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Town halls address First Year program University administrators discuss construction, recycling, academic college changes in fall town halls

By NATALIE WEBER News Editor

In a series of town halls this week, University administrators announced changes to the structure of the First Year of Studies, discussed a new early retirement program and provided updates on new recycling standards and construction projects.

In a response to a question about changes to the First Year of Studies, University provost Thomas Burish confirmed that the First Year of Studies would cease to operate as a separate college. Instead, he said advisors formerly from the First Year of Studies will now work with advisors from students’ majors. The core

curriculum requirements will be spread over four years, rather than being concentrated in students’ first year.

Additionally, students will now have the option to take courses for their major beginning their freshman year.

Burish said the changes will allow students to explore more majors by taking a variety of introductory courses during their first year. For those first year students who have already decided on a major, the new system will allow them to get a head start on their fields of study, Burish said.

“You can start early, and if you made the wrong decision, you’ve got time to recover see TOWN HALL PAGE 3

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John Affleck-Graves, executive vice president of Notre Dame, discusses reforms that the University is planning to implement in the final fall town hall held Wednesday evening held in Carey Auditorium.

Groups partner for theater accessibility workshops

By GRACE McDERMOTT News Writer

All the world’s a stage and now Shakespeare at Notre Dame and the South Bend Civic Theater are partnering to make a stage for all the world.

The two organizations are offering five Shakespeare performance workshops for people

on the autism spectrum using the Hunter Heartbeat method.

The Hunter Heartbeat method is a technique for working with those on the spectrum in a performance setting. It was developed by Kelly Hunter, a London-based actress and the director of the traveling Flute Theater company. Hunter has taught her method at theaters

throughout the world.

The method involves going through a specific Shakespeare show — in the case of the Notre Dame workshops, the show is “As You Like It” — through a series of drama games in which participants with autism are partnered see HEARTBEAT PAGE 4

Encounter South Bend plans to offer perspective

By McKENZIE LOOKEBILL News Writer

This upcoming Friday, instead of staying in their dorms to study, students at Saint Mary’s have the opportunity to engage in the South Bend community. The Office of Civic and Social Engagement (OCSE) has organized buses to take students to multiple locations including an urban

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farm, a pay-it-forward coffee shop, and more.

“At the Office we see as our mission as engaging, connecting and serving,” OCSE director Rebekah DeLine said. “The Encounter helps by engaging our students in the community — generally on a specific theme — connecting them to organizations doing amazing work, and then ultimately we hope that

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students will go back out into the community and serve. In addition, Encounters enable us to look more deeply at societal and root causes, which sometimes a day of service will not. So, this particular Encounter scheduled for Friday will allow us to look deeply at how our consumerist culture can be harmful see ENCOUNTER PAGE 4

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Howard to host annual Totter for Water fundraiser

By CATE VONDOHLEN News Writer

Howard Hall’s annual 24 hour teeter-totter event begins at 4 p.m. on Thursday and will last until 4 p.m. on Friday.

Each year, the women of Howard Hall choose to donate the funds to a need somewhere around the world related to clean water access.

Howard Hall residents will occupy the teeter-totter for 24 hours in 30 minute shifts, but other students and Notre Dame community members are encouraged to ride the teeter-totter with a suggested donation of $1.

Planning for this event started as soon the chairs arrived to campus this fall. The co-chairs this year are junior Veronica Kalwajtys, who will ride the teeter-totter at 4 a.m. Friday morning, and sophomore Emily Eagle, who will ride the teeter-totter at 6 p.m. Thursday.

This year’s Totter for Water

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proceeds will go to a Holy Cross school in Plaisance, Haiti.

“This year we picked [the school in Plaisance, Haiti] because of the Notre Dame — Holy Cross connection,” Kalwajtys said.

Kalwajtys and Eagle said that the proceeds will go towards two present issues at the school in Plaisance: access to clean water and cleaner bathroom facilities.

“The school there has some problems of cholera because of the lack of clean bathrooms and other sanitation facilities, so they really need that to prevent cholera. And then most of the kids don’t have access to clean water,” Kalwajtys said.

Eagle said the event went to support a worthy cause.

“It’s such great cause, when you think about people not having access to water,” she said.

Free food will be available see TOTTER PAGE 4

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and get into another major because you have four years now to work these major decisions in,” he said.

During the town hall, university administrators also announced an early retire ment program for staff.

Details regarding the program will be released in the next few weeks, executive vice

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president John Aff leckGraves said.

“In essence, it will look ver y similar to the program we did in 2011,” he said. “Essentially, looking at people who are 62 years or older who have 10 years of service or people 55 years and older, with 15 years of service. And there will be some element of a lump sum payment that will be tied to the number of years you put in.”

Staff members will have un

til March or April of next year to decide whether to retire early, Aff leck-Graves said.

The University is also implementing new recycling policies, Aff leck-Graves said.

In the past, recycling allowed for 10 percent contamination of materials.

“Those rules have changed because the places that used to take the recycling materials will no longer take them,” Aff leck-Graves said.

“And so, the new rules are

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that we can only have a 0.5 to one percent contamination.

So that’s going to change the way that we’re going to ask you to recycle.”

Administrators are asking that members of the community follow the motto “W hen in doubt, throw it out.”

“If you put that food contaminated, when you put a liquid in, you’ve destroyed the good that ever ybody else has done,” he said. “If ever yone else is being rigorous in their recycling and you’re not, what they end up doing is condemning the entire lot.”

During the town halls, administrators also provided information on construction projects across campus, including the demolition of McKenna Hall and Brownson Hall, the construction of a new art museum and updates on the Eddy Street Commons Phase II project.

“If you’re worried about there not being enough construction on campus, you don’t have to worr y,” Aff leckGraves said jokingly.

McKenna Hall will be torn down and rebuilt on half of the current lot to match the building to current standards, Aff leck-Graves said.

“McKenna has served us well, but it’s not a ver y efficient space,” he said. “There’s lots of open space in it, and some of the rooms for meetings aren’t up to standards you typically get at conferences nowadays. So, we’ve had ver y generous benefactors who have given us the funds, so we will replace McKenna Hall.”

Brownson Hall will also be torn down and the site will be used to create a new space for the Alliance for Catholic Education, Aff leck-Graves said.

Additionally, Aff leckGraves said construction on

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the Eddy Street Commons Phase II will be completed in approximately 18 months to two years. A new art museum, funded by Ernestine Raclin and her daughter and son-in-law Carmen and Chris Murphy, is also set to be constructed. Currently, administrators plan to build the museum at the site of the Charles B. Hayes Family Sculpture Park.

“Really, the long term dream of building this arts district on our campus really comes to fulfillment with an art museum, a sculpture park, school of architecture, performing arts, sacred music and the music librar y,” Aff leck-Graves said.

“So we’re really getting a beautiful area for the arts on campus.”

During a town hall, Aff leckGraves also answered a question about whether Notre Dame’s food inspections would be kept private following its deal with St. Joseph County.

