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NDVotes representatives help students sign up for TurboVote, an online platform that facilitates the voter registration and absentee voting processes. NDVotes, a non-partisan group, seeks to foster educated voting.
By LUCY LYNCH News writer
acclaimed scientist and author lisa randall discussed particle physics and her recent book, “dark Matter and the dinosaurs: the astounding interconnectedness of the universe” with Notre dame physicist a ni aprahamian on tuesday night.
aprahamian began the conversation by asking randall why
she enjoys the difficult work of particle physics. randall, a member of the physics faculty at harvard university, noted how difficult physics is to understand and how she hopes to change that notion with her works.
“it’s great that it’s reported on, but it’s hard to get to the meat of it. it’s important to remind people that women are doing this too,” said randall.
Much of randall’s work focuses on elementary particles, extra
dimensions and black matter. “this is the continuous story of science,” said randall. “we think that we know everything and we forget that there is something more behind it.” considering randall’s rigorous research of the topics of dark matter and alternate dimensions, aprahamian said he was interested to hear randall’s opinion of the hit 2014 film
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By EMMA FREUND News writer
this week, the college democrats club of saint Mary’s college proved that baked goods can be delicious as well as socially advantageous. the club, alongside various others such as feminists united and belles for life, orchestrated a bake sale to raise funds for the
charity support the girls, an organization which donates pads, tampons, bras and other sanitary objects to homeless women and girls.
stephanie stapleton, a senior at saint Mary’s, heard about the sale and took action.
“the president of college democrats, hallie Nolan, found the organization support the girls and planned the event. i
thought it was a timely and appropriate charity for the women of saint Mary’s to assist,” she said over email, “especially with the increase in the numbers of women and girls in homeless shelters due to the recent hurricanes. support the girls addresses a problem often forgotten in times of great need,
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By TOM NAATZ News writer
Ndvotes hosted “popcorn, pie and politics” on Monday to kick off a 24-hour campaign registering students to vote on National voter registration day on wednesday. the event, held in geddes hall coffee house, featured remarks by professors geoffrey layman and david campbell.
“we started Ndvotes in the three semesters ahead of the 2016 election, focusing on registration, education and mobilization,” rosie Mcdowell, director of justice education at the center for social concerns, said.
“there was such enthusiasm that we decided to continue the
education aspect. we continued our ‘pizza, pop, and politics’ series,” Mcdowell said, referencing the periodic events where professors speak about politics.
Mcdowell explained that Ndvotes’ campaign for National voter registration day is a competition to see which dorm can sign up the most residents for turbovote, a program the helps people register to vote and keep them apprised of elections in their home region. the dorm that wins will receive a cash prize to spend on an event. Ndvotes is a non-partisan organization. the first hour of the event offered attendees the chance to check their voter registration and
By JORDAN COCKRUM News writer
as the academic year starts to get into full swing, saint Mary’s student diversity board (sdb) prepares for a year’s worth of events promoting inclusion and diversity.
sdb’s core value this year is justice, senior and vice president Megan uekert said. this means to go beyond the typical definition of diversity and shine a light on all forms of injustice, she said.
(Editor’s Note: Megan Uekert is a former News writer for The Observer.)
“the goal is we really want to be more inclusive this year,” uekert said. “that means like disabilities, and not just race and religion, but we are trying to expand past that diverse definition that a lot of people think of.”
one way sdb plans to promote their mission of inclusivity and justice is by hosting not only their usual events, but introducing some new events, uekert said.
“it’s been my experience that we kind of stage the same events
every year,” uekert said. “this year we definitely want to add more.”
among these events that are in the works is an event in the weeks preceding thanksgiving, featuring the perspectives of the potawatomi, and a world religions panel, uekert said.
“we did [a world religions panel] last year for the conference,” uekert said. “we want to make it a singular event, because you know i don’t really know much about other religions and i feel like since this is a catholic institution a lot of other people don’t as well.” uekert said that this event will help with dispelling stereotypes about some world religions such as islam, buddhism and hinduism, as well as give a look into catholicism and other forms of christianity.
“i was raised christian and even mass is so confusing to me, and catholicism is so confusing, so it’s good to learn about other religions,” uekert said.
in addition, uekert plans
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muslims around the world celebrated eid al-Adha, one of the holiest days on the muslim calendar. sophomore doha morchid, vice president of the muslim student Association (msA) said to celebrate the religious holiday campus ministry and the msA will host a dinner Tuesday in the coleman-morse lounge at 7 p.m. eid al-Adha commemorates when God commanded Ibrahim to sacrifice his son, morchid said. however, she said, God eventually provided a sheep for Ibrahim to sacrifice instead. morchid — who is from morocco — said in some countries, families sacrifice a sheep, in remembrance of the event.
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sign up for Turbovote. The second hour of the event featured speeches from Layman and campbell about the importance of voting.
In his brief remarks, Layman described an experience from his life that underscored the point of casting a ballot.
“When politicians and parties are telling you to vote, they say, ‘one vote can decide an election,’” Layman said. “We always say, ‘no.’”
Layman talked about an incident in his hometown of Pulaski, virginia that proved that one vote could swing the outcome of an election. When he was in graduate school, the courthouse in the town burned down.
“They had a ballot referendum on raising property taxes to rebuild,” Layman said. “I didn’t get an absentee ballot, and it lost by one vote. elections can be decided by one vote.”
