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Jenkins addresses faculty
University president discusses sustainability plan, faculty diversity in speech
By EMILY McCONVILLE
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university president Fr. John Jenkins announced the implementation of a five-year sustainability plan during a wideranging address to faculty members Tuesday.
The comprehensive sustainability strategy was released on green.nd.edu at the same time as the address. it was was written by a committee of students, faculty and administrators convened in spring 2015 in response to pope Francis’ environmental encyclical “laudato si,” Jenkins said.
The plan includes eliminating coal use by 2020; increasing the use of renewable energy, including building geothermal fields; decreasing carbon emissions; improving the measurement of water usage; taking efficiency
CAITLYN JORDAN | The Observer Fr. John Jenkins speaks during his annual address to the faculty on Tuesday night in the DeBartolo Performing Arts Center. The address outlined university efforts towards sustainability and diversity.
SMC students, faculty celebrate Day of Peace
By MARTHA REILLY
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on Tuesday, several saint mary’s students and faculty participated in activities celebrating the international day of peace. campus minister emily siposbutler said the day of peace is a way to commemorate and strengthen acts of peace and nonviolence within the community.
“it shines a light on the practice of peace and calls all of use to work toward peace locally and globally,” she said.
w hile the day of peace mean a lot globally, it also means a lot personally and spiritually to sipos-butler.
“it’s a chance to recall that we are meant to live in peace with one another and with all of creation,” she said. “it gives us hope
for peace and reminds us we are not alone in that hope and work for peace. on a personal level, this day carries a deeper meaning as i remember those in war-torn areas that i worked with or on behalf of when i was with the catholic peace-building network.”
saint mary’s is in a unique
poet laureate to visit nd
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Juan Felipe herrera, poet laureate of the united s tates, will visit notre d ame on o ct. 5 and 6, according to a university press release. herrera was appointed the first l atino poet laureate in the u s . in 2015, the country’s highest honor in poetry, according to the release. he is the author of 28 books of
poetry, young adult novels and children’s series, including “h alf the world in l ight: new and s elected p oems,” winner of national b ook c ritics c ircle award and i nternational l atino b ook award.
o n o ct. 5, herrera will read some of his works, followed by a question-and-answer session for members of the campus community. The
event is sponsored by the i nstitute for l atino s tudies and the o ffice of the p resident and includes a student performance of one of herrera’s poems
The reading will take place from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. in d e b artolo p erforming a rts c enter ( dpac ). a dmission will be free but requires a
stamp to honor Fr. Ted
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next september, the u s
postal service will issue a postage stamp commemorating university president emeritus Fr. Theodore hesburgh, according to a university press release.
The release said the stamp will be unveiled sept. 1, 2017 at a ceremony at the university and will have a first day of sale at the notre dame post office.
“it’s fitting that the united states recognizes Fr. hesburgh’s contributions to our nation and the world in a medium that will literally transport his legacy to households across a merica and around the world,” university president Fr. John Jenkins said
‘Sex Signals’ encourages talk
By MEGAN VALLEY news writer
issues of consent and sexual violence — and what these mean for dating culture — can be difficult to talk about. on Tuesday, the gender relations center (grc) sponsored sex signals, an improvisational performance presented by catharsis productions of chicago, with the hope of making the conversation a little easier.
“it really looks at what it means by consent, the different ways you can have and understand content, how you can do it in ways that aren’t awkward, just how to have those conversations with one another and, most importantly, bystander intervention,” director of the grc christine caron gebhardt said.
Two of catharsis productions’ actors and educators, paula ramirez and david seeber, combined scripted material and audience-driven improv to encourage participants to consider what exactly is meant by consent.
ramirez said consent cannot rely on body language, which can be misinterpreted, and must be “verbal, active and ongoing.”
The performance, sponsored by Keenan hall, pasquerilla west hall and naval roTc, in conjunction with the grc, included several improvised scenes, followed by reflective comments from the audience.
“[sex signals is] meant to be a mirror of different conversations in our culture to provide commentary about which parts are helpful to us and which are harmful,” gebhardt said. “we want you to help us figure out how we can best address [sexual misconduct] on campus and we hope that sex signals is one of many ways that we can talk about this issue here at notre dame.”
ramirez and seeber also addressed objectification, gender expectations, alcohol as a drug and preconceptions people have about what rape is in their see seX signals paGe 4
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Question of the Day:
Are you excited for fall or sad to see summer go?
Andrew Pott junior off campus
“i guess i’m excited for fall.”
Kaleem Minor freshman Zahm house
“i’m sad to see summer go.”
Melissa Budicini junior breen-phillips hall
“i’m excited for fall.”
Casey Baker senior off campus
“i’m more excited for fall than a ndrew is.”
Luigi Coltori freshman Zahm house
“i’m super excited for fall.”
Sydney Britton freshman breen-phillips hall
“i’m excited for fall because it’s too hot.”
John Carr, director of the Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life at Georgetown University, speaks at Saint Mary’s Vander Vennet Theatre on Monday night. The talk focused on the responsibilities of American Catholics in public life.
t he next f ive D ays:
Wednesday
Christ For The Curious Coleman-Morse Center
7 p.m. - 8 p.m. A three-week series.
Roy Scranton Reading Reckers
7:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
Reading an excerpt from “War Porn.”
Thursday
Conference: “Fifteen Years After the 9/11 Terrorist Attacks”
Law School
9 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Reception to follow.
Panel: “Is Christianity Bad for Women?”
McKenna Hall
7 p.m. - 9 p.m.
Discussion on gender roles in the Church.
Friday
Men’s Soccer vs. Syracuse Alumni Stadium
7 p.m. - 9 p.m.
The Irish take on the Orange.
ND Volleyball vs. Louisville Purcell
Sunday
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La Fuerza hosts Hispanic Heritage month
By HALLIE NOLAN news writer
This month, s aint mary’s l atina culture club, l a Fuerza, will host a variety of events to celebrate h ispanic heritage month and to promote inclusivity and diversity on campus. The month kicked off with l otería, a l atin a merican bingo, on monday evening.
c lub secretary maria e scobedo said she hopes students will learn to better appreciate h ispanic culture through these events.
“i n this very political year, we should be breaking down barriers, building bridges and making connections,” e scobedo said.
e scobedo said these events will help foster a more inclusive
campus environment by educating students about the history and culture of l atin a merica.
p resident roxy martinez said she wants students from all different backgrounds to be able to connect and learn from each other.
