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ND, SMC celebrate connection to Naval Academy

‘We treated them the same way we would treat ourselves’

By LESLEY STEVENSON news writer

as the blue angels flew over notre dame stadium and the final notes of the alma mater rang out, many students’ beliefs were confirmed: the atmosphere of the notre dame vs. navy game would be unlike any other this season.

sophomore kim mai said hearing the stadium fall silent for the navy alma mater and witnessing the friendly camaraderie between the teams was the first time she had seen notre dame fans go out of their way to honor their opponents.

“we treated them the same way we would treat ourselves,” mai said.

senior billy raseman said the teams’ unity during both alma maters after the irish victory summed up the history and significance of the notre dame-navy relationship.

“i think it was pretty much embodied in the fact that we stopped and the whole stadium got quiet for their alma mater,” raseman said. “There’s just a good deal of respect both ways in the fact that, yeah, navy’s a football team but first they’re over there for their

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By KAITLYN RABACH saint mary’s editor

on saturday, saint mary’s student government a ssociation (sga) hosted the third navy dance in college history to honor long-standing traditions between saint mary’s and the naval academy, senior class vice president susie larson said.

The dance, which was held from 9 p.m. to 12 p.m. in the a ngela athletic center, was planned by sophomore, junior and senior class boards and 150 saint mary’s women and 127 midshipmen attended the event, larson said.

“saint mary’s has a special history with the naval academy,” larson said. “The history is particularly special with saint mary’s student nurses serving in various wars. … The navy dance is a gracious extension of our history. it is a simple way to express appreciation with what these guys and young women who have decided to make such a big commitment at such a young age.

“[serving] is such a big commitment. if [the midshipmen] are on leave, they don’t have

Saint Mary’s welcomes Alumnae Association Board academic a ffairs presents new series

By KELLY KONYA s aint mary’s a ssociate e ditor

The saint mary’s college alumnae association board of directors met wednesday through saturday for their annual fall conference.

senior student alumnae associate board representative mollie valencia said the group, comprised of 19 alumnae and two current students, joins together twice a year to discuss new changes and ways in which the board can better connect

with their worldwide alumnae network.

The group met on wednesday afternoon for the first of two general sessions, valencia said. saint mary’s president carol mooney addressed the group, discussing the college’s initiative to cultivate a community of diversity and acceptance.

each of the board’s committees and task forces agreed to encompass these changes in their goals for involvement within the community, valencia said.

“The task forces are designed

to work to accomplish a specific event or movement, and the committee meetings have a larger goal of working with the college to develop certain areas like alumnae engagement, student-alumnae relations and alumnae clubs throughout the u s.,” valencia said. “The meetings revolve around figuring out ways to accomplish these goals, and all were very successful.” on Thursday evening, the members participated in the

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By EVELYN HUANG news writer

students now have an opportunity to hear from professors outside of the classroom through the First and l ast l ecture series.

The department of academic a ffairs invites professors every semester to speak as if it were their first or last lecture at the university.

sydney Zepf, the coordinator for l ast l ectures, said this is a great way for students to learn

from professors in a new way.

“we ask professors to imagine what they would say if they could only give one more lecture in their life, and then give them the opportunity to present it to students,” she said. “This lecture series is unique because it allows students to hear from professors about something other than the professor’s traditional area of study.”

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DeVonté Applewhite junior keenan hall “r iver monsters.”

Ben Kass junior morrissey manor “murder she wrote.”

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The Blue Angels, the Navy’s flight demonstration squadron, fly over Notre Dame Stadium before Saturday’s game against Navy. The Irish defeated the Midshipmen, 38-34, and remained at No. 25 in the Coaches Poll and moving up to No. 24 in the Associated Press Top 25 Poll.

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Practice yoga. Some mats provided.

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Reading by Creative Writing director.

“Lincoln’s Executive Discretion.”

Estonian National Symphony Orchestra

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“The Rosetta Stone and the Politics of Translation.”

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The Irish take on the Pittsburgh Panthers.

Speaker emphasizes developing ‘personal brand’

By KIERA JOHNSEN news writer

companies devote great efforts to developing their brand, and stephanie hightower feels that a person should heed the same efforts with their personal identity.

hightower, president of usa Track and Field and member of the 1980 olympic track and field team discussed developing and protecting one’s personal identity in a lecture titled “developing your l ifelong brand” on Friday in the vander vennet Theatre. cross currents program collegiate speakers series, women’s entrepreneurship initiative at saint mary’s college and key4women cosponsored the event.

hightower said the idea of brand in business is just as valuable when developing

one’s own personal image and individuality.

“meaningful brands go far beyond any product,” she said. “They express what a company is, what they stand for and how they want to be perceived. most of all, a brand is based on the experience they have with it. apple would not be seen as cutting edge if buyers could not see, touch, hear, and know that were true and i am here to tell you that this idea of brand is just as valuable when it comes to your own self image and identity.”

hightower said there are four questions that one must ask when creating their personal brand.

“w hat and who you are, what you stand for, how you want to be perceived, and what kind of experience people have when they work or interact with you these are all parts of defining your own

personal brand,” she said.

she said creating an authentic and reliable personal brand requires sticking to the truth and starting from the ground up.

“you want to define your authentic self, your brand should be built on the truth of who you are, not someone else,” she said. “next you have to build your brand from ground up. if you say you are a champion, you got to work to be a champion. if you say you are committed to excellence, then everything you do should be aimed at that goal.

hightower said building a personal brand requires a person to act in accordance with their words, because authenticity is key.

“building your personal brand means owning and polishing what is most essentially you. remember, it is not what we say, but what we do that counts.

people want to know if you will backup your words with action. if your brand is the authentic you even when the spotlight is not shining,” hightower said.

hightower said she began developing her own personal brand when she was running the 100- and 60-meter hurdles at ohio state.“i was working toward a singular feat: to compete in the olympics. everything in my mind, in my body, and in my soul in my activities was towards making the 1980 olympic team,” she said.

she said developing one’s personal brand was difficult, and destroying it is much easier.

“off the track is where they forget about building and protecting their image and uniqueness. There was the first offer of money from an endorsement deal, taken without thinking through who wrote the check. Then there was

the first glow of the spotlight and the parties that followed, enjoyed without thinking about the national or international attention that comes with it,” she said. hightower said it is never too late to start developing one’s personal brand, whether it is as a young adult in college or as someone with a steady career.

“For those of you who are in college and for those of us who are in the market place and out here with jobs. This is still the primetime to start defining what your personal brand is,” she said. “none of us are too old to define what our personal brand is. … you need to take this opportunity in your life to define your brand, to build your brand, and most important to protect your brand.”

Contact Kiera Johnsen at kjohns02@saintmarys.edu

library opens modern technology research center

By MARIA DO news writer

The c enter for d igital

s cholarship ( cds ) welcomed visitors at its opening reception nov. 1 at hesburgh l ibrary to introduce the latest technology for scholarship of all disciplines.

a t the reception, students,

faculty and the community gathered in different stations of the cds , where support technicians presented a variety of the services, workshops and expertise available.

l ocated in the northeast corner of the hesburgh l ibrary first floor, the cds was conceived as part of hesburgh l ibrary’s strategic planning

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process to improve library resources, e dward h a rnold university librarian d iane p arr walker said.

“o ne of our strategic goals is to expand digital programs and services in support of both research and teaching,” walker said. “ we realized that there currently didn’t seem to be one easy-to-find place on campus

where both students and faculty could go to get started with leveraging digital tools and technologies. we thought that the l ibrary could be a natural ‘research hub’ for campus, offering digital library expertise and referral services.”

a s part of the 50-year commemoration of hesburgh l ibrary. the cds both maintains and furthers university p resident e meritus Fr. Theodore hesburgh’s original vision of creating an accessible space for the university community to advance scholarship, walker said.

“Fr. hesburgh’s original vision for the hesburgh l ibrary building (then called memorial l ibrary) was that it would be the academic heart of the university and be clearly seen as a symbol of academic excellence,” walker said. “i n this digital age, advanced intellectual work will increasingly require the ability to use digital tools to thrive and contribute to the creation of new knowledge. The cds will ensure that the hesburgh l ibraries will continue to be the academic heart of the university for the next 50 years and beyond as a place where students and faculty can find expertise and digital tools that will help them achieve academic excellence.”

w hile the new digital resources will transform traditional methods of research, walker said the cds would succeed in meeting the technological needs of the 21st century.

“The work of the c enter is changing how we use our library spaces and what expertise and services we offer our faculty,” walker said. “a lready, it is revolutionizing how we work together to advance teaching, research

and scholarship. k nowledge creation in the 21st century demands access to state-ofthe-art technology, advanced research expertise and digital library services.”

i nnovative research technologies will also improve upon scholarship techniques of the past, walker said.

“Traditional methods of scholarship would require physically looking through many books and publications,” walker said. “d epending on how thorough you wanted to be, you could spend weeks or months exploring an answer to just one of many questions. w ith digital tools for text mining and analysis, and the millions of books that have been digitized from libraries around the world by projects like g oogle b ooks and the i nternet a rchive p roject, you can search hundreds or thousands of publications very quickly to get that same answer.”

e lliot v isconsi, c hief a cademic d igital o fficer and a ssociate p rofessor of e nglish, said that the cds will ultimately offer new opportunities to better aid the university’s academic success.

“The c enter is a great gift to the faculty and students,” v isconsi said. “a question i hear a lot is one that goes like this: ‘i know there are amazing tools for research and teaching, but where do i begin?’ The c enter is an answer to that question. The talented expert staff and the technical resources gathered here get students and faculty further into their work, unlocking our creativity, and giving our research new force and speed.”

Contact Maria Do at mdo1@nd.edu

schedule on the yard. so, if they are on leave weekend and we can provide a little fun for them, we definitely should seize the opportunity.”

nicole o’Toole, junior class president, said she received positive feedback from both saint mary’s women and midshipmen.

“at least five or six midshipmen came up to us at the end of the dance and said how much they appreciated us putting it on,” o’Toole said. “one came up to me and said, ‘This was really awesome. we don’t have anything like this at school.’ overall, i think the midshipmen really loved the experience.”

o’Toole said hearing this positive feedback was especially reassuring because of the many obstacles her and other members of the council of class boards had to clear to organize the event.

preliminary talks of the dance began in august, but o’Toole said no plans could be confirmed until the council of class boards received approval from the senate.

“we started talking about the dance over the summer, but when we got back to school we needed to get the approval of senate before we went ahead with any plans,” o’Toole said. “This was especially difficult because we had to wait for the new senate to be elected. in the end, though, we were happy to see the

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country.”

meadow Jackson, midshipman fourth class in the notre dame reserve officer Training corps (roTc) said she thought the roTc midshipmen and notre dame student body respected the visitors because they understood that the game’s significance extended beyond the stadium.

“we won’t boo the team,” Jackson said. “whether we win or lose, they’re still our comrades in arms from a roTc perspective. we know that footbal is not the main goal of these students, and we respect them even more because of that.

“Football is just an extension of what [the naval academy midshipmen are] trying to do, which is develop themselves professionally to serve our country. we know that football is not the main goal of these students. The main goal is to protect and defend the people of the united states … we all have the common goal, just different ways of getting there.”

midshipman third class liz hart, a saint mary’s student, said she and her friends replaced the less-thanrespectful phrase of one notre dame cheer and instead shouted “nice try, navy! go irish, go!” hart said notre dame students invited midshipmen from the naval academy to stay in the dorms and experience a different collegiate environment.

“all weekend i’ve seen [the naval academy midshipmen] walking around campus,” hart said. “i saw

senate unanimously voted in favor of the dance.”

Junior class vice president emmi scanlon said when the council proposed their plans the only major concern regarding the dance had to do with funding. in the end, she said the dance actually made $1,100 in profit, which was split between the senior, junior and sophomore classes.

originally, o’Toole said board members envisioned the dance to host about 800 saint mary’s women and midshipmen. in these plans the dance was set to be off-campus, she said.

