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Basilica staff reflects on building’s history Rector, tour staff discuss importance, spiritual centrality of 130 year-old campus landmark

By RYAN McNELIS News Writer

While Notre Dame has many recognizable landmarks, few campus buildings have played a role as important as the Basilica of the Sacred Heart. One of the center pieces of God Quad, the Basilica has had a huge influence on Notre Dame as an institution, Fr. Peter Rocca, CSC, the Basilica’s rector of 21 years, said.

“Notre Dame would be a much different place if we didn’t have the Basilica of the Sacred Heart,” he said. “It is a powerful symbol that has touched the lives of literally millions of people. And it’s something that people will remember for a long time.”

Rocca said the Basilica’s past is tied to the first place of worship on

Notre Dame’s campus.

“When Fr. Sorin arrived here in 1842, there was really nothing here except a log chapel, built around 1830 by the first priest ordained in the United States: Fr. Stephen Theodore Badin — as in Badin Hall. Fr. Badin built this chapel so he could minister to the Native American population here,” he said.

Sue Montalbano, coordinator of Basilica tours, said Sorin and the monks who accompanied him adopted the chapel as a place of worship, but it quickly became too small for their growing community. It was at this point that the Holy Cross community built the first church on the site of the current Basilica, Sacred Heart One, see BASILICA PAGE 3

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The Basilica of the Saced Heart, one of focal points of the campus skyline, has drawn in many students since its construction. The church has hosted many events, including Knute Rockne’s funeral in 1931.

Performer visits 3D printing firm comes to SMC, puts on Innovation Park one-woman show

By ANDREW CAMERON

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By GINA TWARDOSZ Associate Saint Mary’s Editor

On Monday, Saint Mary’s welcomed mezzo-soprano Kate Tombaugh who discussed her journey and shared career advice with students interested in musical theater. Tombaugh also performed her one woman musical, “It Just Takes One.” Tombaugh wrote, produced and starred in “It Just Takes One,” a one woman show about her journey to stage, from her first auditions in New York City, through her struggle to find the right guy and to living on her own while pursuing her dreams. The music in the show ranged from popular Broadway tunes such as “Cockeyed Optimist” from “South Pacific” to original songs and arias.

Tombaugh is a mezzo-soprano, which means that vocally she has the capacity to play either a male or female role in a musical. Tombaugh has toured with a variety of opera companies and symphonies and has performed

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in such musicals as “Barber of Seville” and “Cinderella.”

During her lecture, Tombaugh recommended that students start preparing for their careers while in college.

“It’s not like one day you just wake up and say, ‘I’m a professional!’ You have to start practicing now,” she said. “This time for you is a very short blip in your career and the sooner you can start being proactive and learning how to be your own teacher and promoter, the better off you will be.

There’s going to be a time where you’re out of school and you won’t have the resources like you have here.”

College is the perfect “safe zone” in which students can start to realize their dreams, Tombaugh said.

“I had always heard that you should create the life you imagine, but you can’t just keep seeing it as this distant thing in the future, you have to start taking tangible steps towards it,” she said. see MUSICAL PAGE 4

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Visitors to Innovation Park, Notre Dame’s technology and entrepreneurship facility, may be puzzled by the large chamber apparatus set up near the entrance.

This machine, an advanced 3D scanner owned by German startup Doob, aims to display the company’s innovative technology to members of the Notre Dame

and South Bend communities and provide customers with an eye-catching and unconventional memento.

Until September 29th, Innovation Park is hosting Doob, a company specializing in 3D scanning, modeling and printing. The company is operating a pop-up store for their main consumer product: high-resolution 3D-printed figurines of people and pets. In addition to

the scanner, lifelike miniatures of people and animals in a wide array of sizes and poses were displayed on a table, and a television screen walked viewers through the process of creating and printing the digital model. The figurines are printed in full color and delivered between two to three weeks after the scan, according to the company’s website. see DOOB PAGE 4

College diversity board prepares for school year

By MIA MARROQUIN News Writer

With the new school year underway, clubs and organizations across campus are busy recruiting new members and formalizing plans for the semester. One such organization is Saint Mary’s Student Diversity Board (SDB).

The SDB is a student organization intended to create awareness

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of diversity in order to educate, provide support and celebrate differences within the Saint Mary’s community.

Bella Tillman, a junior at the College and president of the SDB, is a firm believer in the organization’s mission and goal.

“My high school was very diverse, so coming here was kind of a shock. I knew I wanted to be surrounded by diversity and

I wanted to help alleviate any problems that were a result of a lack of diversity,” Tillman said.

SDB’s first major event will be a Kickoff Week, which will take place during the second week of October. The culminating event will be a dinner for students who have felt marginalized or excluded during their time at Saint

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STUDENT SENATE

Group confirms new members to committee

By CLAIRE RAFFORD News Writer

Notre Dame’s student senate spent most of their weekly meeting debating the confirmation of new members to the Judicial Board’s Election Committee.

“According to the to Section 13.2 of the Constitution of the Undergraduate Student Body, ‘The Election Committee shall review all allegations of potential elections misconduct and all potential violations of elections regulations in accordance with Section 14.5,’” a letter presenting the Judicial Board’s nominees to the Senate said.

Election committee members are also responsible for holding office hours in the spring leading up to student body and class council elections.

After the nominees were presented, president of Judicial Council, junior Shady Girgis, brought some information about one of the nominees to the attention of the Senate.

“We choose the election committee … and then we

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constructed in 1848.

“After the Civil War, men started coming back from the war and [Sacred Heart One] became too small,” Montalbano said.

Construction began on the current structure in 1868 and, though it was consecrated in 1888, it was not completed until the addition of the spire in 1892, Rocca said. He added that the design and construction of the church distinguish it as a quintessential product of the thenyoung University.

have training before the FCC [Freshman Class Council] elections,” Girgis said. “And in that training, one of the things we let them know is to not show any bias towards the candidates, so no posters, no endorsing the candidates running for Freshman Class Council. And they were well aware of that.”

Girgis said one of the nominees for the Election Committee, freshman Isabel Snee, posted a photo on social media of a candidate for Freshman Class Council with their campaign material behind the candidate. The post could have been construed as an endorsement for this candidate, which, as stated earlier, is prohibited for Election Committee members.

Snee was apologetic when alerted to the problems with the post and promised that if she were indeed appointed, they would be extremely careful to ensure that it not happen again, Girgis said.

Girgis also said the candidate stated that their intention was not to endorse this candidate

and was unaware that the post could have been interpreted as an endorsement.

Girgis said that despite Snee’s mistake, the Judicial Council still vouched for her character, ability to serve on the committee and trust that she would not make the same mistake in the future.

Girgis also showed the social media post in question to the Senate for the members to review for themselves.

This information was received with mixed messages from the group and led to much debate among the voting members of the Senate especially. Some senators felt that the post was a clear endorsement and that the candidate should not be approved.

“I think any reasonable person would consider this to be an endorsement,” senator Lindsay McCray from Welsh Family Hall said.

