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Redfield dismissed from team, Butler indefinitely suspended

Football players arrested Judge hears new arguments in harassment suit

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A s t. Joseph c ounty judge heard arguments Friday regarding the admission of evidence in a lawsuit filed last fall by a n otre d ame student against the university, in which the student alleged sexual harassment and racial discrimination by a university employee, according to an article from the s outh b end Tribune. At the hearing, attorneys for the student claimed the university employee named in the suit had previously harassed a different student, but that the university had failed to discipline her on account of her financial ties to the university.

The student’s lawyers

petitioned the court to order the university to turn over documents concerning payments to n otre d ame by people and businesses connected to the former employee and her family, according to the Tribune’s article.

The article stated the judge hearing arguments, s t. Joseph c ircuit c ourt special judge m ichael s copelitis, said he needed additional time to decide whether to admit evidence regarding the employee’s financial ties to the university.

The lawsuit, filed o ct. 30, 2015, alleges the university employee coerced the student into a sexual relationship with her daughter, according to court documents.

ND, SMC welcome class of 2020 to campus

Residence halls welcome freshmen to Notre Dame

By RACHEL O’GRADY

Associate news e ditor

After a hectic weekend, filled with move-ins, icebreakers and family goodbyes, sophomore Fiona Williams said she was “really happy” with how move-in went in r yan Hall.

“The team worked quickly and efficiently, moving in all 78 first years — and everyone was moved in before the rain came,” Williams said.

Williams served as a cocaptain for the r yan Hall Welcome Weekend team this year, and she said was grateful for the help of their brother dorm’s Welcome Weekend team.

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Belles experience SMC traditions for first time

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After a busy orientation weekend, members of the s aint m ary’s class of 2020 are ready the start of their first years as b elles.

First-year orientation at the c ollege this year consisted of a number of speeches made by s aint m ary’s new president Jan c ervelli, other administrators and fellow b elles. First-year Kristen s mith said she noticed a common theme of campus safety around many of the speeches.

“I liked those speeches about safety because we were assured that this campus is trying it’s best to be safe place and I really feel see orIenTATIon Page 7

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Former Irish safety Max Redfield, one of six football players arrested over the weekend, was dismissed from the program Sunday. For more coverage of the arrests and subsequent developments, see page 20.

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First-year students in St. Edward’s Hall attend DomerFest on Saturday. Students participated in numerous activities during Welcome Weekend as they transitioned into life on campus.

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ND Votes registers firstyear and transfer students

By EMILY McCONVILLE Associate news e ditor

When freshman Kyle Hyland walked past the nd Votes table on the second floor of c oleman- m orse on m onday, junior Andrew Pott and sophomore Thomas Krill waved him down, asking if he had registered to vote.

Hyland had. Had he requested an absentee ballot? He had not. Would he like to? s ure. Krill walked him through the necessary steps on an iPad before sending him on his way.

Hyland was one of more than 200 students the nd Votes student task force helped register to vote or request an absentee ballot at its Welcome Weekend drive. The organization, an initiative by the c enter for s ocial c oncerns and the r ooney c enter for the s tudy of American d emocracy whose task force partners with more than a dozen student clubs, set up tables near several events over the weekend, targeting firstyears and transfer students.

“It seems daunting to a lot of students, but if you think about it, it’s really not that much time to do a very important duty,” junior s arah Tomas m organ, one of the chairs of the task force, said.

d uring the spring semester, the u niversity began a partnership with TurboVote, an online registration and ballot-request service. nd Votes used TurboVote this weekend to register students in their home states, have prepaid ballot-request

envelopes sent to them and sign them up for electionrelated notifications.

The goal is to simplify an often-confusing process, varying by state and becoming more complicated with the need for absentee ballots.

“They [TurboVote] basically do literally everything possible to make it as easy as possible to vote, so you have no excuse,” sophomore Abby Ferguson, an nd Votes dorm liaison who was at a registration table in c oleman- m orse, said. m any of the registrations and requests happened in the Hesburgh l ibrary “fishbowl,” where an nd Votes table was set up next to I d card production.

Tomas m organ said the organization found an ally in first-years’ parents.

“The parents were really good about saying, ‘ o h, this is something that’s really important, and you should really get in the habit of voting while you’re in college,’ which is huge, because for many people it’s their first time voting and definitely the first time voting in a presidential election,” she said.

The group also set up near freshman advising meetings in c oleman- m orse and at the c enter for s ocial c oncerns annual welcomeback picnic m onday night, drawing more than just first years. s ophomore m egan r eilly, like Hyland and several others, happened to see the table at the picnic and requested her Illinois absentee ballot.

“This is perfect,” she said.

smc engineering students transfer to notre dame

By MARTHA REILLY Associate saint mary’s e ditor

n ine students from s aint m ary’s are transferring from the c ollege to n otre d ame to complete their fifth year of the d ual d egree in e ngineering program. According to the c ollege’s website, students in the program earn a bachelor’s degree from s aint m ary’s in four years and a second bachelor’s degree, in engineering, from n otre d ame after a fifth year.

s aint m ary’s alumna Taylor Heppeler earned a math degree from the c ollege and will be taking courses at n otre d ame this upcoming academic year. Heppler finds that the math degree complements her civil engineering major nicely, she said.

“I needed to do this.”

Tomas m organ said nd Votes will sponsor or help with several events this semester, including discussions, a debate watch and the 2016 n otre d ame Forum, as well as continue to help students register to vote. s he said it all harkens back to the organization’s goal of encouraging civic engagement, inspired by a 2016 document on faithful citizenship by the u nited s tates c onference of c atholic b ishops.

“Participation in political and civic life is a moral obligation, and that’s really something that we try to emphasize and that we believe,” Tomas m organ said, “because if you’re part in a society, it’s important to be invested and most of all aware of what’s going on, whether that means consciously abstaining from voting or educating yourself on the candidates and voting for a candidate that you feel really good about supporting.”

s o far, she said, students appeared eager to vote and recognized its importance.

“They realize that it’s an important thing,” Tomas m organ said. “ you do have to go out of your way to get registered and get your absentee ballots, and it’s a tricky system because every state is different, so we wanted to streamline that as much as possible to get students who were really interested to own their citizenship a little more.”

Contact Emily McConville at emcconv1@nd.edu

years at s aint m ary’s helped her through the program. s tudying under d r. Toni b arstis, program director for the dual degree program, was a specific highlight for Heppeler.

“ s he was always pushing us to try our hardest with the crazy schedules and get into n otre d ame for this fifth year,” Heppeler said. “ s he was always the one to calm us down or help us out or be that outlet for us.”

Fairchild said the transition from s aint m ary’s to n otre d ame will be smooth as a result of all the courses she has taken at the u niversity since her sophomore year. s uch courses gave her a taste of what a large-school experience is like, she said.

Heppeler said going back forth between campuses for the program was a bit difficult and being a s aint m ary’s student made some group projects challenging, especially this past spring.

“I had my hardest semester of s aint m ary’s and n otre d ame classes and a huge couple of projects, as well as my senior comp, and the anticipation of waiting for that n otre d ame acceptance letter,” she said. “ n ow that it’s over, I’m so proud of what came out of that semester, and I think it prepared me well for this next year.”

s amantha Fairchild, who is working toward a degree in mechanical engineering, agrees taking courses at both s aint m ary’s and n otre d ame isn’t easy.

“ b alancing life at both colleges is a challenge and requires a lot of time management, but it can be done and all of the hard work is worth it,” Fairchild said.

d espite the challenges, Fairchild said the community she experienced for four

d espite attending classes at the u niversity for three years, Fairchild and some of her classmates are considered transfer students and, thus, participate in three mandatory orientation events, including an official u niversity welcome, individual academic advising sessions, and “ b uilding c ommunity the n otre d ame Way,” Fairchild said. o rientation will mainly consist of receiving I d cards and going to information sessions, Heppeler said.

“I’m really looking forward to just having my civil classes this year so I can focus on those and really buckle down for my senior projects,” she said.

After finishing the program, Fairchild hopes to have a job in the engineering industry that allows her to use both her math and mechanical engineering degrees, she said. Heppeler plans to get a civil engineering job back home in c hicago.

Contact Martha Reilly at mreilly01@saintmarys.edu

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A student registers to vote in the Coleman-Morse Center as part of ND Votes’ Welcome Weekend registration drive. Volunteers registered first-year and transfer students to vote in the 2016 election.

nd offers leadership programs for freshmen

By EMILY McCONVILLE

Associate news e ditor

o’sn AP, a late-night ride home. It’s o n us, a national campaign against sexual assault. c omedy on the Quad, the beginning-of-the-year bigname stand-up show. An annual report on a student issue to the b oard of Trustees. notre dame’s student government is responsible for many of the initiatives, events and even policies on campus – it aims to be, “a direct line of communication between students and the administration,” according to student body vice president rebecca blais.

blais said she hopes freshmen will be involved in student government, whether by participating in its initiatives or joining the administration. she said she and student body president c orey robinson will visit sessions of the moreau First year e xperience and encourage freshmen to visit the student government office.

“It’s a totally free-flowing environment, full of ideas,” she said. “It’s an awesome way for students to get involved.”

As president and vice president, robinson and blais oversee the executive cabinet, a series of topic-based departments which, along with the hall-elected student s enate, work on specific issues and projects by topic and make reports, resolutions and recommendations to the university administration.

o ne of those departments, the First undergraduate

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of the d uncan Team came to help with move-in,” she said.

