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Speakers reflect on sources of success Former coach Lou Holtz describes winning mindset

Mayor Pete Buttigieg urges thoughtful choices

By LUCAS MASIN-MOYER

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Former Notre Dame head football coach Lou Holtz is a man of many talents. He led the Irish to the 1988 National Championship, was a commentator on ESPN for many years and has given speaking engagements around the world.

One of his lesser-known talents is that he is a magician. Before a crowd gathered in the Dahnke Ballroom in the Duncan Student Center on Sunday, Holtz performed a trick — ripping up a newspaper, folding it together and magically making it reappear to the applause of the crowd.

South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg spoke Sunday as part of “Life Beyond the ND Bubble,” an event designed to prepare seniors for their lives after graduation. Buttigieg’s remarks, delivered in the Dahnke Ballroom on the top f loor of the Duncan Student Center, were titled “Finding Your Why: The Value of Pursuing Your Passions,” and the mayor ref lected on finding a worthwhile career path as he ref lected on his own professional journey.

Buttigieg began by underscoring the deep connection between South Bend and the

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Former head football coach Lou Holtz delivers a speech Sunday regarding the importance of decisionmaking, faith and goals. “Life Outside the ND Bubble” offered graduating students real-world advice.

Fair promotes physical health, mental wellness

By JORDAN COCKRUM News Writer

Saint Mary’s hosted its first student health and wellness fair, called “Win with Wellness,” on Friday in the Angela Athletic and Wellness Complex.

Funded by a gift from alumna Kristine Anderson Trustey (’86), the fair was intended to generate more health and wellness programming on campus, Julie SchroederBiek, Saint Mary’s director of athletics, said. “[Trustey] gave a gift to the College, and with that gift she has charged us to do some more programming for health and wellness, so we thought that we would start it off with a wellness fair,” SchroederBiek said.

Schroeder-Biek said this will be the first of many

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programs to provide students’ health and wellness education, which will begin to be introduced this academic year and will be kicked into high gear in the 20182019 academic year.

The student health fair was structured around five prongs of health and wellness, Schroeder-Biek said.

“We are focusing on five basically: mind, body, spirit, emotional and financial,” she said. “Those are kind of the prongs that we are really focused on.”

Schroeder-Biek said in terms of focusing on the wellness of the mind, her goal was to provide students with methods of handling the stress they may be facing.

“Because we are an institution of higher learning, we see WELLNESS PAGE 4

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Flower shop prepares for increased holiday demand

By LUCAS MASIN-MOYER Associate News Editor

As Valentine’s Day approaches, Irish Gardens — Notre Dame’s student-run f lower and balloon shop — is gearing up for the holiday season.

The shop, which is located in the basement of the LaFortune Student Center and opened in the early 1980s, has students from Notre Dame and Saint Mary’s on staff and in management positions. They expect to see as many as 300 to 400 students place orders during the week.

The shop, though, is in business throughout the year, helping students, faculty and staff make their special occasions the best they can be, junior supply manager Katie Lutz said.

“W hat’s really nice is that we get to be a part of the best and worst moments of

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people’s lives here — like when people are celebrating birthdays it’s really exciting to celebrate with them … we’ve blown up so many of those big, huge balloons,” she said. “ … We’ve also had a lot of orders for when a roommate is sick or they’ve lost a loved one, so in [those] moments … it’s nice that we get to bring comfort.”

The shop gets most of their supply from a partner in South Bend, and once the shipments arrive, employees are charged with preparing them for sale, sophomore employee Sammy Loper said.

“Monday mornings we have to process the f lowers that come in,” she said.

“We have to take the thorns off roses and the leaves off some f lowers.”

Loper said one of the perks of working for Irish Gardens is that it allows her to be creative in designing people’s

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gifts.

“People will come in — mostly guys — and be like, do you sell f lowers? ” she said. “And they’re like, ‘I don’t know what I want,’ so you can take their budget and create something that’s really nice.”

Lutz, who began working for Irish Gardens during her freshman year after being recruited while studying in the LaFortune basement, said these usually-romantic orders create opportunities for some funny stories.

“Usually people call us a week or two in advance if they want something delivered to someone’s room — usually it’s f lowers or something nice, something romantic,” she said.

“But we’ve had instances in which the same person has called back to change the name on the order and sent see FLOWERS PAGE 4

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A LimeBike in front of Washington Hall sits buried in a snowbank Sunday night, a common sight after a record-breaking snowfall blanketed Notre Dame’s campus under more than a foot of snow over the weekend.

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University.

“I find as I travel … and represent South Bend in different places around the country, people have a certain idea about what our city is,” Buttigieg said.

“Because they know exactly one thing about the city, which is this building [the football stadium].”

Although Notre Dame is South Bend’s most famous feature, Buttigieg noted that the city originally centered around industry, particularly given its status as the headquarters of Studebaker, a car company.

However, the city fell on hard times after Studebaker departed in the 1960s. Buttigieg said in 2011, the year he was elected

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definitely wanted the mind and all the stress that you all deal with and try to give you guys options on how to calm down, how to deal with stress,” she said.

In order to provide spiritual resources, Schroeder-Biek said she called on campus organizations for their assistance.

“With the spirit, we have all these partners on campus, so we could pull in Campus Ministry and have them help us,” she said.

The most unique aspect to the wellness prongs was promoting financial wellness, Schroeder-Biek said. In order to give students the tools to succeed financially, campus organizations such as Career Crossings attended the fair.

“The other prong that we did add which was interesting was financial, because as our women are leaving Saint Mary’s we want you all to have those tools in your toolbox on how do you know what insurance to get, how to fill out your tax forms and there’s a lot that we’ve got resources on this campus that we could help you with,” Schroeder-Biek said.

Due to the inclement weather Friday, there were concerns about the amount of people

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to another room. … It’s kind of dramatic … but we don’t judge.”

Graduate student employee Julie Le, who said she has been trying to work at Irish Gardens since her sophomore year at the University, said her job is one of the most rewarding she’s ever had.

“You get to make people happy,” she said. “Everyone likes getting flowers or balloons.”

Contact Lucas Masin-Moyer at lmasinmo@nd.edu

mayor, “Newsweek” magazine featured South Bend on a list of 10 dying American cities.

Nevertheless, Buttigieg said South Bend had experienced significant recent progress.

“We are at our fastest rate of population growth in a quarter of a century, we’ve seen half a billion dollars of investment in the heart of our city, we’ve seen job growth at a rate we haven’t seen in a long time,” he said. “A big part of why South Bend is coming back is the relationship we have with the University of Notre Dame. … I would argue that your generation of students has popped the bubble.”

Buttigieg said in the past, many students’ involvement with South Bend extended only to service projects, and many are now applying their expertise to projects in the city. He

who would attend, but the fair ultimately did not see much of a setback, Schroeder-Biek said.

