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Events introduce class of 2022 to campus Welcome Weekend acquaints students with University

Orientation transitions Belles to college life

By ALEXANDRA MUCK

By McKENZIE LOOKEBILL

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Over the past three days, Notre Dame welcomed first year and transfer students to the University over its annual Welcome Weekend. The weekend, which includes both University-wide events and dorm-specific programming, offers new students a chance to get oriented and acclimated to life at Notre Dame.

Maggie O’Connor, a first year in Pasquerilla West Hall, said she enjoyed meeting people during Welcome Weekend, including people in both her dorm and her classes.

This past weekend, Saint Mary’s class of 2022 took part in Belles Beginnings, the College’s orientation program where students began their transition into college life.

Peer mentors assisted in this transition by working alongside professors to help answer questions about college life.

In addition to peer mentors helping students one-on-one, campus organizations hosted sessions about financial aid, study abroad, campus ministry and various other college programs.

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New residents of Dunne Hall spell out their dorm’s name in candles before the annual freshman trip to the Grotto. Welcome Weekend events differ from dorm to dorm and aim to acclimate students to campus.

Summer programs foster community with service

By MARY STEURER News Writer

In contrast to summers spent interning or studying abroad, this summer saw a multitude of Notre Dame students devote their time to serving communities in need.

The Summer Service Learning Program, or SSLP, is a volunteering program

aimed to educate students on Catholic social tradition through service to marginalized populations.

Ben Wilson, director of SSLP, said about 245 Notre Dame students participated in the program this year and served at around 160 different sites.

Wilson explained that SSLP students volunteer for eight weeks over the

summer and work for a wide variety of organizations, including free healthcare clinics, homeless shelters and educational facilities.

Though students only volunteer for eight weeks, the entire SSLP experience spans about eight months, he said.

“We have a few preparatory see SSLP PAGE 3

Saint Mary’s hosts international students English, communications, political science and global News Writer studies majors joined stuThis summer, Saint dents from around the world Mary’s sent four students in exploring American culand four student leaders to ture, history and policy.

The SUSIs invite particiWashington, D.C. to participate in the 2018 Study of pants to an educational and the U.S. Institutes, or SUSIs. cultural exchange program While there, this group of that provides them with an

By MAEVE FILBIN

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immersive experience of America. Lasting five to six weeks, these programs are designed to help foreign undergraduate students between the ages of 18 and 25 better understand the United States while also developing their see GLOBAL PAGE 5

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Student startup fights pollution

By MAX LANDER News Writer

The grass outside of Sorin College may not be greener than other places on campus, but the air may be cleaner thanks to junior Jake Drysdale and his startup company, Nanotech Smart Signs.

The company uses nanotechnology to clean air and reduce pollution. Drysdale was inspired to improve the environment however he could after seeing the effects of climate change.

“I’m from St. Louis, but I’ve been hiking in Glacier National Park my entire life.

I could see the effects of climate change on the glaciers,” he said.

This exposure to the visible effects of climate change motivated Drysdale to make a difference, and led him to establish Nanotech Smart Signs.

“It was literally a garage startup,” Drysdale said. “I founded it my senior year of high school.”

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The company uses nanotechnology to speed up the natural process of photocatalytic oxidation, which reduces pollution, Drysdale explained.

“Basically what it is I do with this company is I’ll take ordinary outdoor vinyl signs an spray them with a NASAused, proprietary nanotechnology coating,” Drysdale said. “This spray is a solution.

It’s mostly water and a little bit is a nanoscale titaniumdioxide mineral catalyst. This catalyst, once sprayed on the sign, drys in seconds and binds to the sign over like two days. It’s on the sign, it rapidly accelerates this natural process called photocatalytic oxidation.”

This photocatalytic oxidation is the key process by which titanium dioxide helps reduce pollution, Drysdale said.

“Sunlight strikes [titanium dioxide] which acts as a catalyst to split apart water into see STARTUP PAGE 5

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Corrections The date listed for the Notre Dame Activities Night in the Aug. 17 issue of The Observer was incorrect. The event will take place on Aug. 28. The Observer regrets this error.

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For their grand finale performance of the 2018 Notre Dame Shakespeare Festival (NDSF), the NDSF Touring Company performed “The Merchant of Venice” in Washington Hall on Monday night. Founded in 2000, the Festival occurs at the end of every summer.

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class sessions in the spring to get them ready and then they’re doing most of the course work in the summer,” he said. “Then they complete their follow-up work when they get back.”

Wilson said students may apply to participate in SSLP any time between Nov. 1 and Feb. 1 of the preceding school year.

Admission to the process is rolling, he said, so he encourages students to apply early.

Wilson said what students gain from the program varies widely for each individual.

“For some students, they very quickly recognize themselves in the individuals they’re working with,” he said.

“And for others, this is really a very eye-opening experience.

So there’s a whole range of student narrative that’s brought them to the SSLP.” Sophomore Kevin Fox volunteered for DeSales Service Work, a Catholic organization serving impoverished areas of Camden, N.J. Fox said he spent part of the program working in a local garden, where he farmed vegetables and kept bees. However, he said, much of his work varied daily.

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anything that DeSales Service Work needed help with, which included cutting grass for local parks, picking up trash, and feeding the hungry,” he said.

Fox emphasized the importance of immersing himself in the community he was serving.

“It’s important to really throw yourself [in] and let everything else go,” he said.

Sophomore Kate Brown, who also completed an SSLP this summer, volunteered at The Carpenter’s Place, a day center for the homeless in Rockford, Ill. Brown said The Carpenter’s Place provides a number of different resources to those experiencing homelessness, including employment training and assistance finding housing.

The goal of the organization is to “help people get the tools they need to rebuild their lives,” Brown said.

She said she especially enjoyed getting to know the guests at The Carpenter’s Place.

“Working with marginalized populations and, in general, working in that close space with people in different life situations than you can be kind of difficult,” she said. “But it’s really, really worth it.”

Junior Shelene Baiyee, another SSLP participant, worked with Revitalization 2000, an

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Shelene Baiyee, second from left, and her team working with Revitalization 2000, an organization that aims to help impoverished communities in northern St. Louis, during their summer volunteer program.

organization that aims to build up impoverished communities in northern St. Louis.

“The goal was to form friendships across different backgrounds for a lifetime,” Baiyee said.

During the first half of her SSLP, Baiyee and her team farmed vegetables in a community garden. Later, she also helped run a summer camp for underprivileged children, she said. “[The camp] was geared Paid Advertisement

towards aviation and the environment,” Baiyee said.

Baiyee said part of what she valued most about her SSLP was the opportunity to build relationships with the children she worked with.

“Just seeing them smile and open up to you—that was really cool,” she said.

Wilson said he enjoys seeing students grow over the course of the program.

