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Women’s halls to compete in Miss ND Students share talents in O’Neill Hall signature event to fundraise for South Bend homeless shelter

By ERIN SWOPE News Writer

On Thursday night at 7 p.m., the stage in Washington Hall will be flooded with representatives from the 14 women’s halls of Notre Dame, all competing for the title of Miss ND. The Miss ND pageant, an annual event hosted

by O’Neill Hall as one of their signature events, raises money for the South Bend Center for the Homeless.

The pageant is divided into two acts.

During the first act of the pageant, each contestant comes on stage and showcases a special talent. Junior Corey Miller, O’Neill Hall’s vice president and the event coordinator for the pageant, said some of the talents are more traditional such as singing

or dancing while others are more unorthodox.

“There will be a girl riding a Lime Bike onstage catching food in her mouth,“ Miller said. “ …

Washington Hall was surprisingly okay with that so I didn’t have a problem with it.“ Other acts this year include lip syncs, singing and a dramatic reading of the song “I Just Had Sex” by The Lonely Island.

“Right now, we are planning on doing it as long as it’s heavily censored so there’s no bad words,” Miller said. “So we’ll see how that goes.”

This is not the first time though that contestants at the pageant have pushed boundaries.

According to junior John Desler, president of O’Neill Hall, one of the contestants last year went off script for her comedy act for the

show from what she did at rehearsal. Another contestant once drank water from a beerbong.

Last year, Miss Welsh Family Hall junior Christina Murray won the title of Miss ND with a batontwirling act. Murray is competing again this year to defend her crown.

Pam Jobin, a South Dining Hall ambassador and a judge for the pageant for the past three years, said, “I love to get to know them and their personalities. I love to [judge]; it’s such a fun night.”

This year, Jobin will be judging alongside the titleholders of Miss South Bend and Miss Great Lakes.

Desler and Jobin said judges are supposed to look at the quality of the act, and how funny or moving the act was. see PAGEANT PAGE 4

Bengal Bouts support Catholic missions abroad

By JOSEPH ANDREWS News Writer

While fans in attendance at last week’s Bengal Bouts finals believed they were witnessing the end of a four-month boxing season, the men in the ring, gasping and bleeding for a common cause, saw something quite different — another beginning to the larger, seemingly endless fight to protect Christian minorities in

Bangladesh.

According to Bengal Bouts captain senior Cam Nolan, Bangladesh has a population of around 170 million people but is only around the size of Wisconsin, making the country densely populated. Since Christians make up only about a half percent of the country’s population and are often not ethnically Bengali, these Christian tribal groups rarely have access to the same resources

and privileges of other residents of the country.

“Their government doesn’t even acknowledge they exist basically,” two-time Bengal Bouts boxer senior Chris Lembo aid.

“They don’t give them any public or private education, any healthcare, any help in the law system or anything. So they’re basically seen as non-existent to anyone.” see BOUTS PAGE 3

Saint Mary’s sports teams to travel over break

By REBECCA STELLA News Writer

The Saint Mary’s golf, softball, lacrosse and tennis teams will be traveling to different parts of the country in order to face new competition over spring break.

The trips are funded by individual contributions, players and team fundraisers like working parking before football games.

The golf team, consisting of

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seven players, travels every year for spring break. This year the team is going to Jekyll Island in Georgia.

“We have three, 18-hole practice rounds the first three days, and then we have three days of a tournament,” freshman Sydney Hruskoci said. “We are also going on a dolphin cruise and will attend team dinners.”

Hruskoci said this is the furthest this team has ever traveled

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together, and they will all be staying in a villa together.

“This year is going to be fun because the team chemistry is great,” she said. “I am so excited to spend a week with the team.”

The softball team is also going south over break, traveling to Tucson, Ariz. Senior and fourth-year player Zoe Bruni said the team w ill see TRIP PAGE 4

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Junior Christina Murray, representing Welsh Family Hall, wins the 2018 Miss ND. Her performace included a baton twirling routine.

Communication society hopes to raise visibility

By MARIA LEONTARAS Associate Saint Mary’s Editor

Saint Mary’s College promises its students an opportunity to discover the world and find their place in it, and the Lambda Pi Eta honor society hopes to further these lofty goals for communications majors as they study and pursue their field now and after graduation The four seniors who serve as board members — president Kerry Rose McDonald, vice president Jordan Cockrum, treasurer Maura Newell and secretary Ellen Kilian — said their goal was to expand the presence of the honor society on campus and bring communications studies majors together.

Editor’s Note: Jordan Cockrum is the Saint Mary’s Editor at The Observer.

There are various stipulations students must meet to be eligible for Lambda Pi Eta (LPH),

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including holding at least junior status as a communication major and maintaining an overall minimum GPA of 3.0.

McDonald said there are numerous benefits for those looking to enroll in the club.

“The point of that is you get to be involved with the National Communication Association.

You’re able to submit research, go to their conference — they have an annual convention — you basically get access to all of that and all of their resources,” McDonald said. “You get a certificate; you get honors cords at graduation. It’s actually pretty selective to get into because I was looking at spring enrollment, and a lot of students applied, but only a few were actually eligible. It’s really selective to get in. You need to be [in the top] 35 percent of all of your class, and the GPA requirements really get people.”

Though they’ve been met see LPH PAGE 4

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Political event discusses cultural differences

By RYAN KOLAKOWSKI News Writer

ND Votes hosted a discussion on Wednesday which addressed an issue at the forefront of modern American politics — demographics and how one’s place of birth can influence voting habits.

The event, held in the Geddes Hall Coffee House, was part of an ongoing monthly series called “Pizza, Pop and Politics,” sponsored by the Center for Social Concerns and designed to increase discourse among students on topics related to politics.

This month’s discussion, titled “The Politics of Place,” featured presentations by Josh Kaplan, professor and director of undergraduate studies for the Department of Political Science department, and David Campbell, professor and chairperson for the Department of

Political Science.

Kaplan said he first became interested in the politics of place while in graduate school.

“I took a lot of history courses, and one of my teachers kept referring to a political scientist named V.O. Key,“ Kaplan said. “I read Key’s work, and he wrote a very influential book on southern politics.

And about ten years ago I got the idea for a course on politics in the south. ... [I realized the course was actually] about the demographics in politics.”

Kaplan said demographic trend analysis has only really become a standard way of understanding politics in the past decade.

“It used to be something that political scientists, that campaigns talked about it, but now it’s become just one of the things that everybody talks about,” Kaplan said. “Hillary Clinton’s problems

with young voters, Bernie Sanders’ problems with minority voters, Donald Trump’s affinity with uneducated voters … all these categories that we now use. So, I see this event as a way to look at the future of American politics by looking at what we can learn from demographics, and how we can think about the influence of demographic change on political change.”

The presentations centered around two major demographic divides in American voting habits—north versus south, and urban versus rural.

Professor Campbell opened the discussion with a question concerning the title of the event itself — why was it ‘Pizza, ‘Pop’ and Politics’ rather than ‘Soda?’ “Some of you grew up calling it ‘pop,’” he said, imitating an upper-Midwest accent to titters of laughter, “but

why?”

Campbell then transitioned to a discussion of cultural differences across different regions of the United States, particularly the urban-rural split, and its implications for American politics.

Campbell projected slides showing how the divide between urban and rural voting patterns in the United States was wider in 2016 than it was in 2012, though he said the phenomenon was present in both elections.

