Print Edition of The Observer for Tuesday, August 29, 2017
Campus dining introduces new changes
Updates include new ID readers, NDH Marketplace, multiple meal swipes and additional flex points
By NATALIE WEBER
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w ith the beginning of the 2017-2018 academic year came a number of changes to campus dining. r eckers shortened its hours to 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. on weeknights and 11 a.m. to 3 a.m. t hursday through s aturday nights, while three additional s outh b end businesses — a p izza h ut off-campus, the p hilly p retzel f actory and d anny b oy d raft works — have started accepting d omer d ollars. t he full North d ining h all (N dh ) facility reopened and both dining halls began operating technology consistent with the new id cards.
d irector of student dining, s cott k achmarik, said meal
counts have been up this semester, as students are coming into both dining halls to explore the changes to the facilities.
“ … i f you’ve seen the dish line or some of the server-y things, students have been coming in,” he said. “ s o that’s a good thing. b ut like i said, we’re trying to figure it out — timings and things — and we’ve got to get everyone settled into a routine.”
t he meals served at both dining halls will now feature more “plant-forward” and “plant-centered” foods, senior director of campus dining, c hris a bayasinghe said. “ o ur program is a signatory of a program called menus
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By SELENA PONIO
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t he start of the 2017–2018 school year marked the beginning of a new move to a familiar place for the residents of walsh h all.
Walsh Hall adjusts to renovations Club caters to STEM women
l ast year, walsh residents were temporarily moved to p angborn h all while walsh h all underwent renovations such as repairs and upgrades for some of the communal spaces. walsh’s rector l iz d etwiler said the
renovations were “gorgeous” and that the most important part about the changes that she was particularly pleased with was that the character of walsh remained intact.
“ we see it in the original mosaic tile and arches in the hallways, as well as having woodwork play a prominent role in the design and keeping original wood where they could,” d etwiler said.
d etwiler said one of the most important changes to walsh is its accessibility.
“ t he biggest positive change is that walsh is now accessible to all abilities which really fits into our priority of inclusion,” d etwiler said. “it feels wonderful to be able to offer hospitality and welcome to all residents and guests.”
o ther new changes to walsh have included updated bathrooms and plumbing, a new elevator, expanded mailroom, air-conditioned lounges with full kitchens on every floor, a first-floor lobby
and coordinated furniture throughout the building.
b rigid walsh, senior and resident assistant in walsh h all, said the hallways in walsh are straight with no turns, but that the third and fourth floors boast beautiful views at the end of their halls of g od Quad and s outh Quad, thanks to new windows.
“ t he windows go from the floor to the ceiling on the two ends of the building,”
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p rofessor authors historic biography
By MEGAN VALLEY a ssistant managing e ditor
o n the cusp of h enry d avid t horeau’s 200th birthday in July, l aura d assow walls released her latest book — “ h enry d avid t horeau: a l ife” — with the intention to rediscover the a merican icon and bring him to a broader audience.
walls, an e nglish professor at Notre d ame, said she
was working on a list for her graduate students in 2010 for “what kinds of work needed to be done in the field.” w hen it came to the idea for a new biography of t horeau, however, she said she couldn’t bring herself to add it to the list.
“ i t was like paralysis,” walls said. “ i knew that i was going to write it.”
b oth wall’s p h. d. dissertation and first book were on
t horeau and she said it was this “deep education background” that made writing such an expansive book in seven years possible.
“ i knew from my previous work that i was not satisfied with the biographies that were out there,” she said.
“ t hey didn’t match what i knew was there in the primary writings.”
d espite the work she and many of her colleagues have
been doing for a number of years, walls said t horeau is still incorrectly cast as a “hermit and a misanthrope.”
“ i f you unpack his life [at walden] and the rest of his life, you realize he was deeply engaged with the people around him,” walls said.
“ e ven as he steps out of the community to create this separate space for creative
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By MARIA LEONTARAS News writer
Nuts, bolts and some interest in science, technology, engineering and mathematics ( stem ) is all that’s needed to join the b ellebots, s aint m ary’s c ollege’s robotics club.
b ellebots was founded last s eptember, and the group has new goals they’d like to achieve in its second year, club president and sophomore m ichelle l ester said.
“ o ur goals this year are to actually compete,” l ester said. “ we’ve been a club for a year at this point, ... and we actually want to sign up for the V e X u competition and compete as a team.”
a dditionally, the group
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North Dining Hall now features NDH Marketplace in place of Grab ‘n Go, where students can buy smaller snacks using flex points instead of a full meal swipe. The changes were mainly student-driven.
Maggie Stephen freshman Lewis hall “not terrible.”
Kyle Michael Mendiola freshman Keough hall “more reading.”
Jennifer Huang freshman Lewis hall “not exciting.”
Students
Tuesday
Last Day for Class Changes campus-wide all day
See registrar.nd.edu for more information.
Workshop: “Getting Started in Undergrad Research” Brownson Hall 4 p.m. - 5 p.m. All are welcome.
Wednesday
Lecture: “The Global Health Crisis” Nanovic Hall 12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. Discussion about ethic responsibilites.
Trivia Night Nanovic Hall
6 p.m. - 8 p.m. Evening of European trivia. Free prizes and pizza. .
Thursday
Research Seminar Hesburgh Library
5 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. Margaret Meserve explores relics and rituals.
Lecture Series DeBartolo Hall 7:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. Erin Fitzgerald will speak on business ethics.
Friday
Staff Mass Log Cabin Chapel 12:10 p.m. - 12:45 p.m.
Staff members of all faiths are welcome to celebrate mass.
First Issue of Fr. Hesburgh Stamp Purcell Pavillion
1 p.m. - 2 p.m.
All are welcome to the free event.
Saturday
Lecture: “10 Year Review” Jordan Hall of Science 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Explores social media in medical innovation.
Football vs. Temple Notre Dame Stadium
3:30 p.m. - 7 p.m. The Irish take on the Owls in first home game of the season.
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Saint Mary’s welcomes new hall director
By COLLEEN ZEWE news Writer
Alyssa Trelstad became an honorary belle when she joined the s aint m ary’s r esidence Life staff as the hall director for m c c andless h all.
“I think that all the people that make up s aint m ary’s make it special,” Trelstad said of her new workplace and home. “The students, staff, and faculty create a community unlike any other.”
The hall directors live in their dorm buildings and act as a resource for their residents, according to Trelstad. Trelstad said m c c andless h all presents unique challenges to the hall director as it is a first-year only dorm,
but for her, this makes the job even more exciting.
“I am excited for the opportunity to impact the lives of the first-year students,”
Trelstad said. “I would argue that the first year of college brings about a concentrated period of growth and development for students. For most, it is the first time they are living away from home. For many, it is their first experience living with peers. Finding a way to foster growth, allow for mistakes, and advocate for positive decision making will be a challenge.”
