing more of that trademark vintageballroom sound. w hether this is good or bad is entirely a matter of whether the listener is keen on encountering more of the same familiar sound. t he record clocks in at just over 40 minutes, yet there is hardly an original concept to distinguish “everywhere” from “An empty bliss.” in fact, a few of the details that made “An empty bliss” so haunting are absent on k irby’s latest release. w hile retaining their nostalgic integrity, k irby subtly treated many of the tracks on “An empty bliss” with ghostly yawns and chilling distortion, yielding some of the record’s most unsettling cuts. most poignantly, two tracks — the title track as well as “mental caverns without sunshine” — play twice in the album, each rendition only slightly altered. t he small yet striking detail was evidence of k irby’s craftsmanship when producing the record, for it shrewdly highlighted its theme: t he tracks repeat just as someone would repeat an uttered phrase after forgetting having said it at all. track names on “An empty bliss” were in themselves evocative as well, with titles such as “moments of sufficient lucidity,” “i feel as if i might be vanishing” and “A relationship with the sublime” — even this detail is missed on “everywhere.” given k irby’s capacity to create atmosphere over the many dimensions of his artistic output, his announcement that “everywhere” would be merely the first in a six-part series to span the next three years was cause
for excitement. w hile this first volume is enjoyable and engaging, meritorious in its own right and with traces of k irby’s eccentric flair, it pales in comparison to its predecessor. most notably, many of its tracks, while reproducing similar delicate bygones, feel generally untouched and are lacking the tensions that drove “An empty bliss.” in other words, it is comparatively disappointingly straightforward.
perhaps this is purposeful, and we will encounter further manipulation of sound as the album series progresses through the harrowing course of dementia. yet it is reasonable to fear that by the latter volumes of the series, the novelty value of the idea will long since have worn off. k irby captured the experience flawlessly on “An empty bliss,” and for now it is not clear how much six more records of similar ideas can contribute meaningfully to his creative thesis.
Contact Adrian Mark Lore at asanch11@nd.edu
“Everywhere
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The Caretaker
Label: History Always Favours The Winners Track: “Late afternoon drifting”
If you like: William Basinski, Stars of the Lid, Brian Eno
InsIdE cOlumn
desensitized culture
my first real memory — the first thing i know for a fact that i genuinely remember — is watching the twin towers fall.
i was three years old at the time and my parents and i lived in london; all of our relatives lived in new york. i begged my mom to change the channel on the television from the news to one of my favorite shows. but she was glued to the tv and at some point, my three-year-old self picked up on the fact that something was wrong. t he tv was playing the same, scary scene over and over and my mom looked panic stricken as she tried to get in touch with family members.
by the time the July 7 bombings in the london tube system took place in 2005, i was seven and we were back living in new york. i got up that morning, got ready for summer camp and turned on the “today” show, just like every morning. but i was met with the sounds of sirens and images of ambulances, stretchers and people crying behind barricades. And this time, i was old enough to know what it meant. i vividly remember running to my parents’ room and breathlessly informing my mother that there had been attacks in london.
i adamantly refused to take the subway for a few years after that morning. i blamed it on a fear of rats, but i was in fact afraid of being caught underground during a terrorist attack that seemed plausible, even inevitable in new york city.
growing up in new york, the idea of threats became commonplace at a young age. so commonplace that they stopped affecting me. the fear that permeated my life and the lives of my friends, when i was younger could be avoided totally if i lived in a state of naivete, ignoring much of what was going on in the world. the things that i knew were bad and scary when i was little scarcely cause me a second thought today, despite the fact that in our world it’s nearly impossible to avoid the constant stream of news about violence. t he majority of the time i tune it out. And that always worked for me. then in september, a bomb went off in chelsea, which, granted, is across the city from where i live but still only three miles away.
And i did nothing. i didn’t react. i didn’t check with friends or family to see if everyone was okay. despite it being plastered all over the news, the various alerts i received on my phone and countless Facebook posts, the idea that there had been an attack mere miles from my home barely registered with me.
it was not until i got a text from a friend a few days later that said, “how are you doing with everything that’s happened in new york? your fam and your city are in my prayers,” that i even realized the severity of what had happened. And that scared me almost as much as the idea that a bomb had gone off and severely injured multiple people, essentially in my backyard. it scared me that i had become so desensitized to violence and terrorism that i considered an explosion to be run-of-the-mill. i’ve learned that there is a happy medium when it comes to topics like terrorism. by no means should you overreact, because there definitely is such a thing. don’t stop taking the train out of fear, like i did. but you do need to react. i need to force myself to think when i hear about something on the news, as much as i may wish to tune it out and pretend nothing happened. Just because violence is something that has become ever-present and increasingly prevalent around the world and in our lives does not mean that we can allow it to become unremarkable — that can have just as scary a result as what we are ignoring.