Professor Kaplan followed with a discussion of northern voting habits versus southern, and their implications for the 2020 election.

Informed by post-Civil War history, Kaplan said there is an important distinction between the ‘deep South’ and the ‘peripheral South’ in their levels of racial integration and urbanization at the time, and the lasting effects those

differences had on political participation in the region.

Of the phenomenon of northern towns voting like the south, Campbell said, “To be rural is now associated with a particular brand of conservatism, almost a psychic bond with what you’d find in the south.”

When asked what was most crucial for students to understand about the politics of place, Kaplan said understanding context is necessary to understanding trends.

“The importance of putting a particular election result in context,“ he said. “We tend to look at elections as a snapshot... Politics is always changing and we’re always trying to catch up, [but] to understand the direction of change, you have to look at trends over time.”

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Activist examines role of movement leaders

By SERENA ZACHARIAS News Writer

As Ben Phillips, co-founder of the Fight Inequality Alliance and a Hewlett Fellow of Public Policy at the Kellogg Institute, listened to Nelson Mandela speak at a rally in South Africa just four years after apartheid ended, Phillips said he realized two things.

“The first was that I was in the presence of a hero, but the more important thing is that I realized I was in the presence of thousands of heroes,” he said.

“History had not been made by one man. History had been made when so many people organized together.”

Phillips brought his passion against global inequality to a lecture in the Hesburgh Center on Wednesday evening titled, “Winning the Fight Against Inequality (And Why It Needs You).”

After high school, Phillips moved to South Africa to work as a teacher in a black township. It

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Helping to combat this injustice are the Holy Cross missions in Bangladesh, who, using the money generated through the Bengal Bouts tournament — including over $137,000 from this season alone — are able to successfully support these struggling communities in areas the local government has consistently failed, Nolan said.

“The Holy Cross educates them, they give them a church, they give them a community [and] they represent them in court,” Nolan said. “They are a power to be dealt with, and they protect a lot of these people that are underprivileged and would otherwise be harassed and taken advantage of.”

Nolan and Lembo, who traveled to Bangladesh as part of an ISSLP

was there where he first became involved in social activism.

“After that year in South Africa, I felt like it physically rewired me, and I therefore couldn’t do anything else other than work in social justice,” Phillips said.

Over the course of his life working across the globe in campaign teams and social movements, Phillips said he learned the most important change is never done by professionals.

“The key step for achieving change that makes society more equal is for ordinary people to regain their voice, regain their power ... they do that by forming groups,” he said.

Phillips covered a number of damaging effects inequality causes. In addition to hurting the most vulnerable members of society, Phillips said inequality also causes people who are well off to suffer.

“Unequal societies are more violent, less trusting, have less economic growth and potential, harm the environment more, respect

human rights less, generate more anger and intolerance and start to fragment and start to not operate as a democracy,” Phillips said.

Phillips said cities all over the world live with a stark divide between the rich and the poor, and in many of these cities, the divide is growing.

“Seven out of 10 people live in countries where the gap between the rich and poor is worse than it was 30 years ago. One percent of Indians own 50 percent of India,” he said. “In the U.S., the richest 10 percent of the population captured more than all the gains made since the recession. The other 90 percent went backwards.”

Phillips said the rich not only hold the majority of the nation’s wealth, but they have power in multiple facets of society.

“The problem we face is the problem of political capture,” he said. “Political capture means some people have so much money, they don’t just buy boats, they buy elections. The new golden rule is that the people with the gold make

the rules.”

In order to combat inequality, Phillips said change will require groups of ordinary, yet diverse people.

“A successful movement that establishes a decent, equal society needs doctors and people struggling for peace work in order to take on the 0.1 percent, so I think an inclusive movement is key,” he said.

While people may think social movements today are too divisive, Phillips said pushing against authority is essential in creating change.

“In the 1960s, if you look at Gallup polls, most whites thought that Dr. King was divisive. There were newspaper articles about how the March on Washington was reckless, and people ask about Black Lives Matter, why can’t they be like Dr. King? They’re exactly like Dr. King,” Phillips said. “They are highlighting a new issue, and people need to hear it.“ Phillips said the battle to create a lasting revolution requires

a significant amount of time and dedication because combating inequality requires several fights to be won.

“When you look at these groups that are making a difference, you see them on the news when they’re out on the streets with placards, but that’s about one percent of what they do,“ he said. “The key word is a series of planning, of building trust, of working with with communities. It’s many, many days of meetings in drafty church basements. It’s endless, and it’s that that brings real change.”

Urging students to join the fight against inequality, Phillips said Notre Dame students can benefit from three lessons.

“Today when we demolish deference, when we build collective power, when we build a new story, we can be in influence,” Phillips said. “It is not inevitable anywhere, but it is not impossible anywhere.”

program in the summers of 2016 and 2018 respectively, volunteered as English teachers for the tribal children while at these various parishes and hostels. However — whether it was playing soccer with the students after class or sharing a meal with the village in the evening — the two men said they learned through their experience their role as a teacher was often secondary to their role as a fellow human being.

“The hardest part of it is you quickly realize that you don’t get to change the world,” Nolan said.

“The biggest thing you can do is simply be present, I’d say. You know, how much is two months of English really going to change these kids’ lives? Not a lot, but you get to see what the funds have done for the past 89 years and will continue to do. So, it’s really just about being present, bearing witness and having the experience and coming

back to Notre Dame fully committed to Bengal Bouts, fully committed to making sure this club survives.”

Nolan said coming to terms with this realization and learning to accept the village’s generosity was challenging after seeing the intense poverty of the local families, many of whom live in mud houses and survive on a household income of only around one U.S. dollar per day, Lembo said.

“It tears at your heart ‘cause you’re like, ‘No, don’t love me. I want to love you. I want to serve you,’” Nolan said. “And you spend so much of the summer being served by these people and eventually you just have to allow yourself to accept love because that’s honestly the most you can do to them, is to be a gracious guest sometimes.

That’s all you can do. And that was such a weird paradoxical lesson to learn. God, that was difficult. ...

That was difficult.”

In the classroom, Lembo said his average day with the students consisted of roughly two hours of English lessons followed by an hour or two of dancing, playing games and, of course, boxing. Interacting with the students in these ways produced a wide array of memorable moments, one of which Lembo said was one of the highlights of his life.

“The kids at the end of the class were begging [him and his coteacher Ben] to sing. ... We were like, ‘No, you guys have to sing for us first.’ And they agreed,” Lembo said. “And all at once, in unison, they sang the Notre Dame alma mater, like, to us. To us. We asked them to sing for us and they sang our alma mater, and we actually started crying. ... I couldn’t believe it.”

Nolan said the true impact of his time in Bengal Bouts did not

fully register to him until this year’s tournament when, after advancing through the quarterfinals, he came up short in a hard-fought semifinal matchup, ending his boxing career at Notre Dame.

“As soon as I was done ... I knew I lost. He was better than me, and I was fine with that. But I just wanted to cry,” Nolan said. “And it was ‘cause I felt this metaphysical bond between myself and this experience that I had after freshman year. The door was finally, in so many ways, closed. That I was driven to love the club. I was driven to fundraise. I was driven to train and teach all these kids in the Bengal Bouts program because of this love for these kids [in Bangladesh]. ...