Prior to coming to s aint m ary’s, Trelstad earned a b achelor of s cience in Kinesiology from the University of m innesotaTwin c ities. s he is currently
completing a m aster’s in s chool c ounseling and m ental h ealth c ounseling at Indiana University s outh b end, she said. Trelstad believes her experience as a community advisor at the University of m innesota prepared her well for her new job as a hall director. “ r esidence life is a unique opportunity to know students beyond the classroom,” she said. “The residential life piece of a college experience teaches students life skills like responsibility, independence, organization and empathy. b eing able to watch residents flourish, especially first-year residents, is a privilege.”
Trelstad found out about the hall director position
from a current student while working together.
“This summer I worked at s tarbucks with a s aint m ary’s student,” Trelstad said. “ s he told me about it and I applied that night.”
Trelstad’s other job experiences also include living in residential settings. s he interned and worked in the science faculty at boarding schools, she said. m ost recently, Trelstad worked at La Lumiere in La Porte, where she taught Anatomy and Physiology, coached rowing and worked in the dorm, Trelstad said.
As hall director, Trelstad works with the resident advisors, ministry assistant and “ b elles c onnect” assistants to foster a community within the dorm, she
said. s he said she is excited to work and grow close with her staff, and believes they will make the first-years’ experience an excellent one.
“The mission of s aint m ary’s c ollege describes a residential community where women are prepared to make a difference,” Trelstad said. “To engage these young women with one another, provide a lifelong support system and engage each belle to be her very best for herself. I am excited to see the creativity and dedication that the m c c andless staff has already demonstrated blossom to make this the best year yet.”
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of change University research collaboration,” he said. “This is a cross-university collaborative to look at the future of what food is and also being able to kind of be a central voice, if you will, for foods from a dietary perspective … and essentially say, ‘can we take all of these dining trends as well as concerns with the social, ethical and environmental impacts and have a consolidated response to this?’”
students now enter into south dining hall through the dining room, rather than going directly into the buffet area, Kachmarik said.
“We were able to take where those severies — where [students] used to enter before — and we’ve now expanded the breakfast area on one side and consolidated our allergen friendly on the other,” he said of the change.
In the renovated north dining hall, students enter through an automated turnstile system which reads their new Id cards, Abayasinghe said.
“sometimes when [students] go through the turnstile system and they tap the card, they’ll tap again before the gate opens so it’ll deduct a couple of meals,” he said. “so I know that our folks over in card services are working to address this specific issue, including the option of ‘should we do a built-in buffer?’ so that way if the system reads your card, it won’t read it again for another 10 seconds or something along those lines.”
north dining hall’s monitors, who previously swiped students’ Id cards upon entry, will begin to work as cashiers or ambassadors in the dining rooms, Kachmarik said.
“The ambassadors are really going to play a different role,” he said. “rather than taking your card and swiping you in, they’ll be roaming throughout the dining room and they’ll be bussing
tables and helping clean up — [when] we get spills and things like that — but really to engage the students, more so than what they were doing just at the greeting.”
Abayasinghe said throughout the planning process of renovations, campus dining consulted student feedback. The decision to replace the Grab and Go in north dining hall with the ndh marketplace — where students pay with flex points and domer dollars instead of a meal swipe — was “student-initiated” he said.
“Through the process, student government identified an advisory council called the student advisory council for us,” Abayasinghe said. “And what we heard was that exchanging [a meal swipe] — and I’m trying to use the exact terminology that the student raised to me— “It feels to me like swiping for Grab and Go for a dining hall meal, I just feel like I’ve lost something.””
Using flex points or domer dollars instead of meal swipes at the marketplace will allow students more flexibility, Abayasinghe said.
“If you’re running between classes, or if, for example, you don’t have the time to be able to enjoy a meal in the dining hall, you can go into this place and instead of you losing a whole meal swipe, you can choose to utilize two or three dollars,” he said. “You can choose to utilize whatever amount you want based on what you want so that way you get to make that determination.”
students can now swipe into the dining halls multiple times within a meal period, allowing additional freedom to students, Abayasinghe said. The number of flex points allotted to each student this semester has also increased when compared to the fall of 2016 semester, he said.
“What we wanted to do is to say “Well, tell you what. You have x amount of swipes a week. If you choose to utilize all of those swipes within the first two days,
that’s your prerogative, because it has to match how you dine,””
Abayasinghe said.
reggie Kalili, assistant director of marketing, said he enjoyed the new environment in the dining hall.
“I used to work in n orth d ining h all so for me it’s quite the transformation in terms of just the overall atmosphere,” he said. “It’s brighter. It’s more welcoming and from the employee end, if
you’re working in a nice new place, it just lends to a better attitude so people are just happy in general.”
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A Notre Dame faculty member serves herself food in North Dining Hall. Renovations on NDH were gradually implemented over the 2016-2017 school year and were completed over the summer.
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Walsh said.
Walsh said other than the windows, she is also excited about the exposed brick in the two lounges on the fourth floor as well as the new patio porch with tables for outdoor studying when the weather allows for it.
In many ways, Walsh said the dorm still feels the same in character, but that it was only the visibly old aspects that were gone, such as the outdated bathrooms and problems with plumbing. h owever, she said, this was a good thing.
“It definitely brings back memories of freshman and sophomore year for me because it is the same building with just some nicer touches,” Walsh said.
Walsh said the move to the new building has made her job easier. s he said a big reason why has been everyone’s postive attitudes in conjunction with all the new renovations.
“It’s been a really positive transition,” she said. “It made being an r A or being on hall staff a lot easier because everyone had so much positivity coming in.”
Walsh said what was interesting was that some of the underclassmen never lived in the old Walsh h all and for them this would be their first and only impression of the hall.
“It’s just funny because the freshman never knew old
Bellebots
hopes to continue its outreach into the s outh b end community and inspire children interested not only in robotics but also s T em fields more generally.
Lester said the club’s vice president, junior n oreen m aloney, will support and assist her in this endeavor.
“Last year, what we focused on was helping in the community with our community sponsored FI rs T Tech c hallenge team,” m aloney said. “We would like to continue helping support them with mentorship and guidance as young kids in the community who are interested in s T em That’ll be another component we’ll be refining this year: bringing in more volunteers hopefully.”
b ecause of the variety of goals the club has, there is no prior robotics experience needed to join the group, Lester said. s he said the club unites like-minded individuals and can spark friendships.
“There’s no robotics experience needed, and it’s
Walsh and neither did the sophomores,” she said. “It’s interesting that those two grades are getting used to the new building.”
d etwiler said during the initial move into Pangborn, she became aware of the resiliency of Walsh’s residents.
“I believe that the Walsh women handled the transition well,” she said. “They volunteered in droves to help me organize and pack up the hall and unpack it twice, for which I’m eternally grateful.”
While the Walsh community has moved out of Pangborn, b adin’s community has moved into it while their dorm undergoes renovations. d etwiler said Pangborn will forever be a part of Walsh’s history.
