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By MARIA LEONTARAS news Writer
s ophomore Parents Weekend at s aint m ary’s presents an opportunity for b elles to create stronger bonds with classmates as sisters as well as share their experiences with loved ones.
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s ophomore c lass c ouncil representatives Kassy Acosta and m ichelle Lester worked with vice president for student affairs Karen Johnson to organize the events for the weekend. The festivities start Friday with a reception with food and drinks to allow parents and daughters to mingle.
enjoy s tudent Activity b oard’s o ktoberfest,” Lester said. “At 3 p.m., we will have our main event: the dinner. This year we will be hosting the dinner as a nd game watch party in the h ilton Garden Inn b allroom. … The football watch party is new to the weekend.”
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s ophomore Parents Weekend is an rsv P-only event, but Acosta said she encourages students to attend future parent weekends to share their experiences with family members.
collaborating with peers to produce fulfilling events such as s ophomore Parents Weekend.
“I applied to be a c lass r epresentative my freshman year, and I have graciously been given the opportunity to continue to represent my class and provide fun events for them to continue to grow as sisters throughout their time here at s aint m ary’s,” she said. “I love being able to represent not only my class, but the s aint m ary’s … community in the most positive way.”
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“It is a tradition at s aint m ary’s to invite the parents to campus for a fun weekend with their daughters,” Lester said in an email. “It’s a fun weekend to spend with your parents.”
The weekend’s events continue s aturday and s unday, and include information sessions on study abroad and internship opportunities, Lester said.
“ s aturday afternoon, the parents and students are invited to
“ s ophomore Parents Weekend is an amazing opportunity for b elles to show their parents a small part of their life here at s aint m ary’s,” Acosta said in an email. “I would encourage every b elle to join in future parent weekends such as Junior m oms and s enior d ads because it encourages families to come together and make memories throughout their college journey.”
Acosta has been a class representative since she was a first-year student, and she said she enjoys
b elonging to c lass c ouncil has given Acosta the chance to create strong friendships with other students, she said. Activities put on by the group endorse the formation of these types of bonds, Acosta said.
“I am also proud of my co-rep [Lester], who has been a sister and best friend here at s aint m ary’s,” Acosta said. “ c lass c ouncil has allowed me to find a place here at s aint m ary’s, and I am eternally grateful for it.”
Contact Maria Leontaras at mleontaras01@saintmarys.edu
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many resources to overcome this temptation of self regard, this temptation to pull ourselves above the people we teach, and the people we learn from,” o’connor said. “in my experience, the dominant form of academic wit is satire and irony. it was many years into my career as a satirist and an ironist before i recognized the moral hazard in that approach to wit.”
instead, o’connor proposed that the approach taken should be more akin to feeling gratitude and appreciation for those around us, which he said he finds within aquinas’s work.
“Thomas’s specific genius is to reflect back to us the complexity of this tradition,” he said.
o’connor also said aquinas did not see the vision or knowledge of
God’s existence to be up to “the standards of philosophical demonstration,” because it was not something you could easily prove with a theorem. he said it was a different kind of knowledge.
“it’s the kind of knowledge you have when you are willing to love somebody,” o’connor said.
“it’s the kind of knowledge you have when you accept that there is something mysterious in that person you love, and you don’t require that you understand them fully to be understanding of them.”
in addition, o’connor explored aquinas’s interpretation that once one begins to comprehend, the wonder they experience fades. he said this is especially notable with the wonder experienced as a result of the recent solar eclipse.
“Thomas carries over from aristotle the suggestion that your wonder ends when your comprehension begins,” o’connor said.
“now once you really understand what causes that eclipse, it’s not a wonder anymore. i don’t think that’s true, and i think the recent experience with the solar eclipse shows us that. Things don’t stop being wonderful because we understand them.”
o’connor closed his lecture reflecting on aquinas’s philosophy in relation to his idea of comprehension.
“certainly there are moments when it might seem that Thomas aquinas’s philosophy makes too great a demand on a kind of demonstrative knowledge on a comprehensive grasp, but overall its spiritual exercise is an exercise in … gratitude, in acceptance,” o’connor said. “For Thomas aquinas — it seems to me — philosophy begins in wonder, and it ends in gratitude.”
Contact Jordan Cockrum at jcockrum01@saintmarys.edu
understand why you’re selling it here. did you know that Planned Parenthood is actually the largest abortion provider in the country?’ and again she just said, ‘i don’t want to talk about this right now.’ i said a quick prayer and i walked out of the shop.” rose said she was struck by how quickly the clerk’s demeanor changed and how unwilling she was to have a conversation about abortion. she said she believed this anecdote was consistent with a trend of people closing their minds and refusing to have a conversation about abortion. rose believes this comes from a sense of “woundedness” that originates in the aftermath of abortions, she said.
Though raised in a Protestant family, rose is now a catholic
in northern california, she said. because she was homeschooled, rose said, there were many books in her house. she said her “aha moment” about abortion came when she found a pro-life book, “a handbook on abortion,” on her parents’ shelf that detailed the practice of abortion.
rose was inspired by the teachings of mother Theresa of calcutta, who opposed abortion, she said.
“Whenever [calcutta] gave public speeches, she would often give strong admonitions — to the united states, specifically — about abortion,” rose said. rose’s organization, Live action, carries out undercover and hidden camera investigations into Planned Parenthood and other abortion providers. rose remembered her first time going undercover, at the university of california–Los angeles health center, to investigate why she never saw any pregnant women on campus. When she entered the facility, pretending to be pregnant, the only option given to her was to have an abortion, rose said.
“This is why there are no pregnant women on campus,” she said. “because of this anti-motherhood, [this] fear of our ability as women to be able to be mothers. This negative mindset about pregnancy, about motherhood, about our potential as women to be able to create life.”
rose described the work her organization carries out in detail. she said undercover investigations of Planned Parenthood have revealed that the organization does not offer all the services it claims to offer and also adheres to a “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy about sexual abuse. she described a Planned Parenthood event in seattle where women were encouraged to “shout” about their abortions.
“i think behind that shout is a deep wound,” rose said.
one of the focuses of Live action is telling the stories of various people who have previously been involved with abortions, including women who have had the procedure, abortionists and their aides. Through the work of Live action and the stories such people are able to tell, rose said, “hearts and minds” are starting to change.
“as we are fighting something so horrific, we are proclaiming something so beautiful and so good,” rose said. “and to be truly and wholly pro-life, we proclaim the goodness of life. one of the quotes that i love is from st. augustine, and he said that people travel the world to marvel at the height of the mountains, at the circular motions of the stars, at the vast oceans. but people pass by themselves without wondering. st. augustine of course is saying how wonderful is the human person, made in the image and likeness of God.