And it was heartbreaking, but I was telling myself, ‘I hope it’s enough. I hope I’ve served you well.’”

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with some unexpected obstacles, McDonald said she believes the club is doing better than it has in the past in terms of involvement.

Killian said she realizes the advancements LPH has made and attributes them to McDonald’s leadership.

“Even as juniors last year, there wasn’t really much participation or events that we could be a part of,” Killian said. “That’s why it’s something special to have Kerry Rose as our leader because she’s definitely made some good steps into actually creating a club that’s worthwhile and being a part of and doing things within the club.”

Killian said LPH’s progress serves as a positive ref lection on communications majors as a whole.

“I feel like communications majors are very underestimated, so that’s partially why having this grow is beneficial and helpful for us because we want this to grow,” she said. “We don’t want this to be like, ‘Oh, another communications club? Sure.’ We really want people to know who we are and what we do.”

LPH will host its induction ceremony after spring break, and the executive board will choose its predecessors in the following weeks.

McDonald said she hopes to share her experiences with new members.

“Our plan for the rest of the year is to lay down a framework for the leaders who take over for the next year, like our ideas, things that worked for us, things that didn’t,” McDonald said. “One of our ideas was — for professional development — we wanted to have a networking event with communication alumnae. They need to do some fundraising and things like that, but we want to put some things in place so they can pick up where we left off. We got some stuff started, but there’s so much more they can do.”

Newell said she is pleased with the progress LPH has made this year. She said the society can serve as a new layer to one’s friendship onion, and hopes Saint Mary’s students can find a new sense of community within the group.

“Your friend group may not necessarily be in your major, but these people understand — especially now with the job hunt and all of that stuff — where you’re coming from when it comes to that,” Newell said. “It’s a different group of people that are there to support you like everyone in the Saint Mary’s community is.”

“It’s a combination of quality, kind of uniqueness. … It’s also a crowd factor of how much you get the crowd going,” Desler said.

“I like to go by personality,” Jobin said. “Some of the girls are just so bubbly.”

After the talents, the judges each choose their top three and the contestants with the most votes move on to the next round, which consists of traditional pageant interview questions.

“We have two professional normal questions like a ‘How do you end world hunger?’ or something like that and then one joke,” Desler said.

“So it’s to answer the professional questions like a normal pageant person does and then not being thrown

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have one practice and a total of 10 games spread throughout the week. However, it is not all work and no play, Bruni said.

“We get to spend the afternoon with our families on Monday, and we have an off day on Wednesday, so we [are] have a surprise team bonding activity planned that day,” she said. “We play all morning games so afternoons will probably have other fun activities as well.”

The team has already done

off by the joke and making some people laugh.”

In between the two sections, O’Neill showcases short videos that various sections of O’Neill create to keep the audience engaged. This year, videos include “Special Parietals Unit” and one featuring a play on words with the word “miss.”

Each women’s hall sends one representative to compete for the title. Desler and Miller reach out to each of the dorms’ presidents to let them know the pageant is coming up and to ask for contestants.

“I think some dorms have people that really want to do it and have people who are planning on it. … Then some dorms, I assume, have to force people to do it,” Desler said. ”And then some dorms — I know Badin for sure and probably some others — have their own pageants throughout the course of the year.”

This year, freshman Alex Edwards won Badin Hall’s Miss Bullfrog pageant and will be competing with a magic act at Miss ND. Edwards said in an email she enjoyed the format of how Badin chooses their contestant because it gives the show a Miss America vibe and makes it easy to select one contestant.

“If I’m being completely honest, I didn’t want to do Miss Bullfrog,“ Edwards said.

“I had a really big project coming up in Studio, so I was going to work on that instead of doing the pageant. Yet, my friend Amaya practically forced me to do it, so she wouldn’t have to do the pageant alone. The funny thing is she was talking smack the whole time, but it’s okay cause I won. I’m really excited and honored to represent Badin this year.”

The pageant costs five dollars to attend, and Miller

said that after paying for the pageant’s production costs, the money is donated to the South Bend Center for the Homeless.

“The challenge is always getting people to buy tickets,“ Miller said. “Like it’s obviously for a great cause. … So I think people still view it as paying five dollars to go see a show whereas like obviously the show is great and we want people to come to it but the whole purpose of the event is to raise money for the center for the homeless and so even if people can’t go to the event, they can still donate. We have donation jars at the event if they want to donate more.

That’s just the big focus of it and that’s kind of the lens that we’ve approached everything through.”

an overnight trip to Brighton, Mich., this year.

“This trip will be different [from past trips] due to the location as well as [it] being the first time we are in a hotel not a house,” Bruni said. “We have a lot of underclassmen, so this should be a fun first spring break for them and a good change in location.”

The Saint Mary’s lacrosse team will be traveling west to Los Angeles for the break, where they will visit Santa Monica state beach, hike to the Hollywood sign and explore the Walk of Fame, freshman Rachel Ledyard said. Ledyard said the

destination has the added benefit of being her hometown and her family will be hosting a team dinner at their house following one of the games.

“I am most looking forward to being able to go home and be in warm weather,” Ledyard said. “I’m excited for my family to be able to meet some of my closest friends and amazing teammates thanks to the Saint Mary’s College lacrosse program.”

The lacrosse team is scheduled to play a total of three games against Whittier College, Chapman University and University of Redlands.

The tennis team enjoyed going to San Marcos, Texas so much last year that they are going back again this year, coach Dale Campbell said. They will play five matches and have a few practices during their time there, he said.

“It’s a great opportunity for the team to get more connected and to play some excellent teams,” Campbell said. “Hopefully it is a lot warmer than here and gives us the opportunity to play outside for the first time this year.”

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Why you should read your horoscope Nicole Simon News Writer

I’ll admit it, I read my horoscope. I don’t necessarily read it ever y day, and I certainly don’t make my life decisions according to it.

But, I definitely read my horoscope more often than most.

It started as somewhat of a joke because, like many people, I found it to be freakishly accurate. Ever y time I happened upon my horoscope or saw an astrolog y meme, I was shocked by how much it seemed to relate to my life. One time, I read an in-depth personalit y description of a Virgo and found it so accurate that I would have believed my closest friend if she told me she w rote it specifically about me. I’ve definitely fallen v ictim to the belief that a certain horoscope just has to be correct and I can’t say that I’ve never blamed the universe for my problems. But I don’t actually believe my horoscope, and I don’t think you should either. I just think you should read it even if you think it’s utter nonsense.

The thing about horoscopes is that they’re not supposed to explain your past or predict your future. Contrar y to what some might believe, horoscopes don’t actually tell you that you’re going to become rich when the sun reaches its equinox or that your personal life is going to suffer because Mercur y is in retrograde.

A ll your horoscope does is give you adv ice. It tells you that your life isn’t as bad as it seems and reminds you to be open to new opportunities. Maybe it’ll adv ise you to spend your money a little w iser or to think about your decisions a little deeper. The adv ice is vague and unspecific at best and probably nothing you don’t already know. But it’s precisely this vagueness that gives horoscopes their value. Regardless of what it says, each person takes from it what they need. Horoscopes aren’t insightful because they deliver profound messages from the universe, but because they prompt you to draw your ow n insights by ref lecting on your life, your actions and your thoughts. Ironically, it is the recognition that they hold no meaning that makes horoscopes meaningful. As w ith any thing you read, the meaning is found not in the words themselves, but in the meaning you derive yourself.