“We were pretty nervous with the weather, we did have some vendors back out on us understandably because of the weather,” she said. “We didn’t almost know what to expect on a Friday afternoon, so I’ve been happy so far to see the people come through.”

The fair had over 25 booths set up advertising the five prongs of wellness, and Schroeder-Biek said she was particularly excited about the Save a Life Tour booth that addressed distracted driving.

“I love the distracted driving [prevention] that we have, the Save a Life Tour, because it’s dealing with distracted driving — being texting or drunk driving — and I think that these are really important booths to safely see how distracted it actually is,” she said.

Contact Jordan Cockrum at jcockrum01@saintmarys.edu

said he hoped that even as students graduate, South Bend will “remain in your equation.”

Students should think about “purpose” instead of job title when making career choices, Buttigieg said.

“I’d been offered two campaigns. I was just out of Harvard … and I’d attracted just enough attention on a couple of campaigns that I had some job offers. One was on a Senate race, and the other was on a presidential campaign in 2004,” he said. “The Senate race was very likely to win already, and the presidential campaign was going to be a real knockdown, drag-out fight, so I decided to be on the presidential campaign.”

Buttigieg said he called his contact on the Senate race and expressed appreciation for the job offer, particularly because

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But Holtz was not on campus just to perform magic.

Instead, he returned to Notre Dame to address seniors as part of “Life Beyond the ND Bubble,” an event hosted by the Notre Dame Alumni Association which consisted of speakers and events aimed at preparing seniors for their lives post-graduation.

Holtz’s speech focused mainly on the faith, attitude and decision-making skills needed to succeed.

“You need four things in your life: … something to do, someone to love, something to believe in and something to hope for — I’m talking about dreams and ambitions,” Holtz said.

For Holtz, having faith was crucial in ensuring a meaningful future.

“Don’t lose your faith. I don’t know how people get along without faith,” he said. “I can’t

it would have involved working closely with the candidate, whom he had been careful not to name prior to this point in his remarks.

“I said, ‘I just feel that it really makes a lot more sense for me to be working on the Kerry campaign for president, and so please tell Mr. Obama that I really appreciate the job offer,’” he said as audience members audibly laughed and groaned in disbelief.

“Arguably not a great career move,” Buttigieg said.

The mayor said he offered the anecdote to demonstrate how simple choices can alter careers, noting that if he had accepted the offer with the Obama campaign he probably would not have ended up on his current trajectory or as the mayor of South Bend.

begin to tell you how many times I prayed when Michigan was on our 2-yard line.”

Continuing in the vein of tools for success, Holtz spoke extensively on making the right choices.

“The most important word in [your] whole vocabulary is choice,” he said. “God gave you a lot of powers. You have the power to love, to think, to imagine, to play, but the greatest power you have as an individual is the power to choose.”

Holtz said he was especially blessed to be instilled with good decision-making skills by his parents while growing up in depression-era West Virginia.

Despite the poverty of his upbringing, Holtz said he was, in a way, raised with great privilege.

“I was born with a silver spoon in my mouth because I was born in this country and I was taught by parents that if I got an education, I stopped blaming other people, I made good choices and had faith

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“You are still at a tender enough age … that you ought to give some consideration to what you want to want,” he said. “Think about the fact that your preferences are still being shaped, and you have some agency over that.”

Buttigieg said he encourages students to remember South Bend.

“Some number of you will stay in South Bend, and that proportion is growing, which is awesome,” he said. “We are becoming a brain-gain city in a brain-gain region and that is something that is very exciting for us. … I really hope South Bend remains in your equation, whether you wind up living here or not.”

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in God that great things can happen in your life,” he said.

“I had a silver spoon put in my mouth not because of what I had but because of what I was taught.”

Being instilled with these values and having faith, Holtz said, allowed him to gain the self-confidence necessary to succeed.

“There are two types of people in this world,” he said.

“Those that lift people up and those that pull people down, and the only people who lift up are those who who have good self-esteem — and I never used to have it.”

Throughout his talk, Holtz continued to come back to purpose and how faith could help instill purpose.

“Have faith in God, because God won’t make your life easier but he will always be there with you,” he said. “ … We are born basically to serve our Lord and help other people.”

Contact Lucas Masin-Moyer at lmasinmo@nd.edu

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By DANNY LIGGIO Scene Writer

Rich Brian is, as he posits in the first song of his recent release “Amen,” “still learning.” Brian was recently brought stateside through his label, 88 Rising. The rapper rose to prominence through his viral hit, “Dat $tick,” and his career has certainly been interesting as long as he has been relevant. His deep vocals and comical style, especially in such a young Internet-age performer, are eye-catching. However, with “Amen,” Brian is trying to establish himself as a veritable artist — more than a oneoff internet celebrity.

Generally, his rhymes run through issues with his newfound fame, ruminations on his homeschooled childhood spent in Jakarta, Indonesia, and tales of winning and losing women. When strictly rapping, as in “Occupied” and “Trespass,” Brian’s inexperience stands out. His lines, while generally full of imagery and fun references, are delivered choppily, and the beats — largely produced by Brian himself — are often lacking in originality and catchiness, or even memorability. From a rap perspective, much of this album is unpleasant to consume.

Despite dry rhymes and beats, some songs, like “Cold” and “Glow Like Dat” contain enticing, string-based instrumentals and a smooth lyrical delivery. These songs, which are more singing than rapping, also contain the most present themes of “Amen.” He sings, “20 mirrors in my crib, I’m hanging with my friends,” reflecting on his homeschooled past in Jakarta and continued isolation as a new foreigner in America.

By RYAN ISRAEL Scene Writer

“It’s weird, but it’s kinda cool,” are the six words I have used numerous times when trying to convince friends to listen JPEGMAFIA’s newest album “Veteran.”

JPEGMAFIA, who often refers to himself as Peggy in his songs, creates a musical sound that is hard to pin down to any one genre, partly due to his uncommon background. His childhood in Brooklyn, his teenage years in rural Alabama and a stint overseas with the military that introduced him to new ideas and different artists are blended together in his style.

However, to best understand JPEGMAFIA’s musical formula, look no further than his name.

JPEG is a computer term used to refer to a method of compressing digital images. While Peggy’s music does not focus on digital photography, the four-letter acronym ties well with the young artist’s electronic and glitchy, self-produced beats. Like any producer in the modern era, the budding composer has access to millions of sounds at the click of a button. The album cover for “Veteran” pays tribute to this with a computer mouse cursor subtly appearing in the top right corner.

“Veteran” features an experimental and edgy production that can attract some and appall others. On “Dayum,” Peggy plays with strange sounds while his bars take a backseat. “Baby, I’m Bleeding” and “Rock N Roll Is Dead” feature minute-long intros made up of

While these Brian-led songs show his best, his song “Introvert” — featuring label partner Joji — plays like a song curated to 14-year-olds. “No Mom!” screams our 14-year-old. “I won’t do it,” he bleeds into the air. His mother has just asked him to consider going to baseball camp over the summer, just so he has something to do.