“At the last m ass in Pangborn last year, we spoke about how ‘the Pang’ — as we called it — is now an important part of the Walsh story, and how she has served us well in our time of need. s he was the space where our first years came to love the Walsh community and many important memories happened there.
“Though we are elated to be back in our renovated home, we have a deep respect for Pangborn. When some upper-class students saw the new Walsh building as they moved in this year, I finally heard the chorus of seven words I had been hoping to hear: ‘Wow— the move was totally worth it.’”
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a great way to meet people from across the street,”
Lester said. “We have people that come over to s aint m ary’s from n otre d ame … to come to meetings and to be in the club, and they’re some of the most passionate people I’ve ever met about robotics.
s he said she hopes membership encourages more women to engage in s T emrelated activities.
“Also, if you’ve ever been interested in science, math, technology or engineering, it’s such a great way to get involved in that,” Lester said. “I think women are super underrepresented in that industry, so we need to get more women into s T em , and this is led by women and done by women.”
m aloney said b ellebots teaches valuable lessons that can be useful to anyone, so she encourages students of all disciplines to join.
“These are life skills that you learn in the club,” she said. “ n ot only do you have to have communication and teamwork, but also being able to know what certain tools are. You could end up being able to fix your own
car and change your own brake pads in the future. If your fuse box goes out, you don’t have to necessarily call a professional.”
m aloney said everyone has something to gain from learning more about robotics.
“We’re teaching competent skills that are going to be applicable to all life skills, not just if you’re an engineering major,” she said. “It might be more applicable that way, but there’s still things that you’re going to learn that you’re going to use for the rest of your life if you join b ellebots.”
The prospect of learning new skills that can be applicable in the future is what drew freshman m ary Lou s chwitzer to think about joining the club, she said.
“I don’t think that I want to be doing robotics for my entire life,” she said. “I don’t know for sure what I’m going to be doing, but it is definitely my knowing about. Worse case scenario, I learn stuff that I can use later.”
Contact Maria Leontaras at mleontaras01@saintmarys.edu
work, he still had a lot of responsibilities. That’s just not the story he wanted to tell.”
The “character” Thoreau creates for himself in “Walden” does not make him inauthentic, though, Walls said.
“When he speaks to people about his ideals, he speaks to them from the depths of his heart and with his most passionately held beliefs,” she said. “That is the voice that rings true. If it didn’t, we wouldn’t find it interesting or compelling. The icon never would have come into existence.”
Thoreau’s moment in history contributed to his status as an icon, Walls said.
“This is a very difficult time in the United states,” she said. “There was slavery; Thoreau was an abolitionist. Women’s rights were being argued. War with mexico was being discussed and he was opposed to the war. native American genocide was ongoing, which infuriated him.
“There was a sense that people were justifying and rationalizing that it was oK to do these things and he said ‘it cannot be oK — how can I find a way to understand why it’s not oK? What
is the basis, the foundation for my beliefs and moral behavior?”
Walls said that, once again, the country is in a difficult time and that engaging with Thoreau can provide a sense of direction.
“ … To see how he plays a role in his time is to be reminded that we have agency in this time. We’re not helpless,” she said. “We don’t have to be the victim of forces that are so much bigger than we are.
“We can take responsibility for our actions in the world and take seriously what’s become kind of a cliche around here: ‘I want to change the world.’ Thoreau is absolutely serious about that and it’s not a cliche for him.”
It’s been only two months since “henry david Thoreau: A Life” was released, but Walls said she has already received some confirmation that she found the diverse audience she was writing for.
“I’m getting emails constantly from all sorts of people, of all walks of life … this is wonderful,” Walls said. “They write me out of the blue to say they read my book and that it touched them. That’s incredibly moving for me — I’ve never experienced that with anything else that I’ve written.”
Contact Megan Valley at mvalley@nd.edu
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This year, Walsh Hall features air-conditioned lounges, updated bathrooms and an outdoor patio. Despite the renovations, old details remain, such as the tile and woodwork in the dorm’s hallways.
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Each floor in the hall hosts a kitchen, the result of a year-long remodeling process of the dorm, during which residents lived in Pangborn Hall, the current “swing dorm” for halls undergoing renovations.
By ADRIAN MARK LORE Associate scene e ditor
Who’s saying the soundtrack to the crime thriller “Good Time” is just another product of ’80s nostalgia? sure, the frantic arpeggio that inaugurates the soundtrack record — produced by daniel Lopatin (a.k.a oneohtrix Point never) — is eerily reminiscent of the mystical, spacey synth on “blush response,” from the original soundtrack to “blade runner” (1982) produced by vangelis. And maybe the cold, psychedelic moments of quietude aren’t far from what we heard on last year’s decidedly nostalgic “stranger Things,” if you read between the scanlines. but just because synthesizers were in vogue during the ‘80s doesn’t mean that everything imbued with them is waxing retrograde. True, film soundtracks have reverted to their perennial preference for the orchestral (see: hans Zimmer) in the past couple of decades. That said, oneohtrix Point never has always been a pioneer of experimental electronic music devoid of historical position — feeling neither vintage, contemporary nor futuristic. In other words: What did you expect? rather than a crowd-pleasing gimmick, Lopatin’s soundtrack is an inventive feat that reimagines the role of musical accompaniment. After all, not only is the haunting synthesizer work just as powerful as Zimmer’s strings — if anything, the electronic production is leagues ahead in terms of capturing the source work’s themes and aesthetic.
Lopatin does this by employing unique production techniques, some of which he shaped and popularized himself. on the stressful “bail bonds,” he blurs the boundaries of dialogue and soundtrack, looping and layering an agitated
character’s fearfully delivered lines with a dizzying echo effect that mimics a mental breakdown. Though fittingly unpleasant given the emotion it conveys, the track’s first minute is a rare perfect moment as far as film soundtracks go.
“ray Wakes Up” is an uncharacteristically busy track, and the more engaging for it. It begins with an argument underlined by a rattling grumble that bleeds — like a sonic L-cut, if you will — onto a pitched-down newscast on the film’s earlier events. The track then shifts seemingly into a drug-induced mania, with intermittent shouts over a subduing ocean of formless sound.
Though the title track itself is fully instrumental, it sounds as though extracted from one of oneohtrix Point never’s studio albums — impressively succeeding in mirroring the quality of his standalone releases. Fusing ethereal chorales, doom-filled drones and pulsating submarine synths, it’s easily the record’s most dynamic track. Additionally, “Good Time” avoids the aimless electronic knob-twiddling into which other instrumental tracks occasionally devolve.
Yes, I said it. As expected, Lopatin faces film soundtracks’ familiar trappings on this record: how to produce a unique record that highlights one’s skills, while remaining memorable and dynamic without distracting from the source work? It’s quite likely impossible, but some have come close — see Geinoh Yamashirogumi’s “AKIr A” soundtrack.
In any case, Lopatin’s effort is admirable. his inimitable craftsmanship, in particular, saves him. That said, while there are no obvious failures on the “Good Time” soundtrack, there are too many moments that fall somewhat flat.
