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Students serve in Appalachia seminar The Center for Social Concerns sponsors fall break program, places students with community partners

By LAUREN BAKKE News Writer

Around 250 students made the trip to Appalachia during fall break this year through the Center for Social Concerns.

Kyle Lantz, director of the Social Concerns Seminars Program, said these seminars allow students to serve in a number of different states, including Kentucky, West Virginia, Tennessee and Virginia. There are 20 community partners around the region that welcome these students, he said.

“We are there for a short time to serve with them, ask questions, receive hospitality and encourage them,” Lantz said.

Sophomore Ethan Sunshine

said when he arrived in Wheeling, West Virginia, his living situation was far different from what he expected.

“On Sunday, we show up to this office building. We take the elevator up to the fourth floor, and they give us our living space,” Sunshine said. “It’s a pretty small room, maybe 25 feet by 25 feet. Just enough space for all 12 mattresses.”

Sophomore Malia Marshall said she spent her week in Jonesville, Virginia, installing vinyl siding on a family’s mobile home. She said learning about a region in poverty and actually going there were two very different things.

“I think it just provided me see APPALACHIA PAGE 4

SMAACS hosts annual experiment fair

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Sophomore Ethan Sunshine’s community house featured art depicting the principles of Catholic social teaching. Students visited Appalachia over fall break to volunteer through the Center for Social Concerns.

College group organizes spooky storytelling event

By COLLEEN FISCHER News Writer

Riedinger House at Saint Mary’s was full of mystery while stories from “Quiet Hours: Revealing the Mysteries” were shared over hot apple cider and doughnuts. “Quiet Hours” is a collection of ghost stories written by three Saint Mary’s alumnae.

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Student members of the Saint Mary’s Affiliates of the American Chemical Society conduct a science experiment for event attendees.

By MARIROSE OSBORNE News Writer

The Saint Mary’s Affiliates of the American Chemical Society (SMAACS) put on their annual Halloween Spooktacular for the children of professors and other elementary school students Tuesday, featuring a wide variety of kid-friendly chemistry experiments and demonstrations the group’s student members conducted.

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The program, which started several years ago, is open to the general public.

“We want to provide a way for kids to get interested in science,” Jennifer Fishovitz, chemistry professor and faculty advisor for SMAACS, said.

“They can see how science plays a role in everyday life and start asking important questions.”

The Halloween Spooktacular see SMAACS PAGE 3

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by the Saint Mary’s Class Gift Campaign.

Senior Maura Newell, co-chair for the Class Gift Campaign, and Sierra Jacob, assistant director of the Class Gift Campaign, said that the event has become a bit of a Saint Mary’s tradition. Class Gift Campaign opened up the doors of the usually mysterious Riedinger House in the hopes of raising awareness for philanthropy on campus, they

said.

“People always wonder ‘what’s in that house,’ so just an opportunity to open up a little about the history of Saint Mary’s,” Jacob said.

The house was built with donations to the College, and was intended for educational purposes by offering home economics majors the chance to see GHOSTS PAGE 4

‘Islamic modernist’ speaks on religious freedom Mustafa Akyol, a senior fellow at the Cato Institute’s Center for Global Liberty and Prosperity and a self-described “Islamic modernist,” gave a lecture titled “Religious Freedom in Islam” on Tuesday at the Eck Visitors Center, during which he promoted religious tolerance

throughout the world.

Akyol began the lecture by retelling a recent incident between him and the Malaysian religious police following a lecture he gave on apostasy in the country. Following his lecture on religious freedom, Akyol said, he was placed in front of a Sharia court for reciting the Quran without a permit, and was only released because of connections

between his father, the Turkish former president and the Malaysian monarchy.

The irony of this story provided a basis from which Akyol spoke on the need for more religious toleration in the Muslim world. Though many Westerners may feel that Islam is medieval and incongruent with toleration,

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consisted of two main elements: hands-on demonstrations and larger demonstrations that took place every half-hour from 6 to 8 p.m. Fishovitz said the club tries to add some new events each year, and among those this year were interactive tables where club members worked with kids so they could try out some experiments on their own.

There tends to be 100 to 200 kids at the event each year, and the median age is usually to be about 7 or 8 years old, Fishovitz said, but she noted there is a much wider variety of ages.

“We’ve had kids as old as maybe 15 or 16 and ones as young as 2 or 3,” she said. “I think we’re trying to aim for the 5 to 12 age group. It’s the best for this sort of thing, as it’s the age when they’re starting to explore the world a little more.”

The experiments the

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attendees could do at the tables include some time-tested favorites such as acid-base interactions, making slimes, creating smoke-filled bubbles using dry ice, color-changing solutions and invisible ink. There were also some new activities such as ice fishing, where kids can learn how salt affects ice, and a few new demonstrations including how to make a lava lamp.

“These are things you can do at home,” Fishovitz said. “We try to leave the slightly more dangerous experiments to the chemistry students who know to use proper safety equipment.”

For the first time, there was also an outside activity at this year’s Spooktacular. The club had a chemical solution turns either green, yellow or red when shaken, and members used it to play a game of red light, green light with a group of people outside.

Senior Kyra Dvorak, president of SMAACS, had been the main force behind organizing the

Spooktacular.

“This is our really big project for the year,” Dvorak said. “We start planning at the beginning of the semester and work from there. We have to decide what we’re going to do and how we can appeal to the kids because we have both newcomers and returners each year.”

Dvorak said there are several popular demonstrations that SMAACS likes to run from year to year, such as elephant toothpaste, in which students set off a large chemical reaction that creates foam and shoots it across the stage.

“We try to explain all the chemistry behind the experiments,” Dvorak said.

“Sometimes the kids don’t get it, but that’s OK. We just want to show them that science can do some really cool things and maybe set them down that path for the future.”

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Akyol said, there are many precedents for religious tolerance in its history.

“Islam has strong assets for religious freedom,” he said. “But also we have issues in Islam that we have to deal with and we have to reinterpret. … Muslims are proud to say at a time when in medieval Spain … the Catholics at the time were not very liberal … at that time in the Islamic world because it accepted the rights of Jews and Christians to remain as Jews and Christians — it was more liberal.”

Though this precedent exists, Akyol said the toleration was contingent on the religious minorities’ willingness to accept inferiority.

“This toleration — and toleration is the right word — was not based on equality,” he said. “Muslims made sure that they were the ruling, supreme nation. Jews and Christians are tolerated, but as inferior. And this has some clear expressions,

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one of them was that Jews and Christians were forced to pay an extra tax. … They could not serve in the military and in the state, so the state belonged to Muslims.”