“That original plan was not able to pass because we weren’t able to figure out how to get the midshipmen off-campus and we were also working under a time constraint,” o’Toole said. “it would have cost more and sab [student activities board] was initially going to help out with the cost, but due to sga regulations sab was not allowed to cohost an off-campus event with us. This then led us to having to host the dance on campus.”

These changes, accompanied with rsvps from only a little over 100 midshipmen, led the class board council to limit the amount of saint mary’s tickets to 150, o’Toole said. This decision resulted in many negative responses from the student body, she said.

“a lmost 500 saint mary’s girls rsvp’d to the dance on

them staying in the dorms, and i know that a lot of the notre dame community was really open to them.“we’re all in the navy but our college experiences are so different.”The blue angels’ flyover during the “star spangled banner” drew thunderous cheers from the student body and praise from game-watchers later.

“That was the lowest flyover i think i’ve ever seen,” raseman said.

“it was sick.”

hart said the flyover stood out as

orgsync,” o’Toole said. “This rsvp was only to gauge interest for the event and when it came to buying tickets those who rsvp’d were given priority over those who didn’t. still, only 150 girls got tickets and i received a lot of emails and texts the next day from girls who were mad they did not receive tickets.”

larson said she would have loved to give every saint mary’s woman the chance to buy a ticket, but unfortunately the class board councils’ hands were tied and they had to limit the number of tickets available.

“k nowing there would be exponentially less midshipmen there [if we let all 500 saint mary’s women attend] we wanted to make the ratio was relatively 50/50,” larson said. “we thought 150 saint mary’s tickets would be a good selling point.”

First-year student a laina a nderson said she rsvp’d to express interest in the event and was disappointed when she waited in line and was told the tickets were sold out.

“i know someone from the naval academy that i haven’t seen in a long time and i would have enjoyed the opportunity to be with him at the dance,” a nderson said. “i guess i was just a little disappointed about the way things were organized. especially because i rsvp’d and still wasn’t able to get a ticket.”

o’Toole said the limited number of tickets available prompted

an exciting start to the game and as another way of bringing notre dame and navy together.

“it was even more special because that was the first flyover since the sequester of the military and the government,” hart said. “The fact that this was the first event that the blue angels came to was pretty awesome.”

Jackson said the event highlighted the historic relationship between the two schools.

“we know that the blue angels

some students to offer their ticket for resale to other saint mary’s students for a higher cost than the original $10 price.

“we received word from our advisors that some girls were looking to resell their tickets for [more than] the original cost,” o’Toole said. “This is illegal and against college policy.”

overall, larson said the event was successful and she hopes future class boards will continue the tradition.

“even though i am a senior it was really cool to see a lot of freshmen and sophomores attend the event and really get this ball rolling again,” larson said. “i hope these students

could be anywhere but i think they wanted to show the solidarity between notre dame and navy and the tradition of this football game,” Jackson said.

“during world war ii, navy pretty much kept notre dame alive … by a roTc program that allowed us to keep the university open yet also allow men to serve,” she said. “i think the game between navy and notre dame is kind of a thank you to the navy and a show of respect to that.” raseman, who is a member of the

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keep these connections with the midshipmen and host the dance in the future.”

Fourth class midshipmen nathon markon agreed with larson’s wish to continue the tradition in years to come.

“i had a lot of fun at the dance and met some really cool saint mary’s women,” markon said. “we play at notre dame every other year, we just swap home and away, so i guess if saint mary’s wanted to have a dance every time we come by to notre dame, every two years, it would be nice.”

Contact Kaitlyn Rabach at krabac01@saintmarys.edu

notre dame glee club, said he experienced the friendliness between notre dame and navy three years ago when the group performed with the naval glee club at a joint concert in new york.

“when we sang with them, we actually exchanged cufflinks,” raseman said. “a bunch of guys still have the navy ones, and they still wear them.”

Contact Lesley Stevenson at lsteven1@nd.edu

have learned throughout their careers, Zepf said.

“p rofessors tend to lecture about the ways that they have gained their success and important lessons that they have learned. however, the time of the lecture is completely theirs — we give professors no restrictions.”

“We ask professors to imagine what they would say if they could only give one more lecture in their life, and then give them the opportunity to present it to students.”

Sydney Zepf coordinator for Last Lectures

w hile anyone can attend these lectures, the series serves as a connection between students and professors, Zepf said.

“This lecture series is beneficial for the nd community

because it gives students an opportunity to take advantage of the knowledge of their teachers in a new way. it also serves to bridge the gap between professors and students and to help students get to know their professors in a new way. many professors have amazing stories that students just don’t get to hear in a classroom setting. “

These lectures are held twice a year, and anyone is allowed to attend, Zepf said.

The First l ecture series is a new addition to the academic a ffairs department.

Timothy k irchoff, the coordinator for First l ectures, said this series gives students the opportunity to listen to new professors talk about their fields of specialty, and why they came to the university.

“it seems to me that, when a professor comes to notre dame specifically in order to participate in notre dame’s mission as a catholic university, we should take note of that in some way, and that is what the First l ecture is designed to do,” he said. “it is an opportunity for a professor to discuss their field of expertise and why they wanted to come to notre dame — to place their own work in the context of notre dame’s mission as an institution that seeks to bring faith and reason into conversation.”

The notre dame identity is

an integral part of this series, k irchoff said.

“maybe this is a cliched line, but notre dame is a unique institution, and professors — like many students — come here believing that they can be part of something truly special. They are not just joining the faculty of one of a merica’s top universities, but the faculty of a uniquely catholic university,” he said.

These lectures may also have many benefits for the future, k irchoff said. specifically, he said he hopes to see the First and l ast l ectures set a precedent for student-professor engagement outside the classroom.

“if each individual First l ecture sends the message to the speaker that students are interested in this kind of engagement and encourages both the speaker and students to pursue it more deliberately, i would consider it a success. a s a series, though, i would like the First l ecture to help both students and professors develop a deeper appreciation for and willingness to participate in notre dame’s unique identity and mission,” k irchoff said.

The First l ecture series begins with a talk from p rofessor deneen of the department of political science on nov. 11.

Contact Evelyn Huang at ehuang1@nd.edu

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Alumnae

annual success after saint mary’s event, which was open to all students, valencia said.

The event began with keynote speaker charmaine Torma ’99, who spoke to students about the importance of networking.

“let me assure you, your saint mary’s degree is well worth the time and investment,” Torma said. “professional networking will give you the edge you need. remember that networking happens every day and anywhere. it’s much more than meeting new people. it’s about being purposeful. make sure you take the time to remember a person’s name, because networking is all about relationship-building.”

The speech was followed by a presentation by carla leal ’13 and peggy rodgers Taylor ’78 that taught students the top 10 ways to impress when networking.

Junior sarah hossfeld said she learned a great amount from the various alumnae, including the members of the board whom she was able to mingle with after the speeches concluded.

“i thought success after saint mary’s was such a good opportunity for students to practice how to properly introduce themselves and network with the alumnae. all of those women are so accomplished, and i felt honored

to be able to talk to them about my own goals for the future,” hossfeld said. “it always amazes me to meet alumnae and connect immediately over our love for saint mary’s; they want to talk to us students just as much as we want to learn from them.”

valencia said the weekend also included orientation for new group members, a chemistry show put on by the smc chemistry department, mass for all saint’s day and a luncheon for the members and the alumnae relations committee in stapleton lounge.

Junior Julia dunford said the luncheon was a great success. “The alumnae were very willing to connect us with their networks and help us in any way they could,” dunford said. “after all, alumnae are some of the biggest supporters of saint mary’s students and it was awesome to speak with them on a personal level. most of them were still wearing their class rings, and it connected us immediately.”

valencia said the weekend concluded with the “welcome home” tailgate event at dalloway’s clubhouse, where alumnae and their families could mingle with students and faculty before the home football game on saturday.

Contact Kelly Konya at kkonya01@saintmarys.edu

Who are you,

really?

life off campus

Bryan Daly multimedia

most notre dame students at some point and to some degree consider moving off campus.

a fter committing to the idea last year, i am now living off campus as a junior at university e dge. so far the experience has definitely been worth it. i only have one roommate whom i get along with very well. i don’t see much of him due to our busy schedules, but when we do hang out it’s always a good time.

having my own room is a g od-send. i have a reasonably large closet, my own bathroom, and a queen-size bed i don’t have to climb a ladder to get into every night. i even have room for a futon in case anyone ever needs to crash at my place.

There’s also a washer and dryer in my apartment, which means no more waiting or paying to use the machines.

Though south dining hall is no longer a short walk away, i do get a chance to perfect my cooking skills. That being said, i still have a simple meal plan because sometimes i’m on campus five straight hours.

i would suggest to those moving off campus a basic block meal plan or even a good amount of flex points is something worth having in the long run. some days you won’t be able to just hop in the car and drive back to your apartment to make a sandwich when you’re hungry.

a lso, students deciding to move off campus should design their class schedule accordingly. personally, i made my schedule so i could drive to school in the morning, get through all my classes and drive back. i didn’t want an awkward three-hour gap in between my classes, but others might.

l ooking back, my freshman and sophomore years were perfect for living on campus. you bond with the people in your dorm, become familiar with the campus and experience the thrill of college football season.

yet, being an upperclassman now, i value having a place where i can escape the stresses of college i can’t seem to shake while on campus. i get to enjoy the best of life on and off campus.

Contact Bryan Daly at bdaly@nd.edu

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

how have you changed in college? w ho were you when you entered notre d ame? more importantly, who is the person you would like to be when you leave o ur l ady’s university?

c ollege offers a unique opportunity for students to engage in academic, professional and personal enrichment; but between the assignment floods and extracurricular commitments, most students are not given the chance to reflect on the person they were, have become or are becoming.

i have spent much of fall break reflecting on these questions after an event in my relationship gave me the space to think about this. w ho was i when i began my freshman year? w ho did i want to become? w hat are some of the things that are preventing me from becoming that person? a t the beginning of fall break, i replayed both painful and joyful memories that perpetuated academic and personal decisions i made, or didn’t make, during my freshman year. a nd i began to notice how that first year ignited something powerful in me that drastically changed the course of my succeeding college years.

i am cut from a very different cloth than most of my peers. a s an ethnic minority from a lower economic status, my adjustment into college was a lot harder and lonelier than many people may understand. e xperiences with racism were secondary to my internal feelings of embarrassment when i couldn’t afford winter clothes, football tickets and had to turn down invitations to offcampus dinners at places as cheap as c hipotle. Then you throw in the eating disorder and an unhealthy

relationship on top of the standard first-year college struggles and you have a serious identity crisis.

b ut, these issues were a blessing in disguise. They influenced my academic decisions (self-designed major in s ustainable d evelopment; p overty s tudies minor), altered my friendship circles and challenged my previous lack of faith. i found g od in my pain, and having ignored the opportunities to explore my faith freshman year, i was determined to make changes to my life the following year.

needless to say, my life has seen a dramatic upswing, and i am currently finding myself in a state of confusion, opportunity and big decision-making. i ’ll be graduating in three semesters, and while that seems somewhat far away, my future is just a couple houses down from knocking on my door. a nd once i graduate and begin the next phase of my life, what will i know about myself before making those big decisions?

w ill i be kicking myself for not taking classes i was heavily interested in but too afraid to fail? w hat were my priorities and how have they altered my relationships with the people around me?

h ave i let g od lead my life, or did i try to take control over the events in my life and stop listening to h is whisper amidst the chaos? h ave i been so consumed with what i ’m expected to do that i ’ve neglected the value of the small, precious moments that add more quality to my life than mundane obligations? r eligious or not, i believe these are questions worth asking yourself as well.

i used to believe reflection was something you do on a formal retreat in complete solitude and silence. i never thought it would begin sitting

across from my boyfriend at a table in the bk l ounge of l aFun. a re there any discrepancies between the person i want to be and the person i am becoming? here, i was developing a passion for environmental issues and social justice but i had not developed a concept of my own abilities and skills. w hen people ask me what i ’m good at, i seriously have no clue. w hen they ask what career i plan on pursuing, i can’t answer concretely. a nd that’s perfectly okay. it’s okay to not know who you are or where you’re going. you don’t need to follow the other sheep and find a nine-to-five job or go straight to grad school. g ive yourself the time you deserve to listen to the voice inside that’s trying to discuss who you are and who you have the potential to become. you could be on a destructive path and not even know it. you could be opening doors for something beautiful and never acknowledge it as a good thing. That whole “Take time to stop and smell the roses” thing — as clichéd as it is — is important. d on’t get so caught up with life that you forget how to live. d on’t neglect the people and things that add more substance to your life or let them get pushed to the wayside. e njoy life for what it is and stop worrying about how that translates into the “real world.” we are the “real world” and i want my presence in it to begin now … not after graduation. w ho do you want to be?