“even though it is a l atina culture club, it is not for l atinas only,” martinez said. “ we’re not different, we just have different backgrounds.”
martinez said this month is especially important because she believes students cannot truly know the people around them without understanding their cultures.
“it is better to know more about someone than to know less,” martinez said. “it improves our quality of life and
helps us appreciate life so much more.”
This year, the club is really trying to expand from primarily focusing on mexican-a merican
“In this very political year, we should be breaking down barriers, building bridges and making connections.”
Maria Escobedo secretary La Fuerza
students, martinez said. There are saint mary’s students from many different l atin a merican countries, according
to escobedo, and hispanic heritage month will be very inclusive of the different cultures from the region.
“we want to reach out to other parts of l atin a merica and incorporate them into this month and show that we appreciate all l atin a merican girls and their cultures,” martinez said.
escobedo said she is especially looking forward to día de celebración on oct. 6 in r ice commons.
“This event is celebrating a decade of l a Fuerza on saint mary’s campus,” escobedo said. “we are here, and we have made progress.”
martinez said día de celebración will demonstrate how far the club has come since it first began.
“This is showing how much
we’ve grown and how many people we have impacted as a club,” martinez said.
escobedo said she encourages students to develop intercultural sensitivity.
“we want to celebrate all cultures,” escobedo said. “discussions of diversity make us more well-rounded.”
martinez said h ispanic heritage month will unite the saint mary’s community.
“i think, in general, people should just care about each other,” martinez said. “we’re a big sisterhood here, and it is like not knowing a part of them. sharing that love with someone impacts all of us. … you’ll never know if you never ask.”
Contact Hallie Nolan at hnolan01@saintmarys.edu
ticket, which can be reserved by calling dpac
The following day, a reception will be held in h errera’s honor from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. in m cKenna h all, where he will be presented with a parting gift followed by a brief presentation from students. w hile on campus, h errera will also visit an undergraduate literature class and have lunches with students in the u niversity’s creative writing program, according to the release.
h errera’s visit is sponsored by the h enkels l ecture Fund of the i nstitute for s cholarship in the l iberal a rts, the d epartment of r omance l anguages and l iteratures, the José e Fernández h ispanic s tudies i nitiative, the g raduate s chool, the c reative w riting p rogram, the d epartment of e nglish, the d epartment of a merican s tudies, m ulticultural s tudent p rograms and s ervices and the d epartment of Film, Television and Theatre.
“ i n addition to giving the n otre d ame community the opportunity to experience his poetry, i ’m especially pleased that our students, both undergraduate and graduate, will be able to dialogue and engage our nation’s poet laureate,” Francisco a ragón, associate professional specialist in the i nstitute for l atino s tudies, said in the release.
h errera was elected a chancellor for the a cademy of a merican p oets in 2011 and served as the poet laureate of c alifornia from 2012 to 2015. h e is the recipient of two l atino h all of Fame p oetry a wards and fellowships from the n ational e ndowment for the a rts and the g uggenheim Foundation.
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By ADRIAN MARK LORE
s cene writer
seldom does a band have the opportunity to release two self-titled records over the course of their career. For the canadian post-punk outfit preoccupations, a name change provided the opening. Formerly known as v iet cong, the band decided to opt for a new moniker just last year — and only one year after first capturing the attention of music critics with the release of their excellent 2014 ep “cassette.”
it was a well-intentioned decision, but one with a clear ulterior motive; certain sectors of the public found the name offensive, so much that occasionally it prevented the band from being able to play at music venues with strict expression guidelines. perhaps to change was the compassionate option, yet altering a band’s identity to appease others and gain marketability brownie points is, strictly speaking, just about the least “punk” thing one could do. indeed, the group’s rather bland new name, preoccupations, signals just that: a concern for palatability rather than subversive panache. i wouldn’t have thought twice about the change if the band had retained its signature style: effortless craft and aggressive hyperactivity. on their debut lp — the self-titled “v iet cong” — the group navigates a dark and bellicose environment with monolithic instrumentation and dynamic songwriting, doing so with unusual ease for trained musicians working within a mostly
unfamiliar genre. dabbling with confidence in noise and distortion while remaining catchy and surprisingly accessible, it stands as one of the most accomplished records of 2015 without having sacrificed its sense of punk. but instead of perfecting their craft or striving for even greater originality, their self-titled record as preoccupations is quite toned-down in comparison to their previous efforts — not in tone, but in ambition. This record is almost shockingly comfortable reproducing familiar post-punk motifs and not developing them with much — if any — inspired creativity. There is certainly nothing here that we have never heard before. indeed, there are moments in which the aesthetic is so jarringly archetypal, as on lead single “a nxiety,” that songs begin to feel obvious in an almost patronizing way.
To be fair, however, the band is made up of objectively skilled musicians. The music itself is seamlessly assembled and skillfully balances chilly vocals with warm, rusty guitars. preoccupations successfully reapplies the industrial production of v iet cong to evoke the wintry urban landscapes familiar to the group. There are no egregious faults to the album, in other words. o verall, it is certainly a pleasurable listen.
The problem is the record’s overwhelming lack of tension. however much tension there is feels artificial, and simply giving songs names like “a nxiety,” “degraded” and “Fever” does little to fool anyone. conversely, it is no coincidence that tracks that play with ominous riffs and
textures — as the band does on “Zodiac” and to a lesser extent on the short-lived “Forbidden” — fare much better than those that opt for numb comfort. perhaps the album is fairly enjoyable, then, but it is certainly not very exciting. not nearly as exciting as “v iet cong,” at least. From a commercial standpoint, such a lukewarm option to crafting a record has clear benefits: a safeguard against turning out a total critical flop, and a virtual guarantee that most fans will at least passively appreciate — and most likely purchase — the record. but passive appreciation equals a forgettable album in the long-term. v iet cong will be remembered for distilling post-punk into an innovative product still capable of garnering mass appeal. but what will p reoccupations be remembered for? being another indie band?