Contact Elizabeth Greason at egreason@nd.edu
The views expressed in the Inside Column are those of the author and not necessarily those of The Observer.
To my rapist
Editor’s note: Per our Viewpoint policy, The Observer does not typically accept anonymous submissions. An exception was made in this case, owing to an ongoing University investigation and the importance of the Letter’s content to the campus conversation surrounding sexual assault.
w hy?
As the one who was sexually assaulted in the recent case in k eough, i never realized how important speaking out was. i thought that awareness was everywhere already, particularly here, so i didn’t really care. n ow, i get it. i ’m the second reported case just this year. And who knows how many others have fallen victim to this crime this year that may not have reported.
t his rape has changed my life forever. And i feel that even though this case has gotten a lot of attention (thank you to the entire community for being a fantastic support network — you’ve helped me to bear this more than you know), it needs to be understood how this not only personally affects me, but the entire community. i am one of the community members; and even though not many people may know that i am the victim in this case, it still affects them. i am a classmate, a friend and even family to some in this community. t his is personal.
Along with me, you — my attacker — are a member of the community. to others, you are also a friend, a classmate or just someone that hangs around campus. you are sitting next to people in your classes. l ittle do they know, they’re sitting next to someone who has truly harmed another in their community.
As for personal effects, i am almost certain that this has affected me more than it has you so far. i have visited the local hospitals three times thus far; how many times have you had to go and get seven vials of blood drawn, a painful shot in the hip, a very unwanted bodily inspection, take nine pills and — to top it off — have pictures of your entire naked body taken as evidence? t here were bruises found all over that i had no knowledge of.
h ow many classes have you had to drop because of this? i have already dropped a class and, though i was once a dean’s list student
hoping to get a 4.0 this semester, i now question if i can even pass and move on to the next grade level.
h ow many clubs have you quit? i had to quit my favorite club this semester. i t was my biggest passion. i t was my place to be free and happy. n ow it has no part in my life.
l astly, how many people have you been looking for approval from? w here i was once a confident person, never really caring to look for the approval of men, i now seek to find a guy who won’t see me as an object. i was never skeptical of any men before. b ut now, i just want to find the approval of someone that i , in hindsight, don’t need the approval of. m y love for myself has somewhat dissipated. n ow i feel a need to find someone who doesn’t see me as a onenight object. i ’ve always thought the people in k eough were very nice, but now i feel scared to hear that anyone is from there.
i wish i could escape this crime scene that is my body. n o matter where i go, i am still in the crime scene. i t follows me everywhere. b ut i picked myself up and realized that i am okay, and i am enough. And for that lesson, i almost want to thank you.
t his case has only been going on for six weeks, but i ’ve grown up pretty quickly in this time period. And though it may take longer for you, i truly hope that you grow up as well. t hat maybe, one day you will see a drunk girl being taken away by a guy your age and you’ll say, “ d ude, that’s not cool. s he can’t figure out what’s going on,” much like i couldn’t during that night between Aug. 26 and 27.
i wish you well.
As for those who are going through similar situations, i am here. i am always here. As someone who has gone through this, i will do more to make this community a better place. i will do this for you and anyone else who has to go through this. i will never forget to always help those in need even when they are unknown to me, just as the n otre d ame community has supported me without saying a word to me personally.
Elizabeth Greason sports writer
i n a couple weeks, the election season will (finally) be over. For much of my life, this could not have come sooner — living in o hio really makes watching tv quite the political affair. And today, in this year, i feel no different. t his campaign cycle has been ugly, annoying and quite frankly a train wreck that most of the country can’t tear their eyes from. i ’m ready to get past the constant talk from every person on every tv channel about the election. i ’m ready to get past the articles from people like me about why you should think a certain way. And i ’m ready to get past d onald trump.
Amidst all of this, however, one must step back and realize what the last year of craziness has been for. i t’s a lot to handle (or not handle). i t’s a lot to have to deal with and for many people, the campaigns and the constant saturation of political information is not something that they particularly desire whatsoever. b ut the last year is the basis for what makes our country the power that is has been and will continue to be. r egardless of your political views, the fact that people around the country are able to discuss important issues,
Just vote
disagree with each other and say what they believe in is vitally important. i t’s something that all people in free countries take for granted. we don’t realize the amount of countries throughout the world that have it different, and how that impacts the daily lives of their citizens.
i n the u nited s tates, we criticize one another for political beliefs. we think that the approaches that others take are silly, inefficient or wrong. t he ability to do that is just commonly taken as something that normally happens — but it’s not. i n many countries around the world, those who disagree with the authority or who disagree with a certain view are silenced. t hey are not allowed to speak their mind and respectfully disagree. t hey are punished for their views and some are even killed for what they believe in.
