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Night prayer begins Walk the Walk Week Candelight service Sunday evening on God Quad honors work, memory of Martin Luther King, Jr.

By THOMAS MURPHY Associate News Editor

University President Fr. John Jenkins ref lected on the history of night prayer as he opened a Candlelight Prayer Service remembering the life and work of Martin Luther King, Jr. on Sunday.

“Night prayer in the Christian tradition has been an opportune time to acknowledge what we have done and what we have failed to do,” Jenkins said.

Such was the atmosphere as hundreds of members of the Notre Dame community crowded in the darkened corridors and balconies beneath the dome of the Main Building.

Attendees held

small candles that together brought light to the quietly enclosed area.

The prayer service was the opening event of Walk the Walk Week, a series of events celebrating the life of King and ref lecting on racial and social justice in America.

Between hymns performed by the Voices of Faith Choir, freshman Chris Uhran read from a sermon delivered by King in November of 1967. at the Ebenezer Baptist Church — where King was a co-pastor with his father for eight years until his death.

The sermon examined the nature of faith and encouraged followers in Christ to pursue see PRAYER PAGE 4

Lunch panel discusses racial issues, love

By CLAIRE RAFFORD Associate News Edior

Members of the Notre Dame community gathered in the Joyce Center on Tuesday to celebrate and honor Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, hearing from a panel entitled “A Call to Love: Bridging the Racial Divide.”

Speakers discussed racial issues both in the world and at Notre Dame, ref lecting on how love and hope can help mend divides among groups.

The panel was moderated by Jennifer Mason McAward, director of the Klau Center for Civil and Human Rights and associate professor of law. The panelists were Rev. Hugh Page, vice president and associate provost of undergraduate affairs; Rev. Peter McCormick, C.S.C., director of Campus Ministry; Ernest Morrell, director of the Center for Literacy Education; Notre Dame senior Alyssa Ngo;

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professor of art Maria Tomasula; and third-year law student Cameasha Turner.

McAward began the discussion by giving a general definition of racism and asked the panel what they believe racism to be and how they see its manifestation in society.

“Bigotry involves individual, interpersonal acts of meanness, based on a recipient’s racial, ethnic or cultural identity,” McAward said.

“Racism refers to the systematic distribution of resources, power and opportunity in our society to the benefit of people who are white and the exclusion of people of color.”

Ngo drew the distinction between individualized racism and systemic racism, stating that people should realize that the type of racism that most permeates society is see LUNCHEON PAGE 3

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Members of the community gathered Sunday night for a candlelight prayer service to commemorate Martin Luther King, Jr. At the end of the service, attendees put candles in front of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.

Co-founder of movement speaks on diversity

By SERENA ZACHARIAS News Writer

Opal Tometi, a cofounder of the Black Lives Matter movement and the executive director of the Black A lliance for Just Immigration (BAJI), spoke to an overf lowing DeBartolo Hall lecture room Monday evening regarding structural

racism and the importance of rising up to combat discrimination.

Hosted by Multicultural Student Programs and Ser vices, the lecture was part of Notre Dame’s fourth annual Walk the Walk Week, a series of events designed to encourage the Notre Dame community to ref lect on issues surrounding diversity and inclusion on

campus.

Born to Nigerian parents who immigrated to the United States, Tometi said she became involved with the Black Lives Matter movement because she was unable to remain silent.

Working with BAJI, Tometi regularly engaged herself in see BLM PAGE 4

College honors tradition of serving community

By COLLEEN FISCHER News Writer

Saint Mary’s College has dedicated itself to upholding its tradition to service.

The College’s commitment to service will manifest in a service fair Tuesday at 4:30 p.m. in the atrium of the Student Center.

The Service Fair was

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partially organized by Rebecca DeLine, the director of the Office for Civic and Social Engagement (OSCE).

“We hope to connect students to [a] local service organization in the community so that they might find a service opportunity that interests them,” DeLine said in an email.

DeLine said she hopes students create a relationship with organizations that will be lasting and that fosters commitment and “that students might commit to a semester of regular engagement with one of our local non-profits.”

The fair will feature a

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Group discusses campus inclusivity

By GENEVIEVE REDSTEN News Writer

Notre Dame’s Student Senate challenged vice president for student affairs Erin Hoffmann Harding to outline the University’s plan for inclusivity at Monday’s meeting, the first of the semester.

The discussion followed the schoolsponsored, diversity survey, which revealed nearly 50 percent of students have experienced adverse treatment on campus.

Hoffmann Harding presented the results of the Inclusive Campus Survey, stating that non-white, non-religious, non-citizen and LGBTQ students reported feeling a lower sense of belonging at Notre Dame than their peers.

Hoffmann Harding called the reports “sobering,” and expressed the University’s desire to change the culture.

“Adverse treatment is happening widely, and we would like to bring that down in terms of frequency,” Hoffmann Harding said.

Alumni Hall senator, sophomore Daniel Rottenborn raised concerns about the adverse treatment that transgender, nonbinary and disabled students reported

experiencing in the classroom.

“I noticed that 25 percent of the negative experiences [transgender and non-binary] students and the students with disabilities came from faculty and staff,” Rottenborn said, questioning whether University administration had “done workshops or staff evaluations on professors or reconsidered [its] hiring practices.”

Hoffmann Harding said that while the University is “not there yet in terms of [developing] specific strategies around hiring professors [in response] to the survey,” she believes other pre-existing University initiatives will increase staff and faculty sensitivity.

She added that the Office of the Provost is developing “incentives and mechanisms that could help us either diversify our pool of potential faculty or make sure that faculty who are on hiring committees are welltrained in terms of issues of implicit bias.”

Notre Dame’s Catholic tradition could present a host of challenges for the University as it transitions to a contemporary model of inclusivity, student senators said, specifically highlighting the Church’s stance on LGBTQ issues.

“It seems almost natural that certain

groups would feel less welcome at a Catholic institution,” Fisher Hall senator, sophomore David Morris said.

But Hoffmann Harding disagreed.

“I believe deeply that our mission actually is an asset and not a deterrent in terms of thinking about building that community that we all hope to be,” she said.

The administration only has about a year before its progress will be evaluated by another Inclusive Climate Survey in the spring of 2020, Hoffmann Harding said.

She explained to the Student Senate that the school’s only measure of progress will be the 2020 survey results.

“Some [solutions] I think will be no-brainers. We talked about if somebody doesn’t know where to report [adverse treatment], that’s something we could do a publicity campaign on,” Hoffmann Harding said.

The Student Senate is working to improve the campus climate. by breaking into committees to discuss solutions to a variety of issues on campus, including issues lowerincome students face.