Since this point in history, however, Akyol said the Islamic world has begun to fall behind the development of human rights.

“In the face of this modern development [of human rights] … there is a friction today still between modern definition of human rights and Islamic authorities and Islamic interpretations,” he said.

Akyol said change is happening, but such massive change does not occur overnight.

“Now, are there Muslims trying to deal with this issue and offer this reformation? Yes,” he said. “There are Muslim rulers, intellectuals, institutions, countries — this is a thing that’s been going on for more than a century. It began in the 19th century, it’s still going on, the battle is still going on. Let me tell you, it’s not that easy and fast to change a culture and civilization.”

Akyol offered a suggestion to begin encouraging this change.

“One way to bring human rights … is to minimize the role of Islamic law and bring secular laws that will establish equality,” he said. “And this has been tried, and it’s worked.”

Akyol pointed to the example of Turkey following World War I as an example of how secularization of laws can help modernize societies. Akyol also said the most permanent solution to advancing religious toleration is reinterpreting Sharia and the Quran altogether.

“Another approach is to reinterpret Sharia, and that’s what I’m interested in because once you push the religious convictions aside for secular institutions, they’re still there,” he said. “They will want to come back, and there will be a tension between them and the secular space.”

The best way to go about reinterpreting the Quran is through historicism, which focuses on divine intent in the context of the work’s initial production, Akyol said.

“God spoke not in a vacuum, he spoke in a context, in a society that had a culture,” he said. “Therefore, when you look at the Quran, you should look at the divine intent and you should bring it to today with the impact but not the social context.”

Whereas the West views many Middle Eastern countries as medieval, Akyol said, Middle Eastern countries view the West as exploitative and hypocritical. He said the best way for Western countries to promote secularization in Middle Eastern countries is to remain principled and set an example through their actions.

“If the West wants to help in advancing human rights … they can do one thing and that is to be principled,” he said. “Do not use these concepts for colonial design, do not use these concepts sometimes only to advance the rights of your own people, do not use these concepts to bash the regimes that are your enemies, but then, when the same [violations of human rights] are committed by the regimes that are your allies, don’t look the other way.”

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run a mock household. Now, the house is mostly used to entertain visitors to campus.

In the brief moments during the event, the house was returned to its former educational purpose and served as an example for giving, Jacob said.

“This fall we are trying to create awareness around philanthropy. Did you know that your tuition is reduced because donors give back to the college each year?” Jacob said.

Jacob said the event was not meant to raise funds, but to raise awareness.

“We are just trying to create awareness, and then donor challenge is ... where

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valuable perspective about poverty in the United States in a different way than I had before,” Marshall said.

“Poverty outside of the big city, Portland, [Oregon,] where I grew up. So that’s definitely something I took back with me.”

Although many people

students donate in order to help us reach certain goals,” Jacob said.

The event means to create awareness in the hopes of gaining contributors for the Class Gift Campaign, which enables current students to give back to the Saint Mary’s community.

“One of the goals of Class Gift Campaign is to increase awareness of students towards philanthropy and trying to get students to give, so this is one of our events that raises awareness for what we do,” Newell said.

Both Newell and Jacobs put effort into planning and organizing the event, but many other people including their committees and other organizations also helped to bring it all together.

“While planning the event we worked with residence life, and [resident assistants] and [hall directors] read ghost stories from ‘Quiet Hours,’ ... we organized the space, we have it catered, we have doughnuts and cookies and hot chocolate and cider so kind of a fun event in the spirit of fall and Halloween,” Jacobs said The book that they read from is a collection of ghost stories from students while they were at Saint Mary’s. It helps to share stories about the community across generations of Saint Mary’s students, Newell said.

“I think it is fun to see how interested [students are] in learning more about Saint Mary’s and hear the stories of Saint Mary’s,” Newell said.

The event is not only

educational about Saint Mary’s history and about how students can get involved in the future, but also about building community in the present. It helps students to connect across age and interest divides in a common history and cause, Jacob said.

“I think it is an opportunity for people to be together to occupy the same space: different years, different majors, the Office of Residence Life, Phonathon and student giving,” Jacob said.

Jacob said she hopes that the event plays a part in the positivity of the Saint Mary’s experience and helps students to realize the community they are a part of.

“Cultivating community and create a memorable event that when you are looking

back at your time at your Saint Mary’s experience maybe that is something that sticks out,” she said.

The event also had the simple draw of entertainment, Newell said.

“Bonding and telling stories and sitting around in a little house is really fun for students,” Newell said.

The event has the greater motive of gaining donors for the Saint Mary’s fund, which is returned to the community and the campus almost immediately, Jacob said.

“If you donate to the Saint Mary’s fund, it is the greatest impact on campus. It essentially goes to whatever the college needs most,” Jacob said.

think of Appalachia as a service organization, Sunshine said, it’s really more about immersion as a way to understand the reality of poverty.

“You have no idea how bad the actual effects of it are until you’re talking to people living in it,” Sunshine said.

“We had this man who came to [The House of Hagar] like every day, and he would eat one meal every two days. For all of his energy in between

these meals, the only thing he would do to get energy is drink Mountain Dew and coffee. He’d have two to three meals a week.”

In addition to the Appalachia program, Lantz said there are seven other seminars this fall, comprised of about 75 other students.

“These seminars are going deeper on various topics and issues that are relevant as we pay attention to the signs

of the times,” he said. “Our newest seminar, Sports and Social Concerns, does not have a fall break immersion but does participate in local experiences and considers how justice is challenged and strengthened through the arena of sports.”

Although this was her first time on an Appalachia seminar, Marshall said she participated in the Realities of Race seminar last spring.

“We visit lots of community organizations, advocates, law yers and religious organizations, and just talked to them about race in the U.S., and how that affects their work,” she said. “I think it just hit me how much things that I see as normal, everyday things are affected by race more than I realized.”

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Laughing in the face of fear Nicole Simon News Writer

I can count the number of horror movies I’ve seen on one hand. Not only am I not a particular fan of the genre, but I actively try to avoid it. It started in middle school, when I went to see “Mama” and hated every minute of the movie. I couldn’t finish “Jumanji” until 10th grade, and that isn’t even supposed to be scary. This summer, I begrudgingly watched “The Conjuring” with friends, though I spent the majority of the movie with my eyes closed. Needless to say, I really, really dislike horror movies. The reason is simple: They scare me, and I dislike the feeling of fear.