Amanda Peña is a junior and a sustainable development studies major with a poverty studies minor. She can be contacted at apena4@nd.edu.

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

l ast halloween, one of my economics professors made some jokingly-profound comments on what he believed was truly the scariest thing to dress up as on the 31st: a human embodiment of Fannie mae or Freddie mac.

These two federal mortgage giants received bailouts — costing taxpayers an estimated $188 billion — and up until recent months, have run consistent deficits. however, this year, Fannie and Freddie have not been the prominent source of fear for the a merican people. w hile ghouls and goblins may ice the hearts of many youngsters on halloween, the real tremors felt by the public stem from the utter state of shambles one may clearly observe in washington.

apart from the recent 16-day government shutdown, the primary concerns of late revolve around the nsa scandals and the a ffordable healthcare act’s implementation. Just when i thought i could write about a new topic — such as our interventionist foreign policy or the militarization of the police force — newspapers revealed the nsa has had g erman c hancellor a ngela merkel’s cellphone wiretapped since as far

The real autumn fright

back as 2002. There has been uproar in g ermany over these revelations of u s. spying on their soil; having been in munich when this intel was released, all i could tell my hostel-friends in my limited g erman was, “das ist nicht gut. es tut mir leid.”

a nother interesting twist in the g ermany spying debacle is senator dianne Feinstein’s (ca-d) newly found disapproval of the nsa wiretapping; last monday, she came out stating she was “totally opposed” to the u s. spying on its allies and “demanded” reform to our surveillance programs. The irony of her aversion to international spying is illustrated by Feinstein’s october 13th wall street Journal op/ed, entitled “The nsa’s watchfulness p rotects a merica.” i n this article, the california senator took the strong opinion that nsa surveillance and mass data collection protects a mericans from terrorist attacks — and thus although it violates our privacy, should still operate. one may wonder why it took international surveillance to inspire this senator to come out against the nsa’s current modus operandi while she was completely in support of such a program when it only affected her own countrymen. perhaps the most notable aspect in respect to the international trustbreaker is p resident obama’s stance on

the issue. understanding the a merican relationship with g ermany is vital not only for trade, but also for peace talks, the p resident rushed out to criticize the nsa for its actions. however, p resident obama was even more quick to mention he was not informed about the surveillance programs abroad.

This admission is the source of current a merican concern: obama either is telling the truth and did not know about the u s. spying on its allies — or he is simply lying to save face. regardless of which is truly the case, the public is left in a lose-lose situation. i f obama really did not know, then he comes off as a weak, “left in the dark” president. is it not his job to know what is going on in his administration? on october 29th, even msnbc ran a video criticizing p resident obama’s “implausible deniability,” providing clips of various issues such as the Fast and Furious mexican weapons scandal, healthcare. gov’s glitches and crash detected during a beta test, the irs targeting of conservative political groups, and the department of Justice’s subpoenas for the a ssociated p ress’ phone records, among others. The common denominator amongst his response to each negative outcome: “i didn’t know about it; i heard about the issue from the newspapers like you.” i f he really did not know

about any of these problems, are we supposed to applaud the president for his ignorance?

i nstead of m ichael myers or that masked guy from “scream” — who are assuredly fictional movie characters ( i hope…) — a mericans are faced with the reality our president is either lying to the faces of those who put him in office on the platform of peace, hope, change and transparency, or he is simply kept out of the loop by unelected bureaucrats like those at the nsa e ither way, that is certainly one spooky political truth that encapsulates a lot of tricks with very few noticeable treats. it appears c harlie brown’s desperate words from the classic halloween television special came true for the a merican people this fall: instead of sweet government deals and handouts, we all seemingly just got a rock. perhaps there is a wider truth to this narrative.

Connor Roth is a junior studying economics and constitutional studies. He lives in Duncan Hall, hails from Cleveland, Ohio and is currently participating in the London abroad program through Notre Dame. He can be contacted at croth1@nd.edu

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

Show your sweaters some love

planet at the same time.

Christian Nofziger a sk the greenman

Fellow Tree huggers, as the leaves turn and start to fall, i am sure you, like me, are excited about one thing: ugly sweater season. a h yes, the only time of the year you can don that horrendous sweater from the eddie bauer 1984 winter catalog. november is also laundry month for the dorm energy championship. in preparation for this jubilant season of woolen wonder, i have prepared some tips and tricks to keep your sweaters in prime condition and save the

First, it is a little known fact that woolen sweaters love company. you should never wash them in a half load as this could be detrimental to their psyche. washing them in this fashion also wastes water. Typical top-load washers, like we have on campus, require 40 gallons of water. make sure you load all the clothes you can. This will ensure your sweater is well socialized, and could save hundreds of gallons of water a year.

secondly, sweaters are terrified of hot water. many generations of coffee spills have had their impact. Thus, you should only wash your sweaters in cold water.

students need to

it’s crucial that college students start thinking about obamacare — maintaining our own health insurance plans is a closer reality than many college students might think.

eighty percent of students are not well enough aware of the patient protection and a ffordable care act’s insurance exchange, according to a sept. 26 usa Today article. The site, which launched on oct. 1, compares insurance plans through an online market place model, and then allows users to choose a plan based on income and age. This exchange

with advances in modern soap technology, cold water is just as effective at cleaning your clothes as hot. since about 90 percent of the energy to run a load of wash is used to heat the water, this is another great way to save energy and take the lead in the dorm energy championship. Finally, sweaters are fragile creatures that cannot handle the hostile environment of a dryer. every time you use a clothes dryer your sweaters lose a little piece of themselves. This shows up as the nasty lint. instead you should allow them to hang-dry. This little bit of extra effort on your part will preserve your other clothes as well. hang-drying can also save your

dorm a ton of electricity. over an 18-year lifetime a household clothes dryer costs about $1500 to run, so imagine the savings your dorm could realize if you give your overused dryers a break.

i hope, armed with this information, you all enjoy ugly sweater season sustainably. don’t be afraid to change your laundry routines or be true to your ugly sweater.

Christian Nofziger can be reached at cnofzige@nd.edu

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

know insurance options now

can be found on healthcare.gov. college students often push the thought of insurance plans to the back of their minds because for many, it is not an immediate necessity. Those under the age of 26 are covered by their parents’ insurance plans, unless they receive insurance from an employer. but 26 isn’t that far off, and some college students will be responsible for their own health insurance before they reach this age.

students need to become more educated on obamacare now to avoid purchasing an insufficient plan at the last minute. a lack of knowledge on the subject could cause college students, when they do become responsible for their

own plans, to make poor choices. obamacare will benefit college students, especially those not fortunate enough to rely on their parents’ health coverage. a fter all, not everyone has a secure health insurance plan.

it will also allow students to choose plans without the fear of being denied coverage because of a pre-existing health condition, according to usa Today. obamacare will one day be an option for health coverage for today’s college students. it is important that they take an interest now to ensure they make the best decisions in the future.

They should also understand its value in a merican politics. obamacare has caused massive contention and even a

government shutdown as republicans attempted to upend the law’s passage — its importance in the changing landscape of a merican politics cannot be denied. voters, specifically those of college age, need to understand the issue. in politics, nothing can be accomplished without a strong understanding of the issue. The same can be said for students entering the world of health care.

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that influence on their sleeve, but crossed with something a little more current, like benny benassi.

not only than their opener, but also their own studio recordings.

Just a few days ago, on halloween, grouplove performed at l egends. The band is currently touring to support the release of its new album “spreading rumours.” opening for them on a string of dates is the electronic dance act The k nocks. below is a back and forth conversation on the concert between two attendees who took more notes with their phones than pictures:

Allie Tollaksen : so, matt, what were your thoughts on the opener, The k nocks?

Matt McMahon : well, stepping into the show as they just got on stage, i don’t know if i was fully prepared mentally — or physically — for what i was about to experience. To a crowd of halloween costume-clad students, the masked and cloaked duo of ben “b-roc” ruttner and James “J patt” patterson rocked out to many edm stylings of classic tunes. never has four on the floor been a more apt descriptor for a musical act.

AT: i totally agree. b-roc and J patt got a little repetitive for me. The thumping bass and filtered vocals felt a lot like every song you’ve ever heard in a Forever 21.

MM : yes, i have gone shopping at Forever 21 and completely understand that sentiment.

AT: i figured you would. but it felt like the group, especially in their costumes, really wanted everyone to know they liked daft p unk. The k nocks certainly wore

MM : definitely, they combined their daft p unk infatuation with more recent pop trends from other edm acts. i’d actually like to go back to what you were saying about their vocals. i don’t think i could make out on any song whether the voices i was hearing were samples, live vocals, or something in between.

AT: absolutely. i couldn’t tell if their version of m83’s “m idnight city” was a cover or a remix, or if either of the guys were singing at any given point in their set. but, their m83 cover (because it did turn out to be a cover), was pretty good actually.

MM : yeah, that was probably the most memorable piece from their performance. w hat were your impressions of grouplove’s set? i know you said going in that you weren’t the biggest of fans of their music, but you really like their latest single, “ways to g o.”

AT: i was pleasantly surprised by their performance. i came into it not having listened to much of their newest album, “spreading rumours,” and only knowing a few tracks off of their first full length album, “never Trust a happy song.” w hen the show started out, i was surprised with the clarity in the sound. besides fumbling a little bit with the balance of female vocalist hannah hooper’s mic, which i couldn’t hear well until about four songs in.

MM : yeah, i think there’s something to be said that on a night when a bass heavy outfit performed, the most captivating rhythm section — especially the strength of their drummer — came from a straight indie rock band that can really rock the hell out of a show. They sounded edgier and more compelling

AT: i was actually a little disappointed to go home and listen to some of their songs on “spreading rumours” only to find out they weren’t as strong as their live versions.

MM : me too! my favorite song they played live was “bitin’ the bullet,” that repeated piano riff is so infectious, but when i went to listen to the album version, after having it stuck in my head for the rest of the night, i was sorely disappointed. They ruined it in the production, and what’s with the whispered chorus? i feel like they try to make their songs too radio-friendly.

At: Their music does feel radio-friendly, though, even live. grouplove has a knack for taking every one of their songs and somehow combining a bubblegum pop section with some sort of unexpected element. w hether that be an unexpected minor chord, suspension or switch in keys in the vocals, it makes them more interesting than i had anticipated.

MM : i agree, i made a note that i’m not sure makes sense, but it read, “gl has a peculiar knack for striking out and knocking it out of the park in the course of a single song,” which, i think, echoes your point. well, i think we’ve milked this show for as much as we could.

AT: i think we have, too. but overall, i think they did more a job knocking it out of the park than striking out this halloween.

Contact Matt McMahon at mmcmaho7@nd.edu and Allie Tollaksen at atollaks@nd.edu

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

Narrow escape

Notre Dame avoids Navy’s upset bid in game with eight lead changes, 925 yards of total offense

If Saturday is any

indication, BCS hopes could fade

Matthew DeFranks a ssistant managing e ditor

No. 25 Notre Dame was hit by a wave saturday afternoon.

the Irish were hit by a wave of midshipmen racing around the edge. they were hit by 331 rushing yards. they were hit by Navy senior safety Wave ryder. they were hit by a wave of injuries. even fans hit the Irish with a wave when they did it with 14:20 left in the game and Notre Dame down by three points. but more than anything, the Irish were hit by a wave of reality during their 38-34 win over the midshipmen on saturday.

