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Community considers financial burdens Resources, programs seek to provide low-income students with a complete Notre Dame experience

By MEGAN VALLEY Senior News Writer

Editor’s note: This is the first part in a series exploring the experiences of low socioeconomic students at Notre Dame and Saint Mary’s.

W hen sophomore Eric Kim was ranking colleges for his QuestBridge application, he added Notre Dame because he applied to “any school that had a business program.”

It wasn’t until after he was matched with the University that he began to understand the campus culture.

“W hen I applied, it didn’t hit that this was a Catholic institution; it didn’t hit that we are financially wealthy; it didn’t hit that this was a white-dominated

university,” he said. “I lived in an area that was 50 percent Asian, so it was a culture shock coming here. It is a culture shock for many people who live in California who are low-income, minority and low socio-economic status.”

As the QuestBridge liaison for the Quest Chapter of Notre Dame, Kim works with many low-income students who might be having similar experiences and helps them find resources on campus.

The Office of Enrichment

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One resource Kim said he and his executive board “push as available” is the Office of Student Enrichment.

The office’s assistant

Panel discusses representation of autism in media

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Panel members discussed the often inaccurate portrayal of autistic people in the media, reminding students shows are made for profit.

By MARY STEURER News Writer

To promote dialogue about how individuals with autism are portrayed in the media, the Master of Autism Studies Program at Saint Mary’s hosted a panel on the subject Monday night in the Duncan Student Center.

Dr. Michael Waddell,

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director of the Master of Autism Studies program, opened the panel with a discussion about the 1988 film, “Rain Man.” The film was among the first to feature an autistic protagonist, Waddell said.

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director, Consuela Wilson, said they were created almost three years ago to “formalize” what used to be called the Rector Fund and provide financial resources and programming to firstgeneration and low-income students.

“As the need [for resources] grew, more people were trying to tap into the Rector Fund,” she said. “It seemed to need more than that one person in Student Affairs. But also, having an office such as this is a direction that more and more schools are moving into: having dedicated personnel in resources and programming for firstgeneration or low-income students.”

Wilson said there are two

main funds available: the Experience Fund, which is used for club dues, seminars, retreats, football tickets and the like; and the Opportunity Fund, which assists with funds for laptops, winter clothing, professional attire and travel for emergency purposes.

There are also programs to help bring parents and families to campus for both Junior Parents’ Weekend and Commencement.

“We don’t want a lack of funding to keep a student from having the type of experience they would like to have here,” Wilson said.

W hile rectors have remained an important reference point even after the change in name, Wilson said

“word of mouth has been really crucial” to informing students of the resources available.

“Word of mouth, especially here at Notre Dame, goes really, really quickly,” she said.

“We’ve utilized some of the different classes — the junior class, the senior class — to get the word out about the assistance programs for JPW and Commencement. Often the clubs will know, so if there are members of a club who are having trouble paying their dues, often those treasurers will know and will make them aware of that.”

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Political motive suspected in DACA art vandalism Observer Staff Report

An art installation on display was vandalized Thursday night, according to an email sent to art students Friday by Olivia Williamson, undergraduate and graduate studies coordinator for the department of art.

Editor’s Note: The artist who created the display that was vandalized, Charlie Ortega Guifarro, is a sports writer for The Observer.

At the time the email was sent, it was unknown who carried out

the act. The display showcased Notre Dame students who are recipients of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA). The display’s content was thought to have been the motivation behind the vandalism.

“Due to the nature of the artist’s installation, we believe this to be politically motivated,” Williamson said in the email. “ ... Although it is normal to feel strongly about particular pieces of art when viewing someone’s work, it is never acceptable to touch, modify or destroy them

in any way.”

University spokesman Dennis Brown said in an email that such incidents are handled

by Notre Dame Security Police (NDSP). After an investigation, a decision is made over whether charges or other further action is necessary.

“NDSP follows up on any information that can be gleaned in the course of investigating, and then determines what, if any, course of action should be taken related to charges,” he said.

Senior receives Fulbright English teaching award Observer Staff Report

Saint Mary’s senior Louise Chetcuti has been selected as a recipient of the Fulbright U.S. Student Program award for the 2018-2019 school year, the College announced in a

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Tuesday press release.

The Fulbright U.S. Student Program award is awarded by the U.S. Department of State and the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board.

Chetcuti is from Strasbourg, France, and is double

majoring in global studies and Spanish, with a minor in business administration.

She was offered an English Teaching Assistantship (ETA) award in Colombia, according

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Mayor visits class on place, community

By CIARA HOPKINSON News Writer

For the past two semesters, Ph.D. student Stacy Sivinski has taught “The Rhetoric of Place,” a Writing and Rhetoric course focusing on residents’ relationship with their communities and the concept of community identity. The class specifically focused on the South Bend community, exploring its current challenges and its future.

“The class is kind of scaffolded on different assignments, so one of the first major assignments was an oral histor y project where they get paired with a local organization … and they all get different people associated with the organization, either people who work there, people who receive ser vices, something along those lines,” Sivinski said. “They’re all spread throughout the city, too, so ever ybody’s getting a different perspective.”

From those oral histories, students chose local issues to explore further and write formal research papers about. This Monday, four of those students had the opportunity to present their research before their classmates and South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg. The

presentations covered the correlation of poverty and gang activity, mass incarceration and re-entr y into society, improving the South Bend public schools and modernizing South Bend’s workforce.

Freshman student Kaylin Woodward, who researched modernizing the workforce, highlighted the community aspect of the project and how it ref lected the inequalities felt across the city’s population.

“I started out wanting to solve ever y problem and so ever y one of my paragraphs was on a different issue. …

W hen I realized I needed to narrow down I was like, ‘OK, what is it that’s ver y specific to South Bend that is kind of a hot issue right now? ’” she said. “I wanted to work on how you can actually involve the community and what it is that’s supposed to be elevating the community.”

Many of the students chose issues they had a personal connection with. Freshman Elijah Grammer researched ways to improve the school system, a system he of which he is a product. Grammer highlighted the difficulty of narrowing down research that may not apply specifically to South Bend.

“Research was a bit

interesting because there’s both an embarrassment of riches with education policy and also no one’s really solved any substantial issues, so it’s kind of tr ying to weed through all of the various resources there,” he said.

Buttigieg praised the students’ engagement and depth of care for the community.

He also highlighted the difficulty of solving these issues.

“There’s always a lot of nuance to it and some of it’s also, just because I like an idea doesn’t mean we’ve figured out how to make it happen. Actually, mass incarceration is probably the best example of the ones we heard where, I’m not going to use the word powerless, but I feel ver y limited in my ability to impact it,” he said.

Despite the many obstacles facing him in his efforts to revitalize the community, Buttigieg said he feels he has made progress and created a more attractive city to live and work. One of his initiatives was to give the formerly incarcerated the chance at a career with the city without the handicap of their criminal histor y.