“how wonderful our ability, our freedom, our ability to choose, how wonderful our lives. We’re purposed for good; we’re purposed for love. and that is the heart of this battle, that’s the heart of our message.”
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see what kind of paths are open to them after saint mary’s.”
students, professors, south bend residents, parents and grandparents are all welcome at belle-Y Laughs, brennan said.
“There is something for everyone in this show,” she said. “The age span and diverse backgrounds of the performers offer a wide comedic perspective.”
nylin said the comedians can set an example for the audience.
“each comic is unique in [his or her] perspective of the world and [his or her] struggles and triumphs in it,” she said. “Plus, it will be nice for the students to be able to see us as alums, and the other women succeeding in something we are passionate about.”
brennan is excited to return to campus, she said, because it will feel like coming home.
“i always love coming back to saint mary’s,” she said. “not only did i leave saint mary’s with an amazing educational experience, but also a bundle of great memories and a tight-knit group of friends who are like my sisters to this day. i come from a four-generation notre dame [and] saint mary’s family, so whenever i am back on campus, it feels like coming home.”
nylin formed many close relationships at saint mary’s, she said.
“i loved the community that i formed [at the college] and the close relationships that i still hold dear today,” she said. “i’m actually bringing two of my best friends that are saint mary’s alums to the show, and meeting up with a few old professors while i’m on campus as well. saint mary’s was an amazing stepping stone into the world.”
brennan said she has always been involved in the arts, and this passion has transferred to her stand-up performances.
“i have been involved in theater and music my whole life — i even sang with the saint mary’s Women’s choir for two years,” she said. “stand-up comedy allows me the unique opportunity to perform regularly while being a wife and working mother. Producing shows allows me to create opportunities for myself and other performers.”
nylin’s love of comedy began with her father’s love of comedy, she said, and grew as she started becoming involved in the arts and eventually began working in chicago.
“i was drawn [to] ‘saturday night Live’ at a young age, and my childhood was always filled with comedy,” she said. “as i got older, i was in performance arts my whole life, mostly in the forms of band [and] choir, including at saint mary’s. When i graduated from saint mary’s and moved to chicago, i completed the improv program at second city, and performed improv for a couple of years.”
nylin said she took a series of improv classes as well as stand-up comedy courses with Kelsie huff — who will also be performing at belle-Y-Laughs. after the courses, nylin said, she decided to host and produce her own show.
“stand-up comedy is much
different than improv with a team,” she said. “in stand-up, it’s just you up there. it was fun playing other characters in the improv setting, but i found myself just wanting to be me. since completion of those classes, i now host and produce my own monthly show called ‘You Joke Like a Girl.’ it’s an all-female-identifying open mic, followed by a comedy showcase. i host the show at volumes bookcafe which is owned and operated by two amazing sisters, Kimberly and rebecca George. i love being able to give a space for women to say things that are important to them in a microphone, in a place owned by women.”
baxter said this event is important because everyone should take the time to laugh.
“This is a really rough time in the country’s history, and we need to laugh,” he said.
Tickets are $4 and can be purchased at the saint mary’s box office.
Contact Gina Twardosz at gtwardosz@saintmarys.ed
else is standing room only,” she said.
While standing for more than three hours in notre dame stadium can occasionally be a grueling experience, mcKenna said having much of the bar function as standing room only fosters a welcoming atmosphere.
“it’s a lot of standing room only, so you kind of realize that new York city is a very transient city — people are always coming and going, and Public house is sort of that standard scene where you know you’re always welcome and you know can always see a friendly face,” mcKenna said. “even if you don’t know anybody, you’ll probably recognize someone or know a friend of a friend because it’s a small world.”
While the notre dame club of Pittsburgh’s game watches draw a much smaller crowd — usually under 20 alumni — the
atmosphere is no less spirited. The club does not have a set game watch location, instead choosing different bars around the city for each game, Katelynn Kelly, the club’s young alumni coordinator and a 2013 graduate, said.
“We choose a different bar for every game so that we hit different neighborhoods around the city throughout the season,” Kelly said in an email. “This helps us make sure that there is a game watch that is conveniently located for most of our club members and encourages them to try new locations around the city.”
Kelly said Pittsburgh’s club combines some of their game watches their “helping hands and football fans” program, doing community service projects in the morning before the games.
“for the boston college game, alumni from our club and the local bc club picked up litter with the downtown Pittsburgh beautification team before sharing drinks and watching a great game,” she said. “We plan to do
another service event with the miami club later in the season and help with grounds maintenance at a local catholic elementary school.”
despite the difference in size and setup, both clubs have notre dame pride in common, with the ndnY even singing the alma mater after every game.
“depending on the excitement of the game and the height of the ceiling, we’ve been known to do push ups in the bar,” Kelly said. even notre dame fans who are not alumni express passion for their team during game watches, mcKenna said.
“People are notre dame fans inherently, whether they went to school there or not, so i’m always getting requests to be the official game watch bar for notre dame,” she said. “ … There’s so much excitement about notre dame because it’s really a school that people have a strong affinity for.”
Contact Ciara Hopkinson at chopkin1@nd.edu
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By ADRIAN MARK LORE Associate s cene e ditor
It’s difficult to find one unifying thematic focus point among the various ideas Yves Tumor (sean bowie) transmutes into vibrant soundscapes on his free, self-released record, “experiencing the deposit of Faith.” The record was announced by surprise, just as Tumor signed to trendsetting electronic and experimental music powerhouse Warp records — a sign of great things to come.
Knowing this, it’s easy to look over “deposit of Faith” as merely prophetic; one taste to nourish us ahead of an astonishing new record. but this would not do Tumor justice, for “deposit of Faith” is easily one of the quarter’s most compelling electronic records.
not only is the record sonically airtight, but it’s thematically dense — and these features are mutually complementary. most tracks evolve by compounding loops, cyclically digesting disparate themes through something akin to meditation. They spin like sonic ouroboros consuming infinity, slowly blurring into the sacred Aum. “e eternal” best embodies this reflection. It’s the record’s most haunting track, yet among the most awe-inspiring as well; likewise, its central chant-like motif recalls the absurd, sublime symbiosis of joyful divine expectation with anguished self-destructive sin that epitomizes traditional manifestations of catholic doctrine.