Contact Adrian Mark Lore at asanch11@nd.edu
“Preoccupations” Preoccupations
Label: Jagjaguwar
Recommended Track: “Zodiac”
If you like: Girl Band, Savages
By BRIAN BOYLEN
cene writer
it is a rare thing for a horror movie to make any sort of tangible cultural impact. most seem to come and go, failing to be anything beyond the final destination for Friday night thrill seekers willing to see whatever the latest horror flick is. This was not true for the original “The blair witch project,” whose faux documentary style reportedly convinced some viewers at the original screening at the sundance Film Festival that the footage they were seeing was real. beyond that, “The blair witch project” served as an introduction of found footage style filmmaking to mainstream audiences — a technique that has now become almost synonymous with 21st century horror movies. however, despite the saturation of found footage films, none have captured the raw authenticity of “The blair witch project.” unfortunately, “blair witch” is no different. From a surface-level view, there are no striking differences between these two films. both involve a group of camera-wielding friends venturing into the eerie black hills Forest to uncover its mysteries, all the while filming a documentary. however, the stylistic difference between the two is immense. The original begins with grainy interviews of town locals that feel authentic. The actors look like they actually live in a small town, and the conversations have an unscripted nature to them, such as when a mother’s small child repeatedly interrupts her story by hitting her in the face. This realism is nowhere to be found in “blair witch.” every actor looks like they could be found in your average T v drama, and many shots are supplied
by an expensive video camera that a college student somehow managed to obtain. There is even a remote controlled drone that fails to do much other than make the movie feel bigger. This upping of the ante from the original is a recurring theme throughout the film, as it bleeds into almost every aspect of it.
From a plot standpoint, “blair witch” is actually somewhat compelling. The narrative follows James donahue (James a llen mccune) who is embarking on an expedition to the black hills to learn the truth of what happened to his missing sister, heather, one of the characters from the original movie. Joining James are his friend peter Jones (brandon scott), peter’s girlfriend, ashley bennett (corbin reid) and film student lisa a rlington (callie hernandez). lisa, possessing an impressive amount of film gadgets for a college student, doles out earpiece cameras to the squad, which provides the movie the ability to switch between different points of view at will. The group heads out to the forest, but not before being joined by eccentric locals lane ( wes robinson) and Talia ( valorie curry).
From here, “blair witch” takes a similar approach to the original; weird things start happening, tensions flare between stressed-out characters and the audience is left on the edges of their seats, unsure of what will befall the characters next. w hile this tension escalates in a similar way in both films, the directions they each choose to go at this point are drastically different. “The blair witch project” keeps this palpable suspense wound tightly until the credits are rolling. it never overplays its hand by so much as even showing a flash of the nefarious creature hunting the group. “blair witch,” however, takes the action dial and
turns it up to 11 out of 10 for the entire last half hour of the movie. There are knife fights, falling trees, flying tents and several shots of the blair witch herself. The film doesn’t try to scare viewers by making them wonder what horrors lay just off screen; instead, “blair witch” shows the audience exactly what they should be afraid of. some may actually prefer this to the almost anticlimactic ending of the original. however, there is something to be said for the verisimilitude of the original since real life doesn’t follow a clean narrative structure with a defined climax. in “blair witch,” director adam wingard has crafted a decent horror flick. its greatest crime is that it is a generic thriller masquerading as something more. w hen considered outside the shadow of “blair witch project,” it is not a bad movie by any means. unfortunately, avoiding this comparison is impossible, and thus, so was avoiding disappointment.
Contact Brian Boyle at bboylen@nd.edu
“Blair
Witch”
Thriller/Horror
Production Company: Vertigo Entertainment
Director: Adam Wingard
Starring: Callie Hernandez, James Allen McCune
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it is, perhaps, the greatest food invention of all time. The italians have given a lot to this world, from michelangelo to davinci, but when it comes to the top spot, i’d have to say that pizza is king. but italy just started the process. a merica perfected it. The blend of tomato sauce, dough and plenty of oozing mozzarella cheese is enough to make a man forget his meager existence on earth for just a few short moments, until all eight slices are gone. Then it’s time for another!
a s a kid from long island, i was pretty spoiled growing up. most people only have a few choices when it comes to a good pizza, but in new york, there’s a smorgasbord of great places. The combination of an overwhelming population of italians and small, family-owned and operated pizza joints equals a product that can’t be beaten. i’ve had many — sometimes heated — conversations with those supporters of chicago-style “pizza,” but honestly there isn’t a comparison.
chicago-style is literally a pie loaded with meat and cheese and sauce, and while delicious, it doesn’t offer the same, simple style that new york pizza provides. plus, you can’t fold a deep-dish slice. it just can’t be done. This summer, i worked in chicago, and several times i had for dinner giordano’s, a staple in chicago. each time, it hurt my being that i couldn’t fold my slice and enjoy the sweet utility it provides. past that, i think there’s a reason places like domino’s, pizza hut and the other fast food abominations offer interpretations, albeit horrid, of thin-crust pizza — it’s the true form.
w hat makes pizza great? you can ask a group of people and get a million different responses, and to each his own. personally, i think the crust is the biggest part. a great house needs a good foundation, and the same goes for pizza. good dough leads to a good crust, which is not too thick but can hold up the melodious harmony that is cheese and sauce. i was on a food tour in new york city once, and one of the stops was Joe’s pizza, which in 2009 was named one of the “best 25 pizzas on earth” by gQ magazine. it was about as classic as it comes, just a plain slice with cheese and sauce. Their website reads, “at Joe’s, you won’t find any pretentious concoctions nor do we serve bargain pizza made with who-knows-what. it’s just the old-school, real deal new york pizza. no string-bean, asparagus covered, wild turkey surprise pizza here.” a fter having a slice, it was clear that they could back up the talk. The guide then explained what made the crust — which was unbelievable — so good. it’s the water, pumped in from upstate, that gives the dough such a good, clean base. a nd long island has one of the best aquifers in the country, as surface water is barely used for drinking. it was a neat fact which explained a lot. but the crust isn’t everything. The cheese and sauce are also essential, and they bring the flavor that has hooked millions of people for years. one cold night a couple years ago, i was in brooklyn for a light show. it was a cool performance, but what made that night memorable was the show that went on after. it starred grimaldi’s pizza, another new york staple that only serves by the pie, and it was quite a memorable experience. The warm, gooey mozzarella was just enough to keep the fresh tomato sauce from swimming on the crust and combined they made a real a-team. it was an hour wait outside before a table freed up, but after eating that delicacy, i’d be willing to wait a whole lot more. in the end, there are plenty of good pizzas, all over the world. naming one is impossible. w hat really resonates with people are the experiences they have eating good pizza. it might be the old italian owner lovingly forming each pie, or sitting by lake michigan with the skyline at your back and a thick slice of deep-dish in your hand. pizza is good, but sometimes, even the memory is better.