Whether or not they function in the context of the film, uneventful tracks like “Leaving the Park” and “hospital escape / Access-A-ride” make me want to never hear an arpeggio again. They’re too reminiscent of Lopatin’s production circa 2015’s “Garden of delete” — an overrated record that is easily among his worst, precisely for its monochromatic sonic palette.
Given the strength of tracks like “bail bonds” and “ray Wakes Up,” Lopatin would have been wise to emphasize unique production techniques that make use of dialogue and other organic sound — it would have been right up his alley, in any case.
overall, even if it’s lacking in the way of replay value as a standalone record, oneohtrix Point never’s “Good Time” soundtrack — qua soundtrack — is quality work from a quality artist.
Contact Adrian Mark Lore at lore.1@nd.edu
“Good Time OST”
Oneohtrix Point Never
Label: Warp Records
Tracks: “Bail Bonds,” “Good Time”
If you like: Vangelis, S U R V I V E
By RYAN ISRAEL scene Writer
If you’ve listened to rap music recently, chances are you’ve heard symere Woods, better known by his stage name, Lil Uzi vert.
Uzi spent much of the beginning of 2017 rapping alongside some of the industry’s hottest names. In late 2016, Uzi appeared on migos’ “bad and boujee,” which rose to the top of the billboard hot 100 mostly thanks to the memes created from the song’s catchy lyrics. Uzi then appeared on the soundtrack of “The Fate of the Furious” and later, the single “r AF” from A$AP mob’s recently released “cozy Tapes vol. 2: Too cozy.”
The one thing that Uzi did not yet have in 2017 was his own album. he released the eP “Luv is rage 1.5” in February, which featured Uzi’s most popular song to date, “Xo ToUr Llif3.” The eP sparked speculations regarding Uzi’s debut studio LP and it wasn’t until the rapper tweeted “Tonight at 12...2 the album. okay bye” on the day the album was released that fans finally had confirmation of the release date.
“Luv is rage 2” is a sequel to Uzi’s second mixtape, “Luv is rage,” and marks his first commercial release with Atlantic records. The cover art for “Luv is rage 2” is a clear reference to the album’s predecessor, featuring
Uzi reaching out towards his on again off again girlfriend brittany byrd.
The album has 16 songs combining for a substantial 56 minutes and making it Uzi’s longest project to date. The album also features the talents of two big music industry names, The Weeknd and Pharrell Williams. These are easily the most mainstream and popular hiphop artists that Uzi has ever appeared alongside. on “neon Guts” vocalist Pharrell Williams controls both the chorus and the first verse of the track, rapping about billionaire elon musk in the line “higher than elon musk / so high stars eat our dust.” on “UnFazed” The Weeknd lends his voice to the repetitive chorus while Uzi adds one of his many signature ad-libs. Apart from those two tracks, Uzi handles most of the rapping and singing on the album. The intro song, “TwoⓇ,” has a vibe that harkens back to Uzi’s “Ps & Qs” with the Philadelphia-born rapper pondering his recent success stating, “And I ain’t gonna lie / I got money and the power”. on “sauce It Up,” Uzi displays even more bravado while going on about his constant party lifestyle. Uzi even references the speculation regarding the release date of his album in the hook of “how to Talk,” boasting, “They predicted next fall yeah / Look at them like aw yeah.”
“Luv is rage 2” is far from revolutionary for Uzi, but it
fits in rather well with his discography. As a whole, the album is nothing to get too excited about. There are no songs that particularly stand out, besides “Xo ToUr Llif3,” which had already been released. most of the songs on the album blend together and are consistent with Uzi’s style, which will most likely appeal to current fans but probably won’t gain him any new ones. Woods attempted to break into the mainstream music scene by bringing on Pharrell and The Weeknd, but it doesn’t seem like either song will crack into the billboard hot 100.
Contact Ryan Israel at risrael1@nd.edu
“Luv is Rage 2”
Lil Uzi Vert
Label: Atlantic Records
Tracks: “Neon Guts”
If you like: Kendrick Lamar, Travis Scott, Lil Yachty
A magical tradition
For the past 10 years I’ve had the same summer tradition. e very year, as soon as July rolls around, I pick up “h arry Potter and the s orcerer’s stone,” and make my way steadily through the seven books that still amaze me even after reading them so many times.
It all started in 2007, when I was anxiously awaiting “h arry Potter and the d eathly h allows,” the final installment in the series. This was the first time I’d had to wait for a book to be released to read it, so I decided to pass the time by re-reading my favorite book in the series, “h arry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.” o nce I finished that one I, of course, had to move on to the next two, and then just decided to go back to the beginning and also tackle books one through three. Looking back, this probably made me less patient during my wait for the seventh book, but at least all the details of the series were fresh in my mind while I was reading a book with so many callbacks to moments throughout h arry’s adventures.
I didn’t realize then that one summer of reading the entire “h arry Potter” series would lead to 10 summers of doing so. The next year, however, I found myself wanting to revisit the series a year after it had ended, and it grew into a fun thing to do every summer. e ven though I’ve read each book over 10 times, I never find myself bored, and in fact still find some new detail in the series to appreciate each year. The circumstances are never the same when I start my annual re-read, whether that’s because the political climate has changed, I’ve met new people who remind me of the characters or simply because I’m a year older with new experiences under my belt. no matter what, the experience always feels fresh and exciting (save the disappointment of “h arry Potter and the c ursed c hild,” which doesn’t count), and I find myself looking forward to starting my summer re-read each year.
The popularity of this young-adult fantasy series among people of all ages is also a major benefit to rereading the series every year. I know not everyone has read the “h arry Potter” series and many don’t feel compelled to do so, but generally speaking, love for the series is widespread and relatable. In fact, the series has inspired many observer columns similar to this one already. I could be embarrassed about spending two to three weeks each summer obsessively re-reading books originally marketed to kids now younger than I am while my sister reads “moby d ick,” “War and Peace” and a bunch of other equally high-brow-sounding books, but I don’t. Partly because my family appreciates “h arry Potter” just as much as I do, but mostly because those books are just as magical now as they were when I was 10 years old.
Contact Courtney Becker at cbecker3@nd.edu
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Being a minority at Notre Dame
It has already been a week of school and students, new and returning, have been bombarded with “welcomes” as we settle into our collegiate home. And here is another one: welcome to notre d ame, the “diverse” campus that tries its hardest to call itself “multicultural.” notre d ame has deep-rooted traditions in everything it does, and in the past that has lent itself into creating a parody of its community with the “stereotypical notre d ame student.” White, athletic, rich, maybe even a legacy. The university tries to counter this false stereotype tooth-and-nail because some argue that it ignores all those who do not fall into those categories and it is disparaging to those who do fit the description. Whether or not you are a “stereotype,” you, as an individual, help make up the essence of the university.