“To me, it’s like filing our own ta xes. … We were approached about that, we asked that they be kept private, for various reasons, as you know, that blew up in the press, so I think the agreement we have now, is that if we do them, we will make those public,” he said.

University President Fr. John Jenkins also spoke at the town halls, addressing concerns about keeping Notre Dame financially accessible.

“One challenge we have, and we all know it, a Notre Dame education for our students is extremely expensive,” he said. “It costs a lot of money, and we have to do ever ything we can to make a Notre Dame education affordable and make it effective.

“To do that, we give financial aid as one of our top priorities, and we have to tr y to keep costs down. Because to the extent we are more efficient, we can accept more students, we can give them more financial aid, we can be more affordable, more accessible to our students.”

Jenkins also addressed the sex abuse crisis facing the Catholic Church and encouraged staff members to report any concerns. Staff members can contact the University Integrity Line, Human Resources, Office of Institutional Equity or Audit and Advisor y Services with any workplace concerns, Jenkins said.

“If there is an issue, if there is a misconduct and if there is misbehavior, it allows us to investigate it professionally and adjudicate it correctly,” he said. “So let us have that opportunity — if you see something, say something.”

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to the environment and even our own city, and how we can counter that through the buying power that we have.”

This trip is set to challenge those who attend to rethink how they live, work and play, and how those things make an impact on the world, according to the flyer. This event will take place from 10 a.m. to

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with professional actors.

“Hunter Heartbeat uses the spine of the story, and on the spine, we hang a series of theater games that make it nontraditional,” South Bend Civic Theater executive director Aaron Nichols said.

The games are meant to incorporate social skills that people with autism tend to struggle with.

“It’s amazing because the games don’t seem like they’re focused on eye contact or showing emotion,” Robinson Learning Community Center Shakespeare outreach director and founder Christy Burgess said. “The kids feel like they’re just playing the games, but those objectives absolutely come out.”

The workshops will take place at the LOGAN Center, Hannah & Friends and the South Bend Civic Theater Warner Studio.

Shakespeare at Notre Dame and the South Bend Civic Theater have been working together to develop this program for over a year. Scott Jackson, the executive director of Shakespeare at Notre Dame, first saw the Hunter

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from 5 to 6 p.m. on Thursday and 9 to 10 a.m. on Friday. Students can also purchase succulents for $6 and paint the pots at the totter event, Kalwajtys and Eagle said. Donations can be made in cash, Domer Dollars and online via the Congregation for the Holy Cross website.

In years past, Howard Hall has aimed to raise $3 thousand to $5 thousand through Totter for Water. This year, however, the goal is $25 thousand because of a new initiative, Tats for Totter, by Howard Hall president, junior Gracie O’Connell, who will ride the teeter-totter from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. on Friday.

“If Howard Hall reaches $25 thousand in donations, five out of the seven [members of] hall staff will get Howard Hallrelated lip tattoos,” O’Connell said.

2:30 p.m. on Friday, where attendees will go from place to place. Lunch, coffee, dessert and transportation will all be provided.

“It is important to go to events that involve the community so you can immerse yourself in the culture of that area and you can become a well-rounded adult,” junior Libbey Tierney said. “Being involved in the community is essential for becoming a wellrounded adult in some ways because it shows you things

that you may have never seen before.”

Getting involved in the surrounding community is an important goal for both Saint Mary’s and OCSE. They both work in combination to give students the opportunity to expand their grasp on events outside the campus.

“It is a part of our mission at Saint Mary’s [to engage in opportunities like those offered by OCSE],” DeLine said.

“It is a part of the core values,

community and justice, that we hold dear. We feel, as the mission statement says, that the OCSE is core to promoting a life of ‘social responsibility’ and responding ‘to the complex needs and challenges of the contemporary world.’

Furthermore, from a strictly practical sense, being in the community, engaging with service and serving with our community partners provides a skill set and opportunity for growth that’s not readily available in just a classroom

setting.”

To register for the event, students can email ocse@ saintmarys.edu or use the QR code that can be found on numerous posters throughout Saint Mary’s campus.

Other events like this run by OCSE can be found on the organization’s Facebook and Instagram updates or through weekly updates at their email above.

Heartbeat program in action at a conference in 2016 when it was used by former students of Kelly Hunter.

“I saw how brilliantly the different techniques were being adopted or co-opted for accessing autistic populations,” Jackson said. “The work really clicked with me.

I came out ready to bring this to South Bend.”

So began the long process of preparing for these workshops.

“We brought Kelly over to South Bend in May of 2017 to present lectures at the LOGAN Center and lay the groundwork for what would be this production,” Jackson said.

Hunter returned in January to train the actors of the Hunter Heartbeat workshops.

Jackson serves as the director.

“From that, we started meeting every few weeks as a company and devising new games, figuring out how to tell ‘As You Like It’ through drama games,” Jackson said.

“For instance, to show the scene where Orlando and Rosalind fall in love, they’ll walk around the circle and when they see their partner, they take a step back and make the ‘OK’ symbol in front of their eyes, basically saying ‘I love you’ like you’d see

in a cartoon. The actors will model the games, and then the participants are guided in a circle to play.”

The participants and actors act out the basic plot points of the play in this way.

“We took a few more that we thought were particularly effective from Kelly’s repertoire, and the company and I devised other games as well,” Jackson said.

The workshops are closely engineered to each participant’s needs.

“Everyone gets individual attention and individual welcomes, and it’s all to their own level of comfort,” Burgess, who will be an actor in the workshops, said.

This production of “As You Like It” is an international original for the Hunter Heartbeat method.

“We are the first company to make a new work using this method,” Jackson said.

“Other companies will use the plays that Kelly has already developed.”

The workshops are also aimed at local-first.

“This is the first formal partnership between the South Bend Civic Theater and Shakespeare at Notre Dame,” Nichols said. “I think it’s a natural fit that we partner on this. Shakespeare at Notre Dame is the organization that has created this work; they’re the producers of the show.”

As a follow-up to the drama workshops, there will be a sensory-friendly performance of “As You Like It” offered at the South Bend Civic Theater on Nov. 8, directed by the theater’s volunteer and guest services director, Grace Lazarz.

“We are inviting the participants of the workshops to be in the audience,” Lazarz said. “We’ll have an environment that’s more comfortable. The house lights will

be on, the doors will be open and there’s an understanding in the audience that we’re all on the same page and that it’s okay that there might be talking or wandering around in the audience.”

In addition to Burgess, Lazarz and Nichols are also part of the cast for the Hunter Heartbeat workshops. The Hunter Heartbeat workshops and the sensory-friendly performance are both completely free of charge. The first workshop was Wednesday night.

“This is another exploration of how theater arts and specifically Shakespeare engage all population through the versatility of the works and the innovations still surrounding his plays in the 21st century,” Jackson said. “I feel like this is one of the most important things I’ve ever done.”