As he streams past the door to his room, which he has already begun to close, tears well in his eyes — but boys don’t cry, so he holds them. He pushes in his earbuds and hits play. Joji sings into his soul, “I don’t care, but I fight, we don’t lose, we just ride.” Finally, he lets the tears stream.

This meaningless attempt at lyricism appearing in his song is just another marker of Brian’s inexperience in music and adult life. Similarly, the song “Flight” is the same type of grasping attempt to reach significance, which Brian in not quite ready to catch.

In terms of what he does well, Brian is perfectly suited to weave comedy for millennials and younger people into his songs due to his Internet-fueled childhood. In “Trespass,” he begins the song with a phone call from his grandmother, who is trying to reconnect to leech off his fame. Ending the album, he plays a conversation between himself and a friend in which he describes the end of the series “The Office.” But this is an alternative ending where, in his words, Michael Scott dies.

Yet even Brian’s attempts at humor don’t always hit.

Brian tries his hand at a losing-his-virginity song, titled “Kitty,” a la J. Cole’s “Wet Dreamz.” Whereas J. Cole raps in his reliably relatable style, including a chorus which changes meaning in its final repetition and a believable plot, Brian’s rendition falls flat. His story is ridiculous and

features a twist ending, which only serves to smother any possible affection for the song with its forced attempt at humor.

Despite the choppy and inconsistent nature of, “Amen,” Brian is not necessarily someone to dismiss. His raps, while unpolished, still contain glimmers of insights which maybe only he can deliver. Besides artistic worthiness, he is also part of the greater mission of his label, 88 Rising, to bring real, contemporary East Asian culture to the American mainstream. On the final track of the project, Brian ruminates on his true value: “I swear about a thousand Indonesian kids will come with me.” This ultimate goal of cultural synthesis is Brian’s purpose, and as he gains experience through a life outside of his room and YouTube videos, his music will become something to hear. Rich Brian is part of a new wave. The forecast calls for rising swells.

strange samples and trippy beats. The album’s best sample comes when JPEGMAFIA borrows from the legendary rapper Ol’ Dirty Bastard’s song “Goin’ Down.”

The young artist cuts and chops the song’s strange vocal and uses it as a backdrop, meanwhile displaying some of Peggy’s best rapping.

The second part of JPEGMAFIA’s striking moniker is “MAFIA,” a signal of the hard bars that he drops into his chaotic beats. To call Peggy solely a rapper would not do him justice. As previously mentioned, his creative production plays a large role in his sound. JPEGMAFIA is a talented lyricist, and his style is reminiscent of popular trap rappers. Peggy’s lyrics shy away from no subject, as he specifically calls out everyone from rappers and politicians to former child actors.

The several name-drops throughout “Veteran” are as unique as they are varied. On the standout track “Baby, I’m Bleeding,” JPEGMAFIA shouts, “Promise I will never go blonde like Kanye,” and on “1488,” he calls out artists Logic and Russ. Peggy gets into political statements when he drops the names of the always-polarizing figures Donald Trump and Tomi Lahren. Things get strange — one track is titled “Macaulay Culkin,” after the “Home Alone” star, and another song is dedicated to Morrissey, the lead singer of The Smiths.

At times, Peggy’s verses turn from energetic and aggressive to dark and nihilistic. Tracks like “Rainbow Six” and “My Thoughts on Neogaf Dying” present bleak and gloomy hooks and lyrics. “Panic Emoji” delivers details

of struggling with panic attacks and depression. These daunting tracks give “Veteran” a variety of ebbs and flows, from upbeat bangers to slow sad songs.

The outstanding feature of JPEGMAFIA’s fourth studio album is its experimental nature. It is clear that Peggy was making music the way he wanted to, straying away from no strange sound or polarizing verse. This straightforwardness can overwhelm and turn away some listeners. The best example of this comes in “DD Form 214,” which sounds like a perfect rhythm and blues track until a strange sample at the end distracts from the feel.

However, the experimentally shines at other points and makes “Veteran” a captivating album.

Contact Danny Liggio at dliggio@nd.edu

“Amen” Rich Brian Label: 88 Rising and Empire Tracks: “Little Prince” If you like: Higher Brothers, Keith Ape

Contact Ryan Israel at risrael1@nd.edu

“Veteran” JPEGMAFIA Label: Deathbomb Arc Tracks: “Baby, I’m Bleeding,” “Williamsburg” If you like: Milo, Lou the Human, Flatbush Zombies

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A guilty ‘Why ND?’ confession Diane Park Graphic Designer

However well-masked under a polite Notre Dame smile, my Moreau partner’s expressions still showed slight concern and apprehension, as she saw that I did not quite match her level of excitement at being here. “So then, why ND? ” she asked. I told her I didn’t know. Then, feeling almost guilt y for not hav ing dreamed of this school since infancy as she had, I added that it seemed like a ver y good school.

W hat I didn’t tell her, for fear of being really judged, was how I believed one reason I ended up at Notre Dame was because my dad wanted me to. He’s not an alumnus, not Catholic, not Irish — basically unrelated to this school in a number of ways — but for some reason, he was conv inced Notre Dame was the right place for me.

I had no idea what I wanted in my future, and choosing a college was honestly just as stressful as, if not more than, the actual application process. The day the “intent to enroll” form was due, I looked up my schools, ate a lot and cried many stress tears before finally committing to the Universit y at 11:56 p.m.

But while I may have committed on paper, it was tougher than I had imagined to commit my heart into the “ND family.”

Upon arrival, yes, college was fun, but the people, the culture, the obsession w ith football was so weirdly surreal. Initially, ever yone really did just seem white, rich and Catholic. Coming from an art high school in Southern California, the stressful transition most freshman undergo also included the stress of a different social atmosphere. I lacked that same conv iction other students seemed to have right from the start.

Now, we fast for ward from the first month of school to where I am second semester, sitting in Ryan Hall w riting a column for the school newspaper. I’ve definitely come a long way in finding a place w ithin the Notre Dame communit y. I’ve joined Asian-American clubs, met w ith passionate professors in all sorts of disciplines, attended the Women’s March, designed for The Obser ver and actually enjoyed watching sports for the first time in my life. I’ve experienced a little bit of ever y thing and found communities I didn’t think ex isted.

It was a particularly long process for me, especially because a small part of me kept thinking Notre Dame was my dad’s choice rather than my ow n. But in realit y, the decision was mine alone. I’m thankful for all of the adv ice I received, and I’m glad it inf luenced me to join the ND family.

In the end, I am still finding my place, but the process is no longer as daunting. I hope that future freshmen who might stumble upon this w ill know that the transition period is different for ever yone. Not ever yone’s experience starts ama zing. No matter how uncertain you may initially feel, there are so many different people and unexpected opportunities you’re bound to enjoy and find comfort in.