Notre Dame must play better if it is to fulfill its goals of finishing 10-2 and reaching a bcs bowl game.

the offense did its best to keep up with Navy’s, but the Irish defense had trouble stopping Navy. Giving up nearly five yards per rush and four touchdown runs to a service academy is not a good omen for Notre Dame when they face bYU’s up-tempo, run-centric offense or when they face stanford’s bruising offensive front.

Notre Dame was pounded up the middle by Navy’s fullbacks (sophomore chris swain and junior Quinton singleton combined for 162 yards) and gashed on the outside by sophomore quarterback Keenan reynolds (three rushing touchdowns). the Irish secondary was torched on one touchdown drive for 52 yards through the air, twice what Navy had prior to the drive. the Irish defense that had been rounding into form took a huge step backwards saturday afternoon. Navy converted on 10 of 16 third downs, turned all four red-zone trips into touchdowns and held the ball for nearly two-thirds of the game. Prior to saturday, the Notre Dame defense had been forcing turnovers and keeping teams off the scoreboard. they had not allowed a second-half point since the a rizona state game and took the ball away every game since oklahoma. Navy scored 14 second-half points and failed to turn the ball over.

By CONOR KELLY sports Writer

on a day when neither defense seemed to be able to get off the field, No. 25 Notre Dame got a stop when it counted. t he Irish stuffed a Navy reverse on 4th-and-4 at the Notre Dame

31 yard-line to cement a 38-34 victory on a cold, wet saturday at Notre Dame stadium.

It was far from a rousing victory as the Irish (7-2) traded leads with and often struggled to find ways to stymie the midshipmen (4-4), but Irish coach brian Kelly was happy to escape with a win against a disciplined Navy squad.

“I mean, if you look out at option teams, especially Navy, I’m ecstatic about getting out of here with a win in terms of the way they played today,”

Kelly said. “I mean, they were flawless in terms of their execution. When they’re on and they’re playing well, you’re just really excited [to get a win].”

From the opening drive, defensive stops were in short supply for both teams.

t he Navy defense brought the Irish to a fourth down on Notre Dame’s first possession of the game, but junior running back cam mcDaniel converted on 4th-and-1, and junior running back George atkinson took a handoff 41 yards to the end zone on the following play.

t he midshipmen followed with a touchdown of their own as sophomore quarterback Keenan reynolds plunged in from two yards out, the third consecutive game in which the Irish have surrendered

Player of the game

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Folston toted the rock 18 times for a career-high 140 yards. In the process, he became the first Irish rookie running back to amass at least 100 yards since 2007. Folston, who had gained just 116 rushing yards through the first eight games, scored the decisive touchdown when he plunged in from a yard out to make it 38-34 Notre Dame.

a touchdown on their opponent’s opening drive.

Notre Dame struggled to contain Navy’s triple-option attack, surrendering 331 yards on the ground to the midshipmen. Navy was able to control the clock and keep an Irish offense, one that averaged nine yards per play, mostly off the field. t he midshipmen ran 79 plays to Notre Dame’s 56 and controlled the ball for 15:12 longer than the Irish. Four different midshipmen — sophomore fullback chris swain, junior fullback Quinton singleton, sophomore slot back Demond brown and reynolds — rushed for at least 50 yards.

“]Navy] executed flawlessly today. Hats off to them,” Kelly said. “t hey controlled the clock, made possessions difficult relative to time of possession. so just, again, shortened the game, no penalties, no turnovers and really played a great game and really took us in a position — put us in a position — that we had to play great in the second half.”

Despite Navy’s discipline and execution, it was a pair of uncharacteristic errors that helped the Irish win. a fter reynolds’ second-quarter touchdown run put the

Freshman Folston carries the load, scores decisive TD

By AARON SANT-MILLER sports Writer

With less than four minutes left in the game, the ball at the Navy 1-yard line and No. 25 Notre Dame down three, Irish senior quarterback tommy rees turned and handed the ball to a teammate three classes his junior. Irish freshman running back tarean Folston took the ball from his quarterback, leapt over the pile at the goal line and put the Irish (7-2) ahead for good with 3:47 left to play saturday at Notre Dame stadium.

“I was just reading my keys,” Folston said. “It was a big mess and I just jumped over it. I have never dove over an o-line or D-line in my life. [It was just] instincts.” against the midshipmen (4-4), Folston rushed for 140 yards on 18 carries.

“[Folston] was running well, and [we] just felt like we’d stick with him in terms of the way he was running,” Irish coach brian Kelly said. “Generally speaking, there was only one run that I did not like, where he did not go north and south. … We’re looking for guys to go north and south and make people miss, and I think if you look at all his runs, he by and large did that.”

through the first eight games of the season, Folston totaled 116 rushing yards and only carried the ball 22 times, a mark he nearly matched against Navy.

“I think [Folston’s] conditioned better,” Kelly said. “I don’t know that he would have made that many carries early in the year. He wasn’t conditioned well enough to be in there. “

For the freshman running back, practices have been essential to his conditioning regimen this season.

“In practice, we have very intense days,” Folston said. “as long as you go full speed every day, I feel like practice will get you more and more conditioned each day. In college football, you have to be in pretty good shape, so coming out with 18 carries today really shows how much my conditioning has improved.” on Notre Dame’s final drive (excluding the three kneel-downs at the end) late in the fourth

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tommy rees didn’t have anywhere near the gaudy numbers he posted against air Force, but the senior made plays when needed. most notably, he fired a strike down the middle to tJ Jones for a score and found troy Niklas for a crucial third-down conversionin the fourth quarter. only rees’ second interception can fall on his shoulders.

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the Irish went toe-to-toe with the Navy ground game and notched 264 yards and averaged 7.3 yards per carry. George atkinson got things started with a strong 41-yard scoring scamper, and tarean Folston had the marquee, 140-yard performance. cam mcDaniel was predictably reliable and also tallied seven rushes for 52 yards.

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Drops continue to be a non-factor with this Notre Dame receiving corps. tJ Jones hauled in four passes for 111 yards and a score, while Niklas, ben Koyack and DaVaris Daniels each had a pair of receptions.

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the Irish didn’t allow a sack and were dominant in both pass protection and run blocking, as Notre Dame averaged 9.0 yards per play and didn’t have a play of negative yardage until the kneel-downs at the end of the game. New starting guards conor Hanratty and steve elmer hardly missed a beat.

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Navy chalked up 331 rushing yards and Notre Dame posted just one sack, but numbers aren’t the whole story against an option team. still, this thinning unit struggled at times, especially when defending fullback chris swain up the middle. Kona schwenke had a career-high 11 tackles.

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carlo calabrese, Dan Fox and Jaylon smith held down the unit as Prince shembo played as, essentially, a fourth lineman. the backers lost contain at times and missed some tackles, but smith and company stepped up when needed on the final play, the reverse stuffed for no gain.

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It was a different type of game for the secondary against another option team, but the Irish struggled at times to contain the option and missed tackles. they allowed matt aiken to break wide open downfield for a go-ahead touchdown in the fourth quarter.

SP eCial teamS

Navy routinely gained solid field position with its kick returns, and Kyle brindza had two touchbacks in seven kickoffs. Notre Dame never needed to punt and only had one field-goal attempt (a made 26-yarder), and its own return game was merely adequate.

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Navy kept hanging around, and while brian Kelly praised the mids after the game for flawless execution, the point remains that Notre Dame never seemed to have an answer for the option. Fortunately for Kelly and the Irish, they went blow for blow on offense and got a stop when needed.

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the Irish narrowly squeaked by Navy in a tough game to evaluate. Kelly and his team figure to be thrilled to be through with the option, as the defensive depth continues to be pushed to the absolute limit. still, Notre Dame’s offense was remarkably consistent and kept the Irish in the game, allowing them to improve to 7-2.

Play of the game

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With the ball at the 50-yard line, 3:47 left and trailing by four, Navy was in prime position to rumble down the field and score a winning touchdown. the mids dialed up a reverse on fourth-and-four, and smith, with eilar Hardy’s help, tackled shawn Lynch for no gain to ice the game.

midshipmen up 20-17, sophomore kicker Nick sloan missed the extra-point attempt that would have put Navy up by four.

two quarters later, on Navy’s final possession of the game, when the midshipmen trailed 38-34 and needed a touchdown instead of a field goal, the team faced a 2nd-and-5 at the Irish 32 yard-line. reynolds pitched left to sophomore slot back Debrandon sanders. but the toss was slightly behind sanders, who dropped the ball and was forced to fall on it for a nine-yard loss. two plays later on 4th-and-4, Irish junior safety eilar Hardy blew by a block to blow up the Navy reverse and force senior receiver shawn Lynch into the arms of freshman linebacker Jaylon smith to ice the game.

“We might have taken a tad too long on the reverse there. We felt like it was open,” Navy coach Ken Niumatalolo said. “I’ve got to go back and look at tape, but I think we’re one block from breaking it.”

t he victory was a coming-out party for Irish freshman running back tarean Folston and the rest of the ground game, as Notre Dame churned out 264 yards on 36 attempts, the most prolific and efficient output of the season. receiving the bulk of the carries for the first time this year, Folston rushed for

140 yards on 18 attempts and carried eight times on Notre Dame’s final drive, which ended with Folston’s one-yard leap into the end zone with 3:47 remaining to take the lead. Part of a deep stable of running backs that has shared carries for the Irish, Folston said he relished the opportunity to get the ball when it counted.

“It was really just put me in and let me make this play,” Folston said. “Five yards here, five yards there, 10 yards. It’s just the flow of the game. t hey kept me in and I made some plays.”

before Folston’s touchdown, the crucial play for the Irish on the game-winning drive was a 28-yard pass from senior quarterback tommy rees up the seam to junior tight end troy Niklas. t he completion came on 3rd-and-8 after the Irish were pushed back by an illegalsubstitution penalty. Niklas caught the pass between a quartet of midshipmen defenders and dragged them an extra five yards to extend the drive.

“For me, you’ve just got to put it up there and let the big guy get it,” rees said. “He’s pretty tough to take down after he gets the ball in his hands. so it was awesome.”

In addition to Folston and atkinson, junior running back cam mcDaniel ran seven times for 52 yards and a score as the Irish backs averaged 7.3 yards per carry. rees threw for 242 yards and two touchdowns,

finding senior receiver tJ Jones on a 36-yard pass down the middle for a score and hitting junior tight end ben Koyack for a 17-yard touchdown off playaction. rees also threw two interceptions.

Defensively, senior defensive lineman Kona schwenke, filling in for injured senior nose tackle Louis Nix, led the Irish with 11 tackles, all of which came before he left in the second half with an ankle injury. Graduate student linebackers carlo calabrese and Dan Fox contributed 10 and nine stops, respectively.

t he injury to schwenke was one of a slew of injuries on the defensive side of the ball that could test Notre Dame’s depth going forward. schwenke (ankle), junior linebacker ben councell (knee) and sophomore defensive end sheldon Day (ankle) all went down on saturday.

“We reached it and surpassed it,” Kelly said of the limits of his team’s depth in the defensive front seven, which was already without Nix and junior linebackers Jarrett Grace and junior linebacker Ishaq Williams. “We didn’t complain about it. It’s part of the game. Injuries happen. You’ve just got to find a way to get it done, and they did. We’ll find a way to get it done.” t he Irish will travel to Pittsburgh next saturday.

Contact Conor Kelly at ckelly17@nd.edu

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quarter, Folston took seven carries for 46 yards before punching the ball in from one yard out. as a whole, Folston ran for at least 10 yards on seven of his 18 carries.

“It started up front for us,” rees said. “those big guys up front played a heck of a game, and we were able to run the ball fine.”

Likewise, Folston was quick to give credit to his offensive line.

“the big guys up front did an excellent job of blocking,” Folston said. “I couldn’t have done any of the running without them. the o-line takes pride in what they do. they just did a great job tonight and that helped.”