“I am really inspired when I see students come away from

the summer with a sense of gratitude,” he said. “Gratitude for the amazing lives of the people that they’re meeting, a sense of appreciation for the resilience and vulnerability and precariousness, in some cases, of the people they’ve met. And to walk away with a greater reverence for human life. We see it just so consistently.”

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“I’d feel lost if I didn’t know anyone in my classes because that’s what I was worried about,” she said.

As part of the Pasquerilla West Welcome Weekend activities, O’Connor said she participated in a pancake breakfast, crafts and ice skating with other dorms.

Her favorite activity was karaoke with Keenan Hall, and she also enjoyed serenading other dorms.

“I really liked all the activities, especially learning all the songs and traditions,” she said. “I think it’s really fun to serenade people.”

Keegan O’Toole, a sophomore transfer student, hasn’t been assigned a dorm yet but still enjoyed participating in the welcome activities.

“I didn’t do anything dormrelated, but it was still good in terms of knowing the traditions of Notre Dame,” she said.

Some of the activities O’Toole participated in included DomerFest, a stadium tour, registering for classes, a bonfire, a scavenger hunt and an engineering information session.

“For transfers, we do pretty much every event the freshmen do,” she said.

O’Toole said her favorite part of Welcome Weekend was meeting people, but she would want to be able to participate more with something dorm-related, even though she does not currently live on-campus.

“I know dorm life is a really big thing here, and I know I’m not on campus, but I’d like to do more associated with that,” she said.

For the Welcome Weekend captains and ambassadors, the three days present an opportunity to start to form the first-year community, sophomore and Howard Hall Welcome Weekend

ambassador Mary Lynn Dekold said.

“W hen I was a first year, I loved Welcome Weekend,” she said. “I thought it was a great way to introduce me to the Notre Dame community, get me acclimated to campus — I met tons of good people. Now working it, you see if from a whole different perspective.”

Dekold said planning for Welcome Weekend started during spring semester last year.

“It takes a lot of work, but it’s totally worth it,” she said.

Howard Hall‘s programming included events with other dorms, such as a cookout with Sorin College, Siegfried Hall and Farley Hall and a scavenger hunt with Carroll Hall. The ambassadors also hosted small group discussion time.

Junior Chris Hayden, a captain from Dunne Hall, said his planning involved coordinating with other dorms as well as general brainstorming. He said Dunne used lots of small groups so students could get to know each other.

“We were trying to really think about how we could create an experience for freshmen to interact with one another in a comfortable, non-awkward way,” he said.

Hayden said the Dunne Welcome Weekend team was very enthusiastic and wanted to make sure the first-year students felt at home, even when moving in.

“W henever a new car would pull up, we had guys banging on the moving bins, we had yelling, and whenever the first years came out we would have guys go up and introduce themselves,” he said.

“They really took the words to heart that we were told in our training. They said, ‘it’s not about you, it’s about the first years.”

Contact Alexandra Muck at amuck@nd.edu

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Saint Mary’s students welcome the class of 2022 during Belles Beginnings. Over the course of the weekend, new students at the College are exposed to various resources and activities on campus.

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Senior and student body president Madeleine Corcoran said Belles Beginnings helps new Saint Mar y’s students get situated prior to the start of the new year.

“It’s a ver y full weekend for the first year and transfer students,” Corcoran said. “It is a good mix of academic, social and resourceful information when first arriv ing to campus. This year we had more social events for the students and less trainings. It has become more of a student-led orientation, which makes sure the information and sessions are relevant and important to current students.”

Corcoran said Saint Mar y’s is uniquely positioned to offer a personalized welcome to new students.

“Saint Mar y’s is a truly unique communit y and sisterhood,” Corcoran said.

“I believe orientation welcomes the new Belles to their home for the next four years. Ever yone on campus is so excited for the new class to arrive and can’t wait to personally greet them. This is not something ever y school can offer, but the size, pride and communit y of Saint Mar y’s makes it possible.”

Other than the sessions offered by the college, first year students are placed in a first year common course that is a basic introduction into facets of the academic experience, according to Saint Mar y’s course catalog. This class is accompanied by a peer mentor who can answer questions based on their ow n experiences.

“We ser ve as a guide, example and resource for incoming freshmen,” peer mentor and senior Maeve McMahon said. ”We’re also students, we offer to help new Saint Mar y’s women w ith their adjustment into college through a perspective closer to their age.”

First year Shelby Franken

said she enjoyed the variet y of options offered at Belles Beginnings.

“I enjoyed how you didn’t have to go to ever y thing,” Frenken said. “You could pick what was tailored to you and your needs. Study abroad and where I want to study abroad and that session just gave more information on it, and spiritualit y and histor y in our campus spaces helped see where ever y thing was at and got me used to the campus.”

A lex is Fady, another first year, said she appreciates the close-knit nature of the Saint Mar y’s communit y.

“I was worried,” Fady said.

“If my family ever comes to campus I want [a student] to be able to know who I am. If you go to a school w ith thousands of students no one knows anyone. The sisterhood here is nice because ever yone cares.

Seeing sisterhood when I came to v isit was what drew me here.”

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leadership skills.

The Institutes include a fourweek academic residency consisting of interactive classroom activities, discussions, lectures, readings, site visits and workshops. They also feature a one week educational study tour to a different region of the United States, leadership skills building activities, community service and opportunities to interact with their American peers on a college campus.

The program explores civic engagement, environment issues, public policymaking, religious pluralism in the U.S., social entrepreneurship, U.S. history and government and women’s leadership.

Maeve McMahon, a senior political science and global studies double major at Saint Mary’s, said she decided to apply for the 2018 SUSIs after

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learning about the program through her academic advisor. “[The SUSIs] caught my attention because I needed the credits, but once I started reading up on them and especially when I got there, I realized just how incredible the program truly is,” McMahon said. “[The SUSIs] bring in girls from all of these other countries, and these women are so intelligent and so driven and involved in activist and non-governmental organizations. Learning from them was so helpful for my majors.”

Looking to enrich her concentration in international development, McMahon accompanied the Saint Mary’s delegation to Washington, D.C. for one week of panels, and then participated on-campus at Saint Mary’s for four weeks.

During the program, McMahon and the other students attended classes, networking seminars and guest lectures. Each week explored different themes

including religious tolerance, civil discourse, feminist theory, sexual violence, and American politics and history. The group also participated in weekend excursions to Detroit and Chicago.

McMahon said she enjoyed developing relationships with the visiting international students.

“I now talk to them almost every day. It’s really cool having friends on the other side of the world,” she said.

While the group was studying global relations, the Saint Mary’s delegation also focused on local life through service days at different organizations in South Bend. McMahon spent time working with local women at St. Margaret’s House, a day center for women and children living in poverty.