Yet these meditations generally take more unusual forms, like dysmorphic limbs assembled into the record’s beautiful chimera. Like “e eternal,” they often embody — or disembody — the liminal space between opposites. strictly speaking, “AfricaAshes” marries psychedelic funk with chopped-up, desecrated breakbeats; but the track is thematically compelling. It’s viscerally groovy but dizzyingly transcendental, even chaotic — the dancefloor as ritual function. It’s the realization of drunkenness and the subtle decadence of knowing you’re the life of a party you won’t remember in the morning. It’s fun disembodied, staring back in the dull-eyed stupor of boredom.
Tumor follows up the track with “child of rage,” one of the record’s most emotionally evocative tracks. The crowded beat is unusually bright, letting off ephemeral sparks of noise blinding in their almost celebratory glee. Yet dissonant yelling slices through the soundscape like spiteful reprimands. nothing about this record is explicit or exposed, but the track alludes to resilience in the face of wrath; perhaps it’s about parental abuse, perhaps it’s about self-loathing. but the sea of light ultimately overcomes, drowning these limbs of darkness that stretch above the surface.
“deposit of Faith” is phenomenologically deep, spanning the breadth of human emotion but trading the platitudes of love for the complexity of stifling limerence or perhaps narcissistic envy (“my nose my Lips Your head shape”), the banality of acedia for the frightening liminality of self-seeking
(“Ayxita, Wake Up”) and even prosaic nostalgia for the existential horror of past and future uncertainty (“Prosperity Awareness”).
The controversial French absurdist Georges bataille wrote in detail about what he and his contemporaries termed “the limit-experience,” an experience so intense and unfathomable it approaches life’s metaphysical limit — the edge of existence. These include, for bataille, experiences of fascination, madness, even eroticism. but the most sublime of these is henosis: perfect unity with the divine — the edge of existence. Yves Tumor does not achieve this by any means, but every moment of “deposit of Faith” feels like the abjection of purifying suffering, emanating the dim glow of transcendence.
Contact Adrian Mark Lore at lore.1@nd.edu
“Experiencing the Deposit of Faith” Yves Tumor
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Tracks: “E. Eternal”
If you like: Thanatos, theurgy, thresholds
By MIKE DONOVAN
s cene Writer
Walk with me. Follow me to the heart of “Gilbertopia.” It’s post-apocalyptic, but not in science-fiction sort of way. As we walk down its streets, we don’t feel big brother’s malevolent eye, experience the untapped wrath of artificial intelligence or witness violent pockets of anarchy. Instead, we find hip restaurants, packed to the brim with young, dedicated professionals. We see families strolling past rows of shimmering retail stores, both corporate and local. We hear teenagers locked in an intense pickup basketball games on a pristine collection of outdoor courts. It looks good because it is good.
We also know there’s a hegemon working behind the scenes — a billionaire ceo who, with a massive capital investment brought jobs, prosperity and hope to this once struggling area. If we look around, we see the name of his company (one we recognize from countless, well executed mortgage ads) on almost every corner. nobody seems to mind this, nor should they. before them stands a testament to a brand of capitalism many radicals never consider — one that’s ethical, altruistic and invigorating.
Then, we leave the heart of “Gilbertopia,” head towards the outskirts where grim reality strikes hard and fast. hope still exists out here, but it’s less obvious. It ebbs and flows, waxing in some pockets and waning in others. out here, beyond the hegemon’s reach, communities seek prosperity with guerrilla tactics. Locals run non-profit initiatives designed to channel the limited community resources into a cohesive plan to educate residents and put them on a path to financial self-sufficiency. If they make any progress, it’s
incremental.
Welcome to detroit, or at least Protomartyr’s version of it, crafted over the course of four LPs and culminating in this year’s “relatives in descent.” The city, of course, has changed since the band’s first record, 2012’s “no Passion All Technique.” back then, detroit displayed tonal consistency, tailor-made for a post-punk resurgence. singer Joe casey’s searing deadpan, guitarist Greg Ahee’s aimless distortion and drummer Alex Leonard’s brutalist rhythms emanated naturally, like the bleak colors, from the dead city’s city’s corpse. but, since then, parts of detroit (thanks to the efforts of Quicken Loans’ dan Gilbert) have witnessed glorious resurrections. still, others lie in dormancy. The city, once dead, is now more of a half-resurrected zombie.
on their latest LP — “relatives in descent” — casey and company explore the rapturous implications of detroit’s resurgence. musically, the record conveys more variety than any of Protomartyr’s previous releases. They even toy with pop structures from time to time, given a slightly relaxed definition of the pop. The intro and chorus of “don’t Go to Anacita,” for instance sound undeniably catchy. Likewise, the last minute of “A Private Understanding” could find home on a national record.
These moments of harmony address what casey calls — in the far less melodious “here is the Thing” — detroit’s “air horn age.” It’s an age in which only an unassuming downtown socialite who “pull[s] cork, snor[es] all day, / w[akes] up in the stadium district” hears the horns and revels in their glory, while other less fortunate individuals can only see “the innovative thievery in [downtown’s] parking structures / landing least of the horrors.” casey
sardonically assumes the perspective of those on the losing end. “From foot to gut – come on stone – quicken stone,” he sing-talks, jabbing the company responsible for downtown’s resurgence, and perhaps the adverse effects of gentrification, with a sly rhyme.
out of respect for the majority of detroiters who live outside “Gilbertopia,” Protomartyr devotes most of their record, lyrically and musically, to the awkward mix of hope and despair in which these people live. The songs, much like the city, blur fiction and fact. If, in one moment, casey speaks of “a marble emperor / defenestrate the king,” conjuring images of fantasia, then his next lines about “the howling waves of people / crashing through the first blockade” will return the listener to the streets. similarly, the instrumentalists offset the uplifting musicality with equal dissonance.
Protomartyr’s finest work, however, occurs between the emotional peaks and valleys in the long moments of thematic neutrality that run through the record. These sections capture “[t]he sound you’re hearing across the river / saying, ‘everything’s fine,’” a droning symptom of affluent detroit’s desensitization and of complacency.
Yes, detroit is no longer a dead city. Yes, dan Gilbert’s contribution to the city is good — indispensable in fact. but, these facts aren’t enough. We need to play the horns for those beyond “Gilbertopia,” by joining their grassroots wagers for hope. The current dissonance, though vaguely interesting to a nihilist, is no substitute for the moving vigor of a glowing harmony.
Contact Mike Donovan at mdonov10@nd.edu
more than just an effect
Nicole Caratas s enior news Writer
I’m a sucker for conspiracy theories. I can believe anything and everything, even if I know it’s not true. From the moon landing being faked to aliens already being on e arth, I think they’re all fascinating. The best one, though, is the m andela e ffect.