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systemic.

“In terms of a systemic, institutionalized matter of discrimination, that’s what we’re talking about when we’re talking about racism … and I think it’s important that we get that definition on the table,” she said.

Morrell agreed with Ngo but countered that individual racism is what perpetuates the cycle of hate throughout the years.

“It’s the thoughts that individuals have that undergird the system … Our thoughts about others, our perceptions about others, that undergirds the system. While I would agree that racism is systemic, it is only sustainable because of individuals’ thoughts and actions in our society,” Morrell said.

The panel then moved on to discussing the Inclusive Campus Climate Survey, focusing on the fact that

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number of non-profits that work in diverse fields.

“There will be 33 non-profits represented in addition to two OCSE-sponsored opportunities,” DeLine said. “I think that there should be

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47 percent of students did not agree that Notre Dame demonstrated an authentic commitment to diversity.

“There is no shortage of work to do in every aspect of life that we have here,” Page said.

“When we think about this mission and tradition, it comes back to who’s making these decisions,” McCormick said. “If we believe our mission to be robust enough that it can enlighten hearts and minds and that other people from varying perspectives can come and take it and amplify it, in my estimation, we should strive in every way to allow that to be accomplished.”

In addition, Turner discussed the disparity between the values taught in the Christian tradition and the action taken by churchgoers.

“I challenge, not only the students, the faculty to re-examine what it means to be a Christian and not just attend Mass, not just attend church and be okay in that moment,

but to actually leave church, to leave these panel discussions and implement what we talked about, what the pastor preached and what the priest told us,” Turner said.

The conversation then turned to King’s provocative quote, “I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear,” and discussing how love affects the movement to end racism.

“If you take the lead of Dr. King and embrace the idea of a commitment to love and a commitment to justice, then that really is a demanding call that requires both soul-searching and, really, truth-telling,” Morrell said.

Tomasula echoed Morrell’s idea of love that requires action and hard work.

“For me, love that doesn’t move beyond a feeling, that’s fine, but not that useful and not that useful for a struggle that Dr. King was engaged in,” Tomasula said. “However, as I said, love can take many forms, and love that takes the form of action seems

to be the sort of love that’s needed.”

The panel then moved to talk about the next steps to combat racism both at the University and in the world. Ngo cautioned against simply using prayer as an excuse to stay complacent in the fight for racial justice.

“We are instruments of God’s plan on Earth, and so if we are praying to God to end racism, how are we acting as instruments to end racism,” she said.

McCormick echoed this point, saying that people should not pick and choose when to be involved in the anti-racist movement, but rather fully commit to the cause.

“How is it, then, that we encounter one another, learn from one another, engage one another, educate one another, because something beautiful is possible,” McCormick said. “But when we hold back and only choose to opt in here or there or when we

choose, something is lost in the process.”

The conversation ended with panelists expressing their hopes for the future of equality despite the despair that often arises due to the sheer volume of the task ahead.

“I have hope because we’re here,” Page said. “I have hope because of this panel. I have hope because of Walk the Walk Week, not only because of what it represents in terms of our concrete steps to build positive relationships with one another and to engage in a soul-searching, transformational world that will help us live into the aspirations that we have, but also that we are in the process of building things that will stand the test of time and survive all of us. Walk the Walk Week is an institutional investment in the creation of structures that will survive even without those of us that are here.”

something for everyone.”

DeLine provided some examples of non-profits that students interested in working in the South Bend community might find compelling.

“I don’t think I’m allowed to play favorites, but I will say that we have a wide range of non-profits from those serving youth in after-school

programs to those working particularly with the Latinx population to those that work with individuals who are dying,” she said.

The Service Fair is the realization of the work of the OSCE. The organization spent months planning the event in order to connect students to their communities,

DeLine said.

“We started by contacting our community partners shortly after Thanksgiving, but the planning actually began a bit before then as we reserved the space and worked with Campus and Community Events to determine how many non-profits we could host,” she said.

DeLine said she recognizes the benefits of students participating in service, but also recognizes the stressors of school and other extra-curricular activities can cause the time commitment of regular service impossible.

“I think engaging with the community is a good thing in and of itself, but I am also realistic that students are very busy and may not have as much time to help at a nonprofit if they aren’t receiving something in return,” she said. “So real benefits I know that students will receive are work experience, networking.”

The Service Fair is a part of the celebrations of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s life, but it also takes place in the 175th

year of Saint Mary’s. DeLine said the Service Fair connects with these two events.

“The Sisters of the Holy Cross have long demonstrated a commitment to living and serving alongside the community they are a part of and they did this through first developing authentic and personal relationships with the communities where they lived,“ she said. “The service fair is one way that we can help students get to know the community and to find ways to respond to the needs that are brought forth.”

DeLine said she is looking forward to a lot about the Service Fair, but the thing that she is looking forward to the most is the community and the excitement it produces.

DeLine said she is looking forward to the Service Fair and hopes that it will bring “a lot of great energy and hopefully a lot of wonderful connections between students and the community.”

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the right and good for the sake of the right and good, without desire for gratification and without fear of humiliation.

Following another hymn, senior Nohemi Toledo read a passage from St. Paul’s Letter to the Ephesians.

Kayla August, assistant director of evangelization for Campus Ministry, considered the readings from King and St. Paul and reflected on their challenge to the Notre Dame community to find the principle they hold as fundamental and live a life according to that principle. Such a challenge requires courage, August said.

“In the University with pristine quads and a beautiful basilica, with top resources and top faculty and some of the brightest minds in America, we must ask ourselves ‘do we live by our principles? Are we letting our principles and beliefs model and mold the world that we hope to create,’” she said. “To live by that something, isn’t easy, because truly living by that principle requires change. A change that will certainly challenge us.

“It will not only challenge us to look inward to discover if we are truly living by the principles we say we believe, but it will ask if we are letting that principle guide our thoughts and push us to be the people we want to be. It will challenge us to look at the world around us and strive to not only hold this truth but to share it. It begs us to ask how our actions, our words and the way we encounter others reflect that truth we say we hold. To be changed in this way takes courage. Martin Luther King had this courage.”

Courage to change and make manifest our highest ideals asks us to act and reflect on our lives and society, August said.

“If we aim to be a manifestation of the principles that believe that something of which we say we hold, then we have to be willing to bear a cross,” she said. “Knowing that moving forward will take the courage to speak when we could have remained silent, the courage to come together when its easier to divide, the courage to tell the truth even when it makes people uncomfortable, the courage to challenge our perspective to see that our paradise might be someone else’s prison or perhaps the courage to simply stand up and let ourselves truly be seen and be heard for the first time.”

