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University revokes McCarrick’s degree Notre Dame responds to results of Vatican’s canonical trial of former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick Observer Staff Report

Notre Dame is rescinding former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick’s honorary degree, the administration announced in a statement Saturday.

The decision comes in response to the results of the Vatican’s canonical trial, which defrocked McCarrick on Saturday after finding he had broken his vows as a priest by sexually abusing minors and adults.

“The Vatican has announced the conclusion of the adjudicatory process against former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, finding that he transgressed his vows, used his power to abuse both minors and adults and

violated his sacred duty as a priest,” the statement said.

“In accord with University President Rev. John I. Jenkins’ statement of Aug. 2, 2018, the University of Notre Dame is rescinding the honorary degree conferred in 2008.”

The revocation announcement also comes after institutions including Fordham University, Catholic University of America and the University of Portland — a fellow Congregation of the Holy Cross institution — rescinded honorary degrees from McCarrick.

Claims of McCarrick’s sexual abuse were brought forth in June following a report the Archdiocese of New York received. A review board of the New York Archdiocese found

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the accusations to be “credible and substantiated,” and McCarrick resigned from his position at the Pope’s request later that month.

However, Notre Dame initially held off on revoking McCarrick’s degree, the honorary degree of law awarded to him when he delivered the University Commencement address in 2008, in anticipation of the trial’s verdict.

“W hile the University finds the alleged actions reprehensible and has no reason to question the review board’s findings, it recognizes that McCarrick maintains his innocence and that a final decision in the case will come only after a canonical trial in Rome,” University President Fr. John Jenkins said in the

The Junior Parents Weekend festivities began with a gala Friday night in the Duncan Student Center to welcome families to campus.

By SOPHIA LAUBER News Writer

This past weekend, parents of Notre Dame juniors f looded campus for Junior Parents Weekend (JPW ), a deep-rooted tradition in the Notre Dame community that

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has taken place annually ever since the first “ParentSon Day” was held in 1953.

The weekend kicked off with a gala Friday night in the Duncan Student Center, which featured music, food, see JPW PAGE 3

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Cosby was found guilty April 27 of penetration with lack of consent, penetration while unconscious and penetration after administering an intoxicant in a case brought forward by former Temple University employee Andrea Constand. Constand — in a story similar to those of many of Cosby’s other accusers — said the actor and comedian drugged her in order to sexually assault her in 2004. She is one of more than 50 women who accused Cosby of sexual assault.

As with Cosby, Jenkins said in his earlier statement regarding McCarrick’s degree, the University would await the case’s conclusion see McCARRICK PAGE 4

SMC hosts STEM weekend for prospective students

By MARY MANSFIELD News Writer

As acceptance letters begin trickling in, the decision as to what college to attend looms large for high school seniors. For girls who dream of pristine lab coats and are filled with excitement at the prospect of computing indefinite integrals, Saint

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Aug. 2 statement.

The administration’s decision to wait for a final verdict from the canonical trial before rescinding McCarrick’s degree prompted members of the community and religious organizations to call for Jenkins to reverse his decision, and Monday, student senate voted unanimously in favor of a resolution for the degree’s revocation.

This is the second time the University has decided to rescind an honorary degree, the first being the honorary degree Bill Cosby received in 1990, and Jenkins pointed out in his Aug. 2 statement that “this action was taken only after judicial proceedings in criminal court concluded with a guilty verdict.”

Mary’s second annual STEM (science, technolog y, engineering and mathematics) Students Weekend provides an opportunity to experience campus firsthand and encounter the faculty, students and opportunities available to them at Saint Mary’s as STEM majors.

Senior Noreen Maloney, a chemistry and

environmental earth science major in the Dual Degree Engineering Program, said that the purpose of this weekend is, “to go beyond a normal tour.”

“W hen we look at STEM students now, everyone wants to make sure that they’re making the right choice see STEM PAGE 4

Saint Mary’s student body election campaign begins Observer Staff Report

Two tickets began their race for Saint Mary’s student body president and vice president at midnight Monday.

Juniors Terra Nelson and Olivia Allen and juniors Emma Schmidt and Andrea Ruiz-Montoya are running for student body president

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and vice president, senior and current student body president Madeleine Corcoran said.

The two tickets will campaign Monday through Wednesday, participating in a debate Wednesday night at 7 p.m. in Carroll Auditorium according to the 2019 student body election guidelines. Voting will take place

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Thursday, and the results will be announced Friday.

Nelson and Allen’s platform features several ideas that carry over from the current student government administration.

Among them include adding a Blinkie tracking feature to the Saint Mar y’s see CAMPAIGN PAGE 3

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Edith Stein Conference considers sense of self

By ERIN SWOPE News Writer

This past weekend, the Identit y Project of Notre Dame (idND) hosted the 2019 Edith Stein Project Conference, entitled “Arise: Restoring Identit y as Beloved.”

The name of the conference was inspired by Edith Stein, a German philosopher who lived from 1891 until her 1942 death in Auschw itz.

Born Jew ish, she became an atheist in her teenage years until she converted to Catholicism and became a religious sister. Senior conference co-chair Katherine Smith said Stein’s thoughts inf luenced Pope John Paul II, who also canonized her as a saint.

“We look to her as our patroness because first of all, the club was founded by women so just somebody to look up to as an academic,” Smith said. “But also, she is a saint. Her life was a w itness to holiness that we seek

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dancing, cash bars and opportunities for photographs and caricature draw ings.

Saturday’s events included academic programs, Mass and the President’s dinner.

The weekend concluded w ith a brunch Sunday in the Dahnke Ballroom.

This year was the second year that the Duncan Student Center was available for use for the event, so, while JPW executive chair junior Eric Kim said that the committee followed a lot of precedents established last year, there were also a few changes made to the gala.

The biggest of these changes being the decision to expand the opening gala to Corbett Family Hall.

“I believe that student activities and division of student affairs w ill do this again,” Kim said. “It definitely eased the traffic that

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to follow … I think she especially just had a great desire to share and know the truth and she talks a lot about truth and love always being connected. Our goal in looking to her is how can we share truth.”

Smith said this year’s gathering was focused on healing through God. “The goal of the conference was to focus on healing, specifically healing as restoring our identit y in God — w ith us as his sons and daughters created in love — and then also looking at our patroness Edith Stein,” Smith said. “Her thought and one of her big thesis dissertation topics was empathy. So, looking at empathy as a way to encourage healing in other people’s lives.

The whole goal of this is just to prov ide a space where people can come and learn about different aspects of healing and hopefully open a space in their ow n life for that healing and then open that space in other people’s

lives through that empathy.”

The conference featured several speakers talking about a w ide variet y of topics including Edith Stein’s empathy, mental health, disparities bet ween the rich and the poor, purgator y, the feminine genius and LGBTQ issues. The key note speaker was Jimmy Mitchell of Love Good, a subscription ser v ice created in 2013 to “promote media that transforms [consumers] from a passive consumer into a cultural inf luencer,” according to Love Good’s website.

