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Cruising Claypool grabs 4 TDs to lead resurgent offense of No. 16 Notre Dame past No. 23 Navy

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Irish senior quarterback Ian Book scans the field and looks to pass during Notre Dame’s 52-20 win over Navy on Saturday at Notre Dame Stadium. Book threw for five touchdowns for the third time this year, the most by an Irish quarterback in a season, and he also took over the No. 4 spot in all-time touchdown passes with 49, passing DeShone Kizer.

Notre Dame-Navy ‘rivalry’ needs to come to an end Grant DelVecchio Sports Writer

Tradition is everything at Notre Dame. From academics to residence hall life to faith-building to athletics, there is little that goes on at Our Lady’s University that isn’t deeply rooted in tradition. Because of this, branching away from the way things have “always been done” and moving on from the old days is hard to come by for Irish students and fans alike. Saturday’s contest between the Fighting Irish and the Naval Academy was the 93rd matchup of a “rivalry” that dates back to 1927 and was solidified during the days of World War II. You would be hard-pressed to find two programs more engulfed in tradition or as well-respected as Notre Dame and Navy are, but this doesn’t suffice for a reason to keep the series alive. I put “rivalry” in quotes because, in my opinion, a series in which one team has 77 victories and the other has 13 isn’t much see DelVECCHIO PAGE 2

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The feelings of uneasiness were palpable on Saturday in South Bend. In the 93rd continuous meeting between Navy and Notre Dame, the third longest streak in college football, the Midshipmen came into Notre Dame Stadium as the No. 23 team in the nation. With weapons like senior quarterback Malcolm Perry, and the traditional anxieties that accompany the triple option, a bit of worry crept into some of the minds of Irish (8-2) fans. All of this worry reached a culmination on Navy’s (7-2) fourth down attempt during its first drive of the game. When the Midshipmen got the first down, potential trouble loomed on the horizon. It didn’t take long until the momentum shifted toward the Irish after a Malcolm Perry fumble, however — and it would remain in favor of the Irish for the rest of the afternoon. The Irish offense wasted no time in its first possession of the game. Senior quarterback Ian Book connected with senior wide receiver Chase Claypool for a gain of 23 yards, then soon followed with a pass over the middle to graduate student wide receiver Chris Finke. Finke managed to evade a defender and stretch the gain to 14 yards.

But that offensive momentum reached a halt after a false start penalty brought the Irish back. Book was forced to scramble in the pocket on two consecutive snaps, the second of which would give the Irish an opportunity on fourth and a yard, where the Irish would blow forward with a rush from senior running back Tony Jones Jr. Book ended the drive with a short pass over the middle to his favorite target, Claypool, to start the contest with a scoring drive. But Navy’s standout quarterback wasted no time on his first drive, either. The quick and agile Perry showed off his footwork early with a few big gains, evading Irish linebackers with swift jukes. The Irish defense buckled down as the Midshipmen advanced into Notre Dame territory, bringing on a 4th and three for Navy, which the Midshipmen would attempt. It felt like an attempt which would set the tone for the game, an indicator of how this Irish defense might handle the triple option during the afternoon. The play ultimately ended in a first down for the Midshipmen, but Perry fumbled on the very next play. Graduate student linebacker Asmar Bilal recovered the fumble to hand the Irish offense the ball for a drive which would end in a 47-yard touchdown pass

from Book into the hands of Claypool. The quick turnaround for the Irish was what set the tone on Saturday afternoon in a game which was understandably surrounded by a sense of angst. The Irish forced four total turnovers throughout the game, and head coach Brian Kelly discussed just how vital those those turnovers were with a team like Navy. “Any time you get Navy to turn the football over, they’re going to be huge for you,” Kelly said. “But, yeah we were active, we were fast, we were physical. They haven’t played a team quite like that all year, and it’s difficult. We talked so much about our inability to map the speed of the triple option, well they can’t map the speed of our defense. And so it worked well for us today that we played fast and physical.” On the following drive, Perry fumbled once more to hand the Irish a prime opportunity on the Navy 39. And the offense only continued to capitalize on Book’s connections with Claypool. The drive ended in a threeyard touchdown pass to the corner of the end zone, where Claypool’s physicality proved too much for the Navy corner. Just like that, a gutsy 1st down by see VICTORY PAGE 3

Claypool shines in dominant performance By GRANT DelVECCHIO Sports Writer

After Notre Dame’s 52-20 routing of visiting rival Navy on Saturday afternoon, Irish head coach Brian Kelly was eager to express his pleasure regarding the way his staff and players performed. For Kelly, this game reflected what it means to have success, as opposed to winning rings or big bowl games. “When you talk about success, it doesn’t have to have a quantitative bowl game or championship, it has to do with days like today where you see it all come together,” Kelly said. “You see your guys excited, happy, fulfilled, and it was just an exciting day to watch our football team have so much enjoyment by execution through an outstanding game plan.” Fifty-two matches the second most points scored on the season for the Irish, and much of Notre Dame’s recent success has been built out of strong performances from senior wide receiver Chase Claypool. This game was no different. The 6’4” Canadian native hauled in seven catches for 117 yards and see CLAYPOOL PAGE 3

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of a rivalry at all. It’s more like an annual game where Notre Dame can either win and receive no credit or lose and have their season ended. When I think about the alltime great rivalries throughout history, I think about matchups like the Yankees and the Red Sox, the Celtics and the Lakers, Duke and UNC basketball, where (for the most part) every game you know you’ll be watching a battle until the end where either team can pull out a victory. That just isn’t the case with this Notre Dame-Navy series. Rather, the “rivalry” is viewed from the outside as a game that Notre Dame should win every year. This column also comes during a period in which Navy has seen some recent success against the Irish, as four of their thirteen wins against Notre Dame have come in the past 12 seasons. Yet, after Saturday, the overall series record stands at 77-13-1, which is clearly overly lopsided. This matchup has formed a new tradition between the two teams: the tradition of Notre Dame beating up on the Midshipmen. And I haven’t even mentioned

the fact that Notre Dame won 43 consecutive games in the series between 1964 and 2006. Now, this is definitely a unique rivalry in that it is built upon mutual respect, recognition and gratitude for both teams. It is also true that Father Hesburgh was a supporter of maintaining the series, citing the fact that the relationship has been everlasting and simultaneously “cordial.” Is that reason enough to keep the series alive? If things are kept cordial off the field, but the Irish are consistently beating Navy up on the field, does such cordiality even matter? For those who don’t know, during WWII when Notre Dame’s enrollment significantly plummeted due to students enlisting in the war effort, the Navy set up a program to help money flow back into the University (which was also experiencing a decrease in endowment) by setting up the V-12 Navy College Training Program, or Naval ROTC, which helped bring in students to ND. Notre Dame then did Navy a favor by maintain this ROTC program throughout the Vietnam War when other universities across the country were abolishing theirs. Notre Dame effectively payed it back to Navy at that point,

and yet decades later we are still playing them every season to express our appreciation for what they did for us. It seems we have an odd way of expressing our admiration that consists of beating the Midshipmen on national television over 80% of the time. This has been a debate for many years now, and both sides take interesting stances. On one end, some Notre Dame fans want to keep playing Navy because it has almost always been a game where you can pencil in a “W” on the schedule, but there are also those who dislike the annual matchup because it serves as a game where the Irish have nothing to gain and everything to lose. Still, there are those who support the matchup for purposes of maintaining tradition and paying it back to Navy for them helping keep Notre Dame afloat during WWII. And then there are people like me, who think that this isn’t much of a rivalry at all. Moreover, playing Navy is the easiest way to wear a team out, especially when the matchup is slotted late in the season, as it typically is. A game against Navy‘s triple-option offense means your linebackers are going to be actively engaged the entire game, as they should be, but even more so due to the fact that

they are responsible for halting the rushing attack that comes nearly every play. Thus, the potential for injuries to key guys in the middle for Notre Dame only increases during games against Navy. It’s a battle inside the trenches for 40 minutes, with cut-down blocks aimed at the legs and knees abounding, which makes it unlikely to come out unscathed. Football is a dangerous game in general, the potential for injuries is always there every game, every practice even. Yet it becomes more pronounced against a team like Navy. To add on, preparing for Navy does nothing for future success throughout the season. For a week, the team prepares to play against the triple-option, which only helps for matchups with teams who run the triple-option. That list is probably as short as you might imagine. Beating Navy is expected for Notre Dame, even when the Midshipmen find themselves in the national conversation like they were heading into Saturday’s matchup, or have a quarterback as talented and elusive as senior Malcolm Perry. We all saw how that turned out. Navy rarely does ever to add any strength or fervor to Notre Dame’s schedule, which is most often the knock on the

Irish; their weak schedule due to their status as an independent. Instead of Navy, we can add a matchup with a team that will actually help us out in the long run, maybe even another team from a power five conference. Furthermore, the game against Navy was the first nonsellout in 273 games and 46 years. This most definitely came as a little bit of a disappointment for the University and its fans, and I think there’s definitely truth to those who say it has to do with the fact that the game against Navy isn’t one people are particularly fond of going to see (although it is true that the Irish aren’t expecting a sellout against BC, either.) The fact of the matter is that this annual series is awesome for every reason outside of football. It poses a winless situation for the Irish, where they either take care of business for the sake of having to, or lose and soil their season reputation. It’s time for this marriage to come to a close — in reality, it has been for a long time. Contact Grant DelVecchio at gdelvecc@nd.edu The views expressed in this column are those of the author and not necessarily those of The Observer.

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Irish sophomore wide receiver Braden Lenzy sprints toward the end zone after a catch during Notre Dame’s 52-20 win against Navy at Notre Dame Stadium on Saturday. Lenzy only has eight receptions this season, but his speed has let him extend the plays and he is averaging a team-best 25 yards per catch, helped by this 70-yard touchdown reception.

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Near the beginning of the third quarter, Notre Dame was sitting on a comfortable 21-0 lead. Looking to extend it after a Navy three-and-out, Chris Finke returned the punt for a would-be 62-yard touchdown, but it was taken back after a pentalty. Fans were not disappointed for long, however, as on the next play, Lenzy outstripped his defender and caught Ian Book’s throw in stride for a 70-yard touchdown.

Senior Chase Claypool entered Saturday’s game leading the team in many receiving categories, including total yards, completions, and tied for touchdowns with five. He built on that success with a dominant performance against Navy, hauling in four more touchdown passes, tying a program record. In the first quarter, he had a careerlong 47-yard reception that also went for a touchdown.

