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Students, faculty participate in walkout Notre Dame community, Irish 4 Reproductive Health show support for sexual assualt victims

By KELLI SMITH Associate News Editor

Across the nation Monday afternoon, individuals participated in a national walkout and gathered in public places — some sporting black clothing, others holding up signs — but all to signal solidarity with Christine Blasey Ford, a college professor who accused Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexually assaulting her when they were teenagers.

Thursday, Ford will testify about the alleged incident before the Senate Judiciary Committee.

Some members of the Notre Dame community participated in that show of support Monday afternoon by gathering in front of Hesburgh Library in an event promoted by Irish 4 Reproductive Health (I4RH).

In a statement to The Observer, I4RH said the walkout was intended as a sign of solidarity with others across the country.

“We believe Dr. Ford and survivors everywhere,” the statement read. “This walkout is in solidarity with them and in support of their bravery in speaking out. Coming forward as a survivor not only adds to the trauma of assault but allows for opportunities of retaliation as well. We hear their stories and encourage others on the Notre Dame campus to listen and reflect with us.”

Sophomore Jade Moss said she attended the event with “about five others” from her feminist philosophy class, which was dismissed early so students could participate see WALKOUT PAGE 4

Professor lectures on climate change policy

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Staudent stand outside Hesburgh Library on Monday. The national walkout aimed to show solidarity for Christine Blasey Ford, who has accused Supereme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault.

State clubs help students feel connection to home

By MIKE DUGAN News Writer

Though Notre Dame is located in Indiana, it caters to a national population with students from many different states. At Notre Dame, student-run state clubs perform the function of bringing together students from their home areas. According to SAO, there are clubs representing

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Political science professor Patrick Regan speaks on the politics of climate change and how to combat it during a lecture Monday.

By MAX LANDER News Writer

Political Science professor and associate director of the Environmental Change Initiative Patrick Regan delivered a lecture Wednesday exploring the complexities surrounding climate change in America.

Regan began his lecture by speaking about the level at which climate change is evident, accepted and supported by science.

“We’ve known about climate

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change for 35 to 40 years,” Regan said. “[In] the National Climate Assessment that was released in 2017 under the auspices of President Donald Trump, the second paragraph of the executive summary says the climate is warming at unprecedented levels, warmer than the past thousands of years, and the third paragraph states humans are the primary cause of global warming.”

Regan also referred to an see CLIMATE PAGE 5

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nine states: California Club, Connecticut Club, Hawaii Club, Louisiana Club, Minnesota Club, Montana Club, New Jersey Club, New York Club and Texas Club. Each state’s club has a slightly different focus, from helping arrange transportation at breaks to organizing events reflecting their state’s culture.

Junior Danny McMaster, vice president of the New

Jersey Club, said his club’s main purpose is serving as a link between students, alumni and New Jersey, as well as social opportunities.

“We organize rides back, both by organizing a major bus back … [and] in coordination with some of the Philadelphia [alumni] clubs,” McMaster said. “We are the see STATE PAGE 3

BAVO discusses leadership changes, year’s events At the end of last semester, Connie Adams, who served as the director of the Belles Against Violence Office (BAVO) for eight years, stepped down from her post as the director of the organization. Since then, the organization has seen changes in

its operations but maintains its mission at Saint Mary’s.

BAVO “educates students about sexual assault, relationship violence and stalking,” according to the organization’s page on the College website. This engagement comes from committees of students who plan programming and events for the student body throughout the

year.

“Things have been really different [since Adams left],” senior Jordan Lolmaugh, cochair of BAVO’s awareness and outreach committee, said. “It’s been kind of tricky figuring things out because she was the school social worker but also the director

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Lecture: “Bringing America Together” Jenkins-Nanovic Halls 11 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.

A talk by author Arthur Brooks.

Seminar: “Casa Pueblo’s Energy Insurrection in Puerto Rico” Jordan Auditorium 7 p.m. - 8 p.m.

Book Discussion: “Peace Possible” Hesburgh Center 12:30 p.m. - 2 p.m.

Séverine Autesserre will discuss her book.

Football Fridays at the Eck Eck Visitors Center 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Food provided. Free and open to the public.

Football vs. Stanford Notre Dame Stadium 7:30 p.m. - 11 p.m.

The Irish take on the Cardinal in a top-10 matchup.

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Xavier Alumni Stadium 7 p.m. - 9 p.m.

The Irish take on the Musketeers.

Stories of Grace Geddes Hall Chapel 7 p.m. - 8 p.m.

All are welcome for an evening of prayer and reflection.

Painting and Poetry at the Snite Museum Snite Museum of Art 6 p.m. - 7 p.m.

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Saturdays With the Saints: “St. Bruno: Silence and the Habit of Joy” Geddes Hall 10:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.

STUDENT SENATE

Group discusses civic engagement

By CLAIRE RAFFORD News Writer

Notre Dame’s student senate spent its weekly meeting discussing voter registration and political engagement.

ND Votes co-chair and sophomore Michael Marotta spoke about the ways the organization is trying to engage campus ahead of November’s midterm elections.

“Our goal, especially with the midterms coming up, is to make the biggest push we can to make sure as many students are registered, they’re engaged, they’re active, so that they can take part in the elections because many political scientists are saying these midterms are going to be the most important midterms in our nation’s history,” Marotta said.

Marotta said ND Votes works in South Bend to help people register to vote. He also mentioned a contest held between the dorms to increase voter registration.

“Just in this last week, we have registered over 1,100 new people [to vote],” Marotta said.

Marotta noted Sept. 25 is the last day to register to vote in most states and urged senators to make their constituents aware

of this information and help them register to vote. The senators were also encouraged to brainstorm ideas to help make students at Notre Dame more politically active.

Senator Caila Lindsey, a junior representing Lyons Hall, suggested communication between ND Votes and the various state clubs at the University, such as Michigan Club.

“I know that big things that happen within your state, talking about those with students, saying things like ‘Do you want a statement about the water in Flint?’ That’s what’s getting a lot of younger people to get out and vote in Michigan, at least,” Lindsey said.

Senator Erin Hiestand, a sophomore representing Ryan Hall, suggested providing information on each individual candidate to prevent down-the-ballot party voting.

“I know a lot of people vote based on the party that appears on the ballot, but if you know a little bit more about [the candidate’s] platform, it might sway your decision,” Hiestand said.

Duncan Hall senator John Cresson, a junior, said BridgeND, College Republicans,

College Democrats and others are collaborating on a project called Converge, which he said will be coming to Notre Dame’s campus after fall break.

Cresson said Converge is an online test people take to figure out where they fall on the political spectrum. The program then uses an algorithm to pair the person up with someone who has a similar degree of beliefs, but on the opposite side of the partisan divide. On their own time, the pairs can then meet up and use a scripted outline to have a conversation on political issues.