Freshman c aroline n assab, one of Williams’ charges in r yan Hall, said the weekend was fun for her and her fellow freshmen.

“The weekend was awesome but very tiring and busy,” n assab said.

The freshmen of r yan Hall went ice skating with the freshmen from s orin c ollege on s aturday, which Williams said was her favorite part of the weekend.

“For some of the first years, it was their first time skating, so it was so special for me to see them all having a great time,” Williams said. It was one of freshman Abigail Kovar’s favorite events of Welcome Weekend.

“We loved ice skating with s orin — it was so much fun, and a nice different event,” Kovar said.

Williams said she thought d omerFest, an annual freshmen dance and mixer with music, games and food, went well. Williams said she was

e xperience in l eadership (F uel) is geared directly to freshmen, allowing them to help with or develop student government projects.

dan Hopkinson, who was a member of F uel as a freshman and now serves as the department co-director, said F uel is a “stepping stone” for students who want to be involved in policymaking at notre dame.

F uel members each join an executive department — for example, Academic Affairs or g ender Issues — and work on projects with that department, in addition to developing their own, Hopkinson said.

Hopkinson said he and coF uel director nabila mourad hope to involve freshmen more in student government’s decision-making, as well as

pleased with the outcome, despite low expectations from some of the first years.

“I also had a lot of First years tell me d omerFest was better than they thought it would be,” Williams said.

“They had a good time meeting everyone from the dorms we didn’t get to have events with.”

s everal r yan freshmen said they were apprehensive about classes starting.

Freshman Julia Forte said she was looking forward to the first day.

“We’re excited and nervous for the first day of classes,” Forte said.

Williams said working for the Welcome Weekend team has made her more excited about starting school.

“Working Welcome Weekend definitely made me more excited for the school year because it gave me the chance to meet all of the first years,” Williams said.

“It was a bit overwhelming having so much to do and being exhausted, but it was so much fun.”

Contact Rachel O’Grady at rogrady@nd.edu

connect them to volunteer opportunities, host a retreat and set up a networking fair with other student government members.

“We’re really hoping to give people hands-on experience in being a part of a project in student government, to implement their requests and meet with administrators and get people to see what student government can do, so they’re more inclined to be a part of it,” Hopkinson said

The point, he said, is to give first years an “in” in student government — nearly half of last year’s F uel members continued with student government in some way.

“It’s a way for a dedicated and motivated student to get their foot in the door in student government and learn

about it, and then hopefully move up in student government in whatever way that may be, whether s enate, e xecutive c abinet or sub,” Hopkinson said.

sub — student union b oard — is a programming arm of student government, along with c lass c ouncils. sub is responsible for many campus events, including c omedy on the Quad; Acousticafe, a weekly student concert; and AnTostal, a week of festivities before spring finals.

sub executive director l ouis b ertolotti said students often get involved in the organization as freshmen, joining various planning committees, but they did not have space of their own. F y sub, a new program geared specifically towards freshmen, will

introduce first-years to each other and bring in students to speak about sub’s departments and leadership, junior madi Purrenhage said, who is running the program.

“It’s to introduce them to sub, to prepare them to enter whatever club they want to go into, give them real skills they can use and let them have fun and know that sub is like a family and they can find their place in there,” Purrenhage said.

o ther than F uel and sub, student government is expansive. The class council of the class of 2020 will elect members from their residence halls this fall to plan events and programs for their year, while the upperclassmen classes elect an executive board for their class, who then select their own councils. The Judicial c ouncil oversees student government elections and ethics. residence hall councils often invite freshmen to meetings, and other councils and boards manage clubs and finances.

b ertolotti, who has been involved since his own freshman year, said student government offers opportunities to make change for students with a variety of interests.

“The big thing I can say is that as a first year, you’re a small fish in a big pond,” he said. “It’s hard sometimes to believe you can a difference, but you can, and it’s through student government.”

Contact Emily McConville at emcconv1@nd.edu

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Notre Dame’s student government offers numerous opportunities for first-year students to become involved on campus, such as FUEL, FY SUB and Freshman Class Council.

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First-year students pray and light candles during their first class trip to the Grotto, one of many orientation activities planned for Welcome Weekend.

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secure safe place and I really feel secure here with a campus focused on protecting us.” s mith said. “With that though, we are reminded of the dangers that come with going out. s exual assault was a huge point of many speakers, and we were reminded we need to watch out for each other.”

Another important topic of this year’s orientation was internet safety. s mith said

this was essential to talk about at colleges, especially with first-year students.

“Internet safety was a good focus point because as the internet is becoming a more useful way to talk to new people. However, they told us how this can lead to danger,” s mith said. “In the midst of all the excitement, s aint m ary’s was good at emphasizing all kinds of safety. It’s a good thing for us just starting off alone, they made us cautious and feel safe.”

Highlights of the weekend also involved meeting new

people according to firstyear Kaitlin e mmett. e mmett said she was excited to arrive on campus and this weekend was perfect for her to finally meet and bond with her new classmates in person.

“ m eeting people was so fun and so easy, it was so cool to find all the people from social media,” e mmett said.

First-year c lare Pierret said her favorite part of the weekend was d omerFest, an organized gathering at the u niversity for all first-years.

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for me. It was great meeting a lot of really nice new people,” Pierret said.

o ne of Pierret’s favorite parts of orientation weekend was the “ c losing the c ircle” ceremony which has been a tradition at s aint m ary’s for many years.

“The ceremony at the end of our orientation was a great way to send off our parents and it was very powerful,” Pierret said, “The speeches that were given during that ceremony were very moving and seeing my whole class like that at once was

awesome, especially when the candles were lit.”

Fellow first-year Kayla Knapke also said she found the “ c losing the c ircle” ceremony to be a memorable part of the weekend.

“It was cool to take part in that tradition and it was great to finally get a look at every girl in our entire class to end orientation,” Knapke said. “‘ c losing the c ircle’ tied together our first weekend perfectly.”

Contact Sydney Doyle at sdoyle01@saintmarys.edu

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A student has a free passport photo taken during Saint Mary’s study abroad fair. The fair introduces incoming students to the college’s study abroad opportunities.

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The Saint Mary’s first-year students attend an orientation event where the Undertones performed before Domerfest.

g et out of your comfort zone abroad

I never thought I would be the type of person to write about my experiences abroad. yet here I am, about to tell you all about some of my experiences in l ondon, Paris and b erlin this summer.

A lot of study abroad blogs talk about food, but the food in l ondon was pretty lame. Fish and chips is good for a meal once in a while, but not on a regular basis. And the b ritish put mayonnaise on everything for some reason. Weird.

s o no, I won’t talk about the food or the weather or the pubs or the different accent or the different money.

I don’t want to talk about those things because the biggest thing I took away from my experience abroad is that I appreciate home much, much more.

e verything seems right about my home here in America. I know everyone and where everything is. I know what to do and when to do it, and that was something I couldn’t say about l ondon. yet at the same time, those were the things I loved about l ondon. It was unpredictable, I didn’t have a routine, I didn’t know what to expect, even after six weeks. Plus right when I left, the united Kingdom voted to leave the e uropean union so clearly, change was a big theme last summer.

That shouldn’t make sense. I love home because it’s predictable, yet I loved l ondon because it was unpredictable. It may seem odd, but it’s true. Walking back from a pub in pouring rain is never something I would do in m ishawaka, Indiana, but I wouldn’t trade that memory, or a number of similar such ones, for the world.

What this means, to me at least, and it may sound like a cliche, but my time in l ondon taught me that it’s good to get outside your comfort zone. If you’re a freshman — sorry, first-year — you’ve heard that a billion times by now, but it’s true, just not in the way you think. If you get out of your comfort zone — go to l ondon, sign up for a bunch of clubs on activities night, whatever it is — doing that thing doesn’t magically make you a better person. It can, but the real reason getting out of your comfort zone is a positive thing is that it makes you enjoy your comfort zone that much more when you get back in. For me, being in e urope for six weeks let me appreciate my home that much more, and that’s a wonderful thing. o ur comfort zones are comfort zones for a reason — we enjoy doing those things with those people. s o the goal when branching out shouldn’t be to leave our comfort zones, but to appreciate our comfort zones more when we come back to them. l ondon was great, but I would never want to live there permanently, just as if you were shy, you would never want public speaking to become your career. s o get out of your comfort zone, but don’t forget to enjoy your comfort zone as well.

The problem with ‘weed-out’

As a rising junior, I have now completed exactly half of my notre d ame education. In that time, there has only been one class that I absolutely hated.

Well, technically two. It was a two semester course, biological s ciences I and II, required my freshmen year. It was awful. I don’t remember learning much of anything; what I do remember is countless hours pouring over the same three pages of a textbook, actual hundreds of color-coded flashcards, packets on packets of lecture slides I took notes on. I remember trying desperately to stay awake in lectures given by professors who only taught because they had to, who didn’t know my name and didn’t care to, with three hundred other kids who were just as lost as I was. I remember realizing I hated a course on a subject I used to love, and subsequently questioning everything I thought I wanted to do with my life. To sum up: I hated notre d ame’s version of biology 101.

And the kicker? I’m a biology major. b y all rights and means, I should have loved that class.