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Sit-in denounces parietals, hate speech Students protest in Stanford Hall early Sunday, administration threatens ‘emergency actions’ policy By MARY STEURER and TOM NAATZ Assistant Managing Editor & Notre Dame News Editor

Around 30 protestors gathered in Stanford Hall from 2 a.m. to approximately 5 a.m. Sunday morning for a silent protest against parietals and for an end to hate speech on campus. In an email, University spokesman Dennis Brown said the Notre Dame Police Department (NDPD) received reports of “biased slurs” being directed at individuals in Stanford Hall on Friday night and in Keenan Hall on Saturday afternoon. Both matters are under investigation by the NDPD, Brown said. “The rectors of Stanford and Keenan informed both halls about the incidents in an email on Saturday, reiterating that discriminatory harassment has no place in their communities or at Notre Dame,” he said in the email. Brown confirmed the

student who reported Friday’s incident was present at the Sunday morning protest. The men and women who gathered for the protest had five demands, per literature distributed at the event: “End parietals,” “call it out when you see it,” “decolonize academia,” “decolonize this land” and “implement diversity training in each dorm.” The protest began at 2 a.m. in an inner residential hallway of the first f loor near rector Justin McDevitt’s apartment. Seated organizers occupied the hallway holding signs calling for a more tolerant campus climate. At approximately 1:50 a.m., members of hall staff arrived to remind organizers parietals would soon be in effect. About 20 minutes later, McDevitt invited the group to move to a 24-hour space. After the group elected to stay, McDevitt called the NDPD. At around 2:30 a.m., two NDPD officers arrived on

the scene. An officer gave a similar address as McDevitt, asking them to relocate to a 24-hour space and reminding organizers of their parietals violations. Protestors who did not leave would be asked to present their Notre Dame IDs, the officer said. About 20 protestors left before the officer made rounds for identification. The remaining 10 or so organizers resolved to stay until threat of physical removal. At 3:30 a.m., another police officer arrived and again attempted to persuade the protestors to move to a 24-hour space or disperse. The officer warned organizers that suspension and expulsion could be a disciplinary option if they failed to comply. Protestors elected to continue the sit-in. At 4:15 a.m., McDevitt came forward again, warning the University administration was prepared to invoke its emergency actions policy and protestors would be summarily expelled if they did not leave, citing security see PROTEST PAGE 4

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A protest sign is taped up near Stanford rector Justin McDevitt’s apartment. Approximately 30 students protested in an adjacent hall.

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Judge Rosemarie Aquilina emerged as a fierce advocate for victims of all forms of sexual abuse in 2018, when she sentenced convicted serial child molester and former USA Gymnastics national team doctor and Michigan State University osteopathic physician Larry Nassar to 40 to 175 years in prison for the sexual abuse of minors. Video from within the courtroom show Aquilina, a streak of magenta visible in her dark hair, delivering

The Belles Against Violence Office (BAVO) and Belles Athletics teamed up with nonprofit The Army of Survivors to host a free screening of HBO’s “At the Heart of Gold: Inside the USA Gymnastics Scandal” Sunday evening, followed by a panel and Q&A session. The film details the scandal and trial of Larry Nassar, the osteopathic physician of the U.S. Women’s Olympic Gymnastics team and at Michigan State University for over 30 years who sexually abused hundreds.

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Robotic football team builds their perfect play By CATE VON DOHLEN News Writer

Although varsity football is a prominent aspect of Notre Dame culture, there are many other kinds of football teams and leagues present on campus, from women’s flag football intramurals to men’s tackle interhall. Notre Dame is also home to the reigning national champions robotic football team. The team builds robots to play eight-on-eight football against other universities, senior Zach Kowalczyk, who serves as president, said. The league consists of four schools that compete every spring for a national championship trophy, and the teams often schedule scrimmages for fun, experience for new members, to test out new projects and practice, Kowalczyk said. The team’s first scrimmage of the school year was Nov. 9 against Purdue. “We ended up winning in

overtime, which is pretty exciting,” Kowalczyk said. “I’m pretty sure it was the first overtime ever in robotic football history.” New member freshman Angela Rauch said she really enjoyed the scrimmage. “It wasn’t like anything I had seen before,” Rauch said. “It was a lot of fast-paced robots moving back and forth and people yelling. It was very exciting.” Kowalczyk said the league includes Notre Dame, Valparaiso University, Ohio Northern University and Purdue Kokomo. Notre Dame’s team has about 50 to 60 members this school year, mainly from the college of engineering. He said it is bigger than usual this year due to recruiting efforts and the high number of interested freshmen. “Having that many people means we can get a lot more done,” Kowalczyk said. Games are played on basketball courts with teams on the

sidelines. Each team member drives their own robot and plays their own position via playstation controllers. “All the robots are specialized for their positions,” Kowalczyk said. Kowalczyk used the quarterback robot that can take snaps and hand-off the ball to the running back as examples of the specialized robots. The rules are pretty close to collegiate football rules, Kowalczyk said. He said the main difference is how the scoring process works. “Because throwing passes is such a difficult engineering feat, you end up getting points for completing passes, and depending on how far the pass, and whether or not you retain the pass, you get a different number of points,” Kowalczyk said. In robotic football, completing a pass doesn’t mean catching it. “Completing a pass is throwing a ball from your

quarterback robot and having it hit a receiver robot, anywhere on the robot,” Kowalczyk said. On a week-to-week basis, the team does a lot of engineering work on the robots with several design projects. “Right now we are building a new center [robot] and a new quarterback [robot], as well as repairing our old robots in different ways,” Kowalczyk said. “We have a lot of members of the club that don’t necessarily play the games, but they are there to help do the design work.” At every practice, the team breaks into smaller teams concentrating on specific robots. Rauch works on the quarterback robot team, and within it, she works with a smaller group developing a ranging system for the robot. “The three of us working on that project take what the leader says we need to work on and then we go and we do research. We just got our censors in, so we are starting to

implement things and tests,” Rauch said. At the end of practice, the teams goes over what they accomplished in their areas. As for new members, not much experience is necessary to join the team. “We teach them all the things that they need to know, and it’s a great way for them to learn things they might not learn in classes, or get to use the things they are learning in their classes in a hands-on, productive way,” Kowalczyk said. Rauch spoke to her experience as a new member. “It’s a lot of new information. Obviously because I am a first year I don’t really know a lot of the technical side of things,” Rauch said. “The team I’m working on is mostly seniors and they’ve all been very welcoming and very willing to explain even the littlest terms to me.” Contact Cate Von Dohlen at cvondohl@nd.edu

LGBTQ alum talks ‘past, present and future’ By MATTHEW KELLENBERG News Writer

Liam Dacey, a Notre Dame alumnus (’04), gave a talk about the past, present and future of LGBTQ+ acceptance at Notre Dame on Friday in DeBartolo Hall. As an undergraduate, Dacey co-founded the University’s Queer Film Festival. Today, he is a board member of Gay & Lesbian Alumni of Notre Dame & St. Mary’s (GALA-ND/SMC), an officially unrecognized alumni group. Spectrum co-sponsored the talk with Diversity and Inclusion. Dacey said he came out as gay his sophomore year at Notre Dame, during which he considered transferring colleges. However, he said support from professors helped him decide to stay. “I remember, I’m meeting with Jill Godmilow, who’s an

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campus. Jennifer Godfrey, Campus Dining assistant director of retail dining, oversees all the restaurants in the Huddle Food Court, including Smashburger, Taco Bell, Starbucks and of course, Subway. Subway came to LaFortune in 2002 — the first Subway ever opened on a college campus, Godfrey said. She said that Subway was chosen due to its ability to operate franchises in small spaces and to best serve student dining needs.

emeritus Professor now in FTT. And she was like, ‘You have to stay, there’s not enough gay people here. We need you,’ and she got other professors to talk to me and try to encourage me to stay, especially in the film department.” Dacey said he came up with the idea for the Queer Film Festival the next year. “I met someone who was the chair of GALA at the time, Gus Hinojosa, and I remember at Starbucks — this might have been later in my junior year — but we were just shooting the breeze and I was like, ‘Hey, maybe we should do like a gay film festival or an LGBT film festival,’ and he was like, ‘That’s a great idea.’” In 2004, Notre Dame had its first Queer Film Festival. “It was kind of a surreal weekend, the first festival especially. And at the end — it was like a three or four-day

thing — we screened the last film at the Hesburgh Library.” On the last day of the festival, Dacey said he and a group of festival members visited Fr. Hesburgh’s office. “We met with Fr. Hesburgh, told him what we were doing — we just did the first-ever LGBT Film Festival at Notre Dame — and he blessed us. He compared what we were doing to what he did during the Civil Rights movement.” In his talk, Dacey also recalled a conversation he once had with Fr. Mark Poorman, the former Vice President of Student Affairs at Notre Dame. Dacey wanted an LGBT student club on campus. “I remember I asked him in his office once, ‘What’s it going to take? Why can’t we just get a student club?’ And he told me, in a very candid moment, ‘It’s just there’s not enough trust.’ And he was like, ‘Put yourself

in the administration’s shoes. What if an LGBT student club, like, had some wild gay pride parade in the middle of campus? What would we do? How would we answer to alumni?’” Dacey cited Notre Dame’s position as a Catholic university as an institutional obstacle to progress on LGBTQ+ issues. “Here you not only have academia but you also have the Catholic Church,” Dacey said. “So you have two powerful forces working there. But that being said, I don’t think Notre Dame would have progressed as much as it has if it didn’t allow for progressive change.” Describing the future of Notre Dame’s non-discrimination clause, which currently does not include sexual and gender identity, Dacey brought up the Supreme Court’s upcoming Title VII decision. Title VII of the Civil Rights Act outlaws

employee discrimination on the basis of sex, race, color, religion and national origin; the future legal protection of sexual and gender identity depends on the court’s decision. “I think whatever ruling they do there will definitely affect what Notre Dame ends up doing,” he said. Even if the Supreme Court votes in opposition, however, Dacey said he believes the University will eventually expand its non-discrimination clause. “If they don’t rule in our favor at the Supreme Court, and it just kind of goes back into Notre Dame’s hands,” Dacey said. “I think it’s going to take longer. I’m still optimistic it will happen, but I don’t see that happening easily and anytime soon.”

“We want to make sure that students have access, not only after the dining halls close, but at 1 a.m. or midnight, you know, they might need a late-night pick-me-up if they’re pulling an all-nighter. Subway has fit very well into that,” Godfrey said. It’s commonly said among students that the Subway in LaFortune is the highest-grossing Subway in the country. This is no longer true, Godfrey said, but it used to be. “For the first 10 years it was open, I’d say 2002 to about 2012, we were … the highest sales in this area and in the United States,” she said. While the LaFortune Subway

has since lost its status as having the highest sales in the country, it remains “one of the highest in the nation,” Godfrey said. She said this is in part due to government organizations and other colleges opening their own Subway franchises following the LaFortune Subway’s success. Holly Young, a Campus Dining lead retail associate, has worked for Notre Dame Campus Dining for 25 years. She said she primarily works at Subway, where she makes the bread and cookies every day. Young said she has enjoyed her time at Subway, especially on football game days.

“The funnest time is game days, because the fans are so hype and stuff,” she said. “They come through the line, and they just make your day, because they hype you up and your day goes by faster. That’s just the funnest time to work here.” Young said that Subway has had many regular customers over the years, including some with unusual tastes. “We had this guy, he graduated a couple years ago but he would come in and get ovenroasted chicken breast with tuna on it,” she said. “I don’t know if it was like an overseas thing that they did — chicken and tuna — but he would get

it every other day if not every day.” Young has worked at Subway in LaFortune since it first opened in 2002 — longer than any other active employee. She said that at the Subway, as the longest-running chain restaurant at Notre Dame, a tight-knit community has formed among the employees. “Of course, you have your ups and downs, but for the most part we all get along,” she said, “We have a lot of long-term employees here, so we’re like a family.”

