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Running onward Career nights from Book, Finke kick-start offense to blowout win behind dominant defense

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Irish senior quarterback Ian Book sprints down the field pursued by Blue Devils defenders during Notre Dame’s 38-7 victory over Duke on Saturday at Wallace Wade Stadium in Durham, N.C. Book became the first player in program history to throw four touchdown passes and rush for over 100 yards. In total, he amassed 139 yards on the ground.

Win shows signs of promise for stumbling team Charlotte Edmonds Managing Editor

With the exception of a short period dow n the end of the second quarter in which Duke scored a touchdow n and recorded an interception, this game was never in doubt as Notre Dame controlled all four quarters, never allow ing the Blue Dev ils much of a chance to actually break through. W hile to some degree expected, it showed signs of promise for a program that seemed to be limping its way through the second half of the season, simply counting dow n the games until it was over.

In some ways, Saturday’s game was a bit of an see EDMONDS PAGE 2

By SHANE LEWIS Sports Writer

Senior cornerback Troy Pride Jr. was succinct in identifying what the mindset was for Notre Dame heading into its Saturday night matchup with Duke, a contest that turned into a 38-7 victory for the Irish.

“We want to dominate,” Pride said, who finished the contest with six tackles and an interception. “We want to beat a team 150-0 if we can.”

It wasn’t quite 150-0, but Notre Dame did put forth a dominating defensive effort. The Irish held the Blue Devils to under 200 yards of total offense, forced seven three-and-outs and limited the opposition to just three of 16 on third down. Duke’s lone scoring drive came after being gifted starting field position at the Irish 39yard line following a special teams miscue.

“When we execute and do exactly what we have to do,

when everyone is in their hole and everybody is in their coverage, that’s what you get,” Pride said.

After surrendering 45 points to Michigan, the Irish have allowed only a pair of touchdowns over the past two weeks. Head coach Brian Kelly said the performance was just a continuation of what he’s seen over the course of the year.

“The defense has been really good all season,” Kelly said. “We had one bad performance [against Michigan], and they’ve rectified that with the way they’ve played the past couple of weeks. Offensively, we’ve had our starts and stops, but we know the defense is going to be there for us.”

The offense had more starts than stops Saturday.

The Irish chalked up almost 500 yards of total offense, including 288 rushing yards.

Senior quarterback Ian Book had what he described

as his “best game” of the season. The signal caller threw for 181 yards and four touchdowns, while also adding 139 yards on the ground. In doing so, Book became the first Notre Dame player to throw four touchdowns and run for more than a hundred yards.

“I felt very comfortable tonight,” Book said. “We were able to move the ball, and the O-line did a great job of blocking for me. We wanted to come down here and make a statement and get a big road win.”

After a three-and-out on their opening possession, the Irish offense responded with a pair of scoring drives that opened up a 14-0 lead midway through the opening quarter.

The first was a methodical 10-play, 85 yard drive highlighted by three thirddown conversations off receptions from graduate student wide receiver Chris see VICTORY PAGE 3

Book shows confidence with his feet in game

By SHANE LEWIS Sports Writer

Ian Book has had to deal with a lot of noise as of late.

After throwing for only 73 yards in a blowout loss to Michigan two weeks ago and struggling for the majority of last weekend’s contest against Virginia Tech, the senior quarterback has been faced with the public scrutiny that comes with fronting one of the nation’s most storied football programs.

“When you play at Notre Dame for big games, you’re going to have a lot of haters, and that’s just the way it is,” Book said. “With social media, you’re going to hear the noise, and you’re going to hear what people are saying.”

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anomaly for the Irish. A road game against a midtier program that’s showed promise at times but has struggled to close. For a team that’s used to either taking on juggernauts like Georgia and Michigan or programs like Bowling Green and New Mex ico, the opportunit y to travel to Durham, North Carolina, and establish their footing after a few shak y games proved essential for the Irish.

Twent y-one first dow ns, 469 total yards and an impressive 25.5 average yards on punt returns by Notre Dame set the tone for a dominant performance that addressed some of the biggest concerns that have faced this team. W hile

that certainly didn’t — and rightfully so, shouldn’t — silence the critics, it seemed to point to Notre Dame taking a step in the right direction of establishing consistent play and not dropping to the level of its competition.