I’m not the only one. Plenty of people share my dislike of horror films, and I’m sure even more share my aversion to fear. The fear of fear is probably as natural a feeling as fear itself. Fear follows us from the movie theater and shows up on amusement park rides. It affects us when we’re in a fight with a friend or planning for the future. Fear, like any emotion, has incredible range. It can be as petty as the fear I feel when watching a scary movie or as profound as fearing for your life. Though opposite extremes of the spectrum, the feeling in both circumstances is the same. The solution I’ve found, then, is simply to avoid situations that induce fear, whether they’re fictional or real. Quite recently, though, I’ve discovered a new cure: humor.

Master Pancake is a comedy troupe based in Austin, Texas, that screens films while comedians provide live comedic relief. Everything in the theater is the same as a typical movie theater — massive screen, comfortable seating, buttered popcorn — except for three seats in the front row reserved for the three performers who sit alongside the audience with mics in hand. My friends and I went to see the classic horror film “Scream,” which I had (unsurprisingly) never watched. I wasn’t sure what to expect; my friends assured me I wouldn’t be scared, but I couldn’t help but remember every other one of my horror movie experiences.

In some ways, the experience was similar. The movie they showed was the exact same classic horror film with all the jumps, screams, blood and creepy voices. The only difference was the comedians’ perspectives on it. They laughed at it. They joked about it. They pointed out the ridiculousness of it all. When a character was trying to be serious, they undermined his or her delivered line with a punchline of their own. I found myself laughing throughout a horror film. Sure, there were times when I felt that familiar drop in my stomach, but I enjoyed the experience — but not because I wasn’t scared. It wasn’t that I didn’t feel afraid. I felt the fear, and I laughed at it.

So maybe the solution is not to eliminate or avoid fear. Maybe we ought to face fear head-on, change our interpretation of it and laugh at it. It’s not a change in emotion, but a change in perspective.

Fear is an inevitable feeling, and trying to avoid it is ultimately a useless attempt. But perhaps by recognizing it and dealing with it, we can become better equipped to deal with it when it does arise. For my part, I plan on not going to bed when the late-night horror movie comes on, but on watching it and laughing at the fear.

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Ranking the American regions visit, not as great of a place to live all the time.

Davis Gonsalves Highest-Ranking Column According to Me

7. South Florida

When I started to rank things for this publication, I knew this list was inevitable. I took my time to write it because of the controversy I knew would ensue in two ways. One is because I am literally ranking a core essence to everyone’s being which includes their friends, family, favorite food and even pets. The second is because I am conceptualizing a region with which you may not agree. Is St. Louis part of the South or the Midwest? Is South Florida its own region? Should Northern and Southern California be split? These are not easily answered questions, but I made my regions based on data from geography-based meme groups on Facebook, of which I am an active member. Rankings come from objective truth since I have obviously proven myself as the adjudicator of all things.

8. Alaska These are both regions I can humbly say I do not know much about. I decided to go with South Florida as a separate region starting at Interstate 4 and moving down to Miami and Key West. Both of these I get perspectives of from media mainly, with some personal opinions sprinkled in. They seem attractive for certain reasons (the party scene and warm weather of South Florida, the nature and individualism of Alaska), but I do not know enough personally to rank them too high or too low.

9. The South 10. The Gulf Coast

This region is the heart of the United States’ and modern-day Western World’s culture. It includes the major cities and suburban sprawl from Washington, D.C., and its Northern Virginia area through Baltimore, Philadelphia, New Jersey, New York City and surrounding counties up to Fairfield and New Haven counties in Connecticut. It’s best defined by a night map that shows light because, like its flagship city of New York, it never sleeps. One goes there for art, business, politics, entertainment, history, whatever. It has all you need and is the center of the country culturally for a reason.

The South would be the majority of area in the states Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky, Southern Virginia, Northern Alabama and Northern Florida. The gulf coast is defined as the extension of coastal Houston through New Orleans and up to Tallahassee, Florida. Both of these are quite similar with amazing, fattening foods and some fantastic cities. Once you get out of the “hotspots” you are left with pretty bare and undesirable parts of the country, though. Although I love seafood, the Gulf Coast is just a hair below the South because it does not contain as much of the charm, and I think I like “Forrest Gump” too much.

2. Western California

11. Midwest/Great Lakes

1. The Atlantic Corridor

I did not divide Northern and Southern California but I did divide from the agricultural and more empty Eastern and the more populated Western California extending from the Bay Area to San Diego. This too is a hub of culture seen best with Hollywood and in business with Silicon Valley. Are you reading this on an Apple product? Thank this region and its massive economy paired with a diverse population. Beautiful and sunny, but it lacks the gravity and historical significance of the Atlantic Corridor so I put it just below.

3. New England Small but intimate describes this part of the U.S. perfectly. Few areas have such defined regionalism as New England, consisting of all of New Hampshire, Vermont, Maine, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, the rest of Connecticut and definitely no part of New York.

They share a common history and even have a joint State Fair. Headlined by the wonderful city of Boston, New England also contains beautiful forests and coastline. Yes, it may not have the quite the number of opportunities as the two regions before it, but it holds its own just fine.

4. Pacific Northwest 5. Rocky Mountains These next two are extremely similar, so I’ve grouped them to show how closely their ranks fell. In a completely biased manner, I ranked my home region No. 4 because of its beautiful landscape, quirky culture and because I’m making the list and you’re not so I get to put it top five, deal with it. The Rocky Mountain region is similar, but most only think of its Colorado portion when making an opinion. If Colorado were its own, it very well may push higher, but the Rocky Mountains include parts of Idaho, Wyoming and Montana that, although they can be nice, limit how high I’m willing to rank.

6. Hawaii Hawaii is so culturally and geographically isolated from the rest of the U.S. that I had to rank it separately.

There is not much to say about the state necessarily.

It’s absolutely beautiful with warm weather yearround, but it costs quite a bunch of money to live there and island fever can be a real thing. Great place to

12. Appalachia I feel these rankings will be the most controversial because of the experiences of Notre Dame students.

There is nothing specifically wrong with the Midwest or Appalachia except for the dying industries and lack of cultural destinations outside a few specific areas.

Even grouping the Midwest is difficult. I went with your standard Wisconsin, Indiana, Illinois, Ohio and Michigan, but also included parts of Pennsylvania and upstate New York all the way to Eastern Minnesota. I have loved my time at ND, and likewise, the one service trip I went on to Appalachia was pretty sweet.

You’re crazy, though, if you think this is my top spot to live or visit outside of what is personally significant.

Don’t think of this too much as being low on the list, think of the other regions as being just really high.

13. Great Plains 14. The Empty West 15. The Southwest The Gadsden Purchase was a mistake, simple enough. The Empty West are the regions of Eastern Washington, Oregon and California; Western Utah and Idaho; and most of Nevada and its Great Basin.

