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Panel examines local homelessness Volunteer organizations discuss unique difficulties faced by women, children in community

By GINA TWARDOSZ News Writer

Four South Bend experts who specialize in working with women and children experiencing homelessness and domestic violence spoke Thursday at Saint Mary’s to clear up misconceptions of homelessness and shed light on ways others can support the homeless population in South Bend.

The panel, entitled “Finding Peace: Empowering Women and Children Experiencing Homelessness,” included Ebony Haynes, the assistant director of guest services at St. Margaret’s House in downtown South Bend; Suzanna Fritzberg, the deputy chief of staff to South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg; Jessica Richmond, the assistant director of The Family Justice Center

of St. Joseph County; and Peter Lombardo, the director for community involvement for The Center for the Homeless in South Bend.

Fritzberg said many services and some policy focusing on homelessness in South Bend seem to be aimed at men, which is problematic as it ostracizes a large population of the homeless who are women and children.

“In my work in the city over the past few years, it’s certainly been clear that many of our services are catered towards men, based on either data or based on data and a mix of assumptions that men are the ones who need those services,” she said. “I think too often when we think of [homelessness] as a genderless problem, it ends up

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Assistant director of The Family Justice Center of St. Joseph County, Jessica Richmond speaks about women and children facing homelessness and domestic violence in the South Bend community.

Nobel laureate discusses microcredit lending

By LUCY LYNCH News Writer

Muhammad Yunus, the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize winner, spoke at the 2017-2018 Notre Dame Going Global Forum on Thursday night, addressing his work in social business. Yunus, who has been a pioneer in the realms of human development and microcredit, was named as this year’s recipient of the Ford Family Notre Dame Award for International

Development and Solidarity.

Prior to the presentation of the Ford Family Award, University President John Jenkins praised Yunus not only for his work in microcredit and microsavings, but also for his interest in social entrepreneurship.

“Professor Yunus teaches us that a new way of doing business is possible,” Jenkins said.

“One that leaves room for selflessness, for social concern and mutual responsibility. Economic

development must not come at the expense of human dignity.”

Ray Offenheiser, director of the Notre Dame Initiative for Global Development in the Keough School of Global Affairs, led the conversation with Yunus.

Yunus discussed how his upbringing in Bangladesh exposed him to the economic and social issues he has fought to change throughout his life. Yunus said he see NOBEL PAGE 4

Italian concert to exhibit language, culture

By MARY STEURER News Writer

The Department of Romance Languages and Literatures will host an Italian language concert titled “Rebelli e Rivoluzionari” Friday at 7 p.m. in Leighton Concert Hall. Tickets for the concert are free and may

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be reserved at the DeBartolo Performing Arts Center (DPAC) box office or on the DPAC website.

Italian language professor Lesley Marcantonio, who produced the concert, said it began out of a meeting she had two years ago with her colleague, Italian language professor Alessia Blad.

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“It started almost as a joke or a challenge — ‘What if we put on a concert of Italian music?’”

Marcantonio said.

The event aims to provide an authentic Italian concert experience for its audience members, Marcantonio said. see CONCERT PAGE 3

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Walsh rector explores roots of dorm traditions community first had to transition to me as a new rector and then News Writer transition to the idea of living in a Walsh Hall, situated on God different hall for a year while ours Quad, first housed students in 1909 got renovated, and then transition and was one of the first dorms to to actually living in that hall and be converted into a women’s dorm preparing to move back, as well in 1972. Named after former-Uni- as transitioning and moving into versity President Thomas Walsh, their newly renovated home this Walsh prides itself on being a place year.”

Detwiler said that during her of tradition and community, Walsh four years as rector, Walsh has won rector Liz Detwiler said.

“Two … things have come in Hall of the Year or Women’s Hall of to clearer focus over the time I’ve the Year three times.

“This community knows how been here,” Detwiler, who has been rector since 2014, said. “They are to rally together, build fruitful the pillars of safety, inclusion and relationships and create great community flourishing, which are programs even when faced with values that our community pri- challenge,” she said.

Detwiler said the Walsh experioritizes. Everything we do stems from an interest in achieving these ence is one of a deep and proud tradition. goals.”

“The traditions that we have Detwiler said residents of the hall faced big changes recently, es- often involve all of us doing somepecially when the dorm was being thing altogether,” she said. “We renovated Walsh residents lived in may be a small hall, but everyone is very invested. I would say Pangborn Hall.

“I think ever since I first came events like the Thanksgiving here, Walsh has been growing a lot,” Detwiler said. “ ... The see WALSH PAGE 4

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Symposium features research at Saint Mary’s

By MARIA LEONTARAS Associate Saint Mary’s Editor

Saint Mary’s will host the second Symposium of Research and Creative Scholarship, showcasing scholarly work of students and faculty alike from a variety of departments, Friday.

Laura Williamson Ambrose, department chair of Humanistic Studies and coordinator of the event, said the event was inspired by a colloquium series where Saint Mary’s faculty members could present their research. Last year’s symposium consisted of seniors presenting their work for an hour, with a few panels focused on faculty research spread throughout the day, but Williamson Ambrose said she wanted to expand the symposium’s content to fill an entire day.

“This year, what we decided to do was really expand it in scope and in scale,” she said. “We have a full day of events. … We asked for students to submit proposals as well as faculty, and we had a selection process for those proposals and created a series of interdisciplinary panels of

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“The point of the concert is that it’s very Italian,” she said. “Italians don’t go to concerts to listen; they go to sing. They want to sing and Paid Advertisement

a mixture of faculty and students throughout the day.”

The symposium will have various conference portions throughout the day featuring students and faculty members from different departments and will conclude with a senior showcase and social hour. Williamson Ambrose said she hopes the event will celebrate all research conducted on campus, especially senior student research.

“This kind of work, of course, has always gone on, but we realized that we need to make it more visible,” she said. “To make it more visible to the entire community and to the region, but also take an opportunity to celebrate, particularly for seniors as they prepare for their last month, or really, by that point, just a few weeks left on campus. It’s an opportunity to sort of sit back, congratulate yourself for your work and look and learn at the work of your friends and peers. You may know folks very thoroughly but not know very much about the kind of everyday scholarly interaction they have, particularly if you

don’t have them in class or don’t share a major with them.”

This celebration and exposure of research is one of the reasons senior psychology major Mara Egeler decided to present her studies on television as a coping mechanism at the Symposium, she said in an email.

“I decided to say yes to presenting because it gives me the opportunity to educate others about my research,” Egeler said. “My project can be applied to all college students, not just those in the psychology department. I’m excited to spread my newfound information to a variety of students and faculty.”

Similarly, senior music and psychology double major Franny Wall’s desire to share her research on music’s effects on dementia patients inspired her to present at the symposium, she said.

“I’ve always heard great things about the symposium, and knowing that I would have a project put together that I was excited about, it greatly impacted my desire to

present this year,” Wall said in an email.

This symposium is not only a way for members of the community to share their findings, but it is also an opportunity for those not participating in the event to show support for their peers, Egeler said.

“Everyone who is presenting at the symposium has put many hours into their projects and feels a great sense of pride about them,” she said. “We are excited to be sharing what we have learned with everyone in the Saint Mary’s community. Going to this symposium will help to show that you support all the research being conducted at Saint Mary’s. You may find new ideas in projects that you would like to further explore in your own research.”

Similarly, Williamson Ambrose said she hopes the various presentations will inspire students to learn more about something that interests them or even lead them to a new path that may be seen as completely different from what interests them. She said she

purposefully paired seemingly disparate disciplines to showcase the integration of learning Saint Mary’s strives to instill in its students.