The m andela e ffect is one of the craziest theories I’ve ever heard, and I’d be lying if I didn’t say it made me cry more than once. b asically, this theory says that at certain points in time, the universe we know shifts into an alternate or parallel universe without us noticing, but sometimes, a group of people may remember certain things from the previous universe.
The most popular of these is the b erenstein/ b erenstain b ears. This T v and book series about a family of bears is what really kicked off the popularity of this theory. most people remember “The b erenstein b ears” as the title. however, when people look back at old books, vhs tapes, shows and merchandise, it was never actually b erenstein — it has always been b erenstain. I’ve seen pictured of toys with tags on them that have both spellings on them, which some people believe is the moment when the universe went into the parallel universe and the switch happened.
There’s plenty of other effects with spelling, but it’s not just that. The name comes from a bunch of people remembering n elson m andela dying in prison in the 1980s; however, he actually died in 2013. When this happened, a ton of people said they remembered watching his funeral decades ago. The same happened when Gene Wilder and m ichael Jackson died. m ovies are another great source of examples for the m andela e ffect. For example, d arth vader never actually said, “Luke, I am your father.” The line is actually “ n o, I am your father.” The crazy thing here is even James e arl Jones says he remembers the line starting with “Luke.” In “ s now White,” the e vil Queen never says “ m irror, mirror on the wall.” s he says “ m agic mirror on the wall.” Forrest Gump actually said, “Life was like a box chocolates.” When s ally Field won an o scar, she didn’t say “You like me! You really like me!” s he actually said, “You like me! r ight now, you like me!” All of these quotes have been quoted time and time again, but when you go back to the originals, it turns out, they never actually happened. At least not in the universe we are currently in. o h, and that movie called s hazaam where s inbad played a genie? d oesn’t exist. s o why does it matter if people remember these things one way and then find out they’re wrong? Well, I like to think that these instances are small pieces of proof that parallel and alternate universes exist. If that’s the case, there’s probably thousands of versions of every person. h ow cool is that?
Contact Nicole Caratas at ncaratas01@saintmarys.edu
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The e ditorial b oard says it every year during Irish s tate of m i nd : m ental Illness Awareness Week, but it can’t be overstated: The mental health of students should be a top priority for the University, and the stigma surrounding mental illness needs to end.
According to the n ational Alliance on m ental Illness, one in five adults in America deals with mental illness, with 50 percent of mental illnesses beginning by the age of 14 and 75 percent by age 24.
o ver the past few years, more and more n otre d ame and s aint m ary’s students seem to be aware of that fact. m ore importantly, those affected on the two campuses appear to be seeking help. s usan s teibe-Pasalich, head of the University c ounseling c enter (U cc ), said 1,699 students took advantage of the services the University c ounseling c enter offers during the 2016-2017 academic year. Izzy Fourman, director of the h ealth and c ounseling c enter, said in an email that 21.2 percent of the s aint m ary’s student body saw a counselor at least once last year. d uring that year, s tanford h all rector Justin m c d evitt said he did not notice any signs of stigma from the student body surrounding mental illness.
“What’s important is whether students feel there’s a stigma, whether there is one or not,” m c d evitt said. “I’m sure that that’s the case — that it’s hard to get help, to know that you need help. I think that our community is set up so that students have a lot of resources and a lot of support.”
If the nationwide statistic is assumed to be true at our campuses, 20 percent of students — approximately 2,500 people at n otre d ame — are afflicted by mental illness.
These projected numbers raise a question: Is the U cc equipped to effectively handle the demand for its services in a high-pressure environment such as the University?
It’s an important question, for both play an essential role in supporting those affected by depression, anxiety and other mental illnesses. b ut if the care being provided can be improved, it should be.
The U cc can be an effective resource for students who choose to visit it, and its staff members are well qualified to provide assistance to clients. With a staff of 29 that only includes 13 psychologists and one psychiatrist, however, the demand for the U cc may exceed its ability to provide as much help as possible to the students who need it.
This understaffing is no fault of the existing U cc staff. b ut it is a problem that needs to be
addressed by the University. m cGlinn h all rector s r. m ary Lynch said the already positive effect the U cc has on campus could be amplified if the University expanded the c enter, especially in terms of personnel.
“There are staff-people at the U cc who are experts in many areas that we need experts in on this campus, and they have solid backgrounds, and they have excellent interactions with students,” Lynch said. “They probably could use more, if anything — they could use more staff members than they have.”
m embers of hall staff in each residence hall on campus are trained to refer students to the U cc on a case-by-case basis. The University devotes an entire day of training for assistant rectors (A r s) and resident assistants ( r As) to mental illness awareness, informing them of the resources the U cc has to offer so they may best help their residents. They are taught to pay attention to warning signs, looking out for a resident who becomes particularly withdrawn, exhibits erratic behavior or seems to be a danger to himself or herself. In cases that are too much for hall staff to handle, the U cc provides care and assistance. In some dorms, a member of hall staff will go so far as to offer to walk a student to the U cc and wait with him or her, m c d evitt said.
If the U cc is not equipped to provide for certain needs, however, students may be at a loss for the next steps to take. Particularly in recent years, Lynch said it has become more difficult for students to attain consistent, one-on-one treatment at the U cc
“I see the need for counseling has increased in my time here,” she added.
o ftentimes, U cc counselors will direct clients to one of the 10 student support groups the c enter currently offers. While these groups may be a productive resource for many students on campus, others might not be comfortable working through personal matters in a group setting.
Ultimately, the problem is not due to a lack of effort on the U cc ’s part. It simply comes down to a lack of staff at the c enter — which this e ditorial b oard believes the University could and should remedy.
m ental health is not something to be taken lightly. The fact that so many members of the n otre d ame community feel comfortable using the U cc is a positive sign. h aving these resources in the first place and making the public aware of them help diminish the stigma, and the University has made commendable efforts in those areas.
n ow, the University needs to take the next step towards addressing mental illness. Providing more resources — specifically funding allocation for more staff — to the U cc is crucial to allowing the c enter to more effectively provide for the n otre d ame community.
Gary Caruso c apitol c omments
The psychology behind mass murder
Influential 16th-century French r enaissance author m ichel e yquem de m ontaigne — called the father of modern skepticism for popularizing his essays as a literary genre — wrote, “The oldest and best known evil was ever more supportable than one that was new and untried.” h ardly can one argue with the notion that behavior, especially malevolence that gratifies our inner human frailties, will repeat from generation to generation. s uch wickedness can easily be traced through eons of mankind’s history.
