Print Edition of The Observer for Thursday, September 14, 2017

Fair presents study abroad opportunities

By LIAM GANNON news Writer

on Wednesday night, hundreds of students gathered in the ballroom at the morris Inn to explore different study abroad programs offered by notre dame International and discuss these opportunities with representatives.

The fair was particularly crucial for freshmen and sophomores interested in participating in study abroad. students looking to study abroad for a full semester during the 2018-2019 school year face an application deadline in mid-november, while those seeking out programs for summer 2018 can wait until February.

one new opportunity available this year is at the national University of Ireland in Galway, on Ireland’s west coast. This program presents an alternative to the dublin program, one of the most popular destinations among notre dame students.

Additionally, new academic directors were named for two of notre dame’s Global Gateways over the summer, according to the notre dame International

website. heather hyde m inor was hired to fill the position at the University’s hub in rome, while JoAnn della neva was named to position in London’s program.

silvia dall’olio, executive director of rome’s Global Gateway, is currently overseeing the student activities and services section of the program. For her, intercultural learning is a particularly necessary part of study abroad programs.

“We are building a living and learning community, in which what happens in the classroom, in the residences and in the city is all interconnected,” she said.

many students look to perfect their language skills through immersion abroad. several full-semester programs only have courses in the native tongue of the country.

“They get you to comprehend the applications of the language, and get you to think in the language, which is important to become fluent,” sophomore Liam schmitt, who hopes to study in beijing during the spring of his junior year, said.

hong Zhu, associate director of study abroad, is overseeing

programs in beijing, shanghai and hong Kong that offer courses in the native tongue.

“Language is so much associated with the culture itself, and when you are in china especially, you understand the culture while you learn the language at the same time,” Zhu said.

not only did the fair introduce students to study abroad programs, but it also publicized opportunities for international internships, research and service through various University centers and institutes.

many of these opportunities are available through the Flatley center for Undergraduate scholarly engagement (cUse ), but other international institutes offer similar programs based in specific regions.

study Abroad director Kathleen opel emphasized the advantages these opportunities can offer.

“[They] build your portfolio as a person, your global citizenship and your ability to relate to people from different places,” she said.

Contact Liam Gannon at wgannon@nd.edu

definition of “perishable” when he was waiting to obtain a motion for his client’s case.

“At that point, I had this intervention that said I don’t want to spend the rest of my life doing this,” he said.

Upon the realization, heiser decided to move to the chemical production company duPont. his career move led him to his first lesson in leadership, which was being open-minded about taking new paths.

“You’ve got to be open to exploring new opportunities,” he said. “You’ve got to be open to saying, ‘You know what, this isn’t want I expected. maybe I should try this; maybe I should try that.’”

here, heiser realized his second lesson of leadership, which was the power of stakeholder engagement.

At duPont, heiser was responsible for launching a product to help people affected by hI v and AIds heiser described how the activist community at the time spoke against pharmaceutical companies producing the hI v and AIds drug products due to pricing and other concerns, so he wanted to take steps to embrace this community, including by hiring several activists.

“We were not only going to understand the patient community that we were dealing with, but we were going to work with the activist community and engage them in how we were going to price this product and go to market,” he said. “… This is when I first realized and learned the concept of shared value where we could do things that would maximize profit for the organization. … but we also recognized that we could actually make a different for society.”

other lessons heiser learned during his leadership journey included the powers of perseverance, resilience and internal and external feedback.

“As a leader, I would tell you there’s nothing more important than your ability to receive

feedback from others and process it, and more importantly, for me, to do self-reflection,” he said.

heiser also talked about his time at magnetrol, which is a company that manufactures radar and radar equipment to measure levels of fluid. Though the company had grown considerably from its roots in a garage, heiser said it had lost its way by 2015 when he took over as president. he attributed this deterioration to the fact that the company rewarded employees based on years of service and attendance as opposed to merit.

heiser said he sought to fix the problem with a more valuesdriven approach.

“We had to change the culture, and we had to start at the senior level,” he said.

Today, heiser said magnetrol has several core values including the idea of “performance [and] no excuses,” which heiser said means the company needs to be action-oriented, especially with the commitments it made to its stakeholders.

heiser said another core value is “everybody deserves special treatment.”

“What that means is we don’t leave the human condition at the door,” he said.

The final magnetrol value, according to heiser, is that business is a social institution, which means magnetrol has an obligation to multiple stakeholders and that it will deliver on those obligations.

magnetrol’s culture change has not been without its struggles, heiser explained. Under heiser, magnetrol implemented a “Giving voice to values” program, which had the lowest participation rate company-wide with the U.s. management team.

“how am I going to get a culture change in the U.s. if I’ve got a management team that [has the lowest participation numbers]?” he said. “... That’s actually been one of our biggest problems is getting managers out of this command and control situation.”

Contact Alexandra Muck at amuck@nd.edu

affect most students.

“Actually the predominant norm, the super majority of almost all is the experience for our sophomores and juniors on campus already matches what we’re asking for the new classes going forward in terms of sophomores or juniors living on campus,” she said. “so we are solidifying a trend that already exists and has been quite stable over time.”

The timing in applying the changes, hoffmann harding said, both allows students who have already made off-campus housing plans to keep those commitments and allows potential students to make informed decisions about attending notre dame with the new policy in mind.

“What we wanted to make sure is that we held current students harmless knowing the trend that we have heard students about signing leases early,” she said. “And we didn’t want to put any student in a difficult position — who is here — in a position to have to change plans due to a change in policy for the university. so that’s the rationale behind the timing, but we wanted to signal, for new classes and new students, that this is an important value that the university holds as we go forward.”

hoffmann harding recognized that the six semester requirement may not be the best situation for some members of the community.

“You saw, I hope, in some of the materials that we may have good work to do in terms of what and how might exceptions be good for our students and good for our communities in some of these situations,” hoffmann harding said.