“I was particularly grateful for our opening and closing speakers. Beth Hlabse’s ‘And my Soul Shall Be Healed’ set a beautiful thematic and personal tone for the conference,” senior Grace Enright, the other conference cochair, said in an email. “Fr. Nathan O’Halloran closed the conference w ith a presentation on his dissertation on the subject of purgator y, giv ing a mov ing

eschatological v ision to all of us attendees.”

The schedule for the Edith Stein Conference also included a pizza dinner, ice cream social, adoration, paper readings and Mass.

W hile the co-chairs worked diligently to make sure the event f lowed smoothly, not ever y thing went as planned, Enright said.

“Some difficulties we faced were hav ing last-minute cancellations of speakers, fundraising challenges and working to ensure that the conference always met the v ision we were attempting to embrace,” Enright said.

Senior Theresa Gallagher said she attended the conference due to its theme.

“I went because it’s just a beautiful place to ref lect on this year’s theme. … It’s so applicable. … There was beaut y in and of itself in the conversations,” Gallagher said.

The theme this

year which centered around healing was largely inspired by Smith’s experiences this past summer, Enright said. “[Smith] had been on a pilgrimage to Lourdes w ith her family and had spent a month w ith the Sisters of Life in New York Cit y, liv ing and sharing life w ith the sisters and the pregnant mothers, many of whom were among the most v ulnerable to the pressures of abortion,” Enright said. “The beautiful concept of healing through restoration of identit y was something that had followed [Smith] throughout the summer and that began coming up frequently in our personal conversations.

From our ow n experiences and w ith broader v iew of the Church and the world, we both felt that there was a serious need for discussion and ref lection on the subject of healing.”

Duncan had last year and improved the crowd control.”

Another notable change was the addition of more cash bars at the gala, a development that was implemented in response to complaints about the lengths of lines from last year.

With the improved f low of crowds, Friday night went smoothly except for a small incident w ith an elevator that got stuck. Kim said while he did not know the details of what happened, he saw a large group of people ex iting the elevator shouting w ith excitement.

“Someone told me they were stuck for an hour and 15 minutes or so,” he said. “It must’ve been claustrophobic.

Hopefully they made some good memories.”

Overall, Kim said that he believes the weekend is an “opportunity for junior parents to explore our spiritual, academic and social lifestyle here at Notre

Dame.”

The academic programs that took place Saturday morning gave parents an opportunity to experience their students’ academic lifestyle within the University, especially those in the College of Arts and Letters, junior Shady Girgis said in an email.

“I hope the parents that attended the Arts and Letters program got a good idea of what a true liberal arts education at Notre Dame looks like,” Girgis said. “A lso, I hope they realize the absolutely open world their children can explore upon graduation with the mentorship and guidance of the incredible faculty we have in the College of Arts and Letters.”

Another goal of this year’s committee was to carr y on the efforts of last year’s committee to make the weekend’s events affordable for more juniors, Kim said.

“Our main goal was to

establish more publicity with the Office of Student Enrichment, so in ever y email that we sent out before tickets sales, we incorporated the idea that financial assistance is available for students that are in need of it and that do want the assistance,” he said.

Kim said he believes this year’s committee was successful in increasing the number of students who applied for assistance.

Junior Takunda Ushe said he was originally not planning on having his parents attend JPW until his rector reached out to him and encouraged him to look into financial assistance. With the help of the Office of Student Enrichment, Ushe was able to have both his local host mom and his parents from South Africa attend JPW. Ushe said the weekend was a big deal for both him and his parents, who have never been to Notre

Dame or the United States before.

“I think I navigate between two worlds — my life before Notre Dame and my life at Notre Dame,” Ushe said. “To have those two worlds come together is just like ever y thing coming full circle for me. It still feels surreal. I would never think that I would have my parents walking down in front of the grotto or the main building. It’s just unthinkable.”

The weekend offered Ushe and many other junior students the opportunity to share with their parents the aspects of Notre Dame’s community that cannot fully be expressed in words, Ushe said.

“No one has told them about the whole educating not just the mind but also the soul — they just saw that for themselves,” Ushe said.

introducing several of their own new ideas. Building off of Nelson’s work this past year as a co-chair for the Student Government Association mission committee and introducing Lemonade and Le Mans Mass, the ticket hopes to expand signature masses to ever y residence halls. The ticket’s platform also plans to improve student life by

opening the Regina Hall parking lot to students and paving the grave parking lot, working with the College administration to offer midsemester town hall with Interim President Nancy Nekvasil and building community by reworking First Year Orientation.

Schmidt and Ruiz-Montoya also hope to develop a “This

Week at SMC” email and introduce a Blinkie tracking device for the Saint Mar y’s mobile app. The ticket also plans to implement several measures surrounding mental health, including having an on-call counselor and emergency hours at the Health and Counseling Center, according to their platform.

Schmidt and RuizMontoya’s other platform focal points include building better relations between students and Sodexo dining ser vices, improving safety measures such as the blue light emergency system, continuing sustainability initiatives and implementing Saturday night Masses.

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before making a final decision about McCarrick’s degree.

“While the allegations in this case are most grave, as they were in the case of Bill Cosby, we believe it respects not only the rights of those involved but also the adjudicatory process itself to allow that process to reach a conclusion before taking action,” Jenkins said in the statement.

On Nov. 9, Crux released an interview with Jenkins regarding McCarrick in which he said, “There’s a tendency, and I don’t think it’s a helpful tendency in this kind of situation, to turn the

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with their education,” Maloney said. “They want to know that they can be involved in different labs, research, small classes and get hands-on experience.”

These concerns are systematically addressed through tours and dinner with a social event to build a sense of community. Then, students participate in a STEM-intensive day with sessions that highlight current research at the College and provide an opportunity to

perpetrators into monsters. “[The tendency is] just to imagine that they are thoroughly corrupt people, but the problem is that it’s not true. It’s a part of their lives that is deeply problematic, but another part that is not. And that’s why it’s so hard to identify the problem, and sometimes, that person doesn’t seem to see the problem,” Jenkins said in the interview Nov. 5.

Jenkins came under fire for his remarks, with second-year law student Deion Kathawa writing in a Nov. 9 Letter to the Editor to The Observer that “Fr. Jenkins demonstrated clearly that he either doesn’t recognize that evil stalks our world — which is extremely awkward given that he is a Catholic

priest — or that he is is willfully blind to it.

“There is nothing ‘complex’ about what has happened here at all,” Kathawa continued in his letter. “Priests, who are commanded to tend to their parishioners as a shepherd to his flock — caring for them, accompanying them in their joys and sorrows, witnessing as Christ to them as they journey to their eternal home and protecting them — sexually abused the most vulnerable in their charge, children and men like McCarrick, when they weren’t debasing themselves by abusing others, systematically covered it up.”