Reality

While the box score may indicate that Navy played mistake-free football, two key errors foiled the mids’ upset bid. a missed extra point in the second quarter made Navy’s late deficit four points instead of three and a fumbled pitch put them in a third-and-long position.

Without those two mistakes on routine plays, the midshipmen could have knocked off the Irish and wiped out Notre Dame’s season.

at the same time, Folston’s efforts with the ball in his hands did not go unnoticed and were not entirely unexpected, rees explained.

“We’ve known from day one he could provide another weapon for us offensively,” rees said.

“[Folston] ran hard and took care of the ball. He didn’t play like a freshman tonight. He played like a guy who really knew what was going on out there.”

Not including the go-ahead touchdown run, the freshman back had only two carries on which he did not gain at least three yards and averaged 7.8 yards per rush.

“[Folston] was able to make some people miss and get some

Now, junior linebacker ben councell is wiped out for the year with a knee injury and the Irish defensive front is as thin as it has ever been. councell was forced to play as a down lineman on saturday even though he is supposed to be dropping into coverage and not into the ground. by the end of the game saturday evening, Notre Dame had pieced together a front seven that included seldomused graduate student tyler stockton. they were without councell, Louis Nix, sheldon Day, Kona schwenke, Ishaq

tough yards,” rees said, “I’m really happy for the kid. I think he’s got the right attitude to keep moving forward and keep working hard for us. I think he can be a pretty good player for us down the road.”

the young Irish back will continue down that road saturday, when Notre Dame will travel to Pittsburgh to take on the Panthers.

“everybody’s time comes,” Folston said. “I feel like my time came [on saturday]. a ll I can do, or the team can do, is just continue to work hard and prepare for Pitt.”

Contact Aaron Sant-Miller at asantmil@nd.edu

Williams, Jarrett Grace, tony springmann, chase Hounshell, Danny spond and any semblance of the 2012 defense. they are going to need to find the defense from a few games ago in order to win out and punch their tickets to the bcs a nd if this Navy game is any indication, they are close to waving goodbye to the bcs

Contact Matthew DeFranks at mdefrank@nd.edu

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

Jones climbs the ranks

By AARON SANT-MILLER sports Writer

Irish senior receiver tJ Jones pulled down four receptions for 111 yards and a touchdown against Navy. He became only the 10th Notre Dame receiver to surpass the 2,000-yard mark for his career, moved into eighth place on the Irish career touchdown reception list with 17 and also moved into fourth place on the Irish career reception list with 159.

Jones also has recorded a reception in 36 consecutive

SCoriNg Summary

N otre dame 7, N avy 0

George atkinson 41-yard run (brindza kick)

12:12 remaining

Drive: Seven plays, 67 yards, 2:48 elapsed

N otre dame 7, N avy 7

Keenan reynolds 2-yard run (sloan kick)

7:32 remaining

Drive: Nine plays, 56 yards, 4:40 elapsed N otre dame 10, N avy 7

Kyle brindza 26-yard field goal

4:57

remaining

Drive: Seven plays, 67 yards, 2:35 elapsed

Navy 14, N otre dame 10

chris swain 11-yard run (sloan kick)

8:04 remaining

Drive: 10 plays, 77 yards, 4:55 elapsed

Notre dame 17, Navy 14

tJ Jones 36-yard pass from rees (brindza kick)

6:18 remaining

Drive: Four plays, 73 yards, 1:46 elapsed

Navy 20, N otre dame 17

Keenan reynolds 3-yard run (sloan kick failed)

2:07 remaining

Drive: 11 plays, 75 yards, 4:11 elapsed

Notre dame 24, Navy 20

ben Koyack 17-yard pass from rees (brindza kick)

6:25 remaining

Drive: 11 plays, 84 yards, 4:37 elapsed

Navy 27, N otre dame 24

Keenan reynolds 4-yard run (sloan kick)

14:56 remaining

Drive: 13 plays, 75 yards, 6:29 elapsed

Notre dame 31, Navy 27

cam mcDaniel 4-yard run (brindza kick)

12:51 remaining

Drive: Six plays, 76 yards, 2:05 elapsed

Navy 34, N otre dame 31

matt aiken 34-yard pass from reynolds (sloan kick)

8:55 remaining

Drive: Seven plays, 70 yards, 3:56 elapsed

Notre dame 38, Navy 34

tarean Folston 1-yard run (brindza kick)

3:47 remaining

Drive: 11 plays, 76 yards, 5:08 elapsed

games and a touchdown reception in six consecutive games.

Making their mark over the last four games, Irish junior tight end ben Koyack has accounted for three touchdowns after not scoring through the first 29 games of his career.

t hrough the first eight games of the season, Irish freshman running back tarean Folston gained 116 yards on the ground and did not score a touchdown. on saturday, Folston scored his first career touchdown

and ran for 140 yards. He is the first freshman to rush for 100 yards since robert Hughes against stanford in 2007.

Punt free on saturday, the Irish did not punt once. It was the fifth time in its last nine meetings that Notre Dame did not punt against Navy. In their last 616 offensive plays against the midshipmen, the Irish have only punted seven times.

Contact Aaron Sant-Miller at asantmil@nd.edu

Near Nightmare

Notre Dame managed to put away Navy, 38-34, and improve to 7-2 on Saturday at Notre Dame Stadium. The Irish totaled 506 yards of offense and averaged 9.0 yards per play (their best since 1998), as the offense bailed out a depleted defense that had no answers for Navy’s option attack. Tarean Folston broke out, and defensive youngsters like Jaylon Smith and Eilar Hardy made stops when needed.

By JIMMY KEMPER s cene writer

With ‘THE MARSHALL MATHERS LP 2,’ Eminem

is back, back again

The new album “The marshall mathers lp 2” is like the long-anticipated sequel to a summer action blockbuster. it’s bigger, has greater production value, and is crazier than the first one, but it definitely is not taking any huge risks or pushing the genre forward, taking stan’s fans back to exactly where they were 13 years ago. This is an album seeped in nostalgia, which is stale at times but gives off overwhelmingly positive vibes.

The album kicks off with “bad guy” and dives headfirst into classic, raw eminem. “bad guy” is a very cool throwback to the hit “stan” from the original marshall mathers lp, featuring neat introspections from the viewpoint of the fictitious stan’s little brother.

eminem is absolutely one of the most talented rappers in the industry, and that definitely shows on “mmlp2”. The most notable example of this is in “rap god,” which is by far one of the best songs eminem has made within the past decade. The speed and intensity of the rapping on this track is absolutely amazing. The rhymes are delivered at a ferocious pace and ruthlessly strike on anyone he pleases. at one point slim shady hits an average of 6.5 words per second, definitely giving his self-proclaimed title of rap god some credibility.

The only problem with this album is that a couple of songs are flops, blunders that definitely should not have made the final cut of an overall great album. eminem’s collaboration

with rihanna in “The monster” honestly feels like a disappointing rehash of their work together on “love the way you lie,” and brings nothing new to either the pop or hip-hop genres.

if “The monster” is ignored, the collaborations on “mmlp2” are overwhelmingly enjoyable. “headlights,” featuring nate reuss of indie band fun., is one of the weirdest, least expected partnerships in music, but it is a successful blending of two dissimilar styles. eminem raps and nate sings about eminem’s rocky relationship with his mother, and eminem for once actually tones down the anger to apologize to her. a joint effort with kendrick lamar would seem like a more predictable choice for eminem, yet “love game” is one of the weirdest tracks he’s produced. The song is bizarre, raunchy and downright disgusting at times, but the connection eminem and kendrick share and the fun they have is absolutely contagious.

The throwback tracks on “mmlp2” are also incredibly fun. “rhyme or reason” brilliantly mixes a sample from “Time of the season” by the Zombies into the witty, crafty lyrics that eminem is known for. w hen the song asks “w ho’s your daddy?” slim bluntly responds, “i don’t have one/my mother reproduced like a komodo dragon.” “berzerk” is an exciting tribute to old school hip-hop. produced by rick rubin, who worked with the beastie boys on their debut album “licensed to ill,” it mashes together samples from billy squier’s “The stroke” and the beastie boys’ “Fight for your right” and “The new style.” on this track, eminem is

arrogant, brash and full of that swagger that has been so desperately missed over his past few releases. it’s a great return to basics that screams to the world that eminem can still rock all these years later.

overall, “The marshall mathers lp 2” is a great throwback album. it does not push the hip-hop genre forward into a new era, but it does not need to, because of the high value of the sheer intensity, brutality and creativity in the album. em reignites the original mmlp’s savage, emotional brilliance in a whirlwind of stinging raps, wise-cracking rhymes and aggressive rhymes in a way that shows the rap world that he is still king.

“The marshall mathers lp 2” will be released nov. 3. Contact Jimmy Kemper at jkemper2@nd.edu

“The Marshall Mathers LP 2” Eminem

Label: Aftermath Entertainment, Shady Records, Interscope Records

Tracks: “Love Game,” “Berzerk”

If you like: Kanye West, Jay-Z

Aziz Ansari’s new special on Netflix adds depth to laughs

By JUAN CANCIO

s cene e ditor

on nov. 1, netflix released a brand new a ziz a nsari comedy special. our favorite man-child is at it again in his new special entitled “a ziz a nsari: buried a live,” but this time he added some not-so-hidden messages in his standup routine. a ziz makes some of his possibly controversial opinions perfectly clear in jokes about adult relationships, bullying and even gay marriage. a lthough a ziz is no doubt a hysterical comedian, there are times in his new special where he dwells on issues that he obviously finds important. a s many of the most talented comedians, a ziz is able to sneak in little nuggets of serious sincerity between his funniest jokes thereby guaranteeing you do more than just laugh.

a ziz opens his comedy show by talking about how ridiculous all his friends are now that they have children; much like anything else in our lives, a ziz points out that his friends have felt the need to record every second of their baby’s new life. of course, a ziz, being the man he is, laughs at the mere thought of having children and all the sacrifice it entails. he reveals to us the audience that

he cannot even understand how couples get married, let alone choose to have children.

he swiftly changes the focus of his jokes from the difficulties of choosing to bring life into the world to the difficulties that come with being responsible for another human being. w hile on the subject of children and taking care of them, there is a lighthearted detour through how his mom would always let him go alone anywhere he wanted and how by extension he explains, while staying true to his sardonic style, that he “should have been molested, like…all the time.” Then he digresses once again to the difficulties of raising children, particularly in a world where bullies have somehow grown to be demented little demons that say insanely hurtful things.

a fter harping on childhood, he moves on to the “insane proposition” of marriage. now here there is a bit of beauty to the way he chose to organize his act; if you have paid attention, you will realize that a ziz has moved through the progression of his show much the way we move through life. This is not to say however that you should expect an overly mature outlook on life. if anything, a ziz is poking fun at life and its many gradations with his artfully witty immature sarcasm.

some of the punch lines of his routine attest to his belief that anyone against gay marriage is seriously antiquated and he even asks “how do [they] not know [they are] on the losing team right now?” he draws parallels between those who are opposed to this new controversial subject and those before our time who opposed things like women’s suffrage and basic human rights for a frican a mericans.

undoubtedly, the problem with trying to explain how funny a comedy show can be is that the magic that makes jokes so funny is immediately lost when the jokes are pulled out of context. instead, it would probably be wiser to leave some of the show as a mystery and bait you into watching and judging for yourself. There is definitely some comedic brilliance in his characteristic style that is difficult to duplicate but all too easy to admire. even if you don’t watch for the interesting opinions expressed in his show, you might find yourself attracted by the fiveminute bit on the finer points of taking the right picture of male genitalia. either way, go see the show on your friend’s netflix account.

Contact Juan Cancio at jcancio@nd.edu

Finding sports’ silver linings

Mary Green sports writer

“Justin blackmon to enter rehab.” “Jonathan martin fears retribution.” “meriweather vows to go after knees.”