Contact Diane Park at dpark5@nd.edu The views expressed in the Inside Column are those of the author and not necessarily those of The Observer.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

The courage to be wrong I’m writing in response to my friend Nicholas Marr’s column from Friday, which “challenged” Dolores Huerta’s status as a role-model for Notre Dame students based on her pro-choice belief.

First, a clarification. Nick correctly notes that Dolores is a pro-choice, Catholic mother of 11, but he neglects to explain that she was also prolife for many years. In fact, it wasn’t until late in her career as a civil rights leader that Dolores changed her stance on abortion and become pro-choice. Consequently, her “radical prochoice stance” was a reasoned judgement, not a lifelong conviction, and in light of this detail, I would like to argue that Dolores is actually the epitome of “a leader that Notre Dame students should emulate.” Additionally, I would like to personally invite Nick to change his mind after learning more about Dolores. As John Maynard Keynes liked to say, “W hen the facts change, I alter my conclusions. W hat do you do? ” I believe Dolores is worthy of our emulation because she embodies virtues all “transformative leaders” must possess. Sticking with the abortion example, she has been open-minded enough to seek out opposing opinions and humble enough to change her mind after discovering she might be wrong. This comes through clearly in the documentar y about her life (which was shown on campus last weekend). It explains how Dolores spent most of her career as a pro-life leader working to win fair rights for American farmworkers. During this time, she had to work mainly with men, but after years of sustained passion and patience — two more virtues we should learn from Dolores — she eventually grew close with Gloria Steinem and other feminist leaders. As a result, she heard new arguments in favor of women’s right to choose, and although it is never easy to do, Dolores changed her mind. In my opinion this is immensely admirable, because being brave enough to listen

to dissenting voices, open-minded enough believe we might be wrong and humble enough to change our minds when reason says we must is key to both transformative leadership and democratic civility.

But Nick already knows this. As his Obser ver bio explains, “He knows there could be opinions other than his own, and he encourages them to be directed to nmarr@nd.edu.” So, I urge him to pull one from Dolores’ playbook, emulate a great leader and consider the possibility that his opinion about her might be incorrect.

He may ver y well disagree with her rethought stance on abortion, but I don’t think role models should be people whose particular views we are forced to accept in their entirety. Rather, they should be people whose virtues we admire, and people who have made monumental personal sacrifices for the sake of a greater good. Dolores has done these things quite well, and she has also been brave enough to pivot her direction a few times along the way. So, whether or not we agree with her entirely, we ought to treat Dolores as an exemplar of humility, open-mindedness and intense commitment to good — all virtues each Notre Dame student should tr y to embody.

And, instead of picking her apart for a single stance that challenges our own, I politely request that we recognize virtue where it exists and that we attempt to emulate it in ourselves.

The first step toward honestly being able to believe we are right is always listening as if we must be wrong. So, rather than boldly discounting Dolores to begin with, we ought to hear her out with open ears and humble minds. W ho knows, what she has to say might just make us want to change our opinions too.

Matt Williams senior Feb. 9

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Republicans need to focus on grassroots Jordan Ryan Words of WisDome

This past week, a Missouri state house election, which could be v iewed as largely immateria l outside the “Show Me State,” received nationa l attention. Democrat Mike Rev is f lipped the seat in a district President Trump won in 2016 by an astounding 28 points. Rev is won the election w ith nearly 52 percent of the vote, while Republican Dav id Linton received 48 percent.

The district saw a 31-point sw ing as compared to the 2016 Presidentia l election.

Though a state house seat may not a lone represent a nationa l trend, it is indicative of strong voter trends across the countr y. This week’s w in marks the 35th seat that has f lipped since President Trump’s election. In Virginia, Democrats f lipped 15 Republican-controlled seats in the November 2017 elections. In Ok la homa, Democrats picked up three GOP-held state legislative seats since Trump’s w in. In New Hampshire, t wo Republican seats went to the Democrats. Fina lly, in December 2017, Democrat Patt y Schachtner f lipped a state Senate seat in Wisconsin, which had been held by the Republicans for over 100 years. President Trump had carried that district by 17 points in the 2016 election.

These results should ser ve as fair notice to Republicans for the upcoming 2018 midterms.

The trends are indisputable. According to a study complied by Daily Kos, in 70 specia l elections in 2017, Democrats ran 10 points a head of Hillar y Clinton and seven points a head of Barack Obama’s 2012 results. Things have only gotten worse for the Republicans in 2018. In nine races, Democrats are running 27 points a head of Clinton and 12 points a head of Obama.

W hat should be especia lly a larming for the Republicans is that the Democrats seem to be beating them at their ow n game — voter turnout. A nd the demographic Democrats appear to be better energizing is the millennia ls. The Democratic Nationa l Committee has been pouring money into areas w ith high youth concentrations, such as college areas. This strateg y is credited w ith carr y ing Doug Jones to v ictor y over Roy Moore in A labama. Though Jones won by a relatively slim 1.5 percent margin, he carried voters aged 18 to 29 by a 60- to 38-point margin.

Similarly, Democrats appear to be w inning the battle for first-time voters. This was ev idenced in Georgia’s Si xth Congressiona l District specia l election in June 2017. Though Democratic candidate Jon Ossoff lost and Republicans were able to retain the seat, the turnout rate among voters who never voted in a primar y was 34 percent, a

large percentage of whom were democrats. How these trends w ill impact the 2018 midterms is difficult to predict. Historica lly, Republicans have fared much better during mid-term elections. This politica l rea lit y proved especia lly true in the cycles in 2010 and 2014. Reca ll that President Obama admitted to being “humbled” in November 2010 by the worst Democratic midterm defeat in 70 years.

Will President Trump suffer a similar fate in November 2018? Perhaps. W hat is clear is that Republicans cannot ta ke voter turnout for granted. Democrats are genera lly well-funded and motivated. As seen in A labama, this rea lit y is especia lly true among millennia l voters.

Republicans must see these results for what they are, a wa ke up ca ll for the part y. The politica l pendulum, which swept President Trump into office, has mobilized a massive opposition movement. Republicans need to focus on grassroots politics, including voter turnout, if they expect to maintain their majorities in November 2018.

Senior Jordan Ryan, a Pittsburgher formerly of Lyons Hall, studies political science, peace studies and constitutional studies. She welcomes any inquiries, comments or political memes to jryan15@nd.edu The views expressed in this column are those of the author and not necessarily those of The Observer.

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Gabriel Niforatos The Road Less Traveled

Thomas Jefferson once said, “the man who reads nothing at all is better educated than the man who reads nothing but the newspapers.”

This remark came in an era ver y different from today, an era when journalism and reporting did not connect people nearly as much as they do today, but the argument is poignant for today’s journalism. It seems like more and more, the reporting of outrageous claims, use of anony mous sources and the cries of “fake news” are increasing. That claim is a little strong, but I do believe that journalism has taken a significant turn and “the fresh page is marred w ith fake and bizarre news before a single accurate word is w ritten.”