Fr. Steve Newton defended Jenkins in a Nov. 12 response to Kathawa’s letter.

“There is more to the Church than the Church Militant,” Newton wrote. “Fr. Jenkins has withheld a decision to revoke former Cardinal McCarrick’s honorary degree until he is found guilty by a canonical court. That is his prerogative. He further cautioned about describing any sinner a monster. He avers that all matters of culpability are complex.”

In his own response to Kathawa’s letter, Jenkins wrote to The Observer on Nov. 19, clarifying the meaning of his comments to Crux.

“My point was that parts of the lives of many of these men are, to all appearances, good and generous, and so it is difficult for others to detect or perhaps even imagine the evil they do,” Jenkins said in

his Letter to the Editor. “Indeed, the more positive aspects of the man’s life may enable him to convince himself that his life is worthy and rationalize away the evil of the abuse.”

Jenkins said in the letter that the “most dangerous lies are those we tell ourselves,” as they can convince people they are doing good rather than evil.

“The good a priest does can blind him to the evil of his actions, and make it hard for others to detect or even imagine the darker areas of the man’s life,” he wrote in the letter. “If we fail to acknowledge the complexity of such a life, we will be less able to understand and identify perpetrators and prevent future abuse.”

meet faculty and chat with current students about their experiences, senior Heather DiLallo, a chemistry and chemical engineering major, said.

“We are trying to give accepted STEM students the opportunity to see what it’s like to actually be a STEM major here by having interactive activities and different sessions specific to each major to give them an idea of what their every day would look like, interacting with current students, being able to spend the night in the dorms with them and getting a better picture in that way,” DiLallo

said. “The fact that a lot of faculty members are taking a lot of time out to come and spend time with them speaks volumes.”

For DiLallo, part of her ultimate decision to attend Saint Mary’s was her encounter with Toni Barstis, a professor of chemistry and head of the Dual Degree Engineering program at Saint Mary’s.

“Part of it was meeting with [Barstis] beforehand and getting that personal connection,” DiLallo said. “[Saint Mary’s] felt different and here was really where I was being drawn.

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community and [you will] understand all of the opportunities you can have in STEM at Saint Mary’s.”

Barstis said it is important for prospective students to be able to explore the opportunities and environment of the school they may attend.

“How do you know what you’re really investing in? I don’t think anything is better than feet on the ground, really seeing what it’s like. And I think it’s the most informed way to do things,” Barstis said. “Either you’re going to like this environment or you’re not. If you

want the students to immerse, you’ve got to showcase who we are. That personal connection is critical and what we are trying to emphasize here.”

Ultimately, the goal of this weekend is to provide prospective students with the means to make an informed college decision with confidence and conviction, Maloney said.

“Be open to the experience,” she said. “Learn something about yourself. Learn something about Saint Mary’s.”

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Vegan hacks on campus Claire Kopischke Graphic Designer

I have been vegan for more than a year now, and I was vegetarian for almost a year before that. I would like to think of myself as kind of an expert on finding vegan options on campus here at Notre Dame. Therefore, I would like to compile a quick list of the best spots to get vegan food and some dining hall hacks I have come up with over the past few years. With this list I hope to let my fellow students who are looking to transition towards a more plant-based diet where to look.

1. First off, Star Ginger offers some really great vegan options. I love the pho with tofu. The lemongrass tofu is also great. It’s hard to find cooked tofu on campus, so Star Ginger gets five stars from me.

2. Second, I am loving Modern Market’s new Buddha Bowl. That peanut sauce makes the whole dish delicious. Additionally, I love getting half of a Crimini Kale pizza without cheese along with a cup of the sweet potato lentil soup to dip the crusts in.

3. Decio Cafe has a great Mediterranean protein bowl that I love to get without the feta and tzatziki sauce. You can add falafel to your bowl, but I personally love to get extra beans and veggies instead.

4. W hen I’m hard at work in the library sometimes I like to take a break and get a hummus and veggie wrap from Au Bon Pain (ABP) minus the feta. ABP also has some great vegan soups in rotation.

5. Alas, we have made it to the dining halls. Admittedly, it can be hard to eat vegan in the dining halls — but with some creativity, it honestly isn’t that bad. I love to make a huge grain bowl with all the veggies for lunch (pro tip: a little watered-down hummus makes a great, creamy, yet dairy free, dressing — sounds gross, I know, but don’t knock it until you try it). I also love hummus on toast or hummus and veggie pita sandwiches. For dinner, my go to is a sweet potato stuffed with black beans, corn and salsa, with some other vegetables on the side. I love when the dining halls have some other options too. Occasionally, there’s great options on Indian night or when they have the stuffed peppers. But, for the most part, I just have to get a little creative and get things from different parts of the dining hall. It’s easy to make my own Buddha bowl with some quinoa, beans, veggies and either hummus, salsa or balsamic.

All this is to say that yes, it can be hard to eat a plant-based diet on campus, but with some creativity and f lexibility, it truly isn’t that bad. I am happy to eat in a way that makes me feel great and healthy while also doing my part to lead a more sustainable life.

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What human beings reject, God chooses as his own

How many times have we rejected something and/or someone because of his or her supposed “insignificance? ” Recently in my Moreau class, my students were asked to ref lect on a YouTube video about St. Andre Bessette. In the video, Fr. Steve Lacroix states, “Brother Andre is ver y special to Holy Cross because, of all the people in our congregation, God raised up this poor, ver y uneducated man to be our first saint.”

As I asked my students to ref lect on the significance Bessette in their lives, I found myself remembering and ref lecting on another statement, or better understood as a principle, that I have carried in my heart for several years.

The “Galilee Principle,” as it is titled by Fr. Virgilio Elizondo in “The Galilean Journey,” posits that “what human beings reject, God chooses as his ver y own.”

Bessette was seen as “insignificant,” seen as having little value, or as Elizondo states, as a “nobody.”

However, God raised up and through his obedience he did great things for the sick and distressed. Perhaps these “nobodies” of the world are the true models of holiness, the ones that God raises up and through whom God fulfills his mission. Throughout Scripture and modern histor y, we see how God chooses the “rejected” and “meek” as His own. We see how God seeks solidarity and union with all who are tossed aside. It is with, in and through them that He shows His unbound love, mercy, care and almighty power. The rejected and marginalized of the world are chosen as His agents.

They help us see how God makes great things happen if we are willing to see them as He does — as His own. Lacroix’s ref lection and the Galilee Principle hold universal implications for us as individuals, as a nation, and as a Church.

This is especially pressing given that there is so much in our world that we reject and judge as insignificant or of little worth. We have immigrant children

being kept in cages and their families demeaned as criminals; we have prenatal babies being aborted; young black men being beaten and/or killed for their skin color; Jewish men and women killed in the midst of worship because of their faith; men of the cloth abusing those left in their care; and on and on and on. We are not seeing the face of Jesus and we are rejecting that which God sees as His own.