Intro bio is one of many “weed-out classes” s T em majors wade through before obtaining the much-coveted, much-glorified b achelor of s cience. Though not a technical term, students christen courses “weed-outs” due to their ability to “weed out” those who may not have what it takes, so to speak, to pursue a particular subject. These classes are typically large lectures of a few hundred students, taught by faculty who would rather be doing their own research and cover a huge amount of introductory material in a short amount of time. If a course is a weed-out, it’s insinuated that the scramble for an A will be even more desperate than usual. Aspiring s T em majors can look forward to taking two or three such classes a semester for the first two years of their undergrad. d avid e g oldberg, emeritus engineering professor at urbana- c hampagne, coined this stretch of dull, difficult classes “the math-science death march” in 2008. The name has since stuck.

And when faced with this so-called death march, it’s perhaps not surprising that undergrads are switching out of s T em faster than you can say “anthropology.” e ducators around the country are talking about the “s T em c risis,” the idea that demand for qualified scientists and engineers will soon far outweigh supply. At the undergraduate level, it’s a problem of retention: the number of students who declare a s T em major is far less than the number who actually obtain a s T em degree. The data varies, but most recent studies pitch the number between 40 and 60 percent, meaning only half of students who enter college with a desire to study s T em actually succeed in doing so. And when that success requires enduring a death march of weed-outs, can you really blame them?

To understand why weed-out classes don’t work, ask a student who has taken one. The problems are three fold: first, the impersonalized teaching style gives students, who are often at the very beginning of their college career, very little support. s econd, presenting material en masse and as quickly as possible does not allow students to actually engage

with the subject, and they quickly lose interest. Third, the difficulty of earning high grades discourages students who are used to working hard and seeing the pay off, as they would in an arts and letters major. yet when weed-out lectures are swapped for smaller, more hands-on courses, these problems seem largely mediated. d r. m itchell c hang, professor of e ducation at ucl A, released a 2013 study showing that undergrads attending schools that swap large introductory lectures for smaller, hands on courses are 13 percent more likely to remain in s T em university of Texas Austin made the switch, and increased s T em retention by 25 percent; a program at the university of Florida almost doubled that number.

yet some argue that these increased retention rates aren’t actually a good thing. Proponents of the sink-or-swim system maintain that weed-outs separate qualified students from those who can’t hack it early on, saving both students and faculty time. c areers in s T em are often difficult and draining, and it may be better that students learn their limitations before entering a career path they won’t be happy in. s ome believe that maintaining a rigorous introductory sequence prevents the pool of s T em Ph d s from becoming “watered down” with unqualified workers. And weed-out classes have practical merits as well: why waste time teaching the same course to smaller groups of students when you can teach the whole lot of them at once? Why hire teaching faculty if you can get researchers to grin and bear it for a semester? Why redesign a course when the current model has worked fine for the past ten years?

Perhaps because the next ten years in s T em won’t look like the last ten. Americans’ performance in math and science is falling farther and farther behind; the national c enter for e ducation statistics reports that 29 countries outscored American students in math in 2012, and 22 in science. In response the White House launched several s T em education initiatives, and President o bama called for the addition of 10,000 engineers to our workforce. The chances of him getting that number appear slim. The President’s Advisory c ouncil predicted that in ten years, the united states will need one million more s T em professionals than will be produced at the current rate. yet if retention rates were increased by just 10 percent, that one million would likely appear. s o why are universities still turning away half of their interested students?

re-designing weed-out classes isn’t an easy process. It requires time and thought, and faculty who are willing to do it. b ut the schools who have done it, like Florida and Texas, have had massive success. Perhaps it’s time notre d ame follows suit — and stops creating biology majors who hate their biology courses.

Sarah Cate Baker is in her third year at ND, double majoring in biology and English. When she’s not in the lab pouring over viruses under a microscope, you can usually find her shooting caffeine in the Hesburgh basement, while she desperately tries to write papers and make deadlines. If you would like to question her sanity or her science, feel free to email her at sbaker6@nd.edu

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

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Brexit wasn’t as simple as most think

Neil Joseph moderately opinionated

on June 23, 52 percent of the british people voted for their country to leave the european union. Around the world, the decision was criticized and even mourned as a fatal blow to not only the world economy, but to the united Kingdom and to europe as a whole. Political commentators asserted that britain had started what would become the downfall of the entire european union. economic analysts pointed to the immediate sharp downturn in the british pound and the economic contraction worldwide. In the united states, it seemed obvious that 52 percent of people in britain had made the wrong choice for their whole country and for the entire world. but it isn’t that simple.

I will grant that in the short-term, brexit won’t be (and hasn’t been) great for the u.K. and probably for the entire world economically. The value of the pound has dropped the most great britain has seen in decades, and investors in the u s. and europe are worried about future problems that may arise. Furthermore, britain itself is in turmoil. Its Prime m inister resigned and both major parties had to scramble to find (or throw out) their leadership, scotland has renewed its call for independence, and suddenly northern Ireland wants to recognize the latter half of its name and rejoin notre dame’s namesake. undoubtedly, this year and probably the next 5-10 years will see great britain undergo great change and a severe economic contraction.

but the simplicity stops there for many reasons. For one, no one really knows what brexit means. economists have never seen an event like this — the fifth largest economy in the world leaving the single largest market in the world. Any economic forecaster who makes predictions is making a variety of assumptions that may or may not be valid. could britain spiral out of control economically? Absolutely. but could it also do better on their own? Absolutely. The economics of it is certain within the next 5-10 years, but ambiguous after that.

on another level, though, brexit is much more complicated than what us Americans have seen. Across America and across the world, most people have established that the reason british people wanted to leave the european union is because of the same nativist, nationalist and racist sentiments that we have seen here in the u s brexit has been compared to donald Trump in that people in britain don’t like immigrants stealing their jobs and their benefits and they want to get rid of them. but it’s not that simple, and it’s not similar at all to the ideas that have created donald Trump.

Having worked in the u.K. Parliament this past spring, I’ve seen firsthand the mindset and the policies of people who wanted britain to leave. In fact, the m P I worked for was one of the foremost campaigners for them to leave; much of my work was research on the reasons why the country should leave. And yes, immigration was a huge reason — but not in a racist or nativist way. because of the eu, britain is forced to take any and all eu citizens into their country with limited screening and with no exceptions. because of

this, eu citizens can legally come to britain, work and secure the greater benefits that britain provides than their home country. not only does this put incredible strain on their school, health and public service systems, but it also takes away jobs from british citizens. I understand that this seems similar to the donald Trump argument, but it’s not. To me, there is not a problem with wanting to protect your country’s own people. They don’t dislike the migrants, they don’t dislike other europeans either. rather, they dislike having this policy and so many others handed down to them without their approval.

undoubtedly, brexit has been and will continue to be bad for britain and for the world. Within the next five years, britain will see its economy falter and its place in the world be questioned. but beyond that, there are no guarantees. britain took a chance on its future. It wanted sovereignty and power over its own laws and regulations. Quite frankly, britain is more like America than like europe. It’s a proud nation that once ruled most of the world. It wants that power and influence back not only in the world but in its own country. And I don’t fault them for taking a gamble in order to pursue that.

Neil Joseph is a senior from Columbus, Ohio, majoring in Political Science and Economics. He hopes that you don’t use these articles against him when he’s running for School Board one day. He welcomes all compliments at njoseph2@nd.edu, and sometimes responds to those who criticize him.

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

A letter to college republicans

d ear o fficers of the n otre d ame c ollege r epublicans,

As a member of the n otre d ame c ollege r epublicans and as a registered member of the r epublican Party, I am disheartened by your recent endorsement of d onald Trump.

Toward the end of your endorsement, you shared that you “hope to have abated some of the concerns of c atholics, Hoosiers and n otre d ame students.” u ndoubtedly, after reading your endorsement my concerns are far from being abated. I find myself concerned more so now than ever — concerned for the future of the n otre d ame c ollege r epublicans, for the future of the r epublican Party, and most importantly, for the future of our country.

yes, d onald Trump won the r epublican nomination; yes, he won the Indiana primary; and yes, he even selected the g overnor of Indiana as his running mate. However, that does not mean that n otre d ame c ollege r epublicans has to endorse him, and it certainly does not justify your endorsement of him either.

In your endorsement recently posted to Facebook, you mention that after a long primary season full of many candidates there is but one choice left — the choice between Trump and c linton. Although you note that many members of our club actively campaigned for numerous alternatives to Trump, you insist this is no longer relevant and contend that there remains one choice before us — one that you deem to be a clear choice.

However, I offer to you — and all other members of the r epublican Party — a third choice. I offer

you a choice to refuse to endorse d onald Trump. I offer you a choice to tell the r epublican Party that this is a candidate that we cannot support as students of this premiere c atholic university, as the next generation of the g rand o ld Party and as the future of this country. This is a choice that I believe is even clearer, but don’t take my word for it. Instead, take the word of the r epublican president that has left a lasting mark on the values of our party: r onald r eagan.

When President r onald r eagan visited n otre d ame’s campus in 1988, he commended our institution: “ n otre d ame stands among the winds of subjectivity for lasting values and principles that are at the heart of our civilization and upon which all human progress is built. If they want to see the goodness and love of life of this generation, the commitment to decency and a better future, let them come here … to n otre d ame.” Indeed, r eagan praised n otre d ame for its commitment to hold fast to enduring values regardless of which way the winds blow and for relentlessly fighting for decency in our society in hope of a better tomorrow.