“We’re happy to hear and learn examples of when you think that might not make sense … how we manage and implement that and think through that, in terms of different policies and procedures for a potential waiver process, is still very much to be determined.”

multiple students pointed out that one potential reason to

request a waiver to move off campus would be if a survivor of sexual assault wanted to be farther away from his or her attacker, something hoffmann harding said she welcomed discussion about.

“I think in general, my overall reaction would be, gosh that’s a conversation I would love to know about in terms of before making that decision,’” she said. “‘What didn’t make you feel safe about campus? how can we make that better?’ And if that’s a distinction between one community versus another to be able to share that information with us, and certainly I don’t have a definitive answer of what would qualify, but … our first and foremost care is for all of you as students to try to help you have a wonderful experience. And that’s the objective here.”

While some students voiced frustration over paying the same amount for room and board despite varying quality of facilities, hoffmann harding said varying the price of housing would create divides in the community.

“Would that cause an unnatural and unhelpful and ultimately potentially unhealthy segmentation of choices of where students would live that wouldn’t provide the integrated community that we hope to be?” she said. “ … so that’s been part of our rationale for not charging differently, because we didn’t want to create socioeconomic challenges and benefits for the community that would not be helpful to the integrated communities we hope to build.”

upon one student pointing out that certain aspects of residential life — such as dorm masses and parietals — do not appeal to every student at notre dame, Jenkins said notre dame is a university that remains true to its identity rather than striving to please everyone.

“I think it would be a mistake for notre dame to say, ‘We want to be everything to everybody, notre dame is for everybody.’ And it’s not,” Jenkins said. “We want to be notre dame … we want to be a place that prizes community in every way, and we’re a place of faith.

her office to speak about their concerns after the presidential election, cervelli said she knew saint mary’s was unlike any other place.

We make no apologies about that, no one should come here with any confusion about that. And that’s why we’re delaying any requirement until the next year’s class comes in. people should take a look, and if that’s what they want they should come here, but if that’s not what they want there are many other places — great places — to go to. so really it seems to me what we want to be is what we are in a clear way, in a way that emphasizes the kind of education we want to give.”

Although the changes to residential life were largely prompted by a desire to convince more students to stay on campus for their senior year, hoffmann harding said the incentives to attract seniors are still to be determined.

“That was necessarily a bit vague in what we shared because it’s still to be worked out,” she said. “And what we wanted to do is open up the conversation to the extent that some of those things cost money. I actually have to ask through the division of student affairs through the university’s regular budget process … to see if some of those would be possible. And so there’s this very funny sense of get it out so that we can have further conversation about it, and I think you’re right, though, that we’d love to have more specifics.”

These incentives, hoffmann harding said, are vital to the university’s plan. Without the incentives, she said, the new requirement could actually end up driving seniors to move off campus for their final year at notre dame instead of achieving the intended goal.

“It’s probably our most significant worry about it,” hoffmann harding said. “Which is why I think as we’ve thought about it, it has to be dually and creatively and — we hope — actively paired with senior incentives. … but it’s number one on top of my worry list, is that it would have the opposite effect if we can’t get the senior incentives right, which is why we need more help and more work on that.”

Contact Courtney Becker at cbecker3@nd.edu

informational … non-confrontational and to begin to look for areas of commonality.”

Lecture

discrimination as a young crossing guard. Anderson said he and a friend both neglected to wear the designated orange crossing guard belts and were approached by an officer about it, although, the officer’s reactions to each of the boys was different.

“[An officer] asked where our crossing guard belts were,” he said. “he told my friend to put his on and told me to go home and get mine. When I got back, the officer was gone, but my friend relayed to me this conversation he and the officer had. The officer said, ‘You really should be careful about hanging out with thugs like him.’ The only words that were exchanged between me and him were ‘I don’t have my belt,’ and ‘I’ll run home.’ not a very substantial basis for making judgements about my criminal history. so what else could he have drawn on to make such a claim? There is one factor: the fact that I was black.”

Anderson said the association between “blackness” and crime has been around for centuries, citing a 1911 report from chicago which reported that criminal activity was centered within minority communities.

“Whenever prostitutes, cadets and thugs were located among white people, they had to be removed ... and were driven to the undesirable parts of the city — the so-called colored residential sections.” Anderson said, quoting the report.

“one thing this example tells us is the association between space and criminality,” he added. “so where did crime belong? According to this, crime didn’t belong in white areas, but was an active fit for the ‘colored’ areas. You can only make that sort of judgement if you’re already associating a link between blackness and criminality.”

Anderson said a way to combat stereotypical and racist connotations of the word “thug” is for black people to rethink the way they see themselves.

idea of self determination and how black people think of themselves is key.”

Anderson said an example of this can be gleaned from football player richard sherman’s reaction to being labeled a thug on the Internet.

“sherman expressed disappointment and said the following: ‘I was on the football field showing passion. I wasn’t committing any crimes and doing anything illegal.’ In essence, sherman rejected the term because it did not apply,” he said. “This might seem like a sensible strategy, but I don’t think it’s the best one to adopt. denying the linguistic application actually reinstated what was immediately objectionable. If sherman readily rejects the label, it implies that he accepts the broader associations of the word. I think a better model of resistance might be linguistic appropriation.”

Anderson said the best representation of linguistic appropriation as an act of resistance is the ideology of Tupac shakur. Anderson said shakur was known for displaying “thug culture,” from tattoos to once describing the use of thug as “a new kind of black power.”

“his use of the word is intentional, under his own description,” Anderson said.

Anderson said an objection to this form of resistance is its suspected endorsement of violence.

in time, to create a more inclusive and diverse campus,” she said. “We’re taking specific steps in that direction, I’m happy to say.”

The influence a small college can have should not be underestimated, cervelli said.

“I think the president speaks on behalf of the institution and has to have a critical voice — not only on the campus to reinstate our values and what are principles are — but in the community as well: to bring the voice of saint mary’s to both the regional and national stage,” she said. “I’ve used every opportunity that I can to do that. There have been a series of letters that college and university presidents have signed over the course of this year, and I’ve taken advantage of every one of those.”