The senate also discussed ways to increase voter engagement within the dorms. Hiestand suggested competition between dorm sections.

“When you send in your vote, you sign a sheet and whichever section has the most signatures by the end of the election could get a prize,” Hiestand said.

Judicial Council president Shady Girgis, a junior, also proposed monthly debates in the dorms about candidate platforms and important political issues.

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liaisons between New Jersey students on campus and the four New Jersey [alumni] clubs. … We’re just basically a social club where, you know, all the New Jersey kids can get to know each other, get some cool T-shirts, get some good pizza and good breakfast sandwiches.”

Junior Rosie Crisman, copresident of California Club, said her club’s major focus is helping Notre Dame students network with professionals in California. She said a large number of California Club members are not actually California natives.

“We help students connect to professionals in California, including Notre Dame alumni and recruiters,” she said.

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percent of our club is not from California.”

Senior Iliana Contreras, president of Texas Club, described her club’s mission as both connecting students to alumni networks and helping Texans adjust to life in South Bend.

“Alumni networks within the Texas Club are huge. We have the Alumni Barbecue in the spring where actual alumni from Texas come and they host a huge barbecue for all of our students, be [they] from Texas or not,” Contreras said. “We also want [Texas Club] to be a safe haven for people on campus; we recognize that moving to South Bend, Indiana, from any place in Texas … [puts students in] an entirely different culture, environment and weather. We want to make sure that people know where to buy the right jackets, get the right snow boots. … Texas Club is

supposed to be a place where you can come and you can combine your two homes: your love of Texas and your love of Notre Dame.”

These clubs allow for students to express their love of their home state, even while so far away from home. McMaster said, in his experience, state clubs build up community among the members of their state, and that those involved enjoy their work.

“One of the biggest draws for us is that New Jersey is one of the biggest states at Notre Dame, especially considering how far away it is,” McMaster said. “There’s just a matter of state pride … [because] a lot of people rag on our state.

Everyone who’s from it really loves it and we all have a good time with it.”

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of BAVO, so now we don’t have anyone in that position.

Emerald [Blankenship] is filling in and getting things going until they can hire a new director.”

While Blankenship is serving as BAVO’s interim director, she is also a hall director, which means she is a mandatory reporter for sexual assault, violence and stalking, senior Erin McClung, co-chair of the awareness and outreach committee, said in an email. As a mandatory reporter, Blankenship cannot be a confidential source, which Lolmaugh said has changed the position somewhat.

“One of the main things that was really essential in Connie’s role is that she was a confidential source,” Lolmaugh said.

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“Since Emerald is a hall director, she can’t be one. She has to be a mandatory reporter, given her role. That has limited her a bit. She’s been doing as much as she can, given that she has a lot of other responsibilities.

But really, we just need someone who is specifically for [BAVO].”

While there has been some confusion regarding the confidentiality of reporting instances of sexual assault, stalking and relationship violence within BAVO, McClung said confidential resources for students struggling with these issues include Campus Ministry and the Health and Counseling Center, as well as the off-campus Sexual Offense Services.

Programming and events put on by BAVO have been less frequent this year because of the changes within the group, Lolmaugh said.

“This year we have had to hold back on starting programming just because of Connie leaving,” she said. “Normally by this point we would have done Green Dot training … [and] a Title IX panel just to get everyone, like freshmen, information about it. … We’re still trying to get things going.

Hopefully by October we’ll be able to move along. It’ll be Domestic Violence Awareness Month, and hopefully we’ll be able to do events in that area.”

In the past, the awareness and outreach committee has hosted events called “Don’t Call Me Pumpkin,” in which students decorated pumpkins and discussed the effects of catcalling, and “Consent is Crystal Clear,” in which participants talked about what actually constitutes consent, McClung said.

The awareness and outreach committee also invites activist Debbie Riddle to speak to students about stalking each year, Lolmaugh said.

“Most of our events are more relaxed than the other events for other committees just because we’re smaller, and it’s just about education,” she said.

Despite the slower start this year, Lolmaugh said BAVO members have worked to recruit more people for the organization to increase the student leadership.

“We went to the involvement fair, and we started recruiting people in our halls, friends we knew and [people] in our classes,” she said. “We would love more people, but right now we have a good size.”

Those who are active in BAVO meet regularly to discuss programming and educational opportunities for the campus community, McClung said.

“I continue to educate myself and keep up to date on issues relating to violence and abuse,” she said. abuse,” she said.

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analysis from the Department of Defense when discussing the potentially severe effects climate change.

“The Department of Defenses tells us that by 2060, 600,000 square kilometers of currently arable land on the African continent will go offline. This is on the most food and water challenged continent we have,” Regan said.

Regan said resistance to combating climate change stems from the influence of private interests on both an individual and national level.

“There is some tension here between the individual and the collective,” he said. “Everybody who drives an SUV or exfoliates for 30 minutes [in the shower] is perfectly rational doing so at the individual level, our problem is at the collective.”

Individual contributions to climate change are minuscule, Regan said. This fact makes it easy for individuals to rationalize behaviors that are in their own interest, like driving a big car or taking a long shower. However this rationalization dooms the hope of spontaneous collective action to combat climate change, Regan explained.

The situation is not hopeless though, Regan said, but solutions lie in policy rather than unmotivated action by the general public. He pointed to the European Union as an example.

“U.S. people produce about 16 metric tons per person of [carbon],” he said. “The European Union, which is like us in almost all the demographic conditions you can come up with, produces about 8 metric tons per person.”

However, policy change aimed at reducing emissions and fossil fuels is complicated because people in Congress are motivated by special interests — namely, getting re-elected, Regan said.

They do not have to worry about the effects of climate change in 40 or 50 years when their focus is on winning the next election cycle, Regan said.

“Because in two years you’ve got to go back and get elected again, if you throw away those jobs, you’re not going to get elected,” Regan said.

Regan noted that despite the issue’s complexity, the fact remains that climate change is a real issue that needs to be addressed and can no longer be treated as a problem to be solved down the road.

“If projections are close, then consequences will be grave,” Regan said. “The U.S. National Climate Assessment, this is Donald Trump’s crew, they say that if we’re not on track by 2030 we probably can’t get there.”

Regan said everyone should conduct themselves in an environmentally-friendly way.

“We know the cause, we know the consequences, and we actually know the solutions,” he said.

“So why don’t we act like it?”

in the walkout.

“I think it’s important at any college to just respect and support survivors,” Moss said. “I guess that’s the first reason I’m here. I don’t think it should be a political issue — regardless of what aisle you’re on, you have to support what victims have to say.”