Notre Dame is a fanbase of extremes. Too often Notre Dame has either, one, extrapolated too much from blowout w ins that really have no standing on the health of the program, or two, throw n in the towel at the first sign of trouble.

Let’s just accept what we saw at Wallace Wade Stadium — a collected unit that demonstrated their abilit y to be an offensive threat both on the ground and in the air, as well as a stout defensive presence that held Duke to 3-16 on third-dow n attempts. But it’s still Duke.

Let me be clear: This team is far from fixed. Anyone who thinks that a onepoint, dow n-to-the-w ire w in at home over a lackluster Virginia Tech team and a w in over Duke means that we belong back in the College Football Playoff conversation is delirious.

But this team still has something to play for.

The realit y is Notre Dame football is no longer a perennial powerhouse.

That’s not to say they aren’t capable of competing on almost any given year and can make a case to any number of top recruits, but they simply aren’t in the same league as A labama, Ok lahoma and Clemson (as of more recently). If you accept that being reser ved to the next tier — at least for the time being — then Saturday’s w in is comforting. If you hold Notre Dame

to a higher standard then Saturday’s game, while positive, is not particularly groundbreaking. And if you simply disagree w ith me about the state of Notre Dame’s status on the national stage, then you probably need to consider how the Irish have fared against Top-10 teams in the last t wo decades.

I chose to find some sort of middle ground bet ween the first and second option.

On the one hand, I’m an optimist and don’t believe that complacency should ever be accepted.

On the other hand, I’m a realist and understand the importance of trusting the process. The w in over Duke was that process at work: Ian Book creating in space, Chris Finke finally show ing up and the defense containing and preventing many big plays.

Notre Dame’s got a long ways to go, and this process could ver y likely be shortlived, as just last week it almost lost to Virginia Tech.

However, if they can build on Saturday’s game and continue to string together four competitive quarters, this team might be able to move in the right direction.

This is not a cure-all, nor w ill it result in them suddenly joining that club of powerhouse teams. But why should they feel the need to mold to them? Notre Dame is not the SEC. If they keep doing what Notre Dame does best, they just might see the process at work in the coming years.

Contact Charlotte Edmonds at cedmond3@nd.edu The views expressed in this column are those of the author and not necessarily those of The Observer.

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Irish graduate student wide receiver Chris Finke protects the ball as he drives against a defender during Notre Dame’s 38-7 victory against Duke at Wallace Wade Stadium in Durham, N.C., on Saturday. Finke had five receptions for 49 yards and two touchdowns, as well as a 46-yard punt return that set up Notre Dame’s last touchdown.

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After scoring a pair of quick touchdowns, the Irish offense slowed for a bit. Halfway through the second quarter, senior quarterback Ian Book took things into his own hands, rushing 12 yards to midfield to pick up a first down. He followed that up with a designed run that saw him run for 45 yards, just missing a touchdown in the process.

He followed that up with a 53-yad rush early in the fourth quarter.

Graduate student Chris Finke entered Saturday’s game fourth in the team in receiving yards with 238, averaging 7.4 yards per punt return and with only one touchdown.

Finke, a former walk-on who was named a captain this season, turned things around with a career day, catching two touchdown passes and returning a punt for 46 yards, both career bests.

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Former president returns to classroom Jan Cervelli reflects on past, future roles, discusses multidisciplinary class plans at Saint Mary’s

By MAEVE FILBIN Saint Mary’s News Editor

Former Saint Mary’s President Jan Cervelli will teach four classes in the upcoming spring semester. This most recent development in Cervelli’s involvement at the College follows her abrupt resignation from her position as President on Oct. 5, 2018, and the filing of a civil lawsuit against Saint Mary’s claiming members of the Saint Mary’s Board of Trustees had pressured her to resign and had not honored settlement agreements.

Cervelli, who has filled professorial and administrative positions

at previous institutions, said she is especially looking forward to reentering the classroom and teaching at Saint Mary’s.

“I really, really couldn’t be more excited,” Cervelli said. “I’ve loved teaching, that’s what’s really driven me my entire career. It was always my dream to — when I finished as president — to go back to the classroom here...I mean, I loved being president, but I also love being in the classroom with the Belles, too.”