Those words were w ritten in an opinion piece covering the inauguration of President Trump published by The Washington Times in Januar y 2017, and the point remains potent. Journalism seems to be less about reporting and accurate fact-checking, and more about opinion and attitude. In this sense, modern-day reporting shares some of the techniques of William Randolph Hearst. Hearst was one of the most inf luential newspaper editors who lived in the late 1800s and early 1900s, and he is often credited w ith pioneering yellow journalism. Instead of taking the time to research topics and make sure the information reported is completely accurate, yellow journalism often took a tabloid/reactionar y perspective to this process. In some ways, then, Hearst pioneered a Tw itter mentalit y toward journalism — report on the most attention-grabbing events of the day and react to it, w ith an emphasis on “react.”

I am not say ing journalism is nearly as “yellow” as it was in the days of William Randolph Hearst. Nor am I questioning the use of confidentialit y when reporting comments and activ ities of sources. I am say ing that a “new” era of journalism is fully under way w ith echoes of some of Hearst’s techniques; that is, the acceptance of exaggerating facts and naming

anony mous sources as a segue to being able to report whatever is desired.

A ll of this isn’t being said while falling prey to the ver y same mistakes I am pointing out. No, instead, one may simply look at much of journalism, whether it’s covering sports or politics, to see the ver y things I am addressing.

On Jan. 4, Seth Wickersham, a sportsw riter for sports net work ESPN w rote an article that went into detail documenting the organizational and trust issues that ex ist in the New England Patriots football franchise. Wickersham bases a large part of his information on “inter v iews w ith more than a dozen New England staffers, executives, players and league sources w ith knowledge of the team’s inner workings.” Unquestionably, maintaining the confidentialit y of sources is needed, especially when highly controversial things are published. The only problem is that the head coach of the Patriots, their ow ner and their star quarterback, whose relationship was questioned in Wickersham’s article, deny any truth in that article. It would be impossible to discern who is “right.” That’s not even the most important thing at stake here. The point is that the nightmare of discerning “fake news” from truth is getting more and more ha zy and complicated.

As another example, Michael Wolff, author and journalist, recently published a highly controversial book, entitled “Fire and Fur y,” that is an expose on the Trump administration. However, the book has come under fire for reporting many unsubstantiated claims about our president.

President Trump vehemently denied what Wolff w rote on Tw itter and even threatened legal action against Wolff through his attorney. Again, we are caught in the middle of figuring out who to believe. And that drama sells papers and books.

Perhaps journalism isn’t at the root of what is really going on. Maybe exaggeration and the never-ending quest for headline-grabbing remarks and behav ior have forced newspapers and articles to keep up. After all, from politics to sports, from President Trump’s often documented

comments w ithout base or fact to Lavar Ball’s intentionally incendiar y remarks concerning his son, top-NBA prospect Lonzo Ball, it seems more and more like we live in a world where ridiculousness is the new norm. Once you enter the rabbit hole of follow ing who has the most outlandish quote of the day, the character of journalism follows suite. Polarizing behav ior is what makes the attention-grabbing stories and headlines. Can it really be any sort of shock, then, that modern journalism consequentially finds itself “trapped” (to use a strong word), falling dow n the rabbit hole, reporting using polarizing perspectives and not, perhaps, incorporating or promoting the importance of “the other side? ” I fully realize that this article may be v iewed in the same light as the issues I am tr y ing to bring attention to, a treatise on the woes of journalism that itself includes much opinion and does not include ver y many substantiated claims and proven facts on the direction I claim we are going. This is not my intention. Nor am I suggesting the cessation of reporting on difficult, sometimes contentious topics. I am merely an obser ver. W hat is the solution? There is no simple answer. The biggest obstacle to this is figuring out what the true question really is.

Perhaps in a broad sense, nothing at all is w rong w ith the direction journalism is taking. If journalism’s “point” is to report on the happenings of the times and put the ethos of the people into print, then maybe changing its character is the only natural course if the character of the people is what is really changing. Perhaps journalism is doing what is has always done; curiously follow ing the white rabbit. W hat is the destination? Maybe it’s a rabbit hole. Maybe it’s Wonderland. I am merely suggesting we make sure before it is too late.

Gabriel Niforatos is a freshman who is double majoring in economics and political science. When he’s not at school, he is busy hiking and running in the New Mexico mountain range. His email is gniforat@nd.edu The views expressed in this column are those of the author and not necessarily those of The Observer.

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Horoscope | Eugenia Last Happy Birthday: Use your creativity and innovative outlook to help others this year. What you have to offer will give someone the incentive to do more in return. If you start the ball rolling, you will gain greater confidence and drum up the support you need to accomplish what you set out to do.

Engage in endeavors that promise a better future. Your numbers are 9, 13, 22, 25, 32, 36, 40.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Keep close tabs on what you spend and the promises you make. Have a plan in place before you make suggestions that may not turn out as anticipated. Too much of anything will end up being costly.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): A discussion will help put your mind at ease regarding someone you are helping. Finding out the best way to deal with a friend, relative or partner will encourage good results. Romance is highlighted.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): You’ll have to be more creative with the way you handle your money. A unique way of saving more and spending less will give you a sense of accomplishment and ease your stress. Invest in your future, not in the moment.

CANCER ( June 21-July 22): You’ll be drawn toward the unusual. Don’t be afraid to venture down a path that will challenge your beliefs or make you realize you need to make personal changes. Use your past mistakes to help you discover a better future.

LEO ( July 23-Aug. 22): Weigh the pros and cons of an investment or joint venture. Don’t take what others tell you as fact. Before making changes to your life that will be difficult to reverse, do your research.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Don’t shy away from changes that offer positive long-term benefits. Check out your options and consider the most innovative way to achieve your goal. Attend a function and you will meet someone who offers insight and positive solutions.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Problems at home will fester if you don’t address issues as they develop. Don’t let what others do ruin your plans or get in the way of your progress. Stand up for yourself and your beliefs and be prepared to walk away.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Consider what you have done in the past and how it can benefit you now. A change in the way you present yourself will make you feel confident and ready to face any challenges head-on. It’s OK to be different.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Put more time and effort into selfimprovement. Proper diet and routine will make you feel and look good as well as impress someone you love. Make the effort for the right reasons, not to show off.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): You’ll be indecisive. Observing how others respond will help you make better choices. An interesting alternative will prompt you to do things differently. A reunion will lead to answers you’ve been denied in the past.

AQUARIUS ( Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Make a decision for the right reasons. Look at all the different angles you can take before you make a decision. Ease into projects, but don’t commit to anything until you know exactly what’s expected of you.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Mix creative ideas into whatever you attempt and you will come up with a plan that makes others take notice. A personal venture looks promising. Prepare to make a commitment to something you want to pursue.