Along with that, we as Americans take the right to vote for granted far too often. we don’t think about how precious of a gift that is. i t’s an issue that the average turnout in a presidential election is between 50 and 65 percent. i n other countries around the world, groups of people (sometimes entire populations of countries) are literally dying in order to secure the right to vote for themselves and other citizens of their county. t he ability to have some impact on one’s own government (and thus one’s own destiny) should not be
taken lightly. i t’s something that millions of people around the world don’t know and yearn for. w ith this great privilege comes a responsibility to exercise our right to vote, in every circumstance. voting is something that many people take lightly. A lot of people don’t care to research candidates. From school board to justices to state senators, every vote that you make is important. i t shapes the future of our country. i t shapes our laws, our people, our future children and our institutions. s o vote. i t’s not easy. i t takes time to research issues, people and candidates. i t takes thought and consideration and hard work to really discover what each person stands for and why you should (or should not) vote for them. b ut that work is a small price to pay for having an impact on one’s country. i t’s what our founders envisioned, and it’s what so many people around the world yearn for so dearly. Just vote.
Neil Joseph is a senior from Columbus, Ohio, majoring in Political Science and Economics. He hopes that you don’t use these articles against him when he’s running for School Board one day. He welcomes all compliments at njoseph2@nd.edu, and sometimes responds to those who criticize him.
The views expressed in this column are those of the author and not necessarily those of The Observer.
l essons from the galapagos
At about 5 a.m. m onday a white van pulled up to main circle and 14 undergraduates, myself among them, stumbled out into the bleary morning. we had been traveling for almost 19 hours, taken two buses, a small boat, three airplanes, two vans and a shuttle, before finally dragging ourselves and our duffel bags back to our dorms for some much needed sleep. we had just gotten back from the g alapagos i slands.
t he trip was amazing. we spent our mornings hiking up ancient volcanos and our afternoons snorkeling in the p acific; we saw dozens of species of wildlife that can only be found in the g alapagos and many of them only on specific islands. c lass favorites included the sea lions, the penguins, the iguanas and the tortoises; there were frigate birds and lava herons, sea turtles and manta rays and about a hundred species of plants worth mentioning. t he animals, plants, geology and ecology of the i slands are their main attraction; but what i thought was truly amazing, what blew my mind minute by minute, was the way that the humans and the wildlife worked together. For the first time in my life, i saw humanity not as an imposition on the natural landscape, but as a benefit to it.
t he g alapagos are a series of islands about 600 miles west of mainland e cuador. t he archipelago includes 21 distinct islands, each of which is the result of different volcanic activity from different time periods, is bordered by different ocean currents, has a different shape and ultimately a different story to tell. t he result is a collection of incredibly unique islands, and i mean unique in the most absolute sense of the world: the kind of life that exists on these islands cannot be found anywhere else in the world.
i n many ways the g alapagos i slands felt like
something out of time. o n our first full day we took a boat to s anta Fe i sland, and our jetty let us off on a beach littered with sea lions. t he small strip of sand hosted 30 or 40 of them, mostly mothers and pups of various ages, basking in the sun or playing in the shallows. i walked out of the water and right up the beach, passing within a foot or so of a dozen animals, and none of them seemed to even notice me. Another time, a young tortoise let me get close enough to touch his shell without retreating into it; later, a penguin swam right up to me and nearly ran into my snorkel mask. b eing this close to wildlife, none of which seemed to care how close i was or even notice that i was there, i couldn’t help wonder if this is what nature was like before humanity took over. b efore animals learned to run from approaching people and wilderness retreated in the face of human expansion — maybe that was when people could walk with sea lions and swim with penguins.
And the really incredible thing? t he g alapagos i slands aren’t isolated. t here are humans on those islands, and lots of them. i n addition to the 200,000 tourists that visit the g alapagos every year, the three inhabited islands boast a total local population of around 25,000. t hese numbers are growing rapidly, bringing with them a serious set of risks and threats — but carefully planned and well-enforced policies seem to be curbing the numbers and protecting the environment. d espite the encroaching humanity, the wildlife of the g alapagos has been preserved and the wilderness is nearly pristine. t he critical question to ask, of course, is how.
t he short answer: lots of hard work and careful thought. s cientists working to preserve the g alapagos must possess incredibly detailed knowledge of their target species: the environmental niche it lives in, its predators and prey, how it interacts with other species, how it raises its young. g etting this information is step one and it can require meticulously designed
experiments and years of collecting data. s tep two is using this information to help the species overcome whatever struggle it’s facing, manmade or otherwise — and, of course, ensuring other species aren’t negatively affected in the process. t he work isn’t easy, it isn’t always possible and it never ends, with new threats popping up virtually every year.