Cervelli said she is not quite sure how students will receive her as a professor, as they’ve only ever known her as President of the College.

Allyship-focused week promotes inclusivity

By ANDREW CAMERON Associate News Editor

This week, campus organizations will come together with members of the Notre Dame community for StaND Against Hate Week to discuss hatred on and off campus, and how to oppose it.

Hosted by the Gender Relations Center (GRC), and co-sponsored

by Student Government, Campus Ministry, PrismND and other campus groups, the week aims to promote discussion and foster a spirit of inclusion on campus, Sara Agostinelli, assistant director of LGBTQ initiatives and administration, said.

“StaND Against Hate Week is a week that we host within the Gender Relations Center annually that really focuses on human dignity, as well as the intersectionality of identities and how are we fully, authentically ourselves and looking at these different intersections, whether it’s race, faith, gender identity or sexual identity,” she said. “It’s really founded in the spirit of inclusion as well as founded in Catholic social teaching on human dignity.”

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Against Hate Week have planned events for every day this week, including a workshop on restorative justice on Tuesday, a pledge signing on Wednesday and a lecture by a Navajo code-talker on Thursday.

While the mission of the week has remained the same as in past years, Agostinelli said that this year’s organizers have tried to expand the range of topics covered by the week’s programming.

“While it’s always looked at human dignity, as we bring in more work around the intersections with race and bring in some more work in those other areas, I think it’s allowed us to not be stagnant in the same thing every year, but really take on different opportunities,” she said. “This year we’re doing an event around restorative justice, and that’s not something we’ve ever done before as part of this week, but it’s a great way for students of all identities to really think about their own communities and how they can learn practical skills such as restorative justice and bring that into their groups, and really think about restorative justice as an opportunity to discuss and see StaND WEEK PAGE 3

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“So far, students have been very, very warm and friendly when I’ve met with them and talked with them,” she said. “I suppose they’re very curious. Because when you hold one role or you’re a figure in one way, do they see that other side? I hope there’s an open mind and I know there certainly is for me, and in many ways I’m going to be able to be closer to the students than I was president, although I gave it my best.”

If faced with difficult questions surrounding the events of the past year, Cervelli said she cannot address certain aspects of her see CERVELLI PAGE 3

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Jan Cervelli said she looks forward to her role as a professor, which will allow her to work more closely with students in her four classes.

CSC program introduces just wages web tool

By CRISTINA INTERIANO News Writer

What makes a wage just or unjust?

The Just Wage Working Group is working to spark dialogue around this question through the development of the Just Wage Tool and Framework, a Higgins Labor Studies Program initiative through the Center for Social Concerns.

The web tool was released on Friday, and is currently available through the Just Wage Working Group’s website. It allows users to check boxes to determine, according to seven criteria, how

just a wage is. Though this tool has only recently been developed, the Just Wage Project was initiated in 2016 by Dan Graff, director of the Higgins Labor Program and a professor in the History Department, and his colleague Clemens Sedmak, professor of social ethics in the Keough School of Global Affairs and concurrent professor at Notre Dame’s Center for Social Concerns. “[Sedmak and] I gathered faculty and students from various disciplines on campus (management, economics, sociology, law, history, etc.) to pursue the question: What makes any given

wage just or unjust?” Graff said in an email.

This pursuit led to their development of the “Just Wage Framework” on which the tool is based.

“We came up with a just wage framework of seven interconnected criteria that, to us, define a just wage,” Graff said. “The criteria are as follows: a just wage affords a decent life to a worker and the worker’s household; a just wage promotes asset building; a just wage provides social security; a just wage is inclusive and non-discriminatory; see WAGES PAGE 4

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Agostinelli said that, although the event is hosted by the GRC, students play a critical role in designing, planning and running the week’s programming.

“I think a lot of these ideas are things that came about from students, and what students are wanting to see and are passionate about and ‘How do we as an office help support the vision they have for their Notre Dame?’” she said.

“Even [regarding] the design, we have student graphic designers, so the logo, the ‘Spread love not hate,’ was developed by students. I think what’s really special is that the GRC provides a home and a base go start this but by no means is our sole conversation.”