“There’s a lot of research that suggests the later in the game you ask the question, the more open you are to

good candidates who maybe have had an experience with incarceration in the past,” he said. “It doesn’t mean you can’t think about it, but it means the later you think about it, the more fair you are. So we’re doing that and we’re encouraging others to do it.”

Buttigieg also spoke about his decision to leave a comfortable job at McKinsey, a prominent consulting firm, to pursue a career as the mayor of his hometown.

“Once I got the intellectual experience I could out of it, learning about data structure, business, accounting, teamwork, project management and all that, which are skills I carry with me to this day, I realized I needed to do something that had more of a fundamental propulsion to it,” he said. “And then the problem when you leave that warm embrace is, suddenly you’re on your own and you’ve got to build whatever it is you want to go do,” Buttigieg said.

Buttigieg emphasized the ease with which people can be labeled and judged by factors such as a company they work for, a school they attend or an organization they are a part of. W hile working for McKinsey did not conf lict with his values, he said he

wanted more than material wealth out of his career.

“Notre Dame is a ver y big brand name that will speak for you, some people will use that as a shorthand to understand who you are before they even meet you,” Buttigieg said. “It also does a lot of your work for you because it helps to define you.

The f lipside of it is the longer you’re in an organization, the more you’re kind of taking on its values whether or not they’re exactly like your values.”

Buttigieg concluded by discussing the importance of fostering a sense of community before expecting to create a successful industr y in a city.

“You’ve got to have a reason for people to want to be here, and I think you’ve got to have a reason for people to want to be here beyond just having a good job,” he said.

“So in many ways we’ve kind of come full circle to the importance of real fundamentals about place in order to make sure that ever ything else in the equation holds when it comes to the resources, the physical plant, the human capital that it takes for this stuff to work.”

Contact Ciara Hopkinson at chopkin1@nd.edu

Club sponsors autism awareness, charity walk

By MARIA LEONTARAS News Writer

Sa int Ma r y’s College’s Students Suppor t ing Aut ism club hosted its four t h-a nnua l Light It Up Blue Wa lk last Saturday in honor of Aut ism Awa reness Mont h.

The event ra ised $2,700 for t he Da n Rya n Children’s Fund at t he LOGAN Center, a g roup t hat assists fa milies w it h t he costs of ser v ices for t hose w it h aut ism or ot her disabi lit ies, Gabrielle Moody, president of Sa int Ma r y’s Students Suppor t ing Aut ism club, sa id in a n

ema i l.

“The wa lk f irst started my freshman year and has grow n ever y year,” she said.

“The amount we raised has doubled ever y year and so did participants. It was extremely successf ul t his year and ever yone raves about how enjoyable it is for t heir families.”

Nancy Turner, chair of t he education department and t he facult y adv isor for Students Supporting Autism, said she believes t he grow t h of t he wa lk as well as t he club’s presence on campus is helping increase autism

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awareness at t he College and t he surrounding communit y. A ll t hose from t he communit y were welcome to attend t he event.

“There were people f rom t he communit y, as well as students,” Turner sa id. “I wou ld say overa ll it’s bot h.

Some of t he people associated w it h LOGAN Center ca me. In addit ion, t he radio stat ion 97.7 Rock was inst r umenta l in promot ing t he wa lk, so some people representat ive of t he radio stat ion ca me as well.”

First yea r student A lex Gueva ra Stevens sa id in a n ema il t hat t he ra nge a nd number of people who attended t he wa lk was one of her favorite aspects of t he event. She a lso sa id t he wa lk was specia l to her because her brot hers a re bot h on t he aut ism spect r um.

“I loved seeing my f riends, classmates a nd dif ferent people f rom a ll over t he communit y come toget her to suppor t t he wa lk,” she sa id. “It was a g reat outcome. It is a cause t hat is ver y dea r to my hea r t because in t he past my fa mily has been dependent f rom resources t hat a re simila r to t hose t he Loga n House

prov ides.”

Gueva ra Stevens a lso sa id she hopes more people ta ke t he t ime to lea rn about aut ism a nd f inding happiness in what ca n be seen as a diff icu lt situat ion.

“Aut ism has a f fected my life because g row ing up w it h my brot hers has taught me about f inding joy in dif ferent places, about compassion, but most impor ta nt ly I have lea rned t hat our differences a re what ma ke us beaut if u l,” she sa id. “Being dif ferent is not a bad t hing, rat her it’s somet hing t hat ma kes each a nd ever y huma n being specia l a nd unique, a nd somet hing t hat we shou ld be proud of.”

Fur t hermore, Moody sa id t he wa l k a l lows her to celebrate t he people she has met w it h aut ism t hroughout her life.

“I hope t he t radit ion of t he wa l k cont inues a f ter I g raduate,” Moody sa id. “My favorite pa r t about it is celebrat ing a l l t he indiv idua ls w it h aut ism t hat have touched my life in some way. Aut ism has played a huge role in forming me into t he woma n/teacher/person I a m today, a nd I a m ext remely t ha n k f u l to SMC for

g iv ing me t he oppor tunit y to spread awa reness on our ca mpus.”

Turner a lso hopes t hat t he wa l k cont inues to g row a nd t hat Students Suppor t ing Aut ism ca n cont inue to bring awa reness t hrough t he act iv it ies t hey sponsor t hroughout t he yea r.

“I wou ld just say I hope t hat t he wa l k cont inues to occur. It’s on ly one of ma ny act iv it ies t hat Students Suppor t ing Aut ism pla ns over t he yea r,” she sa id.

“I’ve had ma ny wonder f u l students over t hese yea rs who have rea l ly dedicated so much t ime to not on ly t he wa l k, but as I sa id, ma ny events including work ing direct ly w it h chi ldren w it h aut ism. That’s one of t he t hings t his pa r t icu la r g roup has done. Ra ising awa reness, as I sa id, just ra ising money. I’m conf ident t hat as t hese students g raduate, which t hey a re a nd I’m sad to see t hem go, but I’m sure t hat we’l l have ot her students t hat w i l l step in a nd ta ke t heir place. Hopef u l ly t he wa l k a nd t he g roup w i l l cont inue to do good t hings.”

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believes Notre Dame generally does a “good job” and that he has been “appreciative” of the efforts in the Office of Admissions to recruit more low-income students, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t areas to improve.

“I really am thankful being here at Notre Dame,” he said. “I’m really thankful for financial aid, really thankful for admissions counselors who have reached out to me, who have helped me through this whole process, my friends here, the professors here — everyone at this University I’m really thankful for. But of course, no matter what school you go to, there will be f laws to look into. So it’s a matter of us taking action towards it.”

Describing his home in southern California, Kim said he didn’t “really face much income disparity.”

“Coming here, you do see some divide between income disparities,” he said. “Not that students f launt their wealth, but you see that these students are privileged and sometimes they don’t understand people of low socioeconomic status and their struggles, and they don’t need to understand that.