It is natural, then, to compare Las vegas mass murderer s tephen Paddock with foreign butchers such as Adolf h itler, o sama bin Laden, I s chief Abu b akr Al- b aghdadi and n orth Korean dictator Kim Jong-Un. o n the domestic front Paddock reigns above such assassins as o klahoma c ity bomber Timothy m c veigh, s andy h ook e lementary s chool shooter Adam Lanza or Pulse n ight c lub triggerman o mar m ateen. While their obvious motivations may have varied by religious, political or personal purpose, each utilized murderous actions that were in some way the oldest and best known.
Today, authorities continue to piece together the whys and hows behind mass shooter Paddock’s Las vegas deadly rampage. It is important to recognize the psychological influences that blended with Paddock’s means, motive and opportunities. Given that firearms are plentiful nationwide and soft targets like an open-air concert flourish on the calendar, means and opportunity seem commonplace for anyone bent on wreaking havoc upon others. Paddock was no exception, equipped with cameras for surveillance and armed with explosives as well as nearly twodozen weapons in his hotel sniper’s nest room. Where Paddock’s oldest and best-known evil varies from the norm is not perching high to fire into a densely populated and contained open air venue, but the means by which he executed his plan. Paddock utilized bump-fire stock attachments
on a dozen of the guns found in his hotel room. The mechanism rests on the shooter’s shoulder and allows the gun barrel to slide, thus enabling a semiautomatic rifle to fire faster. b ump-fire stocks— while technically not converting semiautomatic rifles or altering them into fully automatic firearms — enhance a weapon to fire at nearly the rate of a machine gun. Therefore, laws governing “automatic” firearms do not prohibit these enhancement mechanisms. (It is illegal for private citizens to possess fully automatic firearms manufactured after m ay 19, 1986. The ownership of earlier models requires a federal license.)
c ertainly legislative attention will once again focus on prohibiting large capacity magazines to reduce the number of rounds loaded into a rifle. m ore importantly, though, many advocacy groups now seek laws that outright prohibit the possession or manufacture of the “bump stock” attachment. These efforts, while a worthy exercise in democracy and public safety discourse, only address how to limit access to means and opportunities. To successfully limit and hopefully prevent future massacres, society must complete the analytical trifecta by better understanding motive. m otive — welling from any myriad of circumstances — is the key to preventing the next person from “going postal.” While, as of this writing, no evidence has emerged that Paddock suffered from any clinically diagnosed mental health abnormalities, humans possess certain universal traits. h ow one reacts or controls inner emotion al strain may be the thread dividing good from evil acts.
In historical terms, Paddock now escorts m c veigh, Lanza and m ateen as American madmen. b ehavioral scholars will now bond and contrast Paddock’s psyche to h itler, bin Laden and Al- b aghdadi. In fact, h itler’s global prominence served as the impetus that led the o ffice of s trategic s ervices (forerunner of the c IA) to commission a 1943 psychological analysis of h itler, the first analytical endeavor of its kind. Led by h enry A. m urray, former director of the h arvard Psychological c linic, a team of psychologists
reviewed “The h itler s ource b ook,” a thousand pages of material gathered from key informants who knew h itler personally. Within five months the team constructed a psychological analysis of h itler using the developmental influence of his early childhood experiences, an approach heavily influenced by s igmund Freud’s theories. Today, when the mechanics of Freudian analysis is not the only scholarly approach accepted, the c IA and its counterparts worldwide operate profiling units as a discipline that gathers information on many leaders of other nations.
What we learned by h itler’s documented behavior and demeanor appears to comport with the general traits of others hell bent on lashing out at others. At times, mania or hypomania masks a chronic underlying state of despair, sadness and rage. h itler, for example, as an adult was motivated by resentment and revenge in response to prior narcissistic wounding and profound feelings of inferiority. h is paranoid schizophrenic and hysterical megalomaniac disorders grew from immense anger, embitterment and hatred toward his father. Those feelings fueled much of his symptomatology and destructive behavior manifest in his hatred, next transferred to Jews and ultimately the world. h e at times also displayed a messiah complex typical of religious terrorists today. o verall, to understand the underlying psychology of such dangerous individuals as the unsuspecting Paddock, we must understand what pushes them, what makes them tick, what tensions are harbored beneath their souls. The next may be a road rage instigator or the sports competitor playing across from you. For me, that is too close, but still unrecognizable.
Gary J. Caruso, Notre Dame ’73, serves in the Department of Homeland Security and was a legislative and public affairs director at the U.S. House of Representatives and in President Clinton’s administration. His column appears every other Friday. Contact him on Twitter: @GaryJCaruso or email: GaryJCaruso@alumni.nd.edu
The views expressed in this column are those of the author and not necessarily those of The Observer.
Rose garden is ‘Love in Action’
We are nearing the end of notre dame r ight to Life’s annual respect Life Week, a week set aside every o ctober when the club hosts a number of events which aim to engage students in discussions, service opportunities, prayer and celebrations centered around the importance of the innate dignity of all human persons. o ur goal with these events is to show love to all people, particularly the most vulnerable and forgotten in society. With that goal in mind, this year’s respect Life Week theme is “Love in Action.”
s ome events change from year to year, others are constant. o ne recurring event which has caused some controversy in the past is the rose garden. If you’ve walked across s outh Quad since yesterday evening, you may have noticed a new batch of flowers near o’shaughnessy hall. The quad is currently lined with rows of roses, red and white. This display memorializes the unborn whose lives were ended through abortion, as well as those who have suffered emotionally, spiritually and physically
because of abortion. e ach white rose represents a life lost to abortion. The red roses represent the many other groups of people wounded by abortion, including mothers, fathers, family and friends. They are centered around the cross, the source of hope and healing for all.
I understand that the rose garden is a startling thing to pass by on the way to class. The roses represent lives lost and wounded, it isn’t exactly a fun thing to be reminded of. but I believe that is exactly why we need to see it, because we need to be reminded.
o ver 3,000 abortions take place in the United states every day. That’s 3,000 children who will never be born, and 3,000 mothers who go through the painful process of having an abortion. It can be all too easy to become desensitized by these numbers, to forget that lives are lost every minute to abortion. notre dame r ight to Life will continue to set up this display as long as abortions still occur in the U. s ., because we believe that these people must be remembered.
The display is in no way meant to be hurtful or accusatory. If you’ve been personally affected by abortion, if you’re represented by one of these many roses, please know that this display and our hearts are with you in love through the cross. Know that we stand by you as well.