Layman jokingly said that his failure to get an absentee ballot
when God told [Ibrahim] to sacrifice his son and he went to do that but God brought down the sheep to him,” she said. “so [we] sacrifice a sheep as a way to get closer to God.”
morchid said families also often celebrate with a feast. however, she said, it is important for muslims to remember the religious significance of eid, as some people would focus on the material aspects of the holiday.
“They would forget the purpose of it and focus on the food part of it, for instance,” she said. “It just becomes a feast instead of an act of sacrifice. I think it’s very important to remind ourselves why we do that, which sometimes people tend to forget.”
morchid said as a child, one of her favorite moroccan eid traditions was receiving a new outfit for the holiday.
deeply affected his father, who was inconvenienced by the fire at the courthouse because his law office was located directly across the street.
campbell discussed the importance of voting in the context of the 2000 presidential election between George W. bush and Al Gore, using an actual polling booth from that election as an example of his point.
“on election night 2000, I went to a viewing party to watch the results come in. When I left at 2 a.m., we didn’t know who won. We didn’t know for a month because of chaos in Florida,”
campbell said.
campbell said the causes for chaos, particularly in Palm beach county, where the election ended up being decided. he cited the county’s use of a butterfly ballot, the layout of which made it easy for Gore voters to accidentally vote for reform Party candidate Pat buchanan. he also listed the number of electoral races present on the ballot and pointed out a sign on the polling booth indicating that there was a legal limit of five minutes
The planning of these events has been affected by the political climate, uekert said.
“my mom used to go, like a week before, to buy us clothes and I remember I would wait for the morning,” she said. “We would wait for that moment to wear the new clothes. They’re mostly traditional clothes.”
sophomore hosnia samadi, president of the msA, said her family celebrated eid by visiting a mosque and sharing a meal with relatives.
“You go to your eldest relative’s house,” she said. “my grandma is in Texas, so I’ll go to my eldest aunt’s house instead, because I’m from new York. It’s great. You go to the mosque in the morning. … It’s like a muslim christmas.”
morchid said the campus ministry celebration of eid will include a recitation of verses from the Quran, a presentation about eid and a guest speaker — Ann Firth, chief of staff to university
for voting. making this process all the more complicated was the nature by which ballots were cast: voters had to punch a hole in a piece of paper. many holes, called “hanging chads,” were not punched fully, calling into question what counted as a vote and what didn’t. campbell said the hanging chad problem was likely exacerbated by voters who were in a hurry or who realized they had made a mistake.
“It matters not only who votes, but how you vote,” campbell said.
campbell said that the aftermath of the 2000 election demonstrates the importance of recognizing the differences between potential leaders.
“Prior to election day in 2000, one of the dominant themes was that there was little difference between bush and Gore,” campbell said. “The morning after and for the next month, they didn’t look so different after all. It matters who’s in charge. In 2000, the nation had a wake up call.”
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President Fr. John Jenkins.
As many notre dame students are not familiar with eid, samadi said, the event aims to educate people about one of the holiest days of the year for muslims.
“I think my biggest goal for this year is to have people know there are muslims here and just let them know the love of the community,” she said. “We want to have non-muslims in msA too and just show everyone our culture and our religion and stuff like that.”
Kayla August, advisor to the msA and evangelization assistant director for campus ministry, said she had the opportunity to participate in an local eid celebration at a mosque this year.
“It was not only fun, but also this beautiful experience,” she said. “I was thinking, being a catholic, I’ve celebrated many
christmases and easters and finding the love and joy of the community all together in one spot is such a special thing. All of the people in our community would certainly welcome anyone to be a part of that.”
August said she hopes students will come to the event to learn about the holiday and find common ground with those of different faiths.
“I think if we welcome people to take part in our faith traditions and to be a part of what we know and love, it’s our part to also step into theirs and just see what’s so special to them as well,” she said. “often in sharing and sitting down at a table with someone, to share a meal, you realize you have a lot more in common than you have apart.”
Contact Natalie Weber at nweber@nd.edu
one student in the crowd asked randall to simplify her hypothesis for those without a background in physics.
“Interstellar” which explores the complex topics of wormholes and black holes. randall said she had organized a group of other physicists to discuss the legitimacy of the science presented in christopher nolan’s movie.
“The movie directors aimed to make science that could conceivably be true and not be demonstrably false,” said randall. “The story at times could be contrite, but for the most part, it was real science.”
Aprahamian proceeded to ask randall about her recent book which asserts that dark matter may have contributed to the extinction of dinosaurs.
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even though these items are essential [to] women’s survival and comfort.”
“I talk about how we know dark matter exists,” said randall. “It clumps together like matter, it interacts with gravity like matter, but it doesn’t interact with light.” randall says that although we cannot see this phenomenon, we can use astrophysical measurements to learn more about what dark matter is. she said the lack of an answer is not synonymous with its lack of importance.
“We won’t have the answer to everything,” said randall. “That doesn’t mean it isn’t important, that doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist.”
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to make changes to the diverse students’ Leadership conference, held each spring, to allow for more student participation.
“I am very excited for the conference because we do want to promote inclusion and I want to restructure it, so more students can come,” uekert said. “A lot of times it’s a more professor-oriented event.”
In addition, uekert said she hopes to host another “donuts and discussion” event, like sdb hosted last year.
“It’s just students, no faculty allowed,” uekert said. “ It’s just students talking about the social issues that may be controversial, and me and someone else would facilitate that discussion.”