O’Connell herself sports a “GOAT” lip tattoo because Howard Hall is the greatest of all time, she said. She also confirmed the rector of Howard Hall, Amanda Springstead, is one of such five hall staff that will get a lip tattoo if donations exceed $25 thousand.

“It’s a big reach, but it’s for such an important cause,” O’Connell said.

In addition to a fun event for students, and the prospect of hall staff getting lip tattoos, the overall purpose of Totter for Water is to raise awareness in the Notre Dame community of the lack of clean water in many places and to hopefully make a monetary contribution, Eagle said.

Kalwajtys and Eagle also said that Father Pete McCormick, the director of Campus Ministry, will ride the teetertotter at 8 p.m. on Thursday.

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By NICK OTTONE Scene Writer

“I think our computer might be horribly depressed,” Dr. Fujita (Sonoya Mizuno) admits halfway through Cary Joji Fukunaga’s beguiling miniseries. “And might be behaving unpredictably.” It might be blunt, but this describes the series’ main obsession: delusion and the humanity that exposes the emotion underneath. In a story of technology and drugs, the simple decision to choose hope and trauma as central subjects is a minor miracle.

And “Maniac” doesn’t end its daring streak there.

“Maniac” primarily follows Annie Landsberg (Emma Stone) and Owen Milgrim (Jonah Hill) as they embark on a pharmaceutical trial to solve their problems of addiction and mental illness. Yet the doctors in charge, including Dr. James Mantleray (Justin Theroux) and Dr. Muramoto (Rome Kanda), have their own share of problems with a malfunctioning supercomputer and unforeseen side-effects. As the trial progresses, Annie and Owen find themselves inexplicably stuck in the same hallucinations, ranging from a Coens-esque caper to a high-class seance. It resembles a loving pastiche of genre and tone, threaded with careful attention to character.

Perhaps the closest comparisons to “Maniac” are FX’s “Legion” and HBO’s “Westworld,” two programs that regularly dazzle audiences with feats of visual

By ERIN SWOPE Scene Writer

Most would not wonder what “Seven Nation Army” by the White Stripes would sound like as a vintage New Orleans dirge or what “Mr. Brightside” by The Killers would sound like in 1940s Rat Pack style, but Scott Bradlee’s Postmodern Jukebox, abbreviated as PMJ, is all about putting a jazz spin on modern songs like these and many more.

With over 1 billion views on YouTube, PMJ has grown from being filmed in Bradlee’s apartment in Astoria, New York to a global phenomenon selling out shows and topping the iTunes jazz charts, all without the support of a major label or corporate sponsorship. PMJ’s ambitious new album “Blue Mirror,” which marks the beginning of the group’s second season of videos, reflects their growth while also serving fans the same style that garnered PMJ their success.

“Blue Mirror,” the group’s twenty-first album, tackles covering some of the pop music industry’s biggest hits including a ‘50s style cover of “Africa” by Toto and jazz covers of songs ranging from ABBA’s “Dancing Queen” to Christina Aguilera’s “Genie in a Bottle.”

The nine songs from PMJ’s “Blue Mirror” can be divided for the most part into two categories: covers that sound just like slightly jazzed up versions of the originals and covers that have completely reworked the

splendor and experimental asides only to disappoint with character and emotional depth. Perhaps it is notable that both began to show flaws in their second season; thin characters can only take you so far. However, “Maniac” dodges this flaw by design, marketing itself as a miniseries similar to Fukunaga’s prior stint on the first season of “True Detective.” “Maniac” can indulge in the full range of creativity and imagination without worrying about plot or shallow characterizations in a way a continuing series cannot.

Another difference is in tone. “Maniac” is a comically weird show. Science-fiction elements dot its impeccable production design. A retro image of the future features the human embodiment of pop-up ads and the “Statue of Extra Liberty,” a world about three capitalistic steps from our own. Yet the comedy arises spontaneously out of situations, not as mere asides during dramatic scenes but as the purpose. Drama exists in the world of “Maniac,” but not at the expense of life’s absurdity.

Next to the deliberate, often off-putting oddness of “Legion” and the humorless high drama of “Westworld,” “Maniac” is a colorfully exciting delight. It feels more true, even as it dips into absurd situations.

And, for the most part, the performances complement this delicate balance of drama and comedy. Stone channels her award-winning performances from “Birdman” and “La La Land” to play a disillusioned addict conning

her way through life, bringing flinty determination and a wonderfully deadpan sense of humor. Stone has perfected the art of hard exteriors, of carefully peeling back layers for the audience to glimpse the vulnerabilities underneath. Theroux portrays an extremely odd character, full of awkward tics and emotional damage. Dr. Mantleray is only held together by Theroux’s strong, committed performance.

Yet Hill often feels miscast. In realistic scenes, he feels low-energy. In fantasy sequences, he feels overly mannered. His scenes with Stone crackle with chemistry but mostly reveal how much better her character is.

Perhaps the best evidence comes from the first episode, which almost completely revolves around his character; “Maniac” opens inert and slow, very unlike its later entries. Compared to the second episode, which follows Stone’s Annie, the first an absolute slog. Perhaps Hill is trying to portray Owen as shell-shocked, deeply medicated and entirely depressed, but that does not mean Owen is a compelling central character.

In the long run, “Maniac” is a mind-bending delight, a show that rewards close attention but engages on an emotional level. And while its characterization may be shallow, its appeal lies elsewhere, in the pure, unadulterated emotion it draws from past trauma and a possible future. Something almost like hope.

original song. For example, while the instrumentation behind the vocals on “Africa” was vastly different from Toto’s original (think a lot more brass), the vocals and the music were fairly true to Toto’s original, even including an electric guitar solo. The song has an upbeat ‘50s jazz feel to it that obviously wasn’t present in the original, but overall it wasn’t a major departure from the roots of the song. Casey Abrams delivers especially strong vocals on the track as he blends the rock styles of the original and the jazz style of the cover.

On the other hand, the group’s ‘60s jazz style cover of Christina Aguilera’s “Genie in a Bottle” feels like listening to a completely different song. Except for the vocal riffs and having the same lyrics, the song feels completely unrecognizable with its ‘60s style electric guitar riffs and lack of synthesizers.

Regardless of what style PMJ chooses to cover each song in, as with their previous albums, the musicianship on the album is excellent. One of the advantages of having a rotating cast of singers and musicians is that PMJ can find vocalists whose style perfectly matches the style of jazz that the cover is done in. That is one thing that PMJ does especially well on this album, establishing the style of each cover and executing it thoroughly.

Of course, a big aspect of Postmodern Jukebox is also their YouTube videos, which include cast members in historically appropriate costumes, tap dancers and other such pageantry. So far, for their second season of

music videos, PMJ has only released one video, a short film for their cover of “Africa.” Unlike most of their previous videos, which featured one-camera shots, the “Africa” music video is shot from multiple angles.

It will be interesting to see if future PMJ videos will follow this style or if they will return to their tried-andtrue style.