When students came directly to

“To be able to understand students’ perspectives, what their concerns and passions are — that’s why we’re here,” she said. “There’s no more important thing.”

An inclusive atmosphere can best be achieved if individuals with dissenting viewpoints respectfully voice their disagreements, rather than angrily debate, cervelli said. In scenarios when opposing stances may easily surface — as they have been since last week’s dAcA update — having peaceful, constructive conversations is essential, she said.

“There’s a discussion across the nation right now on how campuses can encourage this free speech, because … it’s been very difficult,” she said. “I encourage students to create venues where they’re able to, in a civil way … express their opinions in a way that’s factual,

cervelli said compassion for dAcA and undocumented community members should be high at a women’s college, since students at least partially understand the plight of being misrepresented and oppressed.

“It’s important that all belles are able to learn about and explore themselves and to be able to establish their beliefs,” cervelli said. “That’s what our campus should be all about.”

students who may feel excluded or nervous about their future should trust in saint mary’s commitment to preserving ideals of love and empathy, cervelli said.

“our doors are open to all,” cervelli said. “We respect all, without exception.”

Contact Martha Reilly at mreilly01@saintmarys.edu

“In one constraint, the use of ‘thug’ is a restriction of one’s imagination, or what one can conceive of as one’s possible way of being in the world, or even the amount of respect one gives to oneself,” he said. “The

“one objection to this approach is that people say it endorses criminality,” he said. “Jay Leno criticized Tupac for what he say as a glorification of violence and criminality. Tupac explicitly disavowed endorsing, or glorifying criminality and violence. he said in an interview, ‘Let me say for the record, I am not a gangster, never have been. I’m not the thief who grabs your purse. I’m not the guy who jacks your car. I’m not down with people who steal and hurt others. I’m just a brother who fights back. I’m not some closet psycho. I got a job. I’m an artist.’ I think this suggests that Tupac’s appropriation of thug life, is not a glorification of violence, but a fight back against internalization of racist characterizations.”

Contact Gina Twardosz at gtwardosz01@saintmarys.edu

By CECE BIAGINI s cene Writer

eddy street common’s newest fitness studio, Pure barre, offers a low-intensity, low-impact workout that targets all parts of the body. Like most people, I didn’t know what barre was or had ever “done” barre before making a trip to Pure barre — the “largest, most established barre franchise in the nation.” but I learned in my first class — on monday morning at 6 a.m. — that anyone capable of holding onto a ballet bar and “pulsing” can do barre and work out at Pure barre. Young moms, women in their 60s and notre dame college girls filled my morning class instructed by Leslie Pinson — an energetic and friendly Pure barre enthusiast. Throughout class, Leslie challenged us with isometric exercises that worked specific muscle groups. The kind of workout that really makes you “feel the burn” everywhere in your body by its finish. Although I ended the class fatigued, Pure barre is not for anyone looking to sweat-it-out in a cardio-intensive workout. The class emphasizes strength and proper form through simple, repetitive movements. however, if you are looking for a friendly workout environment with a focus in strength and toning, a 55-minute Pure barre class will surely leave you feeling refreshed and one with your body.

As for the actual format of class, elements of dance,

strength and yoga are incorporated into all exercises. You begin with a light warm-up consisting of stretches to get loose and activate muscles. Then, you move into a flow of exercises that target multiple muscle groups individually — the arms, quads, thighs, glutes and abs. Throughout class, you use four pieces of equipment that are provided for you — a set of weights (two, three or five pounds), a small bouncy ball, a stretchy tube and a yoga mat. starting with the arms, the weights are used in repetitive movements that work your biceps, triceps and shoulders. For toning your thighs and glutes, the ball goes in between your legs as you dip, pulse and clench. The elastic tube serves as either a resistance band looped around the ballet bar or a tool for stretching during class. each workout is done in sets, with reps lasting for counts of 10 seconds. The flow of class is fast-paced, but the exercises themselves are not hard in the cardiovascular sense, only in the muscular sense. In between each set, you are rewarded with time to stretch and relax the muscles you just worked. The class ends with a final stretch on the mat, which serves as both a mental and physical cool down. For me, the best aspect of Pure barre had to be the class environment. Upon walking in, the studio feels welcoming and looks clean. A large section of cute workout apparel and accessories that are available to buy line the side of the store. Your instructor signs you in, walks you through the studio and then explains the basics of the class. before

we began, many of the women, who had met through Pure barre, caught up with one another and introduced themselves to me. once class started, the room became focused and determined — each woman pushing herself for one more rep. my instructor, Leslie, played both relaxing music and pop music depending on the tempo of the exercises, and offered words of encouragement or handson help when needed. before leaving, a few of the women congratulated me on completing my first class, and Leslie was open to hearing any opinions on improving my Pure barre experience.

For opening just this June, eddy street’s Pure barre seems to be doing well in attracting notre dame students and the south bend fitness community. many class times are available during the week and weekend for us students with busy schedules, and you don’t need to bring anything to class except a water bottle. While no prior knowledge of barre is required, leggings and socks are a must. so, sign up online for your first class (only $15) if you want to “lift, tone and burn” at Pure barre.

South Bend’s Pure Barre is located at 1130 E. Angela Blvd. on Eddy Street Commons, right next to McAlister’s Deli. Weekly class hours, special weekend hours and more information are available online at purebarre.com.