The challenge of bearing such a cross for justice is intimidating, August said, especially in the light of the life of King, and it is a challenge that brings forth more questions than answers.

“To be honest, as a minster living in the legacy of Dr. King, I can tell you I feel — at best — overwhelmed,” August

said. “How do you live in the shadow of a man who changed the tide of racial justice, who brought unity to an increasingly divided world? How can I stand for those whose needs and struggles are being pushed aside by people whose power and influence I’ll never have? How can I be a voice for those standing on the borders of society? Can I be an ally to immigrants, the LGBTQ community, all people of color, those in poverty, those struggling with addiction, those sick or alone, the born and the unborn? How can I be a voice for all of the marginalized? Am I even able to be that courageous? Honestly, I don’t know.”

August said she has found inspiration to answer these questions through conversations she’s had with Leona Tate, one of the first four students selected to desegregate schools in the South. Tate’s courage — as well as the courage of her teachers — gives us a model for action in our own lives.

When the service came to an end, attendees filed out of the Main Building towards the statue depicting the Sacred Heart of Jesus placed in the heart of God Quad. Candles were placed before the statue as prayers were whispered beneath the cold, clear night sky.

“Where you are going this night my friends, tell the world you are going with truth, you’re going with justice, you’re going with goodness and you will have an eternal companionship,” August said in her concluding remarks, harkening to the earlier sermon of King. “The world will look at you and they will not understand, for your fiery furnace will be around you. But you will go on anyhow.”

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the plight faced by the black and immigrant communities. But when she heard of George Zimmerman’s — the man who fatally shot an unarmed African American boy, Tray von Martin, in Florida — acquittal, Tometi said she was enraged.

“I saw that [my brother] would have to grow up and nav igate what his value was in the world … I just couldn’t have the young people in my life thinking that this was okay and that it was the end of that stor y,” Tometi said.

Reaching out to the other co-founders of the movement, Patrisse K hanCullors and A licia Garza, Tometi said she felt she connected to their unapologetic stance regarding the injustice facing the black community.

“We started utilizing Black Lives Matter to amplif y not only the issue of police brutalit y and extrajudicial killings, but we were intentional to say that this is a structural issue of anti-black racism in our societ y that shows up in housing, in education, in our health care system,” she said.

Tometi stressed that the Black Lives Matter movement defines its work from a place of intersectionalit y.

“We believe we have to take into account the full scope of our identities and the full scope of our experiences,” she said.

Despite hav ing more black elected officials and black celebrities than ever before, a crisis still ex ists w ithin the African American community, Tometi

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Opal Tometi, co-founder of the Black Lives Matter moment, speaks at ‘An Evening with Opal Tometi’ in DeBartolo Hall on Monday.

said.

“For us, it was important that we name Black Lives Matter, Black Lives Matter … we couldn’t be naive, and we couldn’t operate as though we need a societ y that’s colorblind … our skin color is our skin color, and it’s beautiful and brilliant and we’re happy w ith it,” she said. “W hat needs to change is the ways in which power allows for folks to subject us to harm, and the way in which our systems are orchestrated and allow for our communities to be disproportionally impacted by racism.”

Discussing the importance of looking at the root causes of injustice in our societ y, Tometi said we must continue to see

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our communities marginalized at mass unless we consider the systemic problem.

Tometi urged the audience to rise up and “bend the arc towards justice.”

“We can have a different world. We don’t have to have these t y pes of [negative] ideologies rampant in our societ y … we have agency, we have choice, we have power, if we deal w ith the root cause of the issues of our day,” she said. “The differences in our societ y don’t have to end up in disparit y. We need to celebrate and honor our differences because they’re beautiful.”

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Keeping an ear out Lucy Lynch News Writer

I saw a tweet the other day from actor Kumail Nanjiani that really struck me. It read: “Shower thought: It’s not the songs I loved that really pull me back to a specific place in my life; it’s the songs I liked.”

In my final semester here at Notre Dame, like many other seniors, I have been trying especially hard to be reflective of my college experience. For me, that means taking the time to really appreciate my favorite spots on campus — going to the Main Building to review my college application to Notre Dame and honoring the traditions I’ve made with friends over the past four years.

When I read this tweet from Nanjiani, I realized I wanted to make note of all the songs and sounds that are tied to my memories from Notre Dame, too. His sentiment of “the songs I liked” really hit me— it’s those flash-in-the-pan sounds and melodies that truly take us back to a more specific and poignant place.

“Shipping Up to Boston,” for example. That’s a song that will never be as good without “Here Come the Irish” preceding it. When I think about this song, I’m not thinking about being at a Notre Dame football game, that’s too general. What I hear is the sound of thousands of students’ feet clamoring on a wooden and later, metal bench. I hear the sound of a wooden bench snapping because of the stomping and the sound of someone saying to me, “I’m so glad they’re going to put the old benches in Duncan Student Center.”

“Roses” by the Chainsmokers. Objectively, this song and most stuff by this “band” is total garbage but it brings me back to important memories of freshman year: meeting my friends and screaming our lungs out to this song. And of course, the failed proposed concert by the group as presented by Tilt. The concert never happened and the class of 2019 took to the social media app “Yik Yak” — rest in peace — to voice their opinions on the matter.

“Hall of Fame” by The Script and “Life is a Highway” by the Rascal Flatts. This is a pretty ‘me’ specific one. When my friends and I decided not to study abroad junior year, we vowed to do a “Midwest abroad” and explore the great sites in our area. This included a visit to the RV Motor Home Hall of Fame in Elkhart one Saturday morning. We loved seeing all the historic RVs and we played these two tunes on the ride back, laughing the whole way home.

There are so many other songs and specific sounds that remind me of my experience at Notre Dame. It has become somewhat of a cliche to say “the people make the place.”

While I think that cliche is true, I challenge students to spend the next four months keeping an ear out for the songs and sounds that many would consider an insignificant memory — it might be the Notre Dame moment you love the most.

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Student Government response to Columbus murals decision In a recent email to the student body, Fr. Jenkins stated his intention to cover the controversial Gregorian murals hanging in Main Building. As student government leaders, we support Fr. Jenkins’ nuanced approach to this complex issue, and applaud his decision.

It is undeniably difficult to judge art produced hundreds of years ago by today’s societal standards. And we acknowledge, as Fr. Jenkins did in his letter, that the concept of celebrating persecuted immigrant Catholics is a deeply worthy one. However, the insensitive content of the murals — and their front-and-center prominence in Notre Dame’s most iconic building — renders them untenably problematic. These murals send the wrong message to prospective students, visitors and members of our community.