While a few of the covers on the album seem to lack the certain originality and innovative style that PMJ has come to be known for — “Life on Mars?” and “High and Dry” seem especially too similar, overall the album is another success for the group and marks a strong beginning to their second season of videos.

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Stopped in my own tracks Carlos de Loera Scene Writer

A few weeks ago, I was at the Mount Baker Link Station stop in Seattle after spending some quality time with my brothers when, all of a sudden, it happened. A man who was on the same train as us made a lighthearted joke about me being white. I am no stranger to someone making a soft, harmless joke at the expense of my background, but the thing is, I’m not white. Like not even half or a quarter or some oddly specific small percentage. I am proudly 100 percent Mexican. So I took the joke how I imagine most others would have: I faked a smile over at this jokester and figured it’d be best for me not to tr y to explain to him that he was incorrect in his assumption. No need to waste my breath on him over this silly remark.

However, this incident has led me to ref lect on a couple of things.

First is that people way too often make assumptions about others’ backgrounds based purely on looks. For starters, not all people of Hispanic descent look a certain way. Sure, some of us are short, brown and dark ever ything — and that’s OK! — and some of us have light skin, colored eyes and light-colored hair — also chill — and even more of us are some kind of beautiful mix of these traits. But I get where this train dude was coming from. Our society has placed an image out there of what a Mexican should look like and what a white person should look like, and I guess for this guy I fell into the latter categor y. So, yes, this guy was ignorant, but also society, especially through media, should do a better job of showing there is no one way that people of Hispanic or Latino descent should look.

We come in all shapes, colors and sizes.

The other thing that I took from this encounter was that this guy hit a soft spot in how others have viewed me.

This wasn’t the first time I’ve been called white. Sure, people have mistaken me for white, but I have also mockingly been accused of being “whitewashed.” This characterization unusually stems from the fact that since high school, I have attended schools that are predominantly white, and some perceive that I now even “talk white” and that I like things that are “culturally white.” But, hey, that’s super offensive ! There’s no one way that I, or anyone else who has a background like mine, should be expected to talk, and there aren’t any things we’re supposed to like.

But yeah, I, like, never let what people say affect me.

Contact Carlos de Loera at cdeloera@nd.edu The views expressed in the Inside Column are those of the author and not necessarily those of The Observer.

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Dreaming of reality I remember the first time I saw the wall in a dream.

It was about five weeks after I had relocated for the summer through the Center for Social Concern’s International Summer Service Learning Program and I was finally feeling confident enough in my daily life that it was becoming my dreamscape. The adjustment had ups and downs and as anyone who’s been abroad knows, culture shock can be ver y real. But then there were other aspects of life in the Jerusalem sphere that made my adjustment difficult in a special way. For example, my work commute wasn’t something I figured out by using Google Maps: Maps doesn’t acknowledge the wall and just advises me to walk right through it. This wall, the wall that formed one side of the playground of the summer camp I worked at, the wall that cut the street I lived on in half, that graffiti-covered wall that appeared one day in my dream, is the separation wall constructed by the Israeli militar y along most of the West Bank.

I should have been excited that I was so comfortable in my “new normal” that even my dreams were adjusting. But I woke up from that dream immediately startled that this looming structure was becoming familiar to me — I didn’t want to see the wall as normal. Because if the wall was normal to me, it felt like I was accepting the reality of the Israeli occupation of the West Bank as normal. And I didn’t want to accept the reality of a structure that separated my new friends and coworkers from their families, rights, economic opportunity and national identity. I didn’t want to accept the reality of a structure in violation of international law.

After that dream I began to ask different questions of the world around me. I wondered if the elementar y-age kids I was working with were also dreaming about the wall. I thought of what caring lies, if any, the mothers guiding their children through the checkpoint must have told them to make the situation more comprehendible for toddlers. If taking the special settler bus to my work on a Palestinian farm made me angr y, how did the man I worked for, who had seen five settlements built around his land during his lifetime, feel?

It is easy for me, currently typing away in a cushy, publicly-funded librar y, to vehemently deny that conf lict and poverty should be seen as normal.

But for people who are oppressed, politically or

economically, it can feel like a privilege to give this denial of normalcy because the daily lives of the oppressed are inextricably inter woven to the systems that oppress them. My heart felt weighed down this summer when the brutal realities of the occupation were shoved in front of me and into my dreams.

But I’m still burdened by the weight of the privilege of living where there aren’t watchtowers over playgrounds and home demolitions down the block.

Right now I am three weeks into my semester abroad in Germany, where separation walls were torn down before I was born. I might live in a postcard landscape, but my ISSLP experience has made me think much differently about my new home.

Maybe I don’t live next to the wall anymore, but my bus to classes drops me off at a university square that has seen Nazi book burnings and nowadays, there’s a good chance I’ve ridden the bus next to someone who voted for the rising right-wing party.

Even if I was back at Notre Dame this semester, how could I ignore the fact that our University is built on property that used to belong to a group of people forcibly expelled from their land after spending a summer interacting with people forcibly expelled from their land?

W hether in Bethlehem, Heidelberg or South Bend, we are all surrounded by the realities of oppression, and it is a privilege when we get to go through our daily lives without thinking about this. But just because we can doesn’t mean we should. Learn about the Nakba. Find out what events cultural student associations are holding and go. If your hometown is also resettling refugees, what can you do to support them? The world will only be a better place if we help educate each other and act on the weight of the privilege we wear.

Last week, my language professor told us that we should be excited for when we get so comfortable in our new home that we dream in German. How lucky I am that I have this to look for ward to, and how hard does the privilege of that anticipation push me to keep learning how to better live in solidarity and give myself to others.

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A call to refuse contempt Eddie Damstra Dinner Table Talks

This Tuesday, I had the opportunity to hear a lecture given by Dr. Arthur Brooks. Brooks is the president of the American Enterprise Institute, a conservative think tank, and a columnist for The New York Times. While I felt the entirety of the lecture was impressive and insightful, Brooks’ discussion of polarization and contempt particularly resonated with me.

Brooks told a story about a time when he gave a talk at a conservative conference and diverted from the rhetoric of other speakers at the conference by telling the audience that liberals are not “evil and stupid.”

Upon saying this, a woman in the front row shouted out “I disagree. I think that they are all evil and stupid.” Brooks said this woman’s comment offended him because he knows countless progressives, including his own parents, that could never accurately be described as either evil or stupid. He said that this woman’s comment was emblematic of a general contempt held by many conservatives towards liberals.

He emphasized that, of course, many liberals feel the same contempt towards conservatives.

Contempt, as Brooks said, is extremely dangerous. He said that his friend who works in reconciling marriages has found feelings of contempt to be the number one indicator of divorce. This is because contempt is different from anger. Anger suggests that an individual wants to initiate change. Holding

contempt means one has lost any hope of change and is resigned to feelings of disdain. In the context of politics, holding contempt for a person on the opposite end of the political aisle means one has surrendered any attempt to persuade or reason with the other individual and is instead destined to insult and demean.