In its attempt to highlight the beautiful differences in why we are each unique, notre d ame places what little diversity it has under the spotlight. Yes, little. There is some truth to the fact that most notre d ame students are white. The admissions website proudly boasts that 26 percent of the incoming freshmen class identifies as a person of color (P oc ). At first it might seem like a lot, but compare it to the University of c alifornia, s an d iego, where 75 percent of students identify as a P oc s uddenly that 26 percent does not seem so grand. Admittedly, the fact that we are c atholic does alienate many prospective students. b ut what about us, the minorities, that are already here? After 18 years, we have learned to deal with racist and discriminatory comments, and we have learned that sometimes we just cannot “blend in.” b ut our experiences still do not quite prepare us for the sudden scrutiny we face at a predominantly white campus. To many, it seems that everything we do is due to our race. Yet we are not just what we look like. While we are not defined solely by our culture, by our skin color or by our native language, they do play roles in our lives. We choose how big of a role. c ollege, especially a place like notre d ame, allows us to go through a holistic education that encompasses not only intellectual growth, but spiritual and cultural growth as well.
For Latinos like myself, many of us relate to the iconic movie “ s elena”: “We have to be more mexican than the mexicans and more American than the Americans, both at the same time.” o ur parents do not seem to understand why we are not more Latino than we currently are, and many of our non-Latino friends may not understand how we grew up with
such a different culture. We might wonder if we are failing to honor what our family taught us because we are “too white” or do not speak s panish as fluently as we would like — if at all. We might wonder if we are too “foreign” to fit in everywhere else. c ombining our two cultural worlds does not seem to appease anyone and instead, manages to confuse everyone. It can be scary being the “token minority,” unsure of where you belong with your cultural blend. If you are that person in a friend group, others might worry whether a joke is in poor taste. If it is in moreau class, all 19 other students and the professor might turn to look at you when racism is brought up. It is hard facing these issues alone. e ngaging in a cultural club here on campus helps bridge our two cultures. It is fascinating to join others and learn about the heritage that influenced our upbringing, and it is comforting to share the struggle of adapting to the notre d ame culture. o ur university has beautiful traditions that we all want to be a part of. Those of us who have grown up with different customs than most of our classmates bring a unique, vibrant piece to the puzzle of campus culture by infusing it with our heritage.
While I cannot speak for all cultural clubs, I can almost guarantee that you will find a community that fosters not only discussion and security, but the chance for you to expand your beliefs and comfort zone. You will find people just like you, and people who are completely different. You will learn about topics and issues you never thought you would care about. (I now know more about mexican folk dance than my own family.)
o ne of the biggest worries about joining these clubs is that they will engulf and separate you from the rest of campus. I promise that they will not isolate you from notre d ame’s rich traditions. Instead, they bring us closer to the community. We all make up notre d ame, and our unique lives and experiences give this place the vibrancy — and yes, the diversity — that makes it beautiful. We are a small percentage. b ut we are here, sharing our lifestyles and values with the rest of the community. no matter what we identify as, here on campus, we are Irish. We are notre d ame.
Natalie Howe is a coffee aficionado, but it may be an understatement considering it is her main food group. Majoring in finance and environmental science, she enjoys talking about weather patterns and Latin American multiculturalism. Any inquiries and weather complaints can be sent to nhowe@nd.edu.
The views expressed in this column are those of the author and not necessarily those of The Observer.
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Courtney Becker news e ditor
The Band-Aid aisle
s tanding in the Walgreens on 22nd in Washington, d c ., I looked at the handful of girls all stopped in the b and-Aid aisle. o ur feet were perpetually blistered from traipsing in heels we hoped would help hide our confusion and insecurities during summer internships. As if looking the part was the key to conquering The h ill. This is of course fake news.
I spent my first week on the phone taking constituent calls about the G o P’s proposed h ouse health care bill. Going in I did not know what the bill entailed, but neither did most callers who alternated almost exclusively between crying and screaming. I was emotionally exhausted, and the band aids hardly helped my feet.
In addition, I commiserated with many constituents. Their words burned my eyes as I mumbled “I’ll be sure to pass that along to the senator,” and disconnected the line. The angry
callers, those who felt like collateral damage in the party politics our country faces, were worse. They used words like “unconstitutional” and “unamerican” — and plenty of others I cannot write here — as temporary masks to much of their pain. As if Americans are standing in the b and-Aid aisle, wondering which brand best covers the wounds, confusion and insecurities created in a situation no one had experienced before now.
People say that parties used to not be this divided, and that once elections were over many would return to their lives. n ow it seems impossible to escape the party loyalty and political polarization of the 2016 election season. Increasingly we see people choose their partners based on similar political views rather than religious beliefs, and watch news spread like an infection regardless of the information’s validity. d eaf to the opinions of others, we insist everyone is out to get us, so paranoid and scared out of our minds we limp into line with everyone else who is just as confused as we are.
I can tell you that most callers did not know all the facts, but I hardly blamed them. The pursuit of truth went to the wayside because fear is more captivating. It is our nation’s greatest addiction, and what I heard in every voice that called. Fear of what we do not know and feel we cannot control has divided people into parties, and it is in line to conquer the whole political system. America’s new fight is crossing the divide fear created to better understand one another and heal the nation we have tried to mend, but is just not what s he used to be. s o how do we finally acknowledge everyone else standing in the b and-Aid aisle? And see ourselves in the others who were also hurt while merely trying their best? m aybe when we do these wounds can begin to heal.
Caroline Humphreys is a senior studying Political Science and Peace Studies. Find her at Whole Foods and here, chumphr1@nd.edu
The views expressed in this column are those of the author and not necessarily those of The Observer.
Diamond rain and other incredible things
When I was a kid, I made a spaceship out of a giant cardboard box. It had a steering wheel like a car, and buttons to activate shields and lasers in the case of unfriendly aliens. There was no landing gear — landing would mean getting out of the spaceship, which was not the point of making it. It did have a lot of windows, each looking at a variety of stars and planets drawn in marker, and the windows all had windshield wipers.
To six-year-old me, this all made perfect sense. I don’t know that anyone ever asked about the windshield wipers, but if they did my response was probably something like, “They’re there in case it rains. d uh.”
If space-rain was something I could easily imagine at age six, at twenty one I have a harder time. m y mind immediately jumps to the physical impracticalities — rain is an atmospheric event, space does not have an atmosphere, nor does it have water, y etc.
I was reminded of my cardboard spaceship the other day when I read that scientists have confirmed the occurrence of diamond rain on n eptune. I was stunned. I imagined looking up into a sky that was raining diamonds, and it felt like being in an h .G. Wells novel.
It is apparently fairly common, as scientists are now confident that diamonds are raining on four planets – s aturn, Jupiter, n eptune and Uranus. And the science is surprisingly simple. Uranus and n eptune have high concentrations of hydrocarbons in their atmospheres; as these hydrocarbons fall through layers of incredibly high pressure they are split into hydrogen and carbon
molecules, and the carbon is subsequently pressurized into diamonds. s aturn and Jupiter have a slightly flashier method: lightening transforms their atmospheric methane into carbon, which again falls through areas of high pressure, striking the ground — here, an ocean of liquid helium — as diamonds.