“There’s an integration in that way that I hope is going to be surfaced during the event itself,” Williamson Ambrose said. “In other words, we have integration that happens implicitly because of the majors and the kind of work the students do or collaborative projects between faculty and students or one another. But then we also have this in-the-moment kind of integration that can happen when sparks fly when you just put two people in a room together with two different ideas and see what happens. That’s what I’m excited to see happen on Friday.”

The symposium will take place Friday from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., and a schedule of the symposium’s events can be found on the College’s website.

be moved by music as much as the singer themselves. So the idea of the concert is that people come, and they sing along.”

While the first concert was coordinated primarily by Marcantonio and Blad, Blad said since last year it has been a joint effort between the Italian Studies department and Italian language students in the intermediate course titled “Exploring Italian Culture,” which the professors and students refer to as “Language and Lyrics.”

All students in the class are required to help with the concert as part of their coursework and “take care of every aspect of the concert,” Blad said.

Sophomore Dion ThompsonDavoli, a student in Exploring Italian Culture, said he and his

classmates took on a number of responsibilities to help coordinate the event.

“The class does everything from designing promotional materials, the lighting, the staging, the PowerPoints, the order of the show,” he said. “Everyone in the class has done something.”

Marcantonio said this year’s concert will focus specifically on artists whose work pioneered social change in Italy.

“The theme is ‘Rebels and Revolutionaries,’ so we wanted to focus on music as the art of freedom,” she said.

She added that the selected songs span broad ranges of both genre and time period.

“We have comic songs, we have children’s music — including a

group of second graders that’s going to join us on stage — and love songs,” she said.

Several Notre Dame faculty members and two Italian language students will be performing in the concert, Blad said.

“They’re members of the academic community, but they’re also musicians,” she said.

“You’d think these people are professionals.”

In addition to being an opportunity to experience culture, sophomore Madelyn Steurer, another student in the class, said she encourages members of the Notre Dame community to attend the concert for its talented musicians.

“Come see your professors perform like you’ve never seen them

in the classroom,” she said. “This is their opportunity to perform and show their love for music.”

Sophomore Veronica Perez, a student who will be singing in the concert, said she hopes the audience gains a special appreciation for the songs and the artists who wrote them.

“There’s a lot of history in some of the songs we’re performing,” she said.

A short introduction, Perez said, will proceed each performance to provide historical context for the song as well as discuss its influence on Italian society.

The concert is part of the larger Romance Languages Week, Marcantonio said, which celebrates French, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish languages and cultures.

She said the week was created after the initial success of the Italian concert.

“Last year we thought, ‘What if we just expand it?’” Marcantonio said.

The week began Sunday with an opening ceremony at the Grotto held in each of the four languages, Blad said.

She said other festivities included a trivia night, French aerobics class and a movie screened in each language.

“We close on Saturday with a huge soccer tournament where all the four languages play against each other,” Blad said.

The goal of the week, Blad said, is to foster appreciation for Romance languages in the Notre Dame community.

“Our aim is to expose students to other cultures and other languages,” she said. “We have amazing cultures in our departments, and we want to share them with our students.”

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sustainability dinner — which attracts at least 100 people to come and gather in gratitude with our Walsh family before many of us go home to our own families — is really special to the hall.”

Sophomore Walsh resident Viktoria Teneqexhi said she enjoys the community and tradition in the dorm.

“It’s been amazing,” she said.

“It’s so much better than being offcampus. The community is really

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being a male problem because we use men as the norm in the way that we design a lot of things.”

Haynes said St. Margaret’s House tries to combat this focus on men who are experiencing homelessness by attempting to satisfy the specific needs of women and children in the community.

“Women and children have very specific needs, and what is very unique about St. Margaret’s House is that we are a safe place for women and children,” she said.

A misconception about homeless centers is that they simply exist to feed and shelter people, Haynes said, but this is not the case for St. Margaret’s House.

“We have had the opportunity to help women on a holistic scale,” she said. “We have a portion of our guests who come just for the sense of community. They come because they need counseling or because they are looking for employment or need to know how to make a plan for their life. A portion of what we do is to help supplement some of the income and needs of the women who come in.”

Women who are experiencing homelessness are often dealing with the aftermath of domestic violence and abuse, Richmond said.

“One in four women in the U.S. are homeless and are survivors of domestic violence,” she said. “The new statistics are showing that one in three women are going to experience intimate partner violence in their lifetime. So if we’re thinking about that in terms of homelessness, there are so many aggravating factors that cause survivors to deepen their homelessness journey.”

Richmond said The Center for Family Justice helps survivors of abuse navigate the economic and safety concerns that accompany homelessness.

“A lot of our survivors are dealing with not only the physical [factors] but the economics, and when I say economics I mean maybe they don’t have access to the debit card or the bank accounts or they have terrible credit,” she said.

“We have to find her a safe space to stay, with or without children, and most of the time we have to think about the fact that there’s often a stalking component that comes along with domestic violence — so how are we going to find affordable housing that’s going to keep her safe that isn’t going

strong … You can tell that everyone really cares about you and your well being. One of the biggest Walsh traditions is Mr. ND, and that was in the fall … It’s kind of like a talent show … where you have different males come in and do comedy or singing or whatever their act is” Detwiler said the sense of community in Walsh is longstanding and includes a Welcome Weekend tradition specific to Walsh that is also rooted in Catholicism.

“At the end of Welcome Weekend, we invite our new first year students into our chapel, the Chapel of the Visitation, to close out Welcome

Weekend with a reflection on what our Walsh love means,” she said.

“We offer a prayer service led by the Hall Staff and the Welcome Team that illustrates for the first years how our Walsh love flows from the example of Mary literally overcoming great obstacles to accompany Elizabeth in her time of need and to share divine love with her.

Their example of love, friendship and family serves as the foundation on which we model our own community.””

to have a landlord that is going to threaten to evict her if she has to call the police to protect her and her children?”

Many children in the South Bend community also experience homelessness and the stress and violence that accompany it, Lombardo said.

“Probably a third of homeless kids have seen a stabbing, a rape, a murder,” he said. “Probably a third have been a victim of domestic abuse or violence. They’ve moved probably 16 times more than the average family. Every time they move, they probably have to change schools, and changing schools means a period of adjustment. … So think about a kid in school, maybe on the verge of homelessness, maybe on the verge of just moving from an apartment to grandma’s house, do you think that kid is worried about spelling in school? No. He’s worried about where he’s going to sleep that night.”

While the population of homeless people in South Bend has “actually decreased slightly since 2011,” Fritzberg said, the stigma behind homelessness is still pervasive.

“Where people are staying, particularly unsheltered people, has shifted within the city to be in more visible areas, and that has a provided really a more profound opportunity for businesses and agencies to recommit to this problem and take seriously the needs of a group of vulnerable people,” she said.

Lombardo said students can help the homeless community by donating their time to tutoring homeless youth or by simply listening to those experiencing homelessness.

“Sit and talk with the people you are serving and listen to them because, unfortunately, they don’t get listened to very much,” she said.

“But if you’re there, listening, you’ve given them that dignity and that respect, and that’s what will help them move on to self sufficiency.”

Listening to those in need helps to individualize and humanize those experiencing homelessness, Haynes said.

“The bottom line is the golden rule: treat people how you want to be treated,” she said. “These are women. They are survivors and have been through a lot in life, so I talk to them the way I talk to anybody else.”

Richmond said those looking to serve women and children who are experiencing homelessness should not do so by offering them

a handout.