The moral implications of political contempt are devastatingly severe. I believe we are seeing some of those implications play out today, as political discourse, particularly the discourse of our elected officials, has devolved to name-calling and vitriolic offenses. To continue down this path is to ensure the absolute and irrevocable fragmentation of America along ideological lines. In other words, feelings of political contempt could destine America to suffer a brutal divorce, just as Brooks noted so many couples experience.

Furthermore, contempt is fundamentally antithetical to the very aim of politics. Isn’t politics largely about convincing others of the merits of your ideas? How can you ever achieve this through hurtful rhetoric? The answer, of course, is that you cannot.

Persuasion only comes about through respectful dialogue.

Brooks suggested that instead of holding contempt for our political opposites, we should try to reason with them. We should respect their views and even try to find points of agreement. Efforts towards civil discourse are fundamental to the functioning of any successful society and we must attempt to restore such forms of respectful dialogue.

I felt particularly moved by this part of Brooks’ discussion of contempt because I believe that I have, at times, fallen into the trap of contempt. Brooks’ call to completely jettison all feelings of contempt resonated with me and left me determined to heed such advice.

It is important to note that refusing to feel contempt for those of opposing political views is not the same as conceding the validity of those views. I am a conservative, and as such I believe that many positions of the progressive left are unsound and could lead the nation in a wrong direction. However, I do not believe that progressives are inherently stupid or evil people. All of my liberal friends are highly intelligent and extremely good people. This does not mean that I agree with them, but it does mean that I refuse to allow my disagreement with their ideas to translate into contempt towards them as individuals.

In a time when the country is plagued with unprecedented levels of political polarization, I believe Dr. Arthur Brooks’ call to refuse feelings of contempt for our ideological opposites is essential. If we as a nation truly want to cease our descent towards utter disunion, we should all strive to abide by this advice.

Eddie is a senior majoring in economics and political science, with a minor in constitutional studies. He plans on attending law school after his time as an undergraduate at Notre Dame. He can be reached at edamstra@nd.edu The views expressed in this column are those of the author and not necessarily those of The Observer.

Thrift, thriving and liberal education John Sitter Tropospheria

Last month’s column looked at some of the ways unconscious figurative language may shape our values, such as in the habit of implicitly equating growth and health, increase and improvement, “up” and “good.” So, for example, if quarterly numbers for production and consumption rise, the economy is declared strong and robust.

But today let’s depart from the secular religion of growth and contemplate thrift.

“Thrift” may not be a word that makes your heart sing. According to a rigorous scientific study of the Notre Dame student body (I polled 17 students in an English class), thrift’s current associations are all negative: frugality, deprivation, self-denial.

But thrift wasn’t always a negative concept and, more importantly, need not be.

In the place I spend a lot of time commuting to, 18th-century England and America, “thrift” was a much livelier word, closer to its verb, “thrive.” To notice your neighbors’ thrift was not to see their deprivation but their well-being, self-sufficiency, even prosperity.

It’s worth working to recapture this connection between thrift and thriving at a time when we are so overspent. The deepest overspending in rich countries is not the sort dominating most political rhetoric: trade balances, annual government deficits or national debts. Instead, it is our personal, social and ecological overspending that call for several kinds of thrift.

The first of these is personal thrift. Among the most valuable things a good liberal education can contribute to students’ long-term happiness is an instinct for personal thrift. Such an education means more than understanding compound interest and learning that paying only the minimum credit card balance is a good way to stay in debt for 15 years.

Rather, a good liberal education develops the

ways of thinking, inner resources and motivations for living within your means. And a really first-rate liberal education can do even better, motivating you to live below your means.

Deep thrift is a desire to acquire knowledge before things. It is recognizing that, magnified by the imagination, a financial carrot quickly becomes a stick.

Deep thrift is not the only goal of liberal education, but it may be the most fundamental. It is a foundation for making education genuinely liberal — that is, liberating. It is what enables you to articulate high goals and make choices according with your ideals.

Much in our culture encourages us to confuse liberty with purchasing power, mistake consumer choices for freedom. But choosing not to purchase is often a true liberal art. The liberating force of thrift animates Thoreau’s insight that “a man is rich in proportion to the number of things which he can afford to let alone.”

Next is social thrift. We exercise social thrift as we think seriously about investing in our relationships and affiliations, choosing them well and keeping them in good repair. Social thrift builds on personal thrift but also helps build it up. The stronger and more rewarding our social connections, the weaker the lure of “retail therapy” or status symbols to affirm our identities.

A third way to think of thrift is environmentally, what I call ecological thrift. To practice ecological thrift is to reduce our impact on the environment, trying to become less “expensive” in our many demands on the natural world. These are mostly of two kinds: demands on nature’s resources to support our habits of consumption and demands on its capacity to absorb our wastes. Together they add up to our “ecological footprint.”

A sobering education can be had in five minutes by logging onto the Global Footprint Network, calculating one’s own footprint, and comparing averages by country. According to GFN’s estimates, it would take between four and five planet Earths to sustain the global population at the U.S. standard

of living.

As it is, the global population is “costing” about 1.7 Earths annually. Led by the most expensive among us, we earthlings are using resources at a much faster rate than they can naturally replenish themselves. The resulting deficit shows up as scarcer supplies and more plentiful pollution. This debt is one that should be making headlines. And how — not whether — to address it should be the focus of political debate.

An interesting alternative or complement to ecological thrift is the concept of “entropic thrift.”

The basic idea is that we have an obligation — for the sake of the rest of the world and future generations — to minimize our consumption of “low-entropy” (or high-energy) resources and production of “high entropy” (or low-energy) wastes.

It’s a provocative formulation because it reminds us that not just our fuels but virtually everything we use comes down to energy. Whatever it is, it takes energy to grow, harvest, build, package and dispose of it. Thus, energy is (as environmental philosopher Peter G. Brown puts it) a “fundamental good that underlies all other goods.” It is a requisite for life, including the life of future generations.

Thrift can provide a unified way of thinking about decisions we make at home and in the public world. In our homes, these range from what we buy to how many children we decide to have. In public, these include how we invest our labor (professional and volunteer), our money and our civic energies.

Learning deep thrift will be good for each of us and for what Pope Francis has called “our common home.” Let us use our liberal educations to thrive, to live below our means and above our wants.

Professor Sitter teaches courses in poetry, satire and environmental literature in the English department and team-teaches the introduction to the sustainability minor. He can be reached at jsitter@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: Speed up and get things done. This is a year of progress, but it’s up to you to make that happen. Don’t sit on the sidelines expecting someone else to take over. Build your future by physically going after what you want. Use emotional situations to motivate you, not to stop you in your tracks. Take on whatever comes your way. Your numbers are 7, 15, 21, 26, 32, 38, 43.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Settle down and settle in. Treat relationships with respect, and be willing to discuss how you would like to see things unfold. Partnerships will need nurturing, not ignoring. Take care of personal business, and you’ll feel better.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Don’t let the changes going on around you disrupt your day. Go with the flow, and you will find a way to navigate your way to greater stability. Love and romance should be priorities.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Travel plans will bring you one step closer to a pending problem you’ve been trying to resolve. What you discover will help you make a decision that will encourage you to do something you should have done a long time ago.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Emotional situations can lead to poor choices.