Contact Cece Biagini at cbiagini@nd.edu

By PATRICK MCKELVEY

s cene Writer

“It” very well could have descended into being another unnecessary, uninspired adaptation of a stephen King novel — a film meant to cash in on the good will of the 1990 version, getting lost in the spitfire of the many soon-tobe-released horror films as halloween approaches — but it didn’t. The film surpasses all expectations. It has more heart than a movie advertised as a horror ever needed to, and I personally rank it among the best movies so far of 2017.

director Andy muschietti brings to life a rich and developed setting for the story: stephen King’s sleepy, fictional town of derry, maine. “It” is muschietti’s second horror film (in addition to 2013’s “mama”), and already he has proven himself a master of suspense and terror. Through his directing, he elicits powerful performances from both his child actors and his adult actors, in particular from 27-year-old swedish actor billy skarsgård as Pennywise the dancing clown.

directing, however, isn’t the only thing that makes “It” as wonderful as it is. A tightly written screenplay by the team of chase Palmer, cary Fukunaga and Gary dauberman brings humor, wit and charm to what could otherwise have been a film as bleak and hopeless as its three-hourlong 1990 predecessor. The screenplay also doesn’t treat the protagonists like idiots (as so many horror movies do), but instead as intelligent children who willingly confront “It.” benjamin Wallfisch’s score is haunting at every turn. Whether the increasingly fast and anxious refrains

that serve to announce Pennywise is near or the gentle piano notes that create an eerie atmosphere all throughout derry, music plays a criminally underrated part in the fright this movie brings to the table.

Arguably the most vital part of this film that allows it work as well and as efficiently as it does is the performances by the actors and actresses in it. Jack dylan Grazer (eddie) and Finn Wolfhard (richie) have an incredible chemistry throughout, which makes for some of the funniest and most upbeat moments in a film that is overwhelmingly frightening and sad. Likewise, Jaeden Lieberher (billy) and sophia Lillis (beverly) portray teenagers going through traumatic experiences with a remarkable believability and depth that is often missing from even the most seasoned adult actors. All of the juvenile actors and actresses aside, however, bill skarsgård portrays the antagonist, Pennywise, absolutely brilliantly — from his infliction, to his gait, to his deeply unsettling eyes — he turns a figment of stephen King’s imagination into a flesh on the silver screen.

As with most blockbusters, however, there are admittedly some moments that do not gel with the rest of the film. The third act and final battle against “It” feels rushed compared to the tempo of the rest of the film, and there are also a few out-of-place dancing scenes that try a little too hard to remind us the film takes place 28 years ago, in 1989. Perhaps, however, these scenes serve to remind us of our protagonists’ awkward and late-80s natures — after all, they did call themselves “the Losers’ club.”

Like another classic film adaptation of a stephen King novel, “stand by me,” the core of “It” is not horror or

Pennywise the clown, but friendship. The film’s best moments come when we watch our protagonists together and see their interactions as best friends struggling against a greater cause. muschietti captures perfectly the innocence of youth and the depth of the bonds we form with our early childhood friends. Together, these kids go through a harrowing experience, but they do not let fear define them. Their love for and trust in one another allows them to confront “It” when no one else in derry will.

“It” stands out from the pack in an all-too-often poorly done genre. The film builds on the famous King novel and improves upon the 1990 adaptation to make an outstanding movie. It’s terrifying — but it’s also charming and undeniably funny. In the middle of its frights, its deeper messages may touch your heart, it may catalyze you to go reconnect with you childhood friends and it might make you want to read the faithfully followed book. one thing is for sure, however — “It” will keep you up at night.

Contact Patrick McKelvey at pmckelve@nd.edu

“It”

Andy Muschietti

Writers: Chase Palmer, Cary Fukunaga, Gary Dauberman

Starring: Jaeden Lieberher, Bill Skarsgard, Sophia Lillis

Loyal to imperfect SDH

Meagan Bens sports Writer

As a resident on south Quad, I undeniably pledge my loyalty to the superior dining hall, sdh I went to ndh for dinner to see it after the renovation this year, and I could barely eat without the wave of guilt washing over me for cheating on sdh needless to say, with the hogwarts-style dining rooms and beautiful rustic facade, the general layout and the recent improvement in food, I will defend sdh to the day I die. even though sdh has my heart, there are a few changes this year that I believe do not do the dining hall justice. Unlike last year, you now enter sdh through the dining area, as opposed to going through the food area first. Practically, last year had a better layout with those entering through the food area and exiting through the dining area. There are rush hours where the lines get ridiculous, but generally those lines last year were kept inside or around the cubbies. While those lines were kept near the cubbies and against the wall with the newspapers, those who were leaving the dining hall could walk out with little problems. starting this year, people now enter and exit through the same dining area doors. And when rush hour hits, there’s a line of students that goes straight across the whole foyer, which causes the entire area to become congested and those coming and going are running into each other. When those rush hours hit, especially around 12:30 pm, I’ve learned to not even look and go straight downstairs to the Grab and Go line. When I eat in the dining hall and don’t get Grab and Go, I generally end up weaving around people coming and going near the entrance and exit area.

Along with the new entrance, silverware has also been dispersed throughout the dining hall differently. When entering last year through the food area, the silverware and trays were laid out right after swiping in, making it convenient and easy to pick up everything and go about your meal. now the silverware is arranged throughout the food area, which you enter after going through the dining area, and people are swerving around the stations trying to pick it up. or some people are like me and sit down with their meal, realizing they have to go back into the food area, dodging people to pick up the silverware.

In addition to the changes of the layout, sdh needs to continue to improve its food options. Although ndh has the new marketplace with more options, the items do not run on points and count as a meal swipe, but rather they come out of your Flex Points — which is disappointing. sdh wins when it comes to having Grab and Go count as a meal swipe, but the food options can improve from the salads and sandwiches offered. Also with ndh being renovated and including some more new food options, sdh has put in effort to switch up the menu, greatly pleasing loyal sdh goers, and should continue to do so.

As previously mentioned, I love sdh with all my heart, but changes to the layout and the continual improvement of food options will help maintain and raise the number of other sdh fans.

Contact Meagan Bens at mbens@nd.edu

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

letters to the edItor

new dorm restrictions

sometimes it feels like you’re drowning. despite being given the opportunity to take swimming lessons, being surrounded by lifeguard stands and being given an inner tube … no system is perfect. The lessons don’t teach you what it feels like to be pulled underwater by your own weight, the lifeguard stands empty out at sundown, and a device that holds you above water has not taught you how to swim. but say you wanted to change that — you sometimes felt like you were drowning, but you wanted to make sure that no one else felt that way ever again. Wouldn’t it be frustrating if the beach patrol’s response to your concerns was to make everyone swim out farther and spend more time underwater?