Senior Kenzie Isaac is the Student Government director of diversity and inclusion, and is coleading the ‘Let’s Talk About Race’ event planned for Thursday. The event, part of a four-part dialogue, will explore the intersection between race and gender, Isaac said.

“Compatible with the greater StaND Against Hate Week mission in the GRC, we’re going to be looking at race and gender and sexuality and how race informs gender and sexual expression, and then conversely, how your gender and your sexual orientation and identity can inform your experiences with race or if it can compound with some of the experiences with race that other people have,” she said.

Isaac said this year’s StaND Against Hate Week is timely, given the recent announcement that Notre Dame will host the 2020 United States Presidential Debates.

“I think it’s especially important that we move towards a radical hope and radical healing and reconciliation, because we’re going to need it,” she said. “When the presidential debate happens on our campus next year, we need to have a fundamental comfort with ourselves before we try to engage in the high-level dialogue that those debates are going to thrust us into. I think that this is a really timely week, and I’m just grateful to be a small part of the operation.”

Isaac said she encourages students to attend the events planned for StaND Against Hate Week, and hopes that the week can inspire students to become active allies for marginalized students on campus.

“I think that that the operative term in [‘StaND Against Hate Week’] is ‘stand.’ I think that it could be widely agreed upon that hatred in all of its manifestations is unacceptable,” she said.

“We kind of navigate a campus, especially such a campus rooted in values as this, with that being an unspoken rule of interacting and engaging with one another, but there’s not a lot of active advocacy and allyship that’s directed towards our marginalized students.”

lawsuit with the College, but hopes by remaining on campus to fill a teaching position, she will show students how invested she is in the Saint Mary’s community.

“I believe in life that honesty and transparency is the best way,” she said. “I can’t talk about everything because I’m not at liberty to. It’s not my choice. But I think I want everyone to know, from my perspective, that I loved being president of Saint Mary’s.

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Past multidisciplinary experience and future, farreaching lesson plans Cervelli received her Master of Landscape Architecture from the University of Guelph and a Bachelor of Science from Purdue University’s College of Agriculture, and has previously taught courses in landscape architecture and design at other universities.

“I started way back in 1981, as a junior professor at the University of Kentucky, and I taught there for 20 years in landscape architecture,” she said. “And then I went to Clemson University as Dean, but I continued to teach in the design studios.”

Cervelli is scheduled to teach ART 103, the Design Lab I course within the Art Department, as well as three classes within the College’s Environmental Studies program. These courses will explore environmental design, a field Cervelli said she is excited to introduce to Saint Mary’s students.

“It’s a field that leads to many great careers,” Cervelli said. “And it’s very attractive to those that are interested in the environment generally, so it aligns with the Environmental Studies program that we started few years ago.

The first class is ART 274, which is ‘Introduction to Environmental Design,’ so that’s kind of the basics

of ‘How does one go about designing an exterior space?”

This class will offer students the opportunity to work on projects pertaining to the outdoor spaces on Saint Mary’s campus, including the sustainable farm, she said.

“I’m working with the facilities folks to identify some projects that they might like for the students to undertake,” Cervelli said. “Mark Kubacki, the head of the grounds, is excited for the opportunity to work with students. ” The second class within the Environmental Studies department, Environmental Design Studio II, is the advanced version of ART 274, Cervelli said.

“These courses again are studio, so we’re spending a lot of time interacting one-on-one, doing critiques and working at a studio kind of an environment,” Cervelli said. “And so it deals with bigger, more complex projects. One might be, for example, the crossing of [Indiana State Road] 933 and the Avenue, and looking at not only the beauty of the area and preserving the Avenue experience, but also improving big-time safety issues there.”

Cervelli said these safety concerns should be seriously considered, referencing a 2012 incident in which a Saint Mary’s sophomore riding a bike across State Route 933 around 9 p.m. died after being struck by SUV. “As we know, unfortunately we lost a Belle there,” Cervelli said. “I think there’s a lot of different lessons to be learned around traffic control, visibility, … all the different ways you can configure roadways to help, and it might get a little bit more fanciful, maybe some underpasses, possibly...

I’ve had some conversations with the folks at Notre Dame … about those issues because they’re concerned about them as well.”