t he good news? t he work often pays off, and the g alapagos i slands are teeming with examples of how human intervention has helped or even saved species of wildlife. t hese include some of the i slands’ most iconic species, like the g alapagos tortoises, land iguanas and g alapagos petrels. i f humans hadn’t acted, each of these species could be extinct. i nstead, they are thriving.
t hese are just a few, brilliant examples of how humans and wildlife work together on the g alapagos to the preserve planet we live in. i n a world where the Amazon rainforest loses thousands of trees each year to deforestation and a third of the northern and central g reat b arrier r eef has died to coral bleaching, i ’ve become accustomed to thinking of humanity as something of a parasite; the idea of humans and wildlife coexisting happily seemed more of a utopic fantasy than a potential reality. t he g alapagos i slands changed my mind. i saw there what the world looks like when we take the time to understand the life around us, and make the effort to help it live. i can tell you firsthand: t he results are worth it.
Sarah Cate Baker is in her third year at ND, double majoring in biology and English. When she’s not in the lab pouring over viruses under a microscope, you can usually find her shooting caffeine in the Hesburgh basement while she desperately tries to write papers and make deadlines. If you would like to question her sanity or her science, feel free to email her at sbaker6@nd.edu
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Happy Birthday: l ook for new ways to move forward this year and you will make a positive change that will help ease your stress. t hink big, but stay on budget and don’t react until you have all the facts. p ractical input will take you to the top. honesty, integrity and taking care of your health are priorities. your numbers are 1, 9, 17, 21, 29, 38, 41.
ARIES (March 21-April 19): money matters, contracts and personal commitments can all be addressed. much can be accomplished if you are organized and stick to your game plan. d on’t let someone’s interference slow you down. romance will highlight your day.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20): p lan for the future with someone you want to spend more time with. A colleague from your past will tell you about an interesting new opportunity. g et all the facts before you decide to make a change. A misunderstanding will set you back.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): b e cautious about whom you trust to give you valid information. m ixed messages will lead to a problem with your personal or professional partnerships. start by being honest with your assessment of the situations you face. o ffer positive solutions.
CANCER (June 21-July 22): stay focused on your accomplishments. A creative outlet will help you see life differently and ease your stress at the same time. A retreat or lifestyle change will do you good. e xpress your feelings and positive changes will take place.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): take time out to attend to your personal needs. update your look or focus your attention on someone you love. travel, physical activities and changing your routine will boost your morale and motivate you to field your professional options.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): b e cognizant of what’s going on at home. s omeone will withhold information that is vital to a decision you need to make. rely on the sources you know you can count on. c ommon sense will help you avoid a mistake.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): o ffer help and you will receive favors in return. An encounter you have with someone will make you consider a new direction. g etting together with your family members will be insightful.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): keep a low profile. you don’t want to stand out for fear of being put on the spot. you’ll do much better if you take time to monitor what’s going on around you before assessing what you should do in a situation.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): you’ll be tempted to drop everything and go on an adventure. b efore you jump the gun, however, consider what that might do to your current position and your relationships with others. work first and then you can play.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): g etting worked up over nothing is fruitless. d on’t take criticism to heart, but incorporate helpful suggestions into your plan. keeping your life simple will benefit you the most. d on’t feel like you have to follow the crowd.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): take the plunge and do the things that excite you. you can bring about personal changes that you have been dreaming about for years. d on’t be reluctant to press forward if it will lead to satisfaction and happiness.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): d on’t believe everything you hear, and don’t repeat your mistakes. m ake personal changes instead of trying to change others or get involved in affairs that shouldn’t concern you. strive for perfection mentally, physically and financially.
Birthday Baby: you are entertaining, playful and appealing. you are resourceful and indulgent.
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Warriors need to be the bad guys
“ s uicide s quad” was, without a doubt, my least favorite movie of 2016. t he year’s not over, and there are other supposedly bad movies i haven’t seen yet, but i feel confident in saying that this summer’s dc c omics effort was the worst film to come out this year. it’s disjointed, it’s neither fun nor exciting, and Jared l eto’s Joker cannot hold a candle to heath l edger’s legendary performance in t he d ark k night.
i n short, there are very few people who i would recommend it to. m aybe a few people who have personally wronged me in some way. And the g olden s tate warriors. not out of hatred for the warriors. i think i ’m one of the few people left who still likes their quick passing and ridiculous shooting enough to overlook everything else. b ut because of one more thing that was pretty terrible about the movie (from an admittedly long list).
c omic villain h arley Quinn (played by m argot r obbie) and company spent a huge chunk of the movie reminding each other and the viewer that they’re the bad guys. e nough that it became incredibly annoying in itself. b ut even worse, they never really felt like truly bad guys. Just the standard flawed protagonists that every entertainment franchise loves these days.
t he g olden s tate warriors need to keep reminding themselves that this year, they’re the bad guys. And more than that, they need to own it better than the cast of “ s uicide s quad” did.