Others said Snee made a mistake that they trusted would not be repeated, placing their confidence in the decision of the Judicial Council.

“I would really like to

emphasize that Shady has thrown his support behind [the candidate],” Brendan Watts, Hall President’s Council co-chair said. “He’s the expert here and he believes that [the candidate] has the ability to do the job and he recounts that [the candidate] apologized deeply.”

In addition, some of the senators said that because of the accusations during last year’s student government elections, they were concerned about the appointment of a person who may or may not have endorsed someone, regardless of intentions.

In addition, another controversy regarding an election committee candidate was was brought to the attention of the Senate. Student Union Board executive director Bethany Bogges said a nominee, sophomore Joseph Sheehan, had resigned from a SUB committee because of lack of time and an inability to commit.

The group debated Sheehan’s choice to resign from SUB, which ultimately was seen by many senators as his prerogative to devote

more time to Election Committee and other responsibilities.

Instead of approving the Election Committee nominees as a group, the senate decided to vote on all the candidates separately.

Ultimately, all candidates were approved. Seven nominees were confirmed unanimously. One was confirmed through a blind vote, meaning voting members of the Senate submitted their votes on pieces of paper, with 27 affirmations and three abstentions. One candidate was confirmed with 25 affirmations and five negatives.

Snee, Sheehan, freshman Matthew Bisner, junior Andrew Blake, freshman Emily Chen, freshman Luis Ignacio Cheng Graziadei, freshman Josie Donlon, freshman Cameron Harmon, senior Juan Hernandez, sophomore Mitchell Larson and sophomore Esther Park will serve on this year’s Election Committee.

Montalbano said after rejecting expensive proposals from an architect, Sorin and the Holy Cross community assumed responsibility for the church’s design. “[Sorin] built his own church,” she said.

Basilica tour guide Patti Olive said the materials used to build the Basilica originated at Notre Dame.

“Fr. Sorin wanted to use natural resources, so the composite of the church is brick and plaster and wood, and the bricks were made by Holy Cross brothers who were here during the time of the construction of the church,” she said. “They had

a kiln set up next to St. Mary’s Lake, and they used the silt from the bottom of the lake to make the bricks for the building.”

Olive said other features of the church have their own histories. The stained glass windows that fill the Basilica were the work of French Carmelite nuns, whom Sorin had celebrated mass with in Le Mans, France.

The murals that decorate the ceiling of the church, as well as the Stations of the Cross, were the work of Italian painter Luigi Gregori, who was also responsible for the Christopher Columbus murals in the Main Building and the art on the

interior of the Dome.

Rocca said the Basilica has housed several significant events over the years, including the funeral of Knute Rockne in 1931. Rocca said Rockne’s funeral was also the beginning of one of Notre Dame’s most enduring traditions. “[At the funeral] ‘Notre Dame Our Mother’ was sung for the first time,” he said. “The words were written by Fr. Charles O’Donnell, who had been a chaplain in World War I, and became president of Notre Dame.”

O’Donnell also played a key role in the addition of the famous Memorial Door in the 1920s. Known for the inscription

“God, Country, Notre Dame” above it, the door was added as a tribute to Notre Dame students killed in World War I. Just inside the door hangs a light fixture made from a helmet worn

by O’Donnell during the war.

Though the Basilica looks much as it did in the late nineteenth century, it has undergone notable changes through the years, including alterations that were made in the wake of the Second Vatican Council.

Speaking on the most significant renovation, Rocca added his favorite addition to the Church.

“The major one was around 1990 when the whole church was closed for around 14 months to be restored,” he said.

“They put in air conditioning — thank you Jesus.”

In 1992, then-Pope John Paul II designated the church of the Sacred Heart as a basilica.

Montalbano said the defining characteristics of a basilica are embodied by Sacred Heart.

“A basilica is a place of worship … a place of history … and a place of pilgrimage,” she said.

Rocca, Montalbano and Olive all identified the church as the spiritual center of campus.

“I would say one thing to take away from the Basilica is that it is the heart and soul of the university,” Rocca said. “I mean, what would Notre Dame be without a university church?

There are a lot of universities where there is no central place of worship that speaks to what is most fundamental, and at the heart of the lives of students. I think the Basilica does that.”

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“Everyone you’ll see here is someone who’s stepped inside one of our ‘Doob-licators’ — one of our scanning units — for a split second,” Jeff Williams, senior manager of business development for Doob USA, said. “Basically, it’s a room that has 66 different cameras that all fire simultaneously to capture a 360 degree image of that person, and from that, we’re able to take those 2D images and create a 3D model. Then we print these very photorealistic replicas of people in full color. This same technology can be used in digital applications, such as photorealistic avatars for virtual reality, for films, video games and other things like that.”

The method of 3D-modeling based on still images taken from different angles, known as photogrammetry, has previously been used by film and computer-generated imagery studios, but its high cost has prevented viable consumer applications, Doob USA CEO Michael Anderson said.

“What’s really special about Doob is our data processing software…,” he said. “What Doob has done is we’ve taken photogrammetry, but we created our own back-end processing that allows us to really automate that processing of the 2D images into the 3D file.

So, where in the past, these sorts of scans and preparations would cost $3000, we actually can incorporate these technologies into a consumer product that can be as cheap as under $100.”

Anderson stressed that while 3D figurines are company’s primary product now, he foresees a wide range of digital applications for Doob’s proprietary scanning and modeling capacity. The company has previously partnered with Sprite and Uniqlo for promotional campaigns and are currently partnering with virtual-reality company High Fidelity to create avatars for virtual environments.

“People are coming in and we’re taking this really high-resolution 3D scan, creating a digital file of that person,” he said. “The 3D-printed figure is just one application of that digital file. It’s really an important place for us to start because it’s so visual and emotional and engaging, and it’s easy to understand the application. From there, there’s a whole story to tell about where we’re gonna go next with the technology.”

Prices for the figurines start at $95, but Doob is offering a discount of up to 40% off for students who come to their temporary shop at Innovation Park. Anderson said he invites all students and members of the local community to come and see what the company has to offer and to take advantage of the discount.

“Obviously there are probably no bigger fans in the world than ND fans, and ultimately that’s what Doob is really about — whatever it is, whatever’s your passion, being able to capture that in 3D for a lifetime,” he said. said.

Mary’s.

Another event the group is planning is College Wasn’t What You Expected. This event is intended to be a safe place for discussion and debriefing after the first month of classes. Though any student can attend the event, it will be geared toward first-year students. Resources will be available to those who need it at this event, Tillman said.

SDB sets goals for each semester, Tillman said. These goals include

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Tombaugh said students need to stop bragging, rather they should start to promote themselves effectively, as teachers, peers and colleagues can be the start of their network.

“You have to decide what kind of

raising awareness for diversity, increasing student turnout at events and growing the organization.

Guadalupe Gonzalez, a junior and SDB’s vice president of strategic initiatives, encouraged all students to attend events put on by the SDB. “College, for many, is the first time they are engaging with people with very different lived experiences than them,” Gonzalez said.