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her final statements to Nassar following his sentencing. In the clip, Aquilina reads aloud excerpts from a letter written by Nassar, in which he claims to have been a “good doctor” and that the media had “convinced [the victims] that everything I did was wrong and bad.” Aquilina concludes the reading with a measured stare, then tosses Nassar’s written statement to the bench, eliciting gasps from those watching in the court room. Aquilina, as well as Grace French, Louise Harder and Melissa Hudecz, three “sister survivors” of abuse by Nassar, visited Saint Mary’s Sunday night for a screening of the HBO documentary “At the Heart of Gold: Inside the USA Gymnastics Scandal” and discussion panel, Sunday night. Before the screening, Aquilina, French, Harder and Hudecz sat down with Belles Against Violence Office (BAVO) coordinator Liz Coulston, the BAVO Student Advisory Committee and representatives from the Saint Mary’s Athletic Department to discuss sexual violence prevention, intervention and response. In her introduction of the panelists, Coulston said while the Nassar case received a lot of attention in the media, focus should also be turned towards what the sister survivors have done in the year following the trial. “[The sister survivors] have kind of said that the case was only the beginning, and now they’re really working to educate the public and create advocacy around this issue on how to better protect

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The panel that followed included Judge Rosemarie Aquilina as well as advocates and “Sister Survivors” of Nassar’s abuse, Grace French, Louise Harder and Melissa Hudecz. The event discussed sexual violence prevention, intervention and response. Aquilina sentenced Nassar to seven life sentences — 175 years of prison time. “I think that we all have an obligation or responsibility to give voice to our victims in many ways,” Aquilina said. She discussed the ways being a woman impacted how others perceived her work as a judge. “If I could have been a man, I firmly believe that I wouldn’t have been criticized, I would have been applauded when I took out Nassar with a couple of my comments, but because I’m a woman, I was ‘too harsh,‘” Aquilina said. “... [But] a man would not have listened to 169 victims … they wouldn’t have taken the time.” Eighty-eight women were scheduled to come forward with their stories, but Aquilina allowed every person affected to testify, and by the end of the week over 156 women had spoken, the documentary said. According to the BAVO Facebook page, Aquilina has

our children and our athletes,” Coulston said. “We can’t change these issues of sexual violence and relationship violence and stalking without talking about them. So we’re creating these safe spaces for us to talk about them and learn about them in a healthy, safe way.” At the start, only six survivors had agreed to use their name when they testified. As the number of those willing to testify on public record grew and more victims came forward, the group grew to 156. Aquilina said she named those who testified in the trial the “sister survivors” because of the close relationships she watched form and flourish within the courtroom, and witnessed the empowerment the women gave to themselves and each other. “When they came in — and you can see them on the screen — they said, ‘Your honor, may I address the defendant?’,” Aquilina said. “And many of them started out the same way: ‘I am not a number. I am a name.’ I watched them grow and become empowered and then I spoke to them and … I could literally feel them drop their pain and then walk to the back of the room and be joined by others — and I knew that they did not all know each other,” she said. “They were hugging and crying together. I was watching a family be formed. I could feel it. I mean, if you were in that courtroom, you felt this energy of these people with this common crime that was so vile against them joining together, empowering each other and coming together in strength and I started calling them sister survivors, an army of sister survivors. And it just stuck because that’s what they were.” The survivors began to lean on

each other for support, Aquilina said, finding strength in a group of strangers who would later become as close as biological sisters. “They started supporting each other, one after the other and aligning themselves together,” she said. “It was magnificent. It was almost biblical. I mean, they joined together as a force against this crime. And I couldn’t help but call them sister survivors, because they became sisters in those moments.” In 2018, sister survivor Grace French, a 22-year-old woman from Ann Arbor, Michigan, founded The Army of Survivors, a nonprofit organization with the mission of bringing “awareness, accountability, [and] transparency to sexual violence against athletes at all levels.” Louise Harder, survivor and board director and strategist for The Army of Survivors, said this sisterhood was born out of a shared understanding and compassion for each other. “There’s some unspoken language between survivors,” she said. “We didn’t have to rehash the story. We didn’t have to say anything at all, yet, the people next to me knew exactly what’s going on and that has continued to be a bond. There are still sister survivors that I am in fairly frequent contact with and still reach out to. They’re lasting bonds, and again, like I said, you don’t have to say anything. It’s just kind of this unspoken, unwritten type of relationship.” Sister survivor Melissa Hudecz, an occupational therapist and the reporting and research chair for The Army of Survivors, said these relationships were built under extreme circumstances, within a short period of time. “The intensity happens so fast,”

emerged as a symbol of hope for survivors of sexual abuse. “We need to change the language. So ‘man up’ means that men are strong when they speak out against abuse, when they speak up for themselves, when they speak up for anybody that isn’t speaking up,” Aquilina said. “And when you use terms of ‘Oh, that woman has PMS,’ because she’s upset … you shouldn’t be doing that — we need to respect people. PMS, I think it stands for promote, mentor and support.” One member of the audience asked the panelists for advice on how to keep working toward justice for sexual abuse victims. “The longer the time passes where they don’t produce documents, where they don’t get answers, when they don’t continue the investigation, the American public forgets, and evidence can get destroyed,” Aquilina said in response. “… We want you to continue the conversation so that we don’t forget it, so that we do a meaningful change — because by stonewalling, by not answering this, America is quick to go on to the next issue.” French said the best way to make a difference is for those who are not survivors to be advocates. “One of the biggest things I would say, for everybody is just to be loud about this issue if you have the energy,” French said. “One of the biggest things I’ve noticed as an advocate is that a lot of the times,

it’s only survivors on this panel. And it’s exhausting to be a survivor and to be talking about this every day, or talking about this and trying to do something every day.” Harder said she agrees with French, and that survivors need the support of others listening, learning and standing up for them. “[Those who] experience any sort of sexual violence or any sort of trauma, we’re stripped away of our power, and we’ve lost all control for at least a period of time,” Harder said. “… It goes back to believing the survivor, it goes back to listening, learning some of the grooming tactics that perpetrators use. It goes to standing up, [and] being an ally, because it is exhausting going to events and speaking up as a survivor, and standing up and being that voice — because we all have a voice and everyone’s story matters.” Hudecz said viewers can also make a difference by speaking out against the promotion of sexist and violent ideas in everyday culture. “One … easy thing to do is to not tolerate behavior that promotes sexual assault, to stand up against it,” Hudecz said. “That is huge for survivors. That’s huge for changing the culture. When we’re just silent and let it happen around us, we’re still part of the problem.” Contact Johannah Ward at jward01@saintmarys.edu

she said. “People you hardly know, all of a sudden, you realize know all of your deepest secrets, thoughts, and it’s just unspoken support for each other.” Aquilina, who also serves as a board director for The Army of Survivors, said she is traveling the world to discuss the first steps to fixing “a broken legal system” and a “broken medical community,” while giving a voice to those who feel silenced. “We need to go back to basics and that’s really what I’m talking about. Changing the basics, changing the language, doing what we do in the military when there’s a problem: retrain,” Aquilina said. “Making sure that everyone, from the least-ranked soldier to the top, is trained and educated. … And I’m not just saying this about sexual assault. There’s domestic violence, there’s physical violence, there’’s emotional violence, there is child abuse, there is the sex trade industry, sex trafficking, sexual assault, all of these things, and we need to start training people. I’m talking about how you recognize grooming, how you recognize if someone’s being sold, how you converse with people. So I’m trying to use my power to give voice and retrain us.” Athletes are trained to work through the most incredible forms of pain, Aquilina said, fighting through broken bones and torn muscles. The fact that sexual abuse has touched even the strongest of women is a testament to how pervasive the issue has become, she said. “I really think that as much as a tragedy as this has been, it’s also been a gift to the world to say this can happen to even the strongest of us,” she said. “And if this can happen to us, it can happen to you, it

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risks. It is up to the University’s discretion to decide when an incident qualifies for emergency actions, he added. McDevitt advised the organizers to leave, arguing they had made their point and had nothing to gain from staying. “If the purpose is to get people listening, they’re listening,” McDevitt said. After a brief group meeting, the protestors announced they would comply on three conditions: a list of all disciplinary

can happen to your best friend. Let’s keep the conversation going. Let’s eradicate this together.” When asked about the impact of speaking to students at a women’s college such as Saint Mary’s, Aquilina said she was happy to be connecting with young women seeking change. “There’s no corner in the world where we shouldn’t be having this conversation,” Aquilina said, “And what better place than a university where we have young minds who are eager to learn and to go out in multiple different professions, and talk about change, and teach change and work within a system for change as part of eradicating. I think that’s really the goal of the army of sister survivors and of all of the survivors.” Though Aquilina invited Saint Mary’s students and administrators into an important conversation, she said this discussion should ultimately extend beyond the College campus. The sharing of the sister survivors’ stories not be limited to female audiences, she said. “So [Saint Mary’s] is the perfect place,” Aquilina said. “Every university ought to watch this film, every university ought to listen to these survivors. And it’s not just about women. This is an all-women’s university. This is a conversation for men, women, boys and girls. They all ought to be part of the equation. If we say that this is a women’s issue, then we are doing what men have done to us to shut us up and shut us down. We need to be inclusive, not exclusive, and include them in the equation to eradicate this once and for all.” Contact Maeve Filbin at mfilbin01@saintmarys.edu

action leveled against the protestors; a clearer definition of “emergency procedures” and when the University can invoke them; and a list of all student rights pertaining to encounters with police. It is unclear whether the University will comply with the organizers’ requests. At the end of the protest, organizers said they plan to continue the sit-ins within a few days. They declined to provide further comment at this time. Contact Mary Steurer at msteure1@nd.edu and Tom Naatz at tnaatz@nd.edu

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By MARY STEURER Assistant Managing Editor

When its first season came out, “The End of the F***ing World” felt like it was over as soon as it started. But then it didn’t die. Netflix resurrected the show with another full eight episodes Nov. 4. The first season follows the misadventures of troubled teenagers Alyssa (Jessica Barden) and James (Alex Lawther). Well, troubled is putting it lightly, maybe. Alyssa is explosive and irreverent, armed with an impulsivity that is constantly getting her into trouble. And then there’s James, who’s convinced he is a psychopath. On a whim, the pair ditch their English suburbia for a joyride across the countryside, leaving a streak of crimes trailing behind. Inevitably, their crime spree catches up to them. In the season’s final moments, we see James on the run from armed policemen. Shots ring out, the screen cuts to black and that’s that. After the brick-wall ending of season one, it’s hard to have any expectations — literally, any at all — for season two. So why not let season one of “The End of the F***ing World” be the f—ing end? Was it those nasty Netflix administrators, who for want of capitalizing on the show’s success, unraveled what many hold up as the perfect ending? Honestly … probably. But it was also an opportunity for breakout writer Charlie Covell to spend more time on Alyssa and James. Frankly, I’m just glad we get to see eight more episodes of them.