As officers of the same organization that endorsed r onald r eagan for president and supported his promising vision, I urge you to ask yourselves this: would r onald r eagan be proud of the n otre d ame c ollege r epublicans today? c onsidering that his son, m ichael r eagan, has tweeted that this election would most likely “be the [first] time if my father was alive that he would not support the nominee of the go P,” I find it hard to believe that the same r eagan that our organization admires would be proud of this

decision. b y endorsing d onald Trump, you are effectively handing over our party to a candidate that undoubtedly lacks decency in both his public discourse and demeanor, and in doing so, you are pushing aside our conservative values and r eagan’s hopeful vision for a better America. In the shortsightedness of a single presidential election, you are willing to risk the virtue of our political system and the values that we entrust to it. As the winds of our party are blowing in the direction of d onald Trump, you — among many others — have been swept away, leaving the rest of us who were inspired by r eagan’s vision scratching our heads and wondering where our party is now headed.

d espite all this, I remain hopeful, knowing that I am not alone in resisting the passing winds of this election. I take comfort in knowing that other members of the n otre d ame c ollege r epublicans, as well as many prominent r epublican leaders, refuse to support d onald Trump. While you support Trump, we will take charge of shaping our party’s future: a future in which our presidential nominee is a person of moral character and integrity, and a future in which our party’s message is all-inclusive and its vision is optimistic. In the face of your endorsement and even amidst the present turmoil in our party, we will remain true to our commitment to decency and to a better tomorrow, for that is why we came here to n otre d ame.

Michael Finan junior Aug. 19

By JIMMY KEMPER scene Writer

From festivals like l ollapalooza to the front offices of major corporations, the Hawaiian shirt has reemerged as a symbol of cool in the world of menswear this summer.

Hawaiian (or Aloha) shirts first emerged on the Hawaiian islands in 1904 through the artful talents of Japanese immigrant c hotaro m iyamoto. o ver the years, the shirt has exploded into popularity as casual Fridays developed in the corporate world.

In recent times, however, the Hawaiian shirt has fallen out of style as menswear enthusiasts have put emphasis

on professionalism and conformity.

o ver the course of the past few years, perceptions of the Hawaiian shirt have changed, and the latest trend in menswear appears to be here to stay. e veryone — from major celebrities like o rlando b loom and Justin b ieber to the edm bros of the Perry’s stage at l olla and even your sensible friends on campus is rocking the tacky top.

Hawaiian shirts have returned in part because they represent a rare opportunity in the world of menswear.

These so-bad-they’re-good shirts are adaptable to most environments one may expect to encounter on a daily basis — from the classroom to the night clubs.

The traditionally boxy cut of the Hawaiian shirt is loose enough that it works with every major frame and can be a fundamental part of any man’s long term wardrobe in his transition from college kid to young professional to suburban dad.

Furthermore, Hawaiian shirts benefit from a wide variety of prints. From the subtle, darker pallets, to the loud and bright, the myriad of Hawaiian shirt prints enhances the overall range of style choices.

The Hawaiian shirt should be hailed for more than its versatility though. The shirt’s resurrection is symbolic of a fundamental shift in the way men can approach fashion: a shift from focusing

on avoiding doing it wrong (aka cargo shorts) to embracing one’s unique style and sensibilities.

In 2015, psychedelic folk artist and rising style legend

Father John m isty (aka Josh Tillman of Fleet Foxes) talked to n ew york m agazine about menswear and the disappointing trends he’s noticed. He derided the rise of “basica-- dude” clothes and how everyone “just kind of looks like a graphic designer.” m isty elaborated on this point, arguing that menswear is usually more focused on not messing up, “as opposed to emphasizing expression.”

While we may not all aspire to the “ m oroccanslash-pajama vibe” that Tillman rallied for in his n ew

york m agazine interview, Hawaiian shirts definitely fall in line with his mode of thinking since the shirt typically stands out.

As g Q noted this week, standing out isn’t limited to the summer. Hawaiian shirts can be worn well into the fall — before we’re forced to cover up with n orth Face jackets in the face of the permacloud. For now, they can be your going-out shirt, your game-day shirt and even your post-Feve shirt for class the next day. s o next time you need a wardrobe basic that won’t leave you looking basic, say “aloha” to the classic.

Contact Jimmy Kemper at jkemper2@nd.edu

By ADAM RAMOS scene Writer

While monumental, the character assassination of Tay swift was far from the only happening in the music industry this summer. even if you had been diligently following the summer’s steady stream of terrific hip-hop projects, including albums from chance The rapper, scHoolboy Q, Vic mensa and gucci mane, you still might have missed a handful of more obscure gems.

luckily for you, my summer job was music-friendly. As I toiled under the reality presented by my first desk job, I also managed to compile a short list of hip-hop releases you may have regretfully missed this summer.

Curren$y — “Stoned on Ocean” louisiana-born rapper curren$y is in the midst of a volatile career. The stoner rapper and self-proclaimed “spitta” has been on the verge of breaking into the mainstream, yet despite a steady stream of impressive mixtapes and releases (plus stints on multiple major record labels), curren$y has remained relatively under the radar in the broader hip-hop scope. summer ‘16 showcased the 35-year-old continuing to hone his craft, combining his hypnotic southern drawl with jazzy,

atmospheric hooks — via an all-star production team of cool & dre. “stoned on ocean,” his seven-track eP, features frequent curren$y collaborators Wiz Khalifa and styles P adding to the spacey vibes.

Noname — “Telefone”

before we had “coloring book,” we had “Acid rap” — chance the rapper’s seminal 2013 mixtape. Among the irresistible hooks, lush arrangements and unforgettable lines, stood a standout feature by a relatively unknown poet/rapper known then as noname gypsy on the track “lost.” noname’s slow, luscious cadence and singsong delivery combined with her dreamy brand of poetic lyricism presented a lethal blow.

Post-“Acid rap,” chance’s fellow chiTown talent has been busy, providing memorable verses on mick Jenkins’ “The Water[s]” and Kirk Knight’s “late Knight special.” Thankfully though, 24-year-old noname chose this summer to drop her long-awaited solo effort. minimal but compellingly innovative, “Telefone” gloriously proclaims the power of well-written verses and progressive beats, building beautifully on what was so special about her “Acid rap” debut.

Joey Purp — “iiidrops”

like noname, chicago newcomer Joey Purp used this summer to establish

himself as a formidable voice in hip-hop. on “iiidrops,” Purp takes advantage of every verse, combining elements of classic gangsta rap with epithets of lucid commentary and reflections on 2016’s urban landscape, specifically reflecting on his hometown, chicago. The effect is equal parts chilling and cathartic — see “When I’m gone.” The production on “iiidrops” boasts intensity and skill: elements of chicago drill, jazz and cloud rap swirl behind the confident Purp and his artillery cadence throughout the 11-track mixtape.

Clams Casino — “32 Levels” summer 2016 had a strong presence of producer-led albums. Works from Kaytranda, Flume and longtime rap royalty clams casino proved the effectiveness of production-based art. At a time where the credit given to producers has been called into question, the continued success from these relatively behindthe-scene talents creates an even more compelling argument for the deserved acclaim.

casino’s “32 levels” boasts strong performances from rappers Vince staples and A$AP rocky, as well as long-time casino collaborator and ad-lib extraordinaire, lil b casino, armed with devastatingly cold, distant beats and crisp production, gets the best from his rap collaborators. While

the pop-oriented tracks can be a bit of a bore, the album as a whole presents itself as the perfect guide to effective atmospheric ambiance.

Death Grips — “Bottomless Pit” subversive talk show superstar eric Andre has long professed his love for experimental hip-hop group death grips both Andre and the grips have launched careers by spitting in the face of convention. Their respective successes (while we are at it, add donald Trump to the list) point toward a certain public unrest. This unrest may pertain to traditional politics, trite talk show troupes, or, in the case of death grips, boring hip-hop structures. It is in this collective sigh of boredom that death grips have thrived. While the latest addition to the chaotic cannon is a bit more “pop” (see “money store”), “bottomless Pit” continues to expose and lay into the current state of hip-hop and, in a greater scope, culture in general. elevated concepts aside, “bottomless Pit” emphasizes top-notch production and blaring instrumentals that afflict, as well as thought-provoking concepts that hide under mc ride’s distorted vocals. stay noided.

Contact Adam Ramos at aramos6@nd.edu

By ADRIAN MARK LORE scene Writer

champeta echoes through cartagena, colombia. The slippery African rhythms of this caribbean fusion genre are ubiquitous — but if you come as a tourist, you won’t hear it. If you live in cartagena’s gentrified seaside neighborhood of bocagrande, you won’t hear it. you won’t hear it at the art expositions and you won’t hear it in the restaurants downtown. but if you move deeper into the city, through the foot of l a Popa and into the “barrios populares,” down between the murky, seasonally flooded streets of olaya Herrera and e l Pozón, you will hear it — and it will be loud. It bursts from colossal speakers, the beats rippling into the sky; the adults dance and the children dance, too. Their movements are modern, but the rhythm of their bodies echoes the past.

It happens that I don’t hear it, either. my earbuds in — one hand shielding myself from the humid sunset, the other gripping an mP3 player — as I tread the murky streets of my hometown toward getsemaní. I am not thinking about champeta as I sheepishly press play on my digital copy of “dJ do ghetto” by dJ n.K., purchased on a whim out of curiosity.

The music starts. sweating, I take a water break. no fade-in: first comes the dizzy vocal sample, then a splash of bare-bone synths. sitting down, my dog pitiably fails to hop on my lap. In a few seconds, the song explodes into an overpowering wave of tribal-like rhythms. I freeze; this music is unlike anything I have heard before, yet feels uncannily familiar. Who is this guy?