it’s not hard to see how the warriors became unpopular. g reat teams often attract backlash, and when you throw in d raymond g reen’s actions in the playoffs and since, g olden s tate becomes an even easier target. t hen on top of all of that, throw in signing one of the best players in the league in k evin d urant. t hat’s a team that a lot of people are going to root against. b ut it can be funny to look at how opinions change from early last season, when they were still popular. no player is a better example of that than two-time mvp s tephen c urry. c urry once had an effortless kind of swagger when he celebrated shots before they went in; now people see him as arrogant. c urry is a player who
always looks to be having fun, but he’s going to have to play through this season with everyone hating him and reminding him of his underwhelming performances (and that behind-the-back pass) in the 2016 Finals.
For k evin d urant, it’s a case of becoming what he once fought against. d urant and the t hunder were the good guys when l e b ron James created a superteam in m iami. now, after one of the great heel-turns in sports history, he’s the star who left his team for an easy ring. d urant’s already had his struggles in big games, and that only gets more difficult when you’re the most unpopular player in the league.
d raymond g reen’s always had his “bad guy” characteristics, but people rarely mentioned it. now, it’s going to be on the top of every team’s gameplan for g olden s tate — get d raymond riled up and the key player in the warriors’ small-ball system could get ejected. yet at the same time, d raymond has made an allstar career out of his ability to match up physically with much larger players. he can’t do anything stupid, but he can’t go soft either. he’s got to be a controlled bad guy. e ven k lay t hompson, by far the most likable of g olden s tate’s b ig Four, will have to be aware of his team’s new image. w hen t hompson’s having fun on the court, his shot falls every time and he becomes one of the very best players in the league, but now he needs to recreate that when everyone wants his team to lose. s ure, t hompson should get plenty more open looks to keep his confidence high, but he won’t be immune from his team’s newfound unpopularity. t he warriors are still by far the most talented team in the league. b y all accounts they should win the c hampionship. b ut the greatest champions can thrive off the hatred. i f there’s any way a team this talented fails to win a title, it might be because they let themselves care about being liked. p layers like d urant and c urry seemed to enjoy being basketball’s darlings, now they’ve got to remind themselves that they’re the bad guy. And they’ve got to enjoy that even more.
Contact Daniel O’Boyle at doboyle1@nd.edu
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Irish junior forward Anders Bjork loads up a shot during Notre Dame’s 3-2 overtime loss to Penn State on Saturday at Compton Family Ice Arena. Bjork leads the team with 11 points through six games.
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start of overtime and then a bad shift change led to s turtz’s rebound dagger. p enn s tate also held 1-0 and 3-1 leads Friday night, but the i rish climbed back into that game to force overtime as well. i rish junior forward Jake e vans drew the score even at a goal apiece with his first goal of the season while the i rish were shorthanded in the first period.
t he n ittany l ions pushed their lead to two with a pair of second-period goals, but i rish sophomore forward Andrew o glevie brought the i rish back within one just 39 seconds later. Junior defenseman Jordan g ross tied the game with more than seven minutes remaining in the third to send the teams to what turned out to be a scoreless extra session.
n otre d ame finished 0-for-9 on the power play Friday night. p enn s tate scored once on its seven opportunities but also allowed e vans’ shorthanded marker.
b oth of w egwerth’s goals in s aturday’s loss came
on n otre d ame’s six opportunities with the man advantage. t he n ittany l ions finished 0-for-5 on the power play, but s turtz’s overtime tally came just seconds after the too-many-men penalty expired and as a tired i rish penalty-kill unit tried to get off the ice.
s aturday night’s upset over then- n o. 3 n otre d ame was a landmark victory for the n ittany l ions, the i rish being the highest-ranked team p enn s tate has beaten in its history since making the jump to d ivision i before the 2012-2013 season. t he i rish and n ittany l ions will also become conference foes next season when n otre d ame hockey joins the b ig ten.
After m innesota d uluth (3-1-2) escaped with a 4-3 victory to open that series o ct. 14, the i rish used a pair of third-period goals to breakout for a 3-1 win over the b ulldogs the following night. Junior defenseman Jordan g ross blasted home the game-winning goal just 5:01 into the final period and then sophomore forward d ylan m almquist padded the i rish lead 55 seconds later with his third tally of the season.
o glevie netted his team’s first goal both nights and also added an assist during a wild first period in n otre d ame’s loss Friday. t he i rish and b ulldogs split six goals over an 11-minute stretch before the action calmed down after the first intermission. d uluth sophomore forward Adam Johnson finished the scoring just over six minutes into the second period to nab his first game-winning goal of the season.