“Being on campus and not having a car, I never really got the chance to explore South Bend. This was a great opportunity to learn about some of the

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issues that South Bend is facing and also dealing with and making better,” McMahon said.

One of these field trips took the group to an old segregated swimming pool that has since been converted into the Indiana University South Bend Civil Rights Heritage Center.

While there, SUSI participants explored the museum’s exhibit documenting the local civil rights history of northern Indiana. The international students had a difficult time accepting the history of the Civil Rights Era in America, McMahon said.

“They had never heard of it before, they couldn’t really understand how divided it is in our country and how deeply rooted [racism] is,” she said.

Though the SUSI international scholars were concerned with learning about the social injustices of American past and present, they were equally interested in the fireflies flickering through the night sky

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in Chicago, McMahon said.

Before visiting America, they had never seen these luminescent bugs.

While studying and traveling with these international students, McMahon said she was able to put aside her preconceived notions of American life, and view the United States through a more critical lens.

In doing this, she not only found a greater appreciation for American institutions but also for the problems that policymakers must continue to address.

“Even though I’m a global studies major, this experience did kind of divert my focus back to the United States and the issues that still need to be fixed,” McMahon said. “I think one of the most dangerous things to think is that there are no problems at all. We can never improve by thinking that way.”

Contact Maeve Filbin at mfilbin01@saintmarys.edu

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different radicals that absorb and break down air pollution,” Drysdale said.

Though photocatalytic oxidation occurs naturally, it happens on a relatively slow scale in a natural environment. By utilizing this nanotechnology spray coating, Drysdale said his company can speed up the process.

Drysdale said he is not the only one trying to use this nanotechnology to improve the environment; governments and companies around the world are using this technology.

“People are doing this in other ways around the world. In London they’re spraying this on the back of buses and delivery trucks,” he said. “NASA has all of their buildings coated with this at their Stennis Space Center, and the Miami Dolphins have their NFL stadium coated with it as well.”

Last April Drysdale hung two signs outside of Sorin College which are cleaning the air.

“The banner signs outside of Sorin, they’re calculated to remove pollution equivalent to more than 500 car trips between Notre Dame and Eddy St. Commons every year,” Drysdale said.

Fr. Bob Loughery, the rector of Sorin College, lauded the Drysdale’s efforts.

“It seems small, but its important, especially since almost every hall could do this if they wished,” he said.

Drysdale is eager to install more coated signs around campus.

“It’s something I can throw together quickly,” he said. “If other residence halls are making new signs or banners I would love to have the opportunity to nanocoat those.”

Contact Max Lander at mlander1@nd.edu

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‘Servant leadership’ should be a goal Joe Everett Sports Editor

“Titles mean nothing. The one with a servant’s heart is the leader.”

As I grew up going to Mass as a Catholic kid, several church songs have stayed with me throughout my life and continue to reveal their significance. No, it’s not Canticle of the Turning, although that banger certainly holds its own merits. This song is slower and more reflective. It’s called “The Servant Song,” and I think it perfectly applies to a great need we have in each and every one of our communities, big and small: the need for servant leadership.

Over the past couple weeks for RA training, I’ve learned a lot about what it means to be a servant leadership, and just how hard it is to live it out. We have amazing examples throughout history of servant leadership to look to, such as St. Andre Bessette, but translating those ideals to our everyday lives — especially within a period of individual drive and accomplishment that the college experience often fosters — can be a great and daunting challenge. Yet, a servant leader is exactly what you and I are called to be this year.

My fellow Resident Assistants and I officially have our titles, but that in and of itself means nothing here and now.

We have to put our role into practice, and be a servant to those in our sections and in our residence halls, even and especially when it may be inconvenient. This goes for any leadership role. I can call myself the Sports Editor at The Observer all I want, but if I’m not constantly looking out for our writing and production staff and making sure their needs are met, then my leadership will be found lacking.

That’s a hard thought, and that’s the point. Servant leadership isn’t easy: it takes practice, especially when it comes to self-denial.

But here’s the main point of all this: everybody can be great and can be a leader, because everybody can serve. It’s not just a select few that are called to be servant leaders on Notre Dame’s campus, but rather we all are within our own unique circumstances. Within Stanford Hall and among my friend groups, I’ve witnessed countless acts of servant leadership, and am a firm believer in its ability to cultivate itself and flourish within a given community.

So what does this “servant leadership” look like? For answers, we can turn to “The Servant Song.” Here as students of Notre Dame, we have more commonalities than differences. We all have difficult schedules and many responsibilities. We have stress and we have fun. Especially as one enters senior year, they’ve experienced most if not all the ins and outs of the Notre Dame experience and campus culture.

Recognizing that we oftentimes have similar fears, joys and overall experiences can allow us to enter into a relationship of equality, where service becomes manifested. Perhaps it manifests itself in a simple conversation with an individual who often looks lonely in the hall or at the dining hall.

Maybe it grows when you step up and take on an important responsibility for your organization. Or perhaps it simply appears when you take time out of your day to share in your friend’s joy of getting a good test score. We are all pilgrims on this journey through our years at Notre Dame, and we’re here to help each other each and every day, through the good times and the bad.

So this 2018-19 academic year, consider making a commitment to be a servant leader to the people around you, whether that occurs in your residence hall, your off-campus house, your classroom or your friend group. With the willingness to serve others and likewise to be served by them in return, our communities flourish as we educate not only our minds but our hearts as well.

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Our time’s new Romans Ray Ramirez The Crooked Path

“I pledge allegiance to the flag … and to the Republic, for which it stands. ...”

Here was the situation: politics had moved beyond philosophical discussions of how a group of people should be governed to heated exchanges and threats of physical violence. The populace had coalesced around two camps: those in power claiming to be true representatives of the nation’s ideals, and those who sought to regain control of the country for the good of the people. Because of divisions between the wealthy and working classes, and the growing imbalance in power between those groups, the nation was unstable, and politicians ignored oaths of loyalty to the Republic in order to forge shifting alliances to stay in control.

Matters grew so dire that one senator wore body armor under his clothing to preside over elections for leadership positions. This same senator, Marcus Tullius Cicero, had learned of seditious and treasonous conspiracies to undermine the government. Cicero delivered a scorching speech condemning Catiline, the leader of this insurrection, which allegedly would have included armed uprisings in Italy and the torching of Rome.

After Cicero’s speech, the conspirators were tried in the Senate. Julius Caesar defended their actions as justified, if somewhat extreme. Cicero called for the execution of the defendants, which was carried out on Cicero’s responsibility. Cicero announced their death to the throng assembled outside the Senate with the single word “vixerunt” — “they are dead.” Cicero had weaponized political speech.

Now that the immediate threat to the Republic had been put down, Cicero appealed for “concordia ordinum,” “concord between the classes.”