We are proud of the many students and faculty — particularly the Native American Student

Association — who lobbied hard for change on this important issue. We commend them for the dedication they showed in passionately pursuing their goal.

This is an important reminder that unified, devoted groups of students are capable of affecting change on our campus.

Gates McGavick student body president Corey Gayheart student body vice president Briana Tucker student government chief of staff Jan. 20

On Covington Catholic Patrick McKelvey With the Current

We all know who George Wallace is. The four-term governor of Alabama is one of the most infamous figures in 20th-century American politics. He is the face of the anti-civil rights movement, shouting in his inaugural address “segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever.” In June of 1963, he organized the Stand in the Schoolhouse Door. The governor blocked the doors of the University of Alabama, standing in the way of the university’s first four black students attempting to make their way to class. President Kennedy then federalized the Alabama National Guard, who forcibly removed Wallace from the door. At the time, Wallace was venerated by some as a national hero. Today, he looks like a bigoted fool.

This weekend, a number of demonstrations occurred in Washington, including the March for Life, a yearly rally organized by anti-abortion activists. A number of students from Covington Catholic — a high school in Covington, Kentucky — attended the march. On Jan. 19, video surfaced of a confrontation between these students and members of the Indigenous People’s March.

The video shows Nathan Phillips, an elder with the Omaha tribe and Vietnam veteran, beating a drum as he faces a white teenaged boy in a “Make America Great Again” hat. The boy stands with a smug look on his face, though he fails to keep up eye contact with Phillips.

Other students around the two mock Native traditions with screams and “tomahawk chops.” Though not on video, Phillips states the students shouted “Build the wall” to him and other Natives present. Any wall, of course, would be ineffective against the people that have lived here for thousands of years — but I guess that fact was lost on them.

The parallels between the students’ actions and Wallace’s Stand in the Schoolhouse Door are uncanny.

A white man blocks the path of a person of color, quite literally stands in the way of his progress. The surrounding students harass the minority persons, reminding them — whether through direct action or dirty looks — that they are unwelcome. The video demonstrates that the same tactics used by white mobs in the 1960s are just as effective and unnerving today.

It demonstrates that the hate, the stupidity that fueled Wallace and those like him is alive and well in America nearly sixty years later.

When one looks at Covington Catholic’s profile, the attitudes of its students are less surprising. The school

is located in a wealthy suburb of Cincinnati. Tuition is nearly $10,000 a year. Before the school removed its faculty directory from its website, Twitter users uncovered that the entire 80-person faculty is white. Jake Walter, a former basketball player at the school, has been accused of rape multiple times and was registered as a juvenile sex offender in 2018. Walter’s victims were taken to the hospital and were identified as having bruises and multiple lacerations. He “dismissed the victim by laughing at her and telling her that she would be fine.” Walter was still allowed to walk in the school’s graduation ceremony.

It’s obvious how this sort of conduct is normalized at a school like Covington. Almost everyone looks the same. Almost everyone dresses the same, talks the same, thinks the same. The “other” is easily demonized. Anyone who does not appear exactly the same as the student body is an outsider, or a threat. It is the duty of the school, then, to educate its students on just how different the real world is from their comfortable corridors. It is their job to help them understand the plight of some people in America, to make them see diversity is a strength, that by interacting with other cultures we gain a clearer understanding of ourselves and of humanity.

In this regard, Covington Catholic has failed.

It is perhaps a little known fact that Governor Wallace repented of his role in the fight against civil rights. He was shot in 1972, confined to a wheelchair and immense pain for the rest of his life. When he later visited a Baptist church in Montgomery, he spoke to the congregation. “I have learned what suffering means,” he said.

“In a way that was impossible, I think I can understand something of the pain black people have come to endure. I know I contributed to that pain, and I can only ask forgiveness.”

I don’t know that Wallace deserved forgiveness. I don’t know that the students of Covington do, either.

But in seeking forgiveness, Wallace demonstrated that we are not confined to the sins of our past. The students at Covington can be better. We can be better. We’re all capable of change. And we all have to remember that.

Patrick McKelvey splits his time between being a college junior and a grumpy old man. A New Jersey native and American studies major, he plans on pursuing 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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LETTER TO THE EDITOR

We need more women’s jerseys Dear Editor, This weekend, I went to the [Hammes] Bookstore to buy a ND women’s basketball jersey. The clerk said there were no women’s basketball jerseys. I also checked the Internet. I can buy men’s basketball jerseys, football jerseys and cheerleader outfits. It’s not fair that I can’t buy my favorite team.

The women’s team won the national

championship. I think a lot of girls would buy a jersey. I think [athletic director] Jack Swarbrick should sell women’s jerseys for kids. More kids would cheer for the women’s team if they had jerseys.

P.S. Amelia met Arike [Ogunbowale] on Sunday at the game and the team gave her a wonderful gift of a custom-made women’s basketball jersey.

But she still wants all the kids to have a chance to buy their own jersey.

Amelia Joan Connolly Maplewood, N.J. age 6 Jan. 20

Mike Connolly Amelia’s father class of 2002

We’re not racist! Remember Fr. Ted? Andrew Lischke Yeah, It’s An Act in Progress(ivism)

Hanging on the wall of LaFortune Student Center is (what seems like) a decades old mosaic.

Yellowed by the nox ious fumes of Subway and what is certainly stains from the occasional — and utterly tragic — 3 a.m. quarter dog mishap, the mosaic depicts two prett y famous men, arms linked, faces stoic in their resolve. It’s an iconic photograph for anyone familiar w ith the lore of Notre Dame’s beloved Fr. Theodore Hesburgh.

Fr. Ted and Martin Luther King, Jr., despite racial and religious differences, stand arm-in-arm as a force united against the ev ils of segregation and racial discrimination.

Since this iconic moment was caught on camera some 50-odd years ago, Notre Dame has made sure that ever yone knows about its ex istence. In all honest y, the marketing crew has been working overtime to prosely tize the ideal enshrined in such a photograph. It seems that, on campus, ever y event that even remotely relates to race in the United States is accompanied by some sort of artistic rendering of this event.

Even all Notre Dame promotional v ideos harken back to this photograph. It’s almost as popular a stor y as the time Notre Dame students beat the KKK to a purpled pulp in 1924. But, Fr. Ted’s signal of solidarit y occurred in 1964. Looking at the state of black and brow n students at Notre Dame today, though, the question begs: W hat happened?

As a white man, I don’t presume to speak for the experience of black and brow n Domers. For this reason, I w ill only refer to statistics and stories of which I have firsthand knowledge. It is not my intent to make the black experience at Notre Dame monolithic. The experiential variation of black and brow n Domers is certainly vast.