The recent decision by the University to enforce six mandatory semesters of on-campus living comes as a huge surprise. After having participated in one of the office of strategic Planning’s student focus groups, it seemed to me that the clear answer was to provide safer, more affordable alternatives to on-campus housing. beyond the economic constraints of paying $14,890 a year for room and board, approximately $4,000 per year above the cost of living off campus, there are other qualitative differences between on- and off-campus living that are equally “essential components” to consider. As a point of respect and understanding, I would encourage those who want to promote a healthy living environment for students to think of our choices to live off campus as more than a function of our “unhappiness” and being “put off” by the dorm system’s flaws.

While some students benefit enormously from dorm life, a few particularly vulnerable populations benefit from exploring other options — a choice that students should feel free to explore at any point in their time at notre dame. In the interest of not speaking for them, I will focus more upon institutional (or campus climate-related) issues that

the dorm system perpetuates. As it exists now, the dorms on campus either inadvertently abet or do not do enough to address rape culture, income inequality and inequitable attitudes toward biological sex, racial tensions, mental health and LGbT individuals. These issues are not only specific to those living on campus now, and it is unreasonable to think that they will change before the arrival of the class of 2022. The idea that the answer to breaking these cycles is increased upperclassmen leadership in dorms ignores the fact that institutionalized issues and power imbalances cannot be fixed without polarizing action from the administration. The announcement speaks for itself — they have spoken to student leadership to decide what is best for future students. my only problem is that it seems that vulnerable populations have been left behind. Those of us who are part of those populations have clear ideas, none of which were to force students to stay on campus longer. We asked for co-ed dorms, we would get more single sex dorms under this plan. We asked for equitable enforcement of rules, there is no sign that this plan will fix that. We asked for a commitment from the administration to shift campus climate with regards to vulnerable students, but we have not seen change. making this decision is presumptive. It is making the assumption that you can teach people to swim by surrounding them with more people that cannot. It is making the water deeper and more dangerous in response to a fear of drowning. It tells students that it is their fault they cannot swim and it couldn’t possibly be the water’s fault. If we wanted to improve our campus, continuing to condition students to the existing system is not the answer.

Dominic Acri senior sept.

On the housing requirments

Late summer, 2016

Xavier: “so, Joe, are you looking forward to going back up to notre dame in a couple of weeks? I know we’re gonna have a ball down at Uc.”

Joe: “definitely. Freshman year was really awesome, but I’ve heard sophomore is even better. This summer was great, but I can’t wait to get back.”

X: “oh I definitely feel ya. me and all the guys down at cincy got a house on Flora street — it’s gonna be 10 times better being forced into the dorms, plus it’s cheaper and everything. Where are you and your friends up there living?”

J: “Actually, I’ll be back in st. edward’s hall (or steds), on campus again.”

X: “You guys have to stay on for two years too? bummer, I know miami does the same thing and they all hate it.”

J: “okay, this is gonna sound weird to you, but hear me out. so there’s about 8,000 undergrads at notre dame, which is smaller than some people realize, but there’s like 30 dorms on campus. so basically, each dorm is really small compared to what you’ve probably seen, somewhere between 150 to 300 in each. At the start of freshman year, everyone is randomly assigned to a dorm. After the first year is over, you can switch to another dorm or move off campus or whatever you want, but nearly everyone stays in the dorm they were originally assigned, because that’s where they like made most of their friends on campus, you know?

“each dorm has all their own sports teams and signature events and stuff too. remember this fall when I had that Insta post of me playing fully-padded football again? At notre dame, the flagship recsports aren’t just intramural but interhall, and the steds interhall team had an amazing year. They’ve got interhall sports for everything, from like football to dodgeball to hockey, and it’s all so much fun.

“We also all have our own dances, like how frats have their formals or whatever. steds does Yacht dance in chicago in the spring, which is like the Ferrari of formals, and in the fall we have like a casual dance with a ridiculous theme called sY r — you should’ve seen what I wore to it this past year.

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“remember that mullets stuff I posted on Facebook in February? That’s the big charity we support in steds. each year we forcibly encourage everyone to grow out their hair for mullets, then get people to donate money in exchange for us keeping the hairstyle for longer, and we donate everything to malaria efforts. The week caps off with a huge 80s-themed bash at steds house, and — oh yeah, I didn’t even tell you about houses!

“basically every dorm has their own unofficial house off campus, made up of upperclassmen who used to live in the dorm, and they’ll invite the underclassmen over all the time for all kinds of stuff. The houses are basically the social hubs at nd — like each weekend we’ll be hanging out in the dorm and it’ll be like ‘oh duncan house is a thing tonight.’ You get the idea. All the guys who live out there are still pretty involved in the dorm too, like they play on steds sports and go to our big events and everything.

“sorry, I’m probably boring you. I know it sounds weird to someone from elsewhere, but rather than being a pain, our dorms are honestly one of the best things about notre dame. Like if someone moves off after freshman year, people are like, ‘oh they must have not really made friends’, as opposed to the other way around.”

X: “no that legit sounds sweet. I know when I came up to visit you, I was really surprised how many people seemed to be friends that we saw, but that makes a lot of sense now. I honestly kinda wish cincy had something like that.”

Late summer, 2019

nick: “so where you living this year, sam? We all got a house down at cincy — I’m so hyped for this year.”

sam: “Actually, I’m living in the dorms again like last year.”

n: “oh you guys have to stay on too? I was talking to the miami guys, and they said they can’t stand it.” sam: “Yeah.”

Trump, DACA and curtailing executive

about deportations or illegal immigration. At its very core, Trump’s dAc A policy is about rescinding executive overreach. e ven further, it is about curtailing unconstitutional executive behavior.

I wholeheartedly agree with President Trump’s decision to give c ongress a six-month window to draft and pass a replacement to President o bama’s unilaterally and unconstitutionally implemented dAc A program. While I do not think that the d reamers should be deported, I do think that executive overreach should be squelched. m otions to grant amnesty to large sums of people should not be enacted by a single executive, but rather should be debated on and ultimately decided on by the legislative branch, the branch most closely representative of the American people.