There are not good areas, but at least people respect that by not living in its uninhabitable heat and lack of resources. However, the Southwest does not follow this trend by making cities in the middle of nowhere and deciding to populate them. Like King of the Hill says, Phoenix is a testament to man’s arrogance. It can be 117 degrees out and people from the Southwest will say it’s OK because it’s a “dry heat.” No, it’s not, it is still unbearable. The Great Plains don’t need much description because, like its region, there is not much substance to it.

Davis loves to rank people, places, things, ideas and sometimes even verbs. His current senior year places fourth among years, his neuroscience major places seventh, and his theology major ranks third among all majors. Contact him at dgonsalv@nd.edu to be placed first in his heart.

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

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Stopping superstorms — the world is our oyster Meredith Soward BridgeND

Hurricane Michael’s death toll is at least 39 and its economic damages are expected to surpass $30 billion. This most recent superstorm pales in comparison to previous storms, including Maria, Harvey, Irma and Sandy, which have directly and indirectly resulted in almost 4,000 deaths and hundreds of billions of dollars in damages. Politicians are discussing solutions as extreme as building physical sea walls, but what if the answer is much simpler, more economical and better for the environment? What if we could be protected by ... oysters?

It sounds ludicrous, but oysters are one of the best adaptations to mitigating damages from superstorms. Oyster reefs used to grow naturally in coastal areas before water pollution made it impossible for them to survive. Yet a developed system of oyster reefs would break up tidal energy during superstorms, lessening their impact before they even reach the shore and preventing mass destruction.

In fact, a University of Massachusetts study found that a model without oyster reefs “showed as much as a 200 percent increase in wave energy when compared to the oyster reef cases.” Oyster reefs could decrease the power of superstorms significantly, just like the proposed seawall, but would take little work to create and maintain. According to Smithsonian Magazine, these reefs could be created by dumping “old oyster shells or bits of rock or crushed concrete, on the seafloor and ‘seeding’ them with oyster larvae.

The larvae attach to the shells or rocks and begin to grow.”

Sure, this ecosystem-based adaptation is better for the environment than placing tons of concrete in the ocean,

but is it cost-effective? New York City has already pledged upwards of $1 billion toward its sea wall, and the proposed barrier could cost upward of $20 billion. In contrast, Paul Greenberg suggests in “American Catch” that complete restoration of an oyster reef barrier would likely only cost around a billion. Although even $1 billion seems high, it pales in comparison to the $50 billion to $100 billion in damages caused by each superstorm. Once established, oyster reefs will continue to grow and renew indefinitely, avoiding the additional costs of maintaining and expanding a human-built wall.

Oyster reefs also provide additional benefits, such as cleaning polluted water, restoring essential ecosystems and decreasing sea level rise. A single oyster can filter 50 gallons of water per day, making them vital to making polluted coastal waters swimmable and fishable once more.

According to Greenberg, filtered water helps grow marsh grasses, stabilize shorelines and produce the most food energy per acre of all ecosystems. It is also possible that the oysters would be edible after about 50 years, but currently, the waters being considered for oyster reef restoration are too polluted to grow edible oysters. Since oysters make coastal waters more shallow, a fully grown oyster reef can also balance out the rising sea-levels, preventing flooding in key areas. Each of these improvements strengthens the economic case for oysters — in the Chesapeake Bay, the water quality improvements provided by oysters are estimated to be over $200 million, while increasing fish habitats is expected to increase annual revenue by up to $4 million.

The political feasibility of this adaptation, however, is less clear. Although the purpose of the oyster reefs would not initially be to produce food, politicians are generally

unwilling to take a risk on polluted oysters. In 2010, the New government shut down an organization that had created 50 oyster gardens far off the coast, citing concerns about individuals getting sick from consuming poached oysters.

There are viable solutions to avoid poaching such as placing large signs advising against harvesting the oysters, marking the oysters so they cannot be sold, placing the oysters far offshore and inaccessible or mandating that restaurants and stores test batches from unknown manufacturers to ensure they are safe to eat. Furthermore, the social, economic and political benefits of avoiding a catastrophic hurricane should far outweigh the political risks.

Hope remains for the oyster champions, as New Jersey’s ban on oyster reef research was overturned in 2016. Martin County, Florida, began its oyster reef restoration program even before the state’s recent superstorm, and Staten Island installed its first reef in August. Other coastal communities threatened by future superstorms would be wise to invest in this renewable, cost-effective form of storm resilience.

When it comes to creative solutions to natural disasters, the world is our oyster.

Meredith Soward is a senior studying political science with minors in sustainability and the Hesburgh Program in Public Service. She has worked on international environmental issues in Uganda, Hungary, London and D.C., and hopes to pursue a career in sustainability after graduation. The viewpoints expressed in this column are those of the author and not necessarily those of BridgeND as an organization.

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

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Women of ND response to men’s request for filter Dear Men of Notre Dame, As the women of Notre Dame, we stand in solidarity with your request to filter out pornography on Notre Dame’s wireless internet networks.

Every human person is worthy of the utmost dignity and respect. Pornography use at Notre Dame threatens this respect by preventing men and women from encountering the full personhood of one another in friendships and relationships. How? Pornography propagates a mindset that people, especially women, are mere sex objects.

Men often say they are capable of separating “real life” from pornography, and that it has no effect on how they see and treat “real women.” However, the reality is that the brain is flexible and plastic, and pornography trains men’s minds to look at women as tools — bodies to surfeit sexual desire and then be discarded. Pornography sucks the energy and will out of men to see and respect women comprehensively: mind, heart, body and soul. What we do affects how we think, how we feel and how we view others. It is immature to pretend otherwise.

Multiple studies have indicated that pornography incites the perception that women are objects. According to one study, adolescents who use pornography are more likely to view women in purely sexual terms. In addition, a 2011 study demonstrated that men who use pornography perceive women to have less of a capacity for complex thinking and reasoning.

The wide consumption of pornography does irreparable harm to relationships between Notre Dame men and women. This demeaning and often violent content encourages its users to place the selfish seeking of personal pleasure over the development of committed relationships. It makes people believe human connection consists of fleeting sexual intensity opened and closed as easily as a web browser. Thus, it essentially takes away the ability to

love. It should not surprise us that infidelity rates dramatically increase and divorce rates skyrocket when one partner frequently uses pornography.