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Appreciate all Olympians Elizabeth Greason Sports Editor

The pomp. The circumstance.

The unity. The flags. The bright lights and brighter futures.

The iconic intro music. The Olympics.

Every two years, the world is treated to some of the greatest displays of athletic abilities every country has to offer. We are in the midst of one of those displays right now, and I could not be happier. The Winter Olympics bring a wide variety of fascinating elements to the table, from heartwarming storylines to sports I quite literally have not thought about since they last graced my television screen four years ago.

I think that is what is so wonderful about the Olympic Games — they are the pinnacle of athletic achievement in their respective sports. But for many of the athletes participating, their sports are something I do not pay any attention to except for two very specific weeks every four years. These are individuals who absolutely deserve attention and praise, whether they are curlers or figure skaters, bobsledders or downhill skiers. The Olympics gives them a platform for success and gives the world a way in which to appreciate these seemingly random sports.

I have grown to appreciate each Winter Olympic sport in its own way, from cross-country skiing to luge — although I would definitely prefer to watch someone sliding down a tube of pure ice at over 80 miles per hour for a minute than an hour of a pack of people walking on skis as quickly as they can. However, I also understand that cross-country skiers are some of the most athletic people I will ever lay eyes on, something I greatly appreciate and can enjoy watching, especially since my ability to run a mile is definitely in question.

I grew up watching skiing almost every weekend during the World Cup season. My dad and I were fascinated by Lindsey Vonn and Bode Miller. We would get up and watch every race from Lake Louise to Kitzbuehel; slalom, giant slalom, super G, downhill, we would watch it all.

But watching them compete in the Olympics? That was next level.

I am a reasonably good skier.

I never raced growing up, but I was always fast and probably could have, had I wanted to. But there is no way, in any world, I ever could have been an Olympic skier. Sure, I can ski pretty well, but I definitely do not have the mental toughness to ski at top speeds down the mountains that have ice pumped on top of them.

And then there’s the whole issue that I’m certainly not Olympiccaliber talent.

But, there are certain Winter Olympic sports that one can watch and say, “Hey, I could probably do that as well as they can with some training!” Curling is a great example of that. Or even a sport like bobsledding. If you’re one of the people in the middle, how much do you really need to do? But after watching a lifetime of Olympic Games, I am here to tell you that, no, unless you are a superior athlete, you cannot simply walk in and pick up a sport. Curling is hard.

You may not have to spend every waking moment in the gym to be a successful curler, but you still have to be an athlete. And the same goes for the other sports that may not look as “athletic.”

They require the same training and are just as difficult as something like figure skating or the halfpipe, even though they might not leave your jaw on the ground.

The point of this column is not to list all the reasons I cannot be an Olympian. There are many more than I can count and I am sure you can add to the list, and you have your own reasons about your own lack of Olympian status. But what I am saying instead is that maybe we should sit back this week and next and simply take a few moments to appreciate the blood, sweat and tears that goes into the preparation for each and every sport. Give credit where credit is due — that means to the curlers and to the speed skaters and to the ski jumpers.

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“That’s just the way we play.

I love playing with these guys,” Gibbs said of the trio’s performance. “When I’m on the court with these guys, I feel like I’m at the top of the world because they can do so much with the ball and they look for me and find me. When I have the ball, I can look for them and find them.

Feeding off of their energy on the offensive and defensive end is something I look forward to. …

Having these guys by my side is something special, and I love it.”

For much of its losing streak, Notre Dame was either without Farrell or with him in a limited form as he played through a bone bruise to his ankle. But after 19 points in Tuesday’s win, Farrell seemed to be rounding back into form. And that continued Saturday, as he started off the scoring with a 3, broke a 1515 tie with 8:48 remaining in the first half that held for the next 18 minutes of game play and scored the go-ahead layup with 8:17 left in the second half to put Notre Dame up for good.

“I’m there, I’m 100 percent,” Farrell said of his ankle. “It’s a little lingering, but it feels much better, and my lift on my jump shot is much better.”

“He has a great edge about him, and that edge helps us

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Playing without a conference affiliation at the time, Notre Dame was able to put together a schedule that featured 11 20-win teams and a combined .656 winning percentage by its opponents.

But if you ask anyone from that team to reflect on that season, the toughness of its schedule was welcome preparation for the defining postseason run that would ensue.

“I don’t think it was one situation or necessarily one game — it was competing, playing for a national program and doing it consistently,” Kelly Tripucka, a freshman on the squad, said. “ … At that time, we were an independent. We played anybody, anywhere, anytime.”

But that ’78 team had the talent to take on that challenge. Its roster would produce 10 NBA draft selections over the next four years, and those 10 players would combine for 3,691 games and 46,618 points at the professional level.

Yet, the most well-known member of that team — and the only one in Notre Dame’s Ring of Honor from the group — did not suit up for a single game that season; well, at least not in a uniform. Digger Phelps manned the sideline for the

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believe,” Irish head coach Mike Brey said of Farrell. “ … Him back — along with T.J. and Rex, who certainly have it as well — they set a great tone. Matt keeps us confident, and he was due. …

We’re out of the injury zone now, and the guy’s feeling good.”

But it wasn’t just Farrell, who finished 10-of-15 from the floor and 6-of-10 from 3, hitting timely shots for the Irish. After the Seminoles scored a basket with 10:31 left in the first half to take a 13-12 lead, Pflueger responded with one of his two 3s in the game on the next possession to bring a swift end to the deficit just 22 seconds after it had come — the only 22 seconds the Irish would trail all game. And after starting 1-for-11 in the contest, Gibbs finished 4-for-5 from the floor down the stretch to help push the Irish to a 28-13 advantage over the final 8:17 to turn a tie game into a 15-point win — the second straight game the Irish have had such a close-out stretch.

“We’ve played two games where it’s got interesting in the second half and we’ve made big shots — assassin-like shots — which is who this program has been,” Brey said of the timely scoring by his guards. “We didn’t see it much there in January, but that makes me feel good and makes me feel like we’ve got a shot at this thing.”

“You can attribute it to the older guys on our team, the veterans

that have been around,” Pflueger said of the team’s ability to close the last two wins out. “ … We have a lot of experience in close games, and once we got out of that losing streak with the win against Boston College, I think we were starting to feel ourselves again.”

Yet, while the offensive performances of the guards catalyzed the team, it was their defense which the Irish credited for the win — they held the Seminoles to just 36.8 percent shooting in the second half and forced 12 turnovers in the game, including four during the close out stretch over the final 8:17.

“I thought the key tonight was how we defended,” Brey said.

“I thought we really defended them well — they average 80 in league play — and I thought our big guys on ball screens, all four of them, were really attentive to detail.”

“We were preaching about defense at every single media timeout,” Farrell said. “That helps us — when we defend and get stops, that gets us going in transition and helps us move. We thought if we could get stops on them in our half-court defense, it would kind of demoralize them, and I think sometimes it did. They had trouble scoring against our halfcourt defense.”