By AIDAN O’MALLEY Scene Writer

Upon its release in 1980, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining” polarized critics. In fact, at the first-ever Golden Raspberry Awards, not only did Shelley Duvall compete for Worst Supporting Actress but so, too, did Kubrick for Worst Director. But, like the majority of Kubrick’s films, it was only a matter of time before “The Shining” became a classic. Modern reappraisals of the film are overwhelmingly positive; in 2019, there’s hardly a soul unfamiliar with its iconic lines or its infamous locale. However, even 40 years later there remains one critic steadfast in his disdain: “Shining” author Stephen King. The king of horror famously despised Kubrick’s film for its countless creative liberties; its status today as a beloved adaptation only rubs salt in the wound. So in 2013 King published “Doctor Sleep,” a sequel to “The Shining” meant to reclaim the story for himself. Now, six years later, we have “the major motion picture.” Director Mike Flanagan (“Oculus,” “Hush,” fellow King adaptation “Gerald’s Game”) is no Stanley Kubrick, but his catalog in the horror genre has nevertheless generated a small but spoken following. And to be fair, “Doctor Sleep” is at its best when he’s let off his leash (the “astral projection” sequence, in particular, is a sight to behold.) The only problem is that

As fans of season one will remember, character growth for both Alyssa and James was hard-fought. “[Alyssa and James] start out as sort of comic-book characters, and then unravel to become messy and sad and bleak,” Lawther said in a February interview with British news publication the Independent. There is not so much pretense this time around. Admittedly, most of season two is spent mopping up the emotional aftermath of their shared trauma. This may sound like an affront to the original season’s break-neck pace, but Alyssa and James are two years older now. In a way, the newfound maturity is nice to see. For one, James has thawed considerably. He’s himself, just not as haunted. Likewise, Alyssa — though she still has her moments — has lost quite a bit of her edge. These are characters that have done two years of growing up, and it shows. And that means the softer moments that were few-andfar-between in season one are center-stage this time around. Yes, some of the intensity is gone. Season two is less hungry. It’s less angry. But it bears its heart a little more proudly. That’s not to say the two seasons aren’t cut from the same cloth. Stylistically, both seasons speak the same language. It’s still about two teenagers, a car and the road — plus some moderately gratuitous violence. I’d be remiss if I didn’t mention season two introduces a new lead character, however. Enter Bonnie (Naomi Ackie), a college-aged misanthrope whose emotional baggage is certainly on par with the likes of Alyssa and James. It sounds bad, having a third character shoe-horned into a show that barely has the emotional

space for two. But with episode one all to herself, Ackie quickly proves her place in the season. (And, if it’s any comfort, Bonnie doesn’t just come out of nowhere — she’s based off a minor character from the original comic.) Aside from compelling performances from its leads, there’s plenty more to enjoy this season. Yet again, the soundtrack does not disappoint, with Graham Coxon, best known from English rock band Blur, returning to compose a handful of originals. And — true to the original comic — the show’s continued love affair with diners and small towns means this English show does a scarily good job evoking a trans-American road trip. For anyone who’s ever had the compulsion to hop in a car and drive off to God-knows-where, it’s a whole lot of vicarious fun. On the whole, season two, like the last one, rambles along a little aimlessly, though to no fault of its own. This show was never about a destination, it was just about Alyssa and James.

Flanagan wastes the majority of the film on an impossible task: juggling the expectations of King with the legacy of Kubrick. And no matter your preference, “Doctor Sleep” ultimately disappoints. In retrospect, maybe King didn’t hate “The Shining” because it was a “bad movie” but because his and Kubrick’s styles are fundamentally incompatible. King’s fondness for dense, sometimes silly mythology and the stoic, interpretive qualities of Kubrick feel like opposite ends of the same spectrum, and in its attempts to bridge that gap “Doctor Sleep” plays like a cinematic identity crisis. References to the original never evolve beyond fan service; on the other hand, the new story often feels unsuited for the first. Think “2001” versus “2010”; “It: Chapter One” versus “It: Chapter Two.” The best King adaptations strip his stories to the bone, but “Doctor Sleep” wades too far into the deep end. That being said, there are plenty of compelling components to “Doctor Sleep,” and many are of King’s own making. The film follows an adult Danny Torrance (a solid Ewan McGregor) just as he’s hit rock bottom. He’s an unemployed alcoholic, still haunted by the ghosts of the Overlook Hotel. The story begins right as he forms a connection with Abra (Kyliegh Curran in a breakout role), a young girl who “shines” just as strong — if not stronger — than himself. What’s more, a crazed cult led by “Rose the Hat” (a deliciously sinister Rebecca Ferguson) is fast on their

trail, hoping to feed off of Abra’s psychic abilities in order to live forever. On paper, that sounds like a pulpy good time, and in all fairness, some of it is. But never do these characters or their stories feel like extensions of “The Shining.” Instead they feel tacked on, as if King himself could tell the book wouldn’t sell without them. Perhaps I’m too keen to compare “Doctor Sleep” to its predecessor. But can you blame me? Kubrick’s silent, spinechilling atmosphere has been replaced with skullcrusing dialogue; his revolutionary steadicam cinematography with a bland, blue-green hue; genuine horror with an occasional thrill. I get it: “Let it stand on its own!” And sure, as a separate Stephen King adaptation, the film would be passable. But as it stands today, “Doctor Sleep” is guilty by association.

Contact Mary Steurer at msteure1@nd.edu

“The End of the F***ing World” Starring: Jessica Barden, Alex Lawther and Naomi Ackie If You Like: “Misfits,” “Black Mirror,” “Twin Peaks” Where to Watch: Netflix

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“Doctor Sleep” Mike Flanagan Starring: Ewan McGregor, Rebecca Ferguson If you like: “It: Chapter 2,” “Ouija: Origin of Evil”

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What is liberty?

Inside Column

A minnow in the lake Olivia Luchetti Viewpoint Copyeditor

This past fall break I went to my high school football team’s senior night game with some friends from home, and we ran into more former classmates. To say this was a weird experience is a huge understatement. Sitting behind the high school student section watching the kids scream the same cheers I yelled two years ago, cheering for players who wear my friends’ former numbers and seeing all the teachers from my high school days produced a sentimental feeling inside me (and if you know me, I am the least sentimental person ever). A part of me wished I could relive those days, which sometimes seem to be my “peak.” You see, my high school is pretty small. For the most part, every person knew each other and I had known some of my classmates since preschool. In high school, I was one of the big fish in an extremely little pond — a puddle. And this silly high school football game reminded me of that. Now, I’m a little fish in a really big pond — a minnow in a lake. And I love this lake that I call home, but sometimes this change in status is hard. I went from getting A’s in every high school class and every person knowing my name, to barely scraping by in organic chemistry and having an extremely small close-knit group of best friends. And that’s totally okay — I wouldn’t change that for the world. I love my school, I love the people I go to school with and I love the opportunities this school presents. This lake is one of a kind; there is no other place on earth like it. Where else would a priest promo on the Jumbotron garner the loudest cheers during a football game (shoutout to Father Pete, I’m a big fan)? Where else would a group of guys unapologetically dance (in costume) in a flash mob for an entire quad of visiting alumni and students to see? Where else would kids sign up to punch their friends in order to raise money for charity? Nowhere else. It’s just that some days are tough, and I admittedly miss being that big fish in the puddle. No one talked about this transition from high school to Notre Dame when I was applying, and no one really seems to now. So consider this Inside Column a start to the discussion. Notre Dame is extremely challenging, but don’t let the challenge make you regretful or fearful about being a minnow in the lake. These are the best four years of your life — don’t waste them by looking back. Contact Olivia Luchetti at oluchett@nd.edu The views expressed in this Inside Column are those of the author and not necessarily those of The Observer.

Brennan Buhr God, Notre Dame, Country

“At the heart of liberty is the right to define one’s own concept of existence, of meaning, of the universe, and of the mystery of human life.” It is quite ironic that this historically momentous yet philosophically preposterous proclamation was made by an American Catholic, the now-retired Justice Anthony Kennedy, in the 1992 Planned Parenthood v. Casey decision reaffirming a constitutional right to abortion. Kennedy grew up in a typical Irish Catholic family in Sacramento, California, and for all intents and purposes, has remained a consistent member of the Catholic Church to this day. Nevertheless, he clearly expresses in this statement a lack of faith not only in the Church’s understanding of natural law and its application to the abortion question, but also in the very anthropological underpinnings upon which the Catholic faith is rooted. Of course, Kennedy is an immensely erudite jurist who is certainly well aware of definitive Church teachings on these matters. It is no small feat to attend Stanford University, the London School of Economics and Harvard Law School, achieve great success as an attorney in private practice, then marshal one’s resume and experience toward a long career as a federal judge and Supreme Court justice. Although I have no window into his personal moral formation, it is hard to doubt that such a brilliant mind would remain in complete ignorance of the core tenets of his lifelong Catholic faith. Nevertheless, Kennedy has been completely at peace throughout his Supreme Court career with making decisions and writing opinions which f latly contradict the natural law by which God alone is sovereign over life and death. Our nation’s founding documents, which John Paul Ferguson keenly observed in a Letter to the Editor to have been inf luenced by a variety of sources both ancient and modern, was unquestionably written with basic natural law principles such as this one in mind. Although I am skeptical of Ferguson’s argument that the American Founding’s “much deeper ideas” were more profoundly rooted in ancient constitutionalism than in Enlightenment philosophy, I am sure we can agree on this much. Kennedy’s definition of liberty reaches outside the bounds of even the lukewarm theism to which our Founding Fathers generally adhered, for his definition is attached to a philosophical anthropology invented by the Enlightenment, detached from centuries of classical and Christian ref lection and wholly embraced by our contemporary liberal orthodoxy. Under this conception, “liberty” is an absolute standard of individual will which rules out any possibility of shared truth about human life that transcends our self-willed preferences. “Progress” is usually conceived by liberals entirely in these individualistic terms. However, Kennedy is far from alone among American Catholics in affirming a definition of liberty antithetical to the Catholic faith to which he himself paradoxically adheres. It is no secret

that public figures from Mario Cuomo to Joe Biden hold or have held similar views, justifying what little remains of their Catholic conscience as a mere “private” matter in tension with their supposed “public” duty to protect and defend individual choice as the defining feature of the American regime of liberty. Indeed, these views are commonly expressed, if sometimes only implicitly, in the pages of this publication, often by guest writers but sometimes by columnists who have a bone to pick with this or that Catholic teaching which does not comport with their personal preferences. Simply put, the Catholic faith always has been and always will be a staunch opponent of crude Enlightenment liberal individualism. As Pope Francis recently stated in an address to the International Federation of Catholic Universities, “it is necessary to overcome the legacy of the Enlightenment” and recover “an accurate vision of the human person” conceived in teleological terms connecting our own existence to the supernatural, sacramental order to which we all belong by nature. To move closer toward this vision constitutes true progress. The Church’s understanding of human nature has likewise been summarized by Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, who writes that “to be truly a human being means to be related in love, to be of and for.” This dynamic interplay of love f lows first from God (who simply “is love”) to ourselves, and then from ourselves to others in constant participation with that original source of all love. We belong first and foremost to God, not ourselves as autonomous agents. In other words, our very existence is itself a gift from God, totally undeserved, supremely beautiful and thus absolutely inviolable. Hence, every person, from the moment of conception until natural death, deserves to be loved by others with the dignity afforded to them as gifts from God. This is not “merely” Catholic doctrine, for it can be known universally through natural law and must be practiced among all peoples throughout the world. Truths like these should dramatically reorient any Catholic to view liberty as a participation in God’s eternal love for humanity rather than a self-willed concept grounded in a bleak, lonely, liberal anthropology. Nevertheless, in recent times, prominent American Catholics like Justice Kennedy have led the charge to advance the latter view over the former, which has corrupted the faithful to misunderstand the universal nature of the human person as created by and for love at all stages of life. It is the task of faithful Catholics here at Notre Dame, throughout the country and throughout the world to redeem the former definition of liberty and thereby reassert the primacy of truth in our contemporary political discourse. Brennan Buhr is a senior Juggerknott from Albany, NY who studies theology, political science (but really, just theory) and history. He loves drinking cold glasses of skim milk and eating salad for dessert when he is not consuming “the living bread that came down from heaven” (Jn 6:51) at the Basilica. He can be reached at bbuhr@nd.edu or @BuhrBrennan on Twitter. The views expressed in this column are those of the author and not necessarily those of The Observer.