Is the ND student section culture dysfunctional?
i ask this question honestly in light of my experience at the home game on saturday vs. m ichigan state. Just like the home game vs. nevada the weekend before, my friends and i were caught up amidst a big crowd of students entering the stadium, an experience comparable to a herd of stampeding cattle. e xcept these were not steers but college seniors — sweaty bodies pressing on each other, pushing, pulling, stumbling, and yelling with flushed faces, glazed eyes, and slurred speech amidst the pervasive smell of alcohol. once in the stadium, it seemed that as my friends and i climbed higher into the stands, the more drunk students were. i n response to some of the calls by a referee, we heard chants and comments from numerous students such as, “you’re blind and deaf, how can you be a ref?” and “The ref beats his husband,” somehow managing to combine homophobia and domestic violence into one slur. o ther slurs that we heard included mentions of a noose and a tree, and calling brian Kelly a “pussy,” casting aspersions about the size of his non-existent vagina. before we moved to a less rambunctious section at halftime, someone who had been yelling by my friend’s ear for the entire first half sank behind us in a drunken stupor.
i understand that this may be only one experience among many, that it is not indicative of the entire student section, and that perhaps i was unfortunate enough to be sitting among particularly rowdy people. i also know that some people may think these smells, sights, and sounds wonderful and even regard them as an integral part of the notre dame football experience. i argue, however, that the notre dame football experience is not one that necessarily includes excessive drinking and charged insults. yes, there is a certain camaraderie intrinsic to notre dame football, especially in the student section, but that should not include harm to self and to others. being a spectator comes with shared standards of accountability and decency.
i’m disappointed in my classmates, especially my fellow seniors. is this what we consider a senior privilege? w hat kind of example does our behavior
and attitudes give to underclassmen and show to alumni, teachers, family, and friends? c an we really sing the a lma mater at the end of every game if this is what we do during every home football weekend? w hy drink to excess “just because you can”? you don’t need to drink excessive amounts of alcohol in order to enjoy a football game. it doesn’t matter if you think that you can “hold your liquor.” nor is this a matter of “having fun” because excessive drinking is not fun for anyone, especially when people wake up with hangovers, start vomiting, or lose consciousness. drink responsibly, or don’t drink at all.
i fear that we are losing this camaraderie of the notre dame football experience. a s fans, we do injustice to the game with these slurs and excessive drinking. yes, let’s get excited. yes, let’s cheer on our team. yes, let’s do push-ups in the stands. but do we really need to pre-game for five hours beforehand with excessive drinking and call out derogatory insults that are affronts to the dignity of others? i feel that does a disservice to our team and to who we are as notre dame students. we attend the university of notre dame. That’s a privilege. l et’s act with class, not with debauched revelry, and be considerate of other people’s backgrounds and experiences. l et’s support and respect our players, coaches, referees, ushers, announcers, band members, and cheerleaders who work diligently week after week to carry on our golden tradition, even when they mess up, fumble, or get sacked. That’s the nature of teamwork. i nstead of “rising above ourselves” and “surrendering to excellence,” let’s aspire to excellence and rise above a campus culture of excessive drinking and charged language. l et’s make this red dot into a green dot. l et’s take a stand and cheer for old notre dame. l et’s preserve our time-honored tradition of notre dame football. This is something worth fighting for.
Grace Agolia senior s ept. 18
Tobias Hoonhout sports writer
“welcome home.”
after i was pulled off the wait list, the university’s acceptance letter fashioned itself in a way i didn’t. yet walker percy insists that “there is no fashion so absurd, even grotesque, that it cannot be adopted, given two things: the authority of the fashion-setter (dior, Jackie onassis) and the vacuity or noughtness of the consumer.” many students enter a notre dame fashioned as their dream school; many later fashion their undergraduate years as the best years of their lives. we are nd
percy asks what a saleslady means when “she fits a customer with an article of clothing and says: ‘it’s you’?” in the various “stages of consumption,” you see someone in authority wearing it, then others wear it, then you try it on uncertainly, then you buy it and wear it. Then “it is you and you are it” until “it is devoured” and made everyday, before it is set aside for a new style.
but fashion is not accessible to everyone. mike Jeffries, ceo of abercrombie & Fitch until 2014, said in 2006 that his stores “go after the cool kids.” he said that “a lot of people don’t belong, and they can’t belong.”
Jeffries is right, in a way. a place is fashioned by what it is, which seems to imply that there are things which it must not be. notre dame is a catholic university, necessitating certain trappings of american catholic and university life. There are masses and priests and a theology department on campus. students are required to attend classes and to maintain certain grades. partying is a part of social life,
Welcome home
but the university seeks to enforce some christian norms. This is part of what the university invites with the words, “welcome home.”
but there are other aspects that come with this welcome. with all the aspirations that our promotional materials put before you, here are some realities that also come with life at this university: some of you will be sexually assaulted or raped during your time here. some of you will struggle and agonize over your sexuality. some of you will get kicked out of the dorm and have to find a place to live mid-semester. many of you will fail a class for the first time. some of you, like me, will browse other universities’ websites to see if you can transfer and still graduate in four years.
so when we say, “we are nd,” what are we putting on? w hat are we entering into? would you treat your classmates differently if, at orientation, one of the comments made in dpac was: “students sitting in this room will be raped before they graduate?” and would you act differently if they said, “some of you will do it and not think you did?”
one response would be to cower in fear, to make college a one-man-show where you will neither be hurt by others nor hurt others. one response would be to reject wholesale the identification of “domer” and to begin a crusade against “the institution.” another response would be to create rules and regulations and ever-adjusted definitions of consent to make clear the formal duties that drunk coeds (or non-co-eds) have to each other, or to have little pins outside your doors and on your backpacks to announce safe spaces or pregnancy resources, or to refer troubled students to the appropriate professionals. perhaps these or similar responses are necessary, but they are not
sufficient.
w hether we like it or not, we are nd and we’re deluded if we believe that sole responsibility lies with the administration or disciplinary panels to address the darker parts of being a domer. we don’t get to call notre dame “home” if we don’t take responsibility for it. and we don’t get to call this community a “family” if we don’t take responsibility for each other.
we also have to take responsibility for ourselves. notre dame grads frequently bemoan post-college life. They lack the vibrant community they easily found in college. i think these are frequently the people who tried to learn community without responsibility. They entered a world created for them, but they themselves did not creatively contribute. They attended syr’s but never hosted dorm parties. They played dorm sports but never organized Frisbee on the quad. They went to the dining hall but never hosted dinner parties. They loved community, but they never learned to create or sustain it.
leonardo da vinci once said that “people of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them. They went out and happened to things.” if you want notre dame to be a family and a home, then make it so. go out and happen to things, and to each other.