If you had asked me a week ago if there was such a thing as diamond rain I would have again have jumped to the physical constraints — diamonds are diamonds and they don’t come from the sky. If you asked six year old me, I would have probably gone and added a diamond-collection-bucket to my spaceship, just in case.
m y point here is not that we should return to the good old days of being six. This is not a piece romanticizing the simplicity of childhood, nor is it criticizing the cynicism of adulthood. r ather, my point is to revisit the sense of possibility that existed when I was six. The beginning of a new semester is always exhilarating, as there is a huge sense of opportunity. Yet almost immediately, the opportunities seem to die off — I will take this class, not that one. This club, not the other. Gravity works in this way, economics follows these principles, and essays should be written according to these rules.
e ducation is undoubtedly liberating, but if we are not careful it can be imprisoning, too. I am often guilty of getting stuck in one way of thinking. Last week a professor told me that some research now indicates people should not finish their entire course of antibiotics, and the biologist in me immediately rejected the idea — but when I read the paper, the science made sense (disclaimer: the study has not been reproduced. Please always finish your antibiotics, until the cdc says otherwise). It was an important lesson that six-year-old me already knew — anything is
possible.
It applies to the future, too. s ometimes college feels like four years in which you find out all the things you cannot do — you can’t pass this class, so you can’t be that major. You don’t like this subject, so can’t do that job. I am one of the many fallen soldiers who realized early that a career in medicine would not work for me, and at the time, I was crushed.
n ow I know two things: first, that it was very good that I left my medical dreams because I prefer my new ones, and second, that if I really wanted to be doctor, I could have found a way. c lasses can always be retaken, connections can always be found. To change the metaphor, tenyear-old me wanted to become an astronaut and knew that meant being good math and science — she also hated math and couldn’t do long division without crying. To her, those things were not contradictory. I wish I had remembered that when my pre-med self was cyring through orgo. I’m not in the habit of giving advice, but I do like to make myself to-do lists. This year, my senior year, one of those items will be remembering my spaceship windshield wipers. Telling yourself that anything is possible might sound pretty cheesy, but when it creates ideas like space-rain — which, really, how much more implausible is that than diamond rain? — it can be pretty incredible.
Sarah Cate is a senior at Notre Dame studying biology and English. As such, she enjoys writing essays about Salinger and studying viruses in her research lab. Her favorite books are very much like her science experiments — long, complicated and ultimately inconclusive. She can be reached sbaker6@nd.edu
The views expressed in this column are those of the author and not necessarily those of The Observer.
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Sarah Cate Baker science is Golden
Happy Birthday: stand by your beliefs, but don’t push them on others. What’s important is doing what works for you and doing it well. common sense, preparation and recognizing what’s true and what isn’t will encourage better choices and friendships with like-minded people. don’t make too many personal changes this year. stick to the basics and work to stabilize your domestic environment. your numbers are 2, 9, 16, 25, 28, 39, 41.
ARIES (March 21-April 19): Work hard and save. concentrate on securing your position and increasing your value. updating your qualifications will allow you to present what you have to offer to a more diverse market. romance and physical improvements are highlighted.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20): keep impulse behavior to a minimum. If you really want change, do something constructive that will add to your comfort and improve your attitude. focus on your surroundings and adjusting the way you live. don’t spend money, do the work yourself.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Avoid trouble. being charming will work better than trying to pressure someone. listen carefully and you’ll come to the right decision. your priorities should be keeping the peace, romance and personal growth.
CANCER (June 21-July 22): choose to be passionate, not agitated. If someone wants too much, offer what you can and ask for as much in return. keep the playing field equal and your relationships with others will be far less tedious. choose simplicity over chaos.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): make personal adjustments to the way you look or how you do things instead of trying to change others. show compassion and extend a helping hand to someone close to you. Anger will solve nothing, but patience and sound solutions will.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): be considerate of the people around you. Ask permission before making changes that will affect others. be grateful for what you have, not envious of those who have more. your attitude will make a difference in what transpires.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): emotions will surface, causing a reaction that is best contained. don’t let temptation or assumptions lead to regret. Plant your feet firmly on the ground and bring about necessary alterations that will promote a sense of calm and balance.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): delve into creative endeavors and choose to do the things that will help you avoid a run-in that could cause grief. hard work and success are the best ways to handle people who oppose or irritate you.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Pay more attention to the way you look. A physical challenge will prove to be exhilarating and will help ease your stress. A change of location or visiting a place you’ve never been before will encourage you to expand your beliefs.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Put yourself and your family first. refuse to let anyone take you for granted or use emotional manipulation to make you feel guilty. Take care of your own affairs. Protect your cash and possessions from fast talkers.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): head to where your skills and knowledge will be the most valuable. The input you offer will make a difference in how well you do. don’t neglect someone you love. sharing an emotional moment will have a profound effect on you.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Pay close attention to detail and accuracy. If you want to contribute something, make sure it’s doable before you commit. A friend, peer or someone you deal with daily will give you a false impression of what’s expected of you.
Birthday Baby: you are sensitive, kind and appealing. you are creative and articulate.
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mayweather’s win helps boxing
Michael Ivey sports Writer
It appears that boxing is not dead after all.
not only will s aturday’s much anticipated boxing match between Floyd mayweather, Jr. and c onor mcGregor be considered a great success for both boxers’ reputations (and their wallets), one can consider it as a win for the sport of boxing itself.
boxing’s reputation has taken a bad hit the last couple of years, especially after the much-hyped bout between mayweather and manny Pacquiao in may 2015 turned into a boring, frustrating standoff. The lack of action and excitement in that match, combined with the high price of buying the fight on pay-perview, turned many people off the sport altogether.
boxing had struggled even before the mayweatherPacquiao fiasco. The growing popularity of mm A and the UFc , especially among younger audiences, has taken many viewers away from traditional boxing. It helped that a lot of major UFc fights can be found on cable television networks like FoX. In response to this, Premier boxing c hampions, a network devoted just to boxing, was introduced to expose more people to the sport of boxing on a more consistent basis via cable networks like nbc , cbs and esPn very few boxing matches can create buzz and anticipation like one involving Floyd mayweather. After mayweather retired in s eptember 2015 following his fight with Andre berto, it felt like boxing was losing a huge chunk of its identity.
boxing came under fire again earlier this year when Pacquiao, considered one of the most famous boxers in the world, lost a controversial unanimous decision to Australian boxer Jeff horn. even though Pacquiao as if he was looked in control for most of the fight and landed more punches than horn (according to c ompubox stats, Pacquiao landed 182 out of 573 of punches — 32 percent — thrown, while horn landed 92 of 625 of punches — 15 percent — thrown), horn was declared the victor. This incident angered many boxing pundits and fans alike, believing Pacquiao was robbed of a well-deserved victory and that horn was showed favoritism due to the fight being in his home country of Australia. It was just another embarrassing
moment boxing didn’t need to have.