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Parietals criminalize gender itself On Sunday morning, a number of students gathered in Stanford Hall to protest hatred on campus. As one of those students, I hoped to stand in solidarity with the victims of racist and queerphobic targeted violent speech. I was proud of the protest organizers, who acknowledged the role that parietals play in perpetuating sexism and queerphobia at Notre Dame. And as I sat on the f loor of Stanford Hall, I couldn’t help but notice a disheartening power dynamic: While the protestors — predominantly womxn of color and queer students — sat silently, many Stanford Hall residents slammed their doors and walked through the hallway wearing nothing but boxers. The intentions of these men seemed clear enough to me: Through aggressive expositions of masculinity, Stanford residents hoped to intimidate their peers. As time passed, NDPD took increasingly adverse action to break up the protest. While the officers seemed to be sympathetic during my brief stay at the protest, they were required to punish students for violating parietals. As The Observer reported, “At 4:15 a.m., [officers warned that] the University administration was prepared to invoke emergency procedures and protestors would be summarily expelled if they did not leave, citing security risks.” If you think such a citation is ridiculous, then you are in good company. We find ourselves in a situation in which students risk expulsion — an

absurd and disproportionate punishment — simply for protesting an already absurd policy. See, the implication of NDPD’s involvement and their citation is that a silent, peaceful protest composed primarily of marginalized people is dangerous. We must ask: What danger did the peaceful protesters pose? The only thing that was threatened by the protest was a white, cis-heternormative hegemony. Parietals are the University’s primary means of protecting this hegemony. As a cisgender queer student, I am essentially unburdened by parietals. I am free to walk into my dorm with my significant other at any hour of the day. I am free to enter and stay in his dorm as well. My status as a white cis-male means that parietals unjustly empower me even further; officers and University staff are more likely to let me move throughout “male” spaces unquestioned. I am not the first student to speak out against parietals. Notre Dame students (primarily womxn) have been doing so for decades. One need only search “parietals” on The Observer’s website to see powerful testimony about the dangers of the practice. Experts explain that these “kind of environments are more likely to lead to increased rates of sexual assault.” Neither am I the first student to use the language of criminality to describe our University’s approach to gender relations. We already know what

parietals are: an institutional attack against womxn, gender non-conforming students and the poor. For gender non-conforming students, parietals mean exclusion from safer spaces after certain hours. Furthermore, wealthy students may avoid parietals altogether. I have heard men brag about “taking girls to their off-campus apartment” — a luxury that only the very rich have. For those of us who do not have multiple places of residence in South Bend, parietals are unavoidable. Notre Dame’s choice to institutionalize sexism, trans-exclusion, queerphobia and classism through parietals is nothing short of reprehensible. The longer this issue is drawn out, the longer Notre Dame positions itself as a proponent of a white, cis-heteronormative hegemony. We are approaching a watershed moment in Notre Dame’s history: We may choose to abolish parietals and take a tangible step towards disarming sexual assaulters, misogynists, queerphobes and transexclusionists, or we may remain complacent in our exclusion. The choice seems clear to me. David Phillips junior Nov. 17

What can Disney teach us about politics? Vince Mallett Politically Ambidextrous

“Prince John says ta xes should hurt.” I, like many others, dove headfirst into Disney Plus last week. I didn’t k now it would end w ith an argument over whether Robin Hood is a socia list. It turns out college students can find a reason to bring politics into any thing. Nothing excites me more. So many in societ y want culture to be apolitica l; they want theme parks and churches and potato chip companies and children’s mov ies to “stay out of politics.” I think that mindset seriously misunderstands the nature of politics. It isn’t just about which part y w ill w in out and whose ta xes w ill go up. The most frustrating part of politica l conversations in college is when someone asks, “W hy do you care? It’s not going to affect you any way.” The role of politics is to protect the common life of the common person — if we aren’t affected by its ongoings, there is something fundamenta lly w rong. So when Mickey Mouse comments on politics, he isn’t stepping into an arena in which he doesn’t belong; he’s raising his voice in an auditorium built for him. Disney mov ies are not only examples of this message; at their best, they teach it themselves. Warning: Spoilers are forthcoming. Let’s begin w ith a look at ​A laddin​. On its face, this mov ie is the standard rags-to-riches, getthe-girl stor y w ith which ever yone is familiar. Look a little deeper, and one can see a wellmeaning, if occasiona lly misguided, attempt by Disney to introduce non-white heroes to their customers. If one thinks specifica lly about the politics of the mov ie’s universe, however, one question becomes glaringly ev ident: W hat does the Sultan do? The easy answer is, well, nothing. Jasmine’s father spends most of the mov ie tr y ing to find her a husband and being tricked by Jafar. He doesn’t

rule, or ma ke policy, or promote the common good. He changes one marriage law at the end; that’s about it. A laddin dreams of freedom from povert y and eventua lly attains it, and unwanted power to boot, simply because the magica l world favors his inner goodness. Will Agraba h be better run when A laddin becomes Sultan himself ? Will the “street-rats” still have to run from the guards after stea ling their only mea l for the day? The mov ie leaves these questions unanswered, because the role of Sultan itself is left so ambiguous. We don’t k now what impact A laddin’s power w ill have, because we don’t k now what he’s able to actua lly ​d o​. Even if this point isn’t intentiona l, it shines through once noticed. ​A laddin​ ma kes the implicit point that power is persona l. The indiv idua l goodness of the ruler may be ineffective if the structures of power at play do not a llow for that goodness to translate into just rule. Now, for R ​ obin Hood​. If you haven’t seen this underrated Disney masterpiece, stop what you’re doing and watch it immediately. It’s a fun, hilarious wonder of 1970s animation and its less-than-prominent role in Disney’s empire is simply tragic. It’s a lso ver y bad at hiding its politics, if it can be said to tr y at a ll. Prince John, the primar y v illain, is introduced to the v iewer while praising the wonders of ta xes. I would think that, overa ll, the word “ta x” is mentioned more in this mov ie than in a ll other Disney and Pi xar mov ies combined; I can’t think of any other instance of the word being used. Maybe things were ver y different in the seventies, but I can’t hear that word in a children’s mov ie and keep myself from wondering about the politica l intentions of the creators. I presumed that the mov ie would have some interesting sma ll-government messaging, and continued watching. I was shocked when others ca lled Robin Hood’s stea l-from-the-rich-to-give-to-the-poor scheme “socia list.” Socia lism, at least as far as I understand it, necessarily implicates state power, which was precisely what Robin Hood

was combatting. It’s crucia l to the stor y that the “rich” from whom Robin stea ls are those w ith politica l power — that is, the power to ta x the poor. The best justification for Robin’s actions, one the mov ie itself implicitly prov ides, is that the money he stea ls has been stolen from the people a lready. Robin is just stea ling what is theirs and returning it to them. This presumes, of course, that the state doesn’t get to ta ke whatever ta xes it wants and use them however it likes. Instead of Prince John hoarding ever yone else’s money for himself, he has an obligation to use that money for the common good of the people. The communit y in Nottingham is strong; children of different races play together, the Friar helps the poor and needy and ever yone genuinely wants to help their neighbors however possible. Imagine what a communit y like that could accomplish if their efforts were being ​a ided​ by the state instead of impeded by it. Robin Hood​, then, ma kes the point that politics should be about communit y, on the sma ll sca le. Politica l power is meant to ma ke life better for the common person. If it doesn’t, it is failing. Both of these mov ies, then, teach us that politics is, and should be, about the minutia of human life. It’s about the poor man who has to stea l bread to eat and the family who has to save for weeks to give their child a birthday gift. Through teaching these lessons, they a lso show that you can’t ma ke a truly meaningful mov ie w ithout a lso commenting on politics in some meaningful way. I don’t think they intended Disney Plus to be a starting point for politica l argument, but I bet this isn’t the last time it w ill act in that role. Vince Mallett is a junior at Notre Dame majoring in philosophy with a minor in constitutional studies. He is proud to hail from Carroll Hall and northern New Jersey. Vince can be reached at vmallett@nd.edu or @vince_mallett on Twitter. The views expressed in this column are those of the author and not necessarily those of The Observer.

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Horoscope | Eugenia Last Happy Birthday: Education is encouraged this year. Experience what life has to offer, broaden your spectrum and discover what makes you happy. Be ready, willing and able to take advantage of new beginnings by ensuring you have ended what is no longer useful to you. Focus on your dreams, loved ones and being the best possible version of who you want to be. Your numbers are 8, 12, 19, 24, 30, 43, 47. ARIES (March 21-April 19): A short trip will energize you. Take in all that you see and hear. New ideas will sprout, and plans can be put in place. Share with someone you love, and you’ll come up with a perfect combination to suit your goals. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Change is encouraged. Upgrade, start something new or engage in something that will bring you closer to someone you love. Share your thoughts, and make new memories. Today is about stability, loyalty and future security. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Be open regarding feelings and what you want to happen. Relationships should be high on your list of priorities. Do something beautiful for someone you love, and it will make a difference. Don’t let anger take over when keeping the peace will bring better results. CANCER (June 21-July 22): Take credit for what you do. Own up to what you want to become. It’s up to you to make adjustments to suit your needs. Don’t wait for someone to take over when you can do it. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Emotions will surface when it comes to personal matters and domestic issues. Accept the inevitable, and make the most out of whatever situation you face. Personal growth will result and develop into something rewarding. Romance is on the rise. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Don’t get angry when you should be looking for a way to make a difference. Helping others isn’t always easy, but if you set a good example and show compassion, you will win over even your most challenging opponent. Change begins within. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Look for a purpose when it comes to working. Take a direction that lets you use your interests and your skills to earn a living. Expand your dossier to include what motivates you the most. Romance is encouraged. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Travel mentally, physically and emotionally. Learn from what you experience, and expand your mind, spirit and goals. Speak up, share ideas and bring about change. Captivate, seduce and turn your dreams into reality. Focus on doing what’s right. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Make a change in your daily routine. Focus on strength, stamina and improving your body, mind and spirit. Personal growth will bring you the most satisfaction and encourage you to live a moderate lifestyle. Love and romance will enhance your life. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Evaluate your position, where you see yourself heading and what you need to do to reach your destination. A change takes courage, along with the physical wherewithal to make it happen. Don’t freeze when you should be taking action. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): A physical challenge will energize you. You don’t have to compete with others; do your best, and focus on self-improvement. What you achieve will make you feel stronger and give you the confidence you need to make an overdue adjustment. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Do whatever is necessary to improve your health and protect your reputation. It’s in your best interest to make a positive suggestion if you want to avoid a setback. Offer love, time and healthy alternatives to those who question your motives. Don’t assume others have your best interest at heart. Birthday Baby: You are passionate, intense and thoughtful. You are driven and possessive.