“When you walk into the center, there’s a sign that says, ‘You are braver than you think,’ because when you walk into the Family Justice Center, for a lot of women, that is the bravest moment of her entire life,” she said. “I always tell our staff, it’s a hand-up, not a handout. The women who come into the center aren’t looking for a handout, they don’t really need anything except an ear to listen and somebody to continue to believe them at face value, because a lot of the time the system is up against them. We learn to know them as people. They’re no less than me, no less than anyone sitting at this table. We’re all people and we all just need each other, and that’s something beautiful about the community of South Bend and about the social service agencies within South Bend.”

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saw how banks and the wealth distribution did not enable poor people to prosper.

“What good is economics if it doesn’t solve the problems of the people around them,” Yunus said.

Yunus felt overtaken by the concept of loansharking and the poor people who were victimized by the act, so he decided loan small amounts of money to these people himself in the form of a microloan.

There are some academics who are skeptical of microfinance, Offenheiser said. However, Yunus said the system is very effective — the microloans are always eventually paid back by the borrowers.

“The bank is owned by the borrowers themselves,” Yunus said.

“This is the most well-managed bank in the whole country [of

Bangladesh].”

Despite Yunus’ development in microcredit, there is a “right” and “wrong” type of way to conduct this business, he said. Yunus warned against those who have taken his practices and ultimately used it for loansharking.

“Economic services are like oxygen,” Yunus said. “If we don’t have oxygen, we cannot breathe, we cannot function. That’s what happens when we don’t have financial services. If you don’t have connection to the financial services, people cannot function. And then we call them poor people.”

Yunus encouraged people to change the wealth distribution system. In order to aid human development, he said, it is necessary to make sure that wealth flows downward rather than upward.

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By CYNTHIA TRAN Scene Writer

What do you do when you have a midterm, three projects and two essays due in one week, but by the sweep of some miracle with the fervor of Fr. Jenkins’s handshake, half of your deadlines are gratuitously extended? You listen to the new Voidz album, “Virtue.” The potpourri album happens to provide the perfect soundtrack to sporadic oscillations between panicked pen scratching and whimsical daydreaming as you stare out of the 10th-story window in Club Hes. In 2013 The Voidz were born, giving the world exactly what it didn’t know it needed. You guessed it: a Julian Casablancas project with yet another backing band. The group is like a crossover episode between two of your favorite shows, on which you can enjoy Casablancas’s lulling vocals over the sound of some dreamy synths. The Voidz’ 2014 debut album, “Tyranny,” featured a vibrant mix of sounds, just as would be expected from an experimental side project. The band’s style came out with a bang — only instead of pronouncing the onomatopoeia with ecstatic exclamation points, music reviewers across the web reacted with something like startled question mark sounds.

Fast forward a few years to 2018, The Voidz’ sound exhibits only a sliver more of refinement; but luckily for the band, the world seems to be a bit more receptive to the

By CARLOS DeLOERA Scene Writer

On April 2, Hop Along released their third studio album, “Bark Your Head Off, Dog,” but many people may not have noticed this. It has become easier and easier for new releases to go unnoticed amidst an abundance of music, and while it would be easy enough to pinpoint this — along with the the fact that it was released by an indie artist on a small label — as the reason for the underthe-radar feel of the release, it’s rather a testament to the personality of the band. The face of the band is lead singer and guitarist Frances Quinlan, who shies away from the spotlight when she’s not performing. She doesn’t necessarily like doing interviews, comparisons to former greats and talking about herself in general. She prefers to let her music, with its rawness, constraint and depth, do the talking for her.

What quickly sticks out about Hop Along’s music in general is Quinlan’s voice, which has drawn comparisons to several different singers and has drawn her some acclaim. In an interview with Vulture in 2015, Quinlan said she often gets compared to Janis Joplin, a comparison she’s not particularly fond of because she is “not a huge Janis Joplin fan.” However, to say that she merely sounds like a reincarnation of Joplin would be incomplete. Quinlan’s voice is big and booming like Joplin, but it is also raspy and tremorous. It sounds specifically like a voice of generations past, while still feeling right at home

chaos of different sounds packed into the form of an album (as seen upon the release of all of the King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard records, the rapid popularity growth of BROCKHAMPTON’s 12-man style and dare I say even Cardi B’s latest album). The album begins with “Leave it in my Dreams,” which almost too appropriately displays Casablancas’s classic singing-into-an-iPhone-atdaybreak voice that we all know too well (also featured in “Think Before You Drink”). Though without hesitation, the third song, “Pyramid of Bones,” holds nothing back with shredding guitars as Casablancas now sings as if he is screaming from the next room over. The highly anticipated electronic noises are thankfully not spared from this album, either, as “ALieNNatioN” and “Pink Ocean” give the spotlight to pleasantly hypnotic and dark sounds that comfortably accompany Casablancas’s verses.

Of course Casablancas couldn’t leave without some feel-good tracks that lift the mood whether you’re just trying to listen through the album for the first time or if you’re clocking in a long night in the library. Almost scarily, the album has quite the knack for delivering some decently depressing lyrics in an uplifting, catchy manner. Notably, “Wink” and “Lazy Boy” have the most prominent echoes of some great upbeat classics from The Strokes, but both present lyrics about wandering around with no direction — perfect songs for narrating anyone’s late night in the library.

Although some may stomp their feet at it, there is a lot to appreciate about The Voidz’ desultory style. Why? Well, it’s exactly what Julian Casablancas embodies — a natural-born rock star who wants to be in a place where he can do whatever he wants, but still unfailingly catches the public’s eye. It’s his unpredictability (and unconventional attractiveness) that keeps everyone coming back.

Despite the band’s less-applauded first album, they seem to be set on a good path as Virtue has already garnered a lot of positive attention. In a time where chaos seems to be more appreciated, perhaps this path will lead The Voidz to great success.

in contemporary music. A closer approximation of her vocals might be Dolores O’Riordan (The Cranberries) meets Thom Yorke (Radiohead) or Mandy Lee (Misterwives) fused with Bon Scott (AC/DC). All of this is to say that her voice is uniquely hers.

Quinlan’s voice is complimented nicely by her songwriting ability. Her lyrics are thought provoking, layered and sometimes confusing. On the album’s opening track, “How Simple,” Quinlan sings, “Pale as a banshee sun / Think I should stop checking myself out / In the windows of cars / When I could see my future in her pictures of relatives.” The verse seems like three separate and distinct thoughts that are completely unrelated. They are. This camera wink of sorts highlights Quinlan’s ability to not take her songwriting process too seriously by providing the listener with an affable character with goofy tendencies, all with just four lines. This is then contrasted with her lyrics in “Not Abel,” which borrows biblical imagery: “Shirt bloodstained / And yet it was not Abel but Cain who got to hear / The voice that for so long had been a stranger / Not one word of all the time they spent growing up brothers / Even love, yes, even love, yes, even lose / Something to lose.” This somber portrait shows Quinlan pondering the ironic sense of biblical justice. Add on to this the expression of her curiosity, even perhaps sympathy, for Cain’s feelings after killing his brother. In “One That Suits Me” her tongue-in-cheek tone helps in underlining her views on the nature of men, in light of recent events like the Me Too movement: “In an open field, man

is guilty always.”

All of this is not to say the album is strictly the Frances Quinlan show. The other instrumentalists’ contributions should not be overlooked, because they show up big throughout the production. Guitarist Joe Reinhart is able to shift seamlessly from authentic folk sounds to a sparkly ’80s pop tone to straight jam-sesh guitar. Drummer Mark Quinlan, brother of Frances Quinlan, and bassist Tyler Long provide for a solid rhythm section that occasionally has flashes of genius. Alongside these performances is the simple production of the album that allows the listeners to focus in on the raw musicianship of the performers.

All of these elements together help make this one of the best albums of this young year.