“Everyone’s lived experiences are valuable. We must push ourselves to understand that the way we see the world is not how our classmate from accounting experiences it.”

The various events the group

puts on are designed to further SDB’s mission, Gonzalez said. “[Events] are created to foster relationship — building and learning beyond the classroom,” she said.

Jazmin Herrera, a junior and SDB vice president, said events are designed to showcase diversity.

“Not only are they fun, but these events are made to educate, promote and celebrate diversity,” she said.

One major goal for the semester is to redefine diversity, Tillman explained.

“SDB wants students to know that diversity is not just about race

— it includes different cultures, religions, sexual orientations and disabilities,” Tillman said. “The problem is when you host a diversity event, only diverse students show up, so I want everyone to show up.”

One of the board’s long-term goals, Gonzalez said, is to establish a scholarship fund.

“It will be available to help our students, who might have financial hardships, to have a regular college experience,” she said. college experience,” she said.

person you want to be, and I have always known that I’m not the type of person who is comfortable throwing someone under the bus to make something happen for me,” she said. “If you start to view everyone as your asset, as your friend or network, not in a using way, but if you think, ‘their successes are my successes’ and ‘they have skill sets and information that

I don’t have access to’ ... then you are giving yourself a lot of power back.”

Tombaugh said motivation is a key to success.

“Find the happy medium in your personality,” she said. “If you are someone who is not super motivated, you have to think about ways to motivate yourself. I try to come up with a theme or mantra

every year. This year, my goal is ‘simplify and streamline.’”

Following one’s dreams requires effort, Tombaugh s aid.

“Sometimes you need to just keep pushing to make something happen,” she said.

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By NORA McGREEVY Scene Editor

Each spring for the past six years, through a series of performed, anonymous monologues, Notre Dame’s “Show Some Skin” has provoked and encouraged its audiences to reflect on issues of identity and difference, especially as they intersect with race, gender, class, sexual violence, LGBTQ+ life and mental health.

Yet as Samuel Jackson, a junior who acts in “Show Some Skin,” points out, “problems don’t have a season.” This is where the abbreviated performance and discussion session, “Notre Dame: Unfiltered,” comes into play. The event, which takes place tomorrow in the LaFortune Student Center Ballroom from 7 to 9 p.m., offers a preview of the spring’s “Show Some Skin” performance while seeking to connect students, especially first year students, with oncampus resources early-on in their first semester. In order to get more students through the door, attendance at the event is incentivized with the added bonus of free food and entry with a student I.D. “‘Unfiltered’ was founded to create a safe space to have guided dialogue about these serious issues, especially for people who might not have the space to do so elsewhere,” Abby Wolfe, one of the co-organizers of the event, said.

Wednesday’s event will consist of four 30 minute segments, where two or three students perform a monologue from a previous “Show Some Skin” performance. After each segment, student leaders will facilitate discussions at their

By CARLOS DE LOERA Scene Writer

In 2014, Irish singer-songwriter Hozier took us to church. Now, four years later, he continues to preach his gospel of soul with his newest EP, “Nina Cried Power.” The title of the EP is a reference to the singer, Civil Rights activist and high priestess of soul, Nina Simone. The four-song EP evokes the sentimentality of American blues and soul, while still maintaining Hozier’s affinity for Irish folk music.

The opening track, “Nina Cried Power,” features vocals from rhythm and blues legend and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Mavis Staples, paying homage to what Hozier has called “the spirit of protest.” This spirit refers to the courage and bravery demonstrated by musical artists during the civil rights movement, including Patti LaBelle, Joni Mitchell, James Brown and Woody Guthrie. While the song is not particularly special in its composition, mostly consisting of a repeated chorus; it is exceptional in its execution. The track is the perfect example of two top-notch singers just going for it. The intensity and strength behind both of their voices is impressive, in every sense of the word.

Track two of the EP, “NFWMB,” finds Hozier calling back to the Irishman within himself. Nothing says “Irish song” like the repurposing of biblical imagery and allusions to poet W.B Yeats, all while telling a tale

tables about the performances and answer anonymous Q&A questions from their groups.

As veteran “Show Some Skin” actors well know, performed monologues can often provide a necessary icebreaker to confront difficult topics. “I think it’s important to think about the monologue as a human being, and not as a performer,” Savanna Morgan, a junior and assistant director for “Show Some Skin,” said about her role. Monologues are submitted anonymously to “Show Some Skin” by members of the tri-campus and South Bend community, and actors spend months memorizing and rehearsing their monologues.

“At the end of the day — what acting is, or should be, is telling the truth,” Morgan said. Through anonymouslysubmitted pieces, “someone is giving you a microphone to amplify their own voice.”

The key to performing a monologue effectively, Morgan said, is “understanding someone else’s human experience, not as a spectacle or entertainment.” As Jackson put it, the “homework” for the ”Show Some Skin” actors is to attempt to deeply understand where their individual’s monologue is coming from, even if they personally disagree or have not lived that person’s life. “Bridging that gap, and understanding the motivations, is the key that makes any actor go, ‘Oh wow. That’s what empathy is,’” Jackson said.

With “Notre Dame: Unfiltered,” organizers hope not only to introduce students to the community of “Show Some Skin,” but also to a larger network of resources.

Organizations and clubs involved in the event number

in the double digits: Student Government, First Year of Studies, Gender Relations Center, Multicultural Student Programs and Services, PrismND, Student Coalition for Immigration Advocacy, Diversity Council, Active Minds, Muslim Student Association, Men Against Sexual Violence, BridgeND and the Gender Studies Program are all listed among the participants.

“This way, we can be proactive rather than reactive,” Wolfe said. “We want first-year students to know, within the first month they get here, that there are people and places on campus that will help them… college is a challenging time, but there are people here to help,” she said.

“We always have stories,” Jackson said. “Unfiltered” represents “the beginning of a journey toward spreading [the show’s] wings, beyond just a weekend performance.”

Morgan said that “Unfiltered,” now in its second year, fills a critical gap in the school year. In her experience as a first year student, “having to wait all the way until the middle of second semester to see that there are other like-minded people [on campus] … That was a long time coming.”

“I would like for first years to come to ‘Unfiltered’ and see right off the bat that there are other people who can validate their experiences.”

“Notre Dame: Unfiltered” will take place on Wednesday, September 12 from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. in the LaFortune Student Center Ballroom. Students will need a valid I.D. to enter for a night of discussion, monologues and free food.

of love in the time of apocalypse. The song also places Hozier in the unusual position of the assertive, overprotective lover — note that the title of the song is an acronym for “nothing f---s with my baby.” This lies in stark opposing to songs off of his debut album, such as “Take Me to Church” and “Cherry Wine,” where Hozier takes on the role of the submissive lover that worships like a dog at the shrine of his lover’s lies and readily welcomes emotional abuse as a consequence of love.

In “Moment’s Silence (Common Tongue),” Hozier begins with a bluesy guitar lick that serves as the backbone of the song. It’s a track that stands out for being sleek and cool in the same manner that a B.B. King classic might be. In the track, Hozier, once again, reverts to imagery that he called upon in “Take Me to Church.”