Irish during some of its most successful seasons, and the ’78 squad might have been his best work of them all. With the grueling schedule his team played, Phelps was the one tasked with ensuring the Irish showed up for each and every game — and it was a task he succeeded in more often than not.

“One thing about Digger was this: Fun guy to be around, but as far as a motivator, I thought he was one of the top coaches as far as getting us up for the games,” Jackson said. “I mean, we came in here in this arena, we played UCLA — we came out with green socks, green shoes; we came down from the stands for the games; and of course, the student body here and the fans here were just so supportive. … It was unbelievable.”

And it was that same sellout crowd — at least for one more game — the team was reunited in front of Saturday to the tune of a resounding round of applause. But Saturday wasn’t just about reminiscing on what they accomplished; it was also an opportunity just to reconnect in a way they don’t often get the opportunity to do with one another.

“It’s nice to be back. … I haven’t seen a lot of these guys in quite a bit,” Tripucka said.

“Every once in a while, I run into a few of them, but this is

probably the first time since we were back in school where most of us were together. … The fact that most of us are here is a lot of fun. We still kind of fall right back into the same routine, the same stories and we still have to deal with Digger.”

The recognition that came with the get together didn’t hurt either, though, as Tripucka said he thinks sometimes the team doesn’t get the credit it deserves; after all, not a single player on that squad has a place in the Ring of Honor, and it’s often forgotten the impact that group had on the program and its future.

“I think, sometimes, we’ve become the forgotten team,” Tripucka said. “It’s been 40 years, time flies by and people forget about you to a certain extent. But when you look at the four years, particularly when I was here, and how much we won and there were sellouts every single night — that doesn’t happen now. Out of sight, out of mind sometimes is too bad, but at the same time, when people start to reminisce and realize how good we were and how good this team was that particular year … there’s no questioning how good we were and how good these guys were.”

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the buzzer. That was a great lift for all of us.”

The Irish started the second half the way they ended the first, scoring six more points to extend their run to 10-0 and build a 45-39 lead.

The first points of the half came from two free throws by Ogunbowale, who had been held scoreless for 15 minutes of game time after her early eight points. Ogunbowale said she didn’t get too frustrated during her scoreless stretch.

“They just played good defense on me,” Ogunbowale said. “But the rest of the team had some good looks, and sometimes it just made more sense to pass it.”

The Yellow Jackets closed the gap again and trailed by only two points after a jumper from sophomore guard Francesca Pan with four minutes remaining in the third quarter, but the Irish soon put the game out of reach.

Another 10-0 run gave the Irish a double-digit lead to end the third quarter, and Notre Dame continued to pull away into the fourth, building a 79-56 lead and winning the game by a final score of 85-69.

Despite her first-half scoring drought, Ogunbowale would lead the Irish in scoring with 27 points, while also

adding seven rebounds and five assists. Young put forth a strong effort as well, recording 22 points, seven rebounds, seven assists, five steals and a block.

After the team’s 15th turnover of the game came just seconds into the third quarter, the Irish turned the ball over just three more times for the remainder of the game.

Georgia Tech head coach MaChelle Joseph said she felt McGraw’s halftime adjustments, particularly getting the ball to Ogunbowale, made a serious difference in her team’s ability to generate steals.

“I thought that they did a great job at the adjustments,” Joseph said. “They put the ball in Arike’s hands in halfcourt, and she made plays. That’s why she’s one of the best players in the country. I thought she was instrumental in that second half for them.”

“I thought it was a really good second half,” McGraw said. “Interesting that it was a reverse of what happened at Georgia Tech, when we had a really good first half. It was good that we were able to play well in the second half. We really buckled down defensively.

The Irish will travel to Virginia this week, facing the Cavaliers on Thursday night.

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Irish junior guard Arike Ogunbowale attempts a layup during Notre Dame’s 94-62 win over North Carolina on Feb. 1 at Purcell Pavilion.

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of the first 10 shots on goal by either team. However, behind the efforts of Hobey Baker award candidate and sophomore goalie Cale Morris, Notre Dame weathered the early storm and found its footing.

The Irish struck first when junior forward Andrew Oglevie took a feed from junior forward Dylan Malmquist and onetimed it into the back of the net to give Notre Dame an early 1-0 lead 12:49 into the first period.

But Ohio State responded by scoring a power play goal just under seven minutes in the second period to tie the score 1-1.

Less than three minutes later, sophomore forward Cam Morrison kept a Buckeye clearing attempt in the offensive zone,

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and the puck found senior forward Jake Evans. Evans made a quick pass to senior defenseman Jordan Gross, who fired the puck past Ohio State goaltender Sean Romeo to put Notre Dame back on top 2-1 with 10:24 left in the second period.

Both teams had quality scoring opportunities the rest of the way but couldn’t find the back of the net. In the end, it was once again sophomore goaltender Cale Morris and the Irish who were able to close the door on a 2-1 victory. Morris finished with 31 saves on 32 shots faced.

After the final horn sounded, the team was awarded the Big Ten Conference regular season championship trophy in a presentation on the ice. It is the third regular season championship title in the program’s history. The previous two came in 2007 and 2009 when Notre Dame

was a member of the CCHA conference.

After winning the title, Notre Dame head coach Jeff Jackson described how similar this game felt to a playoff game.

“It’s an incredible feeling,” Jackson said. “For me, the reward is watching the kids and watching them celebrate it.

They battled tonight. That was a playoff game, the intensity Ohio State played with. We matched it pretty well, and I was really proud of the guys’ effort tonight.

It’s an incredible feather in their cap, but as I’ve mentioned to them, it’s just one step of the process. There’s more to play for out there, and we just have to make sure we’re out there working again tomorrow.”

Jackson said timing played a role in Notre Dame winning the conference in its first season in the Big Ten.

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“It’s timing to some degree,” Jackson said. “This is the first time we’ve had a little bit more of a veteran team in a few years.

Obviously, the emergence of Cale Morris has given our team a lot of confidence. When you see plays like Jack Jenkins blocking a shot out there tonight, some of the other guys taking hits, those are the encouraging things. In past years, maybe we haven’t won games like that because of the battle level. Tonight, we matched them toe-to-toe.”

Jackson also mentioned the significance of winning the championship on home ice.

“That’s even better,” Jackson said. “For our band, our student section, our fans that weathered the weather, I appreciate them getting out here. It made it that much more of a special environment for our guys, and it’s even more rewarding that we could

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do it in front of our home crowd.”

But Saturday, the Buckeyes got their revenge, as the Irish suffered a tough 5-1 loss.

In the first period, Notre Dame had a number of scoring opportunities but was unable to capitalize. The Irish had two power-play chances but failed to capitalize on either. Nine minutes into the period, Ohio State forward Matthew Weis scored on a deflected slap shot to make Notre Dame pay for its missed opportunities.