The idea of the mayweathermcGregor fight had been kicked around for years. mcGregor is perhaps the most popular UFc superstar. h is loud and outgoing personality has made him a polarizing figure among fighting fans.
A match between he and mayweather, the best boxer in the world, was an intriguing prospect for any boxing fan or promoter. After being just an idea for so long, the possibility of it actually happening became a reality back in march after the two fighters exchanged messages through the media. After long negotiations, mcGregor agreed to all terms laid out by mayweather’s promotional company.
many worried that this fight would end up just like mayweather-Pacquiao and be another black eye for boxing, especially if mcGregor, an mm A fighter, somehow defeated mayweather.
r ight from the first bell, mcGregor was on the offensive, trying to land as many punches as he could. mcGregor’s fast hands and far reach made mayweather visibly uncomfortable in the first few rounds, forcing mayweather to be more aggressive earlier than he usually does. The early intrigue excited boxing fans and non-fans alike. halfway through the match, mcGregor started to tire out, and mayweather took advantage. After mcGregor could barely stand, and with Floyd landing punch after punch, the fight was called in the 10th round and mayweather was declared the victor. d espite the loss, mcGregor gained a lot of new fans after his impressive boxing debut against one of the greatest boxers ever.
There were so many payper-view sales for the fight that the servers temporarily broke down. The start of the fight was delayed to fix the broken servers. The number of people who bought the fight is to be determined, but it is expected to break the pay-perview sales record held by the mayweather-Pacquiao fight, which generated 4.6 million sales.
everyone seemed to walk away happy on s aturday night, including the sport of boxing itself.
Contact Michael Ivey at mivey@hcc-nd.edu
The views expressed in this Sports Authority are those of the author and not necessarily those of The Observer.
Orioles extend winning streak to five straight
Associated Press
bA lTImore — Adam Jones hit a milestone home run, Welington castillo had three hits and two rbIs and the baltimore orioles beat the seattle mariners 7-6 monday night for their fifth straight victory.
chris davis doubled in the tiebreaking run in the seventh inning for the resurgent orioles, who climbed over .500 (66-65) for the first time since June 11. baltimore jumped past seattle (66-66) to within 1 ½ games of idle minnesota for the final A l wild-card spot.
Jones’ solo home run in the fifth inning gave him 25 for an orioles-record seventh consecutive season. he shared the mark of six with cal ripken Jr.
ben Gamel homered and had a career-high five rbIs in seattle’s third straight defeat.
With the score tied at 6, Trey mancini led off the baltimore seventh with a single off emilio Pagan (1-3) and davis followed with a liner into the right-field
corner.
donnie hart (2-0) pitched the seventh, darren o’day worked out of a jam in the eighth and Zach britton got three outs for his 12th save — the first since his run of converting 60 in a row ended last week.
seattle trailed 6-4 in the sixth before chris Tillman issued successive one-out walks and Gamels smacked a two-run single off mychal Givens.
Tillman gave up six runs, three hits and four walks — all of which turned into runs. A 16game winner last year, Tillman is winless in 16 starts since may 7.
mariners starter marco Gonzales allowed five runs and eight hits in 3 1/3 innings. he left with the bases loaded in the fourth, but christian bergman kept seattle within 5-4 by retiring manny machado and Jonathan schoop on popups.
Jones connected off bergman in the fifth for a two-run cushion.
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orioles ss Tim beckham is
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known more for his bat than his glove, but he made three exceptional plays in the field. he opened the game with a solid pickup, snagged a short-hop grounder in the third and hit the dirt to start a 6-4-3 double play in the seventh.
t rainer’s room
mariners: oF Jarrod dyson (groin) took some swings and ran the bases prior to the game. “he had to run a double and I said, ‘I’m taking off behind you,’ which I did,” manager scott servais said. “he got to first base and I wasn’t quite at the 45-foot mark.” dyson could return in the next day or two. . rhP Felix hernandez (right biceps tendinitis) and lhP James Paxton (strained pectoral muscle) played catch without any issues. both hope to throw 2025 pitches off the mound Friday or saturday in seattle.
orioles: before the game, britton insisted his left knee was fine. britton had an mrI on the knee last week and had not pitched since Wednesday.
Werth, Scherzer shine during Washington win
Associated Press
WAshInGTon — max scherzer overpowered Giancarlo stanton, howie Kendrick hit a three-run triple and the Washington nationals beat the miami marlins 11-2 on monday night.
scherzer (13-5) allowed one run and five hits, including christian Yelich’s home run, and had 10 strikeouts in his return from the 10-day disabled list. stanton, named nl Player of the Week for the second time this month on monday, went 0 for 3 against scherzer with two strikeouts and a groundball double play one day after becoming the first nl player to hit 50 home runs in a season since Prince Fielder in 2007.
Jayson Werth had a two-run homer off Jose Urena (12-6) in his first game with the nationals
since suffering a left foot contusion on June 5.
matt Wieters added a two-run single in the decisive sixth for an 11-1 lead as Washington halted miami’s four-game winning streak.
stanton batted .448 (13 for 29) with five home runs and 11 rbI last week. his 17 homers in August are one shy of the major league record of 18 set by rudy York in 1937. The slugger didn’t hit the ball out of the infield against scherzer.
The two-time cy Young award winner missed two starts since his last outing on Aug. 13 against san Francisco with inflammation in the left side of his neck.
scherzer threw 100 pitches, struck out at least 10 batters for the 14th time this season and lowered his er A against the marlins in 2017 to 1.17 over four starts.
Werth missed 75 games after fouling a ball off his foot at oakland. he was activated monday from the 60-day dl following a six-game rehab assignment. his blast in the fourth put Washington up 4-1 after miami scored in the top half of the inning on Yelich’s homer.
Werth later singled as Washington loaded the bases in the sixth against reliever dustin mcGowan. All three scored as Yelich misplayed Kendrick’s sinking liner and the ball scooted to the wall.
Urena exited early after throwing 94 pitches through four innings. he gave up four runs and five hits with three walks. The right-hander was 3-0 with 2.95 er A over four previous starts this month.
miami entered the series 4 1-2 games behind colorado for the second Wild card berth.
h andrigan said. “m y father passed away just recently and the support I had from the notre d ame community was truly special. It was overwhelming in a positive way and I am very appreciative of that.”
h andrigan said the main draw of him choosing to come to notre d ame was the support it provides its students and the sense of family and community it possesses.
“I did choose notre d ame as they chose me and after reviewing my options and looking at other universities, the main reason I chose notre d ame was the international brand and the reputation that notre d ame has for all the support it provides, not only for its athletes, but for the school population,” h andrigan said. “Also, the family atmosphere was high on my wife’s priorities for the institution we chose and notre d ame was definitely at the top of the list for that aspect.”
h andrigan has a clear vision for the future of the golf program and the changes he would like to bring about, but most importantly, he wants to focus on the importance of both developing the skills of current team members while simultaneously recruiting solid talent.