Joining some of her teammates in the Notre Dame women’s fencing team, junior Christina Boitano attended the event because she said it’s important to believe people who have the courage to come out with allegations like Ford’s in order to really “start a conversation about it.”

“I’m not hopeful as to the result [of Ford’s testimony], but I’m hopeful because of events like these,” Boitano said.

Junior Jackie O’Brien (Editor’s Note: Jackie O’Brien is a columnist for The Observer) said events like the walkout are critical because it shows people can see past

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the politics to “focus on the survivor’s story.”

“On college campuses in particular, especially here at Notre Dame, I think it’s vitally important as sexual assault is an issue we deal with on a really massive scale here,” O’Brien said.

“So even though this protest is specifically in support of Dr. Ford and saying we believe her, I think it moreso reiterates the message for the entire student body that we believe all of you, and whoever’s gone through anything should feel comfortable coming to anybody in the community and coming forward because we’ll support them.”

For an event that was thrown together “very quickly,” O’Brien said she was amazed at how many people turned out.

“I was amazed at how many faculty also came out in support,” she said. “It was just a really awesome thing to see because they’re really a pointperson and an inspiration for a lot of students on campus.”

Ernesto Verdeja, an associate professor of political science and peace studies at the Kroc Institute, said he was encouraged by student attendance at the walkout and hopes such efforts will be sustained “in the long-term.”

“I think it’s extremely important, I think it’s very valuable, I think it’s also inspiring to see young people who are engaged with the major political issues of their time,” Verdeja said. “These are questions that will continue affecting all of them, all of us, as Americans and as people who live in this country.”

Jason Springs, an associate professor of religion, ethics and peace studies at the Kroc Institute, said universities have historically been the places of “great catalyst movements for change,” and now is especially important a time for those movements.

“The kind of activism, the kind of awareness, the kind of engagement — it does give me hope and I think that it’s to be encouraged and supported which is why I come out and why we come out,”

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Springs said. “As much as this is a time where it’s hard to sustain hope with what’s going on in our country politically and socially, it’s in being a college-educator, a teacher of college students, that I derive the hope that I have.

Verdeja said he believes culture is at a particular inflection point where people have to be more responsive to the “demands placed by women” since allegations and charges in the past were dismissed.

“I just want to underscore that these types of movements on college campuses ... are part of longer historical trajectories of really pushing for justice coming from universities and colleges,” Verdeja said. “This is a really important space for justice efforts, so I’m delighted and encouraged when I look around and I see students here taking on this mantle, even if I’m very discouraged when I consider what might happen on Thursday.”

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By SAM GUTIERREZ Scene Writer

Holly wood is in the middle of a monumental change within the world of television. Streaming companies such as Netf lix, Hulu and Amazon have proven they can reach a high number of viewers by creating their own content and can even compete against studio giants like Paramount, Fox and HBO during awards season.

Amazon is looking to match the popularity and immersive world building that some studios have been able to make with TV series such as “Stranger Things” on Netf lix and “Game of Thrones” on HBO. This August, Amazon released season 1 of its new original series, “Jack Ryan.”

Jack Ryan (John Krasinski), a former United States marine, now works for the CIA as a financial analyst that is part of the Agency’s Counterterrorism Center. One day, Ryan gets a call from his boss in the Counterterrorism Center about trying to investigate a series of mysterious bank transfers. Ryan, hesitant to investigate these actions, agrees to join

By PATRICK WITTEMAN Scene Writer

Yves Tumor is hard to pin down. The Tennessee artist rarely gives interviews and has gone by pseudonyms of Rahel Ali and Sean Bowie throughout his career. Tumor’s elusiveness is a perfect descriptor for his album “Safe In the Hands of Love.”

The experimental project jumps between genres as quickly as it jumps between the different emotional states of Tumor.

Although Tumor is grouped into the category of noise artists, many tracks on this album heavily rely on the sonics of rhythm and blues, alternative rock and trip hop. On the track “Licking an Orchid,” Tumor modernizes a trip hop sound that finds its origins on Massive Attack’s 1998 album, “Mezzanine.”

As Tumor’s section of “Licking an Orchid” ends, the trip hop beat gives way to a mercurial wall of white noise that serves to emphasize the contrasting emotions and confusion seen in Tumor’s lyrics.

In “Licking an Orchid,” Tumor repeats, “Some call it pain / Some call it torture / Lately I enjoy it / Baby, please come home / I swear I’ll love you dearly / No one can hold you closer.”

One of the shortcomings of experimental albums is

the investigation and travels to Yemen, were he interrogates a suspect named Mousa Bin Suleiman (Ali Suliman), an Islamic terrorist within ISIS. W hile the interrogation happens, the encampment where Suleiman is being held is attacked, and Suleiman escapes. The season progresses as Jack Ryan and the CIA look to track down Suleiman and thwart his plans wherever they can.

Season 1 does a good job with showing the depth of Jack Ryan by depicting scenes from his time serving as a Marine to the troubles that occurred during that time and how they still affect him.

John Krasinski does a remarkable job in portraying Jack Ryan as this strong and resourceful CIA agent, but also showing us his f laws as a human person.

Through skillful crafting, writers get viewers to empathize with the enemies in this story. The writers show us how there is more to the terrorists than just their lust for destruction and chaos. We see how these terrorists have families and friends they care about deeply and how they would risk anything to protect them. We take a look back at

Suleiman’s backstory and notice how he became corrupt and how it inf luenced those around him.

I found myself during many of the action scenes not only worrying about our heroes, but also the terrorists and how their actions would affect their families and communities. It was very satisf ying to see this high-quality storytelling, and it gives me hope that Holly wood is still looking to tell good stories.

However, a problem with the series is the slow pacing of some episodes. There are entire sequences that take a while to get into but only deliver toward the end. There were scenes about Jack’s past that felt forced and did not seem natural to the story.

With an immersive world, intriguing characters and John Krasinski’s charisma, “Jack Ryan” is a well-done series worth seeing. The little f laws that come with pacing never once broke my interest in the story, which had me on the edge of my couch, hoping for a good ending.

that they can, at many times, feel disjointed. Artists jump between songs meant to appeal to mass pop sensibilities and songs that fully commit to the vision of the given musician. On “Safe In the Hands of Love,” Tumor does switch between pop and experimental visions, and the project does feel disjointed at times. However, this lack of experimental unity actually adds value to “Safe In the Hands of Love” by contributing to the general state of disarray that Tumor creates through his lyrics and composition.