“It’s one thing that is kind of controversial, I would say: How much help can we get without being stigmatized?”

Kim tried to study abroad in Spain during the summer but, as financial aid does not transfer to the summer, he was unable to do so.

“I had this encounter with a person who asked me if I’m studying abroad,” he said.

“And I said, ‘No, I can’t afford it.’ And she was saying, ‘But, there’s this scholarship, the SLA grant.’ And I said, ‘That’s only $5,500 of the $9,000 dollars you have to pay.’ And she said, ‘That’s still $5,500.’ And I’m like, ‘Even $1,000, itself, I can’t afford.’”

Minor comments can make it clear students are “oblivious” to the experiences of some of their classmates, Kim said.

“If you’re not living that lifestyle, you don’t need to know,” he said. “You don’t want to know.”

Don Bishop, associate vice president of undergraduate enrollment, has spent the last few years looking at how to recruit and admit more students from low-income backgrounds, raising the percentage of Pell Grant recipients at Notre Dame from 8 percent to 11 percent between 2001 and 2014.

Notre Dame is not the only school making the push to enroll more low-income students. Thirty elite colleges — including Princeton, Vanderbilt and the University of Michigan — banded together over a year ago with the goal of enrolling an additional 50,000 low- and moderate-income students at top institutions by 2025.

“Our goal is to not only keep the students that we have, we want to grow in the number of low income just like a fair number of our peers are doing right now,” Bishop said. “ … We’re seeing the Princetons and some of the others, most of them are at between 15 and 20 some-odd percent Pell. So, when can Notre Dame get there, and why isn’t Notre Dame there now?

“I do think that that assurance campaign that Stanford or Northwestern [has], Notre Dame needs to develop that and that’s in front of us. We haven’t accomplished that yet. And part of it, we were tr y ing to see how much we could raise in fundraising, so that if we’re going to do an assurance program, can we fund it? ” W hen the Office of Student Enrichment was created, they really wanted to “formalize the financial assistance part first,” Wilson said.

Looking for ward, though, she said more focus is being put on creating programming opportunities beyond the leadership development and budgeting workshops they currently offer.

“Programming is — and w ill be — a really big part of what we feel like we are are charged to do in helping students w ith [culture shock],” she said. “Not just preparing, but giv ing them a space to talk about that w ith people who may understand

or may have that shared experience.”

Expanding the financial resources available is also in the talks, Wilson said.

“Right now, we don’t assist w ith any thing that would be over the summer. We only assist w ith asks that are during the year,” she said. “ … I think it’s because we needed to wait and see how our funding stretched for these first couple of years w ith students for that academic year, before we made that jump.

So, that’s something we’re in the talks about. That’s one thing that I can see w ill be a challenge of ours. Not to say that it’s not doable, but it’s a challenge of ours.”

Access to financial and social resources on campus is taken into consideration before students are even on campus. Bishop said the hardest part of his job was figuring out how to strike the right balance when deciding which students who might be more of a “risk” should be admitted.

“Part of my responsibility as a University administrator in charge of enrollment and admissions is, do I put them in that situation or not? ” he said. “W here’s the ethical line for Notre Dame to put a student into a level of opportunity or to sit there and say, ‘Are we exploiting this student? ’ W here it feels good to put them in our statistics, but how do they feel about being here? We have to be honorable about that, and caring.”

Kim said he’s not sure how much the University will — or even can — stand up to “what is going on in our culture.”

“It’s also hard for us to make any changes because no one wants to talk about it,” he said. “And because no one wants to talk about it, it’s hard to find anything to change, when no one knows what there’s to change. So that’s why I’m trying to voice my opinions. Because who will? ” Editor’s note: news writers Mary Steurer and Mary Bernard contributed to this report.

Contact Megan Valley at mvalley@nd.edu

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much less met someone who was on the spectrum,” he said.

Waddell said while “Rain Man” helped introduce the public to autism, it popularized unrealistic stereot y pes about the lives of people on the spectrum.

After the film’s release, he said, autistic indiv iduals were t y pecast as “savants” who were incapable of functioning in normal societ y. “[Rain Man] was the image of autism for many years,” he said.

Waddell added that recent media portrayals of autistic indiv iduals have challenged some, but not all, of these stereot y pes.

He adv ised indiv iduals to be mindful of how the disorder is depicted in film and telev ision.

“It’s ver y good for us to be ref lective about the ways in which images of autism in the popular media are shaping all of our imaginations of what autism is,” he said.

Dr. Nancy Turner, chairperson of the Department of Education at Saint Mar y’s, said documentaries play a particularly important role in educating the public about the disorder. She added that documentaries that feature the voices of autistic indiv iduals can be especially valuable.

“It highlights their v iews, that they’re fine, just the way they are,” she said.

“That they don’t need to be fixed.”

Fictional works, she said, can also help combat social stigma by offering a more intimate v iew into of the lives of those on the autism spectrum. However, she added, indiv iduals ought to be war y of how accurately the disorder is portrayed.

“W hile, again, there’s much that can be learned about autism from these shows, I think the v iewer has to be cognizant of possible stereot y pical

portrayals,” she said.

Dr. Susan Latham, director of the Master of Science in Speech Language Patholog y program at Saint Mar y’s, said the media can help indiv iduals w ithout autism understand the daily struggles those w ith autism face, such as nav igating social situations.

She said while watching the telev ision show “The Good Doctor,” she noted that the protagonist, a physician w ith autism, is often portrayed as isolated from others.

“It always seems as though he is separate from the other group,” she said.

Latham noted that depicting such issues through film and telev ision can help promote greater public empathy for those w ith autism.

Dr. Joshua Diehl, chief strateg y officer for LOGAN Autism Ser v ices, said he worries that past portrayals of autism in the media media has focused too heav ily on the disorder itself rather than on the indiv iduals who have it.

“It’s ver y hard to find art that ex ists in which for that character, the autism isn’t the prominent thing in that stor y,” he said.

Instead, he said, the media ought to tell stories that represent autistic indiv iduals holistically.

Dr. Juhi Kaboski, a facult y fellow for the Master of Autism Studies program, said it is important to remember the chief motivation behind producing a work of telev ision and media is profit.

“A ll these mov ies are, at least a lot of the times, for profit,” she said. “They want to be entertaining.”

Kaboski added that this can often unintentionally cause misguided or insensitive portrayals of autistic indiv iduals. “[Media is] made to entertain,” she said. “In the process of doing that, I think they forget that people w ith autism are watching them.”

Contact Mary Steurer at msteure1@nd.edu

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to the release.

“The Fulbright award is recognized for making an impact that matters around the world,” Provost and senior vice president for Academic Affairs Nancy Nekvasil said in the release. “It supports important research and outreach activities that play significant roles in increasing intercultural collaboration.

