Alozo King Ballet performs at ND

By CAROLINE COLLINS news writer

The a lonzo k ing l ines b allet will bring its newest performance “ d eep r iver” to life on stage this w ednesday and Thursday evening. The performance is part of the p resenting s eries at d e b artolo p erforming a rts c enter ( dpac ).

The piece was commissioned for the s an f rancisco-based company’s 40th anniversary and is a collaboration between director-choreographer a lonzo k ing, g rammy a ward-winning vocalist l isa f isher and m ac a rthur see balleT PAGE 4 advertising@ndsmcobserver.com

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The endowment year-end market value on June 30, 2022 totaled $18.9 billion, excluding assets held on behalf of religious affiliates, a significant decline from the 2021 endowment yearend market value totaling $20.3 billion. c ompared to a record 53.2% overall return in 2021 — the secondhighest one-year return in University history — n otre d ame’s endowment swung to a negative return.

“ d espite the -6.9 percent overall return for 2022, performance for the fiscal year and over longer durations remains strong relative to [long and short term] benchmarks,” the report stated.

“The n otre d ame e ndowment remains our single largest revenue stream,” s hannon c ullinan, University executive vice president, wrote in the report.

In the m essage from the President at the start of the report, Fr. John Jenkins wrote that one of the most notable developments of the year was the election of John m cGreevy by the University’s b oard of c ontributions and philanthropic support to the University this year were just as strong, if not stronger, than previous years. c ontributions receivable for the 2022 fiscal year totaled $550,462, an increase from 2021’s contributions receivable at $515,474. d ue to recent strength in undergraduate and graduate enrollment, revenue from net tuition and fees has modestly grown. h owever, because of this enrollment increase, the revenue was slightly offset due to a larger distribution of scholarships and fellowships. The pandemic was not a large issue in this year’s annual report. b rian Kirzeder, manager of University financial reporting, said that the University is no longer making up for costs from the pandemic, and “if you look

Trustees as provost. The combination of m cGreevy’s “scholarly achievements, his commitment to academic excellence across the University, his understanding of c atholic higher education and support for n otre d ame’s mission, and his embrace of [the University’s] aspirations regarding diversity, equity, and inclusion make him an ideal leader for n otre d ame at this moment in our history,” Jenkins said in the report.

The largest portion — 43% — of the endowment payout is dedicated to scholarships and fellowships. Approximately $183 million is ultimately allocated to this cause. The decision to dedicate this large portion of the endowment to scholarships and fellowships is “critical to maintaining needblind admissions and the University’s commitment to meet full undergraduate financial need,” the report states.

“The c atholic c hurch and Unruly Women Writers: c ritical e ssays” is the first book the academics put together that engages with these topics. It includes essays from the medieval period through the early 21st century.

“The essays covered varied perspectives on both canonical and lesser-known c atholic women writers, all focusing on unruliness in what is commonly thought of as a restrictive site of writing for women: c atholicism,” e icke said. “In all of these essays, rather than simply oppressing or containing women, c atholicism drove or inspired these writers to challenge literary, social, political or religious hierarchies.”

The second collection of the series is titled “Unruly c atholic Women Writers: c reative r esponses to c atholicism.”

“ e ven though our goal had been scholarly articles in our first collection, we’d received so many creative submissions that we decided to pursue a second collection,” e icke said.

The third collection took on yet another role.

“When we began to think about the third book in our c atholic Women Writers series, we knew what stories we wanted. We wanted to tell the sisters’ stories, and we knew those stories were out there,” e icke said. “We also knew exactly what and whom we were referring to when we were thinking of unruly nuns.” e icke talked about how they reached out to nuns for their third collection “Unruly c atholic n uns: s isters’ s tories,” and were met with some hesitancy. n evertheless, the editors collected enough stories from “unruly nuns” and made their third collection.

“ o ne told us she wasn’t unruly enough to be in our volume. o thers demurred, saying they had nothing to write,” e icke recalled.

The introduction of the book sets the scene for the context of its various works.

“ d espite our love for the c atholic culture, many of us cannot forgive the church’s continual and persistent failure of so many of its constituents, particularly women,” d el r osso read aloud. “ m any of our writers address issues of social justice, which both domestically and internationally have become even more applicable within feminism and r oman c atholicism.” d el r osso then read part of the introduction that spoke to the impact of feminism on the various writings.

“Inspired by feminist theology and feminism more generally, our writers also present Jesus as female [and] God as m other, redefining gender and gendered language.”

Wiley’s presentation included the reading of an original poem published in the volume, titled “ s he Will r ise.” at the current fiscal year, it’s largely unaffected by the pandemic, whereas fiscal years 2020 and 2021 were heavily impacted.”

After reading, Wiley discussed how she wrote the poem during her undergraduate years.

Jenkins also said in the report that we have begun to “draw upon the important lessons of the last two

“I confused my professor several times with both my heavily c atholic and religious themes throughout my poetry, as well as my love poem about my lesbian relationship,” she said.

Wiley then went on to discuss the religious imagery and themes, starting with a disclaimer that she is no longer a practicing c atholic.

“The refrain of my poem perhaps challenges the primacy of Jesus’ resurrection with a simple pronoun: she. With a promise that it will be she that will rise,” she said. “In my initial draft of my poem, I specifically remember my poetry professor fighting me with ‘ n ot because you have risen her?’ he said ‘ s houldn’t it be raised her?’ b ut I wanted to keep the clunky risen to kind of flip the r isen c hrist trope upside down.”

Wiley continued to talk about how the girl in the poem is retaking herself, not needing the help of a man, not even c hrist.

“The entire poem is really an effort to reclaim the woman’s body from a years,” maintaining a strategy designed to generate long-term financial success through market volatility and major shifts like the cov I d pandemic.

Contact Emma Vales at evales@nd.edu

church that has abused it in a myriad of ways over the course of centuries,” she said. “In a church that has denied her agency to use her body how she wishes. The real triumph is that she rises anyway.” m embers of the audience also asked questions pertaining to what the panel felt was the best way for students to advocate for causes on campus, especially for issues that may be considered “unruly” by the c atholic c hurch. The panel encouraged speaking up and making sure your voice is heard.

The panel ended with a question and answer session, started by h oran asking more about certain pieces from the collection and the process of selection for a volume.

“There are people listening,” d el r osso assured.

“Keep fighting the good fight and stay if it’s the right place for you. And if it’s not, that’s okay too,” Wiley said.