He sings, “Me and my babe relaxin’ catchin’ manic rhapsody / All reason flown, as God looks on in abject apathy / A swollen lord that measly a prayer in perfect parody.” In this he is again comparing sexual encounters to religious practices — saying that they should be revered with the same amount of piety. For him, his lover is his religion and their body is his temple.

its variant vocalizations. Hozier compares his lover to thorn to which he, the shrike, is invariably drawn to as a source of nourishment, while singing in a rise-andsink method like the bird. The tale and the metaphor is beautifully tragic and emblematic of the Hozier’s ability to create an irresistible narrative.

The EP clocks in at 17 minutes and 20 seconds of well-calculated lyricism, powerful vocals and understated musicality. Dancing between the voice of his people and the voice of his idols, Hozier crafts an EP that lives up to the incredibly high expectations that will continue to follow him. So turn an ear to hear the Gospel according to Hozier.

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The final song, “Shrike,” is a contemplation on lost love and the anguish of heartbreak — an authentically Irish song. The track takes its name from the small carnivorous bird of the same name. The bird is known for its use of thorns as vehicle for impaling its prey and for

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Those pearly gates

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The death and resurrection of poetry Sara Schlecht News Writer

W hen I was a freshman in high school, my English teacher killed poetry for me. Just as Romeo poisoned himself and Juliet stabbed herself with a dagger, my teacher slaughtered the art form as she stressed the importance of stressed syllables in iambic pentameter. The following few years were filled with agony as teachers asked me to look for meaning in these odd arrangements of words known as poems.

One summer, I took a creative writing class with a professor who put in the effort to get through to students like me — those of us who absolutely knew we didn’t like poetry. In between the familiar — and admittedly enjoyable — works of Seamus Heaney and Lewis Carroll, the professor played a recording that would change the course of the next several years of my life.

Words have the most effect on me when spoken in the voice of their writer. Perhaps that’s why when I heard Matthew Dickman’s “Slow Dance” read by the author himself, I reconsidered my self-proclaimed hatred of poetry. I listened to the recording, again and again, simply because it made sense to me. As the summer progressed, I added hundreds of views to that YouTube video. Any chance I had, I reached for the aux cord in my friends’ cars, disgruntling them with the sound of speech instead of song playing through the speakers. My parents were pleased to see how enthused I was about things I had learned in that summer class, but soon even they grew tired of my insistence on reading obscure contemporary poems aloud whenever someone was present to listen.

W hen I went back to school the following year, I had the catharsis of having my freshman English teacher for an elective. W hile she didn’t know I had spent the preceding few years silently stewing about her Shakespearean unit, I still felt the need to apologize. She assigned a journal entry about what we wanted our lives to produce, and I turned in a poem entitled “Peace and Poetry.” It wasn’t exactly an apolog y, and it was certainly redundant, but it released the emotions toward poetry I’d been harboring.

As an English major, I find myself faced with poetry far more often than my younger self would have been pleased to know. I’m still not a fan of Shakespeare, but contemporary poetry, such as that of Matthew Dickman, is something I turn to when the density of my assigned readings becomes draining (pretty often).

W hen she spoke at Saint Mar y’s last week, United States Poet Laureate Tracy K. Smith addressed an aspect of poetr y I w ish I’d heard my freshman year of high school — it’s not about hidden meaning. W hen she said poets don’t look to convey their messages in the most complex way possible, I couldn’t help but laugh.

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Andrew Rebholz Sort of Glass

Heinrich was a little disheartened when he approached those pearly gates, because he’d spent the entiret y of his life making fun of such silly notions. “Son of a—” Suddenly all those jokes at his mother’s pious colloquialisms had come back to bite him in the buns. But then, he quick ly came to a fun idea. He asked the angel on dut y, “W hich denomination was right? ” “Catholic,” the angel said. Ha ! , Heinrich thought, think of ever yone who got it w rong w ith me ! And, waiting for the next bus to Hell, he sat dow n in the grass and watched the people walking up after him.

A couple of atheists came by, real smarties, tr ying to argue their case w ith the angel. Quite obv iously to them, this or that wasn’t fair because there hadn’t been enough ev idence for this, or they’d heard from some reliable friend that God was dead. “Besides, wasn’t it all based on nurture any way, how you were raised and what not? ” There were a few attempted bribes, and one girl w ith sunglasses kept checking her phone the entire time she stood before the angel.

Many even tried to give the classic “But didn’t I live a good life? I tried my best,” but it did sound more self-consoling than confident. With little pomp or surprise, they soon joined Heinrich in the grass, generally fed up w ith the hand they’d been dealt. “Ty pical, utterly t y pical!” some mustached-professor kept harrumphing.

Then came a bit of an assortment, a motley band of all the other religions who had ev idently missed the mark. Someone pontificated on Muhammad, another was talking about Moses, a third extolled the w isdom of Siddhartha Gautama and a fourth had some ver y interesting words about f lying spaghetti. Apparently he had missed the joke. But Heinrich didn’t; he had a good laugh at the reincarnationist’s expression when he realized he wasn’t due another round, and the Jew who incredulously muttered “Wait, so Jesus was really … ” An Israelite and Palestinian bonded over how they’d always wanted to tr y bacon, which was a bit of a touching moment for ever yone present. Soon, most of them joined Heinrich in the grass, away from the door.

Then, there came the different Protestant factions, which Heinrich enjoyed most of all. One man really snapped at the angel on the topic

of transubstantiation, another woman seemed more interested in why women priests weren’t fair play. Somebody came up railing against the papacy, and the angel kind of just smiled and gestured to the side. Soon, many were alongside Heinrich in the grass, still muttering about how Scripture did or didn’t say such and such, and how it was probably just as raucous and uncomfortable as Simpson’s-Heaven in there.

Thinking the show over, Heinrich barely paid any attention when the Catholics showed up.

Ver y confidently, smiling to themselves and seeing the rejected masses they’d expected, they strolled up to the door and shined their teeth at the angel. The first guy, some priest, was almost dancing w ith pride when he got to the doorstop.

“I am so excited to see you !” he nearly sang.

“Been waitin’ my whole life for this.”

The angel smiled. “Oh, I’m sorr y. You’re not on the list.”

Smiles from the new group disappeared, and shoulders suddenly sagged. One after another, the Catholics were turned away from their ow n door, and Heinrich couldn’t believe his eyes.

One was saying, “But Christmas and Easter! ... ” Another kept mentioning how they’d gone to confession once a “frickin’” year. Some lady was ver y concerned about that one time she gave a hungr y lady five dollars. The angel would smile, and just sadly shake its head. Heinrich stared w ith jaw-agape, w ide-eyed and wonder-filled at the many now joining him in the grass.

The grassy area was full of mumbles. “Oh, how unfair it all is ! I thought verbally picking a side and publicly being a nice person were supposed to be enough. Should I tell the angel that all my friends seem to think I’m alright? ” A multiplicit y of voices carried on about how they’d been quite civ ilized and successful in their pursuits.