Before you get yourself into trouble, you should go over the consequences that will unfold should you decide to be reckless. A youngster or lover will try to manipulate you.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): You need to take a break. If things aren’t going your way at home or at work, visit someone levelheaded who can help you see your situation clearly. Overreacting will only make matters worse. Surround yourself with positive people.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Don’t question what others are doing when you should be focusing on what you are trying to achieve. It’s up to you to bring about the changes that will make you happy. A close friend or relative will offer solid advice.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Problems at home or with an older friend or relative should be handled with diplomacy. The changes that occur due to a personal situation will end up being beneficial if you put your time, thought and energy into a positive response.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Take precautions if you get involved in physical activities. Don’t feel obligated to keep up with someone who may be stronger or better prepared to handle a situation that requires strength. Concentrate more on personal improvement, not competing with others.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): A change regarding the way you earn your living may come as a surprise. Accept the inevitable; benefits will follow.

Home improvements should be made based on your needs or the needs of someone you love.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Don’t sweat the small stuff. Retaliation is a waste of time. How you respond matters. Do so with dignity, integrity and persistence. For those who think like you, your friendship will prosper, and for those who don’t, let them go.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Figure things out for yourself. If you let someone be your leader, you will end up having regrets. Keep your life simple and your overhead doable. Life isn’t a competition, and trying to make an impression isn’t recommended.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Explore your options and embrace change.

Reconnect with people you have enjoyed working or playing with in the past, and get involved in events and activities that are physically or financially beneficial. A commitment will improve your life.

Birthday Baby: You are disciplined, ambitious and proud. You are adventuresome and changeable.

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Bell has the right to hold out Luke Brizzolara Sports Writer

During the NFL Preseason, Pittsburgh Steelers Running Back Le’Veon Bell announced that he would not report to training camp, causing a ‘Twitterstorm’ and much public criticism —including from his own teammates.

Through three weeks of the NFL regular season, Bell’s holdout continues to be one of the hottest topics in the NFL. Sports analysts and fans have ripped into Bell, claiming that he is putting his own interests selfishly ahead of the team and that his absence has been a significant reason why the Steelers have underperformed through the first three weeks of the NFL season. The Steelers are currently .500, including a game that ended in a tie to last year’s worst team in the NFL, the Cleveland Browns. These critics are exactly right, but they should be praising Bell, not criticizing him.

Le’Veon Bell is doing what many players do not have the guts or the ability to do.

Le’Veon Bell is standing up to the NFL owners and the stranglehold they have on their players, and he is one of the few players talented enough to do so. NFL owners repeatedly take advantage of their players, and the NFL has arguably the worst Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) from the players perspective of the major sports leagues in the United States — NBA, MLB, and NHL being the other three major leagues. It has become common practice for NFL teams to draft players on player-unfriendly rookie deals, and then continuously franchise tag elite players for a few years to avoid paying a massive long-term deal.

Le’Veon Bell is standing up to his owner, something that countless players are unwilling and not talented enough to have the leverage to do.

Economically, Le’Veon Bell is right to hold out. At age 26, most running backs only have a few years left in their prime. Le’Veon Bell, who is not only the Steelers’ leading

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rusher, but also their second leading pass-catcher, is right to worry that this will be the only opportunity he has to secure a long-term deal before his body is unable to perform at All-Pro levels. Last year, he had over 400 touches, an astronomically high number that has to take a large toll on his body. If he wants to break the cycle of running backs continually being franchise tagged and not getting the lucrative long-term deals they want, Le’Veon Bell’s only option is to holdout.

Much of the criticism levied against Le’Veon Bell has claimed that he is quitting on his team. This criticism is unjustified. Le’Veon Bell is not quitting on his team, rather he is doing what is best for himself and his future, something that NFL teams do on an everyday basis. Le’Veon Bell does have an obligation to give his teammates his all when he is on the team, but he is currently not signed under contract, and therefore has no obligation to a team that won’t pay him what he thinks he deserves to be paid.

Ironically, Steelers players are only hurting their own long-term interests by calling out their former teammate who is trying to raise the market price.

Le’Veon Bell is sacrificing over $855 thousand per game, which is a large amount for any player, let alone an All-Pro running back who wants to secure his future. Ultimately, Le’Veon Bell’s primary obligation is to himself, and if he feels that risking brain damage and long-term injury for another year isn’t worth the $14.5 million franchise tag he is on, then his decision is justified. Owners and GMs are constantly praised when they make shrewd trades and are able to underpay players and off load unfavorable contracts. It’s time to start praising the players in the same way.

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Orioles earn 112th loss of season in double-header Associated Press

BOSTON — Chris Sale struck out eight over 4 2/3 innings in his final tuneup for an expected start in the AL Division Series opener before the Baltimore Orioles salvaged a split of Wednesday’s day-night doubleheader with a 10-3 victory over the Boston Red Sox. Boston won the opener 193, dealing the Orioles a franchise-record 112th loss. The Red Sox were 16-3 against Baltimore this year.

A major league-best 107-52, Boston opens the Division Series at home Oct. 5 against the New York Yankees or Oakland.

Sale left after giving up Adam Jones’ go-ahead, RBI double that made it 3-2 in the fifth. He threw 92 pitches, allowing three runs and four hits.

Sale was limited to one start in six weeks before of left shoulder inflammation but has gradually built up his

pitch count in four outings.

He had control trouble early, hitting two batters on sliders in the first inning as he allowed two runs.

Trey Mancini had a tiebreaking two-run single off Matt Barnes (6-4) in a threerun seventh and drove in three runs. Tanner Scott (32) worked 2 2/3 innings of one-run relief, and .Paul Fry pitched three hitless innings for his second save.

In the opener, J.D. Martinez had three of Boston’s season-high 22 hits, including a three-run homer that brought his major league-leading RBIs total to 127. The Orioles (46112) broke the franchise loss mark set by the 1939 St. Louis Browns went 43-111.

“Man, he doesn’t leave anyone for no one,” Xander Bogaerts said in mock anger after driving in four runs to reach 100 RBIs for the first time in his career and lead Boston to a 19-3 win.

The Red Sox had five homers and nine doubles and

matched their biggest scoring output this season. The 14 extra-base hits were the most in the majors this year and the most for Boston since 1950.

In the makeup of Tuesday’s rainout, David Price (16-7) settled down after an early stumble in his final start before the playoffs. He allowed three runs - all in the second inning - six hits and three walks, striking out six before leaving with a 10-3 lead after five.