Blackness is not a monolith — certainly this is also true at a predominantly white institution.

There are, however, a few trends on campus that suggest the photograph in question truly ser ves

as an antidote for pro-black sentiment. These trends show that rather than due to a genuine affection for these past events and understanding of their significance, Notre Dame’s marketing team uses the icon as a propaganda tool of sorts. As an antidote to any excessive pro-black sentiment. As a distraction from a legitimate discussion of issues facing black students at Notre Dame today. As an aggressive call of “this institution can’t possibly be racist … we couldn’t possibly neglect our black and brow n students — look at this picture ! Don’t you remember Fr. Ted? ” Is there something more sinister behind Notre Dame marketing’s obsession w ith this event? Is the black communit y at Notre Dame neglected?

A few disturbing facts and anecdotes point to a neglect of sorts being the truth. The first is that Notre Dame’s black population sits at 3.5 percent. That’s compared to an average (for doctoral universities) of 8.1 percent. The fact that black students choose not to come to Notre Dame (or, even worse, are possibly pushed away from attending Notre Dame for a litany of reasons) shows that there is something w rong in the way Notre Dame caters to its black population. Maybe the marketing team, by hailing to a past time when Notre Dame sat at the forefront of racial issues in the United States, is tr y ing to increase this abysmal 3.5 percent. Maybe the answer really is that simple and innocent.

But, then again, maybe not. Notre Dame’s tuition is astronomical. Its tradition is hegemonically white. Its black enrollment, microscopically low. Not to mention highly Catholic (a religion that is notorious for spreading the prosperit y gospel to black and brow n regions only to enslave and exploit colonial populations and resources). It seems that it would be difficult for a black or brow n Domer to truly feel at home in a place where white kids scream the n-word at parties unchecked; where the only talk of Black Lives Matter is discussed through the narrative that Planned Parenthood is a form of genocide targeted at decimating the impoverished black

communit y; where the majorit y of black students bring in millions of dollars in entertainment value through the athletics department and see ver y little of that money manifested in Multicultural Student Programs and Ser v ices (MSPS); where black students are forced to leave campus for a haircut (or, if they’re luck y, toss a friend a few bucks for a trim); where class discussion of any issue remotely related to race automatically prompts the dreaded professorial interrogation of black students (‘*insert name here*, why don’t you give us the black perspective? ’); where a missing black student in class never goes unnoticed.

Again, I want to reiterate that I cannot speak for the black communit y at Notre Dame. I cannot pretend to know. For that reason, I implore any black readers offended at any thing in this article to shoot me an email. Let me know. I’m always learning and am open to any and all criticism.

That being said however, it seems that Fr. Ted arm-in-arm w ith MLK is nothing but a marketing ploy. Maybe it’s time to retire the adage. Maybe it’s time for Notre Dame to make legitimate efforts to increase its black and brow n population and change the Notre Dame culture. This requires more than simply throw ing money at the issue. As a universit y, our answer to issues faced

by American minorit y groups has been loud, has been — in the past.

Before he was assassinated, Martin Luther King Jr. said “I fear that I have integrated my people into a burning house.” It’s clear, now, that he wasn’t w rong. I fear that, as a member of this beloved institution, we are watching this house burn idle. It’s time for Notre Dame to truly walk the walk. It’s time for Notre Dame to start spraying water.

Drew is an award-winning alcohol evangelist, recovering coffee addict, finger drumming enthusiast and big-time social justice guy. He loves receiving both fan and hate mail- send it his way at alischke@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: Pay more attention to important relationships, your health and how you present who you are and what you can do. Turn this year into one of personal growth, enlightenment and striving to reach higher standards and professional goals. Leave the past behind you, and focus on the moment and what life has to offer. Change begins within. Your numbers are 1, 5, 18, 26, 34, 42, 47.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Learn from mistakes, and consider the best way to improve what you have to offer. An act of kindness will make you feel good as well as make a difference to someone struggling. Romance is highlighted.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Refuse to let emotions get in the way of your responsibilities. A problem can be fixed if you are open about what you want to see happen. Be the one to make a difference, not the one to cause concern.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): If you want change, make it happen. Refuse to let someone bully you or lead you astray. Make your home a safe place where you can chill and enjoy time spent with family and friends. Focus on relationships and personal improvements.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Step outside your comfort zone and see what life has to offer. Look at possible partnerships and how you can work alongside someone who will contribute as much as you do. Avoid a risky venture or making an impulsive purchase.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): A playful, energetic attitude will lead to success.

Network and socialize with people who are as enthusiastic as you are, and good things will transpire. Personal improvements will boost your morale and make you irresistible. Love is in the air.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Don’t mince words when dealing with youngsters or seniors trying to take advantage of you. Set a standard that will ensure everyone stays in line and takes care of his or her responsibilities. It’s time to take charge and be responsible.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): You may want change, but some of the people your choices will affect may not. Get the go-ahead before you make a move that may cause havoc. Concentrate on personal growth and improvements, not trying to change others.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Look at all sides of a situation and you’ll come up with a plan that will encourage others to pitch in and help. Don’t let someone from your past cause problems that will upset your current friendships or a love relationship.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): You’ll attract plenty of attention. Put your energy into something constructive. Fixing up your personal space to suit some of the projects you want to pursue will help push you in the right direction. Physical improvement is favored.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): You’ll face opposition if you are too vocal about what you plan to do. Focus on perfecting your plans before you decide to share. Someone will take advantage of you or steal your idea if you are too transparent.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Put your best foot forward. Partnerships, professional gains and personal change are within reach. Enthusiasm and following through with your promises will lead to greater opportunities and the chance to earn your living doing something you enjoy.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Channel your energy wisely. You can get into wan argument or you can make good use of your time. Helping others can be good for the soul and offer insight into a situation you have been avoiding.

Observation will be enlightening.

Birthday Baby: You are energetic, open-minded and fair. You are sensitive and compassionate.

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NBA | 76ers 121, rockets 93

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Ranking each presidential pitch Lucas Masin-Moyer Assistant Managing Editor

About a month ago, my parents sent me a list I made at age 6 of the top 25 things I liked. It’s quite an eclectic list that showed early signs of self-confidence (I ranked “me” at No. 7), a love for sports (baseball and the Yankees clocked in at No. 16 and No. 17 respectively) and a strange fascination with presidents (a big shoutout to Zachary Taylor for just squeaking in at No. 24).

In the intervening 15 or so years, not much as changed about my interests, so instead of going ahead and writing a piece on the NFL conference championships or something else more timely, I’m going to spend the next 500 or so words going ahead and just rank the presidential first pitches.