Christopher Damian graduated from Notre Dame in 2013 with a B.A. in philosophy. He is currently a Terrence J. Murphy Fellow at the University of St. Thomas, where he is pursuing a J.D. and an M.A. in Catholic Studies. He can be reached at cdamian1@alumni.nd.edu
The views expressed in this column are those of the author and not necessarily those of The Observer.
be pilgrims, rather than tourists
one of my good friends, catherine, took her college seminar on pilgrimages, and over the course of our friendship and travels, it has led to some excellent discussions. The class, she said, centered on answering the question: what constitutes a pilgrimage? so, when we traveled around ireland and europe during our semester abroad in dublin, we began to debate if our own travels were pilgrimages or mere vacations.
we never quite settled on a firm answer, but we always strove to be pilgrims rather than tourists. it can be a small distinction at times, and one that never fits a specific set of criteria. catherine said that at the end of the seminar, the class decided that even attending a notre dame football game could be considered a pilgrimage. sometimes it’s easy to know when you are a pilgrim. last weekend, for instance, i went on a pilgrimage to croagh patrick, ireland’s holiest mountain, where in 441 a d st. patrick fasted for 40 days. The mountain has been a pilgrimage site for more than 5,000 years, and pagans are believed to have gathered there to celebrate the beginning of harvest season. on saturday, 44 notre dame students and i simply joined in a long line of pilgrims at this holy site.
at other times, though, it’s more difficult to know whether or not you are a pilgrim. in the spring of my
junior year, i studied in dublin and spent much of the semester traveling around ireland and europe. now that i’m back in ireland, i realize that some of my own travels have drawn me more towards tourism than pilgrimage. but i think wherever we might travel, or whomever we might encounter, we all ought to at least try to be pilgrims.
a few weeks ago, when i sat in on the orientation for this semester’s dublin study abroad students, the director of the program, Kevin, encouraged them all to think of themselves as pilgrims rather than tourists during their time in ireland. he urged them to seek genuine, authentic immersion into irish culture and desire a deep understanding of a world different than their own comfortable homes.
To me, this is the essence of pilgrimage, and the element that separates being a pilgrim from being a tourist. Tourists seek fun and relaxation — worthy enough goals in some instances — but pilgrims seek understanding and knowledge. pilgrims have a deep respect for their destinations and especially their journeys.
on saturday, our group made up a small portion of the people making their pilgrimage to croagh patrick. From what i could gather, the pilgrims came from all walks of life — children, seniors, families, priests. w hat united us all was a deep respect for the mountain and its ancient importance. under a rare completely clear sky in the west of ireland, we shared in an experience that has transcended time and religion.
certainly, not all pilgrimages are as powerful, or obvious, as that one, but we can all try a little harder to be pilgrims in our travels and even our routines. The key, i think, is to look for the sacred — however you define it — in the seemingly mundane. be present on your walk to class or drive to work. Try to learn from each place you go, each person you encounter, each thing you do. simply put, be pilgrims.
as with most things, this is much easier to say than it is to actually do. w hen i returned to dublin on sunday night, exhausted from the hike (and staying up until 4:30 a.m. to watch notre dame fall to michigan state), i slid somewhat comfortably back into my routine. i have to constantly remind myself that i live in a foreign country, and thus each day is an unprecedented opportunity to learn something new, experience something different and meet people i never would have met otherwise. The same would be true pretty much anywhere i lived, though. so wherever you live and wherever you travel, be pilgrims.
Jack Rooney is a 2016 Notre Dame graduate and The Observer’s former managing editor. He is currently spending a year living and working for the University in Ireland, and writes these columns to keep him busy and satisfy his need for journalism. Follow Jack on Twitter @RooneyReports and/or email him at jrooney1@nd.edu
The views expressed in this column are those of the author and not necessarily those of The Observer.
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happy birthday: learn from experience. ask questions and speak openly about the way you feel and what you want to see happen. short trips, spending time with family and getting together with old friends are all highlighted. a home improvement project will raise your standard of living and ease your stress. don’t expect everyone to be happy with the choices you make. your numbers are 5, 12, 18, 27, 34, 40, 46.
ARIES (March 21-April 19): scheck personal financial papers and consider the best way to save. Travel, joint ventures and finding common ground with someone you love will help you bring about positive changes. a practical career move can be made.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20): step up and take over. show your strengths and proceed to the finish line. putting a little force behind your plans will help you establish your position. communication will ensure that everyone you summon to help will do a good job.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): don’t go halfway when finishing what you start will ensure that your reputation continues to thrive. it’s important to go through the physical motions to get things up and running properly. Face your challenges headon.
CANCER (June 21-July 22): don’t let a personal relationship mess with your emotions. Focus on what you can do to improve your home and domestic relationships. Talks will help you find solutions. use compassion and persuasion to improve family ties.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): you’ll face added stress if you let the little things bother you. instead of wasting time worrying, check out your options and connect with people who can offer a different perspective on what’s happening. romance and physical activity are encouraged.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): a business trip, meeting or taking a course that will put you in touch with people who share your concerns is encouraged. don’t make purchases that are superficial or unnecessary. spend on knowledge, not appearance.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): put time, effort and money into your home and family to avoid complaints. Think big, but don’t go over budget. a realistic approach to how you handle your finances will leave you with plenty left over for a romantic getaway.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): you’ve got the knowledge and mindset of a leader, so don’t hesitate to put your ideas into play. you can make a difference within an organization you care about. an unexpected change will end up being beneficial.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): don’t lose sight of what you have been asked to do. your success will depend on your ability to get things done without wasting time. a change at home will help to improve an important relationship with someone you love.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): get out and socialize or network with people who can motivate and inspire you to try new things. your drive and determination will help you find unique ways to turn an idea you have into a profitable venture.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): communication is best handled with care. someone will be offended if you aren’t diplomatic about how you present your thoughts. offering incentives will help you get what you want. romance will help you ease your stress.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Take better care of your health. added stress will be caused by emotional issues that result from a lack of communication. Face problems head-on and do your best to find solutions that suit everyone’s needs. Birthday Baby: you are smart, understanding and practical. you are inquisitive and thorough.