Contact Cynthia Tran at ctran5@nd.edu

“Virtue” The Voidz Label: Cult Records/RCA Records Tracks: “Wink,” “Pink Ocean” If you like: The Strokes, Deerhunter, Melody’s Echo Chamber

Contact Carlos DeLoera at cdeloera@nd.edu

“Bark Your Head Off, Dog” Hop Along Label: Saddle Creek Tracks: “The Fox in Motion,” “What the Writer Meant,” “Look of Love” If you like: Misterwives, Paramore, The Cranberries

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The case for loose tobacco Mike Donovan Associate Scene Editor

The world, I’m sorr y to say, is out to get you.

You can run, hide, lose yourself in the dulcet tones of “Levels” by Av icii (remember?), but the world w ill sneak behind you and bropunch you in the back (like Chad from your ACCT 20200). Scientists (ugh!) and health professionals (double ugh!) offer all kinds of adv ice pertaining to stress relief. They tell us to do things like cardiovascular exercise and sleep and back up their points w ith various studies. But, as you well know, studies are not to be trusted. Edward O. Wilson, referencing his studies, pushes his ridiculous stories about climate change, claiming, “We’re in the perfect moment in time [to be activ ists], where there is clearly an assault on the env ironment.” Utter nonsense — a bro-punch to the back.

So, when life leaves you whimpering and alone, thirstily sipping at the last drops of your dignit y’s soon-to-be-dr y wellspring, where do you turn. Science? Health?

Hog wash.

The solution to all your problems, the antidote to all your stress, the harbinger of your new found personalit y lies in one simple word: tobacco.

Let me specif y. Do not go to the nearest gas station and purchase five packs of Marlboro Reds per my suggestion. Big tobacco is in cahoots w ith the government to control the media and turn ever ybody into robot minions.

Vaping? No. W hen I say tobacco, I mean freshlysqueezed, locally-sourced, loose tobacco: the kind you pack in a snazzy Sherlock Holmes pipe and smoke w ith friends at a table at least 25 feet away from the nearest building.

Based on first-hand obser vational research, here are loose tobacco’s (alleged) benefits: Loose tobacco is a leaf. Leaves are in salad.

Salad is good for you.

1. Paul Westerberg sang, “Jesus rides beside me / He never buys any smokes,” insinuating that Jesus was against big tobacco and, therefore, in favor of loose tobacco.

2. Renow ned w riters — Faulkner, Heming way, Lew is, Suess, Hefner — all smoke pipes. Loose tobacco makes words good.

3. Those who smoke loose tobacco are 36 percent more likely to find true love (depending on your definition of love).

4. Fumbling around w ith loose tobacco is #relatable like “The Office” memes and Nick from “New Girl.”

5. Lungs are muscles, too. W hat doesn’t kill them makes them stronger.

6. Loose tobacco increased alleged enjoyment of Av icii’s “Levels” by a factor of three.

I rest my case. Grab some tobacco and a few pipes from your nearest smoke shop. Find some friends. Tell them to meet you at the table 25 feet from your dorm Tuesday night for your first-ever Tobacco Tuesday.

You won’t regret it. Not yet, any way.

Contact Mike Donovan at mdonov10@nd.edu The views expressed in the Inside Column are those of the author and not necessarily those of The Observer.

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Don’t just include, protect At Notre Dame, sexual orientation is not a protected class under the University’s nondiscrimination policy.

As this week is both A lly Week and “You are Loved” Week on campus, this fact warrants conversation.

It is important to note that while the University excludes sexual orientation from its nondiscrimination policy, it does not overlook the LGBTQ community altogether. LGBTQ concerns are addressed in the University’s Spirit of Inclusion statement.

“We value gay and lesbian members of this community as we value all members of this community,” the statement reads. “We condemn harassment of any kind, and University policies proscribe it. We consciously create an environment of mutual respect, hospitality and warmth in which none are strangers and all may f lourish.”

In light of the University’s nondiscrimination policy, this statement takes on significant importance. It defines the University’s commitment to the LGBTQ community and pledges to “condemn harassment” and “create an environment” in which these members of our campus community at large may “f lourish.”

However, it is the opinion of this Editorial Board that the University has failed in some ways to uphold this commitment.

We recognize the University’s precarious position: As a Catholic institution, some of Notre Dame’s interests will undoubtedly be in tension with the interests of the LGBTQ community on campus. As the inclusion policy shows, the University has attempted to adopt a position of tolerance — a tolerance which itself did not exist for quite some time in the University’s histor y. The University has routinely denied LGBTQ clubs official recognition since the 1980s. But in reality, the current position is simply a symbolic gesture that Notre Dame hides behind to give the appearance of acceptance while acting merely through tolerance, a nuance that we believe matters. Merely pledging tolerance while keeping LGBTQ students out of the official nondiscrimanation policy violates the spirit of the University’s commitment to its LGBTQ community members.

PrismND ser ves as a good example of how the administration views this topic. Forged from Beloved Friends and A llies, the organization is officially recognized by the University and provides LGBTQ students with a community that can offer them resources. But what the organization cannot do is advocate for these students. Its charter states that it must “avoid any political or social activities that might compromise Notre Dame’s Roman Catholic allegiance and commitments” in all its programs and initiatives. As a result, the University’s attempt to depoliticize in favor of tolerance has only resulted in hy pocrisy and greater controversy.

Take last year for example, when members of PrismND tried to distribute Pride f lags in LaFortune Student Center but were unable to do so, both as individuals and as part of an organization through SAO. Their precarious position barred them from doing either because individual students need SAO approval as an officiallyrecognized student group to use the space, but their organization could not receive that approval because it is required to be apolitical.

The irony of this, of course, is that the students then had to distribute the f lags from the College Democrats office as a result, which ended up making the issue more political.

This example is a microcosm of the larger issue.

W here College Democrats could distribute the f lags, PrismND could not. In one of the most confusing ironies, PrismND can host an A lly Week, but not a Pride Week. PrismND is a “special interest organization” as part of the Student Activities Organization, and while the students in PrismND wrote the group’s constitution, the University administration wrote its charter. As a result, while other groups can bring and have brought in speakers who take political stances contrar y to “Notre Dame’s Catholic allegiance and commitments” — such as former Texas senator Wendy Davis, who visited campus at the invitation of the College Democrats in April 2016 — PrismND cannot.

Perhaps PrismND ser ves the LGBTQ community best by being an apolitical organization. After all, not all members of the community will necessarily share the same political beliefs.

But shouldn’t that be PrismND’s choice? Is it “toleration” to limit the organization’s ability to speak for itself ? Shouldn’t the University be willing to allow any kind of student group – either PrismND or another separate group – to have the prerogative to advocate for the LGBTQ community?

No such activist group currently ex ists on Notre Dame’s campus. And none of the currently-existing political groups can fulfill that role either, for doing so forces LGBTQ students to pigeonhole themselves as “Republican,” “Democrat” or other wise, despite the fact that they come from various ideological backgrounds with differing political agendas. But even if they could, treating LGBTQ issues in this way would only further politicize them, which, of course, is antithetical to the University’s Spirit of Inclusion statement.

And this brings us back to the heart of the problem. Here at Notre Dame, the treatment of LGBTQ organizations such as PrismND amount to tolerance and compromise. But simultaneously, the University has failed to legally protect the ver y same community from discrimination.

Notre Dame’s actions continue to treat these distinct ideas as one and the same, and as long as this is the case, it will continue to violate the spirit of its Spirit of Inclusion statement.