The third course Cervelli will teach within the department is titled “Give Me Shelter,” an

exploration of the history and theory of the house, its impact on the nature of the family unit and its evolution over time.

“We’re going to go all the way back to ancient times, and look at shelter in the most basic form for humans,” she said. “But we’re also going to look at some of the social issues related to housing affordability. We’ll also address issues of environmental justice as it relates and health as it relates to housing.”

In pursuit of course approval and tenured teaching position Cervelli said the process of getting her lesson plans for these courses approved was extremely intensive, and necessarily so.

When writing course proposals for a specific department, the department’s learning objectives must always be met, she said. In applying for her four courses, Cervelli took her proposals through the Art Department and Environmental Studies Department, as well as the multidisciplinary Sophia Program.

“Saint Mary’s has a very, very involved process of writing course proposals, going through a review process at various levels,” she said.

“You’ve got to give credit to Saint Mary’s faculty, they take this very seriously. ” This approval process was crucial to Cervelli’s pursuit of a teaching position at Saint Mary’s, which was allegedly contested following her resignation. In her formal complaint, Cervelli claimed that the College had not honored its settlement agreement, which stated that Cervelli would be granted tenured professorship and the appropriate pay and benefits following her resignation.

When the College filed a counterclaim response March 22, 2019, former assistant director of integrated communications Haleigh Ehmsen addressed these issues in a statement.

“This case is about tenure, and as is Saint Mary’s policy and

practice, we are working with Ms. Cervelli to get her classes approved so that she can teach,” Ehmsen said in the statement.

Cervelli said she plans to continue working towards her original plan for after she resigned.

“I was granted tenure here as a full professor,” Cervelli said. “And tenure is a very sacred and important element in higher education, maybe the most important in any institution of higher education.

I’m proceeding on the same path that I planned when I agreed to be president. My personal plan was to come back home, be part of Saint Mary’s and be part of my hometown, and I’m continuing with my plan.”

Tenure is an important principle to uphold at all institutions of higher learning, Cervelli said, and a concept sometimes foreign to students.

“What it means is that the institution makes a commitment to the individual until they decide to resign or retire,” Cervelli said.

“And then likewise, the individual makes a commitment to bring excellence to the classroom and to the students. To me, it’s a sacred agreement. And what it does is it provides you faculty that are at the top of their game, and that are truly committed as partners, true partners. It’s like a partnership in a business.”

Tenure also protects academic freedom, Cervelli said, allowing the professor true expression within his or her field of expertise.

“So tenure is really critical, and it is a mark of quality to an institution,” Cervelli said. “And when I started by saying it’s one of the most sacred concepts to higher education, it truly is. My continuing in this position is a reflection of my personal plan, but it’s also my absolute and core belief in tenure at Saint Mary’s College.”

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a just wage is not excessive; a just wage is informed by workers’ participation in its creation; a just wage reflects performance, qualification and type of work.”

The tool is not intended to calculate an exact value of what constitutes a just wage, Graff said, but rather to provide an idea of how well a wage satisfies the seven criteria of a just wage.

“Importantly, once a person uses the tool, checking on a sliding scale of 1-5 the importance or satisfaction of every indicator in all the criteria, the result will show not a dollar figure or a point total, but a hexagon of seven honeycombs representing the criteria, each one shaded more gold the higher the scale that’s met,” Graff said.

Senior Anna Scartz, a student assistant for the Higgins Labor Program, described the tool’s purpose in an email.

“This is designed so that people can evaluate if their wage is just in accordance to their needs and Catholic Social Teaching,” Scartz said. “It will not give a numeric value, but speaks to the overall needs and human dignity of the worker. … It can start the conversation for what each party is looking for.”

The tool is designed for use by

both employers and employees, Graff said.

“An employer or entrepreneur might measure her pay and benefits package or proposed employment policy against our tool,” he said. “A union activist or parish advocate might discover ways to measure a community’s jobs profile or ideas for building a campaign.”

A major goal of the tool, Graff asserted, is to raise awareness of growing income inequality.

“We look around and see so many people working full time (in one, two, or even three jobs) and barely being able to make ends meet, while we also see the number of billionaires and millionaires increasing ,” Graff said.