In an era when sexual assault is pervasive and women fight to make their voices heard, we must face the fact that pornography use is often correlated with sexual assault. The Michigan State Police found that pornography was used or imitated just prior to or during the crime in 41 percent of the 38,000 sexual assaults that occurred in Michigan from 19561979. In addition, the FBI’s statistics demonstrate that in 80 percent of violent sex crimes, pornography was found at the home of the offender or the scene of the crime. As sexual assault has occurred all too frequently at Notre Dame — 21 percent of Notre Dame women and 4 percent of Notre Dame men have experienced “non-consensual sexual contact” while a student, according to a 2016 Universityconducted survey — it is critical we attack the root of this culture of perversion and degradation.

Notre Dame already prohibits the viewing of pornographic material on campus Wi-Fi. But a written rule alone does nothing to stop its rampant consumption, and this rule is rarely, if ever, enforced. It is time for the University to take a serious stand against pornography and implement a filter on Notre Dame’s Wi-Fi of the top-25 pornographic sites.

If a filter of the top-25 pornographic sites were implemented, everyone who accesses pornography on campus would immediately be told that Notre Dame does not stand for such content. They would be told definitively that every person is of the greatest dignity and value, composed of mind, heart, body and soul, and that no one should ever be treated as just a sexual object for someone else’s pleasure.

This message would always endure concretely in the form of the filter, present to everyone who ever tries to use obscene content at Notre Dame.

A filter (which is easy to implement technologically) would by no means eliminate the viewing of pornography on campus. However, a filter would cause some students to contemplate, maybe for the first time, why the use of pornography is wrong. For others who are working to overcome an addiction to pornography, a filter could incite them to stop themselves whenever temptation strikes. Others might not even bother with pornography if they have to navigate around the filter to find unblocked material.

As women at Notre Dame, we implore the University to implement this filter of the top-25 pornographic sites. We want a filter because we want to be seen and treated by our Notre Dame brothers for who we are: their sisters in Christ who are worthy of the greatest dignity and respect. We want a filter because we want to eliminate sexual assault and sexual abuse on our campus. We want a filter because we care deeply about Notre Dame students — including women — who struggle with pornography addictions.

As women who respect ourselves and want to help men respect us, we stand against pornography. Our Lady’s University should do the same.

We encourage you to sign the online petition to filter out pornography at bit.ly/ndpornfilter — we hope you will stand with us and the 1,000 students, faculty and staff who have already pledged their support.

Sincerely, The Women of Notre Dame Ellie Gardey Vice President, Students for Child-Oriented Policy sophomore Oct. 19 For the full list of signatures, please visit www.ndsmcobserver.com

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Horoscope | Eugenia Last Happy Birthday : Strive for peace and tranquility. Walk away from adversity. Balance, equality and integrity will guide you to a positive end result. Purge, plan and take a progressive step for ward. Leave what doesn’t work for you anymore in your rear view mirror and concentrate on what’s doable and will lead to the lifestyle that suits you best.

Change requires initiative, foresight and desire. Your numbers are 2, 9, 14, 27, 32, 38, 49.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Think twice before you respond. Emotions will take over if you let someone test your temper. Gravitate toward people who share your beliefs and have an interest in similar goals. A group effort will give more strength to your objective.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Hold back information if it will buy you time to tweak what you are working on or tr ying to achieve. Learn from someone with experience when it comes to making physical moves that can alter your looks, future or position.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Dig in and get things done. Now is not the time to discuss your plans; it’s time to initiate the change that will put you in a better position. Take charge and stay focused on the end result.

CANCER ( June 21-July 22): Take control and do what you do best. Set your priorities straight, and make it clear to ever yone around you what you want and what you are willing to give. Partnerships will be to your advantage and promote unique results.

LEO ( July 23-Aug. 22): Get the lowdown before confronting someone about matters that will affect your relationship. Once you’ve expressed your thoughts and feelings, you cannot take your words back. Show compassion, patience and understanding, and tr y your hardest to get along.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Make a statement, and you’ll make a difference. Speak up, share your thoughts and be ready to act. Be a part of the solution, and you’ll make new friends while earning respect and support from people who have something unique to offer.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Instigate what you want to see happen. How you move for ward will make a difference in the way you feel about who you are and what you stand for. Don’t back down. Make your voice heard and your actions count.

SCORPIO(Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Look for options that are unique. Doing things differently will give you a new perspective on how to move for ward. Think big, but when it comes to making decisions or taking action, be moderate.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22- Dec. 21): Take care of business. Stepping up and getting things done will have an impact on the way you feel and the way others treat you. Accomplishment is the antidote for feeling down and o ut.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Stay calm, even if you are blindsided with an emotional situation. Counter with a good attitude, kindness and consideration. Positive change will help you persuade others to see and do things your way. Do your best to get along with ever yone.

AQUARIUS ( Jan. 20-Feb. 18): A reunion can bring back both good and bad memories. Don’t let anyone take advantage of you or pressure you into doing something that you don’t want to do. Arguing will be detrimental. All you have to do is say no.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Set your course and stay on track. You can wheel and deal, negotiate, draw up and sign contracts or anything else that will bring you greater stability. Celebrate your success with someone you love. Personal change is favored.

Birthday Baby: You are ambitious, responsible and persistent. You are strong-willed and competent.

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NBA | PISTONS 133, 76ers 132

Give the Cy Young Griffin scores career-high as Pistons top 76ers to deGrom Elizabeth Greason Assistant Managing Editor

It’s campaign season. As the midterm elections approach, I’d like to draw your attention to a candidate who deserves your undivided attention: the one and only Jacob deGrom. The New York Mets ace is battling it out for the National League Cy Young Award after producing one of the single-most-impressive seasons in baseball history. And he only won 10 games. deGrom’s 1.70 ERA does all the talking it needs to (although there are other, incredibly impressive stats to embellish it that I’ll get to).

This season, he became just the 11th pitcher in the last 100 years to finish with a 1.70 ERA or lower. Zack Greinke did it in 2015, and before him, it was Greg Maddux in 1994 and Mets legend Dwight Gooden tabbed a 1.53 in 1985.

His ERA didn’t f luctuate much, no matter the level of talent he was pitching against. deGrom finished the season with a 1.79 ER A against teams with a 0.500 record or better. The nextbest pitcher in that category walked away with a 2.58.

That’s a notable difference. deGrom’s iffy record of 10-9 was an unfortunate result of the Mets’ inability to score any runs. Ever. Especially when deGrom was on the mound. If the Mets had been able to score just two runs in each of his starts, deGrom’s record would have risen to an undeniably good 20-6.

With three runs per start, he would be sitting pretty at 25-1. And at four runs per start, the 30-year-old would have himself a 30-0 record.

Incredible. deGrom’s winloss record is not indicative of his skill or talent. He’s even the first pitcher ever to record such a low ERA with 10 wins or fewer.