In the gospel of Matthew, Jesus says “Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me (Matthew 25:40).” In caring for those forsaken, the righteous discover that their acts of compassion for them are the same as if done for Jesus himself, “you did it to me.” Therefore, the greatest implication of injustice and oppression is not being able to recognize our kinship to each other. This, ultimately, distances ourselves from God and from the promise of His kingdom because of our continued rejection of the risen Lord, Jesus Christ.

Part of our University’s mission statement says that God’s grace should prompt us to assist the world in creating justice grounded in love. So, as we ref lect on the gospel of Matthew, the “Galilee Principle” and Bessette’s life, we must ask ourselves and discern; how are we creating justice grounded in love in ourselves, in our Church and in our nation? How are we choosing to love and care for those whom are being rejected? How are we raising up the future saints in our lives? How can we follow Bessette’s example and be obedient to God’s call?

Becky Ruvalcaba serves in Campus Ministry as the Assistant Director of Multicultural Ministry and can be reached at rruvalca@nd.edu. Learn more about Campus Ministry at CampusMinistry.nd.edu The views expressed in this column are those of the author and not necessarily those of The Observer.

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A case for sensible gun control Jin Kim Shower Thoughts

This past Thursday, we celebrated Valentine’s Day — the annual outlandish celebration of love and everything possibly pink and romantic. But, while many Americans spent the day drowning in chocolates, cards and carnations, there are those of us who spent the day overwhelmed in grief, anguish and regret.

Lest we forget, one year ago this past Thursday, 14 students and three educators were gunned down in a school shooting in Parkland, Florida. The assailant was a former student — one who had been expelled for disciplinary reasons. But, when the former student arrived to school that afternoon in an Uber, with a rifle bag slung over his chest, he went largely unnoticed until he pulled the fire alarm and aimed his AK-15 semi-rifle at his former peers as they shuffled out of their classrooms.

Today, Nikolas Cruz, the assailant, waits in prison while his court case drags on. There are just two possible outcomes to his case: the death penalty or a life sentence. But regardless of the punishment Cruz is given, the fact remains that nothing will ever bring back those precious 17 lives. Nothing will ever reverse the damage of this heinous crime. And to the families of the 17 victims, Valentine’s Day will never be the same again.

In the year since the Parkland school shooting, there has been a wave of activism rippling across America to get sensible gun control legislation. There have been protests, walk-outs, sit-ins, walks, marches, runs, fundraisers, benefit concerts, conferences, news specials, documentaries, flyers, posters and even political campaigns that ran on the issue of gun violence. It is clear that the survivors of the Parkland shooting, as well as the survivors and families of victims to prior incidents of gun violence, were determined to make Parkland the last of its kind.

But my friends, on the one year anniversary of the deadliest school shooting this nation has ever witnessed, I am deeply saddened to tell you that our world is no different from the one that claimed those 17 lives. I am disheartened to tell you that save for several blue states, which have since adopted more stringent gun control legislation, the vast majority of states remain at risk for another Parkland, another Sandy Hook, another Columbine. And yet, in spite of the fervor, despite the enthusiasm and in the face of the activism, our Congress has turned a blind eye to the epidemic of gun violence, leaving its constituents in constant danger.

My friends, there is something wrong here.

There is something wrong here if we sit idly by and say that it is out of our hands. There is something wrong here if we sit here hopeless that our incapable legislators will get to it eventually. There is something wrong here if we have to tell the families of the victims of gun violence that the world they live in is no different from the world their children had to be victims of. There is something wrong here if all we can give are our thoughts and our prayers.

This isn’t to discount the power of prayer. Like many of you, I believe in one God, the Father Almighty, maker of heaven and earth, of all things visible and invisible. Like many of you, I believe in one Lord Jesus Christ and I believe in the power of God’s grace. But I also believe that there is something morally reprehensible if we stay complacent in the power of prayer and do nothing ourselves when there are, in our limited human capacity, things that we can do.

Just as we take the fight to preserve life in the womb to the streets — in the form of marches, protests and political activism — we should do the same to fight to preserve the lives that have come out of the womb.

And here’s what I propose that we do — I propose that we push our elected officials to pass sensible gun control legislation that will protect ourselves from one another.

First, we should mandate that all gun owners undergo a mental health evaluation.

Our society must acknowledge that mental health issues are not a form of weakness but a serious disability that can hinder an individual from making the right choices.

If these individuals have access to guns, there is no telling what harm they may bring onto themselves or onto others.

If we can prevent guns from getting into the hands of the mentally ill or victims of substance abuse, we can simultaneously lower the suicide rate — the leading cause of gun violence in the United States — and make school shootings like Parkland closer to impossible. Indeed, had this policy been in effect, Nikolas Cruz may never have been able to purchase his AK-15 semi-rifle. As an individual with documented mental health issues and a record of visits to mental health facilities, a mandatory mental health evaluation from a government-regulated facility may have kept the AK-15 semi-rifle away from Cruz before he killed 17 people.

Second, all gun owners should be required to undergo a criminal background check regardless of location of purchase. There is currently a loophole in federal legislation whereby a background check is not required if the gun is purchased from private individuals at a gun show. Federal law only requires licensed dealers to conduct checks, but that leaves private individuals at their own volition. This is a recipe for disaster, and a federal mandate that all gun owners undergo a criminal background check regardless of location of purchase would ensure that those who have access to firearms are civil citizens.

And lastly, to ensure that the previous two measures are enforced, law enforcement officers should be able to charge individuals who have not satisfied the prior two requirements with unlawful possession of a firearm. A law is only as good as it is enforced, and this third provision is necessary to ensure that our civilians stick to them.

I realize there are those of you out there who are fervent Second Amendment advocates. To those of you, I would first like to thank you for reading this far — it is rare in our current state of political discourse for people to consider what others might have to say. So, thank you for being open-minded. Moreover, I wish to tell you that I value the fact that you value the Second Amendment. After all, it is your right, and everyone should fight for his or her right to

keep and bear arms.

But my friend, I don’t think that what I’m proposing is mutually exclusive from what you believe. Any sensible gun control advocate would tell you that gun control policies are not meant to strip you of your right to bear a firearm, but rather to take away the guns from those who may put you in danger. In other words, gun control legislation is meant to protect you more than it is to hurt you. I believe most gun owners are responsible in their use of guns, and I will be the first to argue that these law-abiding gun owners should be able to keep their guns as they have the right to. But I also believe those individuals who are mentally unstable or who have criminal records should be stripped of a weapon that can be used to cause serious and massive destruction.

Still, there are those of you who would be quick to point out that it’s not the guns that kill people, but people who kill people. This is to say that because the assailant is responsible for gun violence — not their weapon of choice — that gun control would not stop the violence.