The shocked Heinrich was astounded by it all, and said, “Well, it’s almost as if we could all work on improv ing our character,” and he was so shocked by his ow n words that he sat up awake ... because the only thing more despicable to the reader than realit y is a dream-cliche.

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Encouragement from an ND alumna Casey Raymond Diversity Council

Two weeks ago, the Multicultural Pre-Medical Society hosted our annual concession stand during Notre Dame’s season opener against Michigan (Go Irish!). We are an inclusive group of students, embracing and promoting cultural and ethnic diversity in pre-health professions with a particular emphasis on the medical field, and this year, I am proud to serve as president. At some point during the day, a middleaged Hispanic woman came to our stand, but she was not interested in buying anything. Rather, she just wanted to talk. She shared her story with me about how she was once an undergraduate student here at the University of Notre Dame. She, too, was on the pre-med track during her time as a student and she said that her advisor would write to her at the end of every semester suggesting that she change her professional aspirations. She went through her undergraduate years with many trepidations, doubting herself at the end of each semester and feeling like a glass ceiling was already in place for her at every hospital in

this country before she could even set foot in one with her resume. But she prevailed. She completed the premed track, got accepted by a highly-ranked medical school here in the States, and is now a fully licensed, practicing physician who loves what she does.

She left our stand soon afterwards, but not before underlining the significance of believing in one’s self.

Many obstacles come up in one’s pursuit of becoming a doctor, as she knows. But she also knows that no one, not even an established professional who knows the ins and outs of the field, should stop you from achieving your goal or tell you that you cannot do it.

Nobody can make that decision for you. And just like we have all heard at some point in our lives, sticking through with it all and reaching the finish line is well worth it.

She did not share her anecdote to boast, but to encourage, and that she most definitely did. There is without a doubt a lack of diversity in the medical scene in this country. While we can sit and debate the reasons for why that is the case, I find it better to just sit for a moment and admire the woman’s narrative.

To relish in the inspiration that it provides, which applies most obviously to pre-med students but can

most definitely be applied to all other students’ professional ambitions.

At the end of the day, our club made a lot of money, which we will use throughout the course of this year to support our members and put on fun events for them. But my exchange with the ND alumna was by far the most valuable transaction made that day, for my club and hopefully for many other members of the Notre Dame student body.

Casey Raymond is a junior neuroscience and behavior major serving on Diversity Council board as Parliamentarian. He can be reached at craymon4@nd.edu The Diversity Council of Notre Dame advocates for awareness, understanding and acceptance on issues of race, gender, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status and other intersectional identities in the Notre Dame community. The viewpoints expressed in this article do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the Diversity Council, but are the individual opinions of the author.

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The (dis)honest guide to fitting in at Notre Dame Gabriel Niforatos The Road Less Traveled

Your life’s biggest questions, all answered here.

Finally, the complete and unedited completely absurd hand guide on how to survive and fit into Notre Dame. (In other words, a case study into the Notre Dame student stereotype that doesn’t accurately paint a picture of any individual here. Do not try this at your dorms.)

Let me briefly entertain a scenario of the average Notre Dame freshman at this point (please note the handbook applies to all interested parties, however).

The fourth week of class is underway and classes are beginning to pick up their pace. You have found the friend group you get lunch with on Thursdays and dinner with on Fridays. Emails from the eight different clubs you signed up for during Activities Night are stacking up against one another, but you find the one or two that you actually go to are enjoyable. College is well underway, and you have survived thus far.

But have you?

There’s the sneaking suspicion that the foundation wasn’t laid right, that at any point a cornerstone could rudely stick out and collapse the whole Jenga tower of your psyche in a loud heap. You try to tuck this gut feeling away, but it grows stronger. A group of people walks by and you force a greeting to them. Well, you tried. Nothing came out of your mouth and now they are all staring at you in shock. And then it hits you.

This feeling you have? You feel like you don’t fit in.

And I’m here to tell you that you are absolutely right. I’m sorry for being frank (insert lie right here or before), but four years will go by and you won’t be considered a domer by any of us. All of that hall gear you bought or wished you had bought over the opening weeks? It doesn’t define you and it can’t, because you don’t fit in here at this college in the slightest.

I can imagine what you are feeling at this point.

Something between extreme bitterness, wrath and

a breezy, nonchalant attitude that nothing I have to say concerns you. But please, come to, for all of this is unfounded. After hours of a journey bordering on metaphysical transcendence — otherwise known as an upper floor of Hesburgh Library — I stumbled upon the great truths which I am about to share with you. They are the “Eight Commands” every freshman must follow to become like the Notre Dame stereotype. This is what you wanted, after all. A step-by-step guide to become the perfect idealized Shamrock. Just please don’t call me the next Moses or anything.

The freshman’s guide to fitting in and surviving Notre Dame in several easy steps: 1) Never ever tell anyone if you have financial aid.

2) “Yes, I am white,” you will learn to say back testily. Never mind that you are Native American, or Jewish, or biracial and proud of it. Slip your latkes beneath the table when your friends pass by and dye your hair red when you get back to your dorm. You aren’t just European. Your ancestors conquered the Scottish Highlands (by the way, I am both Native American and Jewish).

3) You have seen “Rudy” and it is absolutely your favorite movie.

4) Tell everyone that you vacationed beneath the Antarctic for fall break. That’s right. Beneath the Antarctic. Your father is a descendant of a long lost irrelevant European explorer who he inherited metric tons of scuba diving experimental equipment from and you felt like a change. Beware saying that you went back “home” for danger of feeling left out from your peers who went to the Sahara or above the Antarctic. You went beneath. Can’t beat that.

5) It’s the fourth week of class and, for some reason, you still have to go around in a circle and announce a fun fact about yourself to the entire class or club. A few brief seconds of brainstorming and it comes to you. It might be interesting, you tell yourself, to mention that you are the first in your family to go to college. Carefully listen to the three classmates who give their fact before you and amend your answer to this:

Both parents are alums and I binge watched the television show Friends the last week of summer.

6) There is an entire playlist of songs you need to learn so you aren’t standing with your hands at your sides when the music blasts in the stadium during football games. It is a list of cultured, diverse hits from celebrated artists across the globe. It is as follows: “Every Time We Touch” by Cascada, “Mr. Brightside” by The Killers and “Livin’ on a Prayer” by Bon Jovi.

7) There are only two religions on campus. The first one is Catholicism. The second one is football.

8) Last and surely not least, never ever walk up the steps of the main building. Graduating on time hangs in the balance.

So there you have it. Rinse, cycle and repeat as needed and I can assure you that you will be the exact carbon copy of the Notre Dame student stereotype.

Never mind you that there is exactly zero percent of us who actually fits or even comes close to this “ideal.” Never mind that everyone puts on a different social mask depending on who they are talking to, be it various friend groups to professors to rectors and rectresses. Never mind you that every single one of us is discerning how we fit in and will continue to do so above and beyond graduation. Never mind that is impossible to fit into the idea of a group image and, even if it was, it wouldn’t be the desirable choice for you. Crumple up this idea and walk away. Or alternatively, watch “Rudy” and be comfortable in who you are. That’s one of the reasons why you are here at Notre Dame, after all.