There is no doubt that when it comes to balancing its Catholic interests and the interests of its LGBTQ students, Notre Dame is stuck between a rock and a hard place. But by pretending the status quo adequately satisfies both those interests, the University continues to not do right by its LGBTQ community members, as exemplified in the way PrismND is mandated to operate.

The University needs to do better, starting with adding sexual orientation to its nondiscrimination policy. As for further steps? Perhaps giving PrismND the ability to choose whether or not to be apolitical, and addressing its somewhat unclear status as a “special interest organization” appropriately. Or perhaps allowing a student group to form that can act in the political interests of the community without compelling the University to be an active agent which supports that political agenda — that is, after all, the same justification University President Fr. John Jenkins used to explain Notre Dame’s involvement in the HHS lawsuit to faculty in November.

We are not asking the University to actively promote policies that go against its Catholic mission. But Notre Dame does have a duty to protect its community members, and in light of its inadequate Spirit of Inclusion statement, there is no doubt the University owes real protection to the LGBTQ community — members of the Notre Dame family.

At the ver y least, this is the only way in which these members of our community can truly “f lourish.”

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Moreau needs serious improvement Recite the seven Catholic social teachings. OK, now show through media what having a career means to you. These are the kinds of things the 1-credit first-year Moreau course asks first-year students to do on a weekly basis. Not only that, but we are told to read articles, watch videos and complete activities, all of which we do outside of class. W hile in class, we are told to discuss. The Moreau First Year Experience course has many problems that make for an ineffective orientation course to our first year at Notre Dame. The many problems of Moreau include the time commitment, the questions we are asked, and the numerous teachers.

I want to point out the time commitment Moreau asks of its students. There are 23 weekly prompts and four integrations to be completed over two semesters. Each weekly prompt takes about 30 minutes to an hour, and each integration takes about 2 ½ hours. In total, that’s 690 minutes of prompts and 600 minutes on integrations, and together, 1,290 minutes outside of class total while we spend only 1,150 minutes in class.

Thus, we spend more time on this course outside of class than inside of class. Altogether, Moreau takes a good 40 hours overall. Still doesn’t seem too bad, but not what you want from an orientation course to Notre Dame.

This is all fine and good, but then you have to factor in the time you spend in all your other classes, time you spend on homework and studying, the time you spend at your job or

extracurricular activity, the time you spend socializing, the time you spend making connections with people and the time you need to spend sleeping. Anyone else starting to feel a little dizzy? The worst part is that first-year students are expected to manage all this while integrating themselves into the Notre Dame community. All this is necessary, except all the time we spend on Moreau.

I will admit, many of the topics we learn about in Moreau are helpful, including the resources Notre Dame offers and how to transition to college life. However, there are many topics we are asked to discuss in our weekly prompts that seem fairly unnecessary and add nothing to my Notre Dame education. Moreau has us ref lect on everything we do, from napping to praying to our cultural competence. We do enough ref lecting on these topics during class itself, making weekly prompts unnecessary.

The problems of this class are even more evident when you factor in the numerous different teachers that teach the class. In the freshman class, there are 2,050 people. Classes are made up of about 20 people, which makes for about 102 teachers. This is a considerable number of teachers that each grade differently. Some teachers are tough, looking closely at their prompts, always checking for the word minimum and constantly inspecting to see if the student read or watched the material. Then in class, they expect full participation, where students need to make multiple comments every class period, and take you to

every recommended location. Or you can get an easy grader that never looks at your word count, skims your prompt responses, and never requires you talk in class. This leads to drastically different amounts of effort students have to put into the class; those who get hard teachers have to spend significantly more time on all this work. Not to mention, some Moreau teachers feel the need to supplement the class with extra assignments of their creation, requiring some students to put in extra time while others do the bare minimum.

People talk about assigned presentations and additional homework assignments. This difference in grading and teaching makes the course extremely unfair in terms of workload and grades.

I suggest that the course is altered to only contain 2 integrations, the course last only one semester long and that weekly prompts be discontinued as we would discuss important topics during our class period.

The system for the Moreau class now is not only f lawed, but unfair. So I call upon Fr. Jenkins, the Dean of First Year of Studies and the University to re-model the class. The huge number of disadvantages in the class completely outweigh the few advantages and make our first year at Notre Dame more difficult than it already is as we transition into the college setting.

Alyssa Daniele freshman April 12

Good character Nicholas Marr Civics Corner

We often talk about being good people. Well, our quests to be good people are irreducibly about character.

The mantle of good character is a lofty one, and it is one to which I aspire — despite the times at which I fall short each and every day. But I have some thoughts and a working idea of good character, and I think they’re worth sharing.

Winston Churchill, a man who is surely among the greatest, offered this: “Character may be manifested in the great moments, but it is made in the small ones.”

This quote affirms that character is something to be practiced. It is habitually developed. In this way, it is similar to virtue. They could be the same, actually. Character can be measured by the presence or absence of virtue — virtue here implying commitment to a moral standard of good (see the life and example of Christ). I wonder, though, if character is partly instinctual. Perhaps some have more ingrained instincts of good character, though all surely can develop virtues, and thus build better character.

In any case, character is something which is formed through, inf luences how you approach, and gives meaning to the everyday tasks and encounters of life.

How precisely does it give meaning?

Though I disagree with Woodrow Wilson’s politics and worldview in many respects, his thoughts on character, specifically how character relates to being a man and living with meaning, are worth considering. “No man has ever risen to the real

stature of spiritual manhood until he has found that it is finer to serve somebody else than it is to serve himself.”

This quote is important to shed light on the proposition that people — men especially, because our primary role is to protect — fall into two camps.

At the bottom line, when things go wrong as they always do, there are those who will do whatever is necessary to care for themselves and those who will do whatever is necessary to care for their loved ones. Yes, you must be able to care for yourself in order to care for others, but it’s about how much more you’re willing to do. Because you can focus just on yourself and you can make yourself great.

But you will never be the best you can be — to Wilson’s point — if you do not also develop the capacity to care for and even prioritize others.

What we see in college — Notre Dame is no exception — is a strong capacity to care for the self (sometimes to a very detrimental degree), but an underwhelming capacity to care for others. We would do well to balance this, and to practice caring for others each and every day.

You’re walking to a door at the same time as another person? Open the door.

Practicing this kind of care for others is critical to developing character. And this is just a small example. The goal I mentioned at the beginning of the column is big — good character, and through this, ultimately reaching the standard of good person.

Ernest Hemingway, at least a writer among the greatest, had this to say: “The best people possess a feeling for beauty, the courage to take risks, the discipline to tell the truth, the capacity for sacrifice.”

The next part of the quote is about how these

qualities — these virtues — create vulnerability that often leaves these “best people” hurt. I didn’t include the last part, though, because it’s nonsense. If you can be hurt, so what? Being hurt isn’t something to be avoided. Being good requires the ability to accept that suffering is a part of life just like f lourishing — in fact, there is no f lourishing without suffering. Being good requires, too, the ability to take risks when acing in accordance with what is good is not easy or popular.

Good character which informs a good person, then, means forming good principles, holding all the opposing information you can gather in your head, comparing the reality to your principles, making a decision and fighting … hard. If in the end you do not succeed, you know that you have tried. And you’ve learned something of tempering the negative tendencies of human nature and forgiving others regardless of the outcome. That is a valuable peace of mind.

So there is probably little cohesiveness to this column. I’m figuring this out as much as anyone else, and I am indebted to The Observer staff for allowing me to routinely publish my thoughts (even when they’re submitted a little past the deadline­­).

If you take anything from this, open the door.

Then look for little things like that to do every day and for anyone. Your world will open up.

Nick Marr is a sophomore from San Diego, California.