Down by one goal heading into the second period, the Irish tried to mount a comeback. But nine minutes in, Ohio State’s Matt Joyaux slotted in a wrist shot on an odd man rush, giving the Buckeyes a 2-0 lead. But with two minutes remaining, the Irish got a power-play opportunity.

Fifteen seconds later, Morrison scored on a slap shot, decreasing the Ohio State lead to two.

But in the third period, Ohio State ran away with the game.

After neither side jumped out to an early advantage, Kevin Miller and Sam McCormick scored a minute between each other to give the Buckeyes a comfortable 4-1 lead. Following McCormick’s goal, Jackson pulled Morris, and freshman Dylan St. Cyr took over in net. With four minutes left in the game, Brendon Kearney sealed the 5-1 Ohio State victory with an empty-net goal.

Jackson emphasized the talent of Ohio State postgame, and he said even small mistakes against such a skilled team will be costly.

“We didn’t have the same edge that we had last night,” Jackson said. “First of all, Ohio State is a good hockey team, so if you give them opportunities, they’re going to take advantage. I thought we made some uncharacteristic plays with the puck that led to odd-man rush situations that ended up costing us. And that’s uncharacteristic for us — we’ve been really good at avoiding those kind of turnovers. We also took a couple penalties that I thought were unnecessary. So to me, I don’t think we had the same focus or the same mindset.”

The Irish are nearing the end of the regular season, and Jackson said the team needs to keep improving in order to have success in the playoffs.

“It’s really up to them to determine how they want to finish off the regular season,” Jackson said. “We’re playing for more than just what we played for last night — there is more out there.

I don’t want to go into the playoffs sloppy. We’re also playing for NCAA seeding. So that’ll take a hit tonight, because the teams we are competing with at the top of the NCAA, they’re not losing games. ... We have to make sure that we’re working to get better, though, because we’re going to play one of these teams again in the second round of the playoffs, and if we’re not ready for it, we’ll be done early.”

Contact Michael Ivey at mivey@hcc-nd.edu and Connor Mulvena at cmulvena@nd.edu

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Men’s basketball | nd 84, fsu 69

Farrell leads ND over FSU in front of ’78 team 1978 squad recognized 40 years after Final Four run

Second-half run helps Notre Dame win second straight

By BEN PADANILAM

By BEN PADANILAM

Editor-in-Chief

Editor-in-Chief

When Notre Dame beat Boston College on Tuesday, it gave the Irish their first win in exactly one month, snapping a seven-game losing streak.

Against Florida State on Saturday, they made sure the gap between wins this time around wasn’t nearly as large.

Just as with Tuesday’s win, the Irish (15-10, 5-7 ACC) put together a largely complete performance against the Seminoles (17-8, 6-7) — for the second consecutive game, they held the lead for over 37 minutes and never trailed in the second half.

And just as with Tuesday’s win, the Irish rode the play of its guards en route to pushing a nail-biter into a comfortable win at home. Senior Matt Farrell and junior Rex Pflueger both scored career-highs with 28 and 19, respectively, and sophomore T.J. Gibbs added 19 of his own to propel Notre Dame to an 84-69 victory.

CHRIS COLLINS | The Observer

In its storied 112-year history, Notre Dame has seen its men’s teams rack up over 1,800 wins and qualify for the NCAA tournament 36 times, both top-10 marks in NCAA history.

In the last three seasons alone, the Irish have won an ACC postseason title and advanced to the Elite Eight twice.

Yet, only one team in the program’s history can boast that it made the Final Four. And on Saturday, that group was honored for its achievement 40 years ago.

The 1978 Irish squad certainly did not have an easy road to get to that Final Four — it played 12 games against teams that finished ranked in the season’s final poll, including eight that finished ranked among the poll’s top-nine teams. It handed UCLA its only two losses of the regular season, and it took down the defending national champs, Marquette, on the backs of a 14-point comeback.

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Irish senior guard Matt Farrell drives around a defender during Notre Dame’s 96-85 win over Boston College on Feb. 6 at Purcell Pavilion. Farrell finished the game with 19 points and five 3-pointers.

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Hockey | ND 2, ohio state 1; ohio state 5, nd 1

nd WOMEN’s basketball | nd 85, georgia tech 69

Notre Dame clinches Big Ten regular-season title

By MICHAEL IVEY and CONNOR MULVENA

By DANIEL O’BOYLE Sports Writer

Sports Writers

Notre Dame captured the Big Ten regular season in the program’s first-ever season in the conference this past weekend, as the No. 1 Irish took on No. 6 Ohio State at Compton Family Ice Arena.

A lot was on the line for both teams this weekend. If the Irish (22-6-2, 16-3-1-1 Big Ten) earned three conference points through either a win or a shootout win combined with a tie, they would win the Big Ten regular season championship and the No. 1 seed in the upcoming conference tournament. Ohio State (19-7-4, 12-7-1-0) entered the weekend in second place in the standings, 13 points behind Notre Dame. The Buckeyes needed two wins to keep up with Notre Dame in the regular season title hunt.

Ohio State got off to a fast start Friday night, recording eight see HOCKEY PAGE 11

Irish pull away late for victory

ANN CURTIS | The Observer

Irish junior forward Andrew Oglevie looks to pass the puck during Notre Dame’s 5-1 loss to Ohio State on Saturday.

Halftime adjustments made the difference for No. 5 Notre Dame on Sunday, as the Irish struggled with Georgia Tech’s full-court press defense for two quarters before pulling away to defeat the Yellow Jackets, 85-69.

Although Georgia Tech scored the opening four points of the game, junior guard Arike Ogunbowale singlehandedly put Notre Dame ahead, scoring the first eight points of the game for the Irish. Three open layups for junior forward Jessica Shepard followed when the Irish beat the Yellow Jackets press to take a 14-9 lead. However, the aggressive Yellow Jackets’ defense soon began to cause problems for the Irish, as Georgia Tech cut the lead to 16-15. But Notre Dame managed to score the final five points of the quarter, and a Mabrey 3-pointer put the score at 21-17 after one.

Throughout the second quarter, the Irish continued to

struggle with Georgia Tech’s full-court defense, turning the ball over nine times in the period for a total of 15 turnovers at the half. The Yellow Jackets quickly narrowed the lead and pulled ahead themselves for the second time in the game, leading 36-33 late in the half thanks to an 8-0 run in a stretch lasting just 1:16.

However, junior guard Jackie Young ensured the Irish wouldn’t trail at the break, knocking down a jumper with 28 seconds remaining before finding senior forward Kathryn Westbeld under the basket for a reverse layup at the buzzer to tie the score, 39-39.

“I thought it was a huge momentum shift,” Irish head coach Muffet McGraw said of the buzzer-beating basket. “I thought it was a phenomenal pass. Jackie saw her; she was looking to drive it first, then she saw Kat wide open and made an unbelievable pass, and she finished right at see W BBALL PAGE 10