This is a sampling of some of the sports headlines i’ve read over the past few days. They all reflect controversy in sports, with players bullying teammates, trying to play against the rules or just not being the best people they can be.

i will be the first to admit controversy fuels journalism — we debate it, discuss it and break down every aspect of it. sometimes, journalists even add to it, and then we debate it all some more.

but sometimes we, sports fans and journalists alike, get lost in the chaos of controversy and forget about the people who quietly do what is right.

we are four days into november and approaching Thanksgiving, so it is time we give thanks for all the good people in sports.

i’d first like to thank all the men and women who competed yesterday in one of the most grueling events in all of sports, the new york city marathon. i think 26.2 miles is a long drive, so i can’t imagine what it would be like to run that distance, without a break, up and down hills and all over the place. it’s always nice to win, so congratulations to men’s and women’s winners geoffrey mutai and priscah Jeptoo for taking first place in their respective events. but in an event like a marathon, everyone who crosses the finish line is a winner in my book, so congrats to the rest of the field as well for fighting through fatigue and dehydration and showing the rest of us what it means to persevere to reach a goal. Thanks, marathon runners around the world.

hats off to larry Fitzgerald for growing his dreads out. The cardinals receiver stopped cutting his hair in 2003 to honor his mother, who died the same year from breast cancer and wore her hair in the same style. Fitzgerald makes statements every sunday with his otherworldly skills on the field, but he makes an even bigger statement by staying out of controversy and making headlines for the charitable work he does for breast cancer awareness.

This year, he pledged to donate 25 cents for every new follower, $1,000 for every catch and $10,000 for every touchdown he had in the month of october, breast cancer awareness month. he had 15 receptions, two touchdowns and too many followers for me to count during that month, making a donation of at least $35,000. Thanks, larry.

kudos to richard sherman for talking trash to challenge his hometown friends to reach their potential. in a cover story from

July on the seahawks cornerback, sports illustrated’s lee Jenkins wrote, “according to [sherman’s high school coach, keith] donerson, eight players from sherman’s graduating class earned scholarships to division i schools, several of whom had walked into the coach’s office at one point or another to ask, ‘how do i get into college? because if i don’t, sherm is never going to let me hear the end of it.’”

keep in mind, sherman grew up in compton, calif., where a college education could mean a ticket out of one of america’s roughest towns. The fast-talking defensive back certainly realized that, graduating from stanford in three years and capitalizing on his opportunity to attend college while pushing his teammates to do the same. Thanks, richard.

special recognition goes to late yankees owner george steinbrenner for not caring what anyone thought of him. when you mention steinbrenner, most people think of “The boss,” the intense, hot-tempered, no-nonsense tyrant of the bronx bombers who infamously hired and fired manager billy martin five times and led the regimented, militarilygroomed yankees organization to seven world series titles. but not many people think of the other side of steinbrenner, the one who donated millions of dollars to organizations in new york and Tampa, the home of both steinbrenner and his team’s spring training.

each year, steinbrenner and the yankees hosted a luncheon benefiting the boys & girls club in Tampa, one of the owner’s favorite charities, and the event raised over $300,000 annually. he founded and funded the gold shield Foundation in seven Florida counties and the silver shield Foundation in new york, which provide aid to the families of firefighters and police officers killed in the line of duty.

That side of The boss isn’t always what comes to mind at the mention of his name. but for those of us who grew up in Tampa and new york, we know a hard exterior doesn’t always mean a hard heart. Thanks, mr. steinbrenner.

and thanks to everyone else in the sports world who visits the troops instead of spending a night in jail, who donates to cancer research centers instead of buying drugs, who helps make a difference in the world instead of contributing to its chaos.

hopefully, one day, you’ll take over the headlines for all the right reasons.

Contact Mary Green at mgreen8@nd.edu

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

Foles has record day in Eagles victory

Associated Press

oakland — nick Foles’ record-setting performance turned a struggling e agles offense into an unstoppable machine.

Foles tied an n F l mark with seven touchdown passes and threw for 406 yards to revitalize philadelphia in a 4920 victory over the o akland r aiders on sunday.

The backup quarterback connected three times with r iley c ooper to become the seventh passer in n F l history with seven T d tosses in a game. p eyton m anning did it for d enver on opening night this season against b altimore.

Foles also threw scoring passes to b rent c elek, Zach e rtz, l e s ean mc c oy and d e s ean Jackson as the e agles (4-5) looked nothing the offense that failed to score a touchdown in each of the past two weeks.

The r aiders (3-5) had appeared much improved on defense in recent weeks but were completely flummoxed by coach c hip kelly’s spread offense that stalled recently after a fast debut in the n F l .

Foles completed 22 of 28 passes as he frequently exploited mismatches and blown coverages, starting with a 42-yard screen pass to c ooper on the opening drive when the r aiders had two defenders trying to match up with three receivers.

mc c oy took a short pass and ran 25 yards untouched for his score in the third quarter and Jackson raced past m ike Jenkins on his 46-yard touchdown later in the third.

Foles then tied the record with a 5-yard pass to c ooper with 4:28 remaining in the third quarter, matching the mark also held by sid l uckman, a drian burk, g eorge blanda, y a . Tittle and Joe k app.

w ith more than a quarter to go to break the record, Foles was unable to get the e agles back into the end zone on the next two drives before being replaced by matt b arkley. That was about all Foles couldn’t do in his first game since being held to 80 yards on 29 passes before leaving with a concussion two weeks ago against dallas.

Foles only got another shot this week because regular starter m ichael v ick reinjured his hamstring in a loss to the new york giants last week. but now, it will be tough to take out Foles with 13 touchdown passes and no interceptions this season.

This will also silence questions at least for a week about how kelly’s offense will

translate to the n F l v iewed as revolutionary when the e agles gained 322 yards in the first half of the season opener against washington, the offense had been held to 478 yards and one field goal the past two weeks before breaking through against the r aiders.

The r aiders couldn’t keep up with p hiladelphia’s torrid scoring pace despite gaining 560 yards — their third-most ever and most since 1968. They had one first-quarter drive stall in the red zone for a field goal and then couldn’t play catch up in the second half when the e agles turned a 28-13 halftime lead into a blowout.

r aiders quarterback Terrelle p ryor threw for 288 yards and ran for 94 more, but also had two interceptions and took two sacks in a shaky performance. he left the game in the fourth quarter with a knee injury and was being evaluated further.

Kansas City 23, buffalo 13 bu FFalo — c hiefs cornerback s ean smith was exhausted after he returned an interception 100 yards for a touchdown.

“i was definitely happy i made it,” smith said. “i wanted to celebrate, but i was too tired.”

smith’s interception and linebacker Tamba hali’s 11-yard fumble return for a touchdown aided the c hiefs in overcoming a pedestrian offense and their own leaky defense in securing a 23-13 win over the buffalo bills on sunday.

k ansas c ity (9-0) remained the n F l’s only undefeated team and matched the best start in franchise history set in 2003. The c hiefs now enter their bye week before a key a Fc west showdown against the d enver broncos (7-1) on nov. 17.

i f the only thing perfect about the c hiefs is their record so far, coach a ndy reid refuses to make any apologies.

“ we’re not going to make excuses for it,” said reid, who in his first year has the c hiefs continuing their worst-tofirst run after a 2-14 finish last season. “ we’re pretty happy that we got the touchdowns. we’ll take them any way we can get them.”

The c hiefs’ defense led the way, outscoring the a lex smith-led offense, which was limited to three field goals. a nd the defense had to compensate for its own problems in having difficulty containing a buffalo offense headed by Jeff Tuel, an undrafted rookie making his first career

start.

d espite allowing a seasonworst 470 yards of offense and 25 first downs, the c hiefs were opportunistic in holding their ninth consecutive opponent to 17 points or less to match an n F l record set by the 1977 a tlanta Falcons. smith’s interception turned the momentum, tying the score at 10. h ali then put the c hiefs ahead for good by scooping up T.J. g raham’s fumble — forced by cornerback m arcus c ooper — and running it in to put k ansas c ity ahead 20-13 with 12:47 left.

“ we don’t really care what people think,” h ali said of the c hiefs’ victories lacking style points. “s ometimes the stats don’t really tell you the outcome.”

Tell that to the bills (3-6), who were left stunned and frustrated in attempting to figure out how they let this one slip away.

“horrible,” offensive coordinator nathaniel h ackett said. “it was shocking even to our guys. we did everything we wanted. we just couldn’t finish it.”

The difference was turnovers, as the c hiefs turned buffalo’s three giveaways — two interceptions thrown by Tuel and g raham’s fumble — into 17 points.

The loss marred what began as a solid outing by Tuel, who became the third quarterback to start for buffalo this season.

Tuel’s 139 yards passing in the first half were the most by a bills quarterback in the first two quarters this season. a nd Tuel was in a position to improve his numbers after marching buffalo to the k ansas c ity 1 on the opening drive of the second half before his day went awry.

Facing third-and-goal, Tuel took a shotgun snap, and looked immediately to his right, where g raham was running a slant pattern. Tuel, however, failed to account for smith, who easily picked off the pass at the goal line and then took off up the left sideline.

Tuel finished 18 of 39 for 229 yards passing, and a 59yard touchdown to marquise g oodwin.

For k ansas c ity, smith completed 19 of 29 passes for just 124 yards. r unning back Jamaal c harles was held under 100 yards from scrimmage for the first time this season.

k ansas c ity also snapped a six-game losing streak at o rchard p ark that included two playoff losses, winning there for the first time since s ept. 28, 1986.

Irish finish in top 5 in ACC

By A.J. GODEAUX sports writer

i n notre dame’s inaugural acc c hampionships, held at beeson park in kernersville, n c ., the i rish impressed with third- and fourth-place finishes for the men and women, respectively. For the i rish men, senior martin grady and graduate student Jeremy rae both earned all-acc honors with their fifth- and 11th-place finishes in the men’s 8-kilometer race. grady stayed with the lead group from the beginning of the race, faltering just a bit down the homestretch but still crossing the finish line with a time of 24:13.2, 36 seconds behind the first place finisher. rae came in a few seconds after grady with a time of 24:21.8. senior J.p mallette (24:46.9) finished 26th, while sophomore m ichael c levenger (24:47.6) finished in 27th. sophomore Tim ball, competing in his first varsity race of the year, rounded out the i rish top five with a time of 24:56.3, good for 36th place in the 129-runner field. w ith all seven runners in the top 25, no. 14 syracuse ran away with the men’s crown with a final tally of 64 points. no. 18 north carolina placed second with 84 points on the strength of four top-20

finishers. The 23rd-ranked i rish finished with 105 points in their third-place effort. nc state senior a ndrew colley took the individual men’s title with a time of 23:37.9.

For the i rish women, coach Tim connolly said he had mixed feelings regarding his runners’ individual performances.

“ we had some really good performances, but we also had a few girls that struggled,” c onnolly said. “it wasn’t because of poor effort or anything like that. The girls were competing hard. a few just didn’t run the race i know they’re capable of.”

however, c onnolly did not suggest his team had failed to meet expectations in their first acc c hampionships.

”i expected Florida state and v irginia to be very competitive, and they were just that, finishing one-two,” c onnolly said. “c oming from the big e ast, this was obviously a new experience, but i thought we could be really competitive as well. l ike i already said, we had a couple sub-par races, but the result was about what i expected.”

The fifth-ranked seminoles, who finished 13 points clear of no. 10 v irginia with 52 points, were sparked by a pair of topfive finishes from juniors

paid a dverT isemen T

colleen Quigley and hannah walker, while the c avaliers had four top-15 finishers. The 22nd-ranked i rish tallied 124 points.

i rish senior kelly c urran and junior hannah e ckstein paced the i rish with 16th and 20th place finishes, respectively, both earning all-acc honors. c urran finished the 6-kilometer race in 20:55.8 while e ckstein clocked in at 21:08.7. Those two, however, were not the only runners to receive praise from c onnolly.