He is majoring in history and political science with a certificate in international security. His favorite liberal is John F. Kennedy. He knows there could be opinions other than his own, and he encourages them to be directed to nmarr@nd.edu The views expressed in this column are those of the author and not necessarily those of The Observer.

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Crossword | Will Shortz

Horoscope | Eugenia Last Happy Birthday: Take your time. No matter what is going on around you, finding the best solution without making a fuss will help you maintain balance in your life. Jumping impatiently into anything involving work or your relationships with others will not turn out as hoped. Slow down to size up situations and make decisions based on facts and truth. Your numbers are 4, 16, 20, 24, 33, 42, 46.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Being pushy, or giving in to someone who is, will be your downfall. The best way to gain respect is to be open to compromise and strive for equality in all aspects of your life. Physical activity will ease stress.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Your intuition when dealing with others will be on target. Attending a reunion or catching up with someone you haven’t seen for some time will be rewarding. Be careful not to reveal personal secrets, information or passwords.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Protect against physical setbacks and chronic health issues. Do what’s required to offset any negativity or emotional manipulation you face when trying to receive or offer help. Keep your objective clear and your questions and answers concise.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Visit a friend or spend time with someone you love. Sharing a common interest will encourage you to reveal how you feel and what possibilities exist for future get-togethers. Sign up for a reunion and reminisce. Romance is in the stars.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Listen to your peers or those with more experience, and you’ll get a different perspective regarding what’s possible and how you can go about reaching your goals. Avoid indulgence; stick to what’s tangible and you will come out on top.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Put more energy and physical power into what you do, and not only will you make an impression, but you will feel satisfied with what you accomplish. A fitness regimen, lifestyle changes and surrounding yourself with positive people are encouraged.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Offer a unique version of how you can accomplish what’s expected of you. Your insight will help open doors that have been closed in the past. Don’t hesitate to make changes if that’s what will encourage a positive lifestyle.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Participate, get active and strive to reach your goals. A day trip, planning something special with the one you love or attending a family gathering that will allow you to share your latest news is favored.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Stay at home and make adjustments to your space that will be more conducive to getting involved in hobbies or pursuits that interest you. Don’t let someone else’s impulsive move tempt you to follow suit. Catch up on your reading.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Take time out to enjoy your own company or the company of someone you love. Family fun, making personal changes that will lift your spirits, and updating your appearance are all favored. Love and romance will improve your personal life.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): YVisiting friends or relatives may be inviting, but protect against falling into a situation that you thought you dismissed a long time ago. If someone is aggressive, obsessive or indulgent, know enough to walk away. Protect against emotional blackmail.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Take care of your personal finances, investments and any pending matters that need to be addressed. Your intuition will help you make choices based on what’s actually happening instead of the limited information being offered. Personal improvements are highlighted.

Birthday Baby: You are steadfast, intense and observant. You are unpredictable and unique.

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Penguins set up for three-peat Michael Ivey Sports Writer

The Stanley Cup Playoffs began Wednesday night, and there is certainly no shortage of storylines for the 16 teams competing for Lord Stanley’s chalice.

First, you have one of the most surprising stories — not just in hockey, but perhaps in all of sports within the last decade — in the Vegas Golden Knights, who shocked everyone with a 51-247 record, winning the Pacific Division and making the playoffs in their first year of existence. The Golden Knights won their firstever playoff game Wednesday night 1-0 against the Los Angeles Kings, giving America its newest bandwagon team.

Then, there’s the Nashville Predators, who won the Presidents’ Trophy for having the best regularseason record in the league for the first time in franchise history.

The Predators made it to their first Stanley Cup Finals last season, and they’re hungry to get back to win their first-ever Cup. They certainly look good enough to do so.

The Tampa Bay Lightning and Boston Bruins just finished an epic race for the Atlantic Division championship, with Tampa just narrowly edging out Boston. Both teams are on a collision course to face each other in the second round if they both win their first-round series. They are both Cup-caliber teams, and whoever makes it out will certainly be the favorite to come out of the Eastern Conference.

Or will they?

Because as I was watching Wednesday night’s Game 1 between the Philadelphia Flyers and the Pittsburgh Penguins, I couldn’t help but ask myself something.

“The Penguins are going to three-peat, aren’t they?”

The Penguins dismantled the Flyers, 7-0, with relative ease. Their performance was an absolute clinic on how to play the perfect hockey game, basically controlling the flow of the game from puck drop. They had contributions from all four lines and even from their defensemen, who recorded four points. Their goaltending was superb.

I know, I know. It was just one game. Their performance could drastically change the next game or the one after that.

But the Penguins’ performance last night was no doubt a message to the rest of the league. They’re here, and they don’t intend to go anywhere anytime soon. They look hungry for their third-straight championship and fourth in the salary-cap era, which would no doubt put them among the best dynasties in hockey history.

The scary thing is, looking up and down their roster, this

team doesn’t seem to have any weaknesses.

They have the best hockey player on the planet in Sidney Crosby, who scored a natural hat trick last night that included one goal where he batted the puck out of midair with his stick like a baseball player swinging, just to show that he could — as he has done several times of late.

The Penguins also feature Evgeni Malkin, one of the best centermen in all of hockey, who often gets overshadowed by Crosby.

Malkin also scored a highlightreel goal last night, as he skated through the entire Flyers defense like they were construction cones and roofed a backhand shot past Flyers goaltender Brian Elliot.

In addition to Crosby and Malkin, the Penguins’ third-line center is Derick Brassard, who they acquired from the Ottawa Senators at the trade deadline.

Brassard is also considered one of the best centers in the game, and his presence on the Penguins makes them the toughest team to beat down the middle.

The Penguins also have one of the best wingers in the NHL in Phil Kessel. Since the Penguins traded for him in the summer of 2015, Kessel has helped Pittsburgh win two-straight Cups while registering 45 points in 49 playoff games with the Penguins.

In addition to all the star power they have on offense, they also feature the young and effective role players needed to have a balanced lineup. Players like Jake Guentzel (who scored four points against the Flyers in Game 1), Conor Sheary, Bryan Rust, Carl Hagelin and Patric Hornqvist give the Penguins secondary scoring that teams have trouble containing.

Their defensive unit is no joke, either. They won the Cup last year without their top defenseman, Kris Letang. They have him back this year, and he assisted on Pittsburgh’s opening goal in their rout of the Flyers. Experienced defensemen like Olli Maatta and Brian Dumoulin also help execute Pittsburgh’s increasingly impressive defensive efforts.

Goaltender Matt Murray has recorded shutouts in his last three postseason games dating back to last season. He was the Penguins’ primary goaltender during their last two Cup runs and has a playoff record of 23-9.

Add all of these things up and you’ve got one scary team. Given they’ve won the last two Stanley Cup championships, it’s not crazy to think they will again this season.

Contact Michael Ivey at mivey@hcc-nd.edu The views expressed in this Sports Authority are those of the author and not necessarily those of The Observer.

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Irish sophomore left-hander Cameron Brown delivers a pitch during Notre Dame’s 2-0 loss to Northwestern on Wednesday night.

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in those contests. On Tuesday, Notre Dame took a trip to East Lansing, Michigan, where it was able to sneak out a close win by a score of 8-7 over Michigan State. On Wednesday against Northwestern at home, however, the Irish were not so lucky. After giving up two runs early on, Irish pitching stood solid the rest of the game with sophomore southpaw Cameron Brown leading the way, throwing 5 1/3 scoreless innings in relief. It was not enough, however, as the Irish were held to just five hits and no runs on the night, falling to the Wildcats by a score of 2-0.

When play gets underway Friday night, Notre Dame will be well aware of the tall task it faces.