Junior forward Anders b jork buried his team-leading fifth goal of the season for the i rish on Friday night while freshman forward c am m orrison also scored his first career collegiate goal.
t he i rish combined to score three power play goals on nine opportunities over the weekend while holding d uluth to just a 1-for-10 effort over the series.
n otre d ame now faces a quick turnaround as it welcomes h ockey e ast foe c onnecticut to c ompton Family i ce Arena on t hursday and Friday instead of the usual Fridays aturday schedule. p uck drop for both nights is scheduled for 7:35 p.m.
ever get out of her/Thought of giving it all away/To a registered charity./All I need is a pint a day/If I ever get outta here/If we ever get outta of here/ Well, the rain exploded with a mighty crash/As we fell into the sun/And the first one said to the second one there/I
hope you’re having fun/Band on the run, band on the run/And the jailer man and sailor Sam/Were searching every one/For the band on the run/Band on the run/Band on the run/Band on the run/Well, the undertaker drew a heavy sigh/Seeing no one else had come/ And a bell was ringing in the village square/For the rabbits on the run/ Band on the run. Band on the run
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the irish up 12-9, giving them some room to breathe. yeadon went on a tear, picking up four more kills in the fourth set. the mercer island, washington, native finished the match with a double-double, her seventh of the season. mclaughlin discussed the fact that he has come to expect double-doubles from yeadon, although he has still higher expectations for the freshman.
“i think she could have been a little more consistent, but she knows that,” mclaughlin said. “i mean, nobody wants to be better than Jemma [does] and she’s learning every day and she’s getting better every day and she’s a dependable kid.”
the irish dominated the fourth set, winning by a nine-point margin, 25-16, to tie the match and force a fifth set.
in the fifth set, the irish struggled to start once again, allowing the tar heels to jump out to a 6-1 lead. notre dame was able to make up the gap and pull themselves even with unc at nine points apiece. the two squads started trading points until north carolina called a timeout with the teams tied at 13. the tar heels came out of the timeout with renewed energy, easily taking the next two points and the match. mclaughlin said that the fact that the match was a winnable one for the irish does not make him feel any better.
“to me, a loss is a loss,” mclaughlin said. “you just, you keep fighting and we’re always gonna fight, so it just stinks when you lose. i don’t feel good about it. but we’ve just got to get back on the horse and go.”
mclaughlin considered the match a learning experience and said that he was proud of his team, despite the result.
“win, lose or draw, you’re in this process of improving,” mclaughlin said. “we’re gonna learn a lot from this match. i think, you know, they were ready to play, they came out with good emotion and i’m proud of the
effort, i’m proud of the energy, all that stuff.”
sophomore libero ryann deJarld finished the match with 40 digs, a career high that put her in second place in the notre dame record books for digs in a match. deJarld downplayed the accomplishment in the context of the loss.
“i was just trying to do my job and get some good ups for caroline to set and make my team better,” deJarld said. “i’m confident that we’re gonna learn a lot of things from this game and be ready to move forward and prepare well for every game.”
And the irish were ready to go oct. 16 as they rebounded against n c state (13-9, 6-4 Acc). senior middle blocker katie higgins led the charge for the irish registering 11 kills on just 16 attempts, giving her a hitting percentage of .625. the nebraska native also registered six blocks in notre dame’s takedown of the wolfpack in straight sets: 25-19, 25-17, 25-23. on Friday, notre dame looked to restart a winning streak as it hit the road to play the panthers (157, 6-4 Acc). the irish took down the panthers in straight sets: 2519, 25-20, 25-21. the irish service game was a highlight versus the panthers. Junior middle blocker sam Fry posted three aces during the match, followed by deJarld’s two and one from junior libero natalie Johnson. deJarld currently leads the Acc in aces per set, while Fry sits in third place. the irish extended their winning streak to three sunday as they took down virginia tech (8-13, 3-7 Acc) in blacksburg, virginia, for the first time in program history. higgins once again led the irish to victory with 11 kills, followed by 10 kills from Fry. the win over the hokies gives notre dame its most in-conference wins since joining the Acc with nine. the irish return home to play miami at 7 p.m. at purcell pavilion on Friday before taking on no. 11 Florida state at 1 p.m. on sunday.
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Forest,” romagnolo said. “we were keeping the ball well and pressing well especially in the second half, so we were really controlling the game. but wake Forest is a good team again and there were not a lot of moments for us to break through on goal, we had to continue to persevere, which we did. kaleigh olmsted had an incredible assist, to megan mccashland at the back post. so it just took a lot of perseverance to find that goal in the 89th minute. they just kept working hard and defending well, and they really didn’t give up many chances in the second half to wake Forest, other than a couple corner kicks, but other than that they didn’t have a lot.” this was the second late gamewinning goal for mccashland
this season, after scoring the winner in double overtime against louisville. romagnolo said mccashland’s impact this season in big moments has been pivotal.