Instead of discrediting horoscopes because they’re false, we should appreciate them for giv ing us the chance to be honest w ith ourselves. Horoscopes don’t tell us that the universe is in control of our lives, but rather, allow us to realize that we are.

Contact Nicole Simon at nsimon1@nd.edu The views expressed in this Inside Column are those of the author and not necessarily those of The Observer.

In anticipation of fresh sheets Dear Office of Residential Life, This year, I was fortunate enough to move into Pasquerilla East Hall. I was assigned a quad and eagerly looked on the website to find specifications of my new home, as well as a packing list. I was warned that the quad closets were small, so I packed as lightly as a teenage girl can reasonably be expected to do. I was filled w ith excitement to meet the young women I’d be liv ing w ith and see my dorm.

Fortunately, Pasquerilla East was renovated in the summer of 2016. The renovations included fresh paint and new furniture. W hen I moved into my assigned quad at the start of this year, I encountered this new furniture first hand. That is, I could not open my door because the furniture was filling too much of the room. I had to push my door open (in conjunction w ith my parents and t wo lovely members of the Welcome Weekend team) by forcing the pieces of furniture to topple onto each other, instead of standing upright. The reason for this unexpectedly aggressive move in? The new modular furniture does not all fit into a quad if it is not lofted.

After mov ing enough of the furniture into the hallway to have space to loft my bed (sorr y neighbors), I wheeled my luggage into the room and began to unpack. The first task was making the bed. It was then I discovered my biggest gripe w ith the new furniture: I cannot sit up in bed. After nearly an hour of shimmy ing the fitted sheet on, I had whacked my head on the ceiling enough to raise the concern that I was concussed from making my bed. Frustrated by the unending task of making my bed in a space reminiscent of an undersized

coffin, I moved to unpack my clothes.

Though the closet was small, I was relieved to find a reasonable height under the bed ... until I stood up fully and realized that I could neither stand underneath my fully lofted bed nor sit up on top of it. The height of the space underneath the bed is incredibly annoy ing, not only because I cannot stand up, but also because sacrificing a foot on the desk and wardrobe would have prevented me from doing more army crawls getting into and out of bed than all of ROTC. I want to be clear: I have adored liv ing in a quad. I have fantastic roommates and thoroughly enjoy the drop-in atmosphere we have cultivated in our common room. However, I have t wo requests to the Office of Residential Life. First, the next time a dorm gets new furniture, please order samples. The poor ratio of under-toover bed height is immediately obv ious upon seeing the furniture in the dorm. Samples would have allowed first-hand interaction instead of a solely measurements based assessment w ithout truly experiencing the furniture.

Second, I am cordially inv iting you to help me make my bed. I have shimmied, struggled, solicited adv ice, enlisted friends and taken the mattress off of the bed frame to put on the fitted sheet. If there’s a better way to do this, I would love to know. If not, hopefully w ith 10 of us, it w ill take less than t wo hours.

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First, do no harm Ellie Dombrowski A Fresh(man) Perspective

Stuart Little, The Rats of Nimh, Charlotte’s Web. Penicillin, meningitis vaccines, antibody therapy. These are sides of a spectrum I could not reconcile. If you are like I was, these two lists first appear unrelated. Much to my dismay, rats have been instrumental in the development of medicine. I learned this when I applied to work at a variety of behavioral pharmacolog y labs the summer before college. I understood that I would have to work with various narcotics, but I didn’t think that I would be working with live animals. Little did I know it would be an experience I would never forget.

The white walls were lined with rats — some were sleeping, some metabolizing drugs and some climbing or eating. This was the moment when medicine first felt real. Dozens of cages lined the walls of this room. All were being used for testing, all were deprived of normality and all would eventually be euthanized. This was the interruption of my expectations that prompted an ethical dilemma. Was it moral to harm animals for the betterment of humanity? Was it moral to subject these innocent animals to a life of poking and prodding?

The smell of synthetic gloves and rat litter permeated my senses. Laying out the needles, my mentor picked up a rat and handed it to me. The circumstances suddenly became overwhelming.

Seeing my panic, my mentor took the rat from me, and swiftly injected it with saline. He invited me to try again. Wobbly, I picked up the second rat. I

selected a needle, turned my hand palm-up, and pushed the needle into its pinched skin. Ripping through the silence, the rat let out a squeal.

Yanking the needle out, I stared at my mentor in horror. The same question seemed to arise. Was I disregarding my morals by prodding these rats to better our understanding of the human body?

Does this seemingly selfish use of animals justif y our pursuits? My mentor assured me that I wasn’t hurting the rat, it was only expressing its discomfort. One must have a swift technique to avoid any unease. He also added that, depending on the narcotic, rats may be more susceptible to aggression. Taking a deep breath, I tried again. Once more, I failed. I felt like I had not only failed my mentor, but my morals as well. The day seemed to never end.

I could not comprehend why the National Institute of Health would fund any kind of animal research. I dreaded going back the next day. The stereotypes appeared to be true — doctors and scientists were robots. So, I assumed that I would have to switch professions. I wanted to become a doctor so that I could help people. If the basis of medicine was harm and pain, how could I think what I was doing was right? I was rather conf licted. How could I pursue my interests when my environment would not coincide with my line of ethics?

Behavioral pharmacolog y did not leave me with a positive first impression. Seeking to resolve my dismay, I expressed my distress to my lab members and asked them for advice. It was this combination of listening to others and exploring the research more that changed my mind. I learned that it was not Stuart Little or penicillin; the

world was not simply black or white. Scientists are considerate of the multifaceted nature of life.

Furthermore, researchers ensure that these acts are not unnecessary and harmful for anyone involved. There are systems and rules in place to protect these animals. Although I do not like that the animals are euthanized after experimentation, it saves them from the potential side effects that the research could have inf licted. Hence, these two sides of the spectrum are — in fact — not discrete entities. It is Stuart Little and meningitis, Charlotte’s Web and penicillin and The Rats of Nimh and antibody therapy.

Resolving the ethical questions intertwined in these characters and medical discoveries was difficult. But, I was forced to recognize my discomforts, consider various perspectives and build on my character to resolve my inquiries.

My purpose in life is to be deontologically driven by my principles. Now, I can see the values and limitations of questioning our own ethical norms.

We learn a lot by simply asking the right question.

For me, the right question was whether I should have to change who I was to do what I want to do.

We are all driven by our own line of ethics. So, we must learn that our morals are a guiding factor, and we should use them in decision making.

Primum non nocere: First, do no harm.

Ellie Dombrowski is a freshman at Notre Dame majoring in biochemistry. She is originally from Long Island, New York, and currently lives in Lewis Hall. She aspires to become a surgeon and to make a change in the world. She can be reached at edombrow@nd.edu The views expressed in this column are those of the author and not necessarily those of The Observer.

On the passed NASAND resolutions Marcus Winchester-Jones Diversity Council

On Monday night, the Notre Dame Student Senate passed two resolutions that will help to greatly improve the Native American experience at Notre Dame.

First, a resolution for a land acknowledgment of the Native nations, including the Pokagon Potawatomi, that came before the founding of Notre Dame. The recommended acknowledgement being: We acknowledge our presence on the traditional homelands of Native peoples particularly the Pokégnek Bodéwadmik/Pokagon Potawatomi, who have been using this land for education for thousands of years, and continue to do so.