Louise’s success is both a testament to her talent as well as

to Saint Mary’s faculty support in advancing her work.”

In Colombia, Chetcuti will be teaching English and working with children in impoverished neighborhoods.

She is one of 1,900 selected to participate in the program this year. According to the release, the Fulbright U.S. Student Program selects students based on academic or professional achievement and leadership potential.

Chetcuti has a concentration in international development and studied abroad in Argentina during the spring

2017 semester, according to the release.

“My time in Argentina triggered my desire to go back,” Chetcuti said in the release.

“I am honored to have been chosen for this position, given the selective process. I am truly grateful, because it enables me to go back to Latin America within a framework that aligns with my professional goals. I hope this award will prepare me for a master’s in international development, which I will be starting in the fall of 2019, at Sciences Po in Paris, France.”

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Am I a ginger?

Connor Mulvena Associate Sports Editor

I’m having an identity crisis.

Recently, I was forced to confront an aspect of my identity that isn’t often on my mind but has subtly haunted me, looming over my head ever since I was a child who’d become aware of pop culture.

Last week, I was talking to my girlfriend when I was informed that one of her friends — we’ll call her Ruth — refers to me as “the ginger from New York.” Excuse me? I was taken aback, frightened by the harrowing notion that others label me a member of such a class. I broke out in a sweat the likes of which I’ve never experienced. My palms were drenched. If someone were to attempt a handshake their fingers wouldn’t find a grip; they’d slip right off. My heart was pounding ferociously, my legs trembled. After one final breath, everything went black. I fainted. But after 10 minutes of darkness I awoke from my slumber just in time to stop my girlfriend from dialing 911. I stood up, and as I collected myself I thought, could it be? Was Ruth right? Is it possible that I, Connor Mulvena, am … a ginger?

I have red hair. This I know. I’ve known it my whole life. But it’s certainly a unique shade of red, tinted ever so slightly by a shade of hazel one might only recognize if the sun’s rays tickle my head at just the right angle on a warm South Bend afternoon. One might even go so far as to label my hair a puzzling shade of “auburn.”

But I’m not that high maintenance. I know I’m a redhead. Although I’d simply be lying if I told you heart doesn’t skip a beat when someone acknowledges the nuance of my shade of red.

I may not think about the possibility of being a ginger very much, but really it’s surrounded my every move, every thought, all along. Life on the fringe of gingerness is not an easy one. I’m not one to complain or make excuses, but the struggles I experience in this life are profound. I’m not so sure anyone could relate. It’d be far easier to deal with my identity if I weren’t on the fringe. I could go on even if I knew for sure I was a ginger.

But instead I live hopelessly on the brink, entrenched in auburn uncertainty, seeking answers but never finding peace. My recent experience, thanks to Ruth, made me realize how present this question has really been in my life.

Even to my sophomore high school English teacher I was an enigma. One day, upon entering the grey windowless classroom, Mr. Lopez said, “I can’t get a read on you, Mulvena. Your hair is red, but it seems to get more brown when

it grows out. I always thought you were a ginger, but maybe you’re just a daywalker.” Daywalker?

My goodness, I’d never heard of such a term.

Was it worse than ginger? Better? Different altogether? You can imagine the hit my identity took at that point.

I had no response to Mr. Lopez, a man I had previously revered. I simply looked down at my desk while my peers erupted in a laughter I can still hear to this day. Behind my downward eyes were years of pain, shame and embarrassment.

In that moment, time stopped. I was thrust back into my elementary years. I remembered walking into my school’s building in the morning while the jocks and the in-crowd shouted “there goes the ginger” from the hilltops. Sometimes parents would even join in on the fun, yelling “Good morning, ginger boy!” followed by chuckles over their morning coffee. Others were simply concerned, telling their children to stay away from me. I remembered sitting against the wall in the schoolyard, yearning for a chance to play in the pick-up basketball game. But deep down, I knew I couldn’t play. I was a ginger.

In high school, much of this cruel hostility stopped, and “ginger” no longer plagued my existence. That is, until Mr. Lopez uttered those words on that frightful, grey day. And similarly, I’ve eluded the ginger label in college as well.

That is, until I was informed of Ruth’s comments.

I was forced to relive all of this last week. And now, I find myself back in the midst of an identity crisis which, whether I want to acknowledge or not, has tormented me forever.

My current thoughts are just as troubling.

What even is a ginger? Is it only the hair? Do freckles play a role? I suppose I have some freckles, but how many freckles constitute a ginger?

Do non-gingers see some sort of label on me that I can’t see? Does being a ginger give me any sort of power, metaphysical or otherwise?

I thought writing this column would help.

After all, writing does have a therapeutic quality.

I’ve even thought of penning a novel. But I know that would be torture, addressing my past for so long. I’m afraid if I poured my soul out onto those pages, I wouldn’t make out the other end alive.

But much to my chagrin, this column has gotten me nowhere. I sit here no different than I was when I started an hour ago. I’m just as troubled, just as confused. I’m afraid I may never come to grips with who I am.

The right to free coffee: a necessity There are two types of students: those who don’t like coffee and those who would give their life if they had to, for a cup (or maybe two) of coffee. Without a doubt, I am the second one. For me, coffee is a necessity for college survival just as hot water is a necessity in Howard Hall. Even more, coffee is a required substance for my body to maintain itself as awake, active and attentive from the time my alarm goes off for my 9 a.m. class to the time my day ends (taking into account the extra hours summed up by walking back and forth between my study spot at the library and Au Bon Pain, heading to print my calculus homework, casually bumping into a friend I haven’t talked to in years and waiting in the everlasting lines that build up at Duncan restaurants). It turns out that I am stuck in an ongoing cycle where I wake up early, have a cup of coffee, walk to my Theology class, have a cup of coffee, work on my Writing and Rhetoric paper, have a cup of coffee, finish up my Philosophy journal and reading assignment for Microbes and Man, have another cup of coffee (because after all, I am still not done with my tasks) and go to sleep very late just to wake up early the next day.

I am sure this is not only a case unique to me as a student but rather to more than half of the Notre Dame alumni. Imagine for a minute you find yourself at Hesburgh Library. It’s 11 p.m. and you haven’t finished your paper. Your eyes are involuntarily closing, your head falls forward and you immediately sit back straight.

You’ve already had two cups of coffee earlier during the day and can’t really afford to buy a third one. At this point, I personally begin to wonder why is it that if coffee is the only thing that boosts me up when I’m sleep-deprived and still have two exams and a paper due the next day, then why should I have to pay for it? If coffee is a necessity, shouldn’t it be free? Shouldn’t the access to coffee be a right given to me for just being a student?

There is free coffee in CoMo and McWell, but why isn’t there free coffee in DeBart, Hes or the Duncan Student Center? This is simply unacceptable. Students, who always seem to be broke, spend an average of $3 a day just to be able to consume a product that ends up being the only thing that magically keeps them going.