For this effort, Cicero was hailed as the “father of his country.” This was the high point of Cicero’s political career, but ultimately sealed his fate. The ideals of the Republic, especially the constraints on power placed on elected leaders, did not sit well with certain ambitious men, all too keen on disrupting the existing order and seizing wealth and power in the ensuing chaos. Cicero’s defense of the Republic put him at odds with those ruthless parties that sided with Catiline. Caesar had already been branded by Cicero, through implication and association, as complicit with Catiline’s mutiny.

Caesar sought to diffuse Cicero’s rhetorical and political influence by inviting him to join the political alliance of Crassus, Pompey and himself. Cicero considered this First Triumvirate unconstitutional, and he declined.

Cicero had also made a powerful enemy when he criticized and gave evidence against Publius Clodius on charges of profanity. Profane or not, Clodius became tribune, and Pompey, who Cicero considered an ally, refused to help.

Clodius declared Cicero an exile, and Cicero fled Rome. Cicero eventually returned, aligned himself with Pompey, Caesar and Crassus, and

then left public life. He served as a provincial governor, but by the time of his return, his predictions of disaster for the Republic had been realized.

Pompey and Caesar were struggling for power and civil war threatened to shatter the Republic.

Cicero spoke with Caesar and bravely said he intended to propose in the Senate that Caesar should not pursue the war against Pompey any further. Other senators took more violent action to stop Caesar’s ascendancy.

Cicero was not involved in the assassination of Caesar, and he called for a general amnesty a few days after the killing. He returned to Rome and intended to use Caesar’s adopted son Octavian to declare war on Mark Antony, who now was pursuing one of the assassins. Octavian defeated Antony and marched on Rome to secure the consulship. Unfortunately for Cicero, Octavian — the future emperor Augustus — learned of Cicero’s dismissive remark that “the young man should be given praise, distinctions — and then be disposed of.” The Second Triumvirate of Octavian, Antony and Marcus Lepidus soon formed and Cicero paid for his hubris: his head and hands were displayed in Rome on the speakers’ platform at the Forum.

The rest is, as they say, history. Augustus became emperor, and the Republic faded into obscurity as Rome survived as an empire, shaped by a series of sometimes competent, but all too frequently, monomaniacal despots. But Cicero had warned of this eventuality in his speech aimed primarily at Catiline, but intended to caution against all those who praised the ideals of the constitutional Republic while undermining it for their own profit and power: “A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within. … For the traitor appears not a traitor; he speaks in accents familiar to his victims, and he wears their face and their arguments, he appeals to the baseness that lies deep in the hearts of all men. He rots the soul of a nation, he works secretly and unknown in the night to undermine the pillars of the city, he infects the body politic so that it can no longer resist. A murderer is less to fear.”

You can recognize our time’s new Romans by their wretched appeals to the “baseness that lies deep in the hearts of all men.” Cicero, who spoke truth to the powerful, was not the enemy of the people. The true enemies were leaders that abandoned all concepts of consensus building and compromise, who sought to amass power and wealth for their own sake, and who convinced people to ignore base and immoral actions for false promises of security. Rome fell the moment its leaders forgot the Republic was the people.

Ray Ramirez is an attorney practicing, yet never perfecting, law in Texas while waiting patiently for a MacArthur Genius Grant. You may contact him at patrayram@sbcglobal.net The views expressed in this column are those of the author and not necessarily those of The Observer.

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The Catholic church needs more transparency On Aug. 14, a grand jury report in Pennsylvania revealed that hundreds of Catholic priests had abused 1,000 children in that state. The report relied on thousands of pages of secret church documents with information about the cases. Since the release of the report, bishops in Pennsylvania have apologized and spoken of a commitment to reform, including greater transparency. That is, they apologized publicly for something they already knew, only after that information came to light via the mechanisms of civil society. This seems to me the equivalent of a child apologizing only after being caught.

It would be naive to assume that this phenomenon would for some reason be confined to Pennsylvania, as the Catholic church hierarchy transcends state and national boundaries. It would be naive to assume that such secret documents and knowledge of abuse do not exist elsewhere. I doubt that Catholic priests and bishops in Pennsylvania were simply more thorough in their

record-keeping than were their peers elsewhere.

And, if those documents were to come to light elsewhere, bishops would certainly issue apologies echoing those heard in Pennsylvania.

I was raised Catholic and attended Catholic schools — including the University of Notre Dame — all my life, though I certainly would not claim to be an expert on the church. But I do not think it takes a theologian’s understanding to suggest that, if the church does indeed intend to move forward in a spirit of transparency, a true act of contrition would involve proactively acknowledging the real scope of this problem, rather than issuing piecemeal apologies as more information from different dioceses becomes available to the public. If it is worthy of apology when the information comes to light, is it not worthy of proactive apology and acknowledgment without being forced into such a position by legal proceedings? Is it not dishonest behavior for one of the largest and most powerful institutions in the world to keep more information

— information acknowledging the commission of serious crimes, information detailing gross violations of human decency and information documenting acts which scarred thousands of lives forever — secret?

I ask this in a spirit of humility. Perhaps there are valid legal, organizational and doctrinal explanations for some of the silence. And perhaps I am wrong and this indeed is somehow an isolated problem that exists only in Pennsylvania, though evidence suggests otherwise. But if additional records of abuse do exist beyond the dioceses of Pennsylvania, would it not be the right, moral and honest thing to do to publicly acknowledge the real scope of this abhorrent institutional failure? In my Catholic education, I was taught to apologize not for being caught, but for doing something wrong.

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Why it’s time for the Space Force Patrick McKelvey With the Current

On Aug. 9, Vice President Pence announced plans to move forward with the creation of President Trump’s Space Force, the sixth and newest branch of the United States military. It is expected to begin operations in 2020.

“The time has come,” said Pence, “to write the next great chapter in the history of our armed forces, to prepare for the next battlefield where America’s best and bravest will be called to deter and defeat a new generation of threats to our people, to our nation.”

It’s unprecedented. It’s controversial. And it will likely cost billions.

In the wake of Pence’s announcement, countless voices opposing the move have risen up. Some argue this is already the Air Force’s jurisdiction. Others point to the fact that adding more to our $590 billion defense budget is inexcusable. And who could ignore the fact that 43 million Americans live in abject poverty? That the nation’s children go to underfunded schools that are literally falling apart? How can we possibly justify defending against nonexistent threats in space when there are so many problems here on Earth?

Perhaps most threatening for the future is the militarization of space. In a human history that has always been marred by war, space was our final

opportunity to be better. We could have embraced a new era, one in which humanity sought the stars together, without anger or suspicion or violence. We’ve yet to even scratch the surface of space exploration, and that dream is already dead.

All these arguments must be taken seriously. And I am no fan of the President’s. If you look at my past columns, you will find repudiations of Donald Trump’s character, his administration and its policies. Under almost any other circumstances, I would be glad to condemn this latest move. But I’m just too excited about going into space.