The land acknowledgement was proposed to be read before events like the “Walk the Walk” luncheon, senate meetings, graduation and Welcome Weekend events.

Land acknowledgments serve as both a sign of respect to people who are still here, but also an effective tool for those who do not know whose

land they occupy. It is also uniquely useful for Notre Dame, who shares a unique and storied past with the Pokagon Potawatomi. While Notre Dame may serve as the caretaker of the land it now sits on, an acknowledgment of those who allowed it to become the University it has become is important. As one of the few Pokagon students on campus, it means a lot to know that there are people who support and recognize that I have had family here for many years, even before Notre Dame came to be. The idea for the resolution has been around since before I got to Notre Dame. Many other schools like Stanford, Michigan State and Northwestern University have already implemented land acknowledgments. So, Native American Student Association of Notre Dame (NASAND) and the larger native community felt Notre Dame could take steps towards doing the same.

The second resolution called for a Native studies minor, which also implies the hiring of Native American faculty. The history and continued existence of Native people is an integral part in the story of the United States, so an academic program dedicated to them should be available in universities, especially ones as prominent as

Notre Dame.

These two resolutions are great steps in continuing and building upon the relationship with the Pokagon band. Not only do they strengthen this relationship, but the resolutions also make Notre Dame an even more welcoming institution for Native peoples. I think this is great. I was really excited to see all the votes for passing the resolution after Mikey and I presented at senate.

Seeing this type of support makes me even more proud to be a Notre Dame student.

Marcus Winchester-Jones is a sophomore majoring in finance and minoring in Chinese. He is the current president of the Native American Student Association.

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Horoscope | Eugenia Last Happy Birthday: Channel your energy into something that will pay off, not something that will just allow you to tread water. Getting ahead and stabilizing your financial position will put your mind at ease. Refuse to let what others do or say consume you or cause you to do something foolish. The way to a better future is common sense and hard work. Your numbers are 8, 13, 24, 29, 31, 37, 45.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Concentrate on what you need to do in order to keep things running smoothly. Today is about maintenance more than gains. See what needs adjusting, and leave time for a little pampering. Everything will fall into place.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Do what you can to help others, but not at your own expense. Only do what’s feasible, and make suggestions that will teach others to do for themselves. Be sure to leave enough leisure time to rejuvenate.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Consider how best to protect your health and property from anyone trying to take advantage of you. Don’t believe everything you hear. Someone will exaggerate about a situation in order to get you to help out or pay his or her way.

CANCER ( June 21-July 22): Leap into action. Don’t waste time dealing with people who are overreacting or inconsistent. If you want to get ahead, you have to stay focused and follow through with your plans. Be blunt and say what’s on your mind.

LEO ( July 23-Aug. 22): Slow down and think before you make a move.

Look at every angle, and consider what will save you money. Personal adjustments should not cause disruptions in your life or the lives of those you love.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Get out and try something new. Surround yourself with people who have something to offer. Enjoy getting together with others; you will get an honest opinion that will be helpful when making a personal decision.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Take a moment to review what you’ve done, where you are and what you want to do moving forward. Don’t let someone’s negativity get in the way or cause you to miss out on something you want to pursue.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Learn from someone with experience.

Check out what’s new in your neighborhood or get involved in a movement that promises to bring about positive change in your community. Anger solves nothing, but taking intelligent, positive actions solves a lot.

SAGIT TARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Any changes you want to make should be looked at carefully. Refuse to let anyone interfere with your plans or distract you from getting things done. Protect against situations that could lead to injuries. Choose peace and love over discord.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): You can make a move as long as you don’t jeopardize your health or an important personal relationship.

Much can be accomplished, but you have to go about it the right way.

Being reasonable and intelligent will make your life easier.

AQUARIUS ( Jan. 20-Feb. 18): An unexpected change to the way you feel or the way someone treats you will leave you wondering what to do next. Stick close to home, and take care of personal finances and domestic matters that need to be handled with care.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20):Stick to the rules and regulations, and follow procedures you know will work. Staying on top of your expenses as well as your promises will help you avoid being taken advantage of by someone who is indulgent.

Birthday Baby: You are opportunistic, playful and extravagant. You are impulsive and ambitious.

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nBA | Nets 113, Cavaliers 107

Who’s to blame for Lakers’ failing Grant DelVecchio Sports Writer

The NBA season is coming down the home stretch with just about a month of games remaining in the regular season, and the playoff race involving numerous teams desperate to make the cut is just starting to heat up. Of these teams, LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers are currently on the outside looking in.

The Lakers have been on a downward spiral since James’ groin injury on Christmas Day, and they haven’t recovered since. While LeBron continues to put up monster numbers in his 16th season, his supporting cast just isn’t good enough to catapult the Lakers into the postseason. Currently, the Lakers (30-34) are tied for the 10th seed in the Western Conference and sit 5.5 games back of the eighth-seeded San Antonio Spurs. To make matters worse, the Lakers have the fourth-toughest schedule over the course of this final month of games, making it all the more unlikely for LeBron’s streak of 13 consecutive postseason appearances and eightstraight Finals to continue.

Unfortunately, it seems as though LeBron will be watching the playoffs as a spectator this season for the first time since the 2004-2005 season.

With this being said, much of the blame for the Lakers struggles this year has wrongfully been placed on James himself.

Yes, the undeniably best player on the planet, who just so happens to be averaging 27 points, 8.7 rebounds and eight assists per game on 51 percent shooting from the field has been the scapegoat for the Lakers’ turmoil.

There is plenty of blame to go around in Los Angeles for what has become an unimpressive season for the Lakers, but despite all of the drama surrounding the franchise, this year’s campaign wouldn’t feel like a disaster if the Lakers were still on track to make the playoffs. While I’m disappointed that I even have to speak the facts of the matter on this subject, I feel as though it’s necessary for people to stop letting their hate prompt them to blame a world-class athlete — and the greatest basketball player of all time for that matter — for things that were out of his control.

When LeBron first went down, the Lakers were playing very promising basketball and building a solid case as the four-seed in the West.

As of last season, James has

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played in 94 percent of possible games in his career, and he has never missed a playoff game.

Furthermore, LeBron has never played in fewer than 84 percent if one season’s games. Even last season — his 15th in the league — he played in all 82 games. LeBron’s durability is mind-boggling, and yet when he finally misses games people turn a blind eye to his history of being reliable and consistent. So if you want to blame a man who has pretty much never been hurt in his long tenure in the NBA for finally straining his groin in year 16, go ahead.

Additionally, the Lakers were on the verge of landing Anthony Davis at the trade deadline, and, when they didn’t, animosity arose between the Lakers players — all of the trade rumors had an adverse effect on Los Angeles’s young core. On top of all that, Lonzo Ball gets injured right as he is beginning to emerge into the player he was promised to be, and the Lakers ended up playing a key stretch of games without both of their point guards in Ball and Rajon Rondo. Let’s also not act like the Lakers are getting blown out of every contest. Despite their recent struggles, they’ve played some close games throughout this miserable stretch in which they’ve gone 3-9 since February.