The executive branch has grown far too strong over the past few decades. e ven as a fan of George W. b ush, I am very disappointed with the role he played in expanding the power of the executive, especially after claiming to be a champion of limited government. Through many executive orders, George W. b ush expanded the prerogative powers of the executive branch, especially in regard to foreign policy.

s imilarly, President o bama grossly augmented executive power. o bama, however, excessively utilized presidential memoranda in addition to executive orders. m emoranda also do not require congressional approval and have essentially the same practical effect as executive orders. The only difference is that memoranda are not required to be filed in the Federal r egistry, and thus, there is less transparency with memoranda than with executive orders. In addition to his nearly 300 executive orders, President o bama published over 250 of such presidential memoranda, nearly double the amount of President b ush. That is only the number registered, and it is very likely that many more of such memoranda were enacted.

President o bama’s many instances of executive overreach went without much criticism from the general public and mainstream media, but they nonetheless normalized and, to a degree, institutionalized the notion of an extremely powerful executive branch. President o bama’s dAc A executive order is just one of many examples of such overreaches.

President Trump’s dAc A policy is not, at its core,

President o bama’s dAc A executive order was unconstitutional. You can argue that I am wrong, but you would also be arguing against President o bama himself. In 2010, when many were upset at the lack of immigration reform being passed, o bama responded by saying, “I am not king. I can’t do these things just by myself.” h e addressed the issue even more explicitly when he said: “[In] respect to the notion that I can just suspend deportations through executive order, that’s just not the case.” In 2011, he went on to say that he cannot “just bypass c ongress and change the law [himself]. … That’s not how a democracy works.” President o bama was absolutely correct. That is not how a democracy works; more specifically, that is not how a constitutional republic works.

The claim that o bama’s policy of unilaterally implementing suspended deportations and broad amnesty is unconstitutional has been consistently backed up by the United s tates court system. In 2014, President o bama tried to implement a similar program called d eferred Action for Parents of Americans. This program was similar to dAc A in that it granted amnesty to certain illegal immigrants and allowed such individuals to receive employment opportunities and some government benefits. This program, however, was struck down via an injunction upheld by the Fifth c ircuit c ourt of Appeals. The decision ultimately went to the s upreme c ourt, which upheld the Fifth c ircuit c ourt’s ruling.

m any people argue that if dAc A ever saw the time of day in a federal courthouse, it likely would be struck down on constitutional grounds just as o bama’s 2014 program was. This is because immigration concerns are supposed to be left to the legislative branch. c ongress has absolute control over immigration laws, and has never delegated such power to the executive branch. Therefore, President o bama acted not only irresponsibly, but also unconstitutionally.

Personally, I am rather libertarian on immigration. I do not support a border wall, mass deportations or any other more extreme immigration measures. h owever, I do support checks and

balances of power and the constitutional framework of our nation. I hope that c ongress is able to pass an immigration bill that grants amnesty to the d reamers. h owever, I believe it is absolutely critical that such legislation comes to fruition through the process that our c onstitution requires, and not via broad executive overreach. The Founders were very prudent in limiting the power of the executive. They restricted the power of the executive because they were fearful the president could transform into an authoritarian. m any in the United s tates today, especially under the current administration, seem to share this same fear as the Founders. I see posts every day on social media in which people express genuine fear about what actions d onald Trump may unilaterally implement. s ome people even fear he may become a tyrant. While I believe these stated fears are melodramatic and rather ludicrous, people nonetheless claim to possess them. These same people, ironically, are also expressing distress and anger over the president reeling back the very ability for the executive to act in such a unilateral and tyrannical fashion. If you truly do fear that Trump may act as an authoritarian, you should welcome his rejection of executive overreach and his commitment to restore constitutional checks and balances.

I certainly do not think President Trump has done everything in his power to curtail executive overreach, and there are certainly areas where he has succumbed to the same errors as his immediate predecessors. h owever, his position on dAc A has proved to be a promising step towards restoring the constitutional order of this great republic. Appeals to emotion and claims of morality do not justify unconstitutional executive overreach. Thankfully, President Trump realizes this and has acted accordingly in deciding to return issues of immigration over to c ongress, just as the very Founders of this country intended.

Eddie is a junior majoring in Economics and Political Science, with a minor in Constitutional Studies. He plans on attending law school after his time as an undergraduate at the University of Notre Dame. He can be reached at edamstra@nd.edu

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

Do you want to be good or great?

To the n otre d ame faithful:

“ d o you want to be good or do you want to be great?” was a question often posed at the o ’ n eill family dinner table growing up, and while so simplistic in nature, it is a question I feel is applicable to the n otre d ame fanbase after contemplating what we all witnessed on s aturday night against the University of Georgia b ulldogs. b efore I go any further, I’ll preface my discussion by saying that I am a n otre d ame “diehard” — I went to 24 of my last 25 games as a student. s ince graduating in 2014, I have traveled to see nd play at Florida s tate, c lemson and Texas, I could probably tell you everything you would want to ever know about all 85 scholarship players — each player’s height and weight, where they went to high school and their r ivals rating. While I do not expect each n otre d ame fan, student or alum to be as passionate as I am (maybe I have too much time on my hands), I do expect our fans to provide a great atmosphere and a home field advantage for our guys when we play big games. o n s aturday night against the b ulldogs, I do not believe we did this. m uch has been written about the Georgia crowd and their 30,000 plus fans invading n otre d ame s tadium on s aturday night. It was the first game

that Georgia has played n orth of the m ason- d ixon line since 1965. As a fanbase, should we not be as excited (or more) as those same Georgia fans to be hosting a team from the sec , the preeminent conference in college football, for the first time since 2005? s hould we not want to prove to the rest of the college football world that we can hang with the teams from the sec ? s aturday’s “ s ea of r ed” certainly proved that our fan base certainly has some work to do. Imagine a n otre d ame player running out of the tunnel s aturday night to a near-even split of nd and Georgia fans. When a recruit and his parents s unday morning ask, “Why was there so much red in the crowd last night? Is it like this for every game?” — what do we expect head coach b rian Kelly to say? Kirby s mart after the game said, “ o ur Q b was able to go to his own cadence.” I dream of 1988, when m ichigan refused to snap the ball because n otre d ame s tadium was so loud. Think about that for a moment — n otre d ame s tadium has gone from being raucous enough that h all of Fame m ichigan head coach b o s chembechler refused to snap the ball to UGA true freshman Jake Fromm being able to use his own snap count in his first college start on the road under the lights s aturday night.