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Too soon to judge Wentz trade
Ben Padanilam
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i t’s two weeks into the n F l season, and the c leveland b rowns are an abysmal 0-2.
n ow, no one is surprised by this. i t was expected by n F l experts, football fans — except maybe those who were feeling a little too much of the love for the new culture of winning in c leveland’s other sports — and even those whose knowledge of football is cursory.
w hat many people might not have seen coming was the 2-0 start from the p hiladelphia e agles and their new quarterback, c arson w entz. The n o. 2 pick of this past year’s n F l d raft has been impressive in his first two games, completing 60.6 percent of his passes for 468 yards, three touchdowns and, perhaps most impressively, zero interceptions.
a nd the b rowns, who gave the e agles the pick to draft w entz in a trade, got to witness his play first hand when he beat them in the season’s first week, 29-10. h is play — and the success of the e agles through two games — has a lot of people around the league and among those who watch it saying the b rowns made a mistake in not holding onto that pick. w entz could have been theirs, and they wrongly supposed he wouldn’t become the star he’s shown he has the potential to be, they say. b ut those people are wrong.
That’s not to say w entz won’t become a superstar, the franchise quarterback the e agles hoped for when they pulled the trigger on that trade with the b rowns. h e very well might be. yet, it’s only been two games, and the jury is still out on just how good w entz is. a fter all, his two wins are against teams — the b rowns and the c hicago b ears — that are a combined 0-4 this season and clearly do not appear to be trending in the right direction. yet, more than any overreaction to w entz’s play and the e agles’ start, the reason we can’t yet condemn the trade made by the b rowns is that it’s too soon to judge the package the b rowns got for him.
This offseason, the b rowns made it clear that the organization was taking
a new, analytics-guided approach to management with the changes to the front office. They made as much clear when they hired p aul d e p odesta of “ m oneyball” fame to be the team’s chief strategy officer.
p art of that approach was changing the way they value future draft picks as assets, as they have been undervalued in a win-now n F l for far too long. a nd the w entz trade is a perfect example of this.
i n the w entz deal, the b rowns gave up the n o. 2 pick in 2016 and a 2017 fourth-round pick for the n o. 8 pick and two other picks in the top 100 of the 2016 draft as well as a 2017 first-round pick and a 2018 second-round pick.
Then, during the draft, the b rowns traded down from n o. 8 to n o. 15 in order to pick up another top-100 pick and a 2017 second rounder. They still got their guy in receiver c orey c oleman, who scored two touchdowns s unday and wouldn’t have been a weapon available to w entz had they stayed where they were in the draft, and now have an incredible 13 picks in 2017’s draft after acquiring and using 14 picks in this year’s draft.
s imply put, the c leveland b rowns are building a team brick by brick, choosing quantity of picks over the quality of them due to the belief that the odds of finding a star with one pick are significantly smaller than finding one with many. a nd, with as many needs as the b rowns have, can you really blame them?
They’re putting trust in their staff to find success with those picks. e arly on, it looks like c oleman may be a hit, and some of those other picks might be too. a nd, as they still need a quarterback, they believe they can find one in future drafts once a foundation has been built to ensure that signal caller’s positive development.
s o sure, the e agles might be looking like geniuses right now with w entz under center. b ut wait a few years, and the b rowns might have a s uper b owl roster built around their own star quarterback.
Contact Ben Padanilam at bpadanil@nd.edu
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guyer’s pinch-hit gives i ndians win over royals
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cleveland — p inch-hitter brandon g uyer singled in a run with two outs in the ninth inning, helping the c leveland i ndians move closer to an al c entral title with a 2-1 victory over the Kansas c ity royals on Tuesday night.
g uyer’s hit off Joakim s oria landed just fair in the right-field corner and scored c oco c risp. g uyer was the third pinch-hitter of the inning used by manager Terry Francona.
c leveland led d etroit by seven games in the division entering Tuesday. The i ndians haven’t won the al c entral since 2007.
brian Flynn (1-2) walked Jose r amirez to start the ninth, then fumbled a bunt by c risp, batting for l onnie c hisenhall, down the firstbase line for an error.
c atcher s alvador perez threw r amirez out at third on a braham a lmonte’s sacrifice attempt. r ajai davis, batting
for Tyler naquin, hit a hard ground ball that deflected off s oria’s foot and rolled to first baseman e ric hosmer for the out.
g uyer then delivered with the winner that fell in despite a sliding effort by right fielder paulo o rlando.
The royals, the reigning world s eries champions, will be eliminated from contention in the division if they lose to c leveland on wednesday night.
Kansas c ity advanced a runner to third with one out in the eighth, but a ndrew m iller (9-1) struck out pinch-hitter c hristian c olon and w hit merrifield before retiring the side in order in the ninth.
c arlos s antana led off the third with his 33rd home run, a drive deep into the lower deck in right field. a lex g ordon’s rbi single tied the game in the fifth.
i ndians starter Josh Tomlin allowed one run in 6 2/3 innings. The right-hander held Kansas c ity to five hits, struck
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out three and didn’t walk a batter.
e dinson volquez allowed s antana’s homer but held the i ndians in check over 6 2/3 innings. he gave up four hits, struck out five and walked three.
royals: oF l orenzo c ain (left wrist inflammation), who last played on s ept. 9 at the w hite s ox, is traveling with the team.
i ndians: p itching coach m ickey c allaway said there’s a “small chance” danny s alazar (strained forearm) will be available in the bullpen if c leveland makes the playoffs. s alazar hasn’t pitched since s ept. 9 but played catch at 60 feet Tuesday.
royals: rhp ian Kennedy is unbeaten in his last 10 starts, going 5-0 with a 2.14 era h is last road loss occurred July 1 at philadelphia.
i ndians: rhp c orey Kluber seeks his career high-tying 18th victory. he is 9-5 with a 3.27 era in 15 home starts this season.
Marlins top Nationals behind Stanton homerun
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miami — giancarlo stanton homered to back a strong outing by Jose Fernandez, who pitched eight innings and struck out 12 for the m iami marlins in a 1-0 victory over the washington nationals on Tuesday night.
Fernandez (16-8) allowed three hits without a walk to outduel washington’s Tanner roark (15-9) who pitched seven innings and allowed one run.
david phelps pitched the ninth for the marlins and recorded his fourth save in 10 chances.