Once 17-10, the Lakers have gone 13-24 since Dec. 11, including the 18 games James missed due to injury. James leads the Lakers in points, rebounds and assists, but hasn’t gotten consistent play from his younger teammates. While people will tell you that this is exactly the time for the fourtime MVP to step up and put his team on his back, there’s only so much someone can do.

It’s not like the man has two backs to carry his Lakers team on, but if he did they’d surely be on top of both.

So, you can take all of this into account, dismiss it and when the Lakers do miss the playoffs for the sixth consecutive season, you can just blame it all on LeBron James. Trust me though, he’s used to it by now. But, if you are going to blame LeBron for the unraveling of the Lakers season, acknowledge that you are doing it out of blind hatred, and not because the multitude of different factors that actually played a role in the Lakers struggles.

Contact Grant DelVecchio at gdelvecc@nd.edu The views expressed in this Sports Authority are those of the author and not necessarily those of The Observer.

Dinwiddie scores 12 in the fourth, Nets top Cavaliers Associated Press

NEW YORK — Spencer Dinwiddie scored 12 of his 28 points in the fourth quarter and the Brooklyn Nets beat the Cleveland Cavaliers 113-107 on Wednesday night.

D’Angelo Russell added 25 points for the Nets, who put things together in time after some sloppy play across the middle two quarters to win their second consecutive game and keep pace with Detroit for the No. 6 playoff seed in the Eastern Conference.

This one was far more difficult than their 127-88 rout of Dallas on Monday and nowhere near as wild as their 148-139 tripleovertime victory in Cleveland on Feb. 13. But the Nets needed it however they could get it, knowing they have just two more home games this month, with a seven-game trip sandwiched in between.

Kevin Love had 24 points and 16 rebounds for the Cavaliers,

who had won four of six since that loss to the Nets in the final game before the All-Star break.

David Nwaba added 22 points.

Cleveland outscored Brooklyn 65-49 in the second and third quarters and took an 85-80 lead into the fourth. But Caris LeVert scored nine points in the first 4½ minutes of the period and then Dinwiddie took over from there.

After Cleveland cut it to 96-94, Dinwiddie scored, then threw a long lob pass that Rodions Kurucs dunked to make it 10094. Joe Harris followed with a 3-pointer, then Dinwiddie ran off seven straight points to cap the Nets’ 14-0 burst and make it 110-94 on his drive with 3:26 to play.

Brooklyn led 31-20 after one and pushed it to 37-22 with 9:45 remaining in the second when Russell was fouled shooting a 3 and made two of the free throws.

But the Cavs charged back with a 22-7 run to knot it at 44, before the Nets regrouped a bit to bring a 55-50 advantage to the locker

room.

Russell hit a couple of 3-pointers early in the third as the Nets extended the lead to nine, but eight straight points by Love shortly after turned Cleveland’s six-point deficit into a 66-64 lead, and the Cavs went on to lead by eight in the quarter.

Tip-ins Cavaliers: Collin Sexton made one 3-pointer to tie Kyrie Irving’s record for most by a Cavs rookie.

Irving hit 73 in 2011-12. ... Larry Nance Jr. had 17 points and 10 rebounds.

Nets: Russell finished right at his career average in nine games against the Cavs, his highest against any opponent. ... LeVert scored 14 points. ... Jarrett Allen had 15 points and 11 rebounds.

Super sub Dinwiddie’s 14th 20-point game off the bench set a Nets single-season record. Darryl Dawkins, Purvis Short and Orlando Woolridge all had 13.

NBA | Heat 91, Hornets 84

Whiteside leads Heat to win over Hornets Associated Press

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Hassan Whiteside may not be a starter right now, but he proved that isn’t going to keep him from having a major impact for the Heat.

Miami’s 7-foot center, who is coming off a hip injury and has been relegated to a reserve role for the first time since signing a four-year, $98 million contract in 2016, turned in a big game at a big time in his return home.

Kelly Olynyk had 22 points and 11 rebounds, and Whiteside added 18 points, 15 rebounds and four blocks as the Heat defeated the Charlotte Hornets 91-84 on Wednesday night to break a tie for the eighth spot in the Eastern Conference.

“Hassan was tremendous,” Miami coach Erik Spoelstra said. “Really had a tremendous impact on both ends of the floor. That’s his best version.”

If Whiteside is upset about Spoelstra’s decision to start Bam Adebayo, he didn’t show it after the game.

“It’s whatever coach Spo wants, I’m going to do that,” Whiteside said. “If he wants me to start, I’m going to start.

If he wants me to come off the bench, I’m going to come off the bench.”

A return home may have been what Whiteside needed.

He smiled as he answered questions, and talked about growing up 20 miles west of Charlotte in Gastonia, North Carolina where there was “only a Walmart.” He said he spent time with his mother and younger brother at their nearby home in Mount Holly watching television before heading to the arena. He also bought Bojangles chicken for his team after the win.

“It brings me back to reality,” he said of his return home.

Olynyk had a big game, too.

After a rollercoaster season, he played 44 minutes and shot 8 of 14 from the field — including 5 of 7 from beyond the 3-point arc — on a night when almost everyone was struggling hitting shots.

In a game full of travels and bad passes — the teams combined for 39 turnovers — and plenty of poor shooting, the Heat emerged with the win largely because of a 16-2 fourthquarter run.

Olynyk was huge during the stretch by hitting a pair

of 3-pointers and grabbing a steal near the foul line leading to an uncontested dunk to give Miami an 80-67 lead. That prompted chants of “Let’s Go Heat!” from the crowd — many of those fans wearing No. 3 jerseys in honor of Dwyane Wade’s final NBA game in Charlotte.

The win was crucial for the Heat’s playoff chances given the Hornets had won the previous two games this season. The teams meet again March 17 in Miami.

Kemba Walker and Frank Kaminsky each scored 20 points for Charlotte. Cody Zeller finished with 10 points and 10 rebounds.w Despite the loss, Hornets guard Nic Batum said of the team’s playoff chances: “We’re still in the race. ... There is a lot of basketball left.”

Zone play Both teams used plenty of zone and it certainly had an impact on the offense.

The teams combined for 119 points in the first three quarters — the third-lowest total of the NBA season — and struggled from the floor. Charlotte shot 36.6 percent; Miami 41.8 percent.

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Irish prepare for stiff competition, raucous crowds in seven games over spring break

By RYAN KOLAKOWSKI Sports Writer

On Friday night, the Notre Dame baseball team w ill match up against Wake Forest in Winston-Salem, North Carolina for its first of seven games over spring break.

The Irish (4-7) are coming off a weekend in which they swept Charleston Southern and got swept by Ball State in South Carolina. The team w ill return to the Carolinas for a spring break road trip and the start of conference play.

Irish head coach Mik Aoki said his team is excited for the road trip and the upcoming challenge of ACC competition.

“The road trip is fun to a certain extent because you’re on spring break and you don’t have to worr y about school,” Aoki said.

“The guys really enjoy being around each other.”

Constant travel is the new normal for Notre Dame after play ing its first 11 games on the road. Aoki noted the difficulties of being away

from home early in the season while South Bend slowly thaws from w inter to spring.

“It’s tough because this w ill be weekend four and five that we’ll be on the road,” he said.

At the end of the road trip, the Irish w ill have played 18 games on the road, v isiting warmer climates of Arizona, Texas and the Carolinas before finally play ing their home opener at Frank Eck Baseball Stadium on March 22, when Florida State v isits for a three-game weekend.