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Heisman voting needs changes Jimmy Ward Associate Sports Editor

I’m not a big fan of the Heisman Trophy in general. Ever since the award was given to Ohio State’s Troy Smith in 2006 over Brady Quinn, I started to tune out to the ridiculous spectacle. In my lifetime, this is when the award started to go dow nhill, but it can easily be argued that it started decay ing long before this. Just a year prior w ith Brady Quinn in the running again — likely in some sort of scheme attempt to boost v iewership — Reggie Bush was forced to forfeit his trophy after it was decided by the NCA A that he had received “improper benefits” in the voting that allowed him to w in. I’m not a huge Reggie Bush fan, as mentioned in prev ious articles. A lthough the Saints probably deser ved to w in the Super Bowl in 2010 after the devastation of Hurricane Katrina five years prior, I am still bitter Pey ton Manning and the Colts were unable to get the job done in Miami. But after Bush was forced to vacate his Heisman, he brought up a good point that I believe is still relevant today. “One of the greatest honors of my life was w inning the Heisman Trophy in 2005,” Bush said. “For me, it was a dream come true. But I know that the Heisman is not mine alone. Far from it. I know that my v ictor y was made possible by the discipline and hard work of my teammates, the steady guidance of my coaches, the inspiration of the fans, and the unconditional love of my family and friends. And I know that any young man fortunate enough to w in the Heisman enters into a family of sorts. Each indiv idual carries the legacy of the award and each one is entrusted w ith its good name.” So why has the the award fallen into such slimy hands in years past? Johnny Manziel played the opposite

way to how Bush describes a Heisman Trophy w inner should carr y himself, mocking opponents and part y ing all week. A good Heisman w inner carries himself the way LSU’s Joe Burrow or A labama’s Tua Tagovailoa plays. They take the field, make plays, then quietly jog to their bench and play a leadership role on the sideline. With news of Tagovailoa’s season-ending injur y, I felt this article was important to w rite. Tua ver y easily could have won the Heisman this year, but would it really even mean any thing to him and his program w ithout a title? Tagovailoa w ill, barring some sort of miracle, ver y likely not w in the Heisman this year. But the Heisman should be done away w ith entirely. In recent years we have seen Manziel, Baker May field and Tim Tebow w in the award, and all of them have miserably failed in their football careers. If we want an award that can exemplif y the best football player in the NCA A, assuming the Heisman lives on — which it likely w ill — we should not give voting rights to members of the media; rather we should give it to the old guys who have paved the way for the game in years past, the men that played in the trenches and got their work off the field done w ith diligence. W hen members of the media are granted the right to choose the v ictor of this award, nine times out of 10 they w ill choose the most polarizing figure they can find. A figure that histor y has proven is not the right choice for the award. Perhaps maybe then the Heisman Trophy w ill be redeemed to its former glor y and prestige.

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intensity. For a team as talented and skilled as Wisconsin was, I thought we didn’t play them aggressively enough,” Jackson said. “It certainly showed in the outcome of the game. Watching film and discussing with our guys, the intensity level needed to be higher.” The Irish came out much faster on Saturday. The Irish got their first goal of the series just 34 seconds into the game from freshman forward Trevor Janicke. After being shut out the night before, starting early was critical for the Irish. Jackson believed the Irish brought much better drive in the second game. “Saturday, we did a much better job in that area. Regardless of how we won the game, we played a much better game from a physical intensity aspect,” Jackson said. “We were a bit sloppy with the puck leading to odd-man rush situations, but other than that I was very pleased with the effort on Saturday.” The Irish got another goal in the first period from sophomore forward Cam Burke on a powerful play in front of the net to clean up a mess and put the puck in the net. It was yet another goal from the Irish bottom-six forwards that have been scoring so often as of late. Jackson believes the team’s depth at forward has been a key thus far. “It’s been huge for us. We’re getting production from everybody. … Last weekend, it

was [junior forward] Pierce Crawford scoring a big goal; Cam Burke scored a goal this weekend. That line has been playing better in the last few games, which really helps us. The [sophomore forward Jake] Pivonka line has been productive, all three guys have had an impact,” Jackson said. “The challenge is our top line is getting so much attention, they are getting shut down. The last few goals on Saturday were both goals from guys who had not scored in a while in [junior forward Colin] Theisen and [sophomore forward] Alex Steeves. We had three of our four lines productive, and top line defended well because they were constantly playing against the other team’s top line.” In addition to this contribution from some unsung heroes, senior Cale Morris continued to be the rock the Irish need in net. It was not a great statistical weekend for the Irish net minder, but he made some extremely timely saves that don’t translate into save percentage and goals against average the way they do on the scoreboard. Morris kept the Irish in both games, coming up with key saves as the teams played high-speed, high-shot hockey. On Saturday in particular, he was forced to come up with several athletic saves on oddman rushes to get the win. Jackson had high praise for his goaltender. “I thought he was outstanding both nights. He saved our bacon even more so Saturday night. We would not have had

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a chance to win if he had not made some big saves. We gave up too many odd-man rushes, and he was the difference in those situations,” Jackson said. “Even though he gave up four goals, he probably stopped another 10. I thought he was outstanding and gave us a chance to win that game.” After taking that 2-1 lead, the Badgers responded quickly to tie the game. This would become a trend, as the Irish took a 3-2 lead in the second period only to forfeit that advantage as well. The Badgers’ only lead was 4-3, but Theisen’s clutch goal made it 4-4 in the third period. In overtime, another bottom-six goal earned an extra point in the standings for the Irish. Nate Clurman made an impressive defensive play on the Irish end to clear the puck off the Irish goal line after a breakaway. Just a minute later, Alex Steeves twisted around the top of the slot and fired a seeing-eye puck through traffic to ensure the victory. Jackson was happy with his team’s resiliency in the second game. “We got shut out the night before, so getting off to a good start was crucial,” Jackson said. “We had the lead three or four times and we kept giving it up. They took the lead in the third, but it was the same thing we have been seeing all season long in terms of resiliency and being able to come back after they took the lead. To win it in overtime made it that much more rewarding.” Contact Jack Concannon at jconcan2@nd.edu

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not stop competing, responding to every hit with one of her own. Going into the third, both fighters had demonstrated their right to be here. Abdul Rahman came out with her arms swinging, and McCarthy only engaged when Abdul Rahman was within her range, letting her opponent come to her. Abdul Rahman landed an impressive series of body shots in the middle of the third. The fight ended with both boxers heaving everything they had at each other. The winner, by split decision, was McCarthy.

Cam “Can’t Touch This” Dowd def. Kate “Whack” Zawacki The fight started with both fighters eager to get started. After an initial exchange of punches, Badin Hall sophomore Cam “Can’t Touch This” Dowd turned on the pressure and landed a series of barelycontested blows. McGlinn Hall senior Kate “Whack” Zawacki, trying to keep distance in the first, was pushed into the ropes more than once. At the start of the second, Zawacki came out her corner much more aggressively. Dowd met every one of her punches with ones of her own. In the middle of the second, Zawacki landed an undisputed combination, forcing Dowd to back off. By the start of the third, the fighters had earned each other’s respect. Going into the third, the fighters engaged mostly in the center of the ring. Dowd managed to push Zawacki back a few times, but Zawacki was never met without giving a fight. Tired from a long fight, both fighters managed to land mostly undisputed punches at the end of the contest. Dowd was named winner by split decision.

Sydney “The Sloth” Carlino def. Molly O’Connor At the first bell, the fighters were quick to start. There was a clear size difference in this fight, with Cavanaugh Hall junior Sydney “The Sloth” Carlino being a lot smaller than her opponent, fellow Cavanaugh junior Molly O’Connor. Carlino moved around the ring a lot, forcing O’Connor to chase after her. When the two engaged, O’Connor would hit high and Carlino would hit low. Each fighter used her opponent’s size as an advantage. In the second round, the fighters, once again, met in the middle of the ring. They exchanged jabs, and Carlino landed a meaningful series of shots to O’Connor’s head. O’Connor tried to use her reach to keep Carlino at bay, but Carlino continued finding a way under. In the third round, the two fighters were very much engaged. Carlino continued applying pressure and, this round, O’Connor was meeting her shot for shot. O’Connor

made contact with Carlino’s head, forcing her back on multiple occasions. Carlino won by unanimous decision.

Liz “Lights Out” Kerner def. Carly “The Wall” Hall Both fighters came out aggressive in the first round, but both Carly Hall and Liz Kerner kept steady defenses for the majority of the first round. As time wore down in the first round, Kerner, a Pasquerilla East sophomore, found a steady stream of success with low body blows followed by hard uppercuts aimed at Hall’s headgear. Hall, a sophomore in Pasquerilla West, fixed her approach to start the second round, sending multiple left jabs through Kerner’s hands. However, Hall left her own hands too far apart, and Kerner delivered a quick jab that sent Hall to the mat briefly. The bell rang with Hall firmly in control of the bout. In control, Kerner didn’t slow down, loading up with a crushing right jab that stunned Hall. Comfortable with her efforts to that point, Kerner settled into a defensive approach to see out the rest of the bout. Kerner earned the victory via unanimous decision.

Delany “Sharkface” Bolton def. Jen “Kinetic Jenergy” Lies Delany Bolton came out the aggressor and pushed Jen Lies around the ropes, repeatedly pounding Lies’ headgear. After struggling through the first half of the round, Lies responded with a couple of blows to slow Bolton’s ongoing attack at the first bell. “Sharkface” didn’t slow down in the second round. She frequently utilized combinations, leading with a left jab before following with a powerful right hook that often found its mark on the side of Lies’ headgear. Lies, a Lewis senior, was able to crack Bolton’s defense a few times, landing a handful of jabs, but Bolton largely controlled the round. Lies came out needing an aggressive and dominant third round and found space for a few hard jabs to start the round. But Bolton’s signature right hook continued to do significant damage and as the round wore on, Bolton prioritized defense to preserve the victory. It was more than enough as the Welsh Family Hall senior won by unanimous decision.

end of the first round and took a couple of body shots. The second round was slightly calmer than the first round. Voigt patiently probed for weak links in her opponent’s defense. Sheehy held her own, but Voigt found a hole in the last ten seconds, pummeling Sheehy up against the ropes and landing a bevy of body blows. Sheehy provided an excellent defensive show at the start of the third round, often baiting Voigt into an aggressive attack before evading and launching a counterattack. Unfortunately, Sheehy’s defensive stand was not enough to make up for the first two rounds of steady attacks she endured. Voigt was named the winner by unanimous decision.

Molly “The Silent G” Giglia def. Kelly Ward A tense first round saw both fighters shuffle around the center, with decisive punches hard to come by. It was Molly “The Silent G” Giglia who landed the first big blow, a resounding right hook against Ward’s headgear. Giglia stayed aggressive in the second round, but the Pangborn sophomore Ward showed composure in handling many of the blows thrown at her. However, offense against Giglia’s steady defense was hard to find, and the bell rang with Ward still searching for a strong offensive combination. Sensing the urgency, Ward came out decidedly more aggressive, but the fast-paced style didn’t bother Giglia; the Cavanaugh senior continued to display exemplary defense and pleaded her case to the judges with a few more left jabs that cracked Ward’s defense. Giglia sealed the victory with a final combination that ended with a powerful right-handed hook

to Ward’s headgear, propelling her to a victory by unanimous decision.