And for this reason, I’ve decided to take a step forward and share my belief, in representation of all those true and faithful coffee addicts out there, as I petition for the right of free coffee. Actually, not only for the right of free coffee during the day but specifically a 24/7 coffee station where it can be 2 a.m. and I can happily go for a cup of coffee which will inspire me to finish my Theology paper and include a shoutout to God for this amazing creation.

And to those who claim to dislike coffee, I also talk for you, since in a month or two you’ll most probably be diagnosed with a coffee overdose.

Contact Connor Mulvena at cmulvena@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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Sincerely, the essence of Devin Show Some Skin The Cost of Silence

To the man who killed my brother, I hope it hurts you. More than it hurts me.

I hope it eats away at who you are on the inside.

In time, I pray I get to see your face.

I pray you don’t have the courage to look away.

I am his youngest sibling and his former best friend.

His living essence, his closest of kin.

I am the soul you erased from existence.

The 11-year-old heartbreak that will never be done healing.

And they tell me that heaven couldn’t wait for him, but how could it wait for you?

Couldn’t it wait for two.

I would’ve got in that grave with him.

If you’d be in a coffin too.

Run Forrest. They say.

And he ran.

Away from bullets, away from love, away from the wrath of a man. But they still caught up to him. You. The angel of death, the devil himself.

I cry sometimes. Breathe often.

Dreams of fairytales in your coffin.

Dancing on your grave.

Preparing for the day that I see your tombstone next to his.

Those ash blue and lifeless lips.

Until then, I’m sinking now.

And my feet can’t seem to find solid ground.

I’m solid now.

Or at least I’m trying to be.

That’s just a lie I tell my father when he asks of me.

Because in truth, I have to be.

Tears don’t pay bills or get college degrees.

But maybe they’ll convince a judge to never set you free.

Because for you, his life was worth less than money.

For you, it was your way or the highway, but I pray his leads to heaven.

Devin.

Did you know that was his name?

Or were you just too busy being Cain?

And did he have to be your Abel?

Or were you not able to put down the gun for once.

Give him the ability to love someone — to raise his daughter.

To conceive a son.

To live.

To see the accomplishments of his kin.

I breathe sometimes. Cry often.

Nightmares of you standing over his coffin.

And there is no justice.

Just my poetry.

Somehow in America, this is the only way for people to know his story.

And maybe his skin wasn’t light enough, maybe it wasn’t bright enough, maybe it wasn’t white enough.

And maybe yours wasn’t either.

If I stood here and said it wasn’t a factor. I’d be a

liar.

I like to think that Tupac is still alive.

And maybe my brother is, too.

But my father tells me that he had more courage than to run and hide from the truth.

But I wish it was true.

I’d rather see him in a cell than in a coffin.

And I still cry sometimes.

And I wish I didn’t breathe so often.

I wish I could’ve taken his place in that coffin.

To the man who killed my brother and me, I hope you see who you really killed now.

Who you really left gasping on the ground.

And I’m so sorry that you felt as if that was your only way.

I pray that it won’t have to be someday.

I hope you are sorry for this mistake you’ve made.

Bringing my brother to his coffin.

I hope you don’t cry sometimes. I hope you breath more often.

Angelle Henderson is a sophomore student from New Orleans, Louisiana, majoring in political science and international economics with Arabic. Aspiring vegan, author and President of the United States. She can be reached at ahende10@nd.edu Show Some Skin is a student-run initiative committed to giving voice to unspoken narratives about identity and difference. Using the art of storytelling as a catalyst for positive social change across campus, we seek to make Notre Dame a more open and welcoming place for all. If you are interested in breaking the silence and getting involved with Show Some Skin, email nreifenb@nd.edu

Whatever happened to accountability?

Patrick McKelvey In Moderation

New York City mayor Bill de Blasio’s tax returns for the 2017 fiscal year were recently released. He makes $225,000 as mayor. He also owns two fully-rented apartment buildings in Brooklyn. His government position ensures he has few expenses. By almost anyone’s definition, de Blasio is a wealthy man. But last year, the mayor gave just $350 to charity.

Many of de Blasio’s efforts as mayor have been focused on eradicating poverty from the city and on the necessity of breaking down the prominent barriers that exist between Manhattan’s rich and poor.

It’s a noble goal, but the mayor’s own personal efforts to achieve this goal are distinctly lacking. When we look at how little of his own personal income the mayor devotes to charity, his words hold far less weight. Somehow, however, de Blasio’s insincerity has garnered little media attention.

The issue is not confined to New York. Television host Sean Hannity was recently named as a client of Donald Trump’s lawyer, Michael Cohen. Hannity has spent months defending both Trump and Cohen,

calling Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation a “witch hunt” and backing Cohen even when the FBI raided his home and office. Hannity is allowed to pick whomever he wants as his lawyer. But when he uses his platform to voraciously support the man and does not reveal his own personal ties to Cohen to his audience, he violates the most basic principles of journalistic integrity.

Hannity is still at Fox News — he hasn’t lost any advertisers for this stunt, and the network even put out a statement defending him. Again, people seem content to ignore Hannity’s actions.

And then there’s the president. From sexual misconduct allegations to extramarital affairs to possible involvement in Russia’s tampering in the 2016 election, the Trump administration is constantly embroiled in scandal. Donald Trump is obviously not without his detractors. In many ways, however, he seems impervious to these scandals. His most ardent supporters are willing to defend him no matter what.

The actions of these three are not equally heinous — but they do have much in common. In each case, a person is not being held accountable for wrongdoing or hypocrisy. If New Yorkers don’t call on de Blasio

to take his commitment to decreasing poverty more seriously, or if Hannity viewers don’t condemn him, they might as well applaud them.

The situation is made worse by the fact that all three of these men are in positions of great influence.

They have an impact on millions of people. Their behavior and actions affect countless others. It is directly because of this influence that their being held accountable is of chief importance. People in power are not expected to be perfect, but they must be held to a higher standard. Power doesn’t mean the right to exercise executive privilege. It doesn’t afford someone the ability to act a hypocrite or violate all known rules of integrity. Power means responsibility. And if we don’t hold those in power accountable for their actions, we absolve them of responsibility entirely.

Patrick McKelvey splits his time between being a college sophomore and a grumpy old man. A New Jersey native and American Studies major, he is interested in a legal career after graduating Notre Dame. If you can’t find him at the movies, he can be reached for comment at pmckelve@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: View your cup as half full and take advantage of every opportunity until it overflows. You’ll have the added discipline and drive to conquer all you set out to do. The world is your oyster as long as you are willing to live in the moment and enjoy the blessings and gifts you’re so fortunate to have come your way. Your numbers are 11, 15, 21, 27, 32, 34, 45.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Don’t let the changes going on around you cause discord. Diplomacy will be your best route to making your dreams come true. Observation coupled with hard work will lead to a steady incline. A physical change will make you feel youthful.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Partnership issues can and should be addressed. Problems with a friend or relative will be resolved if you listen to what others want and incorporate elements that satisfy both you and those you deal with. Keep an open mind.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Be realistic when it comes to partnerships or helping others. Talk matters through; make sure you have a good understanding of what’s required or expected of you before you make promises. Acting on an assumption will lead to loss.