A few important criteria before we start. First, I’m only looking at the last six former presidents as before these men held the office, presidents didn’t head to the mound to throw out the first pitch, rather just throwing the ball into a group of players from both teams. Nixon, ever playing loose with the rules, once just threw the ball into the crowd.

Second, President Trump will not be ranked as he still has anywhere from one to six years to improve his standing.

Third, this list will be exclusively based on a compilation I found on YouTube which will be linked in the online version of this story. Finally, there’s no real objective measures here, really just looking at the je ne sais quoi of each pitch. And with that, let’s begin.

due to some strength gained building homes for the poor around the world. This pitch proves there’s really nothing Jimmy Carter can’t do in his post-presidency.

3. Barack Obama This is a really average effort from one of our top-10 most athletic presidents, though admittedly Obama’s strengths lay more in basketball than baseball. In the opening game of the 2009 All-Star Game in St. Louis, Obama threw on his iconic mom jeans and lobbed one right down the middle to a cheering crowd. I do appreciate the absolute gaul he had to wear a White Sox jacket to the game when the team ended the year 79-83 and did not send a single starter to that season’s All-Star Game.

4. Bill Clinton There’s really not much to say about this pitch. In a very 90s jacket and hat combo at an Orioles game in 1996, Clinton did with the ball what he did with the Democratic Party — initially taking it to great heights before sadly crashing back to the center.

5. Ronald Reagan Reagan gets major deductions here for one main reason during his first pitch at a Cubs game in 1988 — the catcher was standing a good couple yards in front of the plate. I realize he was, at the time, 77 years old, but when you have a nickname like “The Gipper,” you can’t take the easy way out on the first pitch.

6. George H.W. Bush

2. Jimmy Carter

You would think that someone who captained the Yale baseball team and has an iconic photo with Babe Ruth would be a contender for the top spot but sadly, the elder Bush’s throw at an Orioles game in 1989 leaves a lot to be desired.

Bush was as quick in and out of this public appearance as he was with Kuwait, walking briskly up to the mound before turning and throwing the ball almost above the head of a standing catcher before quickly leaving the mound.

At least in this instance, H.W. was far outclassed by his son.

This is the best actual pitch of the lot as the 39th president, back in Atlanta for the 1995 World Series between the Braves and Cleveland, throws an absolute scorcher to home likely

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1. George W. Bush There are admittedly not many lists relating to the presidency that George W. Bush ranks near the top of, but the first pitch he threw to kick off the 2001 World Series in New York is certainly deserving of the top spot.

The pitch itself is fine, right down the middle to the catcher. But the moment makes this pitch — in New York, a month post-9/11 and set against one of the most iconic venues in American sports. It might just give you goosebumps.

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Embiid’s 32 points lift Philly over Houston Associated Press

PHILADELPHIA — Joel Embiid had 32 points and 14 rebounds to lead the Philadelphia 76ers past fellow MV P contender James Harden and the Houston Rockets 121-93 on Monday night.

Harden, selected Western Conference player of the week on Monday, finished w ith 37 points — giv ing him 20 straight games w ith at least 30.

Philadelphia played w ithout four-time A llStar Jimmy Butler (sore right w rist), and Embiid more than made up for his absence.

Embiid was questionable before the game with lower back soreness and coach Brett Brown hinted during pregame it might be best for the Philadelphia big man to sit this one out. Embiid clearly had other intentions.

His 24 first-half points

helped Philadelphia to a 65-50 halftime lead, and he punctuated an entertaining opening 24 minutes by pinning Harden’s lay up attempt with 7.5 seconds left for a crowd-pleasing block.

The duo had to be separated with 38.7 seconds left in the half, with each being issued a technical, after Harden took exception to Embiid’s foul on him.

The 76ers broke the game open in a dominant third quarter as they outscored Houston 29-13 to take a 94-63 advantage into the fourth. Ben Simmons stole Harden’s pass, made a lay up and finished a three-point play after being fouled by Harden to make it 73-52.

The lead kept growing, getting as large as 31.

Harden had 10 points in the third but missed four of six field goal tries as the 76ers hounded him defensively with double-teams and different looks. A

tired-looking Harden’s air ball with 12.3 seconds left in the third showed the effects of the Philadelphia defense — and, perhaps, Harden’s offensive work load.

With the game out of range, Harden sat in the fourth.

Corey Brewer frustrated Harden for part of the night.

On a 10-day contract, Brewer replaced Butler in the starting lineup and was tasked with guarding Harden. Brewer was a gnat for the first 24 minutes, following Harden wherever he went. Harden took exception to Brewer guarding him without the ball 80 feet from the basket, pushing the 76ers for ward behind the play. Harden wasn’t called for a foul on that play, but picked up his third with 29.1 seconds left in the first half when he shoved Brewer away — again causing the sold-out crowd to erupt in cheers.

NHL | Predators 4, avalanche 1

Laviolette hits 600th career win in Colorado Associated Press

DENVER — Pek ka Rinne stopped a penalty shot in making 35 saves and the Nashville Predators knocked off the reeling Colorado Avalanche 4-1 on Monday to help Peter Laviolette capture win No. 600 of his NHL coaching career.

Nick Bonino and Viktor Ar vidsson scored 1:34 apart in the second period, while Roman Josi added another and Ryan Ellis contributed a late empty-netter from deep in his zone. The Predators maintained their master y of the Avalanche, beating their Central Division rivals for a 12th time over the last 13 regular-season meetings.

A lexander Kerfoot had the lone goal for an Avalanche squad that’s dropped five of seven.

Rinne’s biggest save came on a penalty shot by Matt Nieto in the second period to keep the game scoreless.

Bonino soon followed by lining a shot between the pads of Semyon Varlamov.

The Predators are 23-2-1 when scoring first.

Colorado was coming off a 7-1 win over Los Angeles on Saturday in which the team tied a franchise record with six goals in the second period. The scoring spree didn’t carr y over. The Avs haven’t won two straight games since late November.

Rinne bounced back from a recent rough stretch to earn the win. He’s now 258-2 in his career against the Avalanche.

Laviolette, in his fifth season with Nashville, became the 20th coach in league histor y to reach 600 victories.

With his team down a man because of a penalty, Nieto had a breakaway early in the second period when he was hit on the hands by Bonino. Awarded a penalty shot, Nieto was stuffed as Rinne extended his right pad.

Moments later, Bonino scored his 100th NHL goal.

Ar vidsson then increased the lead with his 11th goal in 14 games since returning

from a broken thumb.

Kerfoot made it 2-1 with a tip-in at 16:43 of the second period, but Josi quickly restored the two-goal cushion by lifting a shot over Varlamov following a pinpoint pass from Austin Watson.