The Cy Young Award is meant to honor the best pitcher in each league. Not the winningest pitcher in each league. deGrom was undeniably the best pitcher in the National League this season.

Let’s take a quick look at deGrom’s competition.

Philadelphia Phillies right-hander Aaron Nola had himself a fantastic season.

He has the next-best ERA to deGrom’s in the NL: 2.37.

That’s 0.67 points higher than deGrom’s. Just saying. Jacob deGrom’s ERA is over half-a-point better

than the next-best pitcher in his league. Yes, Nola was able to come away with a better record (17-6), but that’s because he played for an objectively better team.

Nola protected himself well against the long ball, only giving up 17 home runs on the entire season. But deGrom was better, only allowing 10 homers in 32 starts.

Nola walked 58 batters, and Nationals star Max Scherzer walked fewer with 51. But again, deGrom takes the cake among the three of them, with just 46.

In fact, the only major category in which he doesn’t lead among the three is strikeouts. deGrom tops Nola with 269 strikeouts, compared to 224, but Scherzer tallied 300. deGrom also proved this season he isn’t afraid to stay in the game, pitching 217 innings, just shy of Max Scherzer’s 222 maximum. deGrom even provided for his team offensively, with a 0.164 batting average and five RBIs. Not too shabby for a pitcher.

As his hair has gotten shorter, his pitching has gotten even better. Over the years, deGrom has matured from a stellar pitcher with a f loppy mop of hair that prompted the Mets to start up a #FeartheHair hashtag, to a close-cut, smiling and unf lappable All-Star, who did not give up a single hit in a bases-loaded situation this season.

Jacob deGrom’s season made MLB history in many ways. He’s still in the midst of a 29-start streak of giving up three runs or fewer, which tied the MLB record, and broke the longest singleseason record (one that went back decades).

He is the only pitcher in the MLB’s modern era — since 1900 — to have an ERA below 2.00, record more than 2.00 strikeouts, fewer than 50 walks and 10 or fewer home runs in a season. Let me repeat that.

That is a feat not a single human being has accomplished in the last 118 years.

And there are people out there arguing that this man doesn’t deserve the Cy Young Award?

Don’t let his record fool you. As the Mets like to claim, deGrom was truly deGrominant this season.

Contact Elizabeth Greason at egreason@nd.edu The views expressed in this Sports Authority are those of the author and not necessarily those of The Observer.

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DETROIT — Blake Griffin scored a career-high 50 points and had the gamew inner after he was fouled on a driv ing lay up w ith 1.8 seconds left as Detroit topped Philadelphia 133132 in a w ild overtime thriller on Tuesday night.

JJ Redick’s four-point play w ith 5.6 seconds left in overtime set up Griffin’s dramatics, while Joel Embiid, who had 33 points and 11 rebounds, missed a potential game-w inner at the buzzer.

Redick had 30 points and scored a 3-pointer while being fouled by Reggie Jackson after the Pistons point guard made t wo free throws to take a 130-128 lead.

The 76ers were w ithout Ben Simmons, out because of back tightness.

Griffin faked a handoff on the final play and drove the lane for the basket, getting fouled by Robert Cov ington.

He made the ensuing free throw for the w in.

Griffin was 20 of 35 from the field, going 5 for 10 on 3-pointers, scoring his most points as a member of the PIstons for the second straight game.

He scored 22 points in the second quarter and had 28 in the half, despite missing his first six free throws. He also dunked on Embiid w ith 3:50 to go in the second quarter.

Jackson had 23 points and Ish Smith scored 21 for the Pistons, who are 3-0 for the first time since 2015-16, the last time they made the playoffs.

In overtime, Griffin and Smith had 3-pointers to give the Pistons a 126-120 lead.

But Redick had a traditional three-point play and then a 3-pointer as the 76ers tied it at 128-all w ith 2: 03 left.

Detroit took the lead for the first time since late in the first quarter as t wo Griffin free throws put the Pistons up 111-110 w ith 3: 09

remaining.

Then, dow n the stretch of regulation, the teams traded the lead six times, w ith three ties.

After Embiid missed a 3-pointer and Reggie Bullock missed a runner in the lane, Dario Saric had an open look on a 3-pointer but missed it in the closing seconds, forcing overtime.

Markelle Fultz tied his career high w ith 13 points, knocking dow n a long t wopointer for the game’s first points and later making his second career 3-pointer.

Reggie Jackson added 17 points for the Pistons.

Up next 76ers: Wednesday they w ill play Milwaukee, which has won its first three games. The Bucks are averaging 118.3 points per game.

Pistons: Thursday they host Cleveland, which w ill be on a back-to-back after play ing host to Brook ly n on Wednesday.

NBA | Pelicans 116, Clippers 109

Davis hits clutch three, Pelicans win over Clippers Associated Press

NEW ORLE A NS — A nt hony Dav is high lighted a 34-point a nd 13-rebound per forma nce w it h a clutch lef t-w ing 3 w it h less t ha n t wo minutes rema ining, a nd t he New Orlea ns Pelica ns rema ined unbeaten t hrough t hree ga mes w it h a 116-109 v ictor y over t he Los A ngeles Clippers on Tuesday night.

New Orlea ns won for t he f irst t ime when Nikola Mirot ic st r uggled f rom 3-point ra nge. He was 0-for-6 f rom deep, but st ill ma naged to score 18 points a nd g rab 12 rebounds.

Elf rid Pay ton scored 20, including a 3 t hat made it 113-103 w it h just less t ha n a minute to go. Ju lius Ra nd le added 18 points before fou ling out w it h 2 :17 to go.

Tobias Ha rris scored 26 points a nd Da nilo Ga llina ri 24 for t he Clippers, who were play ing t heir f irst

road ga me of t he season a f ter w inning t heir prev ious t wo at home. Lou Willia ms added 17 points for Los A ngeles, which na rrowly outshot New Orlea ns but was done in by 17 turnovers.

New Orlea ns shot just 39.6 percent (19 of 48) in t he f irst ha lf, a f ter which t he Clippers led 62-59.

But t he Pelica ns sei zed cont rol w it h a 21-4, t hirdqua r ter r un t hat bega n w it h E’Twaun Moore’s 3, which t ied t he ga me at 66.

Moore, who had 14 points, added a not her 3 a nd Dav is a lso hit f rom deep during t he decisive surge. Mirot ic, Pay ton a nd Jr ue Holiday a lso chipped in w it h points during t he r un t hat gave t he Pelica ns a 13-point lead.

The Clippers never t rimmed t heir def icit below f ive points a f ter t hat.