The Irish w ill take on a trio of opponents from the Carolinas over spring break, including two conference foes. A pair of three-game series against Wake Forest and Clemson sandw ich a lone matchup at Western Carolina.

Aoki said he hopes to find success at the start of conference play, stating series v ictories over Wake Forest and Clemson would make a statement to the rest of the conference and put his club in a good position before their home opener.

“I think it’s important to

play well in ever y conference weekend,” Aoki said.

“The ACC is one of the top one or t wo baseball conferences in the countr y.”

The Irish w ill match up against a Wake Forest club coming off a dow n year. The Demon Deacons (8-6) slotted in as the No. 9 seed for the ACC Championship a season ago, and were quickly eliminated from pool play after suffering losses to Louisv ille and Duke.

The Wake Forest offense is off to a hot start, hitting .278 as a team through 14 games, good for fifth-best in the conference. The Irish are coming off a weekend that featured strong pitching performances from sophomores Tommy Sheehan and Cole Kmet and juniors Cameron Brown and Cameron Junker.

Aoki said the key to success over spring break is preventing innings from spiraling out of control.

Against Incarnate Word on Feb. 23, Irish pitcher Aidan Tyrell surrendered six runs in the first inning. Sheehan allowed a four-run second inning to Charleston Southern

on Friday and Brown gifted a four-run fourth inning to Ball State on Saturday. Aoki said his pitching staff will have to limit big innings to succeed in conference play.

“I think we have pitched pretty well,” Aoki said. “For the most part, I think [our pitchers] can continue doing what they’re doing. They can get ahead in the count.”

After the weekend series in Winston-Salem, the Irish will play one game against Western Carolina (5-5) before a three-game series with Clemson (9-3).

The feast-or-famine Clemson offense presents a dangerous challenge for the Irish pitching staff. The Tigers’ offense has struggled to a conference-worst .257 batting average, but Clemson also owns a league-best 22 home runs. Additionally, the fan environment at Doug Kingsmore stadium will pose a new test for the Irish. “[Clemson has] really good players,” Aoki said. “They have a really good atmosphere. We have to, probably for the first time this year, deal w ith a hostile

env ironment.”

Aoki said he expects to hear taunts about the College Football Playoff, and the 30-3 loss that Notre Dame football suffered at the hands of Clemson back in December.

“Not only do we have to contend w ith an excellent team, but we have to deal w ith a raucous crowd as well,” he said.

The Irish w ill have to post their best weekend of the season to contend w ith ACC competition. The Notre Dame pitching staff ow ns a conference-worst 5.78 ER A, and the lineup ranks nextto-last in the conference w ith a .258 team batting average.

“We have to more consistently get our hitting and pitching going on the same days,” Aoki said. “We’re looking for ward to the challenge.”

The Irish w ill take on the Demon Deacons on Friday at 6 p.m. to begin their sevengame stretch.

Contact Ryan Kolakowski at rkolakow@nd.edu

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Willetts and Costabile were the only returning members of last year’s team that registered points in that box score — recording an assist and two goals, respectively. Denver went on to drop their follow ing quarterfinal matchup against A lbany, cutting their run short.

This season, the Pioneers have built an impressive offensive unit behind junior attack Ethan Walker, freshman attack Ellis Geis and sophomore midfield Jack Hannah, all of which have reached double-digit points through five games. Walker, the team’s leading scorer last season, already has 13 goals and five assists for a teamhigh 18 points. The 5-foot9 product of Peterborough, Ontario, has given the Irish trouble in the past — having recorded three goals in the NCA A matchup, and scoring on all five of his shot attempts back in the regular-season meeting in March. Corrigan’s defensive unit can expect to have their hands full w ith this scoring trio come Saturday.

The Irish and Pioneers w ill face off at Lebard Stadium on the campus of Orange Coast College. Game time is scheduled for 7 p.m. PST.

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Irish freshman LSM Jose Boyer looks to intercept a pass during Notre Dame’s 14-13 victory over Maryland on Sunday at Loftus Sports Center.

Boyer was a two-time high school All-American in 2016 and 2017. This season, Boyer has played in all three games and has five ground balls.

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the first six minutes of the game despite shooting 2 of 12 from the field to open the matchup.

Clemson graduate student guard Marcquise Reed gave the Tigers a 10-9 lead with 13:59 left in the opening frame, and Clemson led by as many as nine in the half.

With 2:47 remaining in the period, Notre Dame trailed 30-23 and was struggling to connect from the floor. Freshman guard Dane Goodwin collected an offensive rebound and put back the layup to cut the deficit to five.

After Clemson knocked down a mid-range jumper, the Irish trailed 32-25 with 2:13 remaining in the half.

Goodwin then cut under the basket, hauled in a pass and knocked down an easy layup.

After a missed 3-point shot by Clemson, Mooney hit a jump shot to pull the Irish within three points. Clemson failed to convert on the offensive end of the court, and Gibbs drilled a long 3-point shot to knot the game at 32 points apiece going into halftime.

The Tigers and the Irish traded two-point buckets to begin the second half, with neither team

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able to pull away early in the half. With the Tigers leading 4137, Clemson graduate student forward David Skara knocked down a layup and drew a foul from Laszewski. Skara failed to convert the free throw, and Goodwin knocked down a 3-pointer to pull the Irish within three points of the Tigers.

The Irish clawed back to tie the game at 49 on a Mooney jump shot, and he claimed the lead for his squad moments later with a 3-pointer. Gibbs connected on a long-range shot of his own to give the Irish a fourpoint lead late in the game. The Irish failed to hold the lead, and Clemson emerged with the 6462 victory.

This game is a microcosm of the Irish season, Brey said, because Notre Dame has struggled to close games out over the course of the season.

“That’s kind of been us,” Brey said after the loss. “It’s just hard for us to really get something, someone to really want to make the play or take the shot. We’re just not very confident there, so a one-possession game, and even a tie game with the ball, that’s a big hurdle for this group right now.”

Graduate student guard Liam

Nelligan was the lone studentathlete to be recognized on senior night, but the walk-on leaves Purcell Pavilion with a loss in his final regular-season home game. The “old man on campus” made the first start of his career on Wednesday.

“It’s a pretty surreal experience,” Nelligan said. “I grew up a huge Notre Dame basketball fan. … It was really cool and something I’ll never forget.”

Notre Dame will go back on the road to take on Pittsburgh in the regular season finale.

The contest matches up the two teams at the bottom of the conference. The Irish and the Panthers (12-18, 2-15) will tip off at noon Saturday.

“If we could beat Pittsburgh at Pittsburgh, and I know they’re searching too, we would really celebrate that,” Brey said.

“It’s going to be a dog fight because we’re both dying and need one.”

The matchup against Pittsburgh will be the final regular-season game before the ACC Championship tournament in Charlotte, North Carolina next week.

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Irish junior forward Juwan Durham backs down a defender during Notre Dame’s loss to Clemson on Wednesday night at Purcell Pavilion.

After Ohio State wrapped up the regular season conference title, the race for the second seed in the Big Ten took the final weekend to decide, as the Irish managed to score a comeback victory over the Nittany Lions (19-13-2,

11-12-1) last Friday to clinch.

But Notre Dame was unable to complete the sweep Saturday night, a factor Jackson attributed to a lack of offensive consistency.