I was probably most disappointed Friday night when I saw less than 100 students in attendance for the pep rally. d o we expect our players, fans and administration to believe that we “have the best student body in the country” when less than 2 percent of undergrads don’t go to the pep rally for the biggest game of the season? A message to the nd s tudents — you set the tone, it starts with you.

And so I will leave the n otre d ame faithful with a challenge: d o you want to be good or do you want to be great? We can complain all we want about our team losing some close games over the last few seasons, but let’s control the controllable — let’s provide a great (not good) environment for our guys when they run out of that tunnel. When U sc comes into town and nd is 5-1 later on this season, will s am d arnold be able to use his own cadence? o r will it be so loud, people will be walking out of the stadium thinking of 1988? The choice is yours. b e great. Go Irish.

happy b irthday: Work with the system, not against it. Take care of problems concerning parents or matters that can affect your health, home or reputation. Prepare to make adjustments to the way you live that will help alleviate any stress and tension that have been plaguing you. l et go of the past so that you can move forward. your numbers are 5, 17, 21, 23, 29, 38, 47.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Partnerships should be handled with care. What appears to be an opportunity may also require you to take on added responsibilities that are difficult to fit into your schedule. d on’t make an impulsive decision.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): rely on past experiences when someone asks for help. o ffering solutions is one thing, but paying for someone’s mistake is another. b e thoughtful, but don’t let anyone take advantage of you. Attend a reunion or reconnect with an old friend.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): redo your resume or clear a space at home conducive to developing a skill or learning about new techniques or technology. m aking upgrades will lead to a new opportunity. What you do will have a greater impact than what you say.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): underlying problems will surface if you or someone you are close to withholds information. d ealing with institutions will be a slow process. m ake sure your personal documents are in order and allow ample time to reach your goals.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): f ix up your surroundings or change the way you do things. l ook at your professional options and consider the best ways to earn a living using your skills. l ove and romance are featured and will improve your personal life.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): face challenges head-on. l ook for alternative ways to get things done. refuse to let obstacles stand in your way or create tension between you and those you deal with daily. If you want something, be willing to work for it.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): m ake changes that will bring about new beginnings or opportunities. m ake adjustments to build greater confidence and secure your future. s omeone with more experience than you will be more helpful than anticipated. romance is highlighted.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): l imit your spending and focus on your work and how best to earn more. A career change or finding a way to lower your overhead will give you greater freedom to express and follow through with your goals. Take care of health issues promptly.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): reconnecting with someone from your past will lead to emotional uncertainty. It’s best to be open regarding your feelings and intentions. e xpect someone to be misleading or withhold important information. Arguments will not help solve problems.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): b usiness trips or educational pursuits will give you plenty to think about. d on’t feel like you have to make a quick decision. An emotional situation involving personal health and finances should be addressed. d on’t reveal personal information to your colleagues.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Plan to have some fun with the ones you love and a romantic evening with your favorite squeeze. A makeover, new hairstyle or trendy outfit will meet with approval and plenty of compliments. Physical fitness should be a priority.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): A willingness to listen will buy you the time to think matters through. Talking to someone you love and trust will help clear your head. d on’t panic or react in haste. you’ll find it much easier to deal with dilemmas tomorrow.

Birthday Baby: you are complex, dedicated and persuasive. you are charming and popular.

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a lthough the i rish are off to a great start after this past weekend, holt still stressed that consistency is the goal for notre d ame as the team looks to make performances like these the norm.

“This is a very talented team but they still have to show up and be ready to compete,” holt said. “There is a lot of parity in our sport right now. There are so many good

teams across the country. We have to be ready to play every time we tee it up and find a way to post solid scores. The consistency has to be there for us to be in contention, especially with the challenging schedule we are playing this year.”

c oach holt hopes that her team continues the positive momentum throughout the season, starting s epT. 23 when they compete in the s chooner fall c lassic in norman, o klahoma.

“heading into the

o klahoma tournament, we just need to continue to stay focused in practice and keep working hard,” holt said.

“The course is one we have played a few times and really enjoy. We have played well there in the past. The greens will be faster, so that will be more of what we are used to. o ur confidence is high right now, so we just need to feed off of it and keep the low scores coming.”

Contact Mia Berry at mberry1@nd.edu

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to make any mistakes.”

i rish senior safety d rue Tranquill said he knew b oston c ollege has made a habit of playing their best football against the i rish and expects more of the same.

“i think they’re a tough football team, a team that loves to play notre dame their absolute best and gives notre dame everything they can handle every time they come out,” Tranquill said. “s o i expect a tough, physical football game. i expect them to come in, probably a little trickeration on offense. Probably want to establish the run game. They are going to play physically defensively.”

a lthough the e agles are mostly regarded as a defensively-minded team, Tranquill noted that freshman quarterback a nthony brown could pose a threat to the i rish due to his ability to both pass and run

the ball.

“i think he provides a little bit of dual-threat,” Tranquill said. “i think he’s composed. i think he puts the ball up a little — how do i want to say this. Last week, he had the turnovers; i think his coaching staff will make adjustments and put him in better positions to make plays this week.

“... a nd so i expect him to come back and bounce back, poised, and play within their offense. i think their coaching staff will do a good job of establishing balance for him and allowing him to be successful.”

With the i rish playing on the road for the first time this season, mustipher said there will be some extra adjustment for the younger players facing the e agles.