“it’s incredible,” romagnolo said. “to have her ready on the bench to step in is great. she played some really important minutes leading to that goal, so she did a great job on the field defending and attacking and making that run out of the midfield to get on the end of that cross was fantastic. i’m really proud of her being able to step up in another big moment.”
the irish play their final regular season game of the season wednesday when they meet miami. kickoff is at 7 p.m. at Alumni stadium.
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two top-25 teams, and it is a good test to rebound and to see if we can get back on track.” despite outshooting v irginia (8-2-5, 2-2-3 Acc ) 15-4, notre dame was unable to overcome the 1-0 deficit the team found itself in after the seventh minute. c avalier junior goalkeeper Jeff c aldwell tallied seven saves for his team in the game, preventing the i rish from getting on the scoreboard. c lark said his team played well against v irginia, but sometimes the bounces just don’t go a team’s way.
“[ v irginia] got the goal early and then they did a good job,” c lark said. “ we seem to run up against hot goalkeepers. t hey defended well, but we also played well. we played well in all of the games over break, it was quite strange.”
notre dame then took on northwestern (4-10-1, 2-4-1 big ten) on tuesday where the i rish lost 2-1 in overtime. t he w ildcats took the lead in the 25th minute with a deflected shot that found its way into the net from sophomore midfielder shannon s eymour. t he i rish immediately equalized behind a goal from senior midfielder mark g ormley in the 26th minute. neither team was able to find another goal in regulation. however, northwestern converted on a counterattack in the beginning of the overtime period, ending the game in the 94th minute. t his loss marked the first time all season where notre dame was unable to earn a victory in consecutive matches.
t he final destination of the fall break road trip was d urham, north c arolina, where the i rish lost to d uke (66-2, 2-4-1 Acc ) by another 2-1 score. graduate student goalkeeper robert moewes made seven saves for the blue devils, keeping his team in the contest through double overtime. t his being the second game on the trip against a stalwart goalkeeper, c lark said his team had to stick to its game plan in order to win.
“it’s tough,” c lark said. “ you just got to keep playing well and you got to hold your confidence. w ith the schedule we play, we are going to come up against this situation and i think we got to stay calm and keep doing what we are doing. once we come through this i think we will be a much stronger team, and we will be in a
good place come playoffs.” versus the blue devils, the i rish got on the board first with g ormley scoring his second goal of the road trip in the fifth minute. t he blue devils responded in the 35th minute, knotting the game up at 1-1. t he scoreboard remained unchanged until d uke freshman forward brandon w illiamson ended the game with his second goal of the contest in the 109th minute. t he road trip was difficult for the team’s record, but c lark said he believes the i rish played with the proper mindset throughout the overtime periods.
“ we are extremely fit, and that also is perhaps a bit frustrating, because in both occasions we were the team that was trying to win the game,” c lark said. “i felt both our opponents have settled for the tie, but obviously they both were able to break away and take something good out of it for them. we were the team that was pushing to win the game, but that’s soccer. i f i was in the same position again i would still be pushing to win the game. t hat’s something we do at notre dame: we are always trying to win. we are never happy to settle for a tie. s ometimes the game stands on its head and we end up getting nothing. i still liked the team’s mentality in these games.”
t he three game losing streak was uncharacteristic for the i rish, as they had only lost one game and tied one game the entire season before the road trip. notre dame will look to turn around its fortunes against m ichigan state (11-3-1, 4-2-1 big ten) as the end of the season draws near.
t he spartans have won six of their last eight games, with a double-overtime loss and a tie in that span. t he spartan attack is spearheaded by sophomore forward r yan sierakowski, who has 18 points on the year. As a team m ichigan state nearly doubles their opponents in goal output with 1.4 per game.
“[ m ichigan state] will challenge us, and each team challenges us in different ways,” c lark said. “t hey are coming in very confident and they are well-coached, and they have a lot of good players and players that we know because they are from the m idwest.
“ we know we are in for a real battle.”
notre dame faces off against m ichigan state on tuesday at Alumni stadium, with kickoff set for 7 p.m.
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ND looks to rebound after fall break losing streak Irish post three straight shutouts
By R.J. STEMPAK sports writer
notre dame played through its least successful stretch of the season over fall break, dropping all three games on the road.
e ach contest was competitive, as the no. 4 i rish (10-4-1, 3-3-1 Acc ) lost 1-0 to no. 16 v irginia and lost in overtime at both northwestern and d uke. notre dame looks to regain its winning form on tuesday night at home against no. 20 m ichigan state. i rish head coach bobby c lark hopes his team keeps their confidence through the difficult weekend.