Ally “Oops” Desrosiers def. Caitlyn “The Warden” Ward The first round saw two fighters with polar-opposite strategies. The taller fighter, the off-campus graduate student Ward, attempted to keep Desrosiers at a distance and deliver damage from afar. Desrosiers preferred to get in close, firing a multitude of quick body jabs. Both fighters landed several blows in an even first round. The second round was much of the same, with neither fighter appearing to gain a significant advantage. Ward controlled the center of the ring, as Desrosiers spent much of the round near the ropes, but the Pasquerilla West junior’s defense held strong and she found room for a few strong left jabs and appeared to have a slight edge at the second bell. The bout was up for grabs entering the third round, and it was Ward who first made her case, pushing Desrosiers against the ropes with a series of combinations. However, Desrosiers responded with a resounding left hook that briefly stunned Ward. Desrosiers carried her momentum through the rest of the round, utilizing an apparent second wind to repeatedly crack Ward’s defenses. Her strong finish earned her a unanimous decision victory.

Maggie “Luxembux” Farrell def. Gwen “Mary Lou” McCain McCain, the senior representing Lewis Hall, started the bout by throwing some fake punches and settling the nerves of the greener fighter Farrell, a sophomore representing Walsh

Hall. The fighters would both go after each other’s head after this brief starting exchange. McCain continued to throw false punches and then unleash a series of hooks on Farrell’s head. Both fighters ignored the other’s body in the first round, aiming for the vulnerable head area instead. The second round would open in much the same fashion, with both fighters engaging on series of wide hooks. It appeared through two rounds that McCain had landed more shots to her opponent’s head, but not without taking damage as Farrell landed plenty of hooks and jabs herself. McCain would would wait for Farrell to throw the first punch in the final round. Farrell, sensing the walls closing in, would continue to look for a big shot to McCain’s head, but McCain was having none of it; she lowered her head and in the third and final round, she finally started attacking the body, leaving her head exposed and open to Farrell’s heavy hooks. Farrell’s effort in the third was enough to get her the victory, though, as she was declared winner by split decision.

Maggie Gallagher def. Kaleigh “Phyton” Brauns Brauns, a junior representing Pasquerilla West, landed the first shot of the match on the much younger Gallagher, a freshman representing Howard Hall. Gallagher was able to respond well to the opening punch, however, landing several blows on her opponent’s head. Brauns was not ready to give in this early, and she sent Gallagher flying against the ropes to end the first round. Gallagher was the one who would throw the first combination in the second round, and the tide of the fight would soon quickly turn in the second.

Megan “Mamba” Voigt def. Sophia “Lights Out” Sheehy Round one was an entertaining back-and-forth affair, with both fighters covering large portions of the ring. It was Megan Voigt who often was able to back Sophia Sheehy into the corner, but Sheehy, a Cavanaugh Hall junior, was able to keep her hands up and avoid any massive blows. Voigt, a sophomore from Howard Hall, seemed to tire near the

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Ellie “Night Night” McCarthy, left, trades blows with Dania “Ka-Chow” Abdul Rahman during the Baraka Bouts finals Sunday night in the Dahnke Ballroom. McCarthy was declared champion by split decision.

Sports Gallagher would send Brauns up against the ropes in the first exchange of the round and on two other occasions. The second round concluded in a stark contrast to the first, with Gallagher bullying Brauns against the rope as the bell to end the round sounded. Gallagher opened the third round to the same tone as the second had ended. The power of Gallagher’s jabs sent her opponent stumbling back to the ropes several more times in the final round, and the referee paused the fight to check on her just before the final bell rang. Gallagher was declared winner by unanimous decision, but in a show of sportsmanship, Brauns was still grinning ear to ear when the final decision was announced.

Erin “The Big Mac” Doyle def. Alexis “Texas” Driscoll Both fighters came into the match with heads of steam and attacked the other with lightning quick combinations in the first round. Erin Doyle, a junior representing Pasquerilla West, appeared to be getting the better of her junior captain, Driscoll, a junior representing Lewis Hall. Blood appeared to be flowing from the head of Driscoll after she got up from her stool, which gave her a little more time to recover from the onslaught. Doyle went hunting in the second, smelling the

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imminent victory on the horizon if she continued to stay collected and land her shots on the quickly-fading Driscoll. Doyle showed no mercy in the third and final round, which she opened with strong jabs to the head of Driscoll. She would attack when the time called for it and retreat when her opponent would think about responding. Her shots were far too much for Driscoll to handle, as the referee would pause the fight just before the bell to conclude the match was set to ring, just for the sake of cleaning the blood dripping off of her face onto her gloves. When it was all said and done, Doyle was declared winner by unanimous decision.

Molly “You’re So Tall” Hartlage def. Isabel “Goose” Gese In the final bout of the evening, Hartlage, a senior representing Pasquerilla West, faced Gese, the junior representing Badin. Hartlage open the fight with a quick jab to Gese’s head, but Gese was fast to respond, landing jabs to Hartlage’s head and then attacking her body when she would cover her head up. Hartlage landed a heavy shot to Gese’s head that sent a wave a cheers throughout the crowd, but, preferring quantity over quality, Gese had landed several more punches than her opponent. Hartlage landed some big right hooks to start the second round, but Gese

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Katie “Whack” Zawacki, left, lands a left hook on Cam “Can’t Touch This” Dowd during the final round of Baraka Bouts at the Dankhe Ballroom on Sunday. Dowd won the bout in a split decision.

wasn’t fazed in the slightest. She responded with her own series of punches to Gese’s head, and heading into the third, it was easy to say that it could be anybody’s fight to conclude the evening. Hartlage started the first round swinging hard and often, and Gese would have no

choice but to push her opponent out of her reach, but even this was no easy feat, as the length of Hartlage seemed to give her a good advantage over Gese. Both fighters would exchange blows to conclude the final round, and neither was left without battle wounds when

the referee raised Hartlage’s hand, declaring her winner by unanimous decision.

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balls and stuff like that.” With only the weekend to rest and regroup before their next game, Brey and his team will have to quickly adjust for their next opponent, as the Irish will play at home against Presbyterian today. However, Brey felt confident about the team’s transition into today’s game. “I just think that we’re going to have to really be able to rely on that [strong defense]. There are just going to be nights when you’re going to have a hard time scoring, and this group does love to guard,” he said. “They like to guard. They know they can guard. Especially Pflueger, [senior guard T.J.] Gibbs, [sophomore guard Prentiss] Hubb, Mooney and then whoever the fifth is. Those four guys are really good defending together. Prentiss has learned a lot on how to defend as a college guard by playing with T.J. and Rex, because they just shove him into places when he is not in the right place. I think that he has learned to be better there.” The Irish are hoping to continue to improve their record to 4-1 Monday against Presbyterian. Brey and the team are eager to continue to prove themselves and many of the bench players are expected to contribute come Monday. Tip off is scheduled for 7 p.m. at Purcell Pavilion.

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Irish senior forward John Mooney leaps to grab a rebound during Notre Dame’s 64-62 loss against Clemson on March 6 at Purcell Pavilion. Mooney tallied 16 boards and a career-high 28 points Friday.

adjusting. “We didn’t get much off of our bench, apart from [sophomore guard] Dane [Goodwin]. [Sophomore guard Robby] Carmody got dinged early, so we just have to get him healthy for Monday,” Brey said. “And then we played small, we downshifted, because they were hard to deal with. We need more energy off of that bench, and I’ve got to be confident enough to use them. I wasn’t as confident to use them in the second half, especially Robby because he just had that look, because he got dinged. I think he’ll be fine. I don’t think that it’s a concussion or anything.” While this game might have reminded fans of last year’s matchup against Radford, where the Irish lost 63-60 in the third game of the season, Brey noted a few differences, particularly in the team’s defense. “I am looking as it’s coming and I’m having a little bit of the flashbacks,” he said. “Will we be mentally tough enough to figure out how to get over the hump? I thought our defensive stuff, we had some really key stops and got some loose balls. But I’ll tell you what, old [graduate student guard Rex Pflueger] in there defensively — it’s a whole different ball game with him back in there defensively at the end of the game, with loose

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baraka bouts | finals

Baraka Bouts champions crowned in finals By INIGO YTURRALDE, AIDAN THOMAS & JIMMY WARD Sports Writers & Associate Sports Editor

Karen “Can I Speak to Your Manager” Alvarez def. Danielle “Mighty Muffin” Harold The first fight of the night started out as everybody expected: heated. Both fighters came out of their corners intensely. There were few moments in the first round where the two were not engaged. Sophomore Danielle “Mighty Muffin” Harold landed a series of punches, and her opponent, Sophomore Karen “Can I Speak to Your Manager” Alvarez, responded with a volley of her own. Late in the first, Alvarez, a sophomore from Cavanaugh Hall, landed a big clean hit on Harold, her classmate from Flaherty Hall. At the start of the second, both fighters came out hard. Harold seemed to dominate the fight at the beginning, but Alvarez found her composure and responded to every punch with one of her own. Going into the third, it looked like Harold would win the fight based off of points alone. With

that, the fighters met each other head on, and Harold applied pressure for the majority of the round. Alvarez, staying on her back foot, was able to land a few big hits to the head when given some room, and Alvarez was named winner by split decision.

Ellie “Night Night” McCarthy def. Dania “KaChow” Abdul Rahman Badin Hall junior Dania “Ka-Chow” Abdul Rahman started the fight aggressively. She charged out of her corner, meeting Ryan Hall junior Ellie “Night Night” McCarthy head on. McCarthy responded in turn, using her reach to her advantage. Late in the first, Abdul Rahman took a big hit and was pushed into the ropes. McCarthy kept blue at bay throughout the first and attacked at will. At the start of the second, Abdul Rahman, once again, came out charging. This round, Abdul Rahman was trying to stay under McCarthy’s reach. She kept on the pressure, knowing that she needed to accumulate points. McCarthy did

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Karen “Can I speak to Your Manager” Alvarez pressures Danielle “Mighty Muffin” Harold with a right hook during the Baraka Bouts finals Sunday at Dankhe Ballroom. Alvarez won the round via a split decision.

nd men’s basketball | notre dame 74, marshall 64

hockey | wisconsin 3, nd 0; nd 5, wisconsin 4 (OT)

Irish split against Badgers, Mooney’s career night propels ND take first loss of year By JACK CONCANNON

By INIGO YTURRALDE

Sports Writer

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After an impressive home sweep of Ohio State, the Irish paid a visit to Madison, Wisconsin, for a two-game set against a Big Ten foe in the Wisconsin Badgers. The Badgers (6-6, 1-3 Big Ten) entered the series 0-2 in Big Ten play, but earning points on the road is always difficult and the Badgers have an extremely talented roster despite being swept the first weekend. The Irish (8-1-1, 4-1-1 Big Ten) had a bit of a letdown Friday night. The Badgers stifled the Irish offensively, taking away the top line and clogging the lanes for Irish offense. The Irish mustered just 22 shots on goal and conceded a goal in each period, including two on the power play. Irish head coach Jeff Jackson was not pleased with his team’s intensity in the first game of the series. “Friday night, I didn’t think we played with enough

On Friday, Notre Dame competed against Marshall University in their fourth game of the season. The matchup took place in the Purcell Pavilion, where a decisive 74-64 victory helped to elevate the team’s record to 3-1 for the season. The Irish never trailed for the entire game. They went up on Marshall (1-2, 0-0 C-USA) after 53 seconds of play, at which point senior forward Juwan Durham was fouled and made both free throws. After the game, head coach Mike Brey offered his initial thoughts on the victory, “I never thought that it was going to be easy against those guys. I was surprised that we were up like that early in the game. They have bodies, those athletic ACC kind of bodies. So, since Carolina, that was going to be a test. I love that we figured out a way to escape. That is how we are going to have to play. We guarded well enough to get out of there and [senior forward

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Irish sophomore forward Alex Steeves skates toward the puck during Notre Dame’s 3-2 overtime win over Ohio State on Nov. 8.