To the side of the display is a sign with a quote from st. John Paul II that reads, “you are irreplaceable, unrepeatable and unique.” It is a reminder to me of why I fight for respect of all people. e ach and every human being has a definite purpose and an innate dignity. e ach and every human being deserves the opportunity to live a joyful life. This is why we set up the rose garden on s outh Quad. This is why we celebrate respect Life Week.
Sarah Drumm notre d ame r ight to Life president o ct. 5
Letter to tHe editor
Happy Birthday: Take one step at a time. Plan your actions and do whatever it takes to use your talents, skills, experience and knowledge to get where you want to go. being thorough and precise every step of the way will help you avoid making impulsive decisions that run the risk of costing too much or failing to produce. your numbers are 3, 12, 24, 27, 32, 35, 46.
ARIES (March 21-April 19): you’ll be pulled in different directions personally and professionally. consider your choices and what makes the most sense to you. being able to use your skills and experience to reach a satisfying goal should be your priority.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20): d on’t feel pressured to make a move or react to a proposition. Time is on your side, and figuring out how you want to approach the situation should be done with patience and intelligence. Personal growth and physical activity are favored.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): use your knowledge, experience and intelligence to help you get ahead. An opportunity to make a change that will help you out financially should be looked at carefully. Partnerships are encouraged, but don’t let anyone negotiate on your behalf.
CANCER (June 21-July 22): An unexpected change will catch you off guard. Try not to act impulsively when time, consideration and facts will be required to get a true sense of what’s going on. d on’t feel obligated to take part in something that appears risky.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): your passionate way of expressing your feelings, ideas and concerns will leave a good impression on someone you’d like to work with. Travel and communication will lead to an opportunity to excel. An unexpected offer looks promising.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): d on’t mix money and emotions. you can’t buy love or happiness. Invest in yourself, not someone else. use common sense and intelligence when it comes to finances, negotiations and medical issues. Protect your integrity and your reputation.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): An emotional situation is best dealt with responsibly. Partnerships are best handled with care. c hoose your words wisely. If someone pushes you, back away and do your own thing. Play it safe and avoid controversy.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): People you try to help will cause you emotional uncertainty. d o what you can, but don’t feel bad if it isn’t enough. c hange will come at a price, and you have to examine all sides of a situation before you move forward.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): use your intelligence to make the best choices at work and at home. If someone tries to push you, take note, then continue to take care of your responsibilities. The best way to make a difference is to do the right thing.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Listen attentively and consider your options, but let common sense and practicality guide your choices. A lot of hype can’t make up for a flawed idea or pitch someone is making. stick to your budget.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): c ome up with a new financial plan. b lend what you love to do with earning extra cash and you will have a winning situation that will impress your friends and family. Alter your environment at home to suit your current prospects.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Listen and respond carefully. you can influence your position or reputation if you are open to change and keep up to date on new trends in technology. s peak from the heart and live up to your promises.
Birthday Baby: you are sensitive, loving and generous. you are reliable and easygoing.
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e mbrace the wild-card round
Two weekends ago, I wrote a column arguing that the home stretch of the regular season would be chock-full of exciting baseball as teams fought tooth and nail for playoff berths and the schedule hurtled towards postseason baseball.
That never really materialized. That three-team race for the n L central crown? The cubs ran away with it. The fierce competition for the second AL and n L wild card spots?
The Twins and rockies didn’t break much of a sweat. The contenders and pretenders cleanly separated themselves, and we had 10 bona-fide teams qualify for the postseason. not too much drama or excitement to be found there.
Thank goodness, then, for the one-game wild-card matchups: baseball’s best idea in a long time. both games were fantastic, and great for the game. on Tuesday night, the underdog m innesota Twins faced off against the home team new York Yankees, and promptly put three runs on the board in the first half inning, knocking out new York starting pitcher Luis severino after the Yankees ace managed to record just one out.
Game over? new York’s postseason over, just like that? not quite.
The Yankees fought for their lives and responded, quickly. With one swing of shortstop didi Gregorius’ bat, the Yankees tied the game 3-3 in the bottom half of the inning — sending a formerly stunned crowd into pandemonium.
not a bad first inning of postseason baseball, I’d say.
new York’s bullpen combination of c had Green, david robertson, Tommy Kahnle and Aroldis c hapman went on to combine for 8 2/3 innings of one run, five-hit relief, striking out 13 Twins to tie the postseason record for a bullpen. Yankees manger Joe Girardi made the bold move of yanking severino just one out into the game, and his bullpen stepped up. 8-4 Yanks.
The n L game between the colorado rockies and the Arizona diamondbacks may have been even better, and once again it got off to a raucous start. The diamondbacks put up three runs in the first
inning and extended the lead to 6-0 by the time the third inning was in the books.
Game over, right? With ace Zack Grienke on the mound for Arizona, surely. not quite.
The rockies rallied, and put up a four-spot in the fourth inning to chase Grienke from the game. A back-and-forth game took off from there, and the diamondbacks eventually relied upon a two-run triple by reliever Archie bradley to grab an 11-8 victory. A reliever had the most important hit of the game? Welcome to the crazy unpredictability of the m L b playoffs.
starting off the postseason with these types of games is exactly what baseball needs to sell: momentum swings, energy, strategy, edge-of-your seat nervousness and excitement. All these characteristics were found in both wild-card games this week, and that’s why we need to keep them.
People complain every year that the wild-card games are fluky, unfair and inaccurate representations of which team is actually better. There’s some validity to these claims, as a 162-game season deserves more than just a one-and-done opportunity. however, the one-and-dones are awesome. every inning, every batter, every pitch is magnified in importance. Additionally, winning the division becomes all the more important and incentivized, because teams don’t want to have to experience the crazy all-or-nothing pressure of the single wild-card game.
so accept and embrace the single wild-card playoff game, even during seasons where the games aren’t as great as this year’s. The magical intensity of these games introduces and reveals what the rest of the postseason will look like — it’s the opening act postseason baseball needs in a sports world that demands action, uncertainty and excitement.
And if these wild-card games were any indication, this postseason should be incredibly special.
Contact Joe Everett at jeveret4@nd.edu
The views expressed in this Sports Authority are those of the author and not necessarily those of The Observer.
v irginia was awarded a critical free kick in the fiftyeighth minute, but it sailed wide of senior goalkeeper Lexi n icholas. v irginia senior forward veronica Latsko tipped home a cross at the 60th minute to even the score. The c avaliers put together a solid stretch at the end of regulation with some threatening corner kicks,
but regulation ended scoreless, triggering two 10-minute periods of overtime. o vertime went back and forth, but ultimately neither team could break through. The Irish possessed the ball for a good portion of the second overtime, but had a difficult time advancing the ball into the box. s olid defensive play kept the c avaliers out of the Irish end, and the game ended in a 1-1 draw. o n s unday, the Irish will play host to s yracuse. The
o range (6-4-2, 1-2-1) are 1-2-1 in A cc play, but are strong defensively, able to keep the ball out of their net. o ther than a 7-0 loss at the hands of n orth c arolina, the o range have only conceded one goal to an A cc opponent. o n the other hand, the o range have only scored in one Acc matchup — their most recent one, a 2-0 win over Pitt.