But if this were true, then why do we treat the issue of drugs any differently? If the substance abuser is at fault, not the substance itself, then why do we go after the drug dealers? Why do we confiscate drugs at all if the drugs, in and of themselves, bear no responsibility? The fact is, the claim that it’s not guns that kill people, but people who kill people, is unfair because it undermines the role of the gun in the killing. Just as we are wary of the drugs that help substance abusers hurt themselves, we ought to be wary of the guns that help people kill people.

To conclude, I would like to say that this shouldn’t be a partisan fight. Gun violence does not discriminate. It doesn’t care if you’re black, white, gray or purple. It doesn’t care if you’re male or female, gay or straight, rich or poor, young or old, Republican or Democrat. When you look at the pictures of the victims to gun violence in America, you don’t see any of those labels — all you see are people: normal human beings no different from you and me.

To gun control advocates and Second Amendment advocates — we are not enemies. We both want a world where these school shootings stop happening and where the epidemic of gun violence is eradicated. We both want a world where responsible firearm holders are entitled to their firearms and our basic rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness are truly our basic rights. But to get there, we have to take steps going forward not backward.

Gun control legislation will always be imperfect, but there are policies that can thread the needle between our differences to patch over our problems. So let’s start there and work on where we can agree. Let’s start fixing our problems instead of leaving them be.

Jin Kim studies computer science and economics at Notre Dame. He is from New York City but his homeunder-the-dome is Keenan Hall. He can be reached at jkim56@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: Gains will be made by making smart moves and living within your means. Calculate your position and where you see yourself heading; map out your best route. How you navigate your way through life will make a difference in how you feel about your accomplishments and how others view you. Don’t lose sight of your destination. Your numbers are 8, 12, 20, 26, 34, 39, 41.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): You are emotional, secretive and possessive.

You’re possessive nature will interfere with personal relationships. You are loving and ambitious.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Look for any opportunity to make domestic improvements. Include the ones you love in your plans; it will be easier to get things done. Spending time learning more about someone you find interesting will turn into a valuable lesson.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): You’ll find it easier to understand someone if you listen to his or her complaints and opinions without sharing your own. Keep the peace and use the information you gather to protect your interests.

CANCER ( June 21-July 22): Take on a new project. Using your skills to come up with a plan that will enhance the way you live will be a hit with someone close to you. Collaboration will make it easier to make positive changes.

LEO ( July 23-Aug. 22): Keep your emotions in check and avoid a spat. It’s best to nurture, not destroy, relationships that can be of use to you in the future. Use your wit and charm to keep the peace and to hide your true feelings.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Have some fun. Get involved in activities that include the people you love being with most. Children, your lover or a good friend will offer unique suggestions that will help you find a realistic and affordable way to live.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): A problem at home will escalate if you aren’t careful. Choose your words carefully. An opportunity to get out of the house or to further a cause will help distance you from someone who is looking for a fight.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Speak up and explain where you stand and what you are trying to accomplish. The information you share and the suggestions and advice you receive will help you make a sound choice and give you the courage to make a move.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Don’t look for excitement in the wrong place. You may like adventure, but it’s best to play it safe. Don’t trust someone trying to sell you a bill of goods that will part you from your cash.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Put some muscle behind your plans, and make some positive changes at home. Fixing up your space will inspire you to take on a new hobby, entertain more or spend more time with the ones you love. Romance is highlighted.

AQUARIUS ( Jan. 20-Feb. 18): You may want to look over your personal papers, investments and medical records. Being prepared will help you avoid a costly mistake. Problems with institutions will be due to a lack of preparation. Ask questions and cover your back.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): A little will go a long way. Set your sights on your goals and connect with the people you know can help you get what you want. Love and romance are highlighted and will help to improve your personal life.

Birthday Baby: George Washington’s birthday is today, and like him, you should be honest with yourself and embrace your eccentricity. It’s your day, so take some initiative.

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Tebow’s baseball foray is no stunt Ryan Kolakowski Sports Writer

When the New York Mets signed Tim Tebow to a minor league contract in 2016, many fans did not expect him to contribute to a Major League roster.

Tebow was a football player, and a darn good one at that, but he had not played organized baseball since high school. Disgruntled fans questioned why he was given a spot in a professional organization.

Tebow entered the Mets’ minor league system and struggled to perform against younger talent in Single-A. In 486 plate appearances between Low-A Columbia and High-A St. Lucie, Tebow posted a .656 OPS with only eight home runs and 52 RBIs. After a year of seasoning in the minor leagues, Tebow entered 2018 ready to perform.

He got off to a slow start with Double-A Binghamton in April, but his performance improved each month. By the end of June, Tebow was named to the Double-A Eastern League AllStar team. Less than a month later, Tebow broke his hand and his season was cut short.

Tebow wrapped up his 2018 season with a .734 OPS and eight home runs in 298 plate appearance.

Now, as Tebow reports for 2019 spring training with the Mets, fans continue to ask why the former NFL quarterback and Heisman Trophy Award winner is pursuing a career in Major League Baseball.

Tebow was 5.7 years older than the average Eastern League athlete in 2018, according to Baseball Reference and he failed to stay on the field for the entire season last year.

Tebow is now 31 years old and still has another level of minor league baseball to break through before reaching the show. It is reasonable to wonder if Tebow deserves a minor league roster spot that could go to a legitimate, young prospect.

Tebow brings publicity to the ballpark — he reigns in the casual fans and the Florida football fanatics. He attracts the media and sends merchandise flying off the shelves. Jared Diamond of the Wall Street Journal accurately described

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Tebow as the most famous professional baseball player, and it is not a particularly close contest. The minor leaguer has more star power than the game’s best athletes, including Mike Trout, Max Scherzer and Mookie Betts. For some, Tebow is nothing more than a publicity stunt.

The thing is, Tebow is famous for all the right reasons.

He is one of the best college football athletes in recent memory. He was a first-round pick by the Denver Broncos in the 2010 NFL draft. After flaming out of the NFL, he worked diligently to make his way back into the league. Eventually Tebow turned his attention to baseball, a sport that he last played with Nease High School in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. When he signed his pact with the Mets, he worked just to keep his head above water against professional baseball players.

This offseason, Tebow had an offer to join the emerging Alliance of American Football when Orlando Apollos head coach Steve Spurrier recruited Tebow to play quarterback, but Tebow turned down the offer.

“I’m all-in on baseball,” Tebow said at Mets spring training Saturday.

This weekend Tebow worked with his Mets teammates to host Special Olympics athletes in Port St. Lucie, Florida. He does a lot of good for baseball, even if Mets fans are not enthusiastic about his production on the field. The Mets might view Tebow as a cash grab and a publicity stunt, but Tebow certainly does not view himself in that way.

“I feel for all the young people out there that don’t go after something because they’re so afraid of failing that you’re going to live with a lot more regret than if you tried and you failed,” Tebow said Saturday.

“I’m very passionate about that.”

Ultimately, Tebow is working hard to be successful on the baseball diamond. There is no reason to be cynical about that.