“I will bring a culture change regarding the team atmosphere and the way we go about practice will be a lot more structured,” h andrigan said. “o ne of my strengths is
the recruiting aspect and my goal would be to bring some of the top players in the country to notre d ame golf. The number one thing, however, is to develop the current players that we have. We have a great group of guys who are very talented and my job is to develop those guys to be nationally ranked players.”
h andrigan also reflected on the fact that, after 89 years of men’s golf at notre d ame, he
is only the seventh head coach of the program.
“It just shows how special this opportunity is,” h andrigan said. “I’ve always heard there’s great tradition here and great programs, but when you hear you’re only the seventh coach, it’s obviously an honor. It’s very special, it really is.”
Contact Brenna Moxley at bmoxley@nd.edu
moments and was able to cause trouble on the opponent’s half of the pitch, but s an d iego heavily guarded him for fear of his reputation. Jumping to s unday’s game against c al Poly (0-2), Gallagher found more space to cause chaos. h e took 14 shots, but unfortunately none of them were able to find the back of the net. As the reigning Acc o ffensive Player of the Year he is, Gallagher will find a way to create chances despite the extra pressure opponents will apply to him throughout the season, as both s an d iego and c al Poly did at the m ike b erticelli memorial Tournament.
As an observation from the weekend, increased pressure on Gallagher only allowed other players to step up and finish, one being Farina — it created opportunities for the rest of the roster. r eturning from an injury during last season against Louisville, and recognized as the 2017 m ike b erticelli memorial Tournament most o utstanding o ffensive Player, Farina is reminding everyone how much the Irish missed him.
With strong, experienced seniors as examples, the younger players and players with fewer minutes under their belts, including junior forward Ian Aschieris and sophomore forward John r ea have the ability to make notre d ame that much more difficult to shut down. In addition to the forwards, junior fullbacks s ean d edrick and Felicien d umas were also active offensively this weekend, making notre d ame even more of an offensive threat, as opponents had to be aware of all players on the pitch at all times. d efensively, the back line has handled everything thrown its way so far. needless to say, the Irish have talent up and down the entire roster. Although the rest of notre d ame’s journey will continually be an uphill climb due to its very tough schedule — one of the toughest in the country — its early matches have promised nothing but improvement and persistence to fight its way up the ranks.
Contact Meagan Bens at mbens@nd.edu
The views expressed in this column are those of the author and not necessarily those of The Observer.
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Irish senior Thomas Steve hits a tee shot during the Notre Dame Kickoff Challenge on Sept. 3 at Warren Golf Course. Steve finished in a tie for fourth at the event, shooting a 3-under-par 138.
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Irish junior Miguel Delgado hits an approach shot during the Notre Dame Kickoff Challenge on Sept. 3 at Warren Golf Course. Bens
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Irish senior forward Jeff Farina heads the ball during Notre Dame’s 2-0 win over San Diego on Friday at Alumni Stadium.
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Swarbrick discusses Olympic sports at ND
By ELIZABETH GREASON sports e ditor
Editor’s note: This is the third story in a three-part series featuring a wide range of topics covered in The Observer’s interview with director of athletics Jack Swarbrick. Today’s story focuses on the recent changes, improvements and achievements of Notre Dame’s Olympic sports.
Hockey
n otre d ame announced in m arch 2016 that the Irish hockey program would be making the move from the h ockey e ast conference to the b ig Ten, a change which will become effective in the coming season. c oming off a season that led the Irish to the program’s third-ever Frozen Four, s warbrick is looking forward to joining a conference that will both prove advantageous for the student-athletes and create more excitement for the fans.
“I think it’s much better for the student experience because the travel will be less demanding. That’s the
men’s soccer
starting point,” s warbrick said. “ s econdly, it’s more natural rivalries for our fans. I think they’ll be more excited with m innesota, m ichigan, m ichigan s tate, o hio s tate. I just think the rivalries are a little more natural for us.”
Fencing
The Irish took home their ninth nc AA fencing championship, with then-senior Lee Kiefer and then-junior Francesca r usso each claiming individual titles in the foil and sabre, respectively. This national title was the first for n otre d ame under head coach Gia Kvaratskhelia, who took over for former head coach Janusz b ednarski when he retired in d ec. 2014. Kvaratskhelia was the associate head coach of the fencing program at the time of b ednarski’s retirement, something s warbrick considers to be a blessing for the program, considering that Kvaratskhelia is considered by many to be the best coach in the sport.
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Depth of roster will be bright spot for Irish
After an exceptional performance this past weekend at the 2017 m ike b erticelli m emorial Tournament, the Irish continue to add wins to their record and give a glimpse of an extraordinary season.
Friday, n otre d ame (2-0) walked away with a 2-0 victory over s an d iego, thanks to a penalty kick from junior midfielder Felicien d umas in the first half and a fantastic header by senior forward Jeff Farina in the second half. c ontinuing to add points to the board s unday against c al Poly, Farina had two goals, including the game-winner in the 101st minute.
In the first game against the Toreros (0-2), senior forward Jon Gallagher had his
handrigan to rebuild program
By BRENNA MOXLEY sports Writer
Irish head coach John
h andrigan is a native of b racebridge, o ntario, and he moved to the United s tates in 1996 to attend s t. Francis University in Loretto, Pennsylvania. As a member of the golf team, he lettered all four years and was named a captain his junior and senior years. h e also earned the s t. Francis “ m ale s tudent-Athlete of the Year” award following his final season.
Upon graduation, c oach h andrigan secured a position as a graduate assistant coach at his alma mater. h e then took on the head coaching position at c oker c ollege, a d ivision II school in s outh c arolina, where he led the team to four consecutive nc AA r egional appearances and a n ational c hampionship and conference championship in 2006.
h is next opportunity was as head coach of both the men’s and women’s teams at Queens University in c harlotte, n orth c arolina. There he received the honor of women’s conference c oach of the Year in 2009. Later that year, he took the assistant coaching job at the University of Kansas. h e has spent the past six years at University of Florida, five of them as assistant coach and the 2016-2017 season as the Gators’ associate head coach, before accepting the head coaching job at n otre d ame this summer.
h andrigan said his time at n otre d ame so far has lived up to his expectations, especially in the wake of the death of his father.
“It has been outstanding. You always hear about n otre d ame and the family atmosphere and it definitely lives up to that reputation,”
CHRIS COLLINS | The Observer
Irish sophomore outside hitter Jemma Yeadon serves the ball during Notre Dame’s 3-1 win over Valparaiso on Friday at Compton Family Ice Arena. Yeadon broke her career-high kills record with 20 kills Saturday.
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Irish junior midfielder Felicien Dumas dribbles the ball during Notre Dame’s 2-0 win over San Diego on Friday at Alumni Stadium. see bens Page 10