“Probably I was one pitch from getting taken out of that game,” said Price, who is expected to start Game 2 of the AL Division Series against the New York Yankees or Oakland.

“To reel it back in ... was big.”

Rafael Devers had four hits and six RBIs, including two homers, and Mookie Betts had two hits to raise his major league-best batting average to .346. Betts also stole a base, making him the second player in Red Sox history with at least 30 homers and 30 stolen bases in a season.

MLB | jays 3, astros 1

Jays beat Astros 3-1, team says goodbye to Gibbons Associated Press

TORONTO — The Toronto Blue Jays gave outgoing manager John Gibbons a winning home sendoff Wednesday with a 3-1 win over the Houston Astros, who broke out the bubbly anyway.

The World Series champion Astros actually clinched another AL West title when Oakland lost in extra innings at Seattle well past midnight Tuesday.

Several of the Astros partied at a hotel meeting room, but they held a more traditional clubhouse celebration — complete with rain jackets and goggles — despite this loss. Houston opens their best-of-five Division Series matchup against Cleveland at home on Oct. 5.

Before the game, general manager Ross Atkins announced that Gibbons will not return next season. The 56-year-old Gibbons has one season left on a two-year contract extension he received in April 2017.

After getting the final out, Blue Jays closer Ken Giles gave the ball to Gibbons and the

Rogers Centre crowd of 22,828 rose for a standing ovation.

Gibbons was in the midst of a postgame interview when outfielder Kevin Pillar came out and doused his manager with a cooler.

Randal Grichuk hit a tworun homer and rookie Reese McGuire added a solo shot as the Blue Jays won with only three hits.

Grichuk connected off righthander Chris Devenski in the first, his career-best 25th home run. McGuire led off the fifth with a blast to right, the first of his big league career.

Joe Biagini (4-7) pitched 1 1/3 innings for the win and Giles, the seventh Toronto pitcher of the game, needed just five pitches to wrap it up in the ninth, earning his 25th save in 25 opportunities.

Devenski (2-3) allowed two runs and one hit in two innings.

Houston’s Carlos Correa returned after missing six games because of a sore back and started as the designated hitter. He went 1 for 4 with three strikeouts. His hit was an RBI single in the fourth.

Blue Jays rookie right-hander Sean Reid-Foley allowed one run and one hit in 3 1/3 innings.

He walked one and struck out five, including four straight in the first and second.

Trainer’s room Astros: RHP Lance McCullers Jr. (right elbow) struck out one in one perfect inning, his first career relief appearance in the regular season. McCullers Jr. last pitched Aug. 4 at Los Angeles against the Dodgers.

Blue Jays: 2B Devon Travis (left knee) will miss the rest of the season. Toronto selected INF Jon Berti from Double-A New Hampshire and transferred INF Brandon Drury (broken left hand) to the 60-day DL. Berti made his first big league start at second base and batted ninth.

Up next Astros: RHP Gerrit Cole (155, 2.92) starts Thursday in the opener of a four-game series at Baltimore. Cole has won five straight decisions. RHP David Hess (3-10, 5.14) starts for the Orioles.

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summer after my freshman year,” Schantz said. “That summer I was bouncing around from tournaments on the weekends to college v isits during the week. Because Notre Dame was so far away I never got a chance to v isit it in the summer. A fter v isiting ever y school in the summer I narrowed dow n my top three schools that I would go back and v isit in September of my sophomore year when school was in session and added Notre Dame to that list as well. I did my second v isit to the other three schools in early September and Notre Dame was my last v isit. As soon as I stepped on campus I knew it was where I needed and wanted to be.

I committed as soon as the plane landed back in Philly that Sunday night.”

A lthough Schantz committed relatively early in high school, he showed no complacency during the rest of career at Malvern, as his game continued to grow while he earned many awards and honors as a one of the more prominent high school lacrosse players in Pennsylvania. He earned A ll-Eastern Pennsylvania Scholastic Lacrosse Association selection, first team A ll-Inter-Ac pick and a U.S Lacrosse High School A ll-American during his senior year in 2015.

Sometimes it is hard for an athlete to make the transition from high school to the college game. But it didn’t take Schantz too long to get acclimated as he played in all 15 games as a freshman while recording three goals, four assists, 18 ground balls, and seven caused turnovers from the midfield. A fter a year of getting used to the college game, Schantz took his game to a whole new level during his sophomore season posting career highs six goals, five assists, 20 ground balls, and eight turnovers.

W hile posting career highs in numerous categories, Schantz was recognized as one of the top players midfielders in the countr y by earning the USIL A Third Team A ll-American, Inside Lacrosse Honorable Mention A ll-American and Inside Lacrosse Midseason Second Team A ll-American.

W hile hav ing plent y of success during his first two seasons w ith the Irish, the only thing missing was a championship, and in 2018, Schantz’s junior year, Notre Dame found a way to w in the ACC championship for the second time in school histor y against Virginia while facing a plethora of adversit y throughout the season.

“Last year was a year full of ups and dow ns for

our team,” Schantz said. “I thought we had all of the talent needed to get to championship weekend in May. Our team hit a major low in March/April when we were struck by injuries to our starting lineup. It wasn’t until the ACC tournament that we hit our stride. We went dow n to Charlottesv ille, [Virginia], and balled out.

We took dow n a ver y tough Duke team in the semifinals and advanced to the championship on Sunday against a powerful Virginia team.

We went out that day and had fun and played our best lacrosse of the season and won the ACC championship.

It was such an awesome experience and something I w ill never forget.”

After three seasons as a midfielder for the Irish, Schantz’s college career has been a successful one, earning indiv idual honors and an ACC championship. In order to have this success, Schantz sticks to what he does best on the field and plays his role to the best of his abilit y, even though it doesn’t always get significant recognition.

“My position is a unique position in lacrosse. Shortstick defensive midfield [SSDM] is a position that is v ital to a team’s success, does a lot of the dirt y work, but gets ver y little recognition. But I love it,” Schantz said. “We’re not the goal scorers or the f lashy guys out on the field but if you know the game of lacrosse, you know that SSDMs are an important part to a team. My strengths are in the clearing and transition game. I love hav ing the ball in my stick in the open field running it dow n and making plays happen in transition. I’ve made such a great connection w ith No. 50 Ryder Garnsey in transition. Him and I know how to work off each other and know when it’s the good time to push it or not.”

The 6-foot, 195-pound midfielder w ill look to continue to use his blue-collar st yle of play going for ward into his senior season w ith the Irish, which w ill also be another season w ith high expectations.

“I have high expectations for this season,” Schantz “I’m really excited to see the younger guys step up to the plate and contribute more. We have strong leadership w ith the upperclassmen and the underclassmen are strong players and w ill be great this year. The rule changes play to our advantage as a team. We are a team full of two-way midfielders who can score goals and be lock dow n on defense, which w ill be critical w ith the new rules. I’m looking for ward to seeing new guys shine. Our team chemistr y this year is the strongest its been since I’ve been here and that’s

v ital to hav ing a successful season.”