CANCER ( June 21-July 22): Share your opinion and discuss new possibilities. Make good use of your talents. Strive to do things differently, and aim to get ahead. Expand your interests. Choose to interact more with your peers and friends to develop important relationships.

LEO ( July 23-Aug. 22): Your talking will get you into trouble if you are too opinionated or make unrealistic promises. Change can be made, but before you begin, make sure your plan is doable. Look at all the conditions required to be successful.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Don’t be shy; stand up and voice your thoughts and feelings. You’ll make a difference to the people you talk to, and action will be taken to bring about positive change. Family and friends will rally around you.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Tread carefully. The changes going on around you may not be as transparent as you think. It’s up to you to decipher if someone is being fair or taking advantage of you. Don’t give in to unreasonable demands.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Talks will lead to better relationships. Express your thoughts; you’ll be offered valuable information that will help you reduce risk and home in on what will bring you the greatest success. Keep your emotions in check.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Hide out at home or with those you know you can trust. Avoid anyone using emotional bribes or manipulation to get you involved in something that is questionable. Walk away from anyone who is demanding or argumentative.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Let situations that develop unfold naturally.

Greater opportunity will result if you are amicable and willing to work with the majority. How you deal with matters at home and at work should be based on thoughtfulness and understanding.

AQUARIUS ( Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Don’t travel too far from home or get involved with people who are indulgent or have different beliefs, poor values or bad habits. Learn from past mistakes, and avoid folding under peer pressure.

Concentrate on exploring your assets, not developing liabilities.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Look for a way to get ahead financially. Address legal concerns; you’ll clear the passageway allowing you to focus on what you want to pursue. A joint venture will turn into a prosperous venture.

Someone from your past will surprise you.

Birthday Baby: You are opportunistic, ambitious and dedicated. You are outgoing and insightful.

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Greason: Mets, the real deal Elizabeth Greason Assistant Managing Editor

Spring has finally sprung in South Bend, and while for many that’s a sign of impending final exams and summer vacation, it is also a signature time of year for the world of sports: It is the time of year during which every sport imaginable overlaps for a few short weeks.

It is playoff time for the NBA and the NHL. This past weekend, the NFL got back into full swing as the Draft took place and analysts went into overdrive, while Sunday was the first day of WNBA training camp and the seemingly-neverending PGA Tour season went on as planned.

So, while the world’s attention has been split in quite a few different directions, my focus has been fairly well-maintained on the MLB season as it heats up. Because while you were sleeping, the New York Mets got good.

The Mets finished 2017 with an abysmal 70-92 record, 27 games back of the Washington Nationals in the National League East. And yet, they currently lead the division with one of the best records in baseball. They’ve won blowouts and close games. Their bullpen has held up, as has their starting rotation. But based on the embarrassing nose dive they pulled at the end of 2017, this was not the start to the season anyone was expecting. So let’s take a close look at the factors that have allowed New York to start off 2018 on the right foot.

Mickey Callaway Terry Collins retired as manager at the end of the 2017 season and was named special assistant to the General Manager, leaving a vacancy for the front office to fill (which, let’s be honest, probably would have been the case had Collins retired or not after his squad’s performance last season).

Enter Mickey Callaway, former pitching coach of the Cleveland Indians. Callaway — who brings a much more

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youthful vibe to the locker room than Collins, who was the oldest manager in the league — has made an effort to bring hard data into the game, as well as an increased focus on his relationships with players.

Pitching It has always been the case that when the Mets pitch well, the Mets play well and win games. That has held true so far this season. At 17-9, the squad’s current starting rotation only has three losses — that is not including Matt Harvey, who recently made the move to the bullpen after failing to collect a win in four starts. Jeurys Familia has made a name for himself as one of the best closers in baseball with nine saves on 12 chances. And that’s not to mention the rest of the bullpen, which used to be a thorn in the organization’s side but is now something Callaway can turn to with confidence.

Jay Bruce, Yoenis, Cespedes and Todd Frazier The acquisition of Todd Frazier has brought in the rein of the “Salt and Pepper” Mets, and I love it. The 32-year-old third baseman’s signature move has come out frequently, with his four home runs, 17 RBIs and 23 hits. The Mets also brought back right fielder Jay Bruce, who has 22 hits, two homers and 12 RBIs. But the real power comes into play with the finally-healthy Yoenis Cespedes: “La Potencia,” who has tallied six home runs and 25 RBIs. So sure, the Mets might wake up tomorrow, or at the All-Star Break, or in September and realize they’re outplaying themselves. But let’s not write them off just yet. Because I’ve got a feeling these newlook New York Mets are the real deal.

Contact Elizabeth Greason at egreason@nd.edu The views expressed in this Sports Authority are those of the author and not necessarily those of The Observer.

Irish race successfully in spite of harsh winds

By Observer Sports Staff

No. 20 Notre Dame competed against a trio of squads this past Saturday in Bloomington, Indiana, during the Dale England Cup. Four races were completed in the morning before high winds and rough waters led to the cancellation of all afternoon competition.

The Irish saw the varsity four, second varsity four, varsity eight and second varsity eight all compete in the morning session, taking on boats from No. 14 Indiana, No. 16 Duke and Penn in each race.

The winds — which reached as high as 22 miles per hour — proved especially difficult for the two four-boat races, as teams struggled to hold the starting boats. As a result, all four teams attempted to row to a start and maintain an even dispersal at the start of the races, but this led to difficulty in maintaining a fair start for all four boats in the two races.

In the varsity four race, the Irish boat of seniors Stephanie Dubois, Jeanne Farnan and

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has been really together, it’s a good character team,” Aoki said. “They definitely prioritize ‘we’ over ‘me.’ we struggled with that last year, and I think all of that Draft stuff and the Draft noise that surrounded it really contributed to a little splintering. But this group has been very good, and I give credit to guys like [junior second baseman Nick] Podkul and [junior third baseman Matt] Vierling and [junior right fielder Eric Gilgenbach], who to a certain extent at varying levels are getting a lot of professional attention. “ … They have done a really good job about being about the team rather than getting their numbers, or ‘where am I playing,’ or all those different types of things, so it’s good. I think that part of our clubhouse has been really enjoyable.”

For the Irish to keep up the momentum in hopes of making the tournament, Aoki thinks the focus starts with the Broncos at home Tuesday.