“Special teams was a big factor [Saturday], and we just

have to have the discipline in the third period not to take penalties,” he said. “The other part of it is we needed to get a good kill. We didn’t have a lot of power play opportunities, which might’ve helped us.

But that’s the tale of our team a little bit this year, where we score five goals on Friday, then we come back and have a hard time scoring more than a couple on Saturday.”

With the playoffs and elimination hockey now around the corner, Jackson said his team — which has made back-toback Frozen Fours — will need to be up to the challenge.

“Every game is your last game — you have to approach it, you have to embrace it, you can’t be afraid of it,” he said.

“You’ve got to embrace it and attack the game and not play conservatively. Everything is elevated, everything is made bigger. Whether it’s goaltending, or special teams or faceoffs, every detail becomes bigger. Just being emotionally engaged and focused is probably the primary thing.”

While Jackson felt the Irish are steadily improving, he still pointed to offensive production as an opportunity for growth.

“Our special teams has been better here in the second half. I think [junior goaltender] Cale [Morris] has settled in and has been playing pretty well,” he said. “The only thing is, the nights when we get secondary scoring is when we’re peaking. … That’s the one thing that has been a little inconsistent for us this year. But I think our team has been playing well, and we haven’t always shown the results — hopefully in the

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Irish junior defenseman Andrew Peeke looks to receive a pass in Notre Dame’s 5-4 victory over Penn State on March 1 at Compton Family Ice Arena. Notre Dame went 2-2 against Penn State on the season.

playoffs we’re going to get the results.”

Against the Spartans, whom the Irish have a 3-0-1 record against this season, Jackson said Notre Dame will have its hands full containing Michigan State’s talented front line of junior Taro Hirose, sophomore Mitchell Lewandowski and junior Patrick Khodorenko, who have accounted for 121 of the team’s 265 points on the year.

“They’re a much improved team from what they were last year. I think they’ve solidified themselves in goal, which has made a big difference. But their top line is a huge factor — probably the top line in college hockey — and you have to be conscious when they’re on the ice, because they’re very talented and very instinctively strong,” Jackson said. “They play a hard game.

They’re very well coached, they’ve got some good young defensemen, which has also elevated their team this year, so they’re going to give us all we can handle.

“Everything we played [against them] was a close game, the last time we played them we won in a shootout, so that won’t happen in the playoffs — we’ll have to continue on in overtime. So it’s going to be a challenging series. I don’t think there’s going to be an easy series in the Big Ten in the playoffs this year.”

The best-of-three series is set to begin on Friday night at Compton Family Ice Arena.

Puck drop is scheduled for 7 p.m.

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Notre Dame falls to Clemson on senior night

By RYAN KOLAKOWSKI Sports Writer

The Irish are contending for a spot in the cellar of the Atlantic Coast Conference.

Notre Dame (13-17, 3-14 ACC) capitalized on free throw attempts and knocked down timely 3-point shots late in the game, but the Irish struggled to generate offense in the closing moments of a nail-biting 64-62 loss to the Clemson Tigers.

Notre Dame struggled from the floor — shooting 36.4 percent from the field — including 28 percent from 3-point range in the crushing defeat.

“We’re all a little exhausted,” Irish head coach Mike Brey said after the loss. “It’s been draining, no question about it. … It’s a little bit mentally and physically draining.”

With the Irish down 63-61, junior guard T.J. Gibbs airballed a 3-point attempt, but freshman forward Nate Laszewski hauled in the loose ball. Laszewski attempted to put up a game-tying shot, but he was fouled by Clemson and went to the free-throw line with 3.1 seconds remaining in the game.

Laszewski hit the front end of the one-and-one to pull the Irish within one point of the Tigers.

The freshman missed his second free throw, and Clemson collected the rebound. A made free throw by sophomore guard Clyde Trapp gave Clemson the 64-62 victory in the closing seconds of the night.

“It’s definitely frustrating to lose like that, but at the same time, you have to tip your hat to Clemson,” Irish junior forward John Mooney said. Mooney said that closing games and making plays is the priority for the Irish going forward.

Mooney finished the night with 18 points and a career-high 20 rebounds. The junior earned his 13th double-double in conference play this season, tying Tim Duncan for the most double-doubles in ACC play in a season.

“Johnny Mooney’s unbelievable,” Brey said. “He needs three months off when the season’s over.

I’ve never seen anything like this, what he’s doing, and [it’s] just too bad we’re not winning to highlight him more.”

The Irish took the opening tip, and freshman guard Prentiss Hubb drilled a midrange jumper to give Notre Dame the first lead of the game.

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No. 9 Notre Dame w ill head west to take on No. 7 Denver on Saturday in Costa Mesa, Calif. in the Pacific Coast Shootout. This marks the second time the two teams have met in the Shootout, the first time being back in 2014 — which began an extended run that saw the Pioneers w in seven of their last eight meetings w ith Notre Dame.

The Irish (2-1), led by senior midfield Brendan Gleason and junior midfield Br yan Costabile, enter Saturday’s matchup w ith momentum, hav ing topped then-second ranked Mar yland last weekend in overtime. Gleason set the tone for the Irish, scoring a game-high four goals on six attempts to go along w ith one assist for a season-high five points. He was named ACC Offensive Player of the Week for this efforts. He also proved to be a force on both ends of the field, causing a turnover and three ground balls to pace the Irish in

Irish junior forward John Mooney pulls down a rebound during Notre Dame’s 64-62 loss to Clemson on Wednesday night at Purcell Pavilion. Mooney recorded a double-double with 18 points and 20 rebounds.

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their v ictor y.

Gleason was joined by junior attack Brian Willetts and sophomore attack Connor Morin, who each chipped in three goals.

Going for ward, Notre Dame head coach Kev in Corrigan w ill likely turn to these veterans come Saturday in a highly anticipated matchup.

The Irish and the Pioneers (4-1) met tw ice last season, w ith Corrigan’s team taking the regular-season matchup in March, only to then fall 9-7 in the first round of the NCA A Tournament. In that game, Notre Dame fought back from an early 2-0 deficit after Denver struck t w ice in the first five minutes. With both teams tied up at six heading into the final quarter, the Irish took a one-goal lead w ith over 11 minutes remaining, only to have the Pioneers respond w ith three goals of their ow n to seal the v ictor y and punch their ticket to the next round of play. see M LACROSSE PAGE 10

ND to begin Big Ten playoffs against MSU

By TOBIAS HOONHOUT Managing Editor

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Irish senior forward Dylan Malmquist prepares to receive a pass during Notre Dame’s 5-4 win over Penn State on March 1.

After clinching the second seed in the Big Ten tournament and home ice last weekend against Penn State, No. 16 Notre Dame w ill open the playoffs against seventhseeded Michigan State in the quarterfinals. In four games against the Spartans (1217-5, 8-12-4-2 Big Ten) this season, the Irish (18-13-3, 11-11-2) and head coach Jeff Jackson are undefeated.

For Jackson, Notre Dame’s late push to earn home-ice advantage for the conference tournament prov ides a number of perks.

“To me, the most important thing is hav ing last change — that’s an advantage when you’re at home,” he said. “But the guys earned this opportunit y, so hopefully we have good crowds, that certainly makes a difference. Frank ly, it’s the convenience of playing at home — not having to see HOCKEY PAGE 11