One of my favorite tracks on this album is “Lifetime.” On this track, Tumor belts out lyrics about the torture of being separated from his brothers, the people that he misses and cares about. In a delivery that finds its closest relative in the delivery of Lil Peep, the Tennessee rapper laments, “Gloria, can’t hold me back from her / I swear it’s torture / I miss the days out in Biscayne / I miss my brothers / Give me three more weeks to sort this out / I swear I’ll prosper / Out in Biscayne and I miss my brothers.” These lyrics are not only characteristic of the emotional weight contained in the project, but they characterize the laser focus Tumor has when condensing his emotions into fragmented snippets. The specificity in what he mentions adds power to his lyrics, and the listener feels pulled

into many tracks during this album’s run time. The emotionally dense lyrics are accompanied with a piano and string-based production that, like most of the album’s sonics, is expansive and incredibly ambitious.

Ultimately, Tumor is successful in his pursuit of confusion and disarray. The mixing of genres in this project allows Tumor to fit feelings of love, fear, happiness and dread under the roof of one sprawling album that does not fall short of realizing its ambitious vision.

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“Safe in the Hands of Love” Yves Tumor Label: Warp Tracks: “Faith In Nothing Except In Salvation,” “Noid,” “Licking an Orchid,” “Lifetime” If you like: Massive Attack, Arca, Lil Peep, Death Grips

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Inside Column

Where are the Wheaties?

Mike Everett Sports Writer

In June of this summer, while slaving away at a long shift at Martin’s Super Markets, an obviously flustered customer approached me, and exclaimed: “Where are y’all’s Wheaties at?”

“You didn’t find them in aisle eight?” I replied.

“Nuh-uh,” the customer muttered.

“Sorry about that, sir, I’ll check and see if we have any in the back.”

We didn’t. I rang him up anyway, and after he left, disgruntled, I called the stocker; apparently Martin’s didn’t carry them anymore. This was somewhat concerning to me personally, as some of my friends and I were planning on seeing the new critically acclaimed film “Uncle Drew” in theaters, and I wanted to grab a box of Wheaties with the man himself on it. I looked in Meijer for the cereal, I looked in Walmart, I even looked in Aldi, to no avail. It was as if this American staple, this General Mills giant, had disappeared from our society like a ghost. It slipped away in the night, and we hadn’t even noticed. I finally found them from some online research and ordered a modest seven boxes from Target (for the free shipping).

Apparently the reason for the shortage was shipping shortage, but nonetheless, the sad truth is that Wheaties don’t sell like they used to, and therefore take up less and less shelf space.

Needless to say, I was disappointed when I came back to Notre Dame to see that the dining halls still do not carry the iconic cereal. Wheaties have been coming back to several supermarkets recently, but it still has not cracked into the cereal array of South Dining Hall.

You would think that with such an abundant and diverse selection of cereal that the dining hall offers, they would find a spot for such a culturally and historically important cereal. Wheaties is too distinctive and essential a cereal to be written off and cast aside. A common counter-argument to the addition of Wheaties to the DH menu is that the Special K Red Berry cereal is close enough a flavor profile to Wheaties as to render the latter unnecessary. However, Wheaties is significantly less sugary, and nutrition aside, the brand and history alone should warrant it to be placed on our trays.

How can we play like a champion today, study like a champion today, if we can’t eat the breakfast of champions? The Wheaties box has featured a host of sporting legends and cultural icons on its front. It has featured Notre Dame great Johnny Lujak, icons Jackie Robinson and Michael Jordan and A-list actor Kyrie Irving, and Wheaties deserve to reside in our blue bowls here at ND. Maybe this seems like an insignificant plea in the grand scheme of things, and it probably is, but maybe someone in charge of the dining hall meal plans will see this and change their ways. If so, and Wheaties are brought to the dining hall, this just might become the most influential column in the history of The Observer.

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Gabriel Niforatos The Road Less Traveled

In political theory, there can be a fine line between justice and morality. Recently, I was wondering what the conversation would be like if the current President of the United States and Socrates had a conversation in the spirit of this unique relationship between justice and morality, as well as the qualities it takes to make an effective leader.

Borrowing Plato’s use of dialogue, perhaps part of the conversation would look like this: Socrates: It is only by good fortune and the favor of the gods that I stand before you today. It is many a decade ago that I partook of the hemlock and died according to the laws and sentence decided by my accusers. I suppose it is a form of justice — or irony, to use a softer word — that I now take the position that they once had. I do not wish to “sentence” any president to any fate. Instead, let the current president stand before me and meet my words. Let us seek to discern his spirit in discussion of politics and rule.

President: It’s good to have you. What a great guy.

Socrates: I will be forward and start with the fundamentals of your style of leadership. Perhaps I will begin with the fact that you were not a politician before you held office. I am well aware (although I was across the veil for these thousands of years, I watched the history of democracy in your country with intrigue) that several presidents of your country have not come from a line of rulers or the realm of politics. This may be a foreign concept to me, but I shall entertain the merits of your point of view for a brief moment. I am of the opinion that one cannot understand or comprehend the meaning of truth or justice unless it be from the private sphere. If we equate the fact that you are a political outsider with existing outside the “public sphere,” that is the one solely motivated by politics and opinion, then we would have to admit that you are in a unique position to discern truth and adequately lead the nation.

President: Well, as you mentioned before, the climate of politics has changed. Ideas about the separation of public and private spheres seem to be purely philosophical. I don’t know if it’s still relevant in modern society. But you say I’m in an excellent position to discern the truth.

Socrates: If you truly existed outside the public sphere. That was purely hypothetical. As a makeshift celebrity before you came to office, you didn’t truly exist outside of that sphere. You are a commercial leader; a People magazine advertisement where the sensationalism is actuality.

President: I won states that my opponent should have won with her eyes closed. It was a monumental victory. Broke records. You, if you even existed all those years ago (historians disagree on that, you know), philosophized all day before a jury that ended up killing you anyway. So much for the power of words.

Socrates: Quite interesting that you bring up the power of words. Isn’t this something that you wield every day, on that tool of the Rhetoricians, Twitter?

President: He knows what Twitter is, everyone.

Socrates: A true leader doesn’t use rhetoric as a weapon of deflection. If I step back and attempt to lend credence to your argument for the sake of impartiality, fighting complacency with the status quo is indeed a key to finding the truth. Even if one can never firmly grasp their hands on the truth, the unexamined life is no life for a human being to live. If you used your words to examine the institutions of this nation with an eye geared toward constructive critique and useful change, this would be pivotal to effective rule. I would go so far as to say it would be noble. And yet, it appears from your words that this is not what you seek to accomplish. The tweets that compose an aspect of your reactionary midnight foreign policy hearken to the golden-tongued sophists, though your words lack the brilliant honey that they used, who wield words for the sake of wielding them; who wield them to sow seeds of chaos and push the pursuit of truth into the backdrop of an argument that would have no end.