You belong.

Gabriel Niforatos is a sophomore who has diverse interests ranging from political science to music. When he’s not at school, he is busy hiking and running in the New Mexico mountain range. His email is gniforat@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: Let the past be your barometer. Don’t lose sight of what happened and who let you down. You have more options than you realize. Be clear when it comes to what you want and who you want to associate with. Choose wisely, and the changes that occur will bring you the rewards you desire. Your numbers are 5, 18, 21, 28, 36, 42, 49.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Don’t let emotions get in the way. Size up what’s at stake and how much you can accomplish. If you stay focused on what’s important instead giving a play-by-play account of what you are doing, you will avoid unnecessary interference.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Listen, compare and be willing to make reasonable changes. An emotional situation will arise with one of your peers if you share too much personal information. Look for options that won’t jeopardize your reputation or make you feel uncomfortable.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Cover all aspects of a situation necessary to ensure you do a decent job. Observe what others are doing and avoid letting anyone tamper with your affairs. A change will turn into a learning experience. Be careful what you wish for.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Take time to figure out how you can make things better at home. A look at your relationships with loved ones will help you redefine how you restructure your everyday routine. Accommodating someone you love will pay off.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Take a close look at your relationships with others, and consider who brings out the best in you and who doesn’t. Draw the line with anyone who is unpredictable or urges you to make poor choices. Be honest and cut ties.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Don’t hesitate to make subtle changes to the way you look or how you live. Doing your most to be your best will make an impression and attract people eager to work alongside you. Romance is highlighted.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Keeping up shouldn’t be your concern. Do what feels comfortable and suits your budget. Letting someone else’s expectations be your guide will lead to disappointment. Satisfy your needs and set goals that are reasonable, and satisfaction will be yours.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Put greater emphasis on how you feel, and fit better health and diet practices into your everyday routine. If you look and feel your best, it will encourage you to do your own thing. Romance is in the stars.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Watch what others do and listen to what they say.

Someone will misinterpret or lead you astray, causing conflict with a friend, relative or peer. Don’t let emotions intervene in your communication. Be direct regarding your thoughts and feelings.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Avoid getting into heated discussions that can cause unwanted personal change. Stay focused on your personal papers, finances and legal matters. Refuse to let an emotional plea sway you from doing what’s right. Stick to the script you prepared.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Don’t show anger or act impulsively when dealing with joint ventures. Protect against insult or injury and focus on positive change that will bring you greater stability. Take time out to rejuvenate and to rethink the best way to move forward.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): A financial gain looks promising. Make personal changes that will offset some of the problems or situations you want to put behind you. Use your imagination, and you will come up with an idea that will lead to success.

Birthday Baby: You are hardworking, diligent and ambitious. You are creative and persuasive.

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Kaepernick must utilize Nike deal Lucas Masin-Moyer Assistant Managing Editor

As “The Star Spangled Banner” played on the speakers of Miami’s Hard Rock Stadium on Sunday afternoon before the Dolphins beat the Tennessee Titans, Miami wide receivers Kenny Stills and Albert Wilson knelt.

It wasn’t the first time they’d knelt.

Stills and Wilson are two in a long line of players who have protested “[oppression of] black people and people of color” by kneeling during the anthem since 2016, when then-San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick first took a knee in a pre-season game against the Green Bay Packers.

After the 2016 season, Kaepernick opted out of his contract in order to re-negotiate a deal with the 49ers. He hasn’t been picked up by a team or played football since.

Even though he’s been sidelined from the NFL, Kaepernick hasn’t remained quiet.

He’s donated $1 million to charities across the country, launched a collusion suit against the NFL for keeping him from playing and been named an “ambassador of conscience” by Amnesty International.

But perhaps Kaepernick’s most visible public appearance since he left the 49ers happened this past week — when he was named the face Nike’s Just Do It campaign on the ad series’ 30th anniversary, a decision which has seen Nike’s sales go up 31 percent.

The first ad in this campaign, which was released during the NFL’s opening game between the Eagles and Falcons, sparked controversy for those opposed to Kaepernick’s decision to kneel.

That controversy is not what I’m going to spend the rest of this column talking about. It’s been rehashed over and over again.

For what it’s worth, I think Kaepernick has every right to protest and is pretty brave to risk his football career and be tried in the court of public opinion to stand up for something he believes in.

Instead, I’d like to spend the rest of my precious words discussing the pros and cons of the deal for Kaepernick himself and what the deal means for the movement he started.

Pros To start, this move gives Kaepernick and his movement greater visibility than before.

Nike is perhaps the dominant global sports brand, and its clients have become stars thanks to its marketing.

Think Michael Jordan, who became a global icon thanks to Nike. His fame grew to the point where Chinese school children

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ranked him as one of the two greatest figures of the 20th century.

If Nike can make Jordan an icon, it can make Kaepernick a figure with a global reach, especially when the ad itself is relatively uncontroversial and speaks generally about overcoming obstacles to become the best you can be.

With a greater audience comes greater pressure on those in power, and by gaining a global audience, Kaepernick can bring his message to new groups of people and gain access to the resources and voices which can help him push even further for change.

Cons While the Nike ad certainly gives Kaepernick greater visibility, there is a chance his message becomes diluted as he becomes a spokesperson for the company.

As I mentioned in the previous section, Kaepernick’s message was diluted in the first Nike ad; if the ads continue to run down this path, he risks being seen more so as a spokesperson for the Nike way of life rather than the activist he has positioned himself to be.

There’s also an inherent issue in a major economic and cultural power like Nike taking ownership of a protest movement whose purported purpose is to fight against elite powers.

By taking part in this partnership, Kaepernick risks his message becoming synonymous with one of the sources of power which has caused the issues he is fighting against. This is especially concerning given Nike’s not-sogreat record on human rights issues — they recently backed out of commitments to the Worker Rights Consortium, an independent organization which inspects factory conditions, and ignored complaints about sexual harassment from female employees.

If Kaepernick is to succeed in keeping his message alive, he needs to look to athletes who have mixed corporate fame with activism. LeBron James, who recently funded the construction of a public school in Akron for low-income students while being a Nike spokesperson, comes to mind as a model to emulate, even though there has been much greater scrutiny focused at Kaepernick than there ever has been at James.

If he can remain committed to his work — as James has — Kaepernick can keep his movement alive and continue to ensure that Stills, Wilson and others are not kneeling in vain.

Contact Lucas Masin-Moyer at lmasinmo@nd.edu The views expressed in this Sports Authority are those of the author and not necessarily those of The Observer.

Darnold earns first win, beats Detroit on the road Associated Press

DETROIT — Sam Darnold rolled right and made a rookie move, lobbing a football across the field that was picked off and returned for a touchdown.

It might’ve been his only mistake all night.