The nationals were held to four hits in their fourth consecutive loss.
stanton’s 27th home run broke a scoreless tie in the bottom of the sixth inning.
stanton also homered in monday’s 4-3 win.
stephen drew smacked a double off the top of the right field fence over stanton’s head in the first inning before Fernandez retired the next 21 batters.
w ilson r amos broke through in the top of the eighth with a soft liner to center and brian g oodwin followed with a single to right.
Fernandez struck out danny e spinosa and got pinch-hitter daniel murphy to ground out to get out of the jam.
marlins hitting coach barry bonds was among those in the dugout congratulating Fernandez, grabbing him with both hands and kissing him repeatedly on both cheeks. “i love you!” bonds shouted as Fernandez grinned.
The marlins loaded the
bases in the third inning, but c hristian yelich lined out to shortstop to end the inning. nationals: manager d usty baker denied a report about r F bryce harper dealing with a shoulder injury. “The story was inaccurate,” baker said. “They asked me about the shoulder problem before and i said we gave him four or five days off. i don’t even know how long ago that was, six weeks ago or something like that? a nd to say he’s playing shallow because he couldn’t throw the ball is totally inaccurate. i don’t know where they got that from. i know they got some quotes from me, but i was talking about the past. i wasn’t talking about the present. i don’t know how it came out because i don’t read much, but that was inaccurate reporting.”
heffernan
in practice,” heffernan said. “so it’s extremely motivational to ask them questions whenever we need to or knowing when we’re doing workouts, [it’s like], ‘wow, this person has been so successful in the past, if i can stick with them, if i can do a workout with them, i can gain some knowledge from them in practice.’ it gives you confidence for our success in the future.”
w hile heffernan works to stay healthy on the course, she said she also wants to create a healthy team dynamic off the course, because it was that sense of family that sold her on notre d ame in the first place.
“i was looking at a lot of different schools and mainly the people here clicked with me,” heffernan said. “w hen i was in high school, i was really, really close to my coaches and my teammates and we had a family atmosphere there and i was looking for that in college, as well. w hen i came in here on my recruiting visit, i definitely saw that with the girls on my team and the coaches here and it’s just something i wanted i have and something i thought would help me be successful in the future.
“[ i want to be] a team player, a team sport. The biggest thing for me coming into here was finding a school where i felt the team had a family atmosphere. i just hope that in the future, as i do become more of a leader on the team, that i can help to continue that sort of family atmosphere.”
heffernan believes that sense of family starts with the sophomore class that includes her, a nna rohrer and r achel da damio, though heffernan is quick to add she enjoys spending time with all of her teammates.
“i feel like everybody really brings something to the team,” heffernan said. “i love all the different personalities of the girls. everybody is so different and brings something special. i don’t think that we’re necessarily the heart of the team, but i do really enjoy my sophomore teammates. we’re all very strong runners, very strong individuals.”
a nd as the sophomore group, which was ranked the number one recruiting class two years ago, grows more confident, they will continue to grow in their leadership as well, heffernan said.
“l ast year we had an amazing senior class who made us feel welcome from the start, always made us feel comfortable voicing our opinions,” heffernan said. “i think that that’s helped us become stronger this year and to be better leaders ourselves.”
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Irish sophomore Annie Heffernan competes in the National Catholic Championships on Sept. 18, 2015, where she finished third overall. Heffernan won the race this year, improving her time by nine seconds and leading the women’s team to a first-place finish.
national player of the week. head coach bobby clark commented on the character of the junior forward and the example he sets everyday.
“[Jon’s] a terrific young man, he loves soccer, no question,” clark said.“he’s a pro, because his attitude’s very professional … he’s very committed to being the best he can be. he does everything he can possibly do to be as good a soccer player as he can be. he’s just a hard worker, on and off the field.”
gallagher is vital to the success of the irish attack, creating scoring opportunities for others, capitalizing on the opportunities he gets and putting constant pressure on the back line of the opponent, whether on offense or defense. clark noted how gallagher has excelled from his forward position.
“being a forward, obviously scoring goals is a prerequisite,” clark said. “you want a forward that has the ability to score goals, and he certainly does that. but he also works very hard, pressures very hard, because our defense starts with our forwards … They’re a very important part of how we defend, especially if we lose the ball in the opponent’s half, we immediately try to get it back.” as well as providing the intangibles, gallagher has padded the stat sheet so far this year and leads the irish in several categories, including assists (three), shots
junior forward Jon Gallagher avoids
(28) and shots on goal (17). with his five goals and three assists, gallagher is also tied with senior defender brandon aubrey for most total points at 13. standing just 5-foot-9, gallagher isn’t the biggest guy on the field, clark noted, but he makes up for it due to his natural talent combined with his high level of dedication.
“amazingly fast — he’s a very good athlete and amazingly strong,” clark said. “pound for pound, he’s very, very strong, and he works very hard at his fitness — both his strength and his speed, and his endurance. it’s not often you get somebody who’s as fast as he is, but also has good
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endurance. he has both, and that’s a terrific asset for a soccer player because you can play the 90 minutes but can still keep your speed.”
beyond his value on the field, clark said gallagher, who was named to both the all-acc Third Team and the acc all-academic Team last year, embodies what it means to be a student-athlete.
“he just loves the game,” clark said. “he’s got a really good soccer knowledge, so he’s been a terrific acquisition for the program and for the school.”
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“i don’t need to be on the defensive side of the ball, coaching tackling. i’m very confident that i’ve got good coaches to do that, but i’m the head coach, and i’d better be certain that i know exactly what’s going on in all facets of my program — offense, defense, special teams, recruiting, all of those things. b ut from an optic standpoint, i don’t need to be standing on the defensive end of the field to make sure that gets done.”
Tensions between Kelly and van g order appeared evident after television cameras captured a heated discussion between the two on s aturday, but Kelly said the argument was just part of coaching football in a high-stress environment.
“i f we were up 55-0, we’d probably have no interaction conversations, but there’s going to be conversations on the sideline because it’s on national T v,” Kelly said. “i have great respect for all my coaches. They have respect for me. we have a chain of command. i f i don’t like something, i’m going to make my opinions known. it’s just business as usual. it’s not personal. it’s about getting it right, and, again, it’s my office. s o i think, if you have a camera in your office, there will be those moments that we all have that people would ask what was going on.”
o n offense, Kelly said the running game was mostly effective against m ichigan state, but said a few missed blocking assignments hindered it.