“These four games that we have just before exams start are really

Lauren McKee and junior Gen Johanni — with freshman coxswain Colleen Visnic — finished in second place behind Indiana’s boat with a time of 6:33.11.

In the second varsity four race, the Irish boat of sophomores Mara Bhalla and Caroline Hills and freshmen Katharine Johnson and Analisa Pines — with sophomore coxswain Laura Schoonmaker — finished in fourth place amongst the four competing boats. No official times were recorded for the race.

In the varsity eight race, the Irish boat of seniors Erin Dolan, Treasa O’Tighearnaigh, Lauren Saunee and Christine Schindele-Murayama, juniors Evelyn McManus and Laura Migliore and sophomores Julia Randall and Emily Stinebaugh — with senior coxswain Reilly Kearney — finished in third place with a time of 7:34.92. The boat trailed Indiana’s second-place boat by just two seconds and Penn’s winning boat by four

seconds.

The best Irish result of the day came in the second varsity eight race, where Notre Dame and Indiana’s boats tied for first place with a time of 7:53.2, which was just three-tenths of a second ahead of Penn’s third-place time of 7:53.5 and nearly 10 seconds ahead of Duke’s lastplace time of 8:03.1. The Irish second varsity eight boat featured seniors Elizabeth Gilbert, Lauren Matchett, Meredith Swartz and Elizabeth Walter, juniors Kelly Fischer, Jennifer Groth and Ashley Young, sophomore Allegra Sodi and freshman coxswain Mary Ryan.

The Irish will now have over two weeks between Saturday’s regatta and their next competition, as they do not have another scheduled event until the ACC championships, which will be in Clemson, South Carolina, on May 13.

Notre Dame is one of three teams currently ranked in the top 20 in the ACC. Duke and No. 9 Virginia are the others two.

important, just to get us one step closer to .500 hopefully on Tuesday if we go up there and play at a high level,” he said. “Pitt has been playing well throughout the course of the season, so that should be a good test for us, but if we can figure out a way to go 3-4 or maybe even 4-4 in these last four I think that will put us in a pretty good place going into those last four at Northwestern and then down at

Louisville. “ … If we can take three out of four, I think that will maybe even before we go to Louisville sort of salt away at least a birth in the ACC Tournament. These are important games for certain.”

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score to 5-4 with goals from freshman midfielder Andie Aldave, sophomore midfielder Savannah Buchanan and senior midfielder Molly Cobb. Aldave’s goal was her 30th of the season, giving the freshman — who already holds the Irish single-season draw control record — another place in the Notre Dame record books as she and freshman attack Maddie Howe became the first pair of Notre Dame players to each score 30 goals in their freshman seasons. Howe and Aldave sit first and second, respectively, in both goals and points for the Irish this season.

However, a little over a minute after the Irish cut the Eagles’ lead to one goal, Boston College struck back.

Junior midfielder Dempsey Arsenault scored first to make the score 6-4 and just

20 seconds later, Hart won a free position to extend the lead to three goals again.

Apuzzo added another goal with just over 10 minutes left in the first half, and her teammates followed with three more goals in the final seven minutes of the half and two in the first two minutes of the second to complete an 8-0 run in less than 15 minutes. Though freshman midfielder Kaci Messier’s fourth goal of the season for Notre Dame ended the run, the Eagles ended any possibility of another unlikely Irish comeback with three more goals within the first 10 minutes of the second half.

After Apuzzo added another goal to her impressive total for the season, the Irish held the Eagles without a goal for the final 17 minutes of the game, but by that point the victor of the game was long decided and the Irish failed to add another goal of their own until Aldave scored her second of the game in the

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Irish senior attacker Sydney Cardozo protects the ball in Notre Dame’s 15-10 victory against Marquette on February 28 at Arlotta Stadium.

the Irish excelled in singles play, paving the way for a smooth victory. Sophomore Guillermo Cabrera started things off for the Irish, claiming victory on court three, and freshman Richard Ciamarra kept things going, winning 7-5, 6-2. Sophomore Matt Gamble and Freshman Tristan McCormick followed by handling their opponents swiftly, as Gamble won 7-6 (3), 6-2, and McCormick clinched the point with a 6-4, 6-4

final minute to ensure a final score of 17-7.

Aldave was the only Notre Dame player with more than one goal and also added an assist, two ground balls and a draw control to bring her season total to 98. Her three points brought her to 45 for the season, meaning she and Howe combined for 100 in their freshman year.

The Irish will now have to wait to see if they have earned an at-large place at the NCAA tournament. Having made the tournament in each of Christine Halfpenny’s six previous seasons as head coach, Notre Dame’s streak looks to be in danger this year, with the team ranked 29th in RPI and not receiving votes in the Inside Lacrosse Poll before the ACC tournament began.

victory. With McCormick’s clinching win and a Notre Dame victory in the books, junior Alex Lebedev’s and junior Grayson Broadus’ matches were abandoned.

The Irish then marched into Saturday with momentum, only to be squashed by the nation’s top-ranked team, Wake Forest. Wake Forest claimed the doubles point with two 6-2 wins. The Irish managed to mount a bit of a comeback in singles, as they did against Georgia Tech, but this time, it simply wasn’t enough. Sophomores Matt Gamble and Guillermo

fell handily early on, while freshman Richard Ciamarra was defeated 3-6, 6-1, 6-4 in a comeback effort from No.4 Petros Chysochos. Junior Alex Lebedev, freshman Tristan McCormick and junior Grayson Broadus managed to stay alive in their matches, but the matches were ultimately abandoned with a 4-0 Wake Forest victory in the books.

Notre Dame will now wait to see if it has earned an NCAA tournament bid. The NCAA men’s tennis selection show is set to take place on Tuesday, May 1.

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of the next four goals to cut Notre Dame’s lead to 6-4 heading into halftime.

After junior midfielder Brendan Gleason scored under a minute into the third quarter, the Blue Dev ils responded w ith three-straight goals to tie the score 7-7 w ith 5:42 left in the third quarter.

With just one second left in the quarter, Gleason fired a shot into the back of Duke’s net to give Notre Dame the lead 8-7.

After another goal by Garnsey, Duke scored three goals in the span of 2:13 to take a 10-9 lead w ith 9:22 remaining in regulation. With 7:44 on the clock, senior attack Mikey Wy nne scored the equalizing goal. Garnsey then scored two goals w ithin t wo minutes, followed by a goal from sophomore midfielder Brian Willetts on the man-advantage to give Notre Dame a 13-10 lead w ith 1:52

left in regulation.

Duke was able to cut the lead to two, but Gleason buried the game w ith his 15th goal of the season w ith just 27 seconds left in the contest.

Garnsey finished w ith five goals and one assist on the afternoon, while Costabile recorded three goals and an assist.

Against the Cavaliers (115, 1-3) in the championship game Sunday, the Irish gave up the first goal of the game, but responded w ith three goals of their ow n.