“Last year’s speaker was an undocumented speaker ... I think we would get more backlash now if we got something like that,” uekert said. “It’s hard to navigate the political climate but we are here to promote diversity, and if that interferes with the political climate then it’s going to.”
uekert attributed this interaction with politics to be due to the presence of diversity issues in politics, which she said leads to the desire for sdb to bring more people into a conversation about issues of injustice.
“There’s definitely a lot of intersection with politics now which is unfortunate because black Lives matter and racial justice should not be a political matter. It should not be coined
“We want to bring more people to the conversation, not just the same people,” uekert said. uekert said it should be a priority to learn about the diverse experiences and backgrounds of all students.
“We’re such a small school, so it’s easy to know everybody but we all come from very different places,” uekert said. “I know a lot of us do come from the midwest, and most of us are white, most of us are catholic, but we do have so many people who come from different religions, different races, different backgrounds and even sexual orientations and abilities as well. our goal is to support belles on campus, we don’t want anybody to feel excluded from our campus.”
Contact Jordan Cockrum at jcockrum01@saintmarys.edu
While stapleton was not personally affected by the hurricanes, she said she is well versed in the aftermath of storms such as these.
“I am focusing my senior comprehensive project around disaster relief, specifically focusing on displacement and natural disasters, so this cause is very timely for me,” she said.
When asked about her interest in the cause, stapleton emphasized the need for personal hygiene products especially during times of destruction when acquiring these products could be more difficult.
“Knowing the struggles of personal hygiene and need for cleanliness, especially during that time of the month, I feel very passionately that these items should be available to every woman in need, not just those that can afford it. This seemed like a good way to make a difference and help alleviate this problem from all the way
At the bake sale the clubs will be selling chocolate chip cookies, pumpkin bread, muffins, brownies and other assorted baked goods. Along with these, the saint mary’s dining service generously donated twenty dozen cupcakes to be sold.
“We hope to raise at least a few hundred dollars for support the Girls, so that women who are victims of disaster can maintain their health and dignity a little bit easier,” stapleton said.
After selling nearly $150 on the first day of their sale, they hope to exceed their goal of $300 by the second.
“We really weren’t sure how much we would be able to raise. We hoped a couple hundred, and it seems like we’re going to pass that goal,” stapleton said. Along with the cash from the sale, support the Girls has an online donation on their website, which the club will donate through directly. The bake sale will run through sept. 26in reignbeaux lounge in Le mans hall.
Contact Emma Freund at efreund01@saintmarys.edu
By JOHN WILSON scene Writer
I got into Ted Leo by way of a brief obsession with the band Titus Andronicus. All I knew at the time was that he had taken my then favorite band with him on tour, which was all it took for me to look into his music. That was around 2012, and in the five years since I have become a huge fan of Ted Leo and his band, The Pharmacists. At some point I also discovered, and now feel obliged to mention, that Leo is a notre dame alumnus having a shared experience with an artist, especially something as personal as your college experience, does help inform one’s relationship with their work, even if it’s largely immaterial.
earlier this month Leo released his first solo album since 2010, this time without The Pharmacists as a backing band. The album is called “The hanged man,” and was self-released by Leo himself thanks to fundraising on the crowdfunding platform Kickstarter. Leo’s album stands apart from the usual Kickstarter campaigns: a microwave controlled by an app, a subscription based toothpaste service controlled by an app, a low budget comedy script that somehow features an app. eschewing a label of any kind isn’t something you’d expect from a veteran musician, but for someone who turned down a record deal with columbia records (part of sony music entertainment) earlier in their career, this does not come as a surprise.
one of the tiers on “The hanged man” Kickstarter reads that for $1000 you will get, in addition to a copy of the album, a personalized song. The caption below reads, “I got a lotta riffs just hangin’ around, and am pretty good at making them up on the spot.” For
another artist this might sound immodest — for Leo it’s hard to find fault. his career has been built on blending hardcore, punk and ska influences with effortless pop sensibility, creating endlessly catchy guitar hooks
Underneath those sugary melodies have often been biting political statements littered throughout. It is hard to write meaningfully political lyrics without sounding either trite or crass. Leo has avoided both pitfalls with songs explicitly critical of subjects such as the George W. bush Administration, the War in Iraq and wealth inequality of course it makes sense that one of Leo’s musical idols is billy bragg, the english folk punk singer who wrote about love and politics in a similar way that Leo does today.
The album opens with “moon out of Phase,” which pairs a jarringly monotone guitar with a vivid personal account of the day after the 2016 election. While not directly referencing politics, the next three songs tackle the feelings of disenchantment, uncertainty, regret and resigned patience that might have been felt in the wake of the election. For a Ted Leo album — especially in times as politically turbulent as these — the politics are more subdued and scarce than one might expect.
The middle section of the album turns inward, and shows that much has happened in Leo’s life since his last album. Leo has been open about disillusionment with the music industry and changes he has faced in his personal life. These songs go from punk tinged rock like “run to the city,” “The Little smug supper club,” “Anthems of none” and “You’re Like me” to slower ballads such as “make me Feel Loved” and “Gray havens.”
none of that prepares you for the desolation of the final two songs. They cover alienation and nihilism, but
most poignantly the tragic late term miscarriage suffered by his wife. The lyrics paint a stark picture of grief that is impossible to imagine. The glimpses of light that shine through are in lines sung alone with just an electric guitar behind him like “We called her many things, and those she’ll remain / but she taught me better love that I might love again” on “Lonsdale Avenue.” on “Let’s stay on the moon” Leo is joined by friends and collaborators to sing a chorus, “Watch the earth go down,” that is full of defeat. There probably won’t be another song this year featuring Paul F. Tompkins, open mike eagle and Aimee mann harmonizing in the background.