Contact Ryan Kolakowski at rkolakow@nd.edu The views expressed in this Sports Authority are those of the author and not necessarily those of The Observer.

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ND gives up 46 runs in three-game sweep by ASU Observer Sports Staff

Entering the 2019 baseball season, Irish head coach Mik Aoki said he hoped to see growth from his pitching staff.

Following a grueling 2018 season that saw Notre Dame post a combined 5.87 earned run average (ERA) as a team, the Irish (0-3) had room for improvement in 2019.

In the first series of the season, the Notre Dame pitching staff was torched to the tune of 46 runs, 31 of which were earned, in 24 innings by Arizona State. The pitching staff surrendered a combined 11.63 ERA in the opening series.

Tommy Sheehan took the mound to start on opening night, and the sophomore pitched a clean first inning against the Sun Devils (3-0).

Arizona State jumped all over Sheehan in his second inning of work, tagging him for four runs and jumping out to an insurmountable lead. Sheehan finished his night after 2 2/3 innings of work in which he allowed five runs on four hits and three walks. Only one

run charged to Sheehan was earned.

Relievers junior Zack Martin, freshman Aidan Tyrell and sophomore Brian Morrell combined to pitch four innings during which the Sun Devils only scored one run. However, fellow pitcher, junior Anthony Holubecki, allowed four runs to complete the 10-1 routing.

On Saturday night, senior Cameron Brown quickly surrendered three earned runs in the first inning, but then settled down to post two clean innings of work. In the fourth, Brown induced two outs from the first three batters, but issued a walk to Sun Devils left fielder Trevor Hauver. After hitting another Sun Devil with a pitch, Brown was pulled from the game for junior reliever Andrew Belcik. Belcik allowed a single to the first batter he faced, and Hauver came around to score.

Six bullpen arms combined to allow 16 runs, 10 earned in only 4 1/3 innings of work.

Tyrell worked another scoreless inning, his second of the weekend.

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Cole, Eric Gilgenbach and Spencer Myers sparked the offense, combining for five hits, two RBI and four runs for the Irish in game two.

In the series finale on Sunday, the Sun Devils completed the sweep of the Irish, posting another 16 runs in the effort. Junior Cameron Junker was quickly tagged for two earned runs after Arizona State junior outfielder Hunter Bishop slugged a two-run home run to right center field.

Junker failed to go deep in the game, giving up seven runs, five earned in only 2 2/3 innings on the hill.

Sophomore Cole Kmet rebounded from an ugly appearance on Saturday night to pitch a clean eighth inning in the series finale. Kmet, who also plays tight end for the Irish football team, completed eight saves in 2018 to lead the team.

The Irish finished the weekend 0-3 against the Sun Devils. They will go back on the road next weekend to take on Eastern Michigan and Incarnate Word in the 2019 Alamo Irish Classic in San Antonio.

nba | Team LeBron 178, Team Giannis 164

Team LeBron rallies to win All-Star Game Associated Press

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — LeBron James was trading lob passes with Dwyane Wade again, one last time. Catching lobs from former teammate Kyrie Irving once again, too. And after making a stepback 3-pointer late, he stared down Joel Embiid to send a message without saying a word.

Oh, this mattered to James — and Team LeBron as well.

Team LeBron, down by 20 in the second half, finally got firing and went on to beat Team Giannis 178-164 in the All-Star Game on Sunday night. MVP Kevin Durant scored 31 points for Team LeBron, the one that James drafted and led to victory in the captain’s-choice format for a second consecutive season.

“You put me on the floor, I love to compete,” James said in the postgame interview room. “I’m a competitor, no matter what it is. I was competing to see if I could get to this table first.”

He wasn’t kidding. He then turned to NBA spokesman Mark Broussard, asked if he was the first player to get into the room and grinned when told he was.

“See what I’m talking about?”

James said.

Klay Thompson scored 20 points, and James and Kawhi Leonard each had 19 for the winners.

“It’s all sweet to me,” Durant said after getting his second All-Star MVP award, to go with the one he claimed in 2012. “It’s hard to rank because everything’s special. But it’s cool to be out there with some of the best players to ever play the game. And to win MVP in front of my family and friends is pretty sweet.”

Giannis Antetokounmpo — the first-time captain — led everybody with 38 points on 17 for 23 shooting for the club he drafted. Paul George and Khris Middleton each scored 20 points for Team Giannis, which got 17 apiece from Stephen Curry and Russell Westbrook.

“Just being the leader of a team, it wasn’t as tough as I thought,” Antetokounmpo said.

“My teammates, the guys in the locker room, encouraged me to step up and take it serious and play hard.”

The highlights, as would be expected, were absurdly good, time and again.

Curry slammed the ball off the floor on a first-half fast break and watched it ricochet toward the rim with an apex that flirted with the top of the backboard.

Too high for most humans — but Antetokounmpo isn’t most humans. The freakishly long Greek star slammed Curry’s unconventional alley-oop pass home, with both benches reacting in disbelief.

Curry then slammed an alley-oop on the last play of the game, to himself, for a dunk that closed the scoring in his hometown.

“I thought we put on a great show tonight,” said Kemba Walker, Charlotte’s lone player in the game.

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group, that’s kind of what I wanted to see today.”

Brey said the beating that the Irish took at home from the Cavaliers just three weeks prior fueled Notre Dame’s fire heading into the rematch Saturday.

“We were embarrassed — all of us — how they kind of took our spirit from us at home … but we just kind of hung our heads,” Brey said. “We’ve got high character kids, and I know they wanted to bounce back, and I thought they did today. I told them, I said, if we can compete like that down the stretch, that’s the way we need to finish the season.”

The loss dropped Notre Dame to 1-5 against ranked teams this season, but the Irish made sure to play hard for a full 40 minutes, keeping the score close all the way up until the final buzzer.

Junior guard T.J. Gibbs led the Irish scoring with 17 points on 6-of-14 shooting from the field, while junior forward John Mooney collected his ACC-leading 16th double-double of the season after recording 11 points and 15 rebounds.

The Irish were able to stay in the game thanks to an impressive defensive effort.

Virginia was able to survive down the stretch though, despite going without a field goal for the final 6:40 of the game.

Switching in-and-out of zone and man-to-man defenses, the Irish held the Cavaliers to their second-worst shooting performance of the year at 36.5 percent from the field.

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a junior attack, and Costabile scored consecutive goals to give the Irish a lead they would never relinquish, as Notre Dame played absolutely suffocating defense for the remainder of the game. Vangaelen added his second goal with 9:01 to go in the second quarter, but after that, the Titans scored just twice the rest of the way while going nearly 32 minutes between their fourth and fifth goals.

“Our defense really settled in and played very well,” said Corrigan. “Not only do you put yourself in a good position, but you take the life out of a team when you play that well on defense for two quarters.”