It is in space that we realize the future. No matter how successful our efforts to curb climate change, no matter how much we devote to conservation, we will one day have to leave Earth behind. It is a very distant reality, but one we must begin to prepare for at some point. The Space Force may help us to do that.

This is to say nothing of what we already owe to space travel. The 20th century NASA missions produced a number of innovative technologies we rely on today, including laptops, velcro and LED lights.

We got a great movie in “Apollo 13.” We inspired a generation to look to the night sky with wonder and curiosity, with the belief that we are not confined to this planet but that it is indeed possible to reach further. We learned that Manifest Destiny did not have to end at the Pacific. The frontier continues on.

When John F. Kennedy gave his famous “We choose to go to the moon” speech in 1962, he

invigorated the nation. We didn’t have the technology. We didn’t even know if what he promised was possible. But we were going to do everything in our power to make it possible. And we did. Just seven years later, we produced perhaps the greatest achievement in the history of mankind, and Neil Armstrong walked on the moon. We proved, unequivocally, that there is no limit to human potential. When we unite toward one common goal with confidence and vigor in our hearts, we can achieve wonders. The Space Force is a far less noble goal than putting a man on the moon. But perhaps it can inspire in a new generation that same belief in human potential and in our future.

There is an entire universe teeming with possibility just outside our current grasp. What it has in store for us, its mysteries and promises, are beyond what any of us could even dream of. The Space Force is, admittedly, a little silly. Maybe we don’t need to defend the galaxy quite yet. But I’m ready to. It’s time we went to the stars.

Patrick McKelvey splits his time between being a college junior and a grumpy old man. A New Jersey native and American Studies major, he plans on pursuing a legal career after graduating Notre Dame. If you can’t find him at the movies, he can be reached for comment at pmckelve@nd.edu The views expressed in this column are those of the author and not necessarily those of The Observer.

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Horoscope | Eugenia Last Happy Birthday: Getting bogged down with people and situations you cannot change is a waste of time. Look at what you can do and the positive changes you can make that will encourage you to look, do and be your best. Socializing with people who have something to offer in return will result in an interesting opportunity as we head into next year. Your numbers are 5, 11, 16, 24, 30, 37, 46.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Rely on experience to help you get ahead. Accepting the changes you have no control over and finding a way to benefit from what unfolds will be impressive. Let your actions be your voice. Personal change will improve an important partnership.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): An opportunity to partner with someone will cut costs.

Whether you are traveling, doing business or sharing expenses at home, school or a hobby you enjoy, collaborating will not only help you save money, it will inspire new ideas.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Take an energetic approach to life, love and happiness. Be open about the way you feel, and respond to what others have to say in detail to avoid a misunderstanding. Straight talk will help you send the right signal.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Get serious about the changes you want to make. Let your imagination take over and you’ll come up with some excellent ideas. Don’t downplay your capabilities or think someone else can do a better job. Be open, direct and proactive.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Touch base with someone who is heading in a similar direction and share information. Lending a helping hand will spark ideas and encourage you to proceed with caution. Youngsters will offer insight by contributing an innocent point of view.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Attend a schmooze fest; you’ll discover information that will help you bring about positive change. An open discussion with someone you find intriguing will lead to an offer, proposal or partnership. Someone close to you will be negative.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Your charm will help you win favors when dealing with people you encounter, but it won’t work so well when you are dealing with those you live with. If you stick close to home, you’ll be faced with criticism and demands.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): An interesting situation will develop at home or within your circle of friends or family. Be ready to offer suggestions, but don’t interfere if someone is erratic or unpredictable. You can only do so much, and your best interest should take precedence.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Share your thoughts and feelings and consider visiting someone who can shed some light on a change you face or want to make.

Sticking to simple yet effective plans will help you keep a steady pace without adding stress.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): You can only bring about favorable change if you are willing to be open and honest about what you want to see happen. If you cooperate, the people you deal with are more likely to compromise.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Your input will be valued. You’ll be offered praise as well as pressure to not only make suggestions, but to do the work as well. Make it clear what you will and won’t do before it’s too late.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Focus on what’s expected of you. Living up to your promises will be necessary if you want to avoid an emotional situation that will interfere with your plans. An offer won’t be as good as it’s cracked up to be.

Birthday Baby: You are demonstrative, entertaining and generous. You are proactive and ambitious.

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Sports dominate this summer Tobias Hoonhout Managing Editor

Well, it’s good to be back.

For the first Sports Authorit y of the year, I thought I’d take a page out of Sports Authorit y legend Marek Mazurek’s book and go off on a recap spree. And while we’ve had a packed summer of esports events — my boss Courtney Becker w ill agree w ith me — I thought it might be w ise to update our readers, especially those who completely rely upon The Obser ver to inform them of the happenings in the real world of sports (sorr y, Marek). So what did we miss?

The World Cup “The greatest show on Earth” did not fail to disappoint this summer in its 21st installment, as France lifted the trophy for the second time in its history with a 4-2 victory over tournament dark horse Croatia. Russia played host to the first ever World Cup to feature video assistant referee, which led to 17 call reversals and plenty of drama. Even despite the U.S. not making the tournament, Americans still ate up every minute of the competition, both at home and in Russia — the United States topped the list of foreign ticket sales, and over 16 million people tuned in to watch the final.

Bring on 2026.

LeBron to Los Angeles No, it wasn’t as dramatic as “The Decision,” but the NBA was once again seismically shifted by the free agency of LeBron James.

After a bit of deliberation, the four-time MV P elected to uproot from Cleveland for the second time in his illustrious career — only this time, to move west.

“Show time” may not be officially back in session — it’s no longer a guarantee that James w ill be in the Finals now w ith the competition in the Western Conference — but the King has some seriously intriguing pieces around him. LeBron joins a team stacked w ith young talent in Lonzo Ball, Kyle Kuzma, Brandon Ingram

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and Josh Hart, w ith which the Lakers’ front office has paired w ith some “bad guy” veterans in Rajon Rondo and Michael Beasley.

W hile it may not make sense to some people — we now officially have LeBron and Lance Stephenson on the same roster — comments made by general manager Rob Pelinka may help shed some light on the matter. “I think to tr y to play the Warriors at their ow n game is a trap. No one is going to beat them at their ow n game, so that is why we wanted to add these elements of defense and toughness and depth and tr y to look at areas where we w ill have an advantage.”

W hile I don’t think it w ill work, I do admire them for tr y ing. W hat I’m really looking for ward to is three years dow n the road when LeBron and his son Bronny James — who threw dow n a dunk this summer at age 13 — are play ing together in the Cit y of Angels. Yes, Adam Silver.

Exceptions can be made. We know you want this, too.