As the ACC’s best team, N.C. State has been trouble for its opponents

all season. Yet the Irish had the Wolfpack’s number last season when they made the trip to Frank Eck Stadium, as Notre Dame was able to take two of three in that series. But Irish head coach Mik Aoki said he recognizes that this year’s N.C. State team is stronger and will be a tough challenge for his group.

“N.C. State is a terrific team, an outstanding team. They swing the bat, they pitch enough and they’re good,” Aoki said. “They’re balanced offensively, they can play the little game, they can hurt you with some power and they can hurt you with some guys that are just solid hitters all around, so we have our hands full going into this weekend.”

Adding to the challenge of this weekend is the shaky road performance of the Irish so far this season, as the team’s record sits at 5-8 away from home and they have let several of those games get away

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from them in the late innings.

Aoki said he sees his team as a young group that can certainly learn from its past mistakes.

“It’s just a matter of a young team learning to sort of finish,” he said. “N.C. State is going to be a tough place to learn that, but on some level or another, this is how you learn it. You put yourself in these positions, and I think we’ve done a good job of putting ourselves in these positions. We’ve played well to do it. Now, we just have to punch through on some of these deals.”

Following the weekend series at N.C. State, Notre Dame has one neutral-site game in Indianapolis against No. 10 Indiana before three-straight weeks of home play. If the Irish are to take advantage of their stretch at home, then it begins with strong play this weekend, Aoki said.

“It’s still kind of right in front of us,” he said. “We’ve put ourselves in a bit of a hole, but … if we’re able to go three-out-of-four [against N.C. State and Indiana], now you’re starting to get to a point where maybe you can get something rolling, so that’s what we’re hoping for.”

Friday’s first pitch between Notre Dame and N.C. State is set for 6:30 p.m. The Irish and Wolfpack will then complete their three-game series against one another with games Saturday at 6:30 p.m. and Sunday at noon.

Contact Alex Bender at abender@nd.edu

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appearance in the title game. He was a first-team All-Big Ten defenseman this past season, scoring 10 goals and adding 20 assists. He was also the 2018 East Regional Most Outstanding Player, having scored two goals in the two games, including the game-winning goal in Notre Dame’s 4-3 overtime win over Michigan Tech.

In his career, Gross totaled 121 points, which ranks third in program history in scoring among defensemen.

The Maple Grove, Minnesota, native played in the United States Hockey League before arriving on campus four years ago. Gross served as an alternate captain this year and was one of just seven seniors on the Irish, providing veteran leadership for the young team.

The Irish now have three players from this year’s team signed to play professional hockey next year. Senior forward and captain Jake Evans and junior forward Andrew Oglevie each signed earlier this week with the Montreal Canadiens and Buffalo Sabres, respectively.

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Irish senior defenseman Jordan Gross passes the puck during Notre Dame’s 2-1 loss to Minnesota Duluth on April 7.

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said he likes what he’s seen of Davis so far.

“He’s been explosive,” Long said. “He’s a guy who picks things up real quick. He’s got really good instincts as a route-runner when he’s out there — you can tell that he’s gained that from being a quarterback. He can make guys miss, he’s really talented. In the past week, he’s probably been the most explosive guy on our offense. This past week, he’s been really, really exciting.

“He’ll be in the backfield at running back, he’ll be at receiver and when our [third-team offense is] in, he’ll get quarterback reps. The last few practices, he’s really done a great job at receiver and running back for us. You can see the confidence in him, the speed with the ball and the power he’s running with.”

In terms of the two currentlyenrolled quarterbacks in the conversation for starter, Long said neither of the two — Wimbush and Book — has fully separated himself from the other yet, but both have played well, especially of late.

“They’re both playing really well right now for us,” Long said. “Ian struggled early in the spring, but he’s coming on now.

Brandon’s been really solid. He’s

more confident back there than last year. But they’ve both had their good days, and there hasn’t been an awful day.

“We’re working on them with pressure in the pocket. A lot of two-minute situations where they can show they’re calm, not panicking. And they don’t panic.

They’re calm and confident in there.”

Tight ends Notre Dame has been known for producing top tight ends historically and as of late. So with a group of top recruits in the 2018 tight end group, Long — a former coach of the position at Illinois, Arizona State and Memphis who also played the position in college — said he believes his group this year could have a major impact, praising returning starter and senior Alize Mack and sophomore dual-sport athlete Cole Kmet, who is currently in the midst of baseball season.

“Alize — he’s done a really, really good job,” Long said. “Probably the most consistent he’s been. He hasn’t had a bad day yet. Cole Kmet has been outstanding. Obviously, he has double-duty, but he’s done a great job. You can see some days where it wears on him a little bit, but he’s done a great job; he can blossom this spring. [Sophomore tight end Brock Wright is] coming back from a shoulder injury, he could be a great player. The rest,

we just need to get healthy.”

Claypool Junior wide receiver Chase Claypool is the leading receiver returning for the Irish in 2018 after the NFL Draft declaration of Equanimeous St. Brown and the dismissal of Kevin Stepherson.

Long said Claypool, who last week returned to full contact after recovering from a shoulder injury, has the opportunity to achieve

greatness if he can fully commit in 2018.

“We’re still counting on him to grow. ... He’s a great talent, but he’s got to come on and find out what’s important for him,” Long said. “The moment he does, he’ll be a great player. His shoulder held him back a little, but when he decides to be great, he will be great.”

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because we have two pitchers who have been consistently doing a great job for us.”

In addition to resuming ACC play this weekend, the Irish are also excited to host their eighth annual Strikeout Cancer Weekend, with the festivities set to begin Friday night with the annual trivia night.

On Saturday, the Irish will wear orange — the official color of leukemia awareness — to show support for families and children suffering from cancer.

Gumpf said this weekend is particularly special because it focuses on giving back and giving multiple cancer patients a great experience.

“It’s such a great perspective about, No. 1, doing something for somebody else. It makes you feel good,” she said. “And [number two], it’s about kids who are fighting cancer and making their days a little brighter.”

The Irish and Blue Devils will square off in the first game of the series Friday at Melissa Cook Stadium. First pitch for the contest is scheduled for 4 p.m. Then, the two teams will finish the series with a doubleheader Saturday, which is tentatively scheduled to start at 1 p.m.

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Irish senior tight end Alize Mack awaits the snap during Notre Dame’s 24-17 win over Navy on Nov. 18 at Notre Dame Stadium.

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Irish ready for trip to Louisville Invitational

By PETER BALTES Sports Writer

This Friday, Notre Dame will head down to Louisville, Kentucky to compete at the Louisville Invitational. The Irish are hoping to use the meet as an opportunity to improve times, continue to gain momentum and pick up more in-meet competition experience as the postseason approaches.

In addition to the Irish and Cardinals, athletes from Michigan State and Purdue will be in attendance.

In particular, Notre Dame’s field athletes will be looking to build off of last weekend’s strong performances at the Sun Angel

Classic, hosted by Arizona State.

Irish jumps coach Jim Garnham said his squad has been able to find success at Louisville in the past. “[For the] ten years we’ve gone to that meet since I’ve been here, most of my kids’ lifetime bests have come at that meet,” he said. “[Graduate pole vaulter] Nate [Richartz’s] first time jumping over 18 feet was at that meet last year.”

Richartz already has three first-place finishes in the men’s pole vault and will be looking to pick up a fourth at Louisville.

Last weekend, Richartz bested the field after clearing 5.55 meters on his first attempt.

Richartz, who currently leads

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ACC men’s pole vaulters with the two highest successful attempts, will be joined in the event by sophomore teammate Landon Shank.