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percent (41 of 87) but missed 15 of 20 3-point attempts. ... Pat rick Beverley a nd Mont rezl Ha rrel l each scored 12 points. ... Los A ngeles reser ves combined for 45 points.

Pelica ns: New Orlea ns scored 27 points in t he f irst qua r ter a nd 25 in t he four t h, ma rk ing t he f irst t wo t imes t hat t hey fa i led to score at least 30 in a qua r ter in t heir f irst t hree ga mes. They scored 32 points in second a nd t hird qua r ters. ... The Pelica ns missed seven of t heir f irst eight 3-point attempts a nd f inished 6 of 24 f rom deep, w it h t wo of t heir made 3s coming in t he cr ucia l f ina l t wo minutes. ... Holiday had eight points a nd nine rebounds. ... The Pelica ns committed eight turnovers.

Up next Clippers: Visit Houston on Friday.

Pelica ns: Host Brook ly n on Friday.

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We have to prepare for both.

There’s probably [senior] Zach Abey also healthy, he could play the quarterback position. We’re running a lot of different looks at our defense at the quarterback position right now.”

One of the things the Midshipmen do best is control time of possession, averaging over 35 minutes per game with the ball. Kelly said his team is doing its best to make sure it can maximize the impact of each possession, because it does not know how many chances to score it will have in the game.

“They’re extremely efficient,” Kelly said. “They’ve given us all that we can handle year in and year out. There has to be an incredible sense of urgency on the offensive side of the ball by maximizing possessions, quite frankly every snap, because you just don’t know how many possessions that you will, in fact, get. Scoring points is absolutely crucial.”

Notre Dame and Navy are quite familiar with one another, as they face off each year.

Most recently, the Irish defeated the Midshipmen at Notre Dame Stadium, 24-17. However, Navy took the victory the previous season, defeating Notre Dame by a one-point margin.

In order to prepare for Navy’s unique format of a triple-option offense, Notre Dame has had three quarterbacks practicing under center on the scout team this week to be ready for each of Navy’s potential three quarterbacks.

“We have three different quarterbacks that are running that offense right now,” he said. “[Freshman wide receiver] Lawrence Keys is Malcolm Perry. We have a walk-on that is Garret Lewis that is doing a really good job for us. Then I think Zach Abey, who is big, physical, we’ve moved a couple of guys in there to give us more of a quarterback sweep load kind of look. [Freshman quarterback] Phil Jurkovec has been

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game as both teams played impressive defense until the 77th minute, when Muya netted her seventh on the season off an assist from Fisher. The strong push toward the end of the game proved to be shy of enough for the Irish as the Hoakies held on for the win.

Finally, on Sunday, the Irish travelled to Pittsburgh for their final road game of the regular season and came out on top with a 2-0 win over the Panthers. After a quiet start, Notre Dame earned a free kick in the 13th minute, which was followed with chaos in front of the net before Fisher got ahold of the ball and scored her third

in there. We’ve had three quarterbacks in there.

“We’ve done a really good job. We spent a lot of time with that scout team outside of this week just working on the mechanics of it in the spring, preseason, so when we get into this it’s run effectively, to the level it can be. It’s never going to be as effective. You’re never going to play with the kind of speed that you need to.”

Bye week Kelly said the bye week came at a good time for Notre Dame, because, as it corresponded with fall break, it allowed students to truly take a full break and get to relax and go home.

“When school closes, it would be awesome to get the kids out of here and really truly let them get home, let them be with their families,” he said. “I think that’s probably the best situation as it relates to physically and mentally getting your team back, giving them an opportunity to really recharge their battery.”

Kelly has a 9-1 record coming off bye weeks at Notre Dame.

He said he does not attribute that to the week off completely, but he said there is a specific plan and intentional plan that the Irish go through during the week that has worked in years past.

“There hasn’t been much of a change relative to time off. We try to balance the time off with intentional preparation,” he said. “I think if we played topfive teams after the bye week, maybe the record would be a little bit different. It’s hard to say. I think bye weeks certainly allow you the opportunity to self-scout, to do some things that maybe shore up some areas for you, allows you to get some key players back. But I don’t know that there’s a magic formula per se, other than a system that’s in place that I’ve used for a long time.”

Offensive line Offensive lineman Aaron Banks is listed as the starter at left guard this week. Kelly discussed the traits the sophomore

goal of the season. Each team would have its opportunities over the next 40 minutes or so to no avail. In the 57th minute, however, it was Fisher who found her way back on the scoresheet off a Westendorf rebound passed across by senior defender Sabrina Flores.

The Irish held on to the ball for the better part of the final 30 minutes to take home the win as freshman goalkeeper Mattie Interian earned her second shutout of the season.

Looking forward, the Irish will close out the regular season with a matchup at home Thursday against No. 10 Duke as the Irish continue their campaign for an ACC championship bid. The game will kick off at 7 p.m. at Alumni Stadium.

shows, making him a good fit to start against the Midshipmen.

“I just think he’s been emerging over a period of time.

Certainly when [graduate student Alex Bars] went down, it created more of a focus on the position itself,” Kelly said.

“Trying to duplicate that kind of size and quickness that Alex has is very difficult. We felt like Aaron has accelerated his game to the point where we feel comfortable starting him at the left guard position. Still have a lot of confidence in [senior Trevor] Ruhland and [junior Tommy] Kraemer. I think [sophomore Josh Lugg] continues to improve, as well. But we think our best chance at playing at the level that we need to put a 6-foot-5, 325-pound lineman that pass protects very well, moves his feet very well and plays with explosiveness now gives us two really big, physical, athletic players on the left side.”

Kelly noted Ruhland and Kraemer will split time at the right guard position Saturday.

“I think they complement each other well,” he said. “I think both of them together give us a really good tandem, if you will, at that right side.”

him will be volume, how much will he play,” he said. “We had him on GPS yesterday. He ran out at 19 miles an hour. He usually tops out somewhere in the 20s, which is a really good day for his first day out there. We’re pretty excited about where he was with his first day.”

Junior cornerback Troy Pride Jr. will be a “full go” after missing the Pittsburgh game with a mild ankle sprain. Kelly also said senior kicker Justin Yoon has had some time to

recover thanks to the bye week, as he was experiencing some discomfort.

“We’d like to make sure that he’s 100 percent healthy. He had a bit of a soreness in his groin, more like a soccer player would. But we feel like he’s going to be fine,” Kelly said. “We just wanted to be careful with him in this off week, make sure he’s 100 percent.”

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Injury update Kelly said sophomore running back Jafar Armstrong, who has been out after having surgery on an infected left knee, was able to practice Monday and will be active for the first time since Sept. 22 on Saturday.