The Tiger is back?

Like a phoenix rising from its ashes, golf icon Tiger Woods is finally back. Sort of.

I mean, we should recognize the fact that only 15 months ago the man had a back so bad he couldn’t even sw ing a club. And now, after five top-10 finishes this year, including a sixth place finish at the British Open and a v intage Tiger Sunday that came up just short at the PGA Championship this month, people are starting to whisper that the 15th major may not be as unachievable as prev iously thought. With his play of late, Woods seemed destined for a spot on the U.S. Ryder Cup roster, and w ith a w in, albeit a team one, we could see golf’s greatest son finally get back on track. I, for one, am hoping it comes together.

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Alabama will begin its quest for a second consecutive national championship with a rare three-peat.

The Crimson Tide is just the second team to be ranked No. 1 in the preseason Associated Press Top 25 poll for three straight seasons. Alabama received 42 out of 61 first-place votes.

No. 2 Clemson received 18 first-place votes. Georgia is No. 3 and Wisconsin is fourth. The Badgers received one first-place vote. Ohio State was ranked No. 5.

The preseason AP poll started in 1950 and since then only Oklahoma from 198587 had started No. 1 in three straight years until now.

Ring up another milestone for coach Nick Saban’s Tide dynasty. Alabama has won five national championships since 2009 and now has been No. 1 to start the season five times under Saban.

Last season was the first time Saban’s team started and finished the season No. 1.

The Tide enter this season with a question at quarterback, but there appears to be two good answers from which Saban has to choose: Tua Tagovailoa won the College Football Playoff championship game for Alabama with a second-half comeback and overtime touchdown pass.

Jalen Hurts has led the Tide to the national title game in each of his two seasons as a starter.

Whoever is quarterback, Alabama’s offense should be potent with running back Damien Harris working behind a powerful line anchored by tackle Jonah Williams.

The Tide’s always tough defense will have all new starters in the secondary, but defensive end Raekwon Davis and linebackers Mack Wilson and Dylan Moses are primed to be Alabama’s next All-Americans.

The machine never stops in Tuscaloosa. One again, everybody is chasing Alabama.

Urban Meyer’s uncertain status as Ohio State coach cost the Buckeyes some points in the AP poll, and probably at least one rankings spot.

The AP asked voters whether Meyer being on administrative leave as Ohio State investigates what he knew about domestic violence allegations against a former assistant coach influenced how they voted in the preseason poll. Thirteen voters responded saying the uncertainty caused them to move Ohio State down.

“It’s hard not to bump Ohio State down a tick,” said Andy Greder of the St. Paul (Minnesota) Pioneer Press.

“It’s an undoubted distraction. I feel like going through fall camp without your head coach only adds to it. I gave Wisconsin a corresponding slight bump up.”

NFL | RAVENS 20, COLTS 19

Ravens crash Luck’s comeback debut with win Associated Press

INDIANAPOLIS — The Baltimore Ravens spoiled Andrew Luck’s Indianapolis homecoming.

They picked him off before allowing a completion, and Terrell Suggs nearly chopped the ball out of Luck’s hands on a sack. The Ravens then secured a 20-19 preseason win over the Colts by stopping a late 2-point conversion run.

Luck was just OK in his first home start since Jan. 1, 2017.

But he did receive a roaring ovation from the crowd when he took the field, led the Colts to one score and apparently emerged unscathed after going down twice on sacks.

“Not too sharp, certainly red-zone turnovers are a negative, missed a couple of throws I’d like to hit,” he said. “And I didn’t feel like we, as an offense, got into any semblance of a sustained rhythm.”

Expectations were high following a solid start in Seattle.

This time, the Colts (1-1) looked sloppy.

Luck missed his first three throws, the third winding up

in the hands of Ravens safety Anthony Levine Jr. Luck rebounded to finish 6 of 13 for 50 yards and set up 45-yearold Adam Vinatieri for a 57yard field before leaving in the second quarter.

If Luck had his way, he might have played longer. But first-year coach Frank Reich wasn’t taking any chances with Luck’s surgically repaired arm.

“We just never found a rhythm for him and some of his balls were not his best balls,” he said. “But I still have a lot of confidence we’re headed in the right direction.”

Joe Flacco, Lamar Jackson and the Ravens looked better.

Flacco went 7 of 9 for 72 yards and one touchdown.

Jackson then showed flashes of what helped him win the 2016 Heisman Trophy.

Jackson was 7 of 15 for 49 yards and a TD and carried four times for 26 yards before giving way to another Heisman winner, Robert Griffin III, in the fourth quarter.

Indy still had a chance at the end after Tarell Basham recovered a fumble at the

Ravens 9. Five plays later, Phillip Walker threw a 9-yard TD pass to Zach Pascal with 2:24 left. But the Ravens (3-0) stopped Walker on the 2-point try, recovered the onside kick and ran out the clock.

“Happy to get the win,” Ravens coach John Harbaugh said. “We did a lot of things that weren’t winning football, especially in the second half.”

The Ravens made it tough on Indy all night.

They stopped Indy twice in the red zone and nearly had a third when Jordan Wilkins fumbled the ball into the end zone, where it bounced right into the hands of receiver Chester Rogers.

Flacco gave the Ravens a 7-3 lead early in the second quarter when he hooked up with John Brown on a 7-yard score, and Jackson’s masterful hurry-up drive at the end of the first half ended with Justin Tucker’s 38-yard field goal with 2 seconds left.

When Colts rookie Nyheim Hines fumbled away the opening kickoff of the second half, Jackson hooked up with Chris Moore on a 7-yard TD pass to make it 17-10.

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the pocket last season, allow ing 36 sacks — putting them in the bottom sixth of the FBS. If graduate student linebacker Drue Tranquill, arguably the anchor of the unit this season, can read Patterson and get all 11 guys set, Notre Dame should be able to pressure the quarterback. And w ith junior cornerback Julian Love headlining the secondar y, if the Irish can force Patterson into making poor reads and throw into coverage, they should be in good position to emerge w ith a w in.

However, long term success boils dow n to one thing — the abilit y of the offense, likely led by Wimbush, to adapt and recover from heav y losses in the offseason. They might be able to make it Wake Forest w ithout much output, but an inabilit y to score w ill eventually catch up w ith them in the latter half of the season, regardless of how strong the defense is. Ultimately, it w ill come dow n to the senior making plays when it matters most, a “clutch factor” which has been noticeably absent from Wimbush’s

resume.

There’s no deny ing that his strength lies in running, hav ing set the record for rushing touchdow ns by an Irish quarterback in a single season. But, in his third season w ith the Irish and w ith the confidence of the coaching staff behind him, the expectations have risen.