John Mooney] was superhuman out there, obviously.” Mooney put up All-Star numbers against the Bisons. The Orlando, Fla., native scored a career-high 28 points and had 16 rebounds, resulting in the team’s only double-double. Mooney is no stranger to putting up crazy numbers; last year he led the ACC in rebounds, with 11.2 per game, and averaged 14.1 points per game, good for 18th in the ACC. “He is unbelievable. We are riding him so hard. He is fabulous. He is just the man,” Brey said. “You think about him tomorrow and he is going to want to shoot extra, and I’ve got to lock the gym up so that he doesn’t shoot extra, because he needs rest. The physical display of doing that over 34 minutes is really amazing.” During the game, Marshall pressed hard and forced the Irish to make changes on the fly. Brey described the changes made mid-game and the difficulties that the team had with see M BBALL PAGE 11

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four scores. The four touchdowns for Claypool are the most by an Irish receiver in a single game since Maurice Stovall also caught four touchdowns against BYU in 2005. The month of November has treated Claypool nicely this season, as the uber-talented receiver has racked up 20 receptions and 332 receiving yards in his past three games. It seems as though any time the ball is thrown his way, Claypool is going to either come down with it or force a penalty. Fellow Irish senior and team captain Khalid Kareem didn’t mince words when it came to praising Claypool after his monster performance. “Chase is unstoppable. The dude is 6’5”, 225, so you can’t stop him,” Kareem said. “He’s amazing. … He’s really hard to stop, and you saw that today.” Irish senior captain and quarterback Ian Book also had words of praise for Claypool. “He’s having an awesome year. I would say that it’s starting to show on Saturdays, because of how hard he’s working during the week in practice,” Book said. “He’s taking the next step Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday in practice, not only just going out there and working hard but being a leader too, and it’s excelled his game a ton.” Book noted Claypool’s reliability as a receiver.

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“Chase always has the juice,” Book said. “He’s always talking, and he’s such a confident person, like he should be. You can tell when he gets on a roll, you want to keep giving him the ball, even though it might not be the clearest look, he’s going to come down with it, and that’s the best — it makes my job a lot easier.” Claypool credited much of his success to his chemistry with Book. “We’re roommates in the hotel, so we’re able to go through things if anything comes up, but I just think getting comfortable with the game plan helps as well,” Claypool said. “I think trust is a big thing. I think he fully trusts me now — not that he didn’t before, but he knows exactly where to put the ball. … He’s throwing the ball up and giving me a chance to make a play, and I’m happy that I’m able to make some plays for him to build that trust a little more.” Claypool said he was also happy to see some of the younger players score. “I love seeing other guys score,” he said. “I’m just as happy for them as when I score, if if not more excited for them, especially a younger guy like [sophomore wide receiver Braden] Lenzy who really got a chance to show out.” But the four touchdowns against Navy was not Claypool’s career high, as he was quick to note that he once scored 10 touchdowns against his league rival in eighth grade. “It’s a long story,” Claypool said. While that number 10 may not

be as attainable as it once was, four is enough to make a statement like Claypool did against Navy. Like Book, Kelly highlighted Claypool’s role as a catch-all receiver. “Chase is an important part of our offense. So he’s going to get the football,” Kelly said. “He’s an integral part, he got the game ball, and he is a guy that is difficult to defend ,because he can catch a drag route and score a touchdown, he can catch a ball on the sideline, he can catch a vertical route in the seam, a fade. He’s virtually a guy that has all of the weapons, so why wouldn’t you throw him the football in those situations?” Kelly also spoke to Claypool’s development over time. “I think last year was a maturation process for him in terms of him and Ian being on the same page,” Kelly said. “This has just been Ian coming into his own and Ian playing at such a high level that the ball is going where it should be going. … Last year, I think Chase was finding himself as a receiver, and this year Ian is playing at a high level right now, 10 touchdown passes in the last two weeks.” As time goes on, Claypool has only further proven to spectators that he will be suiting up on Sundays. The key for him is to continue to work hard throughout the week — and of course, a fourtouchdown performance never hurts.

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0 14

3 24

7 7

10 7

20 52

notre dame 7, navy 0

Chase Claypool 7-yard pass from Ian Book (Jonathan Doerer kick)

9:39

remaining Drive: 11 plays, 75 yards, 5:21 elapsed

NOTRE DAME 14, navy 0

Claypool 47-yard pass from Book (Doerer kick)

3:11

remaining Drive: Two plays, 73 yards, 0:23 elapsed

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notre dame 21, navy 0

Claypool 3-yard pass from Book (Doerer kick)

12:32

remaining Drive: Four plays, 39 yards, 1:35 elapsed

Notre dame 28, navy 0

Braden Lenzy 70-yard pass from Book (Doerer kick)

10:27

remaining Drive: One play, 70 yards, 0:09 elapsed

notre dame 31, navy 0 Doerer 32-yard field goal

4:45

remaining Drive: Seven plays, 29 yards, 3:23 elapsed

notre dame 38, navy 0

Tony Jones Jr. 2-yard run (Doerer kick)

1:30

remaining Drive: Eight plays, 24 yards, 3:04 elapsed

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Bijan Nichols 27-yard field goal

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Navy in the first quarter turned into a 21-0 deficit with 12 minutes to go before the half. From there, it was smooth sailing for the Irish. Book connected with sophomore wide receiver Braden Lenzy for a monstrous 70-yard touchdown pass. Irish junior kicker Jonathan Doerer nailed a 32-yard field goal minutes later to extend the Irish lead to 31-0. Before the half ended, Jones Jr. helped out with a 2-yard rush that was ruled a touchdown after review. The Midshipmen put some points on the board with a 27yard field goal by Bijan Nicholas, but even still it was too much too late. The Irish entered the locker room with a comfortable 35-3 lead at the half. The Irish offense kept things moving in the right direction in the second half. After the defense forced Navy to punt, the Irish took over on their own 22; Book went three for six, ending the drive with a 20-yard touchdown pass to Claypool. It was Claypool’s fourth touchdown of the day. With it, the atmosphere settled down at Notre Dame Stadium as a win was all but certain. The Midshipmen turned to the air in the following drive, but it was ultimately to no avail. Perry managed to connect with wide reciever Mychal Cooper for a nice 16-yard pass over the middle, but

the Irish would force a punt once more. From there, the Irish took Book out of the game and allowed junior quarterback Phil Jurkovec to take some snaps. Jurkovec connected with Lenzy for a 17-yard first down, but the Irish were ultimately forced to punt on the drive in their first punt of the evening. Navy took over on its own 26, and Perry managed to find Cooper for a 43-yard touchdown pass to give Navy its first touchdown of the day. But by then, it was once again too little, too late. After the game, Kelly lauded Book’s throw and his throwing abilities in general. “He can throw the ball deep, so we can take that one off the list,” Kelly said. “… He’s capable of making all the throws, and it’s good to have some speed back there, Lenzy being able to give us that stretch vertically. It was a beautiful throw, and it’s nice to see those plays hit. We kind of missed some of those earlier in the season, so it’s good to see them come together.” In light of criticism the senior quarterback has received this season, Kelly asserted his confidence in Book remains strong. “I knew what we had,” Kelly said. “I knew what he was going to give us. I mean, if it’s major league baseball, he had a little slump. I knew what he was capable of, we maintained confidence in him. The only thing I ever said to him is, ‘Don’t lose confidence in yourself.’ He works so hard, he does all

the right things. It was just a matter of there was too much noise.” The Irish extended their lead when sophomore linebacker Paul Moala returned a fumble for a touchdown. As Moala’s first career touchdown at Notre Dame, the sophomore’s excitement was palpable after the game. “It was an exhilarating experience,” Moala said. “It was just a testament to how well our defense played altogether. To have that opportunity to score was just a surreal moment.” For the Midshipmen, Perry went on to score a rushing touchdown and they tallied a field goal as well. But the 20-point total wasn’t nearly enough to overcome the Irish, who would be the victor by a score of 52-20 when all was said and done. Claypool finished the game with seven receptions, four of them touchdown receptions, and 117 yards receiving. Kelly discussed how big a part Claypool plays in the Irish offense. “Chase is an important part of our offense, so he is going to get the football,” Kelly said. “He probably got it a couple of times when the ball needed to go somewhere else today, actually, and that didn’t happen very often.” With the win, the Irish move to 8-2 on the season. They will take on Boston College in their last home game of the season next weekend. Contact Connor Mulvena at cmulvena@nd.edu

0:00

remaining Drive: Nine plays, 72 yards, 0:59 elapsed

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notre dame 45, navy 3

Claypool 20-yard pass from Book (Doerer kick)

9:55

remaining Drive: Seven plays, 78 yards, 2:09 elapsed

Notre dame 45, navy 10

Mychal Cooper 43-yard pass from Perry Olsen (Nichols kick)

1:42

remaining Drive: Seven plays, 74 yards, 3:36 elapsed

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notre dame 52, navy 10

Paul Moala 27-yard fumble return (Doerer kick)

14:39

remaining Drive: Two plays, -6 yards, 0:13 elapsed

notre dame 52, navy 17

Perry Olsen 2-yard run (Nichols kick)

5:31

remaining Drive: 18 plays, 75 yards, 9:08 elapsed

NOTRE DAME 52, navy 20 Nichols 36-yard field goal

1:18

remaining Drive: Six plays, 25 yards, 2:01 elapsed

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Irish freshman safety Kyle Hamilton, right, celebrates after making an open-field tackle for loss on a key fourth-and-one play that would set up the Irish in Midshipmen territory during Notre Dame’s 52-20 victory over Navy on Saturday at Notre Dame Stadium. Hamilton leads the team with three interceptions, including one returned for a touchdown.

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Notre Dame got off to a hot start against Navy, as Ian Book connected with Chase Claypool for the game’s first three touchdowns, two of them after Navy fumbles. The Irish never looked back, leading 38-3 at halftime and scoring on every drive until 5:18 left in the third quarter. The Irish defense held firm against the Midshipmen’s triple-option defense, sealing the win.

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Irish senior running back Tony Jones Jr. is tackled during the Notre Dame victory over Navy.

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Irish senior running back Tony Jones Jr. tries to find the perimeter during Notre Dame’s 52-20 win against Navy on Satuday at home.

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Irish sophomore running back Jahmir Smith tries to bust through during Notre Dame’s win Saturday.

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Irish sophomore linebacker Paul Moala heads for the end zone after recovering a fumble on a bad pitch during Notre Dame’s 52-20 victory against Navy at Notre Dame Stadium on Saturday.