The Irish consistently stifled the Mercy attack, as senior midfielder Timmy Phillips, sophomore defenseman Arden Cohen and senior defenseman Hugh Crance each forced two turnovers.

While the Titans remained in striking distance at halftime, the Irish scored five consecutive goals in the third quarter to put the game out of reach.

Virginia also committed all eight of their turnovers in the second half.

“We defended well — we really guarded them,” Brey said.

“We’re certainly offensively challenged. We’re going to have to guard. I thought we dug in. … I’m thrilled with our defense.”

For Notre Dame, while the defensive effort was there, shooting woes and offensive struggles continued. The Irish finished the game shooting 34.5 percent from the field (19-of-55) and 26.7 percent (8-of-30) from deep, including a measly 20 percent from beyond the arc in the second half. While Virginia’s famous pack-line defense effectively strangled the flow of the Irish offense, Notre Dame was able to stay within reach the entire game.

For the Cavaliers, junior guard Kyle Guy led the way with 22 points, six rebounds and three assists. Redshirt sophomore guard De’Andre Hunter also paced Virginia down the stretch, providing the Cavaliers with a bucket seemingly every time they seemed to be going through a scoring drought. Hunter finished with 20 points on 6-of-11 shooting to go along with his 10 rebounds.

“He’s got a mid-range game and he’s physical enough to get to the bucket … he’s a hard match-up for anybody in this league—certainly for us,” Brey said of Hunter.

Brey also went on to comment on the talent and poise of both Guy and junior guard Ty Jerome, the leaders of the backcourt for the Cavaliers.

“I have the utmost respect

for Guy and Jerome. I use them as examples for my young guards, to watch those two guys because they are such big-time winners, and they know who they are, and they play within themselves.

They’re assassins and winners and they’ve had great careers,” Brey said.

Moving forward, Brey said he is excited about his team’s prospects.

“They’re getting there, man,

they are … I like who we are,” he said. “This group all comes back, it’s like a two-year plan with this group, so I’m excited and I would just love to see us finish with this same grit.”

This is the first time in Brey’s 19-year tenure in South Bend that the Irish have had minutes from five scholarship freshmen, and it is the first time since the 1999-2000 season that Notre Dame started three true freshmen in a game

— guards Prentiss Hubb and Dane Goodwin and forward Nate Laszewski.

Next up for the Irish is a matchup inside Purcell Pavilion against a struggling Wake Forest team on Tuesday at 7 p.m. The Demon Deacons (9-15, 2-10 ACC) just lost by 38 points at home to North Carolina.

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Irish junior forward John Mooney aims a free throw during Notre Dame’s 83-61 loss to Duke on Jan. 28 at Purcell Pavilion. Mooney tallied his ACC-leading 16th double-double during Saturday’s loss to Virginia.

Freshman attack Griffin Westlin scored his first career goal with just 49.9 seconds remaining in the third quarter, and Costabile added his fourth of the game just 46 seconds later. In the fourth quarter, Wheaton Jackoboice, a sophomore attack, weaved through five Mercy defenders to score the fourteenth Irish goal. Gleason followed with an incredible wraparound goal of his own. Goals by Costabile, Westlin and sophomore midfielder Michael Fay put the finishing touches on a dominant first performance by the Irish.

“We turned the ball over too much in the first half, but we settled down, we simplified and just started using our athletic ability to make plays as the game continued,” Corrigan said. “You have to get the first one under your belt so you can see where you are and start building from there. There’s a lot of stuff to work on, but we’re happy to get a good win.”

Notre Dame returns to action next Saturday when the team travels to play the University of Richmond.

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Irish junior midfielder Bryan Costabile prepares to shoot the ball during Notre Dame’s 13-12 defeat by Michigan on March 21 at Arlotta Stadium. Costabile scored five goals during Saturday’s win.

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prepared.

“The ACC is typically one of the top three conferences for women’s golf. It’s super competitive, and we’re going to have to be ready for it. We’ve got a lot of tournaments between now and then that I think will help us prepare for that event,” Holt said. “We’re also going back to a course [Sedgefield Country Club in Greensboro, North Carolina,] that we’ve been away from for the last few years but have had some success at in the past. I’m excited to get back to that venue because I think it will set up well for us.”

The Irish will enter tournament play with an experienced group of golfers that includes junior Mia Ayer and seniors Emma Albrecht, Isabella DiLisio and Maddie Rose Hamilton. Holt explained that their leadership will be key to Notre Dame’s success this season.

“They certainly lead by example and are very committed, dedicated, and hardworking.

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teammates, which I think is huge,” Holt said. “To a large extent is a tough mental game, and I think when you can get support and encouragement from your teammates, it’s huge for the team’s confidence.”

However, sophomore Abby Heck, who shot a team low round for the fall at the Schooner Classic, had a particularly strong fall that she will look to build on this spring.

“Abby came in last year as a freshman and had a really solid year for us, and this past fall she was able to pick up where she left off. She’s very focused, business-like and efficient with her practice time,” Holt said.

Freshman Claire Albrecht also impressed Holt by making an immediate impact for the Irish this fall.

“I thought Claire did a great job coming in as a freshman.

Typically the way our team is structured, freshman are expected to come in and play. She not only did that, but she did that very well. I’m excited for her to have the opportunity to continue that into the spring,” she said.

With the cold temperatures that are currently persisting here at Notre Dame, it is

difficult for golfers to get the outdoor practice time they need to be ready for the spring season. Thankfully for the Irish, all of the players were able to golf in warmer climates over the winter break.

“Most of the girls fortunately either live or were able to go somewhere warm to practice over the winter break and get a jump start on their spring,” Holt said. “We also have a really great indoor practice facility here on campus that allows us to get quality practice in every day.”

The team also took a trip to West Palm Beach last weekend to play together before they head to Melbourne on Friday.

“We got three really good days of practice in. It was great to actually get out and play a full three rounds of golf ahead of the first tournament and knock some of the rust off,” Holt said.

The Irish begin their season on Monday in Melbourne before they head to Peoria, Arizona, to play in the Westbrook Invitational the following weekend.

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Irish freshman Claire Albrecht watches her putt roll toward the hole during an exhibition round on Aug. 24 at Warren Golf Course.

have built this season — most recently, a four-point win over No. 16 Syracuse on the road.

“It doesn’t really surprise us because we lost to them my sophomore year,” Ogunbowale said. “We know they’re a great team. They have good balance, good posts, good shooters. It’s

definitely going to be a tough matchup.”

That 70-62 win by the Wolfpack back in December 2016 in Raleigh pitted a wellbalanced NC State offense against a hot-handed Marina Mabrey, who led all scorers with 22 points in the loss. Two

years later, NC State still appears to be a threat, with the added contribution of graduate student Kiara Leslie, who transferred from Maryland this season. The 6-foot guard is currently averaging 15.8 points and 7.7 rebounds per game.

McGraw said she expects Leslie, along with the rest of a guard corps known for its impressive shooting percentages, to be a challenge for her team.