It is easy to forget an album only captures an artist at a point in time, and that their lives go on afterward. With “The hanged man” Leo has an hour to catch his audience up with the last seven years of his life. The themes here are harder to digest than usual, but Leo has made a career making hard to hear subjects sound sweet.
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Ted Leo
Label: Self-Released
Tracks: “Hungry” ft. Rick Ross
If you like: Billy Bragg, The Hold Steady
By ALVARO DEL CAMPO scene Writer
e arlier this summer, hip-hop and r & b overtook rock and roll as the most popular music genre in America. The announcement was published in outlets like Forbes and business Insider, and was to many a sign of the changing music industry landscape. This is true to an extent, because while rock sells more physical copies annually, hip-hop and r & b dominate the streaming landscape, with services like spotify, s oundc loud and Apple music providing an incredibly low barrier of entry for young artists looking for an audience. The result of these increasingly permeable industry walls is that hip-hop has become a larger part of mainstream culture than it’s ever been.
At notre dame, hip-hop is an important part of campus culture. h ip-hop night at Legends draws some of the club’s biggest crowds, and the music is ubiquitous at social events of every variety. despite the fact
that urban music has become such a central part of social life on campus, there aren’t too many avenues for young student artists and performers seeking an audience. The black cultural Arts c ouncil has various events that include student performers, like their annual black c offee house event, but there’s no regular outlet like Acousticafe for students to hone their performance skills in a low pressure environment. s ome notre dame students are taking action to create more events like this for notre dame’s aspiring producers, dJs, rappers and singers, as well as curating more prominent hip-hop artists for concerts on campus.
s ophomore daniel Jimenez saw the disconnect between the prevalence of hip-hop at notre dame and the lack of a community where people could talk about interesting developments in the scene, and he decided to take action. Jimenez started a club, Urban Wave, with the goal of “creating a place where people could talk about music, make music, and create a community of people who love urban culture.” Through
weekly meetings, student concerts and larger events with notable artists, Jimenez wants to fill the gap between the dominance of hip-hop culture and the relative lack of exposure it has on campus. The club is the first of its kind for notre dame, and Jimenez hopes to make urban culture a more visible presence on campus, with things like student rap cyphers and concerts planned to bring attention to the many aspiring artists on campus. Urban Wave’s first meeting is on oct. 2 at 5:30 p.m. in 102 LaFortune, and anyone with an interest in hip-hop, r & b or urban culture in general is welcome.
While hip-hop and r & b might be underrepresented on campus in terms of opportunities for student performers, some notre dame students are taking steps to increase the genre’s presence on campus in many ways, and Urban Wave is just one example of how this action is being taken.
Contact Alvaro Del Campo at adelcamp@nd.edu
While you are in school, it can be so easy to sink into a feeling of being the least prepared, the least intelligent and that you are not handling responsibilities with the ease everyone else seems to. Personally, this feeling always sets in around the fourth or fifth week of school, when I typically have my first test or big paper due and I wonder why nobody else seems to be struggling as much as I am. While I am in my room panicking about a simple five-question quiz, all my friends and roommates are finished with their homework and relaxing or enjoying themselves on campus. It was not until recently that I really started to think about why I seem to struggle so much more than everyone else during fall semester, and why nobody but me is grappling with a bout of F ob AF: fear of being a failure.
The past week of the semester has been my most difficult so far: I had two tests and a quiz on one day, two photography assignments due the next, a shift at one of my two jobs each day this week, along with meetings for the two organizations I am a member of. I know to a lot of people that sounds perfectly manageable, and in all fairness, if I were better with time management, it would be but I was still extremely stressed out. m y already tough week came to a shrieking crash on Wednesday morning. I had not been sleeping for two weeks due to being sick, so one of my roommates gave a medication to help put me to sleep, and boy howdy, did it do its job. I woke up for my 9:00 a.m. test at 9:30 a.m., and my day only worsened from there. I forgot about one of my assignments, studied the wrong chapter for my quiz and ended the night crying in my room, wondering why I found adjusting to a new school year to be so much harder than everyone I knew. It wasn’t until I had a talk with my roommates the next morning that I realized: we are all struggling and we all hide it, because we think we are the only ones. There is such an illusion of ease placed on everyone you are friends with, because we all work so hard to keep up our image of having it together. While I was in my room wondering how all my friends had it so easy, they were all by themselves, working on various assignments, wondering the same about me.
s tarting a new school year is hard for everybody, whether it’s your first day in college or you have to give up sleeping to work on a senior thesis. Just because we don’t let anybody see us struggling during late night meltdowns or when we start to doubt if we’re smart enough to finish our degree, I guarantee you, everyone is coping the same as you: no more, no less. I only wish I had realized it sooner.
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Plump, red cherry tomatoes plucked from that sweet smelling bush are absolutely the perfect afternoon snack. b right orange carrots pulled straight from the ground are simply more delicious than the slimy, shaved away “baby” carrots you find in plastic bags in supermarkets. c runchy, palm-sized cucumbers still covered with tiny spines are the definition of refreshment on a hot day. Those who know the joys of gardening and fresh, local food won’t hesitate to agree with me. If you haven’t experienced these little wonders, I want to be with you when you do.