Significant losses to the best offensive line in the countr y last season, as well as the team’s leading rusher in Josh Adams in the backfield, leave Wimbush forced to put up or shut up, and a mediocre passing record won’t secure the starting position when junior Ian Book and freshman Phil Jurkovec are behind him awaiting their shot to take snaps. For now, Wimbush seems to have accepted that challenge, w ith a strong show ing throughout the off-season and summer practices. He’s not alone though. Ian Book has proved that he is a startingcaliber quarterback.

A lthough rare in the nature of competitive football, hav ing two qualit y options who are both comfortable w ith their respective roles can be the recipe for success. The potential of Book’s elevated game combined w ith Wimbush’s maturit y

and confidence could result in a dual threat combination not unlike the GolsonRees dy namic.

Regardless of who’s in the pocket for Notre Dame, they’ll need support from the rest of the offense.

A lthough the loss of Adams w ill be ev ident, Tony Jones Jr. w ill be eager to step into the roll, regardless of

Dexter Williams’ status.

As the team transitions to a more balanced offensive approach, graduate students and captains A lex Bars and Sam Mustipher w ill have more time to help the younger offensive line adjust to different teams schemes. The one given is that the Irish are sure to face a diverse st yle of play

and w ill need to develop a range of skills and be prepared to adapt. A one-dimensional team won’t make it out of September.

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terms of being confident out there and understanding the expectations from the coaching staff and the guys around you, so I feel really good being out there.”

W hile Wimbush accrued plenty of film for his highlight reel last season, both in passing and running the football, his performance often suffered in late-game situations and hostile environments — a trend the Irish coaching staff is looking to fix by putting all the quarterbacks into those simulated scenarios throughout practice.

“For the past three or four practices, we’ve repped different situations and they come up in every single game, and so being aware of every situation you’re in and what has to be done to put us in the best situation to succeed and to obviously win a game is huge, especially when it’s toward the end of the game,” Wimbush said. “I think the coaches have done a good job of putting us in those certain situations here in practice to where we can feel confident going into any game and any scenario that comes about.”

He also commented on how important that confidence is to the rest of the squad, as well of to his level of play.

“I think [confidence is] everything. It’s everything that a quarterback needs to go out and succeed and play to the level to which he’s expected to play at,” he said.

“Confidence is the No. 1 factor for a quarterback. All the guys are looking at you, so if you’re out there and you’re hyped up and confident in what you’re about to go do and accomplish, then the rest of the guys will follow along.”

Perhaps part of the reason Wimbush’s confidence may have faltered throughout the season was the backlash he received from fans, especially on social media, for his game performance. Wimbush commented on how he handles all the outside noise that comes with being the quarterback at Notre Dame, as well as how making his circle smaller has helped him focus on the advice that will assist him this season.

“I’ve done a good job of getting off of social media, and I think that’s a huge part of it, just mentally understanding where you’re at and who you’re listening to, because you can have a lot of people coming at you with different perspectives, and I think that can hurt you, especially at the quarterback position,” he said. “You don’t want to take too much in and spread yourself too thin, so understanding whose points are valid and that are going to help you. … I think that’s all part of playing the quarterback position, and being smart about that is huge in terms of where I want to be.

I saw the repercussions of it and I think I saw my improvements come when I started neglecting some of those opinions.”

Not only did outsiders put

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Irish senior quarterback Brandon Wimbush runs with the ball during Notre Dame’s 21-17 win over LSU in the Citrus Bowl on Jan. 1. Wimbush would later be replaced in the game by junior quarterback Ian Book.

pressure on Wimbush last season, but he feels like he put too much on himself as well. Even though the offense loses former offensive linemen Quenton Nelson and Mike McGlinchey, its

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Irish senior quaterback Brandon Wimbush lines up in the shotgun behind graduate student center Sam Mustipher during Notre Dame’s 38-20 loss to Stanford on Nov. 25 in Palo Alto, California.

leading rusher in Josh Adams and its leading receiver in Equanimeous St. Brown, Wimbush says he feels less pressure to produce this year than he did last year because of his increased trust in the 10 players around him.

“You’re playing the biggest position in the country, so it feels like you have the weight of the world on your shoulders. You have to go perform to other people’s expectations, but I think I set the bar for myself the highest that anyone’s set it,” he said. “So when I underachieve I understand that and I know that and I take that upon myself to make those corrections.

Obviously last year, being a first-year starter, you want to exceed your expectations and I think I did unfortunately put a little too much weight on my shoulders. In year two, I think some of that’s off — I’m trusting the other guys that are out there … and I’m excited for what these guys are going to do this year. “ ... I’ve taken a different perspective. Last year I felt like I had to do a lot — I feel like there were a lot of expectations for me as a first year starter — and now I understand that there are 10 other guys on the offense that are going to do a great job of getting their job done, and when all 11 guys in the offense are doing their job I think this can be a real electrif ying offense. So I think understanding that and trusting

my teammates … that takes a little less off my plate.”

The offense does indeed have the potential to be just as productive as last season’s, as Wimbush is surrounded with a rebuilt offensive line, dynamic skill position players and a deep tight end core.

The senior quarterback noted just how special it is to be working and playing alongside such dedicated individuals, on and off the field.

“I come to this University and there’s guys that want to succeed and want to graduate and win championships — that’s the level of expectation that we come here with and that we have,” Wimbush said. “So when I get in that huddle, all the guys around me … want to be great, and it starts with the quarterback every day when we’re at practice to put these guys in the best position to make them great and lead the offense. “ ... Ever y year you restock, and this year the guys up front have done a great job of coming along throughout this fall camp, and we’re excited. The guys on the outside have been making plays, the running backs look great — sophomores Aver y [Dav is] and Jafar [Armstrong] are coming along really well transitioning to new positions — so I’m excited for what this offense has and for what’s to come September 1.”

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Notre Dame was quick to respond. With fifteen minutes left in the contest, senior defender Sabrina Flores notched her first goal of the season off a pass in the box from junior forward Jennifer Westendorf to tie things up at Alumni Stadium. Less than three minutes later, the two switched roles as Westendorf got her first goal of the season on a back post header coming from a corner kick by Flores. Twelve minutes later, the Irish had held on to secure their second win of the

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season and improved to 7-0 all-time versus Loyola.

Looking forward, Notre Dame will certainly look to ride the momentum of their early wins to continue a strong start under new head coach Nate Norman. For the past four years, the Irish had been coached by Theresa Romagnolo, going 51-21-13 in the process. Expectations will be high for a program that won an ACC regular season title just two seasons ago, and early on the team will be tested. The Irish close out the month with matchups against Stony Brook, Butler and Cincinnati, playing two of those contests at

Alumni Stadium.

Conference play will not pick up until Sept. 16 when Notre Dame hosts North Carolina State, giving the team ample opportunity to sharpen its game before getting into the bulk of their season. However before taking on their ACC foes, Notre Dame will have to face three top-25 programs, including top ranked Stanford on the road. The Irish have earned a reputation over the past couple of seasons as being strong defensively, but if the start of this season is any indication, Notre Dame offense looks to be the difference maker.