The Irish will take on s yracuse on s unday at Alumni s tadium at 1 p.m.
Saad, Blackhawks pound Penguins 10-1 in opener
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chIcAGo — brandon saad scored three times in his return to chicago and ryan hartman had a goal and four assists, helping the blackhawks pound the Pittsburgh Penguins 10-1 on Thursday night.
nick schmaltz added two goals and an assist as chicago kicked off its season in style with a runaway victory against the two-time defending stanley cup champions. Patrick Kane also had a goal and three assists in the blackhawks’ highest scoring game since a 10-1 win against Winnipeg on oct. 12, 1988.
Pittsburgh was coming off a 5-4 overtime loss to st. Louis in its season opener on Wednesday, and it looked every bit like a team on the second half of back-to-back nights. Antti niemi was pulled after allowing four goals on 13 shots in his Penguins debut, forcing matt murray to come in after he took the loss against the blues.
sidney crosby found Phil Kessel for a power-play goal at 2:05 of the
second period, but chicago already had a 5-0 lead at that point. It was the most goals allowed by Pittsburgh since a 10-8 loss to san Jose on Jan. 13, 1996.
The blackhawks won the central division last season and finished with the most points in the Western conference. but they were swept by nashville in their second consecutive first-round loss, leading to a flurry of moves by admittedly angry general manager stan bowman.
chicago, which won the stanley cup in 2010, 2013 and 2015, scored three goals in 13 periods in the series against nashville. It got four in the first 9:16 against Pittsburgh.
ryan hartman scored off a slick pass from Kane at 6:21. After saad got his first off a rush with richard Panik, Kane made another great pass to set up schmaltz’s backhander at 7:34. saad then beat niemi with a well-placed shot through a crowd in front, and the rout was on.
The 24-year-old saad began his career with chicago and helped
the blackhawks win two stanley cups before he was traded to columbus after the 2015 season. bowman got him back in a blockbuster trade with the blue Jackets in June, parting with dynamic winger Artemi Panarin in a multiplayer deal.
For one night at least, it looked like a smart move. saad finished off his hat trick at 5:21 of the third, and brent seabrook made it 10-1 with a rebound goal with 6:15 remaining.
hartman set a career high for points and assists in a game in c hicago’s highest-scoring opener, topping an 8-6 victory at nashville on oct. 5, 2006. Patrick sharp also scored in his return to c hicago after signing a team-friendly, oneyear deal with the blackhawks in the offseason.
The one downer for the blackhawks was an injury for schmaltz in the third. he skated off gingerly at 7:49 and was helped to the locker room.
Joe Everett sports Writer
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Irish senior forward Meghan Doyle runs upfield with the ball during Notre Dame’s 3-0 loss to Duke on Sept. 21 at Alumni Stadium. Doyle took one shot during her 25 minutes on the pitch in the game. NhL
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these high-intensity matchups, but noted that c lemson will pose a particularly tough challenge at home inside h istoric r iggs Field.
“a ll acc games are very difficult, and when they’re on the road especially,” c lark said. “ i f we can pull [a win or tie] out of this we’ll be very happy. They’re a good team, a very experienced team, with a lot of quality players, so it’s a game to look forward to. There’ll be a big crowd … and it’ll be a loud environment. o ur guys usually respond well in these situations, but we’ll need a very good performance, there’s no question about that. This is the nature of our schedule … there’s not a game that we don’t look forward to.”
i ncluding Friday’s game, the i rish have seven games left on the slate for the 2017 regular season. The schedule’s brutality continues for n otre d ame well after the c lemson game, however, as the i rish will wrap up the regular season against threestraight ranked teams: n o. 19 d uke at home, followed by n o. 6 m ichigan s tate and n o. 4 n orth c arolina. The last two games will be played away from a lumni s tadium, and although the i rish have lost their past two road matches, c lark does not consider them bad losses, as he believes the i rish have not played any bad teams, and will not anytime soon.
“You’re playing the n o. 1 team in the country and now another Top-10 team in c lemson … there aren’t a lot of teams around the country that are playing [this many] top-10 teams on the road,” c lark said. “ i ’m not taking anything away from our previous road wins, as c onnecticut or b oston c ollege are both good teams, but neither are top-10 teams at the moment.
“ … e very game is a challenge in a different way, and [it comes down to] how do we handle games one at a time and take on a challenge? The fun thing is that these are games worth looking forward to, and the guys are looking forward to this one.”
c lark also commented on how the players are holding up physically, as well as academically, with midterms and the possible lack of focus looming.
“That’s part of being a n otre d ame student-athlete,” c lark said. “Whatever you’re doing at the moment, that’s what you should be focused on. i think they’re in good shape [physically]. There hasn’t been a lot of training going on, so the guys are playing and then regenerating, getting themselves ready for the next game.”
The i rish and the Tigers will kick off Friday evening at 7 p.m. at h istoric r iggs Field in c lemson, s outh c arolina.
Contact Joe Everett at jeveret4@nd.edu
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Irish junior defender Sean Dedrick kicks the ball during Notre Dame’s 2-1 overtime win over Northwestern on Tuesday at Alumni Stadium.
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… he gets a lot of reps. We give our second quarterback a good deal of the reps, so he’s gotten a lot of work. he knows the offense pretty good.”
in contrast to the quarterback situation, all four of the irish running backs will be healthy enough to play saturday, Kelly said. in addition to juniors Josh adams and dexter Williams and sophomores Tony Jones Jr. and deon
mcintosh, the irish will also have freshman c.J. holmes amongst its stable of backs, as Kelly and his staff decided against redshirting him this season.
“We brought him up with us with the intent that we think that he can contribute,” Kelly said. “our eye and focus is on getting him involved in the running teams and special teams and seeing if we can get him involved in our offense. he’s a skilled player, he’s got some talents. … he’s with us to contribute this year and help us win.”
depth has also become a hallmark of the defensive side of the football for the irish, as the irish have cycled players in and out more frequently than in years past. Kelly said the irish started to make that transition halfway through last season when the initially changed leadership on that side of the ball.