You see, these seemingly unique experiences don’t have to be all that unique. You have access to local food every day, if you know how to look for it — even as a transportation-less undergraduate. It’s true, the wider s outh b end community is home to lots of organizations and opportunities for you to experience local food in all its glory. These are wonderful places to volunteer and make smart, healthy decisions as a consumer in your local economy. I look forward to telling you all about them and why they’re great as the semester goes on. b ut you know what’s even more local than s outh b end? The University of n otre d ame. Your residence hall. Your dorm room.
I know what you’re thinking: “Are you crazy? I can’t find any local food in my dorm room, except if you consider the stinkbug I killed earlier today ‘food.’” n o no, please put that bug down and listen. You can find local food in your room if you grow it there. Who says we can’t grow food in our rooms? Indoor gardening is a practical skill to pick up and tiny way to break from the industrial food regime engrained in our culture. Plus, growing plants in your dorm room can help purify your air, create a talking piece for your guests and provide you with a little fresh food year round.
I began seriously researching indoor gardening techniques this summer and actually started a garden in my dorm room this fall. The project initially seemed overwhelming, and I’m finding there’s a steep learning curve when it comes to
growing food from seed in a small space. To start, I purchased a standard 24-inch shop light and some organic flowers, basil, carrot, beet and lettuce seeds online. For containers, I’m using some old pots from Good Will, some big yogurt containers with holes poked in the bottom and four bed risers converted to planters by drilling holes in the tops and inverting them. o btaining soil was the trickiest part of the process: who knew organic seed-start soil was virtually impossible to find in major home improvement stores? Luckily, there are tons of little garden shops around s outh b end that carry all sorts of organic soil. After collecting all these items, I set up my little seed-starting space in an extra closet in my dorm room. Pro-tip number one: handling soil over carpet is a terrible idea. Pro-tip number two: trying to vacuum wet soil out of carpet is also a terrible idea. d espite these bumps, my seeds have germinated, I’m in the process of transplanting them to larger containers and am anxiously awaiting my first “harvest” in a few weeks. I’ll try even more vegetables and herbs as the year goes on and will report how it goes on the website below.
b ut why would someone go through the effort of gardening in their dorm room? Why buy seemingly more expensive, dirty food from a farmers market when m artin’s is so close and carries big, shiny, cheap produce? Is local food that important? That will be the topic of subsequent articles I’ll publish here. Local food has far-reaching, long term benefits for your health, your bank account and the earth. e ven Pope Francis has written about the social justice and environmental impacts of local food systems. I hope you join me this year to see why eating local is important and applies to your life. If nothing else, I hope you’ll have the opportunity to try some super-local food from an earthloving r A’s closet.
Happy Birthday: you may crave change, but unless it’s well-thought-out and executed proficiently, it’s best not to venture down that path. Consider the best way to improve your position personally and professionally. Experience and education will be necessary but shouldn’t be exclusive to how you move forward. you can ease your stress by being honest and mapping out your plans for the future. your numbers are 2, 12, 21, 26, 35, 39, 42.
ARIES (March 21-April 19): Initiate change by going through the proper channels. Whatever you want can be achieved if you are reasonable and apply practical methods to reach your goals. Opportunity is within reach, so don’t ignore the chance to advance. Interviews look promising.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20): learn all you can about your options and how best to address the personal issues you have regarding health, appearance and lifestyle. knowing the best way to make positive changes will ensure that you do what’s best for you.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Emotional situations will be difficult to deal with if you aren’t completely honest from beginning to end. l eading someone on or pretending to be something you are not will backfire. Be proud of who you are.
CANCER (June 21-July 22): It’s Ok to be different, but pick and choose where, when and why. It may not go over as well among your peers and colleagues as it does at home with family. Nurture important relationships and build a strong home base.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): get together with the people who share your interests and concerns. your ability to stabilize a situation that is teetering on shaky ground will put you in charge. A change in direction will lead to higher income and greater respect.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): refuse to be coaxed into a debate that you don’t want to have. Arguing will cause an emotional backlash and leave you feeling down. Concentrate on how you look and feel about your accomplishments and strive for perfection.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): learn as you go. Admit to mistakes and ease any tension that mounts due to disagreements. Working with the establishment instead of against it will be to your advantage. look for loopholes, but don’t make a fuss when doing so.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Take an interest in what others are doing. follow through with your promises and redefine what you want to do with the rest of your life. Express your concerns, feelings and intentions. romance is in the stars.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Take note of how you express your thoughts to others, and handle conversations with care. Saying the right thing and sticking to the truth will make a difference to the way you are received. Don’t shirk emotional issues.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): A steady pace will be necessary to avoid an unwelcome and unexpected turn of events. Be on guard against anyone who tries to push you in one direction or another. Stick to your plan regardless of what others do.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Pay attention to your work and personal finances. Don’t take a risk just because someone else does. Do your due diligence and only invest in what will benefit you. A change in a contract or business relationship will help stabilize your future.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Wait and watch. If you make a move prematurely, it will end up costing you emotionally and physically. Partnerships will be on shaky ground if one or both of you lack honesty regarding your feelings or whereabouts.
Birthday Baby: you are carefree, independent and progressive. you are creative and appealing.
The Golden state Warriors remain the standard in the nbA. They have made the last three nbA Finals, won two of them, and are the favorite to repeat as champions this upcoming season.
but their road through the Western conference might have gotten a lot harder.
on saturday, news broke that the oklahoma city Thunder acquired 10-time nbA All-star carmelo Anthony in a trade with the new York Knicks for center enes Kanter, forward doug mcdermott and a 2018 second-round draft pick.