After Virginia scored to narrow the deficit to one goal, Notre Dame scored five of the six goals registered in the second quarter to take an 8-3 lead into halftime.

Goals by Wy nne, Costabile and Garnsey extended Notre Dame’s lead to 11-3 w ith 9:39 left in the third quarter. The Irish cruised the rest of the way, outscoring Virginia 6-4 over the remainder of the game.

Garnsey finished w ith

three goals and t wo assists in the championship game.

Costabile recorded three goals and an assist and was named the ACC tournament MV P. Notre Dame head coach Kev in Corrigan said he is proud of the way his team battled through adversit y to get to this point.

“The biggest thing is it’s so gratif y ing to see our guys work hard all year, as we kind of battled through some things,” Corrigan said.

“It was great to see them play so well and so confidently and so aggressively over the course of the weekend. It put us in a position of being able to battle t wo of what I think are the better teams in the countr y.”

The w in in the championship game and the location of the tournament added significance for Corrigan, who played his collegiate lacrosse at Virginia and whose father used to coach the Cavaliers.

Despite that, Corrigan said

this weekend was about his team.

“I don’t think much about that,” Corrigan said. “It was nice because my parents could be there and a lot of my family who live in the area could be there, so that was nice for me to be able to double dow n and see all of them. But this is about these players on our team and about their journey, not about mine.”

Corrigan said his team knew what they had to do in order to increase its odds of an NCA A tournament berth.

“I think they understood the importance of the games,” Corrigan said.

“I think they just said, ‘You know what, we need to go after it. We can’t be uncertain.

We have to be aggressive and trust each other and trust ourselves.’ And I think that’s what they did, and as they did that, their confidence grew and then you get the best of ever ybody.”

Notre Dame still has one regular-season game remaining. This Saturday, it

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w ill host Army at 1 p.m. at Arlotta Stadium.

Corrigan said his team knows they now have to sw itch its focus to the Black Knights (5-7, 2-6 Patriot).

“We play what I think is the hardest schedule in the countr y, and I hope at this point of the year our guys know you can’t look forwards and you can’t look back wards,” Corrigan said.

“We w ill get back to school and our guys w ill get back to work in practice this week and focus on that next game.

They know first of all we need to keep w inning to put ourselves in the best position to make sure we are in the tournament and make sure we are ready to play our best lacrosse of the tournament. We know we don’t want to take any steps back right now. This is an Army team that beat us at the end of last year, so we understand we have to go out and beat them.”

Contact Michael Ivey at mivey@hcc-nd.edu

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Irish senior midfielder Pierre Byrne sprints with the ball in Notre Dame’s 8-2 loss against Duke on April 7 at Arlotta Stadium.

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Irish midfielder Brian Willets cradles as he looks down field in Notre Dame’s 8-2 loss to Duke on April 7 at Arlotta Stadium. The Irish redeemed themselves against the Blue Devils in the ACC championship semifinals on April 27, when they won 14-11. Notre Dame then advanced to the finals, where they routed Virginia17-7 at Klöckner Stadium on April 28.

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No. 8 Notre Dame traveled to Charlottesv ille, Virginia, this weekend in hopes to increase its odds of gaining a berth in the upcoming NC A A tournament.

It ended up w ith a 14-11 w in over then-No. 2 Duke in the semifinals Friday and a dominant 17-7 v ictor y against No. 10 Virginia in the championship game Sunday to w in its second ACC championship in program histor y.

Against the Blue Dev ils (123, 3-1 ACC) on Friday, the No. 3-seed Irish (8-5, 1-3) set the tone early w ith two goals by junior attack Ryder Garnsey w ithin the first four minutes of play to give Notre Dame a 2-0 lead. After Duke cut the lead to one, sophomore midfielder Br yan Costabile scored a natural hat trick to put Notre Dame up 5-1 w ith 9:18 left in the second quarter. Duke would score three

After winning their second-straight ACC home series this past weekend against Boston College, the Irish face off against nonconference foe Western Michigan on Tuesday night looking to keep the momentum going as Notre Dame pushes for a spot in the ACC tournament.

“So far, so good, obviously we dropped the one game in each series [against the Eagles and Virginia Tech the previous week], but we came away with series wins in both and we were able to hold ser ve with the midweek game the other day against a pretty good [Valparaiso] team,” Irish head coach Mik Aoki said on his team’s recent performances. “I feel pretty good about the way that the guys have been playing and how things have trended.”

The Irish (20-24, 10-14 ACC) and the Broncos (18-18, 8-8 M AC) have a long histor y,

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Irish midfielder Brian Willets surveys the field during Notre Dame’s 8-2 loss to Duke on April 27 at Arlotta Stadium.

with Tuesday’s matchup being the 138th meeting between the two schools. Last year, Notre Dame wrapped up its home schedule with a 10-2 win over the Broncos.

The Irish offense exploded for 10 runs and 15 hits, with current senior and left fielder Jake Johnson leading the way with a 5-for-5 day with two RBIs. Notre Dame will be looking to keep its momentum going as the team remains in the hunt for a spot in the ACC tournament. The Irish currently sit sixth in the Atlantic Division with six conference games to go, and still have a shot at making the tournament after going 5-2 over the recent homestand. Aoki credited his team with staying focused on the task at hand.

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having won six of their past five matches.

On Friday, the Irish secured a handy 4-1 win over Georgia Tech. Notre Dame performed well across the board in these matches, punching the ticket for its first semifinal appearance in the tournament since 2014.

Although Georgia Tech claimed the doubles point,

After a comeback victor y over Virginia, No. 5-seed Notre Dame couldn’t capture that magic again, as topseeded Boston College comfortably dispatched the Irish with the help of an 8-0 run in a game that finished 17-7.

The Irish (10-9, 3-4 ACC) found themselves behind almost immediately as junior attack Sam Apuzzo of the Eagles (19-1, 7-0) controlled the opening draw and senior attack Kaileen Hart scored after just over 30 seconds of play.

The Irish tied the score through junior attack Nikki Ortega, but soon Boston College took back a lead they would not relinquish as Apuzzo, who sits second in the nation in points, scored her 72nd goal of the season to give the Eagles a 2-1 lead. The Eagles led 4-1 after just over 11 minutes of play, but the Irish started a minor fightback, cutting the

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Irish sophomore Guillermo Cabrera hits a forehand during Notre Dame’s 6-1 loss to North Carolina on March 23.

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As the No. 4 seed in the ACC Championship, Notre Dame earned a double-bye into the quarterfinal round on Friday. The Irish cruised past No. 12 Georgia Tech but later fell to No. 1 Wake Forest on Saturday in the semifinals.

The Irish came into the ACC Championship, which took place at Cary Tennis Park in Cary, North Carolina,

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Irish freshman midfielder Andi Aldave cradles the ball during Notre Dame’s 15-10 win over Marquette on February 28 at Arlotta Stadium.