President: As I have said before, there was no collusion.

Socrates: When my friend Chaerephon went to the Oracle at Delphi all those years ago and had the audacity to ask her if there was another in the land any wiser than me, she replied that there was none. If this is indeed true, it is only true for one simple reason. I am the wisest in the land for I alone know that I know nothing. There is an analogy to be made here. You claim to know everything, over-stretching yourself to politics and economics and foreign policy, indeed, your self-assessment has singularly consisted in the use of positive superlatives. And yet you yourself also know that you know nothing. There is an intellectual humility that is a responsibility of any effective rule.

President: Can I get a word in? The political climate has changed. America needed to be woken up; it needed a shakeup in every way. My crooked former opponent would have given us four more years of the status quo.

Socrates: When will you move past an election that occurred almost 700 days ago? In the name of waking up your people? A quality leader is an extension of his or her people, the community, the nation-state that they govern. A good leader cannot exist for him or herself or the entire concept of leadership becomes empty. And here we come to the verdict. You are a sophist, though not necessarily a good one. You wield words as weapons to divide, tools to distract from corruption. An effective ruler does not build walls. He or she tears them down and builds bridges to bring people together. I shall soon quickly fold back into a restless sleep and my words will be memories to you.

I want to emphasize that I cannot teach anybody anything, I can only make them think. You must remember this: When the debate is over, slander becomes the tool of the loser.

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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Women in leadership: Inspiring change Kaleem Minor Diversity Council

“Control is a mirage. The most effective leaders right now — men and women — are those who embrace traits once considered feminine.

Empathy. Vulnerability. Humility. Inclusiveness.

Generosity.”

— Leigh Buchanan Empathy. Ever y year, The Posse Foundation and Posse Scholars facilitate an annual weekendlong PossePlus Retreat attended by members of the larger student body, faculty and administration, w ith the goal of discussing an important campus issue identified by Posse Scholars. The theme of this retreat was “Us vs. Them.” In one of the activities, ever yone was instructed to w rite who they perceived as their “them.” We were then instructed to walk around the room, look at what other people w rote, and find our “them.” I, being a young African-American man raised in an urban setting, wrote dow n “law enforcement.”

W hen I found my partners, we began to talk. As I was describing a troubling experience w ith Notre Dame Security Police, I began to cr y. I was comforted by the two women beside me. Elly Brenner, a first-year advisor, was there to mediate the discussion. Keri Kei Shibata was there because she is the NDSP Chief of Police. They both listened to me and comforted me. Thank you, Elly and Keri Kei. After the conversation, Chief Shibata took multiple steps to make me feel safe at Notre Dame. She introduced me to several NDSP officers, who have been valuable resources. She provided her cell number in case I ever needed comfort or an advocate. She has gone above and beyond to make me feel safe and welcome at Notre Dame.

Vulnerability and humility. At the PossePlus retreat, I also shared a stor y about my struggles in the College of Science. I had no adequate AP classes. I went to a public school. I felt like I could never compete w ith students from some

of the best schools in the United States. After I shared my stor y, a woman gently comforted me and said “thank you.” This woman was Mar y Galvin. We reconnected after my retreat, and she began to tell me a stor y. She told me, “During my time at Manhattanville College, I was the only woman in almost all of my science courses, and I felt like I was not cut out for college.” She is an MIT graduate. She is the owner of five U.S. patents. She is a former member of the National Board of Chemical Science and Technolog y. She was the director for the Division of Materials Research in the National Science Foundation.

She is the dean of the College of Science. She didn’t have to share her stor y with me, but she did. In addition, she gave me the platform to work with her to address academic gaps in the College of Science. This year, they had the courage to begin a pilot program aimed to help students from underprivileged backgrounds succeed. This is the ty pe of courage and innovation that changes the world. W hen presenting this idea to our science advisor y council, they gave me the platform to speak about this issue to some of our most distinguished alumni. Thank you to Dean Mar y Galvin, Małgorzata DobrowolskaFurdyna and A llison Slabaugh for making me feel special.

Inclusiveness. Generosity. I am extremely grateful for the financial aid that made it possible for me to attend Notre Dame. With this, I knew coming in that I would need to work ever y week. I knew that work was a part of my life, and it took up 10-15 hours of my week. As a pre-med student, it was difficult to find time to study. As a student leader, it was even more difficult to find time to make positive change at Notre Dame. I was privileged enough to ser ve on student government’s executive cabinet for the Blais-Shewit administration (headed by two incredible women) beginning in my freshman year, and I did not want to carr y the burden of work. So after my freshman year, I worked all summer so that I did not have to endure this burden during the school

year. However, financial struggles back home placed significant strain on my ability to support myself. Ever y day was a struggle to get through.

Mar y Nucciarone, director of Financial Aid, has been a tremendous resource and friend to me.

She helped me get through a tough time, and she is a huge reason I am still here. The Multicultural Student Programs and Ser vices (MSPS) staff, comprised mostly of women, was there for me.

Thank you to Iris, Yvette and Paige for your support. Eventually, I was afraid that I was going to have to resign from my position in student government in order to begin working again.

During an unrelated meeting with Erin Hoffman Harding in Student Affairs, she invited me to work in her office. It would give me the opportunity to work on things that I cared about while receiving compensation to help stabilize me. It is important to emphasize that she owed me nothing. Her generosity goes beyond any thing that the general public could ever know.

I am forever indebted to all of these strong, powerful women. Our connections are much deeper than than the casual administrativestudent partnership. These are my mothers away from home. They went above and beyond to make me feel welcome at Notre Dame. To anybody I failed to mention, please know that these interactions make me powerful. To all the women here at Notre Dame, you are inspiring positive change ever y day. Thank you.

Kaleem Minor is a junior sociology major serving on Diversity Council board as vice chair. He can be reached at kminor4@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.

The views expressed in this column are those of the author and not necessarily those of The Observer.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

To Maria and Maddie I write to praise two students, both of whom excelled in my Literature University Seminar in their first year. In singling out Maria Burgess, now a junior, and sophomore Maddie Penn, I am also reaching out to all those who serve the idea(l) of God, Country, Notre Dame in ways that go beyond the academic. W hile I am not in a position to address the God part, I will speak of Maria and Maddie in terms of Country and Notre Dame.

I arrive on campus early in the morning. Often, Maria and her Army ROTC sisters and brothers, are already well into drills that have them doing

push-ups, sit-ups, crunches, etc. on the very wet ground. This never fails to strike me as uncomfortable at the very best. That the discomfort seems purposefully part of the program, and that the students show no reluctance, amplifies the admiration I have for them. We will be wellserved by these future soldiers. As if book-ending my day, at least during the “season,” I am treated to rehearsal of the marching band as I hack my way around the Warren Golf Course in the evening. Although I can neither see her nor pick out her French horn, I silently “cheer, cheer for old

Notre Dame” and for Maddie, the band, all the ensembles and soloists who enhance life here at Notre Dame. They imbue the place with the beating heart that is music. At the risk of redundancy, I want to thank not only Maria and Maddie, but all those who, through their investment of time, energy, talent and resolve, bring added value to the University and, in the long haul, to the country.