This trade comes just months after the Thunder acquired fourtime nbA All-star Paul George from the Indiana Pacers for guard v ictor oladipo and center domantas sabonis.
I could write about how impressive it is that the Thunder acquired two All-star talents for a total of v ictor oladipo, domantas sabonis, enes Kanter, doug mcdermott and a 2018 second-round draft pick, but I’ll save that for another time.
What I will get into is how much the Thunder’s title hopes have improved in such a short amount of time. In addition to the acquisitions of Anthony and George, the Thunder added veteran players in point guard raymond Felton and power forward Patrick Patterson in free agency.
With these new additions playing alongside current league-mv P russell Westbrook, the Thunder looked poised to be the biggest challenge to the Warriors for the Western conference championship.
This is almost two years after the Thunder nearly upset the Warriors in the 2016 Western conference Finals. The Thunder held a 3-1 series lead, but lost the last three games of the series and were eliminated. This event set off superstar forward Kevin durant’s leaving the Thunder in free agency to join the Warriors and significantly tilt the balance of power in the nbA.
With durant, the Warriors finished atop the West standings and lost just one game in the playoffs to claim the nbA championship last season.
meanwhile, russell Westbrook had himself a season. Westbrook became the first player to average a triple-double in a season since oscar robertson did it in the 1961-62 season. Westbrook also broke robertson’s record of most games with a triple-double in a season with 42. however, Westbrook didn’t get much help from the rest of the shorthanded Thunder and entered the playoffs as the sixth seed in the West. The Thunder were eliminated in five games by the houston rockets in the first round of the playoffs.
The early first round exit led many to speculate that Westbrook would leave oklahoma city in free agency, just like durant left oklahoma city for Golden state, during the nbA free agency period in 2018. however, these trades and a bolstered roster have shown Westbrook that the Thunder are serious about winning right now. heck, they might even add another former All-star in dwayne Wade, who was just released by the chicago bulls, before the season begins. maybe the Thunder can convince Westbrook that oklahoma city is his best option to win a title right now and convince him to stay past the conclusion of this upcoming season. or maybe, even if the Thunder do have a successful season, Westbrook, George and Anthony decide to leave the team and become free agents, as all three have the option to after this upcoming season. This possibility could lead to an even more desperate and motivated effort by the Thunder to knock off the Warriors while they still have this roster intact. After all, Westbrook hasn’t been shy about expressing his feelings toward durant after durant left town for the Warriors, and would love to be the one to spoil his former teammate’s effort at repeating a championship. Whatever the case, look for the Thunder to make some serious noise during this upcoming nb A season.
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game is about more than simply the quarterback, and much of Wimbush’s statistical improvement was thanks to making sure his receivers improved from their early struggles.
“I knew that we needed to step up our play in supporting b randon,” Kelly said. “ h e had to obviously throw it better, we had to catch it better. I wasn’t alarmed, but it was certainly something that during practice. There wasn’t a time where if a ball was not caught there was not a comment about how important it is for us to focus on the football and catch that football. It was intentional to make sure that our guys were locked in and focused in terms of catching the football.”
With the Irish returning to the AP poll this week, the Irish head coach talked about his team’s growth since last year’s 4-8 season. Kelly said a key part of that growth was focusing more on maintaining discipline off the field.
transfer themselves onto the field,” Kelly said. “ e very day we’re creating the right habits, the right attitude, developing that — the grit necessary. s o that stuff happens off the field, too, going to class, making sure you’re not on any lists. d oing all the little things right on a day-to-day basis develops a core within your football team that you can overcome all things on the field, as well. It’s just that attention to all the things that go into developing your football team, not just what happens on s aturday.”
h owever, Kelly said that seeing the s partans’ passheavy attack let him see areas where his team can improve further.
“It was the first time we really faced a team that threw the ball quite a bit,” Kelly said. “They had 51 passing attempts. We have to play with a little bit more of a sense of urgency in terms of down and distance, recognizing game situations.
s o there’s some improvement there for us. We’ve got to do a better job with just understanding passing off routes, underneath coverage, things of that nature, inside-out on slant routes in terms of down and distance.
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the things that we’ve got to really focus in on and work to improve this week.
Junior running back Josh Adams, who ranked sixth in the nation in rushing yards and seventh in yards from scrimmage entering s aturday’s game, touched the ball only nine times against m ichigan s tate, despite rushing for 6.2 yards per carry. Kelly said Adams had some stiffness in his ankle, but wasn’t concerned about the back’s health, choosing to keep him out of the game in the second half due to the comfortable situation the Irish were in.
“When we got up at halftime, he felt some stiffness, so we got a precautionary X-ray, which came clean,” Kelly said. “At that point, we had already started the third quarter, and so we started with [junior running back] d exter [Williams] and made a decision that we wouldn’t put him back in unless it was absolutely necessary. They put up three on the board, we respond, and at that point, we weren’t going to get him back in the game unless we felt it was absolutely necessary.”
“It starts really with getting back to the traits that are necessary to be successful, and that is on a dayto-day basis making sure that our players are developing good habits that can
s o there’s a lot of things that we can improve on there, and again, seeing a team that threw it 51 times last night gave us a real good kind of snapshot of some of
The Irish will face m iami ( oh ) this s aturday at n otre d ame s tadium. Kickoff is at 5 p.m.
and eventually break through, as senior forward Jon Gallagher gathered a through ball from fellow senior forward Jeff Farina and flicked it home to draw the score level. The irish continued to control the game offensively and create chances as they sought the go-ahead goal, but a well-executed transition by virginia Tech eventually found acuna just outside the 18-yard box, and the senior’s stinger found the back of the net, giving virginia Tech a lead it would not relinquish in the final 20 minutes of play. irish head coach bobby clark commented on his team’s first loss of the 2017 campaign.