“we take something from every game and try to look at it,” c lark said. “t he one thing i would take from it is that we have outworked our opponents and have played well. now we just got to keep doing that and not lose faith in ourselves. you got to hold to who you are. t his is a big week. we are playing
By DANIEL O’BOYLE sports writer
no. 14 notre dame was defensively perfect over fall break, earning two wins and a draw without conceding a goal in any of its three games.
the irish (11-2-4, 6-1-2 Acc) started off against then-no. 11 north carolina on oct. 15, and earned their first ever home victory over the tar heels (103-3, 5-2-2 Acc). After an evenlymatched first half, freshman forward Jennifer westendorf fired a 57th-minute free kick into the top-right corner for what would prove to be the only goal of the game. irish head coach theresa romagnolo said she felt her team had been on top of the game even before westendorf’s goal.
“i think we’d been playing well up to that point,” romagnolo said. “i think we’d been playing well against virginia even though we lost to them, so i think we were just continuing to play well. i thought we executed better against carolina, we kept
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the ball really well, so we created more chances for ourselves during that game.”
the irish travelled to no. 25 virginia tech on thursday, and neither team could find a goal. A kaela little save just before halftime kept the game scoreless, while among the chances for the irish was a westendorf free kick early in overtime that went narrowly wide.
“i think it was a fair result on the day,” romagnolo said. “i don’t think we performed our best. given how we performed i thought it was a fair result, but we could have played a lot better. coming away with a draw was a fine result.”
on sunday, the irish earned a win over wake Forest thanks to a late goal from junior forward megan mccashland. senior forward kaleigh olmsted played in a cross to mccashland, who sent a header into the net to earn the irish another victory.
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Irish fall to Nittany Lions in overtime seidel returns to nd
no. 7 notre dame finished its fall break aria on a sour note saturday night as penn state sophomore forward Andrew sturtz buried the overtime winner to upset the irish at compton Family ice Arena. sturtz’s tally just 1:20 into overtime capped a four-game stretch that saw notre dame (3-2-1) move as high as third in the national rankings after it split a weekend series on the road against no. 2 minnesota duluth but then failed
to lead the the no. 19 nittany lions (3-1-1) at any point Friday and saturday night on home ice. penn state took 1-0 and 2-1 leads saturday night, but irish sophomore forward Joe wegwerth pulled the game even each time. the Florida panthers’ prospect notched his first and second goals of the season to double the total from his freshman campaign already, but a late third-period penalty for too many men on ice carried into the
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Irish sophomore forward Joe Wegwerth controls the puck during Notre Dame’s 3-2 overtime loss against Penn State on Saturday. see hockey PAGE 9
Notre Dame sweeps three straight
By ELIZABETH GREASON sports writer
the irish picked up their first in-conference loss of the season to no. 8 north carolina in a heartbreaking five-set match on oct 14. notre dame (18-4, 9-1 Acc) had a strong bounce-back performance however, sweeping all three of its matches over break, taking down north carolina state, pittsburgh and virginia tech each in straight sets. the irish have now won 10 of their last 11 matches.
notre dame came out strong against the tar heels (18-2, 10-0 Acc), winning the first set 25-18. however, it was as if a completely different team took the court to start the second set. the irish came out flat-footed, allowing north carolina to get out to an 8-0 lead, before the unc scoring run was finally stifled by its own attack error. the irish changed the momentum as they fought back and crawled within reach of the tar heels at 14-11. the large margin between the two teams from the start of the
second set proved too much for the irish to make up, as they ultimately dropped the set, 25-19. irish head coach Jim mclaughlin felt that the second set was an example of his team’s grit, but also of its susceptibility to losing focus.
“i think, you know, when you go through little lapses in performance, it gives them an opportunity to get back in or seize the momentum or just win the game,” mclaughlin said. “i think we’ve gotta figure that stuff out a little bit and just play for longer periods of
time and i think our girls understand that.” the irish dropped the third set to the tar heels with the same score as the second set to put unc up 2-1. by this point, junior setter caroline holt had picked up a double-double, with 28 assists and 10 digs. the fourth set started out as a nail-biter with the two teams trading points until a kill by freshman outside hitter Jemma yeadon put
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on oct. 18, molly seidel announced she would return to notre dame to compete in both the indoor and outdoor track and field seasons.
seidel graduated from the university in may with a degree in anthropology, but she still has a season of eligibility left. during her time at notre dame, seidel became one of the most decorated athletes in the school’s history, winning four ncAA championships in addition to several other accolades.
“molly’s decision to return speaks volumes for the passion she feels for notre dame,” irish associate head coach matthew sparks said in a statement on oct. 18. “she had the opportunity to forego her final seasons of eligibility to make a good living as a professional runner. she will still be able to live out her dream as a professional athlete, but she feels like she has unfinished business left at the college level.”
CHRIS COLLINS | The Observer Irish senior midfielder Mark Gormley scans the field during Notre Dame’s 4-0 victory over Indiana on Oct. 4 at Alumni Stadium.
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