“o ur first half, we had pretty good balance in what we wanted to do,” Kelly said. “ we
carved out the kind of run game. we were inconsistent in our performance, certainly, and then we only ran the ball twice in the fourth quarter and kind of got behind and never were really able to settle in.
“There were some things that we clearly have to get better at. There was some movement up front that we didn’t handle very well. There were some pressures that the ball needed to get thrown out and the ball not run — all correctable errors. i don’t stand here right now worried about our running game. i believe our running game is going to be where it needs to be.”
The i rish tallied only 57 yards on 25 carries on the ground s aturday and found themselves relying on the passing game as the game went on. w hen the i rish do go to the air, Kelly said he expects junior quarterback d e s hone Kizer to step up and play with a purpose.
“he’s got to play with more sense of urgency. he’s one of those guys,” Kelly said. “ we had seven plays in a row that were negative plays that are just unacceptable offensively. it’s not just him, but he’s running the offense, and there are plays that are out there to be made that we’re not making. we come out in our first drive, and we look pretty good. we drop a ball and make a mistake, and we lose that urgency there for a while. we have to is have that from the very beginning. That starts with the guy with keys in his hand who’s driving a car, and he’s got to have more of that.”
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Irish sophomore running back Josh Adams takes a handoff during Notre Dame’s 36-28 loss to Michigan State at Notre Dame Stadium.
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Dame’s 1-0 victory over UConn at Alumni Stadium on Sept. 13.
‘We need to find a sense of urgency’
By MAREK MAZUREK sports e ditor
Though the saturday loss to no. 8 michigan state left notre dame with a 1-2 record through its first three games, irish head coach brian Kelly on Tuesday stressed the fact that there is more football to be played this season.
“obviously, a bad start to our season,” Kelly said. “[a] poor start, whatever way you want to characterize it. Three games into the season, nobody wants to be where we are, but we are 1-2. i’m a 1-2 coach. we’ve got to work to get better.
“There’s four quarters in the season, and the first quarter, we did not get off to a good start. but there is plenty of time for us to come out of this in a very, very positive way. That’s what we talked about over the last day or so.”
The biggest reason for the team’s sluggish start is its failure to play with a lack of urgency, Kelly said.
“we obviously compete unevenly, if you will, in a manner that i would probably characterize as we lack a sense of urgency in the way we play,” Kelly said.
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“we play in spurts. we play really well for a period of time, and then we kind of don’t play at the highest level necessary against really good competition. so finding that sense of urgency, that attention to detail that’s absolutely crucial to being a really good football team, and we can’t be the kind of football team that we want to be unless we play with a sense of urgency for four quarters.”
defensively, the irish gave up over 35 points per game and surrendered 501 yards of total offense last week to the spartans. irish defensive coordinator brian vangorder has come under increased scrutiny over the last few days, but Kelly said he does not feel the need to become more involved with the defensive side of the ball in practice.
“well, i have to be able to know that everything in the program is being taught, being effectively communicated on a day-to-day basis,” Kelly said. “so physically, does that mean on the practice field i have to stand on the defensive practice field to get that done? no, it doesn’t mean that.
36-28 loss against Michigan State on Saturday.
Gallagher leads Irish offense to impressive start
By JOE EVERETT sports writer
a s the ball split through the outstretched hands and legs of the connecticut goalkeeper last week, Jon gallagher spread his arms with an expression of joy and disbelief, rushed towards the team bench, slid on the ground and was instantly mobbed by his teammates.
you could say it’s been a pretty good year for the junior forward. gallagher’s golden goal last Tuesday against the huskies in the second overtime period gave the irish (6-1-0, 1-1-0 acc) the score they’d been looking for all game. it’s been a special start to the season for the men’s soccer team, thanks in large part to the play of gallagher, the ireland native who has been a constant source of energy and talent for the irish. earlier this year after his six-point performance at the adidas/iu credit union classic, gallagher was recognized as the acc offensive player of the week and the college soccer news
men’s basketball
nd adds top 2017 recruit
By Observer Sports Staff
notre dame added the inaugural member to its 2017 recruiting class Tuesday evening as d.J. harvey verbally committed to notre dame Tuesday evening.
harvey is r ivals.com’s no. 51 overall recruit and hails from dematha h igh school in hyattsville, maryland. he is listed at 6-foot-7 inches and 180 pounds, and has played both guard positions during his high school career but can make the transition to small forward if necessary.
harvey will finalize his commitment to notre dame in november during the early signing period.
harvey joins i rish head coach m ike brey and former player Jerian grant as graduates of dematha h igh school who are associated with notre dame’s basketball program.
heffernan back to form after injury
By MAREK MAZUREK sports e ditor
For 15 seasons, the name of a notre dame women’s cross country runner has sat atop the leaderboard at the national c atholic.
This year, that name is a nnie heffernan, as the sophomore edged out teammate and graduate student danielle a ragon for the top spot.
“it was awesome,” sophomore heffernan said. “o ur coach told us that we had had an individual win in that race for the past 14 years. so the pressure was kind of on for us from the beginning.”
however, for heffernan, the first-place result is bigger than just the national c atholic. The win also marks a milestone on the c incinnati, ohio, native’s road back to full health after an injury during the most recent outdoor track season.
“my season last year didn’t really end the way i wanted it to, so this year i’ve been working harder to make sure that that does happen,” heffernan
said. “[ i’ve been] doing everything my coach has for me on my schedule: ice bathing, stretching after runs and not really pushing myself too hard at this point in the season. because that’s something that a lot of people struggle with is burnout towards the end. so for me, that’s something i need to ensure doesn’t happen.”
a nd with the graduation of 2016 graduate molly seidel, the i rish will need heffernan to stay healthy as the team looks to match its eighth-place finish at last year’s ncaa championships. i n that championship meet, heffernan witnessed seidel’s greatness firsthand as seidel won her second national title. heffernan, who figures to be in a more prominent position as a national contender, said she enjoyed the opportunity to learn from seidel.
“That’s the biggest thing, that we get to race with them and run with them every day
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Irish junior forward Jon Gallagher controls the ball during Notre Dame’s 1-1 tie against Valparaiso at Alumni Stadium on Aug. 22.
MICHAEL YU | The Observer Irish junior quarterback DeShone Kizer rolls out for a pass during Notre Dame’s