“We played well in many parts of the game,” clark said. “We outshot them quite handily, but we opened a little bit slowly and let in a goal in that opening period, so we fell in an early hole. We fought our way back — i was very pleased with the way our team fought back into the game — but even though we were controlling possession they were very, very dangerous on transition. That second goal was a classic example of excellent transition, and acuna was outstanding. he had [both goals], and actually would’ve had a third if it weren’t for a great save by chris hubbard.”
“… even though we dominated, they still created chances. disappointing, but it’s the acc and a tough week, so we’ve just got to move on.”
The irish will have to move on quickly, as they travel down to bloomington to face no. 2 indiana on Tuesday night. coming off its first loss in the regular season to a team clark believes his squad could have beaten, he believes playing the hoosiers (6-0-2, 2-0-2 big 10) will reveal a lot about his team’s resiliency and toughness.
“This is the test,” clark said. “This is the test for every team — how do you rebound from a tough result? There’s no better opportunity to this than to play against a very good team. it won’t be easy, but i’m sure it’s a game our players are looking forward to.”
The irish have plenty of reasons to be excited about the marquee matchup, and clark commented that while a lot is on line, this game may be just what the irish need to regain their momentum.
“indiana is always a huge game, and this is no exception,” clark said. “it’s a big game for both teams and there’s obviously bragging rights. We know them very well — they were at the [mike berticelli memorial] Tournament, where we beat them on goal differential. They’re always a very wellcoached team and always have very good players, so it’s a game to look forward to for us, as i’m sure it is for their players. nothing better than challenging yourself against one of the best teams in the country.”
notre dame and indiana will kick off at 7 p.m. Tuesday night at armstrong stadium in bloomington, indiana.
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The n o. 15 Irish finished strong this weekend and tied for sixth place overall at the s chooner Fall c lassic — which consisted of a stacked 15-team field that featured eight teams ranked inside Golfweek’s top 50 — hosted by o klahoma university at the b elmar Golf c lub in n orman, o klahoma.
The Irish under performed in the first round of the s chooner Fall c lassic and finished with a team total of 294. d espite the team tying for 12th place, junior e mma Albrecht had a career day in the first round. s he shot for
defenders but lost ball control and fumbled. r ensch managed to recover his own fumble, and while the c arroll defensive line put pressure on d uncan, a high snap was contained by Kase and eventually led to a Zidar touchdown, stretching the h ighlanders lead to 14-0.
c arroll freshman quarterback Andrew Fulwider had big rushing yards throughout the game, and many short passes. Fulwider completed a short pass to sophomore captain Kenneth b ryson who gained enough for a first down and put the vermin just outside the redzone. h owever, d uncan’s defense forced c arroll to deal with a fourth down situation, c arroll decided to go for it, but its fourth down pass was intercepted by d uncan on the 10.
d uncan seemed to have the last minute of the half under control until c arroll forced and recovered a fumble after a 20 yard gain by d uncan. This change of momentum did not last long, however, as the defensive line of d uncan sacked Fulwider, who fumbled and gave possession back to d uncan.
After a big gain by d uncan and an unsportsmanlike call on c arroll, d uncan looked to be able to enter halftime with another score and a three-touchdown lead, but ran out of time before reaching the end zone, heading into the break up 14-0.
c arroll started the second half with the ball, but the d uncan defense would not budge. h ighlander sophomore s teven m arvin kept a Q b rush to a no-gain that could have shifted momentum in favor of c arroll. c arroll punted the the ball, but d uncan mishandled the
67, which tied her overall for first place along with three other competitors. The 67 scored by Albrecht was the fifth-lowest round score in team history.
The Irish mounted a twoday comeback by piecing together two strong rounds by scoring 282 and 278 respectively. The final round total of 278 (-6) was the second lowest in program history, and also tied for best round in program history in relation to par. o verall, the Irish carded a total of 854, which tied them for 6th place with the host team and n o. 24 o klahoma.
The Irish finished ahead of n o. 16 m iami (FL) and n o. 17
catch and c arroll freshman r yan m elotik recovered for the vermin. Four downs later, c arroll could not convert so d uncan took over on the 45.
Kase was able to rush for 10 yards and throw for 30 yards on consecutive plays, bringing the h ighlanders into the redzone. r ensch finished the drive with a rushing touchdown.
The h ighlanders tried to go for two but the pass was broken up, in addition to a penalty on d uncan to give c arroll advanced field position, with the game midway through the fourth quarter and d uncan leading 20-0.
Fulwider was able to rush successfully multiple times in the following drive, but still faced a 4th and long situation. The vermin went for it, but Fulwider was hit during his throw, causing the ball to be off target and out of bounds.
d uncan turned to the running game for the rest of the time in order to run out the clock and seal the victory.
In addition to the win, sophomore captain Kyle Tomshack said he believed there was still room to improve for his h ighlanders.
“I thought we played well. We really picked it up from last week, but still lost our focus a couple of times,” Tomshack said. “For this next week we’re going to work hard at practice and get everyone on the same page.”
As a result of the postponed games last week, this is d uncan’s first win of the season. They are looking to take on m orrissey m anor next week. c arroll looks to redeem themselves against Fisher h all. b oth games will be played at s tepan Fields at 3:30 p.m.