Darnold made a stellar debut after throwing a pick-6 on his first NFL snap, and the New York Jets intercepted five passes and also scored on special teams in a 48-17 rout over the Detroit Lions on Monday night.

The 21-year-old Darnold became the youngest quarterback to start a season opener since the 1970 AFL-NFL merger, and looked his age on the first play.

“Licking my chops a little bit too much, I think, on that play,” he said.

Quandre Diggs intercepted his ill-advised pass and returned it 37 yards for a touchdown 20 seconds into the game.

“On that interception, I was pretty nervous,” Darnold said.

“After that, I put it behind me.”

The former USC star, drafted No. 3 overall, shook off the nerves and finished 16 of 21 for 198 yards

and two touchdowns .

“He didn’t flinch,” Jets coach Todd Bowles said. “He didn’t even blink.”

Darnold helped the Jets set a franchise record for points on the road, surpassing the 47 they scored in 1967 against the Boston Patriots.

He also outplayed 30-year-old Matthew Stafford.

Stafford threw four interceptions — one shy of his career high — and left the game briefly in the third quarter after being hit from the front and back by the swarming, hard-hitting Jets.

“We wanted to make sure we came out and made a statement in this game,” New York linebacker Darron Lee said.

Stafford was 27 of 46 for 286 yards and a TD pass to Golden Tate early in the third quarter to tie it at 17. He was mercifully taken out midway through the fourth quarter and replaced by Matt Cassel with Detroit down 31.

“Story of the game’s turnovers, you know?” he asked. “We had too many of them, I had too many of them.”

The Jets dominated in all

phases.

They scored 31 straight in the third quarter to pull away, sending Detroit’s fans for the exits and setting off a jolly green party in the Motor City. It was the highest-scoring third quarter in team history and trailed only the 34-point second quarter the Brett Favre-led team scored in 2008 against Arizona.

New York scored on the ground and through the air, on defense and on a punt return by former Lion Andre Roberts. The Jets could’ve piled on even more in the final minutes but turned the ball over on downs after kneeling to take time off the clock.

Darnold flipped the ball to a referee after the final kneel down, and the official gave it right back before shaking the rookie’s hand.

Darnold was still holding the ball while talking briefly with Stafford on the field.

Detroit coach Matt Patricia, meanwhile, will want to forget his debut as an NFL head coach.

“We’ve got to coach this a lot better than what we did,” he said.

“We’ve got to go out and execute a lot better on the field. It’s a team game, and it starts with me.”

MLB | Astros 3, tigers 2

Verlander returns home, pitches Astros past Tigers Associated Press

DETROIT — Justin Verlander knew this would be one of the most emotional games of his major league career.

He still wasn’t prepared.

In his return to Detroit, Verlander received three standing ovations while pitching the Houston Astros to a 3-2 victory over the Tigers on Monday night.

Verlander (15-9) made his major league debut with the Tigers in 2005 and ranks among the top 10 on several of the team’s career lists. He struck out 10 over seven innings in his first time on the Comerica Park mound since being traded to Houston in August 2017.

“Our hotel is right near my old house, so I got to spend some time in the neighborhood today,” he said. “I was trying to keep my routine as much as possible.”

That hope ended early, as the scoreboard played a

tribute video as Verlander was walking in from the bullpen after his pregame warmups.

He stopped, alone in shallow right-center field, and watched the entire show.

“It was almost normal until the tribute video, but that really got to me,” he said. “I had a lot of great memories in my 13 years here, and that brought it all back. I wanted to get to the dugout before it started, but once it started playing, I had to watch.”

Verlander received his first ovation at the end of the video, and another when he came out for the first inning. Each time, he tipped his cap and waved to the fans.

The longest cheer, though, came when he walked off the mound after the seventh, having thrown 104 pitches.

“The one after the seventh really meant the world to me,” he said. “The fans here were always great to be here, and they showed that again tonight. That was a really emotional moment.”

The crowd was announced at 19,711 — the Detroit Lions opened their season next door Monday night against the New York Jets.

“Tonight mattered a lot to him,” Astros manager AJ Hinch said. “It is important to him that he pitched here and succeeded here, so it was special for him to get back on that mound.”

The World Series champion Astros opened a three-game lead over Oakland atop the AL West despite a sloppy game that came after a Sunday night loss in Boston.

“I’m proud of our guys, because there was a lot going on today, and we didn’t play our best game, but we still found a way to pull out a win,” Hinch said.

Verlander allowed two runs on six hits and one walk, improving to 98-50 at Comerica Park. Max Scherzer is second in career wins at the stadium with 46, while Jordan Zimmermann leads current Tigers with 14.

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team’s captain’s and leaders. In terms of playing time, Berneski went his entire freshman year without stepping on the pitch, but is now a starter and currently one of the team’s highest scorers. Berneski says that those experiences have helped him become a leader in the locker room.

“It’s been a long ride for me. Came in freshmen year and didn’t play at all; sophomore, junior year kind of got on the field a little bit. Then in senior year I finally started starting and now obviously, [I’m] captain. Those experiences throughout every position in the team helped me turn into the leader I am,”

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difference maker in Notre Dame’s 3-2 victory over Syracuse (2-2-0, 0-1-0 ACC) last Friday.

“The senior class has good chemistry,” first-year head coach Chad Riley said.

“They’re good about mixing with all the guys. On the field they show leadership, and the team really leans on that experience and benefits from them leading by example.”

The Irish have eight seniors on the roster, six of which have registered either a goal or an assist in the first four matches. This experience is something the team will need to lean on when the Hoosiers come to South Bend on Tuesday night.

The Irish are 10-27-2 alltime against Indiana, but have found success in recent years, winning five of the last eight matchups. The Hoosiers

Berneski said. “ ... Everyone, no matter where they stand on the team, can relate to me in some way or another. I feel like that’s really helped me connect with the team because I can understand what everyone is going through.”

Berneski recalls two struggles that he had freshman year: finding a balance between academics and athletics, and learning to play with more understanding.

“The biggest thing here was getting that routine down between balancing going to school at an academic institution like Notre Dame and on top of that, playing on one of the top soccer teams of the country. You’ve got to give it 100 percent in everything you do, there’s no times for breaks,” Berneski said.

beat the Irish 1-0 last season when the two teams faced off in Bloomington, Ind., but in 2016 Notre Dame registered its largest ever margin of victory in the series when it won 4-0.

The top-15 showdown on Tuesday night is just another in a long list of tough matches the Irish will play this year. Of the current top seven teams in this week’s United Soccer Coaches poll, Notre Dame will face five of them: No. 2 Duke, No. 3 Michigan State, No, 4 Indiana, No, 5 North Carolina and No. 7 Louisville.

Of the nine goals the Irish have scored, five of them have come from set pieces. All four of Berneski’s goals have come from headers from set pieces, and Dumas’ stunning free kick against Syracuse was the fifth. This is something Coach Riley has emphasized in training, and the squad has capitalized on the pitch.