“i was impressed with [ e ckstein’s] race, but i was even more impressed with [sophomore] mollie s eidel. she’s been dealing with training injuries for the past month or so and wasn’t in the best racing shape, but to see her come out and run the race that she did was impressive. hopefully in the next couple weeks we can get her into better racing shape as we look forward to these next meets.”

s eidel finished 26th with a time of 21:23.1. next the i rish will attempt to qualify for the ncaa c hampionships as they head to madison, w is., on nov. 15 for the ncaa great l akes regionals.

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

nd wins pair in home stand

By KATIE HEIT s ports w riter

The i rish swept their home series over the weekend, defeating m aryland 3-1 on Friday and battling p itt in five sets s unday before snatching a 3-2 victory.

a gainst m aryland (12-12, 4-8 acc ), the i rish (10-13, 4-8) took control offensively. n otre d ame had 54 kills and had four players with 10 or more kills apiece.

The i rish battled with the Terrapins in the first set, but weren’t able to secure the victory and fell 25-21. i n the second set, n otre d ame led until the score was 22-21, but fell behind 24-23. a n error by the Terrapins allowed the i rish to tie the score at 24 and closed out the set with a 27-25 victory. Their momentum carried through to the third set, as the i rish pulled ahead early and never looked back, winning 2521 and bringing the score to 2-1.

To close out the match, the i rish battled with the Terrapins through 13 ties and five lead changes before finally winning the set 25-23 and claiming the 3-1 victory.

a gainst p itt (12-13, 4-8), the i rish had another long battle. n otre d ame fell behind early in the first set, scoring only 13 points against the p anthers and dropping the set 25-13. i n the second set, the i rish tied the game at one, battling through two lead changes and five ties for a 25-22 win.

The i rish fell behind once more in the third set, leading the game only once before p itt took over, winning the game handily at 25-17.

The i rish were not able to turn their luck around until the fourth set. i rish senior outside hitter n icole s mith

said the fourth set was a turning point for the i rish.

“ w e really came together in the fourth set,” s mith said. “ w e knew that we had to win it. w e fought really well together and we were having a lot of fun.”

The fourth set consisted of 17 ties and five lead changes, but n otre d ame endured and won the set 25-22 to tie the score at two.

i n the final set, the i rish buckled down and took control early on, never relinquishing the lead and winning the final set 15-9.

“ i thought the fifth set we were all very focused,” s mith said. “ i have a lot of confidence in my teammates and we started the fifth set really strong.”

s mith recorded 12 kills during the game and a teamhigh four blocks. s he said her success and the success of her teammates was due to senior setter m aggie b rindock.

“ m aggie was making extremely good decisions with her sets,” s mith said. “The passers really stepped up to get her the ball and it made it really easy for us to get kills.”

s mith said much of the i rish success also depended on n otre d ame’s ability to stop the p itt hitters.

“They had some really good hitters on each end,” s mith said. “ w e were getting stuck when they were hitting and their outsides were attacking quickly. o ur defense did really well in adjusting and picking up the sets.”

The i rish are back in action on w ednesday when they travel to s yracuse for another conference match.

Contact Katie Heit at kheit@nd.edu

Irish see positives in performance at Purdue

belles face Trine to close season

Staff Report

The b elles will wrap up their season today with a home game against miaa opponent Trine.

l ast time the b elles (9-7-3, 7-5-3 miaa ) met Trine (2-16, 1-14) on Trine’s home field, they won 1-0 in a nail-biting double-overtime match.

The b elles stand in fifth place in the miaa conference and were mathematically eliminated from the miaa conference championships in late o ctober. Trine has also failed to qualify for the miaa conference championships and stands in last place in the miaa conference. o nly the top four squads will compete in the end of season conference tournament.

a gainst Trine, the b elles will rely on players such as freshman forward r osie b iehl, junior forward k elly w ilson and sophomore midfielder m aggie m c l aughlin.

By HENRY HILLIARD s ports w riter

The no. 22 i rish took to the water on Friday seeking to end a decade of road losses p urdue in the b oilermaker a quatic c enter. notre d ame (1-3) was unable to translate solid times into scoreboard success, falling to the b oilermakers (1-0) 208-98.

“i f you don’t look at the score, i think we swam very well against a very tough p urdue team,” i rish coach Tim welsh said. “ we had a lot of top times. i n swimming there are two kinds of excellence: excellence of time and excellence of place. o n Friday we definitely had an excellence of time.”

notre d ame started the meet with a disqualification in the 200-yard medley relay. The i rish would have finished first and put notre d ame in an early hole from which the team would never recover.

“That disqualification really took the air out of our tires right from the start, especially because we would have won. b ut i am really not discouraged from Friday. e verything is a work in progress and this team is progressively getting better each week,” welsh said.

Friday’s dual meet was not without its share of individual success for the

i rish. s enior Frank d yer took first in the 200-yard freestyle with a time of 1:38.64, and junior m ike nappi won the 1,650 yard-freestyle, clocking in at 15:48.15. d yer, an a ll-a merican, nearly added another first-place finish for the i rish, finishing a mere .10 behind p urdue freshman Filip b ujoczek in the 500-yard freestyle.

“In swimming there are two kinds of excellence: excellence of time and excellence of place. On Friday we definitely had an excellence of time.”

Tim

The team was hoping to build off its success after spending the fall break training in c olorado. c ulminating with a 134-128 victory against a ir Force on o ct. 25, the week afforded the i rish the unique opportunity to train at high altitudes.

“o verall, that was a grand experience, really positive all the way around,” welsh said. “i think we will continue to reap the benefits of that

conditioning for the rest of the season.”

o n the diving boards, freshman Joseph c oumos continued his early-season success, finishing second in both the 1-meter and 3-meter boards. i n only his second meet of his collegiate career, c uomos nearly took first for the i rish in the 1-meter board, finishing with a score of 363.60 points, right behind b oilermaker l ayne rogers’ winning mark of 365.55 points. The i rish will continue their campaign this weekend at the Trees p ool in p ittsburgh, where they will open acc competition in a trimeet against p ittsburgh and v irginia Tech. The meet will mark the third consecutive weekend in which the i rish have been on the road. notre d ame will finally return to the rolfs a quatic c enter for their first home meet in more that a month on nov. 15, when it takes on m ichigan state.

“o ur schedule is a really challenging one,” welsh said. “e very week has a tough opponent. next weekend, we are on the road again, facing a much improved p ittsburgh and a v irginia Tech team that is one of the strongest in the acc ,” welsh said.

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Saint Mary’s claims third

By KIT LOUGHRAN sports writer

b iehl is the b elles lead goal scorer with five goals this season. w ilson and m c l aughlin come in second and third for goal scoring with three and two goals, respectively, while each adding an assist on the season.

The b elles will also look for a strong performance between the pipes from junior goalkeeper c hanler r osenbaum. r osenbaum has had a total of 76 saves this season, with a save percentage of 78.8 percent. r osenbaum has faced 166 shots in 16 appearances, including 15 starts, this season.

The b elles will have to defend Trine’s top scorer sophomore s kyler r eed in order to come out with a win. r eed has scored three goals this season and has added three assists.

The b elles will kick off their final game of the season today at 3 p.m. by welcoming in Trine.

The belles finished just two points ahead of alma to edge the scots out of third place and claimed the third-place title for themselves at the miaa championships on saturday at the west ottawa golf club in holland, mich.

The belles culminated the season in third place in the final miaa standings to match the 2010 team with the best finish in program history. saint mary’s also had five individual runners earn personalrecord times at the meet saturday.

The belles completed the race with an overall score of 102. no. 5 calvin and no. 2 hope finished ahead of saint mary’s with scores of 21 and 26, respectively. alma finished fourth with 104 points.

“[saturday] was such a great day,” head coach Jackie bauters said. “The entire team ran well. it matches the highest overall place we have finished in the conference.

“i’m extremely proud of everyone and their effort on the course.”

senior Jessica biek again led the way for the belles. biek placed ninth overall and ran a personalrecord time of 22:46.

Following the conclusion of the race, biek became the sixth runner in program history to earn allmiaa honors. she earned a spot on the second team for her finishes at the miaa Jamboree on sept. 28 and the championship race.

“i am so excited to see her reach her goal of breaking into the top 10,” bauters said. “she made the second all-miaa team, and she is the first belle to do so in a good handful of years.”

biek’s time marks the secondfastest finish by a saint mary’s runner in the conference championship, behind megan gray and her 22:18 time at the 2007 miaa championships.

“[biek] has been primed for that kind of race and just needed to trust that it was possible,” bauters said. “she ran a really smart race, letting the lead pack take it out and sit back a little until the second half of the race. she was running about 16th place for most the race and then made her move.”

The remaining members of the belles’ squad also contributed strong individual performances to help secure the team’s third-place finish.

belles freshman brittany beeler ran a season-best pace of

23:08 and finished in 15th place. sophomore allie danhof (24:03), sophomore katelyn dunn (24:15), and senior colette curtis (24:28) all ran personal-record times to assist the belles in their third-place finish.

The veteran curtis’ strong performance and 29th-place finish impressed bauters.

“as a senior, she had her lifetime [personal record] in the 6k and ran fifth for the team, definitely helping us beat alma in the final standings,” bauters said.

Junior erin knauf also ran her best time of the season with a 24:34 for 30th place, and junior samee chittenden finished 32nd with her personal record time of 24:41.

Following the conclusion of the conference schedule, the belles will prepare to end their season at the ncaa regionals on nov. 16.

“our focus [heading into this race] is going to be on staying healthy and getting a few final quality workouts in before the regional,” bauters said. “i’m sure it’s going to be an excited group again.”

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notre dame falls to p urdue in close competition

By ALEX WILCOX sports writer

notre dame lost in heartbreaking fashion for the secondstraight meet, this time suffering a 155.5-144.5 loss to purdue.

in the team’s last meet on oct. 12, the irish (0-3) lost to indiana at home by just 10 points. coupled with their season-opening loss to auburn and this latest defeat to purdue (20), notre dame finds itself still looking for the first win of the young season.

despite the winless start to the year, irish junior swimmer emma reaney said the team’s slow start is not cause for panic yet.

“[i’m] not very concerned,” reaney said. “yes, it isn’t fun to lose, but we have to keep our eyes on the end of the season and conference. That’s when winning and losing really matters.”

a lthough she said these early season meets are not as important as the later ones, reaney admitted that the loss is still frustrating.

“The past couple years have come down to the last relay (the 200-yard freestyle relay) and we didn’t want that to happen again,” reaney said. “i thought we had for sure done better going into that relay than years past, but unfortunately that wasn’t the case.”

The boilermakers have won the event in three out of the last four years by 11 points or less. even though the irish lost, reaney said she was still was

pleased with several elements of the meet.

“i feel the first half of the meet went very well,” reaney said. “we focused a lot on not only winning events, but touching purdue out for second, third, and fourth. i was really proud of our backstrokers getting one, two, and three in the [200-yard backstroke]. Toward the end of the meet we let a couple crucial races get away from us.”

reaney said she agreed with irish coach brian barnes’ assessment that the team has trouble closing out meets, and added that winning these close meets is all in the little things.

“we have to keep working on the small details that put races together,” reaney said. “we also have to keep the energy up that we have at the beginning of the meets throughout the whole thing. meets are long and tiring and we have to find a way to keep pushing ourselves and each other all the way to the very end.”

reaney herself had another impressive meet, claiming three of the eight irish victories in the 200-yard freestyle, 100yard breaststroke, and 200-yard breaststroke. even though she led her team in individual victories, reaney said she was still not completely happy with her performance.

“i definitely think my sprint breaststroke could be a little better,” reaney said. “i am working on my long stroke and when i’m tired it’s much easier to stay long and strong and hard to get

we didn’t put our heads down once we got down 2-0. we hung around and hung around and found our way into the game again.”

The catamounts scored an early goal and added a second with less than a minute remaining in the opening period to take an early 2-0 lead over the irish. vermont sophomore forward robert polesello beat summerhays with a wrist shot through traffic to the left post for the first score 2:41 into the contest, while senior h.T. lenz beat summerhays top shelf with 43 seconds remaining in the first. irish senior defenseman stephen Johns cut the lead in half on a coast-to-coast effort 2:51 into the second stanza. Johns beat a vermont defenseman and ticked a backhander past santaguida to make the game 2-1.