His name is Pedro cardoso, a half-Angolan, half-Portuguese native of l isbon, Portugal. He first rose to prominence in 2006, when he joined a production crew known as dJs do guetto — meaning “ghetto dJs” — and subsequently released a kuduro mixtape with them that rocked the dance scene of l isbon. Ten years later, on his solo debut as dJ n.K. (whose title pays tribute to his early days in the scene), he presents an even more ambitious adaptation of the same folklore-infused dance music that kuduro pioneers first developed in 1980s Angola. but this is kuduro on performance enhancers: the high end is more aggressive, the voices and chimes are more modular and slick and the rhythms are rustic yet exuberantly futurist.

on my way to the Plaza de la Trinidad, the sun under the horizon, I am thrilled

as my mind wraps around what I am hearing. of course this feels familiar — kuduro is much like champeta, both in ethos and sound.

l ike kuduro, the history of champeta is colorful, if oft-overlooked. In Joe Arroyo’s “l a rebelión”, a canonical work of salsa music and a key chapter of the caribbean’s oral tradition, Arroyo, also known as “el Joe,” begins a story about black slavery in colonial cartagena with a memorable cry: “en los años mil seiscientos!” The line introduces the 1600s, yet the tropical music singer makes no mention of a milestone event that shaped black history in the new World at the beginning of the century.

After escaping his spanish masters, the ex-slave benkos bioho founded the first free town of the Americas, san basilio de Palenque in northern colombia. While the historic settlement has remained small, its musical culture — heavily infused by traditional African sounds and rhythms — is vibrant and heavily influential still. It is the heart of the most distinct genre of music born of the colombian caribbean: champeta.

Its name is a reclaimed term; since the early 20th century, the Atlantic coast’s wealthy “costeños” of spanish descent have used the word “champetudo” — which comes from the machetelike “champeta” knife Afro-colombians used in the field — to mock and denigrate the poor communities on the edge of town. The word came to signify ignorance, barbarism and vulgarity, but specifically in the context of black culture — like the spanish equivalent of the word “ghetto.”

but as the late 20th century brought with it the development of new dances influenced by African choreographies, the pioneers of the music that developed alongside adopted the term. In a sort of cultural rebellion, the predominantly black communities of san basilio de Palenque and the poor, overcrowded boroughs of cartagena reimagined the traditional music of their African forefathers — which was and is still widespread — with the help of new technologies like synthesizers and drum machines. The product was a revolutionary display of ethnic pride. r hythms and sounds once shunned by cosmopolitan colombians for their otherness and negative racial connotations — now rendered in a modern, endlessly danceable and catchy form — became quickly and unstoppably widespread. most importantly, the music provided an accessible creative outlet for culturally disenfranchised

Afro-colombians; for once, they had full control in a domain of their own.

This has been the effect of the digital age on artistic expression: its democratization. once, producing worthwhile music required expensive classical training. now, producing requires no more than a laptop, hard work and innovation. some decry this, but the fact is that new technologies are allowing individuals from around the world to reencounter a key part of their cultural background through the power to mold it at will, to redefine what it means to be, for example, Afro-colombian.

A chain-smoking “chiva” a party bus on a good day — skids by a proud clock tower, blaring a nostalgic daddy yankee hit. The reggaeton bassline is soon overpowered by a cacophony of claxons, but all that holds my attention is a street vendor’s favorite “vallenato” waltzing melancholy from his pocket radio. under a mango tree, this absence I had never before noticed becomes cruelly conspicuous. nobody is listening to champeta –but everyone does.

I feel an unexpected urge to listen too, but with unease I realize that I don’t have a single champeta track on my device. I think about downloading a couple and blush. somehow this is unthinkable — more of a reflex than a conscious aversion. The music’s absence here begins to make sense. but if racial stigma stifles the music in high society, broadly the genre remains everything but dead. not far from this part of the city, champeta rises from “picó” coffins like a vampire in moonlight.

For minority groups living in the hierarchical societies of many former spanish colonies, wide social assimilation of their cultural elements is an uphill struggle — hence the insularity of champeta. For this same reason, it is surprising that waves of Angolan migrants entering l isbon throughout Angola’s protracted civil war have managed to jettison kuduro to prominence in the Iberian mainstream, with the recent help of artists like cardoso himself. This trend is even heartening if the diffusion is seen as a means of cultural survival that recalls the genre’s sociopolitical cradle. but what is most uplifting is the effect that music like champeta and kuduro has had on millennial youth of color, particularly its most precocious musicians. It has become the vehicle of a selfexploratory kind of cultural expression, enabled by the wide availability of musical raw materials sponsored — for better or worse — by global capitalism. From

san basilio de Palenque to l isbon, these producers are able to explore their cultural roots through music in an unprecedented way, addressing through their art the issues that affect them as individuals of color in places hostile to them. In cartagena, this has meant reclaiming the word “champetudo.”

It happens as my dog pulls me forth into the plaza. A crowd of backpackers and selfie sticks surrounds an Afro-colombian dance crew. This isn’t champeta but el mapalé, a dance close in origin but more faithful to its African roots. The dance’s hyperactive style mirrors that of kuduro but has assimilated none of the electronic trends. muscular, flexible limbs collapse and rebuild to fast-paced djembe rhythms, bodies communicate through movement. Tourists snap pictures. someone decided this is folkloric art, but I know these artists will later retire to a bloc party. They will dance to champeta, and someone decided this is not art. They are champetudos, and someone decided this is not good. And who is someone to say that? on the other side of the Atlantic, the creative process is different for cardoso: less political, more introspective. on his debut record as dJ n.K., there is an audible clash between the ancient and the modern. beyond the loud and playful beats is the tension of living in the 21st century, of fearing the loss of one’s identity in a rapidly globalizing world.

music is how cardoso comes to terms with this tension, and in this way “dJ do ghetto” is a boldly forward-looking record about looking thoughtfully into the past.

“every time I make music, I try to transport myself to the desert so I can feel my tribal roots through my veins,” the dJ said of his creative process. cardoso’s own mother is descended from Angola’s nomadic tribes, and he channels these roots through his art. “When I’m making music, I want to smell the desert.”

Contact Adrian Mark Lore at asanch11@nd.edu

“DJ Do Ghetto”

DJ N.K.

Label: Lit City Trax

Track: Hoy (ft. DJ Nervoso)

If you like: Ninos du Brasil, El Sayayin, Giant Claw

Happy Birthday: Travel, learning and adventure will fill your days, along with positive experiences with family and old friends. This is going to be a year to remember, so hold on to your hat and get ready to explore what lies ahead. l ive in the moment and make the most of everything that comes your way. your numbers are 5, 12, 17, 20, 26, 31, 45.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): d on’t waste time. c heck out investments and job opportunities and make financial decisions that encourage you to save. e motional matters will fluctuate, making it vital for you to think before you respond. Professional gains look promising.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): you’ve got nothing to lose. It’s the beginning of a new week, so put your energy to good use. l earn from past mistakes, listen to experts and apply what you learn to getting ahead. romance is favored.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Arguing will be a waste of time. If you don’t like something, walk away. A manipulative situation will make you feel bad. b alance and treating others the way you want to be treated should be your goal. Avoid bad habits.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Alter your living space to suit the activities you want to explore. m ake changes based on what suits you, and not because someone else is making you feel guilty. l et your imagination lead to a unique environment.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): c heck out what’s available professionally to find out how to use your skills more acutely. r aising your profile at networking events will help you connect with the people you want to work with.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): l ook at every aspect of any deal you are trying to make, whether it has to do with money, legal or health matters. d o your best to surprise someone who is feeling down, and you will avoid criticism and complaints.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): d on’t make changes that are too dramatic. Taking a subtle approach to whatever you are up to will bode well for your long-term success. using your common sense will allow you to deal with any situation that arises.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Volunteer your time to a cause, and you will make a difference. your voice will count and your unique ideas will win favors from those you encounter along the way. A friendly gesture will turn into something special.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): d on’t give in to pressure from others. o verspending in order to impress someone will lead to dissatisfaction. m aking personal changes that result in better health will help you say “no” to temptation.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): It’s important to organize every aspect of your life. you have so much to gain if you are well informed and don’t allow emotional situations to sidetrack you. A unique approach will give you the edge over your competition.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): your diligence and desire to bring about positive changes will also lead to good fortune. s et your goals high and show everyone how tenacious you can be. negotiate on your own behalf and you will get what you want.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): PTake hold of the situations you face. you have more leverage than you realize, so don’t be afraid to take action. A partnership will take a positive turn if you share your feelings in a peaceful and progressive manner.

Birthday Baby: you are adaptable, intelligent and strong-willed. you are a perfectionist.

in a broke down car and four years, no calls, now you’re looking pretty in a hotel bar.

And I, I, I, I, I can’t stop, No, I, I, I, I, I can’t stop So baby pull me closer in the back seat of your Rover that I know you can’t afford, bite that tattoo on your shoulder. Pull the sheets right off the corner of the mattress that you stole from your roommate back in Boulder. We ain’t ever getting older; we ain’t ever getting older; we ain’t ever getting older.

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Esports needs legal recognition

Daniel O’Boyle sports Writer

I have no reason to believe l eon r odriguez, the director of the united s tates c itizenship and Immigration s ervices ( usc I s ), reads this column. I’m sure he’s a very busy man with many other things on his plate. b ut maybe he finds a few minutes every day to read the hottest take of the day from the o bserver’s sports staff.