The first period was filled with plenty of pushing and a few punches. Things got a little heated when Watson took offense to Avalanche defenseman Nikita Zadorov delivering a big hit on a teammate. Watson challenged Zadorov to drop the gloves, and they squared off before being separated and sent to the penalty box.

Nieto agitated the Predators later in the period when he stopped in front of Rinne, sending a spray of ice into the goaltender’s face.

Avalanche A ll-Star forward Mik ko Rantanen returned after sitting out the third period against the Los Angeles Kings with a lower-body injur y. He said at practice Sunday that “ever y thing is fine.”

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State stayed strong down the stretch to maintain its lead and walk away a narrow 77-73 victory. Leading the way for the Irish throughout the day were freshman guard Dane Goodwin, who tied his career high with 19 points — including 17 in the second half — as well as junior forward John Mooney who tallied his ACCbest 10th double-double of the season. Junior guard T.J. Gibbs added 13 points and five assists.

Irish head coach Mike Brey noted the strong play he’s gotten out of a short bench, particularly the play of Goodwin, who was put in the starting lineup on Saturday.

“That is something to grow on there. For him, he needs to be aggressive, and that is probably the first ACC game where’s been aggressive and felt a part of it,” Brey said.

“We started him and maybe that helped him, but man I love that he hunted his shot and drive and was active, so

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Dame simply hasn’t had the consistency in performances.

While the Irish lost games last year, they never lost 9-1.

But, in all fairness, it’s not very fair to compare the Irish this season to what they had last year. W hile Notre Dame has proven in recent history that it has the talent to reload quickly, this year the Irish had to rebuild in several key areas, with seniors like offensive guru Jake Evans and defensive

we want to build on that.”

Looking ahead to Tuesday night, the Irish will have a tough test as they head into McCamish Pavilion. The Yellow Jackets (10-8, 2-3) sit at 2-3 on the season in conference play, so both teams will be looking for a much needed win. Brey said he recognizes the challenge his team faces.

“We play a really good team who is hard to score on, and we have a hard time scoring, so that is a bad recipe right now. They don’t necessarily score it a lot, but they really guard you,” Brey said of Georgia Tech. “For us, we’re going to have to make some threes over the top because they have a shot blocker back there in [James] Banks who’s [Juwan] Durham-like.

We have got to get some rest tomorrow, and we’ve got to practice for 30 minutes on Monday and then go battle again.”

As Brey alluded during his press conference after the loss to North Carolina State, the offense has struggled shooting the ball as of recent, something the program has

traditionally done well under Brey. Now in his 19th season, the Irish head coach is hoping his team can find its rhythm moving forward this year.

“It has been very frustrating for me to not be able to find an offensive rhythm consistently because I think we have some skilled offensive guys out there that are getting looks, and we just haven’t been able to do it,” Brey said. “It just puts so much pressure on your defense … even the other night at North Carolina we hold them to a 38 percent field goal [percentage]. Our defense was really good, but getting into the 70s for us, we should have a parade … so that’s frustrating and we have to keep helping them. If our guys have open looks, we have got to take them. We’ve got nothing to lose.”

Notre Dame and Georgia Tech will get underway Tuesday night at 7 p.m. as the Irish hope to back on track in conference play.

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Irish freshman guard Prentiss Hubb dribbles the ball through the lane on Nov. 2 at Purcell Pavilion during Notre Dame’s 67-56 win.

stalwarts Jordan Gross and Justin Wade graduating, and with then-juniors Andrew Oglevie and Dennis Gilbert leaving early for the NHL. The exodus left the Irish short of experience on both ends of the ice, with only four seniors on the roster to start the year. W hen forward Joe Wegwerth went down with a season-ending knee injury earlier this season, it hurt that much more.

Instead, two years ago might be the better source of inspiration.

In 2016, Notre Dame wrapped up its first half of

the season with a scintillating 3-2 home win over then-No. 3 Boston College. It was the performance of the season up to the point, as the Irish hadn’t done a whole lot to write home about. But instead of spark a secondhalf run that would seal Notre Dame’s trip to the national tournament, it simply was a glimpse of what was to come. After break, the Irish still couldn’t string together performances, and were ranked No. 12 in January. A month later, the team sat at 15th in the polls with only two regular season series to

go.

But then, Jeff Jackson’s team got hot at exactly the right time, and started playing real competitive hockey against top competition.

Even after UMass Lowell knocked them out of the Hockey East semifinals, the Irish managed to return the favor in the NCA A Regional, and improbably made it to the Frozen Four as a No. 4 seed.

For Notre Dame to have a chance at making a postseason run, the team needs to get past the shadow of last year’s regular season

dominance, and instead focus on making sure the best hockey gets played in March. For as good as the play was last season, it did feel like the Irish hit topgear a bit too early.

So while the regular season matters, Notre Dame should be focused less on defending its conference title, and more on doing some damage in April.

After all, the trophy cabinet is still missing a national championship.

M Tennis

Saturday. If they w in, the Irish could get the chance to test their skill against No. 13 Ok lahoma on ITA Kickoff Weekend, right before ACC play begins Februar y 1 when No. 17 Virginia comes to South Bend.

With spring play now officially under way, Sachire outlined t wo main goals for the 2019 season.

“The majorit y of this group was here last year, and I thought we did a lot of good things,” Sachire said. “This year we are determined to take another step as a program. Specifically, we want to play for an ACC championship at the end of the year and establish ourselves as a top ten team. I think we have the abilit y to do so, but, at the same time, we’ve got to continue to come together as a group and each guy has to take some ow nership over his game.”

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Irish senior captain Alex Lebedev, returns a serve at Eck Tennis Pavilion during Notre Dame’s 4-0 loss to North Carolina on Feb. 16. Lebedev played No. 1 singles in the match, but was unable to come out on top.

t wo sets.

W hen asked about standout performances, Sachire stated that Lebedev and Nef ve’s w ins were especially notable. “[Lebedev’s] opponent … was one of the best players in the countr y and was consistently ranked in the top ten in the nation last year,” Sachire said. “For A lex to beat him, I don’t think it was a huge surprise, but I think the decisiveness and doing it on Kentuck y’s courts … was significant for our team.

A xel Nef ve, in his first dual match in college, battling the way he did and ultimately clinching the match was significant for our freshman, who have never been in that situation before.”

Looking ahead, Notre Dame travels to Norman, Ok lahoma to compete against Vanderbilt on

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sport of track and field where it often times doesn’t evolve to that until championship season, it’s good for us to get a good competitive meet in.”