“it was a great goal from

[Johns],” Jackson said. “his goal gave us some life and kept us in the game.”

sophomore left wing sam herr then took over in the third period with a two-goal effort within the span of 1:02. 13:18 into the final period, herr beat santaguida over his right shoulder to tie the game at 2-2. at 14:20, on a similar setup, herr received the puck on the left wing and beat santaguida low to the right post.

“[herr] was playing pretty well early on, so i started double shifting him a bit,” Jackson said. “The additional ice time got his juices going and he responded in a positive way. he got the puck to the net and he was rewarded.” santaguida racked up 24 saves on saturday, while summerhays had 26.

The irish next face off against no. 1 minnesota with a weekend doubleheader at compton Family ice a rena.

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up and sprint. but for where we are in the season and how hard we’ve been working, i’m satisfied with my races.”

in addition to reaney’s three individual victories, four other irish swimmers claimed individual victories. senior kelly ryan won the 200-yard backstroke, freshman catherine mulquin won the 100-yard backstroke, freshman katie miller won the 200-yard individual medley and junior diver a llison casareto took the 1-meter diving event. notre dame also won the 200yard medley relay with the foursome of mulquin, reaney, ryan, and sophomore catherine galletti finishing with a time of 1:42.43.

reaney said she was pleased with her teammates’ performance given how drained the team was entering the meet.

“i know we are really tired, so keeping that in mind, i think we swam well,” reaney said. “we had really good energy going into the meet and i definitely think that helped us in the first half.” in order to get that elusive first win of the season, reaney said it all comes down to attention to detail and doing the little things right.

“we have to work on the little things,” reaney said. “we have the grit and the strength, but we lost a couple races due to finishes and turns. a nd those small things really add up when meets get close like this one was.”

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performance [for c icciarelli].”

wake Forest pressed in the second half, but to no avail.

“it was great defending by the team,” c lark said. “The team defended superbly well as a unit. [ wake Forest] came out with a big push at the beginning of the second half, but we did a great job stopping it.”

i rish senior goalkeeper patrick wall played a big part in notre dame’s defensive success, c lark said. wall had seven saves on the night while facing 18 shots, 13 of which came in the second half, from the demon deacons. Ferrell had two saves saturday.

“pat wall has been perfect on the year,” c lark said. “he made some great saves in the second half and gave us the chance to win.”

i n the 68th minute, i rish sophomore midfielder c onnor k lekota scored his first career goal from right outside of the penalty box to give the i rish the 3-1 lead and shut down the wake Forest surge.

The i rish closed out the game and held a man advantage for the final 16 minutes, as demon deacons senior midfielder Jared watts received a red card at 74:04 in the match.

“now put ourselves in a position, if we beat p ittsburgh, to win the [acc ],” c lark said. “it would be an amazing feat to win the acc , arguably one of the best leagues in the nation, in our first year.”

The i rish next face non-conference foe no. 22 m ichigan state in e ast l ansing at 3 p.m. on Tuesday.

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atkins said.

The most exciting play of the tune-up against the division-ii pioneers, who went 6-21 a season ago, came early in the second half when atkins, falling down after a steal in the backcourt, flipped the ball backward over his head down court to k night for a dunk. atkins said he saw k night out of the corner of his eye as he fell.

“i got the steal right away and i kind of tripped over the guy’s foot … and i just knew i could throw it behind me,” atkins said.

in addition to k night and atkins, two other irish starters also had strong performances. senior center garrick sherman had the game’s lone

double-double as he finished with 12 points and 13 rebounds and junior forward pat connaughton went 3-for-6 from 3-point range and scored 14 points. starting senior guard Jerian grant struggled from the floor, meanwhile, shooting just 1-of-8.

Freshman guard demetrius Jackson joined atkins, k night, connaughton and sherman in double figures, as he compiled 10 points.

with the contest against the overmatched pioneers complete, the irish now look ahead to their first game of the regular season against the redhawks at the end of the week.

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one went the way it did. we had to drop a forward back in the midfield to give us a fourth midfielder and just play with one [forward] up front. really, you’re just sitting there hoping you can kill off the clock and maybe get into penalty kicks.”

virginia Tech dominated possession after Tucker’s red card. The hokies put up 14 shots and received seven corner kicks after Tucker’s ejection, while the irish did not record a shot or a corner kick after the 76th minute.

“The game was fairly even back-and-forth up until [the red card],” waldrum said. “Then, they can throw everything at you, you just don’t have the numbers to cover everything.”

prior to Tucker’s red card, the two teams traded goals. notre dame struck first in the 28th minute, when junior forward lauren bohaboy headed in a cross from freshman forward kaleigh olmstead.

virginia Tech responded in the 57th minute after junior defender Jodie Zelenky sent a free kick into the penalty box, and hokies freshman midfielder candace cephers knocked in a loose ball past irish freshman goalkeeper kaela l ittle.

notre dame sophomore defender katie naughton left the game at halftime after she

paid a dverT isemen T

re-aggravated a hip flexor injury, waldrum said. sophomore midfielder cari roccaro moved to naughton’s spot at center back for the remainder of the game.

“katie got hurt in the first half really early, and she was a warrior to even finish out the half,” waldrum said. “she’s had a little bit of a problem with her hip flexor, and she just really cut it all through the first half to just stay up, and credit to her. so we

had to make that change, which didn’t help because it took away so much of our team offensively.” with its conference season concluded, notre dame will now wait to see if it will earn an at-large bid to the 64-team 2013 ncaa championship. The pairings for the tournament will be announced at 4 p.m. on nov. 11.

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men’s bAsKetbALL | noTre dame 93, Tusculum 44

By SAM GANS sports writer

nd Women’s soCCer | virginia Tech 2, noTre dame 1

nd closes exhibition run ACC season ends at quarterfinals

notre dame utilized hot shooting from senior guard eric atkins and graduate student forward Tom k night to roll to a 93-44 victory over Tusculum in its second and final exhibition game Friday night at purcell pavilion.

k night went 7-of-9 from the floor, including 6-of-6 in the first half, and atkins shot 9-of-11 on the evening as the no. 25 irish rolled in their last tune-up before they open the season Friday against miami (oh).

k night, who finished with 14 points, sat out notre dame’s exhibition opener against indianapolis on oct. 28 with a back injury, although he said it was mostly a precautionary measure.

“our last game i was disappointed, wanted to be out there with the guys,” k night said. “it started off well with my first couple baskets, so it was fun and [i] definitely love the pieces on this team. i think we work very well together.”

atkins mostly deferred to

k night and others early in the contest, until the senior went on a surge just before halftime. atkins scored 10 points in the final two minutes of the first half to send the irish into the break with a 47-18 advantage.

he finished with a team-high 21 points.

“There’s a time in every single game you have to be aggressive. i just had to get into a rhythm,”

By BRIAN HARTNETT sports writer

no. 19 notre dame continued its late-game struggles on the road, as the irish lost a 2-1 double-overtime heartbreaker to no. 5 virginia Tech in the quarterfinals of the acc championships on sunday afternoon in blacksburg, va. virginia Tech (15-3-2, 9-3-1 acc) won the game in the 109th minute when senior forward Jazmine reeves headed a corner kick from junior midfielder kelsey loupee just inside the right frame.

For the irish (11-7-1, 7-5-1), the feeling was all too familiar. The irish are winless in five overtime matches this season and have lost their last four overtime games. notre dame is also 3-5 away from a lumni stadium this season and has lost five of its last six on the road.

same mistakes over and over,” irish coach randy waldrum said. “it’s a different mistake every game, and it involves usually a different player who gives something up right at the end. yet, when you look over 110 minutes, the kids were fantastic. it’s so hard to fault them when you have that kind of effort.”

The irish had to compete with 10 players after senior midfielder elizabeth Tucker drew disqualification following a red card in the 76th minute. Tucker received a yellow card in the 66th minute and picked up her second one just 10 minutes later when she tugged on hokies freshman forward murielle Tiernan’s jersey.

notre dame received five yellow cards in total for the game, all of them coming in the second half.

“we played a man short for 30 minutes,” waldrum said. “i think that’s kind of why this

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“it would be different if we just weren’t playing well and the same players were making the

men’s soCCer | noTre dame 3, wake ForesT 1 hoCKe Y | vermonT 2, noTre dame 1; noTre dame 3, vermonT 2

Irish move into first with win hockey splits with vermont

By ISAAC LORTON sports writer

in front of a packed spry stadium for senior night in winston-salem n c., the no. 2 irish toppled no. 12 wake Forest with a 3-1 win saturday in front of 3,991 people.

with their first conference loss of the season, the demon deacons (8-4-5, 5-1-4 acc) fell to third place while notre dame (9-1-5, 6-1-3) moved into a tie with maryland for the top spot in the acc

“it was one of those ‘if we win we go top, but if we lose we don’t have a shot’ kind of thing,” irish coach bobby clark said. “come out with a 3-1 win, that is a big win for us.”

The irish have played six conference road games this season, and with the win over wake Forest, they remain undefeated with a 5-0-1 record.

“we have done superbly well on the road,” clark said. “it was our toughest match yet, and we rose to the occasion.”

The scoring began late in the first half in the 36th minute and proceeded quickly from there. irish sophomore midfielder

evan panken collected a failed clearance off of a corner kick and ripped a shot over the head of wake Forest redshirt freshman goalkeeper a lec Ferrell, off the crossbar and into the net to put the irish up 1-0. at 39:35, irish junior defender max lachowecki fouled freshman midfielder ian hark in the box. lachowecki received a yellow card and the demon deacons received a penalty kick. senior midfielder luca gimenez converted from the spot to tie the game at 1-1. only 40 seconds later, irish senior midfielder harrison shipp slotted a pass through the wake Forest defense to junior forward vince cicciarelli, who placed the ball near post past Ferrell to give the irish the 2-1 advantage heading into the break.

“cicciarelli was dangerous on the break on the night,” clark said. “[The demon deacons] found it difficult to handle him. of course [irish senior forward] harry [shipp] and [junior midfielder] robby gallegos were putting some great balls forward. it was a very good

By ISAAC LORTON sports writer

The no. 2 irish split its hockey east debut series with vermont, losing 2-1 on Friday and earning a 3-2 comeback victory saturday.

The catamounts (2-2-1, 1-1-0 hockey east) celebrated their program’s 50th anniversary on Friday and their performance reflected the big night, irish coach Jeff Jackson said.

“i thought vermont played well [Friday],” Jackson said. “it was a big weekend for them. They were hyped up and put a lot of pressure on us. ... we didn’t handle their pressure.”

notre dame (6-2-0, 1-1-0) gave up a late power-play goal in the third period to vermont freshman forward mario puskarich and the catamounts held on for the 2-1 win. with 1:44 remaining in regulation, catamounts senior forward chris mccarthy passed the puck to puskarich at the goal line. puskarich waited and then slipped the puck past irish senior goaltender steven summerhays and into the net for the gamewinner. summerhays had 17 saves on Friday while vermont freshman goaltender mike santaguida notched 20.

“The game-winning goal on Friday was not a good goal to give up for steven [summerhays],” Jackson said. The catamounts grabbed the early 1-0 lead Friday on a mccarthy goal with 1:42 left in the first period, his second of the season. The irish responded only 1:52 into the second period on a shorthanded goal from senior right winger bryan rust to tie the game at 1-1. The goal was rust’s first this season. The game remained tied until puskarich’s late power-play goal.

went 0-for-6.

“we had a hard time getting our power play going,” Jackson said. “it looked a little better on saturday than it did on Friday, but we still managed not to score.” on saturday, the irish overcame a 2-0 deficit in order to pull out a 3-2 win over vermont and get their first hockey east victory.

“i was proud of our team coming back [on saturday],” Jackson said. “The positive thing is that

vermont was 1-for-4 on their power play Friday, while the irish