If he did though, he may remember a debate between m arek m azurek and Zach Klonsinski early last semester about whether “esports” (or “egames,” as Klonsinski would prefer to call them) are real sports. m azurek pointed to the huge following these sports have, while Klonsinski argued they lacked the “physical exertion,” required to be true sports.

I’m not much of an esports fan. I don’t know who the best “mid-laner” is, I have no strong feelings about which champions need to be “nerfed” and I have no idea who “Faker” “mains” as. m y instinct says I should agree with Klonsinski. r eal sports require a level of athleticism that esports simply can’t reach. b ut it doesn’t matter what I think, or what m azurek or Klonsinski think. It does matter what the usc I s thinks. And I know that they need to listen to m azurek.

This summer the definition of sports gained widespread attention in the buildup to the e volution c hampionship s eries, which is apparently a major tournament for fighting games. s wedish national William “l effen” Hjelte, the third-ranked s uper s mash b ros. melee player in the world, was unable to enter the tournament due to visa issues. To be precise, he was denied a P-1 visa to enter the competition because “ s mash b ros. melee is not considered a legitimate sport.” In m ay it was announced that he could be granted the visa, but by this point it was too late, and the tournament occurred without him.

l effen’s situation prompted a White House petition which received over 100,000 signatures, calling for all esports to be recognized as legitimate sports for visa purposes.

For other foreign players, the act of getting a us visa is still hit-or-miss. Visas have been granted to l eague of l egends players before, but right now the process seems entirely arbitrary. Players missing competition for visa reasons is nothing new and may not go away soon. That’s something that needs to change. e sports players should be able to have the same confidence that they can compete in tournaments across the world than tennis players and golfers have.

The fact is, even if they don’t meet the true definition of a “sport,” esports are too popular to ignore. With viewership for some events into the tens of millions, hosting competitions featuring the best players is a lucrative opportunity for any country. And esports will only continue to grow from here. It just makes sense to create an outright rule that guarantees top gamers can receive esports visas when needed.

m aybe you don’t like the idea of including something where the greatest athletic feats are well-timed clicking and staying awake for long stretches of time being legally categorized as a sport. I can understand that. b ut it surely isn’t too much to ask for P-1 visa definitions to change and allow entry for “a specific athletic competition, or esports competition.”

d o esports require serious physical exertion? not really. b ut from a legal standpoint, there’s no good reason why they should be different. s o if anyone at the usc I s is reading this, give esports competitors the legal recognition they deserve.

Contact Daniel O’Boyle at doboyle1@nd.edu

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

dodgers topple reds, 18-9, in offensive outburst

Associated Press

cIncInnATI — Adrian g onzalez got the most pleasure out of watching his teammates circle the bases. nobody made as many trips as he did.

g onzalez hit three of the dodgers’ seven homers driving in a career-high eight runs and rookie corey seager had a noteworthy homer as well on monday, leading l os Angeles to an 18-9 victory and a split of its four-game series with the cincinnati reds.

The nl West leaders enjoyed their biggest home run splurge in 10 years. They’ve won 10 of their last 12 games against cincinnati.

Four of g onzalez’s teammates also homered in the dodgers’ biggest power performance since they hit seven during an 11-10 win over san diego on sept. 18, 2006.

“That was fun,” he said.

g onzalez started it with a three-run shot in the first inning off Homer bailey (2-2), who had his worst showing since returning from Tommy John surgery. g onzalez also had a solo shot in the fifth, when the dodgers connected four times overall.

His three-run shot in the seventh tied his career high for homers. He drove in another run with a groundout as the dodgers scored 18 runs for the first time in 10 years.

The first baseman attributed it to great American ball Park’s dimensions.

“It’s tiny and the ball flies,” g onzalez said. “r ight field is short. I hit two fly balls that went out. I could have been 1 for 6 with a homer.”

dodgers manager dave roberts played left field for the Padres in that game 10 years ago when l os Angeles also hit seven.

“It feels much better from this side,” roberts said. “yeah, I saw ‘em. I remember.”

The dodgers needed the big game offensively. l eft-hander scott Kazmir lasted a seasonlow 2 2/3 innings, giving up six hits and four runs. Joey Votto singled home a run off reliever Jesse chavez (1-0), one of his four rbIs.

Kazmir said he’s been bothered lately by a stiff right side of his neck. He doesn’t want to go on the disabled list. He’ll be examined in l os Angeles.

“I’m pretty stubborn,” Kazmir said. “I can feel like this and get it done. but when you’re putting up numbers like that, it’s tough to swallow.”

There were homer notes galore:

seager’s two-run shot gave him 22 homers, trying glenn Wright’s club record for a shortstop from 1930. He tied his career high with four hits and extended his hitting streak to 13 games.

The seven homers allowed by reds pitchers tied the club record.

Andrew Toles and rob segedin hit their first career homers back-to-back in the fifth, becoming the first dodger duo to accomplish that one.

The last time the dodgers hit four homers in an inning was sept. 28, 2006, against san diego.

bailey gave up a season-high six runs and nine hits, leaving after 59 pitches. chase utley singled on bailey’s first pitch of the game, and seager singled on the second pitch. g onzalez homered on the first pitch, leaving him 11 for 25 career against the right-hander with six homers. The homer extended his hitting streak to a season-high 15 games.

“We’re seeing what we expected to see,” reds manager bryan Price said of bailey, who has made five starts. “some days, he’s electric and sharp. some days, there’s fatigue and achiness and you’re not going to have your grade-A stuff.” bud norris, who started on Friday and lasted 3 2/3 innings, pitched the eighth to help l A’s depleted bullpen. He threw 18 pitches, retired two batters, gave up two hits and a walk, and felt some tightness in his back. reds outfielder Tyler Holt pitched the ninth and retired the three batters he faced.

Hernandez’s home run leads Astros to victory

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Fister pitched seven scoreless innings, Teoscar Hernandez hit a two-run homer and the Houston Astros beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 3-1 on m onday night.

Hernandez connected off fellow rookie Jameson Taillon (3-3) in the fifth inning after A.J. r eed’s leadoff walk. It was the third home run for Hernandez, who was called up from Triple-A Fresno on Aug. 12 to make his major league debut.

Alex b regman, another Astros rookie, hit his fourth homer in the ninth inning off n eftali Feliz.

Houston won its fourth straight game and Pittsburgh lost its fourth in a row. b oth teams are competing for wild-card spots.

Fister struck out six,

walked one and retired 11 of the first 12 batters. He had allowed nine runs and 11 hits over nine innings in his previous two starts.

Ken g iles got his fourth save despite allowing d avid Freese’s rb I single in the ninth. Freese was thrown out at second base when he tried to advance on an overthrow by first baseman m arwin g onzalez to end the game.

Taillon made his seventh consecutive quality start since being activated from the disabled list July 19. He pitched eight innings, allowing two runs and four hits with a career-high eight strikeouts.

g regory Polanco had a pair of doubles and scored Pittsburgh’s lone run.

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Astros: I n F/ o F y ulieksi g urriel grounded out as a

pinch-hitter in the eighth a day after leaving his major league debut with right hamstring tightness. g urriel signed a $47.5 million, five-year contract in July after defecting from c uba. He is expected to start Tuesday night. ... 3 b l uis Valbuena (strained right hamstring) will be examined by doctors Wednesday to determine whether he needs season-ending surgery. ... o F Preston Tucker (strained right shoulder) is likely to begin a rehab assignment this weekend.

Pirates: r HP Tyler g lasnow (right shoulder soreness) pitched three scoreless innings and threw 57 pitches m onday night in his second rehab start with d ouble-A Altoona, allowing two hits while striking out six and walking three against Harrisburg in the e astern l eague.

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nd to build on last season with fall schedule

By ELIZABETH GREASON sports Writer

After a 10th-place finish in the Acc tournament to end its spring season, notre dame is looking to improve upon its season this year.

According to Irish head coach Jim Kubinski, the 2015-2016 season was one in which the team made solid progress, but did not achieve all of the results he desired for the team.

“last season was a necessary, and successful, transitional year,” Kubinski said. “While our results were not always what we’ve come to expect over my 12 seasons here, we saw great development from our three juniors, now seniors, as first-year captains, as well as from our freshmen, who gained a great deal of comfort and confidence as starting lineup players so often throughout 2015-16. We were able to position ourselves well for the exciting 2016-17 slate now before us.”

As the team approaches the fall part of its season, it also welcomes three incoming freshmen — John Felitto, davis lamb and Hunter ostrom. The freshmen bring tremendous amounts of promise to the team, Kubinski said, adding he believes they each have a chance to compete right away.

“As was the case last season, I’m not only excited to welcome three freshmen into our program but also feel they’ll have

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every opportunity to earn a starting lineup position,” Kubinski said. “our incoming freshmen tested themselves, quite successfully and often, against collegiate competition this past summer. They’re an impressive group of young players with a very high ceiling.”

Kubinski said he has high goals focusing on consistency and improvement for the team this season, both for the fall and for the season as a whole. His hopes for the team are also bolstered by his players’ strong performances over the summer.

“our goals are to keep growing individually and, therefore, as a team,” Kubinski said. “We’re excited to be back together, after so many players had very successful summers competing. We’ll look to identify a strong starting lineup as we begin this fall semester, as well as work at posting consistent and solid scores, round to round, at each tournament.”