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Horoscope | Eugenia Last Happy Birthday: Express your feelings this year, and set your sights on the journey you want to take. Dreaming about something and actually making it manifest are two different things. Don’t wait for someone to do things for you. It’s important to take charge and to pick the path that’s best for you. Your numbers are 5, 18, 21, 23, 32, 36, 40.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Consider your options before letting your emotions take over. Look for a positive response when dealing with others.

Whether you are looking for a job or dealing with someone who is difficult, be efficient and take care of your responsibilities first.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): A change will do you good, but it may not please some of the people you work or live with. If you are upfront about your whereabouts and reasons for doing what you do, it will help ward off interference.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Offering to help others is kind, but don’t let anyone take advantage of you. Get the facts before you lend money or help someone looking for a handout. Don’t be too vocal about what you have or what you can do.

CANCER ( June 21-July 22): Stay focused on what you are doing. Let your creativity take over. Do things your way and stay out of discussions that could lead to repercussions with someone at work or at home. The less said, the better.

LEO ( July 23-Aug. 22): Travel, meetings and educational pursuits are highlighted. Keep an open mind and learn from what you hear, observe and experience. The best change you can make is one that will encourage better relationships. Compliment others, and you’ll reap the rewards.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Get out and try something new. It will change your perspective and give you something to consider. A positive change is heading your way, and an improved relationship with someone special looks promising. A change to the way you live is favored.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Emotions can hold you back. You have to think clearly about what you should do next. Make choices based on how they will influence your personal finances, not because someone is pleading with you to do something questionable.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Take a moment to figure out what’s best for you. An emotional situation concerning a friend or someone who depends on you should be handled carefully. Don’t let anyone take advantage of you, and don’t pay for someone else’s mistake.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Refuse to let emotional matters interfere with your productivity. Finish what you start and protect your reputation.

A change you make to the way you earn your living or to your arrangement at home will be to your benefit.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Listen to instructions and ask questions if something doesn’t make sense. How you handle those in charge will make a difference to the way you are treated. Professionalism at work and diplomacy at home will be in your best interest.

AQUARIUS ( Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Money matters should be handled smartly.

Emotions and joint ventures can lead to loss. Don’t feel you have to overdo it to make an impression. Let experience and knowledge be your guides to successful endeavors. You cannot buy love.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Concentrate on yourself and how to project your very best into whatever you take on. Working alongside someone with grand ideas can be stimulating but also expensive. Don’t be afraid to forgo a joint venture and do your own thing.

Birthday Baby: You are sensitive, caring and intuitive. You are creative and opportunistic.

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A new era of QBs for the NFL Lucas Masin-Moyer Assistant Managing Editor

I think it’s a safe enough bet to say the mid-2000s into the early 2010s was the golden era for quarterbacks in the NFL. You had a Manning-Brady Bowl in the AFC championship w ith regular frequency, while Ben Roethlisberger consistently led the Steelers deep into the playoffs in the same conference, snagging two Super Bowls along the way.

In the NFC, Aaron Rodgers lit up defenses on the way to a Super Bowl crow n and two league MV Ps, while Drew Brees ser ved as the spark for Sean Pay ton’s high-f ly ing offenses, bringing a title to New Orleans.

Fast-for ward to this past weekend. Pey ton Manning is retired, calling it quits after his Super Bowl 50 v ictor y w ith the Broncos over the Seahawks. Tom Brady and the Patriots sit at 1-2 after a losing to the prev iously comically bad Lions.

The Packers, under Aaron Rodgers, have limped their way to a 1-2 start as well while Ben Roethlisberger and the Steelers started off their season by t y ing the Brow ns, followed by a loss to the Chiefs.

And while Drew Brees has gotten off to a f ly ing start, it’s clear this golden generation of NFL quarterbacks is on its way out.

So naturally, in the spirit of relatively baseless predictions, I figured I’d spend this column assessing the t wo young quarterbacks who I believe, in five years’ time, w ill be the Mannings, Bradys and Rodgers of their era — Carson Wentz of the Philadelphia Eagles and Kansas Cit y Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes II. Both of whom have the potential not only for personal greatness, but also to lead their teams to (additional) titles.

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away from football, Carson Wentz finally made his return to the Eagles’ starting lineup this weekend in a 2016 w in over the Indianapolis Colts.

A lot has changed in Philadelphia since Wentz last took the field, namely that the Eagles won the Super Bowl. W hile it wasn’t Wentz who led the team to v ictor y, it’s hard to argue the team could have been in a position to w in it all w ithout him.

In what probably would have been an MV P season had it not been for his injur y, Wentz threw for 33 touchdow ns, 3,296 yards and only seven interceptions in the 13 games he played, posting an 11-2 record along the way and setting the Eagles up w ith the No. 1 seed in the NFC. Wentz is mobile, accurate and a w inner. W hat more could you want in a future star quarterback?

49ers lose Garoppolo for season due to ACL tear Associated Press

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Jimmy Garoppolo’s addition last season immediately turned around the fortunes of the San Francisco 49ers. Now the 49ers will have to go back to life before Garoppolo for the rest of the season.

The Niners announced Monday that Garoppolo tore the ACL in his left knee while making a cut late in a loss at Kansas City, sidelining him for the rest of the season.

The injury deals a serious blow to the 49ers (1-2), who had planned their rebuild around Garoppolo and now must turn again to C.J. Beathard at quarterback.

The Niners struggled with Beathard and Brian Hoyer last season before the midseason addition of Garoppolo changed their fortunes. San Francisco won the final five games last year after Garoppolo took over as starter and the team rewarded him with a $137.5 million, five-year contract.

The 49ers will have to wait another year to earn dividends on that investment. Garoppolo got hurt in the fourth quarter of a 38-27 loss Sunday when he was scrambling toward the sideline and decided to cut up field instead of going out of bounds.

Garoppolo’s left knee buckled just before Kansas City cornerback Steven Nelson delivered a big hit, ending what was supposed to be his first full season as a starter after just three games.

Expectations were high in San Francisco this season that the team could end a fouryear playoff drought after Garoppolo had a full offseason to immerse himself in coach Kyle Shanahan’s offense. But with Garoppolo and new running back Jerick McKinnon both knocked out for the season with torn ACLs in September, those high hopes have been put on hold.