“We have a couple of guys

“ … before I came to Notre Dame I’d get on the field, play my game, and that would be it. The biggest thing here was playing the game, then evaluating what I did right or wrong. Really understanding why we’re doing certain things — not just feeling the game out.”

W hile all of Berneski’s work in trying to improve his game and academic repertoire has paid off, the journey started memorably with his first collegiate goal in the Sweet 16 of NCAA Tournament against then-No. 10 Maryland.

“My first goal was sophomore year against Maryland.

We were down 2-0, I scored one to make it 2-1. It was kind of a shoddy goal honestly. It hit off my head and bounced off other players then went in. Obviously my first goal

who are good on set pieces,” Riley said. “They find space and work on them quite a bit in training. When the game stops, and this is also something we work on, the delivery has been great, and the service has been good.”

The Irish offense will have to be on its best performance on Tuesday, as the Hoosiers have not conceded a goal in four consecutive matches, including an impressive mark of three straight shutouts against ranked opponents.

All signs point towards neither team breaking through until late in Tuesday’s matchup, as seven of Notre Dame’s nine goals have come in the second half of matches this season while the Irish defense has yet to concede a goal in the first half in 2018.

The Irish and Hoosiers face off at 7 p.m. on Tuesday at Alumni Stadium.

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though, I was extremely excited,” Berneski said. “ ...

Unreal feeling, I can remember that I froze in the moment with my teammates around me and I just thought, ‘did I really just score that? ’ It was a pretty awesome feeling.”

The graduate student also excels in the classroom, having earned ACC Academic Honor Roll recognition in his sophomore, junior, and senior seasons. This kind of academic and athletic excellence is a unique quality of Notre Dame’s soccer team, Berneski noted, adding that, “people who come [to Notre Dame’s soccer team] are able to give 100 percent in the class and on the field.”

In terms of his current performance, Berneski is off to a hot start this season, already tallying a team-high

four goals — one in each game. Even though the goals and statistics are racking up for the Pennsylvania native, Berneski is officially in his last year of eligibility. After four years and countless experiences he’s had with the team, Berneski says that the one thing he’s going to miss the most is the camaraderie.

“My favorite thing about Notre Dame soccer is the togetherness, it’s always a family, ever ything we do we do together, it’s never about the individual, ever yone’s grinding together and working towards a common goal.

That camaraderie is something I’m going to miss out on when I’m done with my time here.”

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great potential. There have been moments of brilliance in the season so far, coming from players in ever y grade. Even in its losses, the team has demonstrated skill and a fighting spirit.

The true test w ill come this weekend, when the Irish make their ACC debut against North Carolina State at home in A lumni Stadium.

In fact, ever y contest from this point of the season forward w ill be conference play.

Hopefully these season-opening, non-league performances have been stepping stones for the Irish as they settle into ACC play. Regardless of how things have shaped up thus far, Notre Dame should never be counted out.

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Irish, it could actually be a blessing in disguise.

In the 2016 season, the team never lost more than one game in a row and ended up w ith a share of the ACC regular season title.

Things seemed to be coming together perfectly for the Irish, but after earning a No. 2 seed in the NCCA tournament, things didn’t pan out. In a gross underperformance, the Irish lost at home in the first round against Southern Illinois Universit y at Edwardsv ille.

The team also never lost more than once in a row in 2017, but lost 4-1 to NC State in the first round of the ACC tournament. Perhaps the struggles of this year’s team early on w ill create a grow th atmosphere that w ill be beneficial later in the season.

This year’s Irish have

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Irish senior fullback Felicien Dumas prepares to possess the ball during Notre Dame’s 3-1 win over Michigan on Oct. 10 at Alumni Stadium. Dumas has generated one goal and four assists this season.

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ND MEN’S SOCCER

ND, Berneski aim to continue winning streak Captain’s constant development key to team’s success

Irish prepare to face Hoosiers in top-15 matchup By john horlander

By CHARLIE ORTEGA GUIFARRO

Sports Writer

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After securing wins in all three games on its week-long road trip, No. 12 Notre Dame returns home to Alumni Stadium Tuesday for an instate showdown with No. 4 Indiana (4-1-0). This is the first time the Irish have played at home since drawing the season opener against Saint Louis University 1-1 after two overtimes.

Notre Dame (3-0-1, 1-0-0 ACC) has been bolstered by senior leadership throughout the first four matches of the season. Senior center back Patrick Berneski leads the team with eight points, and has scored in each of the team’s four matches so far. Senior fullback Felicien Dumas leads the squad with four assists, and his bending free kick into the top-right corner of the net was the see M SOCCER PAGE 10

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Irish graduate student defender and captain Patrick Berneski tracks the ball upfield during Notre Dame’s 3-1 win over Michigan on Oct. 10 at Alumni Sadium. Berneski has scored in every match this season.

Irish defender Patrick Berneski had lived his whole life in a suburb of Philadelphia called Warrington. After receiving an email during high school from the recruitment wing of Notre Dame soccer, Berneski decided to do research on the team and the school. In addition to the tradition, the culture, the academic rigor and the prestige of the soccer team, Berneski was thrilled with the idea of playing under then-Irish head coach Bobby Clark. With all that in mind, Berneski was sold on joining the Irish and decided to take his talents to South Bend, Indiana.

The now fifth-year-student has come a long way from struggling to adjust to the midwestern way of living to now becoming one of the see BERNESKI PAGE 10

ND Women’s Soccer

Irish struggles could be blessing in disguise Ellen Geyer Sports Writer

With new faces on both sides of the bench, Notre Dame has had to make some adjustments this year.

In his first season, head coach Nate Norman is leading a young team — 17 of the squad’s 27 players are freshmen and sophomores.

The team, which is now on a three-game losing streak, has struggled early on as it tries to adjust to new personal and overall leadership.

Although freshmen like Olivia Wingate have wasted no time in proving themselves, the inexperienced team’s struggles on the road have led to a tough season to this point. While the Irish (44, 0-0 ACC) average about 19 shots per game at home, they only have an average of around 12 on the road, translating to less in front of the net in more high pressure situations.

Notre Dame’s shooting struggles were made manifest this past weekend, where

the team went winless on a California road trip, sustaining painful losses from both No. 1 Stanford and No. 12 Santa Clara. Against Stanford, the team had a season-low of seven shots on its way to a 3-1 loss, and while they almost doubled this total against Santa Clara by generating 13 shots on goal, the Irish still fell 3-2.

A main source of the Irish’s offensive struggles may come from the team’s loss of key talent. Two of the Irish’s three leading scorers from last season are no longer a part of the team. Natalie Jacobs, who lead the team with 13 goals and 33 points last year, transferred to the University of Southern California over the offseason.

Sandra Yu, who was third on the team in points and goals, graduated last year and now plays for the Portland Thorns in the National Women’s Soccer League.

Although the season’s progress thus far may not seem to bode well for the see GEYER PAGE 10

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Irish freshman forward Olivia Wingate looks to possess the ball during Notre Dame’s 2-1 win over Cincinnati on Aug. 30 at Alumni Stadium. Wingate has generated 16 shots and two goals this season.