Joining Notre Dame and Louisville at the five team meet were Illinois State, Central Michigan and Loyola (Ill.), and the Irish saw strong performances put up all across the board. Both the men and women’s distance squads led the way by sweeping three events — the men’s mile as well as both the men and women’s 3,000 meters. In addition to sweeping the 3,000 meters, the women also secured six of the seven best times.

Freshmen Jackie Gaughan led the way with a time of 9:32, followed by fellow freshmen Maddy Denner, who made her home debut. Denner only just joined her twin sister Elena at Notre Dame after she decided not to run for Michigan after her first semester there, and finished with a time of 9:35.48. The men’s team was also able to sweep the 3,000 meters and secure six of the top seven spots. Sophomore Kevin Salvano led the men by finishing in 8:16.43, followed closely by freshmen teammates Amani Morrell (8:16.77) and Zach Kreft (8:17.05), Sophomore Brendan

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Fraser finished fourth with a time of 8:17.93. Coach Sparks said he was impressed with Salvano’s toughness and complimented the sophomore for his effort.

“You know, for a kid who had hamstring surgery two years ago at this time and questioned if he could ever run again, he stepped up to get the win in the [3,000 meters] today and it really finished the meet on a good note for us. It sort of all built up to that moment where Kevin could come out and perform the way he did. That really caught my eye today,” Sparks said.

The sprints team also registered stellar performances. Junior Jernaya Sharp won the ladies 60 meter hurdle finals with a time of 8.47. Fellow junior Grace Cronin, who worked her way through the preliminary races to compete in the 60 meter hurdle finals, finished third with a time of 8.66.

Junior Madysen Hunter finished the women’s 200 meter dash with a time of 25.52. The women’s 4x400 meter relay comprising of Cronin, Hunter, Summer Thorpe and Sharp finished second with a time of 3:48.68.

The Irish travel to Bloomington this weekend to compete in the Indiana Relays. The two-day event will start on Friday and conclude the following day.

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Irish junior Naya Sharp sprints out of the blocks at Loftus Sports Center on Feb. 2. Sharp won the women’s 60-meter hurdles at the Notre Dame Invitational on Saturday, clocking in at 8.47 seconds.

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2016 team could offer inspiration Tobias Hoonhout Managing Editor

Well, it’s getting close to that time of year for Notre Dame.

Jeff Jackson’s squad got back on the right track this past weekend with four points against rival Wisconsin following a win and an overtime draw that pushed Notre Dame (13-8-2, 6-6-1 Big Ten) to third place in the conference standings with just six opponents to go in the regular season.

Sitting currently at No. 11 in the national rankings, the Irish aren’t exactly on thin ice, but they aren’t exactly off it either.

It’s certainly a different narrative than last season, which saw the team run away with the Big Ten title by riding a 13-game win streak to the regular season conference title, the postseason

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conference title and the program’s second-straight trip to the Frozen Four. Last year, while there were question marks early on, things just seemed to click into place for the Irish as conference play got underway.

But this time around, it hasn’t been as smooth sailing.

While junior Cale Morris is still the reigning Richter Award-winner and boasts a .924 save percentage this season, he hasn’t shown the same level of consistent dominance, with only one shutout against a ranked opponent this season: an early-season 3-0 win over Providence.

In many ways, Morris epitomizes Notre Dame’s up-anddown season.

At times, the team has shown flashes of what it had last year. But on the big stage, against other top opponents like Minnesota Duluth, Ohio State and Penn State, Notre see HOCKEY PAGE 10

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Irish freshman guard Robby Carmody reaches across an opponent during Notre Dame’s 76-54 victory over Central State on Nov. 1.

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The Irish hosted the Notre Dame Invitational this Saturday inside Loftus Sports Center. The men’s team faced their first ACC matchup of the season against the Louisville Cardinals, with both squads earning 126 points to tie for first place. The women’s team, however, was not able to hold off Louisville, as the Cardinals put up 145.5 points to Notre Dame’s 121.

Following a strong showing at Purdue’s Gene Edmonds Open last weekend, Irish head coach Matt Sparks noted how he was impressed with the team coming together as a whole.

“Really, this is first meet we’ve had our entire track team compete. We had small groups competing last week at Purdue but this is the first time we’ve really come together as a team to compete for a small but competitive meet,” Sparks said. “It was good to see the team supporting each other in a scored meet and in our

The No. 18 Irish handed Kentuck y its first loss of the season Saturday in Lex ington, Kentuck y.

Coming off a strong fall season, the Irish looked to set the tone for the spring and did so by earning a 5-2 v ictor y over the home Wildcats.

Irish head coach Ryan Sachire noted his team’s composure in their opening match of the spring campaign.

“In general, our team handled adversit y and big moments … prett y well given the fact that it was the first match of the year,” he said.

“There is a tendency to get a little tight and not play your best in the biggest moments, and our team did a prett y good job of avoiding that.”

In doubles, the Irish (10) cruised to v ictor y as senior Grayson Broadus and junior Matt Gamble beat their Wildcat opponents 6-1.

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Tuesday evening, the Notre Dame men’s basketball team will aim to improve on its tough start in ACC play when the squad make the trip to Atlanta for a matchup against Georgia Tech. This marks the 18th time the two programs have met, with the Yellow Jackets leading the all-time series 10-8.

The Irish (11-7, 1-4 ACC) are coming off a close home loss this past Saturday when No. 17 North Carolina State came to town. Notre Dame hung around throughout the first half and went into the break down just two points to the Wolfpack (15-3, 3-2). This came in large part thanks to a strong 10-4 run to end the half and some solid shooting from 3. In the second half, the Irish were only able to get as close as a one point deficit with roughly 13 minutes remaining, but NC

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Irish sophomore Yared Nuguse strides ahead in a straightaway at Loftus Sports Center at the Blue and Gold Invite on Nov. 30.

Ciamarra and sophomore Tristan McCormick locked up the doubles point as they earned a 6-3 w in, giv ing Notre Dame an early 1-0 lead in the contest.

Singles play began w ith senior A lex Lebedev handling Wildcat senior Ryo Matsumura in t wo sets, earning the Irish another point. However, Kentuck y’s senior captain Enzo Wallart would lead a comeback for the Wildcats (3-1) by w inning his match 6-4, 6-2 against Ciamarra. However, Notre Dame was able to stop Kentuck y’s momentum as McCormick overcame an early deficit to w in his contest in the fourth set.

Freshman A xel Nef ve and junior Guillermo Cabrera secured v ictor y for the Irish by w inning in three and t wo sets in their respective matches. Kentuck y earned a final point w ith sophomore Kento Yamada beating sophomore William Howells in see M TENNIS PAGE 10