Garoppolo had completed 59.6 percent of his passes with five TDs, three interceptions

and an average of 8.1 yards per attempt for a 90 passer rating. While he hasn’t been quite as efficient as he was late last year after being acquired at the trade deadline from New England for a second-round pick, the Niners offense has been far more potent than it was before he took over as quarterback.

Beathard started five games as a rookie last year, completing 54.9 percent of his passes with four touchdowns, six interceptions, 19 sacks, 6.4 yards per attempt and a 69.2 passer rating that was second lowest in the NFL. He threw a touchdown pass to George Kittle on his first snap Sunday only to have it negated by a penalty and wasn’t in for any other plays in the game.

“It’s huge having already played last year in six games,” he said after the game. “It really helps having gone through it and having that experience. It’s not my first time in the regular season. This time around it’ll be a little easier.”

Patrick Mahomes II Is Patrick Mahomes the next Pey ton Manning?

Maybe. I mean, he passed Pey ton Manning for the most touchdow n passes in the first three games of a season, so that’s as good a sign as any he’s got a goodenough shot of counting himself among the greats in a few years.

After backing up A lex Smith in his first year out of Texas Tech in 2017, Mahomes has blossomed under quarterback guru Andy Reid in Kansas Cit y, throw ing 13 touchdow ns and no interceptions to kick off the 2018 season, leading the Chiefs to a 3-0 record along the way.

With weapons around him, a great arm and a coach who calls to his strengths, Mahomes’ future looks bright.

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Patriots face familiar obstacles with slow start Associated Press

BOSTON — Two weeks, two head-shaking losses by the New England Patriots.

In Week 2, the Patriots’ defense was deficient in a 31-20 loss to Jacksonville in which the Patriots were victimized on third down.

There were problems all over the field in Sunday’s stunning 26-10 loss at Detroit, though it was Tom Brady and the Patriots offense that struggled the most against a defense coached by former Patriots defensive coordinator and new Lions head coach Matt Patricia.

It’s left New England at 1-2 for the first time since 2012.

Things won’t get any easier as the Patriots prepare to open their division schedule against 3-0 Miami.

Patriots coach Bill Belichick said he sees problems everywhere on the field right now.

“We’re not making enough plays in any phase of the game, so we’ve just got to perform better,” he said. “I think the energy and the effort and all of that — we’re trying.

Everybody’s trying hard. We’re

just not getting it done, which is all that matters.”

One of the most surprising things in Sunday’s loss to the Lions was how ineffective Detroit managed to render quarterback Tom Brady.

The reigning regular-season MVP completed just 14 of 26 passes for 133 yards with one touchdown. He also had a costly interception midway through the fourth quarter that helped the Lions seal the victory.

The 133 passing yards for Brady were his fewest in a game since he went 8 of 16 for 80 yards against Buffalo on Dec. 28, 2014.

What’s more troubling, though, is an offense that over the past two weeks has gone 6 of 21 on third down.

“We’re not scoring enough points. We’re not executing well enough on a down-bydown basis. Certainly, at a high level, we should have our expectations set in,” Brady said.

“The process has been the same, there’s been a lot of talk about it in practice, and we’re going through it and watching the film and correcting stuff,

it’s just not getting done on the field. And we have to get it corrected soon.”

One common theme in the way the Jaguars and Lions succeeded in limiting the Patriots offensively, was keying on tight end Rob Gronkowski. One of Brady’s favorite options, Gronk has just 13 catches for 189 yards and a touchdown this season.

He hasn’t scored in either of the two losses, hauling in only six total receptions.

But Gronkowski said no one inside the Patriots’ locker room is panicking about starting 1-2.

“I mean, it’s early, it’s football and it’s the NFL,” he said.

“Some crazy things happen every single week and we’ve just got to bounce back. We can’t put our heads down, we have to keep them up. We’ve got to keep on fighting and there’s another week next week.”

“We’ve got a big division game next week versus Miami.

We’ve just got to keep on fighting. It’s a long season, I know we’re 1-2 right now, but we’ve got to keep on fighting and keep on going. There’s no other way to do it.”

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Irish freshman Andrew O’Leary putts in an exhibition match on Sept.

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Invitational, and the Irish freshmen have been impressive to this point.

Chatfield, the 4th place finisher at last week’s Northern Intercollegiate, is averaging 73.16 strokes per round through six rounds.

The sophomore is building off a stellar freshman year in which he averaged 72.75 strokes per round, the 9th-lowest average in Notre Dame histor y.

W hile the seniors, with the exception of Delgado, have struggled to find consistency on the course, some of the young guns have continued to produce quality rounds for the Irish. The success of young players is a sign of progress under Handrigan.

In order for the Irish golf program to continue

building on its recent success, the culture has to be focused on competing ever y day, both in practice rounds and in tournaments. That culture shift began last year in Handrigan’s first season as coach, and it is gaining strength as his young players take control of the team.

“We believe in making sure our players get better ever y single day,” Handrigan said.

Young players like Chatfield and Delgado appear as though they are committed to Handrigan’s philosophy of getting better ever y day, and that is a sign of good things to come for the Irish.

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Tennessee. They ultimately fell short of the championship round, losing 8-4 to the Volunteers.

Meanwhile, on the East Coast, sophomore Richard Ciamarra, senior Alex Lebedev, sophomore Tristan McCormick and Axel Nefve traveled to Charlottesville, Virginia, to participate in the UVA Masters. In the singles event, all four team members advanced through the first round with Lebedev making it to the round of 16 and Ciamarra making it to the semifinals before finally being defeated by Florida freshman Johannes Ingildsen. In the doubles event, both teams of Lebedev and Nefve and Ciamarra

and McCormick reached the round of 16.

Wrapping up the Irish competition for the weekend, sophomore Paul Gota, senior Nathan Griffin, senior Daniel Rayl, junior Johnathan Small and junior Conor Somers headed north to Western Michigan to compete in the WMU/ Vredevelt Invitational. Rayl won all three matches he competed in over the weekend, claiming the Flight B championship in the process. His defeat over Western Michigan freshman Kennosuke Nouchi earned him all-tournament second team honors. Although his performance was the highlight for the Irish in Kalamazoo, Michigan, his teammates recorded solid performances themselves as Griffin, Small and Somers

also earned at least one win in the singles round.

Up next, Notre Dame will compete at the All-American Championships pre-qualifying and qualifying rounds this Saturday, in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The schedule continues to pick up momentum as the team will compete in each of the next three weekends. The day after the qualifying rounds of the AllAmerican Championships conclude, the Irish will return to Notre Dame to host the Bobby Bayliss Invitational, wrapping up a busy start to the season. Irish head coach Ryan Sachire has previously said that roles on the team are still up in the air, so while this past weekend’s performances should provide some clarity, there is still much yet to be decided in the coming weeks.