On the women’s side, freshman thrower Rachel Tanczos will be looking to build off of a third-place finish in the discus throw last weekend. Graduate student thrower Indi Jackson will compete alongside Tanczos in the event. Tanczos and Jackson will also be competing in the shot put, where they will be joined by sophomore teammate Abbey Kapitan.

The Irish will have over thirty athletes competing on the track this weekend, and there will numerous opportunities for Notre Dame athletes to improve season marks. For the Irish women, senior Jessica Harris is the top seed in the 1500-meter run, 15 seconds ahead of her nearest competitor. Senior Allison Bartoszewicz will be expected to perform well in the 200-meter and 400-meter dashes, having already had multiple strong finishes in the 400- meter dash this season, both individually and on the 4×400 meter relay Among the men, a tight pack of five Irish runners led by graduate student Elijah Silva and freshman Brian Griffith, will be looking to make an impact in the 1500-meter run.

Garnham said he is excited for

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Irish senior Jessica Harris competes in the 3000-meter run during the Meyo Invitational on Feb. 3 at Loftus Sports Center.

the meet and is expecting to see his athletes put forth their best effort.

“I’m looking forward to it,” he said. “No expectations for it. I’m not expecting anyone to come out and have the meet of their

life, but again, at the same time, we’re there to compete.”

The meet will kick off on Friday at 11 a.m at Cardinal Park.

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Carolina still on the slate, the Blue Devils may see the encounter with the Irish as a must-win game to prevent a four-game skid entering the postseason.

For Notre Dame, the game could have a major impact on Irish postseason chances. If the Irish lose to both the Blue Devils and San Diego State next week, the team could only achieve a .500 record, and a chance at NCAA championship play, by winning the ACC tournament. With wins in both games, the Irish would guarantee themselves a winning record, though whether that would be enough for a place at the tournament remains to be seen.

In terms of seeding for the ACC tournament, with every other ACC team having two or three conference games remaining, likely opponents are still up in the air, but the seed the Irish will have looks almost set. A win would guarantee the Irish the fifth seed, while a defeat would place the Irish either sixth or seventh, the latter requiring Syracuse to defeat two top-five teams in Boston College and North Carolina, as well as Louisville.

The game will also serve as Notre Dame’s Daughters for Dads fundraiser game, with money raised for Notre Dame’s Harper Cancer Research Institute.

The Irish and the Blue Devils will meet at Arlotta Stadium on Sunday. Opening draw is scheduled for 1 p.m.

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will be Irish freshman midfielder Andie Aldave. Aldave has been a highlight for the Irish in a difficult season and leads the team with 79 draw controls, third among freshmen nationally. Against the Blue Devils, she has the opportunity to break the Irish singleseason record for draw controls, which is currently 85, a mark set

by Barbara Sullivan in 2015.

The Irish defense will have to deal with the Blue Devils’ offensive threats of freshman attack Charlotte North and senior attacks Grace Fallon and Kyra Harney. North has been one of the top goalscorers in the nation this season, ranking second among all ACC players and third among freshmen nationally in goals per game with 3.31. Fallon and Harney have both proven adept facilitators for North, as they have 24 and 19 assists, respectively, while the two have also added a combined 32 goals.

After a strong February and March, Duke has struggled this month. The Blue Devils held a 7-4 record after defeating No. 16 Syracuse 17-10 in the Carrier Dome. But needing only one more win to clinch a .500 regularseason record, they were defeated 18-8 by No. 2 Boston College before a 16-12 defeat to No. 20 High Point. With rival No. 5 North

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Long discusses offense’s growth

By DANIEL O’BOYLE Sports Writer

Notre Dame offensive coordinator Chip Long talked about some of the pieces of his 2018 offense, including sophomore quarterback Aver y Dav is and junior w ide receiver Chase Clay pool, after practice Thursday.

Dav is, who did not see the field last year, looked set to be the odd-man-out among scholarship quarterbacks for 2018, w ith senior Brandon Wimbush, junior Ian Book and incoming freshman Phil Jurkovec all set to play a part in a battle for the starting job. However, Dav is’s athleticism and the relative lack of depth for the Irish at running back has led to Long using the quarterback all around the offense. Long see FOOTBALL PAGE 10

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Irish senior quarterback Brandon Wimbush carries the ball upfield during Notre Dame’s 38-20 loss to Stanford on Nov. 25 at Stanford Stadium. Wimbush has had a strong spring, according to his coaches.

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After a comprehensive defeat at the hands of No. 7 Northwestern, Notre Dame will attempt to get back on track when it hosts No. 19 Duke in its final ACC regular-season game of the year.

Last week, a strong threegame stretch for the Irish (77, 2-4 ACC) came to an abrupt halt with a 20-10 loss at Northwestern, in which the Wildcats (11-3, 3-0 Big Ten) won 26 draw controls, while the Notre Dame won just six. Against the Blue Devils

(7-6, 2-3 ACC), the Irish will face another difficult challenge on the restart, as Duke is led by junior attack Olivia Jenner, who leads the nation with 115 draw controls this season. Hoping to stop Jenner see W LAX PAGE 11

baseball

Notre Dame hopes to gain momentum at NC State

By ALEX BENDER Sports Writer

This upcoming weekend, Notre Dame w ill return to conference play when it heads to Raleigh, North Carolina, for a three-game series against No. 4 North Carolina State.

For the Irish (14-19, 5-10 ACC), this w ill be their third series against a team ranked in the top 10 at the time they played this season. They w ill be coming into the weekend after a pair of games earlier this week, walking away w ith one w in and one loss see BASEBALL PAGE 9

Irish senior defenseman Jordan Gross signed a t woyear, entr y-level deal w ith the Arizona Coyotes, the program announced in a press release Thursday.

Gross played in all 159 games for the Irish over his four years on the team, finishing his career in Notre Dame’s 2-1 loss against Minnesota Duluth in the national championship game, the program’s second see GROSS PAGE 9

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Irish senior outfielder Alex Kerschner watches an incoming pitch during Notre Dame’s 4-1 loss to Kent State on March 27.

Squad set for Strikeout Cancer Weekend

By MIA BERRY Sports Writer

For the program’s eighthannual Strikeout Cancer Weekend, Notre Dame is set to take on ACC rival Duke in a three-game series. After changing up the schedule Thursday due to the threat of inclement weather, the series is now set to open Friday before a doubleheader Saturday.

Coming off a Wednesday doubleheader against Loyola-Chicago in which they lost the first game, before winning the nightcap, the Irish (27-13, 10-4 ACC) are looking to continue their strong ACC play — they currently sit fourth in the conference overall — against a Blue Devils squad which is currently 3-11 on the road this season. Ahead of the matchup, Irish head coach Deanna Gumpf said she is looking forward to a matchup against the Blue Devils (21-21, 6-9) due to their similarity to the team’s most recent opponent: the Ramblers (17-17, 3-7 MVC).

“Duke reminds me so much of [Loyola]. They’re a similar

team,” she said. “They’re offensively driven and have pitchers who keep them in the ball games. … They’re very similar, so we have to figure out how to get better and how to control the game.”

Despite their doubleheader split Wednesday, the Irish are currently riding a fivegame win streak in the ACC after winning their last two games against Virginia Tech on March 31 before sweeping Syracuse this past weekend.

The Blue Devils enter the matchup having split their mid-week contests — losing to Charlotte in extra innings Tuesday before beating Elon on Wednesday — and lost each of their last three ACC series.

With another doubleheader scheduled for the weekend after having already played three in the last two weeks, Gumpf said she believes her team can rebound from their Wednesday night split.

“Typically, we’re really good in doubleheaders,” Gumpf said. “I like our chances in doubleheaders see SOFTBALL PAGE 10