Even though Schantz is know n for being a big part of Notre Dame’s lacrosse team, he is also looking to earn his degree in the spring as well.

“I’m a management consulting major in the Mendoza school of business,” Schantz said. “I am hoping to get involved in the commercial real estate industr y after college.”

A lthough the spring is still months away, it w ill be worth the wait for Schantz as he has many things to look forward to as he looks to earn his degree, defend the ACC championship and possibly w in a national championship as he finishes out his career w ith the Irish.

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Irish junior midfielder Drew Schantz runs in Notre Dame’s 14-11 victory over Duke on April 27 to qualify for the ACC championship.

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Irish junior Matt Gamble returns a shot during Notre Dame’s 6-1 defeat by North Carolina on March 23 at Eck Tennis Pavilion.

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Irish senior Alex Lebedev winds up a forehand during Notre Dame’s 6-1 loss to North Carolina. The Irish next play in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

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look to build off his roundof-16 qualification at the UVA Masters, while sophomore Richard Ciamarra advanced all the way to the semifinals at the same competition and is aiming to keep that momentum going throughout the rest of the fall season.

Finally, at the W MU/ Vredevelt Inv itational, senior Nathan Griffin, sophomore Paul Gota, senior Daniel Rayl and juniors Johnathan Small and Conor Somers each earned at least one singles w in at the tournament, while Rayl was named champion of Flight B, w inning all three matches he played over the weekend.

The senior was later named to the A ll-Tournament Second Team.

For the Irish, the squad has started this season w ith several promising signs.

Notre Dame w ill now move on to the St. Francis Health System ITA A ll-American Championships (pre-qualif y ing) in Tulsa, Ok lahoma, this weekend. The tournament, hosted by Tulsa Universit y, is set to start Saturday at the Michael D. Case Tennis Center. It w ill include pre-qualif y ing, qualif y ing, main draw and the championship, which is set to be held Monday, Oct. 8. This is the 14th-straight year Tulsa w ill be hosting the tournament.

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28 at the Burke Golf Course at 1 p.m. To start the event, the women’s 5K in the Blue Division will start at 1 p.m., which will be followed by the men’s 5 mile in the Blue Division at 1:45 p.m.

After that, the Open Division men’s 5 mile and women’s 5K will begin at 2:30 p.m., and the tournament will be capped off by the Gold division women’s 5K at 3:15 p.m. and the Gold division men’s 5 mile at 4:00 p.m.

Following their secondstraight home race, the Irish will get two weeks off before heading to Madison, Wisconsin, for Pre-Nationals.

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By JACK JENKINS Sports Writer

Notre Dame has managed to find success early on in the season, starting w ith the Milwaukee Classic, which began last Thursday.

Senior Grayson Broadus, junior Guillermo Cabrera and sophomore William Howells all advanced to the round of 32 in the tournament. Broadus advanced to the round of 16 before being defeated, and Howells made it to the quarterfinals before Keenan Mayo of Illinois eliminated him.

Broadus and Cabrera competed in the doubles competition as well, making it to the quarterfinals, where they were eventually eliminated. Junior Matt Gamble and Howells managed to eclipse that doubles performance, making it to the semifinal round before coming up just short of a championship berth, losing 8-4.

Senior A lex Lebedev w ill see M TENNIS PAGE 11

Notre Dame ready for title run

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Irish senior Grayson Broadus hits a backhanded shot during Notre Dame’s 6-1 loss to North Carolina on March 23 at Eck Tennis Pavilion.

Just earlier this year, in April of 2018, the Notre Dameon its second ACC title, beating a highly-ranked No. 11 Virginia team in a conv incing 17-7 v ictor y.

The Irish had struggled w ith success due to injuries and other factors during the early stages of the season, but ultimately came together at the right time when it mattered in the postseason. The Irish have many key players and weapons on their team that helped them to their ACC title, and one of those key players is senior midfielder Drew Schantz.

Schantz, the son of Terr y and Tammy Schantz, is from A llentow n, Pennsylvania, where he played many sports as a kid, and lacrosse was not always at the top of his list.

“Grow ing up I played the stereot y pical football, basketball and baseball. A

bunch of my football buddies started play ing lacrosse in third grade so I gave it a tr y; I hated it and lasted t wo days,” Schantz said. “I kept play ing baseball until sixth grade. I officially didn’t start play ing lacrosse until fall of seventh grade and since then I’ve been fully invested in the sport.”

After identif y ing lacrosse as his main sport, Schantz attended Malvern Prep, where he lettered for four years on the lacrosse team under head coach John McEvoy. It didn’t take long for colleges to take notice of his lacrosse abilities.

After his freshman season, Schantz had already received many looks from colleges, but it was just about tr y ing to narrow his choices dow n to find the college that was right for him.

“Notre Dame saw me at a recruiting event the see M LACROSSE PAGE 10

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Irish prepare to host Joe Piane Invitational Observer Sports Staff

As they gear up to host the 63rd national Joe Piane Invitational this weekend at Burke Golf Course, Notre Dame is expected to face its toughest field of competition this season. This is the second event on Burke Golf Course for the Irish, as Notre Dame hosted the National Catholic Invitational earlier in the month, with both team easily beating its nearest opponent, Dayton.

Last year at the Joe Piane Invitational, the women finished 13th overall in a pool of 20 competing teams, while the men finished 17th out of 21 teams. Notably, the women finished five runners in the top100 last year, and senior Annie Heffernan was the first among the Irish runners to cross the finish line, placing in 24th out of 159 competitors total.

This year, a total of 39 teams will be competing in the field.

This competitive field includes 37 men’s teams and 31 women’s teams. And among the field, 20 of the men’s teams are regionally ranked and 17 of the women’s teams are regionally ranked, five of those teams

being nationally ranked, so the stakes will be heightened this week for the Irish.

In addition to the strong field expected to compete on Friday, senior Anna Rohrer will be making her return to the home course for the first time in two seasons due to injuries. Despite missing much of her collegiate career, Rohrer has built herself a reputation among the elites, being named the ACC Freshman of the Year as well as a two-time All American in the indoor 5,000-meter run. During her freshman year, Rohrer recorded a sixth-place finish at the national championship, second for the Irish behind former teammate and individual champion, Molly Seidel.

The women are currently ranked No. 23 in the nation.

Meanwhile, the men are ranked No. 5 in the Great Lakes region after they finished the season at No. 6 in the region last year, while the women sit at third overall in the ACC rankings.

The men, who finished seventh in the ACC championships last year, find themselves at No. 4 in the ACC Preseason poll.

The Joe Piane Invitational is set to begin this Friday, Sept.

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Irish sophomore Brian Griffith runs in the men’s championship five-mile event on Sept. 14 at Warren Golf Course at the National Catholic Invitational. Griffith finished 15th in the event with a time of 25:25.77.