“a fter we made a change [at defensive coordinator], part of the plan was to make certain that we invested in the players that we had on hand … and develop our players,” Kelly said. “i think we
made that shift philosophically when i made a change last year through the season, and then we just continued philosophically when i met with [defensive coordinator mike elko] that we wanted to make sure that we developed all our players.”
a nd that development, which the irish hope continues saturday against the Tar heels and beyond, started with simply identifying and then amplifying individual players strengths, Kelly said.
“There’s a couple of things,” Kelly said. “one, i think we did
a really good job of finding what their level of competency was and playing to that. There are first-down and second-down players or third-down players. as coaches, we didn’t say, ‘a lright, this guy can’t play.’ We looked for reasons to play guys and find out what their skill set is and develop it.”
The irish and Tar heels will kickoff at 3:30 p.m. saturday at Kenan memorial stadium.
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experience and the strong first day performance as a sign of good things to come.
“i think that the key for this weekend is to get back in the situation that we were in last week,” he said.
“We were in a position to win going into the third day, but we didn’t capitalize on that opportunity. We want to be in that position a lot this year. actually, in hindsight, it was good that it happened that way, because it gave us the opportunity to learn from that situation and have experience being in that position, so that we are ready to pull off the
win moving forward.”
handrigan noted the importance of putting on a show this weekend because it is the team’s only chance to excel on its home course.
“We only get to play at home once a year,” handrigan said. “so we are looking to represent notre dame in the best way possible in the classic. We are looking to play our absolute best, and our ultimate goal is to come out on top.”
The contest will kick off at 8:45 a.m. at Warren golf course on sunday, and conclude on monday with an 8:30 a.m. start.
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Irish junior quarterback Brandon Wimbush drops back to pass and surveys the field during Notre Dame’s 52-17 win over Miami (OH) on Saturday at Notre
Irish sophomore John Felitto hits an iron during the Notre Dame Kickoff Challenge on Sept. 3, 2016, at Warren Golf Course.
ND, Virginia end in draw after two OT periods
Observer Sports Staff
The Irish traveled to the University of v irginia yesterday to take on the n o. 13 c avaliers.
The first half started well for the Irish. The c avaliers (7-3-3, 2-1-2 A cc ) fired eight shots but were only able to find the target with one of them. The Irish (6-4-3, 2-21) had chances as well and were able to bury one off a strong individual effort from graduate student midfielder s andra Yu. Yu was able to collect the ball outside the 18-yard box and make a run inside the six-yard box, firing a high shot past the outstretched goalkeeper into the back of the net.
The Irish got solid effort from the backline in the first half. Led by senior m onica Flores, the Irish backline was able to defend well and generate some offensive chances.
Irish prepare to host tourney
By BRENNA MOXLEY sports Writer
The Irish are back on their home field after finishing sixth in the shoal creek Invitational last week to host the Fighting Irish classic.
The squad sat in second place after day one in Alabama last week, but carded six double bogeys on the second day of competition to fall out of the top three. no. 9 Wake Forest took home the win at the Invitational.
The Irish will play freshman davis chatfield, sophomores hunter ostrom and John Felitto and juniors ben Albin and miguel delgado on the regular team in the tournament, while the remaining team members will play as individuals.
Irish head coach John handrigan explained how the coaching staff chose who would represent notre dame as part of the team and who would do so individually.
“All of our guys are playing this weekend,” handrigan said.
“There are the five guys on our regular team, and the rest are playing as individuals. ... We had a three-day tournament in practice, where the top two finishers got spots on the team roster for the weekend. Then the last three spots were coaches’ picks based on the players’ previous performances this year, as well as who is showing good work ethic, being a good teammate, performing well academically and excelling in practice.”
handrigan pointed to short game as being the team’s main focus for improvement this week in practice.
“We did lots of short game practice, which is something we needed to work on, so we spent a majority of our time concentrating on that this week,” handrigan said. “If we miss the green, then we have to be able to recover with our short game.”
handrigan reflected on the shoal creek Invitational, noting the shortcomings as a learning
Kelly discusses injury report
By BEN PADANILAM e ditor-in- c hief
As no. 21 notre dame prepares to travel down to chapel hill, north carolina, for its saturday clash with the Tar heels, it knows it will be healthier than its opponent.
but what the Irish (4-1) still do not know is whether or not junior brandon Wimbush will be starting under center when they take the field against north carolina (1-4, 0-3 Acc) at Kenan memorial stadium.
“he practiced [Thursday], did some good things,” Irish head coach brian Kelly said Thursday. “I think we’ll still go day-to-day and make the decision on game day.”
Kelly said Wimbush has been steadily progressing over the last three days, and he hopes to see that continue leading up to saturday’s game.
“We had him throwing — we just had upper body on Tuesday. [he was] stretching, throwing the football, just keeping it in his arm — didn’t do anything in terms
of reps,” Kelly said. “Wednesday, [we had him] run tracks, working fits with our running backs, light throwing. Took some reps [Thursday], so he’s in a good place.
“We got two more days. he’ll get some more rehab, but again, he’s where we would hoped he would be and we expect more progress to be made over the next couple of days.”
however, even should Wimbush not start, Kelly said he expects the junior to be available in some capacity, such serving as the backup to Ian book. Kelly said he is confident in the sophomore backup’s ability to step in as the starter this weekend should he be called upon to do so.
“he’s very accurate with the football,” Kelly said of book. “he’s got a good grasp of the offense, and he elevates the play of the guys around him. They all know that he is a really good quarterback, and I think in the times that he’s played real football … he’s been effective moving the ball.
Notre Dame heads to Clemson for top-10 face-off
By JOE EVERETT sports Writer
After climbing back into the win column with a 2-1 victory over n orthwestern on Tuesday at Alumni s tadium, n o. 9 n otre d ame hits the road to face n o. 5 c lemson on Friday in a top10 A cc showdown.
Top-10 matchups are becoming a commonplace event for the Irish (7-2-1, 2-1-1 A cc ), as two of the team’s past three games were against top-10 ranked teams at game time, in thenn o. 1 Indiana and then- n o. 10 v irginia. The Tigers (8-20, 2-2-0) have had their fair share of quality opponents as well, as they suffered a gut-wrenching 3-2 doubleovertime loss on the road against n o. 2 Wake Forest this past Friday. Irish head coach b obby c lark said his team is used to playing in
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Irish graduate student midfielder Sandra Yu, middle, dribbles across the pitch during Notre Dame’s 3-0 loss to Duke on Sept. 21.
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Irish junior defender Felicien Dumas sends in a corner during Notre Dame’s 2-1 overtime win over Northwestern on Tuesday.