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Irish senior defender Felicien Dumas (left) celebrates with graduate student midfielder Blake Townes (center) and graduate student defender Patrick Berneski (right) during Notre Dame’s 4-1 victory over Xavier on Sept. 25 at Alumni Stadium. Berneski leads the team with six goals.

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performance [tonight] especially on set pieces, I thought he was strong on their corners,” Riley said.

A corner in the 89th minute by Virginia almost put an end to the game as Turnbull was unable to get the cross out of the box. The Cavaliers managed to get a header on goal, but Irish captain and fifth-year defender Patrick Berneski, headed the ball off the goal line.

Despite two quick offensive starts to each overtime period, the Irish were unable to deliver a game-winner.

After 20 extra minutes, referee Michael Lavergne blew the whistle and both teams went home with a draw. Riley said despite not coming away with three points, his team had a good performance and acknowledged the frustration from being denied a goal by an erroneous offside call.

“I think overall, for me it was a good performance without the result,” Riley said. “We had a goal called back that by all accounts seemed onside, that was frustrating. We created the better chances in the game, UVA had maybe one dangerous moment, but the rest were shots from distance. We created some good chances that we quite couldn’t finish and crosses that we quite couldn’t connect on.”

“Overall, the first half is always going to be a little cagey at this point in the year.

In the second half, we maybe chose more times to press a little bit higher and we were effective with that, but overall, it was a good, solid 90 minutes plus overtime,” Riley said.

The Irish managed to hold Cavalier star forward Daryl Dike to no goals after scoring five goals in October. The freshman was tough to play against but, Riley acknowledged that his two center backs kept Dike in check.

“I think we did a good job — he had maybe one shot on target. I think it’s just something [in which] you always have to know where he is and really try to not let him get turned and running. Our two center backs did a great job with that,” Riley said.

With the draw, the Irish denied Virginia the opportunity to take sole possession of second place in the Coastal division of the ACC, after division-leader North Carolina beat Duke on the road. The Irish now turn their attention to an away game at Pitt, the last ACC regular season game before the ACC Championship, as they hope to finish above .500 in the conference.

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Notre Dame holds Virginia to scoreless draw

By CHARLIE ORTEGA GUIFARRO Sports Writer

No. 23 Notre Dame played to a scoreless draw against No. 6 Virginia in a 110-minute battle in Charlottesville.

The Irish (8-5-2, 3-3-1 ACC) were outshot by the Cavaliers (9-2-3, 3-2-2) 15-8, but it was Notre Dame that was closest to breaking the deadlock, before ultimately settling for the draw.

The game started slowly after both teams were unable to come up with any quality opportunities on goal. The Irish had a shot to score in the seventh minute of the game when sophomore midfielder Aiden McFadden attempted a shot from the right side of the box to the left side of the goal. His ball, however, soared well over the bar.

The Irish looked as though they finally found the back of the net in the 60th minute when a shot from the edge of the box by senior forward Thomas Ueland was saved and rebounded to fellow senior forward Ian Aschieris.

Aschieris scored the goal as the defense stood stunned, but the sideline referee waved the goal off on an offside call. The play stirred some controversy, as replays of the incident appeared to show Aschieris onside.

Nevertheless, the game remained tied.

Nine minutes later, freshman forward Jack Lynn subbed into the game for Aschieris and connected a header off a corner. His ball went into the middle of the box, but was blocked by a Cavalier defender.

Virginia would continue to push in the final minutes of regulation as sophomore forward Irakoze Donasiyano got past two Irish defenders and took a long-distance shot which was caught by junior Irish goalkeeper Duncan Turnbull in the 84th minute.

Head coach Chad Riley praised Turnbull’s four-save performance.

“I thought he’s been excellent in the games he’s played in. He had another good see M SOCCER PAGE 11

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Irish freshman midfielder Mohamed Omar passes the ball during Notre Dame’s 4-1 victory over Xavier on Sept. 25 at Alumni Stadium. Omar has recorded an assist for the No. 23 Irish this season.

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Kelly discusses bye week, prep ahead of Navy

By ELIZABETH GREASON

Observer Sports Staff

Assistant Managing Editor

Irish head coach Brian Kelly met with media Tuesday to discuss the state of the team as it heads into this week’s road matchup with perennial opponent Navy in San Diego and the progress he feels the squad has made over the course of the season.

Kelly said the Navy offense has really come into its own this season and, as usual, the Midshipmen (2-5, 1-3 AAC) are a force to be reckoned with.

“Year in and year out, wellcoached football team. They complement each other so well offensively and defensively, what they do,” he said.

“Offensively, I think they’ve really found themselves in terms of what they’re doing. [Junior] Malcolm Perry is certainly a dynamic player on offense. He’s played quarterback, he’s played slot. [Senior] Garret Lewis has now seemed to have found himself running the offense. see FOOTBALL PAGE 10

Irish finish 2-1 over road trip

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Irish senior wide receiver Chris Finke cuts left during Notre Dame’s 19-14 victory over Pittsburgh on Oct. 13 at Notre Dame Stadium.

The Notre Dame women’s soccer team headed into break knowing they had some work to do if they were going to make up some room in the ACC standings, and they were able to help themselves a bit by going 2-1 throughout the week. Those results move the team to 8-9 on the season and 4-5 in conference play, good for 10th in the ACC. The action started Oct. 13, when the Irish headed to upstate New York for a matchup against Syracuse. There, the offense exploded for a season-high five goals to secure a 5-1 victory. It didn’t take long for Notre Dame to get on the scoreboard, as sophomore forward Eva Hurm was able to volley a cross into the goal just four minutes into the game. Action would slow for much of the remainder of the half before the 43rd minute, when fifth-year forward Karin Muya’s shot from outside the box def lected off an Orange defender for her team-leading

fifth goal of the season.

In the second half it was Syracuse who drew first blood to make it a one-goal game in the 71st minute, but Notre Dame responded quickly as sophomore midfielder Sammi Fisher got around the keeper to score on an empty net just six minutes later. Junior striker Jennifer Westendor followed this up in the 85th minute with a header that found that back of the net.

The scoring would be capped off by Muya’s second goal of the game and sixth on the season, when she worked her way through the Syracuse defense in the final minute of a solid Irish win.

Five days later, Notre Dame headed to Blacksburg, Virginia, where a comeback bid against Virginia Tech fell short in a 2-1 defeat Thursday.

The Irish fell behind early as they gave up goals in the sixth and 11th minutes to go down by a pair. Scoring largely stalled the rest of the see W SOCCER PAGE 10