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b aylor university, while also picking up head-to-head wins over Texas A& m , Washington, uc F, Texas s tate, m ississippi s tate and Tulsa. c onsidering the s chooner Fall c lassic was chock-full of teams ranked in the top 25 by the nc AA, a sixth-place finish is an early indication of n otre d ame’s potential to be a force in the nc AA and the Acc o verall, the top performers for the Irish during the s chooner Fall c lassic were juniors m addie r ose h amilton, e mma Albrecht and Isabella d iLisio.
h amilton concluded the invitational tied for 9th overall with a three-day total of
siegfried def. sorin
By JACK ZINSKY sports Writer
o n a hot early autumn afternoon, s iegfried roared back to defeat s orin 1512 in a come-from-behind thriller.
s orin (0-2), despite deploying a backup quarterback, started off strong, beating s iegfried (2-0) early with a touchdown on sophomore captain e ric r equet’s halfback pass to r yan s ullivan to go up 6-0. The o tters continued the onslaught in the second quarter with a 9 yard touchdown pass to senior m atthew r equet, just after a 70 yard completion courtesy of sophomore Xavier Lezynski.
At halftime, it was a onesided affair, as s orin was leaning on e ric r equet, who was constantly falling forward for extra yardage. The passing game was highly efficient as well, picking up chunk gains and moving the chains.
It was a completely different story in the second half, as s iegfried’s stifling coverage took control of the game. Interceptions by junior r yan Pierson, sophomore e lijah h ager and senior s hane Johnson allowed the r amblers to control the ball and put together scoring drives with good field position.
Two of the picks led to touchdown passes from junior quarterback m ikey b ernard to junior receiver Pat Link. A two-point conversion after the second score by sophomore running back Andrew s teiner made the lead 15-12 in favor of s iegfried, a lead that would not be relinquished.
s iegfried senior captain d rew d e b aker had high praise for the recovery his defense made.
I think we came out flat
210, while shooting 76-6569, respectively, throughout the three rounds. The 65 h amilton carded in the second round is the best round shot in program history, and tied for the lowest round in program history in relation to par, with only s o-h yunPark (2008-09) and Lisa m aunu (2007-08) also carding six-under par scores, both of which were 66’s on par-72 courses.
Albrecht and d iLisio both tied for 21st place overall. Albrecht finished the tournament 67-77-69 for a threeround total of 213. d iLisio scored 75-67-71 throughout for a total score 213 as well.
in the first half and that it showed on the scoreboard,” d e b aker said. “We really battled in the second half and thanks to three interceptions we fought our way back into the game.”
e ric r equet was not shy to identify the root of the o tters’ second half problems.
“I think our team played very well in the first half,” r equet said. “We came out strong but then got lazy in the second half. We had an early lead that we should have held onto but mental mistakes late in the game killed us.”
s iegfried takes on d unne next week, while s orin looks for its first win as it faces Knott. b oth games are s unday at r icci Family Fields at 1:00 p.m.
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Fisher def. morrissey
By CASSIE CORBIN sports Writer
d uring s unday’s brutal heat, the Fisher Green Wave and the m orrissey m anor endured battle that resulted with a 19-6 win for the Green Wave, cementing its victory in the interhall football cross-quad rivalry of 2017.
After winning the toss, the m anor’s offensive line controlled the line of scrimmage, allowing m orrissey to gain first down after first down in their opening possession. h owever, in a quick change of pace, Fisher took control of the ball and quickly scored the first touchdown and extra point of the game. m orrissey sophomore captain Tom s levin said his team’s inability to sustain a strong start hindered its success.
“We made a lot of mental mistakes in the first half and I think that really put
r ounding out the five scorers for the team, freshman Abby h ecks scored 76-73-69 , and senior captain Alison s nakard scored 82-82-74. h eck’s final round total of 69 was a career low for her and helped her tie for 39th overall with a total of 218. s nakard’s total of 238 earned her 80th overall. Playing as an individual, sophomore m ia Ayer shot 77-78-77 to tie for 75th place with a total of 233. n ext weekend, n otre d ame will travel to the b ettie Lou e vans Invitational in Lexington, Kentucky, hosted by the university of Kentucky. The event will begin on Friday and extend through s unday.
us behind the eight ball,” s levin said. “They did a good job of setting the tone. An early touchdown is always going to put you in a hole.” r iding on this momentum, the Green Wave’s offensive line aggressively forced the ball up the field, often leading the way for sophomore quarterback Griffin b aker. Fisher senior captain d an r idzik said the offensive line’s performance was a big key to the team’s overall success.
“ o ur tackles were wearing down the defensive ends and [we] were able to run inside and run outside and [we] were able to do it effectively,” r idzik said.
d espite being down 19-0 at the top of the fourth quarter, the m anor were eager to get their offense on the field one more time After a 20 yard catch earned them a first down, the m anor used the momentum to score their first touchdown and bring the score to 19-6. r unning out of luck, though, the m anor lost the ball in an interception during their attempted two-point conversion.
d espite the loss, s levin is optimistic about next s unday, and is hopeful for a win next week.
“I think we will implement some new plays and stick to the same defense,” s levin said. “ o ur defense has been playing really well. If we get some practice in and clean up our mental mistakes, we will be okay.”
Fisher will look to continue their win streak as they take on the c arroll vermin (0-1) this s unday, and the m anor will look for their first interhall win when they face the d uncan h ighlanders (1-0). b oth teams play at 3:30 p.m. on r icci Family Fields.
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