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Irish junior forward Jennifer Westendorf fends off multiple defenders while pushing the ball upfield during Notre Dame’s 3-0 loss to Duke on Sept. 21 at Alumni Stadium last season.

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MacLeod finished it with a bouncing header, staking the Irish to a early lead.

13 minutes later, Valparaiso answered as junior midfielder Aidan Garcia slotted home a rebound off the bar past senior goalkeeper Ryan Krutz, who was helpless to save the shot.

Notre Dame tried to pull ahead before halftime, threatening again around Valparaiso’s box, and both teams had saves off the goal line before the clock ran out on the opening period.

“First half could have been a little better defensively when they had their spell of possession and not give them quality chances,” head coach Chad Riley said.

The second half showed a more controlled game by Notre Dame, and the Irish deservedly regained the lead in the 57th minute. After sophomore forward Paul Rothrock earned a free kick deep in the Crusader side of the field, MacLeod sent a dangerous ball into the box which led to Rothrock being tackled illegally inside the box.

The Crusader mistake led to Dumas stepping up to the penalty kick and burying into the top right corner, giving the Irish a 2-1 lead.

Battling against the one goal difference, the Crusaders tried to equalize, but the Irish stood firm defensively and eventually wore down the

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opponent with shots on goal, with Aschieris culminating the performance by firing a shot that curled around the keeper inside the right post within the last three minutes to seal Notre Dame’s victory.

Riley was happy with the win, but said his team still had room to improve.

“It’s our third exhibition and it has been our best performance and probably against our best opponent, but still some ragged moments ... [we need to] just get that coordination, we have only been together since our first training session August 8,” Riley said.

“So I think those moments were there for both teams.

There will be moments where we are on top of teams and making chances, but everyone on our schedule is good enough to make chances.”

Moving on to the Mike Berticelli Memorial Game against Saint Louis University this Friday, Riley voiced his approval of the direction the team is moving in since their first exhibition game.

“The guys are starting to get used to one another and I think there is a lot of experience but new guys are in there ... overall positive stuff,” Riley said. “I was proud. At the end of the day every game on our schedule is going to be tight to score goals. Going to be that 70th and 90th minute, who is going to be that team that mentally has the fortitude and is physically prepared.”

Contact Meagan Bens at mbens@nd.edu

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Irish junior midfielder Jack Casey dribbles the ball upfield during Notre Dame’s 2-1 win over Northwestern on Oct. 3.

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Notre Dame turns to Wimbush for leadership Team’s success will be defined by quarterback play

Senior looks ahead to second year as starting QB

By JOE EVERETT

Charlotte Edmonds

Sports Editor

Associate Sports Editor

Perhaps the biggest question mark heading into this season for Notre Dame football is the quarterback play, and just how much Irish senior quarterback Brandon Wimbush will improve from last season.

While the 6-foot-1, 222-pound Wimbush accounted for 1,870 yards passing, 804 rushing yards and 30 total touchdowns in his first season as a starter, his play became inconsistent and even erratic, especially in November.

At Wednesday’s media day, Wimbush addressed last year’s successes and struggles and his overall mindset heading into the 2018 campaign and his second season as starting quarterback.

“I feel real comfortable,” Wimbush said. “Obviously year two is a huge leap in Not see WIMBUSH PAGE 14

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Irish senior quarterback Brandon Wimbush looks to run upfield during Notre Dame’s 21-17 win over LSU at the Citrus Bowl on Jan. 1. Wimbush passed for 16 touchdowns and ran for 14 more last season.

men’s SOCCER | Nd 3, Valparaiso 1

By MEAGAN BENS

ND picks up two wins to start year Observer Sports Staff

Sports Writer

see M SOCCER PAGE 15

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WOMEN’S Soccer | ND 3, CMU 1; nd 2, LOYOLA CHICAGO 1

Irish open season by toppling Crusaders The Irish put Valparaiso away late during their 15th Annual Grassroot Soccer Contest last night at A lumni Stadium to open up the 2018 campaign w ith a 3-1 ex hibition w in.

No. 17 Notre Dame continued their undefeated record in home fall exhibition contests after breaking a 1-1 deadlock in the second half thanks to senior defender Felicien Dumas’ penalty kick.

Senior forward Ian Aschieris added goal from the top of the box in the final two minutes to seal the win for the Irish.

Early on in the first half, Notre Dame dictated play and steadily increased the pressure around the Crusaders’ box. In the 14th minute, Aschieris was able to fire in a cross from the right side. Senior midfielder Sean

Less than t wo weeks out from the gates opening at Notre Dame Stadium, the image of the 2018 Irish team is becoming clearer — where senior quarterback Brandon Wimbush goes, so too w ill the team.

Head coach Brian Kelly and his coaching staff w ill rely largely on the defensive unit, arguably the backbone of the team. Returning nine starters from last year’s team, their experience w ill set the tone for the season in the early matchups, especially against Michigan. The Wolverines, who recently announced they w ill be debuting Ole Miss transfer junior Shea Patterson at quarterback in the season opener, struggled to defend

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Irish senior defender Felicien Dumas closes in on an opponent during Notre Dame’s 1-1 tie against the Mexico U-20s on April 27.

Coming off of a successful season in 2017 but w ith a new head coach at the helm, No. 14 Notre Dame got off to a hot start to open the 2018 campaign w ith w ins over Central Michigan and Loyola Chicago.

This past Thursday, the Irish (2-0) began the season w ith a matchup at home against Central Michigan (11), and ultimately prevailed in a 3-1 w in. Offensively, the team showed no signs of struggles early on as sophomore for ward Eva Hurm scored just eight minutes into the first half, bur y ing a close opportunit y in the back right corner. W hile Central Michigan would go on to tie things up just ten minutes later off of a long cross that made it to the back of the net, the Irish came out of the gates strong from halftime.

After t wo close looks at

the goal, Notre Dame was finally able to capitalize w ith a moment of brilliance from freshman midfielder Brooke VanDyck in the 62nd minute.

After beating her initial defender, the freshman passed to graduate student for ward Karin Muya for a give-andgo, w ith VanDyck slotting home the return ball. Notre Dame followed up w ith another goal just a few minutes later, the second on the night for Hurm to extend the Irish lead to 3-1. The score remained unchanged the rest of the way as Notre Dame held on for the w in, outshooting the Chippewas 28-10 in the process.

On Sunday, the Irish pulled out another w in, this time by a score of 2-1 over Loyola Chicago. A fter a string of close chances for the Irish over the first 70 minutes, it was Ramblers (1-1) that first made it on the board, but see W SOCCER PAGE 15