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Irish junior Guillermo Cabrera returns a shot in Notre Dame’s 6-1 loss to North Carolina on Mar. 23.

Cabrera advanced to the quarterfinals at the Milwaukee Classic this past weekend.

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finish them. I think that’s the way you [get over a streak], you see what’s happened, how was your performance on the night, and how do you move forward from there — because some things carry over into the next game and some things don’t.”

Coach Riley admits the team has been close in recent games to executing the offense, but he said it needs a bit more progress to get there. He also said the team’s leadership and spirit is fine despite recent results.

“I think our attacking plays are almost working right — anytime you get shutout twice then that final piece of finishing the chance hasn’t been working,” he said. “I think a lot of our collective team play has created a lot of dangerous moments that we’ll start taking advantage of. With that said, our last three games were against the No. 2, No. 3 and No. 5-ranked team in the country, so we knew it would be a close contest.”

The Irish are aware that competing well in the ACC is no easy task, Riley said, but for the team to move forward, they need to start seeing games through to the end.

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“We know we’re right there, we just need to keep going. We know who we are right now, the key comes in the next phase of the season. You got to go from being close to closing these games out and getting some results,” he said. “I feel that we’re in a good spot, the spirit of the team is good, they know where we need to be. There’s good leadership in the team, and ever since we joined the ACC we knew our schedule would be tough, so [the team] knows how to deal with it and get in the right frame of mind.”

The last three games have been at home, and the Irish take a lot of pride in defending their home turf, Riley said.

“There’s just a huge amount of pride in our team when we play at home. Not only the fans, but even the grounds crew that takes care of the field and stadium,” he said. “We really talk a lot about that, so I think that there’s just a lot of [pride] to make sure that our performance is something that the people can be proud of. There’s always that extra bit of pride that goes into home games.”

Notre Dame’s matchup with Xavier starts at 7 p.m. at Alumni Stadium, as they try to get back on track and secure a win at home.

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Irish graduate student midfielder Blake Townes chases a Tar Heel player in Notre Dame’s 1-0 loss to North Carolina in double overtime on Sept. 21 at Alumni Stadium. Notre Dame has now lost three-straight games.

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Irish junior midfielder Jack Casey pushes the ball downfield in Notre Dame’s 1-0 loss to Noth Carolina in double overtime on Sept. 21. The Irish look to end a three-game losing streak Tuesday night against Xavier.

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ND Men’s Soccer

ND Men’s Tennis

Irish look to end three-game slide

By CHARLIE ORTEGAGUIFARRO Sports Writer

No. 8 Notre Dame w ill seek to end a three-game losing streak Tuesday night as they host an undefeated Xav ier team. The Irish (3-3-1) are coming off losses against three top-5 teams in No. 2 Indiana, No. 5 Michigan State and No. 3 North Carolina. The Musketeers (3-0-4) are coming off a double-overtime draw against St. John’s, pushing their undefeated streak to seven games to start the season.

Head coach Chad Riley said the Musketeers play a “similar formation” to North Carolina, but he expressed confidence that if the Irish can play to the best of their abilit y they should come out on top.

“We know some of the things we’ll see in terms of the spacing of the field.

They’re a ver y good defensive team, so they’ll be tough to score on. I’ve played them

Notre Dame starts season strong in Milwaukee

in the past and they w ill be a ver y hard-working team that’s tough to break dow n,” Riley said. “They have some good, mature, older attacks that w ill keep us busy [on defense]. But, I think that that last little 10 percent in our ow n performance and we’ll be in good shape.”

The last three games for the Irish saw them losing by one goal, w ith the Indiana game going into overtime and the North Carolina one lasting into double overtime.

Riley said his team is tr y ing to focus on taking one game at a time and not so much on the current string of defeats.

“W hen you play evenly matched teams, the game can go either way. We train ourselves on focusing on each game as it goes,” he said. “[Yesterday], we focused on some v ideo from the North Carolina game about some of the opportunities we created and how to get in better position to see M SOCCER PAGE 11

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Irish senior Grayson Broadus prepares a backhand hit in Notre Dame’s 6-1 loss to North Carolina on Mar. 23 at Eck Tennis Center.

Opening their season at three different event sites this past week, Notre Dame started the season with strong performances across the board.

Thursday, senior Grayson Broadus, junior Guillermo Cabrera, junior Matt Gamble and sophomore William Howells competed at the Milwaukee Classic. In singles, Broadus, Cabrera and Howells all advanced to the round of 32 with Howells making it as far as the quarterfinals before finally being defeated by University of Illinois’ Keenan Mayo. In the doubles competition, Broadus and Cabrera were able to reach the quarterfinals after wins over pairings from Marquette and Virginia Tech before being defeated. Meanwhile, Howells and Gamble topped teams from Cleveland State and Iowa brining them to the semifinals where they faced off against a duo from see M TENNIS PAGE 10

Men’s Golf

ND underclassmen step up early in season Ryan Kolakowski Sports Writer

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Irish sophomore Davis Chatfield putts in an exhibition game on Sept. 24 at Warren Golf Course. Chatfield currently leads the Irish at the Old Town Club Collegiate Invitational in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

At their first tournament of the year, the Badger Invitational, freshman Taichi Kho led the Notre Dame in scoring with a 217 over 54 holes.

Last weekend at the Northern Intercollegiate, junior Hunter Ostrom led the Irish, and the field, turning in a 210 for the event.

This week at the Old Town Club Collegiate Invitational, sophomore Davis Chatfield is currently leading Irish after two rounds consisting alongside Ostrom, junior Davis Lamb, freshman Andrew O’Leary and Miguel Delgado, the lone senior of the crew this week. Junior John Felitto is competing with the Irish as an individual.

Seniors have struggled to keep up with the younger members of the team, many were passed on the depth chart as early as team qualifying rounds. Luckily for the Irish, this strong showing by the underclassmen paced them through their

first three tournaments, where they currently sit in fifth place in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

Delgado is the only senior to compete with the Irish five-man team in every competition so far this season.

After senior Kevin Conners carded a 227, good for 44th in the Individual class at the Northern Intercollegiate, he is not traveling with the team to the Old Town Club.

Senior Ben Albin has yet to see the course for official competition this season.

Irish head coach Scott Handrigan said the senior trio has contributed great experience to the program.

“Those three seniors are now our captains this year, and we’re going to be relying on them to provide leadership and help our younger players,” Handrigan said.

O’Leary, the only freshman to travel to every tournament so far, has averaged 73.83 strokes per round after six rounds of competition. Pair that with Kho’s team-leading performance at the Badger see M GOLF PAGE 10