“i think we’re progressing well,” he said. “obviously when you go on the road you have to tell the young guys some things, tell them, ‘here’s how we do things,’ explain the schedule and where they need to be and to be there on time. While we’re here, we’re just trying to get everything we need to done.”

Offensive Line

The i rish offensive line struggled against g eorgia on s aturday, giving up three sacks and gaining less than two yards per rush. mustipher said the unit has been improving but hasn’t been over-concentrating on the g eorgia defeat.

“There’s obviously a lot of things we need to improve, things we’ve been working on all year that we’ll just continue to improve as we go on,” mustipher said. “but going onto this week, we’re just focusing on bc , the defenses they run, their front seven guys and the looks that they give us.”

graduate student offensive tackle m ike mc g linchey echoed mustipher’s sentiments, and said he believed moving on quickly from poor games could help the team avoid last year’s pitfalls.

“Well, i think that’s where we screwed up last year in the fact that we tried to do too much. i think that. i talked with c oach h iestand about it all the time,” mc g linchey said.

“When you mess up a play or when you mess up a game as a team, you wind up on the losing side of things; it’s normally just a couple small things here and there that you’ve got to alter. Where we’re going to be a lot different is we’re not going to go into panic mode.

“We’re not going to go into anything that’s too drastic because we know we are a good football team. We’ve got a lot of talented players and a lot of great leaders, and we’re going to just be as consistent as we can, as possible, to get our jobs done and to eliminate the mistakes that were made.”

Contact Daniel O’Boyle at doboyle1@nd.edu

Players look to get back on track at BC after loss

By DANIEL O’BOYLE sports Writer

Ahead of their first road trip of the season, notre dame players discussed boston college and how they intended to bounce back from a defeat to Georgia.

The e agles (1-1) scraped past northern Illinois before a 34-10 defeat to Wake Forest, but have earned a reputation for tough performances against the Irish (1-1). When the teams last met in 2015, a then-9-1 Irish team defeated a 3-7 e agles squad 1916. The Irish hold a 14-9 all-time record in the series, with e agles victories over a no. 1 Irish team in 1993 and a no. 4 Irish team in 2002 among the most memorable moments in the series. Irish senior offensive lineman sam mustipher said he expects a good game.

“I expect for it to be an aggressive game,” mustipher said. “They’re smart, tough guys. I’m sure they’re preparing hard for this game. We’ll just have to play tough, execute and try not

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nd travels for first Acc contest

By JACK CONCANNON sports Writer

o n s aturday, the Irish will travel to r iggs Field at c lemson to take on the 11thranked Tigers in their first A cc match of the season. b oth teams will go into the match well rested. The Irish (4-2-2) are going strong after a 4-0 rout of Toledo last s unday. c lemson (6-1-0) is coming off of its first loss of the season against s outh c arolina last Friday.

The match will pit the two top finishers from last year’s A cc regular season against each other as both squads open conference play. While an important match, Irish head coach Theresa r omagnolo insisted the team needs to take its season one game at a time.

“The goal in the A cc is to focus on one opponent at a time and to get results one game at a time, and ultimately win the conference,” she said. “We game plan for one team at a time,

and [now] we’re focused on c lemson.”

After the Irish scored four goals in a game only once last season, the team has already done it twice this campaign, thanks in large part to sophomore n atalie Jacobs. Jacobs has scored in three straight games and is currently pacing the Irish with five goals scored. h owever, with five clean sheets through their first seven games, the Tigers will be tough to score against. It will be critical for Jacobs and others to find holes in their defense and create opportunities.

“ n atalie can do so many different things for us. s he’s a great passer of the ball, she’s a good finisher, she has good instincts around the goal, she has a great shot, she’s good in the air,” r omagnolo said on the forward. “There’s so many things that she does well that make her a valuable asset to the team.”

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Irish break 54hole school record

By MIA BERRY sports Writer

In their opening match of the year, the Irish broke a school record in their 3rd place finish in the m innesota Invitational at the Prestwick Golf c lub, finishing with a 854 (-10) over 54 holes. notre d ame head coach s usan holt was thrilled with her team’s performance.

“[I’m] very pleased with the top-three finish this past weekend,” holt said. “We set a new scoring record for a 54hole tournament finishing at 10 under. Whenever you set new records, it is a good day.”

The Irish opened the first two rounds of the tournament decently, recording a tworound total of 573, which tied them for seventh place with Wisconsin, at the conclusion of the first day. The Irish finished the tournament with an even stronger third round total of 281 (-7) to finish the tournament with a total of 854, four strokes better than the previous record set by the

team in 2008 at the heather Farr memorial.

holt said the key to notre d ame’s success was the team’s ability to make adjustments as play went on.

“The first day we left a lot of birdie putts short. The greens were slower than what we are used to playing, and the second day we made some adjustments and more putts fell,” she said. “They knew how much better they could have played on day one, and were determined to get it done the final day.”

Top finishers for the Irish included the junior trio of e mma Albrecht, Isabella d iLisio and m addie r ose h amilton. Albrecht tied for seventh place overall after finishing with a three round score of 68-72-70, 210 overall. d iLisio tied for 10th overall, shooting 69-75-76 for a total score of 211. h amilton had a three-round total of 218, scoring 75-72-71 to finished tied for 31st overall.

Lebedev takes home win in summer tournament

By BRENNAN LEE sports Writer

o n Aug. 12, n otre d ame men’s tennis junior Alex Lebedev took to the courts in Fort Worth, Texas to compete in the ITA n ational s ummer c hampionship. b y Aug. 15, Lebedev, the 10th seed, emerged victorious, returning to campus for this coming season with his first collegiate tournament win under his belt. Lebedev competed in seven grueling matches across the four days. These featured face-offs with three top-ten seeds, including a particularly difficult stretch in the quarter and semifinal rounds against the second and third seeds respectively.

After days of superb tennis, Lebedev found himself in the b ayard h . Friedman Tennis c enter at T c U staring down n o. 44 Alexandru Grigorescu of the University of n ebraska o maha. After a 6-3, 6-2 match, Lebedev came away as the

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