“They can stretch the defense a little. It’s going to make it hard for us to play zone,” McGraw said.

This top-15 matchup comes at a time when Notre Dame is desperately seeking to reestablish itself as a team deserving of a No. 1-seed come March, following a recent dip that resulted in two ACC losses.

McGraw said this brief slump came down to one thing — a loss of identity.

“That’s two losses in two weeks,” McGraw said. “We weren’t really playing our game. We had to get back to our principles.”

She followed up by adding that both of those loses came down to not making stops when needed, a problem the Irish will seek to address against the Wolfpack.

“You can’t just come out and play defense on game day — you’ve got to practice it,” McGraw said.

The matchup is expected to include a firepower Notre Dame offense, which currently ranks third nationally in points averaged with 87.2, and a stifling Wolfpack defense, which is currently sitting at 35th at 57.1 points allowed.

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Irish senior forward Jessica Shepard guards her opponent during Notre Dame’s 105-71 victory over Iowa on Nov. 29 at Purcell Pavilion. Shepard leads the team with 9.7 rebounds per game this season.

good position defense; their rotation is really good,” McGraw said. “They’re aggressive. They’re just a team that enjoys playing defense. They love defense and that really helps.”

Beyond the implications it has on the state of the team, the game also has significance to the conference standings, with only four games remaining in the regular season.

“This game is critical, we’re tied for second,” McGraw said.

“We’ve got an outside shot, if Louisville loses, to come in first.”

With three losses on record, Notre Dame’s title-defending team has proven it’s not invincible, a quality which Ogunbowale said hasn’t gone unnoticed by opponents.

“Teams aren’t just going to back down to us just because of who we are,” Ogunbowale said. “We’re definitely going to have to come ready to play every game.”

In the background of the fight to reclaim the top-ACC spot lies Diggins-Smith’s scoring record, just 33 points ahead of Ogumbowale.

“That’s just a really cool thing, especially all the great players that have come to this school,” Ogumbowale said.

“To be able to be at the top and be remembered for that, that’s pretty cool.”

Notre Dame will look to earn one of its biggest wins of the season at the Reynolds Coliseum in Raleigh, North Carolina, on Monday. Tipoff against the Wolfpack is scheduled for 7 p.m.

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The result at Loftus Sports Center on Saturday night was certainly a familiar one for Notre Dame — another season-opening victory against Detroit Mercy and another dominant performance by Bryan Costabile.

The junior midfielder led the way for the high-powered Notre Dame (1-0) offense with five goals, the same number he tallied in the 2018 season opener against the Titans (1-1), as the No. 7 Irish cruised to a 19-6 victory to begin the 2019 season.

“Our team was just really in a good rhythm tonight,” Costabile said. “We were just getting some great looks on the backside. … Overall just a really good team win tonight.”

With the blowout victory, the Irish continued their dominance in season openers under head coach Kevin Corrigan, who is 26-5 all time in opening

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contests in his Notre Dame tenure. The Irish scoring barrage began instantly when junior faceoff Charles Leonard controlled the opening faceoff and ripped a shot from the right wing into the back of the cage to score his first career goal and give Notre Dame the early advantage. Brendan Gleason, a senior midfielder, added to the Irish lead just a few minutes later, but the visitors certainly didn’t appear to be rattled.

Attackmen senior Matthew Vangalen and sophomore Brett Erskine answered quickly for the Titans, and when redshirt freshman attack Keegan Stenstrom’s bouncer found the net, the Irish called a timeout to stop Mercy’s momentum.

From there, another 2018 theme and one of Notre Dame’s greatest strengths reemerged, as the nation’s ninth-ranked defense began to take control of the game. Shortly after the Irish timeout, Brian Willets, see M LAX PAGE 10

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Irish junior guard T.J. Gibbs looks to pass during Notre Dame’s 6959 win over Georgia Tech on Feb. 10 at Purcell Pavilion.

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Team heads south to begin spring

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By COLIN CAPECE

Associate Sports Editor

Sports Writer

Throughout the concourse of Purcell Pavilion one word keeps surfacing: legacy. For Notre Dame head coach Muffet McGraw and her defending national championship team, that goes well beyond the banners hanging in the rafters. It’s relevant when considering the team’s recent two conference losses in two weeks — a first for the program — and senior guard Arike Ogunbowale’s point total quickly nearing that of former Irish two-time All-American guard Skylar Diggins-Smith. However, despite these program-defining moments, McGraw and her team are taking the season one game at a time, with a Monday road matchup against No. 12 North Carolina State on the horizon.

After dropping games against North Carolina and Miami on Jan. 27 and Feb. 7, respectively, Notre Dame (23-3,

In the midst of typical South Bend winter conditions, Notre Dame will head south to open its spring season Monday at the Moon Invitational at the Duran Golf Club in Melbourne, Florida.

The Irish will look to build off a strong fall season in which the team captured three top-10 tournament finishes. The golfers have been working hard in the offseason to prepare for a spring season where they will compete in four major tournaments as well as the ACC championship.

“We definitely had things to work on and improve upon during our offseason. I think that the girls have done a really good job of keying in on things they all needed to work on,” head coach Susan Holt said.

“We looked at some of their individual stats at the end of the fall season and zeroed in on some areas that were deficient.

Those are the areas we are keying on to hopefully improve

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After an embarrassing 27-point loss at the hands of No. 4 Virginia inside Purcell Pavilion in late January, Notre Dame traveled to John Paul Jones Arena in Charlottesville, Va. on Saturday in hopes of redeeming themselves from their mid-season blunder.

While the Irish (13-12, 3-9 ACC) failed to get the win, ultimately losing by a score of 60-54 to the Cavaliers (22-2, 10-2 ACC), Notre Dame gave the Cavaliers all they could handle, falling just short of a massive upset. Irish head coach Mike Brey said he was happy with the way his team competed and kept the game close.

“That’s about as good as we’ve got. I’m proud of our group.” Brey said. “ … We competed and stuck our nose in there and for our developing

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Irish senior guard Arike Ogunbowale drives to the basket during Notre Dame’s 97-70 victory over Florida State on Feb. 10.

their scores this spring.”

After missing the NCAA regionals in 2017, the Irish returned to the tournament in 2018 after a strong spring season. This spring, seeking their 11th regional appearance in the last 12 seasons, the team will look to do more of the same.

“Down the stretch, just need to do the little things right, pay attention to detail,” Holt said.

“This is a talented group, and they are excited to play. If they take care of the little things, they will put themselves in a great position moving forward.”

The road to the NCAA regional runs through the ACC championship at the end of April. The Irish traditionally face top-caliber competition in the ACC, and this year certainly won’t be an exception. After the conclusion of the fall season, five teams from the conference were ranked in the Women’s Golf Coaches Association top 25. Holt knows that her team will be tested once again, but is confident the team will be see W GOLF PAGE 11