The Irish face off against top competition in the fall. The first portion of their season is headlined by its second event of the season, the university of san Francisco olympic club Intercollegiate, which will be played at the host of multiple u s opens, most recently the 2012 u s open. on top of the tough courses the Irish face, they will also have very strong competition going forward, according to Kubinski.

“certainly, we’re playing elite

Orioles edge out Nationals for win

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bAlTImore — mark Trumbo hit his major league-leading 38th home run, Jonathan schoop also went deep and the baltimore orioles beat the Washington nationals 4-3 monday night in a matchup between neighboring contenders.

rookie dylan bundy (7-4) pitched six innings of three-hit ball for the orioles, who had lost five of their previous six games all at home. The victory lifted baltimore within two games of first-place Toronto in the Al east. bundy gave up two runs, walked four and struck out four.

He’s 5-3 with a 3.56 er A in eight games since joining the starting rotation on July 17.

Zach britton worked a perfect ninth to earn his 38th save in 38 tries. The left-hander has not allowed an earned run in 43 games since may 5.

The orioles did all their scoring against A.J. cole (0-1) in his season debut. cole was recalled from Triple-A syracuse to replace scheduled starter stephen strasburg, who was placed on

competition so often this fall that we’ll have an opportunity to enter the spring in very good shape,” Kubinski said.

Kubinski’s team will first see action at home in the notre dame Kickoff challenge where the Irish finished tied for second last

the 15-day disabled list with right elbow soreness.

Pitching in his fourth major league game and making his second start, cole allowed five hits in seven innings. The righthander struck out eight and walked two.

Anthony rendon and danny espinosa homered for the nl east-leading nationals and daniel murphy had his 48th multihit game.

The nationals jumped on top in the first inning when murphy singled for his 90th rbI.

schoop tied it with his 20th homer in the third inning. After rendon connected in the fourth, baltimore took a 4-2 lead in the bottom half.

doubles by manny machado and chris davis produced a run and Trumbo followed with a drive that soared far beyond the left-field wall.

espinosa connected off mychal givens in the seventh.

Washington got runners to second and third with two outs in the eighth before All-star reliever brad brach struck out ryan Zimmerman.

season. Kubinski said he believes starting the season at home could launch the Irish into a successful season.

“Playing at home is a great way to kick off any season,” Kubinski said. “We play confidently on our Warren golf course and will look to build some momentum heading into our travel campaign.”

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The notre dame Kickoff challenge will take place all-day sept. 3 at Warren golf course.

Contact Elizabeth Greason at egreason@nd.edu

MICHAEL YU | The Observer

Notre Dame senior Blake Barens stripes his drive at the Battle at the Warren on April 16 at Warren Golf Course. Barens finished in a tie for third overall, shooting a 145 at the event.

Hurley — Women’s Fencing (epee)

Hurley won a bronze medal in the women’s team epee in l ondon four years ago, but she came up short in r io, losing in the round of 32 of the individual competition. In the team epee, Hurley and the u nited s tates defeated s outh Korea for fifth place overall.

k elley h urley — Women’s Fencing (epee)

l ike her sister, Kelley Hurley won a bronze medal in the l ondon games. c ompeting in her third consecutive o lympics with the u nited s tates, she was also defeated in the round of 32 in the individual epee competition and, with her sister and her country, placed fifth in the team event.

l ee k iefer — Women’s Fencing (foil)

Kiefer was the only current student-athlete from n otre d ame who competed in the r io games. Kiefer is a three-time nc AA champion and did not fence for the Irish this past season in order to concentrate on her o lympic training. Kiefer advanced to the round of 16, where she was defeated by l iu yongshi of c hina.

g erek m einhardt — m en’s Fencing (foil)

m einhardt wrapped up his third o lympic games this summer with a bronze medal in men’s team foil over Italy. In the bronzemedal match, m einhardt won two out his three bouts by a combined score of 177. In the men’s individual foil competition, m einhardt made it to the quarterfinals before losing to b ritain’s r ichard Kruse.

a manda Polk — Women’s r owing

Polk, a 2008 graduate, took home a gold medal as a member of the u nited s tates’ women’s eight team. The u s . won the gold medal match with a time of 6:01.49 while g reat b ritain and r omania took silver and bronze, respectively. Though Polk has been with the u s . women’s rowing team since 2009, this was her first o lympic competition.

m elissa Tancredi — Women’s s occer

Tancredi, a 2004 graduate, took home a bronze medal for c anada, as the c anadians bested host-nation b razil, 2-1, in the bronze-medal match. Tancredi, a threetime o lympian, played in the match and had a header attempt on goal blocked.

m ariel Zagunis — Women’s Fencing

(sabre)

Zagunis is no stranger to the o lympics. The former n otre d ame student-athlete won the u nited s tates’ first ever women’s gold in fencing at the 2004 o lympics in Athens and was the u s . flag bearer for the 2012 o lympics in l ondon.

In the women’s team sabre event, Zagunis and the u s . won the bronze medal over Italy with Zagunis winning all three of her bouts by a combined score of 159. Zagunis lost in the round of 16 to r ussia’s yekaternia d yachenko in the individual sabre event, .

With her bronze medal in the team sabre, Zagunis tied Alex Wilson, a 1932 graduate and track and field athlete, for the most o lympic medals by a n otre d ame athlete at four. Zagunis has two golds and two bronzes while Wilson won one silver and three bronzes in two o lympic appearances.

a ngie a kers — Coach, Women’s b each Volleyball

Akers, a 1998 graduate, experienced her first o lympics as a member of the n etherlands’ beach volleyball coaching staff. The d utch team of m adelein m eppelink and m arleen Van Iersel advanced to the round of 16 in the tournament.

m onty Williams — Coach, m en’s b asketball

Williams was an assistant coach with the u s men’s basketball team and took home a gold medal after a 96-66 defeat of s erbia. Williams was the head coach of the n ew o rleans Pelicans for five years before serving as an assistant coach for the o klahoma c ity Thunder last season. The gold in r io is the third straight for the men’s basketball team.

EMMET FARNAN | The Observer

Irish junior fencer Lee Kiefer speaks with reporters at the ACC Championship on Feb. 28 at the Castellan Family Fencing Center. Kiefer took a year off from collegiate competition to focus on her preparation for the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janiero, where she advanced to the round of 16.

MICHAEL YU | The Observer

Former Irish forward Natalie Achonwa lines up for a free throw in Notre Dame’s Elite Eight win, 88-69, over Baylor at Purcell Pavilion on March 31, 2014. Achonwa competed for Canada in the Olympics.

CAITLYN JORDAN | The Observer

Former Notre Dame student-athlete Margaret Bamgbose races in a relay at the Meyo Invitational at Loftus Sports Complex on Feb. 6. Bamgbose competed for Nigeria in the 400-meter race at the Olympics.

a shot into the near post for her first official notre d ame goal. l ess than two minutes into the second half came the second, as Westendorf tapped in an o lmsted cross from close range. Junior midfielder Taylor Klawunder finished the game off midway through the second half, scoring at the second attempt in a goalmouth scramble.

Junior forward Karin muya said the team’s entire attacking unit put in an impressive performance.

“I think that we were very attacking-minded,” muya said. “We were very efficient with our chances, very good at executing and finishing. Westendorf especially, she got two good goals.”

It wasn’t so comfortable for the Irish on s unday at Alumni s tadium against Wisconsin (1-1, 0-0 b1g ), with only an own goal dividing the teams, but it was notre d ame who came out on top. The Irish created few clear cut chances, but a low cross from muya intended for Westendorf was too much for senior b adgers defender Kylie s chwarz, who could only send it into the bottom corner of the net.

muya said Westendorf’s positioning and Irish head coach Theresa r omagnolo’s advice both contributed to the goal.

“It was a good ball played from the midfield out wide, and I just drove down the line,” muya said. “I remember coach telling me when I came on to take people on [1on-1], so I did that and I put in the cross and if the defender hadn’t deflected it in, I’m sure Jenn Westendorf would have scored, but the defender was going backwards and she just hit it in.”

“The whole game though, I think we fought well. It was a tough game, and we were rattled but they didn’t rattle us completely. We were just more scrappy and more focused on fighting and getting to win.”

The Irish have managed to open the season with two wins despite only returning six players who started nine or more games from 2015. Top scorer Anna g ilbertson and star center-back Katie naughton are among the losses from a senior class that was rated as the top recruiting class in the country in 2011, while sophomore natalie Jacobs and junior s abrina Flores will miss the entire season due to their involvement with the us A team for the FIFA u-20 Women’s World

c up. Westendorf and junior monica Flores will also miss the postseason due to their involvements with the b razil and mexico squads, respectively. muya said the remaining players are ready to step up.

“I think that most people who look at notre d ame think, ‘Wow, they lost a lot of seniors, they lost a lot of starters,’” muya said. “That senior class was the number one recruiting class in the nation, so we’ve lost a lot of big time starters. b ut now everyone might be underestimating us, and we’ve prepared as a team the whole spring and the summer in France and even into preseason. It’s going to be a tough season, but we’re ready.

“We’re losing some hugely important players. We’re effectively losing three starters from last year because of the World c up. b ut the team has prepared for this loss. We’ve established a strong mentality and in preseason we came up with a slogan for our team — ‘fight for 29,’ which basically means that there are 29 members of this team. s ome of those players won’t be with us because they’re at the World c up, some will be there partially like monica [Flores], some are injured, like [junior defender] Paige c rowley, who

looked like she could have done big things this season but she tore her Acl s o we came up with the whole ‘fight for 29’ thing because regardless of whether you’re going to be at the World c up or you’re injured or otherwise can’t play, whoever’s going to be playing — whether you’re a substitute or a starter — we’re

all going to have the same fighting mentality.” next up for the Irish is a trip to Ann Arbor, m ichigan, where they face the rival Wolverines. Kick-off at u-m s occer s tadium is slated for 7:30 p.m. Thursday.

Contact Daniel O’Boyle at doboyle1@nd.edu

CAITLYN JORDAN | The Observer

Irish freshman forward Jennifer Westendorf angles around a defender during Notre Dame’s 1-0 victory over Wisconsin on Sunday.

Trooper ben reason allegedly detected the odor of marijuana coming from the car, an Indiana state Police press release said. From there, a narcotics dog indicated the presence of illegal narcotics inside the vehicle, and in the subsequent search, officers allegedly found marijuana and a loaded handgun. The Indiana state Police was assisted by officers from the Fulton county sheriff’s department.

According to Indiana state law, “the intentional possession of cocaine, schedule I or II narcotics, or methamphetamine is a class c felony if the amount of drug involved was three grams or more or the defendant was in possession of a firearm.” marijuana is considered a schedule I narcotic under Indiana state law.

The arrests came just a few hours before senior cornerback devin butler was arrested in south bend in an unrelated incident.

butler was arrested outside the linebacker lounge early saturday morning on early charges of resisting a police officer and battery against a police officer.

The st. Joseph county Jail booking desk confirmed butler was arrested by the south bend Police department early saturday morning on those two preliminary charges. butler was then brought to a holding cell at the st. Joseph county Jail.

When The observer contacted the st. Joseph county Jail booking desk again, it confirmed the incident occurred at 1631 south bend Ave., which is the address of the linebacker lounge, a popular student bar located just off notre dame’s campus.

According to the arrest file on the st. Joseph county Police department website, butler was arrested at 12:28 a.m.

Irish head coach brian Kelly dismissed redfield from the team on sunday and suspended butler indefinitely. Kelly also said the other four players may face internal discipline.

According to Wdnu’s Angelo di carlo, an initial hearing for the five players arrested in Fulton county has been scheduled for Aug. 30. no formal charges have been filed against any of the six players.

university vice president for public affairs and communications Paul browne said in a statement notre dame was aware of the situation.

“Any student arrested on a felony charge also faces dismissal from the university,” browne said in the statement. “The university will determine if additional sanctions should apply to any or all of the students charged.”

redfield was a two-year starter at safety for the Irish, while coney and Williams each saw action last year for notre dame.

butler, who started at stanford last season, has one interception in his three-year notre dame career. butler was expected to compete for a full-time starting role this offseason, but he refractured his foot over the summer, an injury that left his health status for 2016 unclear.

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Irish sophomore running back Dexter Williams carries the ball during Notre Dame’s Blue Gold Game on April 16 at Notre Dame Stadium. Williams was arrested Sunday morning on preliminary charges of marijuana possession and possession of a handgun without a license.

university.

“on the basis of my review, I have decided to dismiss max redfield from our football team and place devin butler on indefinite suspension. The other individuals, while not being separated from the team, will be subject to disciplinary measures internal to the football program.”

redfield was arrested early saturday morning on the preliminary charges of possession of marijuana and possession of a handgun without a license, while butler was arrested on the preliminary charges of resisting law enforcement — resulting in officer injury — and battery to a police officer. The st. Joseph county Prosecutor’s office has until Wednesday to file formal charges in the case against butler.

Kelly said the other four players who were arrested — sophomore running back dexter Williams, sophomore linebacker Te’von coney, sophomore cornerback Ashton White and freshman receiver Kevin stepherson — will be subject to further internal disciplinary measures, but have not been dismissed from the team.

Williams, coney, White and stepherson were arrested on preliminary charges of possession of marijuana, while Williams and

stepherson also face the charge of possession of a handgun without a license.

Though he has not dismissed the other four players from the team, Kelly said their status may change in light of legal or university judgments.

“In making this announcement it is important to stress that all of the players involved in these two incidents remain subject to justice system and university discipline, and those processes could yet impact their standing with the university and the team,” Kelly said in the statement. “At notre dame, where we place so much importance on the integration of students who are athletes into the broader university, the primary responsibility for discipline lies, as it should, with the university’s office of community standards.

According to W ndu’s Angelo di carlo, stepherson, Williams, White and coney all practiced monday.

“but even within that system, there are times when a player’s conduct so clearly fails to meet the standards I have set for our football team that it is appropriate to take action independent of any decision that might be made by the office of community standards. This is such an instance. The expectations we set for the members of our team are high, but they are especially so

Irish senior safety Max Redfield stands during the Alma Mater after Notre Dame’s 19-16 victory over Boston College. Redfield was arrested Sunday morning and was subsequently dismissed from the team.

for the upperclassmen who are expected to provide leadership and a positive example to the other members of the team. max and, at least at this stage in the review of his case, devin, have failed in that regard and so have lost the privilege of continuing to

be part of our team.”

redfield, who was expected to start for notre dame this season, was suspended for last season’s Fiesta bowl due to a violation of team rules. butler was expected to compete for a starting spot this year before a refracture of his

foot in June left his status for 2016 unclear. coney and Williams both saw action last season for the Irish, while White did not see the field during his freshman season. stepherson enrolled at notre dame in January as one of five early enrollees.

CAROLINE GENCO | The Observer

Six football players arrested over weekend

Kelly dismisses Redfield from team, suspends Butler indefinitely; all six players could face legal action

Observer Sports Staff

six notre dame football players were arrested late Friday night and early saturday morning in two incidents in Fulton and st. Joseph counties.

Five Irish football players were arrested Friday night at approximately 10:07 p.m. during a traffic stop in Fulton county, Indiana, carried out by the Indiana state Police. Fulton county is approximately 45 miles south of notre dame.

senior safety max redfield, sophomore running back dexter Williams, sophomore linebacker Te’von coney, sophomore cornerback Ashton White and freshman receiver Kevin stepherson were each arrested under preliminary misdemeanor charges of possession of marijuana, while redfield, stepherson and Williams also face a charge for possession of a handgun without a license.

The 2007 Ford Focus, driven by White, was pulled over for a speeding violation and an improper taillight when state

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CHRIS COLLINS | The Observer

Irish seniors Devin Butler and Max Redfield line up before the snap in Notre Dame’s Blue Gold Game on April 16. Butler and Redfield have appeared in a combined 73 games, with 25 starts between them.

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notre dame starts season strong at Alumni stadium

By DANIEL O’BOYLE sports Writer

b etween graduating a highly-rated senior class and losing players to the FIFA u-20 Women’s World c up, n o. 13 n otre d ame begins 2016 with a team that looks very different to 2015’s squad. b ut so far, a few important facts are the same: two games, two wins, zero goals conceded.

The Irish (2-0, 0-0 Acc ) opened the season Friday with a comfortable 3-0 home win against Wright s tate (01, 0-0 Horizon), and it didn’t take long for freshman forward Jennifer Westendorf to show why she was considered one of the top prospects in last year’s recruiting class.

In the fourteenth minute of the game, Westendorf effortlessly flicked the ball over a defender to senior forward Kaleigh o lmsted, who set the freshman free down the wing. Westendorf cut inside at the edge of the box and curled

Observer Sports Staff

senior safety max redfield has been dismissed from the notre dame football team and senior cornerback devin butler has been suspended indefinitely, Irish head coach brian Kelly announced in a statement sunday afternoon. The decision follows the arrest of six football players, including redfield and butler, in two separate incidents late Friday night and early saturday morning.

“during the past 24 hours, I have met with each of the members of our team involved in the two incidents that occurred over the weekend, reviewed the evidence available to me and consulted with others involved in the leadership of our team and the university,” Kelly said in the statement. “That process has only served to deepen my disappointment in the poor decisions made by these young men. Their conduct fell far short of what we expect from those who represent our football team and this great

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Irish find success in Rio Olympics

Observer Sports Staff

Five former Irish athletes won medals and m ariel Zagunis tied a n otre d ame record at the 2016 s ummer o lympics, which wrapped up in r io de Janeiro on s unday night.

Ten total former and current n otre d ame athletes participated in the games as well as two who served as coaches. Here is how the 12 n otre d ame representatives fared in r io de Janeiro.

n atalie a chonwa — Women’s b asketball

The former Irish women’s basketball standout and current center for the Indiana Fever competed with c anada’s women’s basketball team. c anada made the quarterfinals of the tournament before losing to France, 68-63. Achonwa tallied six points in c anada’s 81-51 loss to the u nited s tates in group play.

m argaret b amgbose

— Women’s Track and Field

b amgbose, a 2016 graduate of n otre d ame, competed for n igeria in the 2016 o lympic g ames. b amgbose took part in the women’s 400-meter dash and qualified for the semifinal heat, where she finished seventh with a time of 51.92 seconds. b amgbose placed fourth in the nation at the 2016 nc AA championships in her final race for n otre d ame.

molly huddle — Women’s Track and Field

Huddle had a strong start to her o lympic season, winning both the 5,000-meters and the 10,000-meters at the u s o lympic team trials in e ugene, o regon. In r io de Janeiro, Huddle broke an American record in the 10,000-meters while finishing sixth overall with a time of 30:13.17. c ourtney

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Irish junior forward Karin Muya battles a defender for the ball in Notre Dame’s 1-0 win over the Badgers at Alumni Stadium on Sunday.