Kevin Christiano, an associate professor of sociology and a faculty affiliate of the Higgins Labor Studies Program, said in an email the tool is meant to impact many communities.

“The tool is intended to reach far beyond the Notre Dame campus — to businesses, labor unions, schools, churches and numerous other institutions,” Christiano said.

The Just Wage Working Group invites those interested to attend the official unveiling of the tool on Nov. 15 at 12:30 p.m. in the Geddes Hall coffeehouse.

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was automatically May Queen.

I used to go to the Smithsonian Institute to the old buildings.

We’d take a bus and I would just like to spend time there. I don’t know when they started doing those huge fireworks in D.C. but I remember one summer my boyfriend and I had a picnic and saw the fireworks in downtown D.C.” Despite her love for the activities that a large city affords, Becker had no qualms about living in South Bend.

“I was part of CSMC — Catholic Student Mission Crusade — and several of us came from the Academy one year to Notre Dame for conference meetings,” she said. “My big attraction was to come over here to Saint Mary’s and see what the convent looked like.”

While her parents and boyfriend were less than pleased at her decision to become a Sister of the Holy Cross, Becker was convinced that this was her vocation.

“I applied to enter the convent in August of my senior year and I heard nothing until March 17, and then I got my acceptance letter,” Becker said. ”I remember we were doing a musical production at the Academy at the time and I was happy that I could tell Paid Advertisement

all of my friends that I had been accepted.”

Becker, along with 10 of her classmates, journeyed to South Bend that fall to enter the convent.

“It was just exciting,” she said. ”I was young and there was a group of us that came from my high school. I was getting on a train to come somewhere I had been before. I was excited. We all were excited.”

Friendships continued to be an important part of Becker’s life throughout her time as a Sister of the Holy Cross.

“The best part of my life was Sister Arlene,” Becker said. ”We met while we were both teaching at Holy Cross grade school.

Neither of us had a sister so we adopted each other as sisters. We shared our families.”

Their travels during their summer holidays took the two sisters across the United States.

“Sometimes we would take stops on the way. We stopped in Hershey, Pennsylvania one time on our way back East,” she said.

“One time we flew to California.

We have a retirement home in Ventura and so we spent 10 days with our sisters there and just did some great things.”

Despite being diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis at the age of 25, Becker maintained an active teaching life, teaching in grade schools throughout Virginia,

Texas and Indiana. As her condition required her to work part time, Becker began doing library work in Illinois and then became the librarian at Holy Cross before accepting her current position as congregational archivist at Saint Mary’s.

During her time as a math and science teacher in Texas, Becker remembers the moon landing of 1969.

“That was a big thing,” she said. “We all watched that on TV. The students were all really excited. I don’t think they could have really appreciated it.”

However, this wasn’t the only historical event that made an impression on Becker.

“I think the thing that I remember most is when Kennedy was assassinated,” Becker said. ”I was in a stairway in Le Mans Hall when somebody said what had happened. That was on a Friday. I was still in formation and we hardly ever watched TV but we watched the whole thing.”

Becker’s many stories of friendship and teaching testify to the beauty of wholeheartedly living out one’s vocation.

“There have been hard times, but then there are wonderful times,” she said. “I loved what I did and it’s been truly wonderful.”

Contact Mary Mansfield mmansfield01@saintmarys.edu

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I am the problem Reagan Jacobs Instagram Platform Editor

I toggle back and forth, judging even the most minute differences in color quality with the utmost scrutiny. Finally, I settle on C6 — deeming it “perfect”, my fingers export the photo with a seemingly innate series of movements. Finding my creation in my Photo Library, I immediately add it to my Instagram story. Most of the time I’ll include the photo’s location with a meticulously placed geotag; occasionally, in the interest of evoking a sense of “mystery” I’ll leave the photo location-less. Rinse and repeat — the art of the Instagram story.

The vast majority of my interactions on social media resemble that of many college-aged girls: delicious food, fun moments from game days, time with friends, an amazing sunset picture I snapped on my walk around the lake, sights from my travels. All seemingly innocuous images that showcase my love for amateur photography. Completely harmless; all in good fun, right?

Wrong.

It’s a Thursday night. I’m sitting outside of South Dining Hall waiting for dinner with friends. It’s been a long day — hell, it’s been a long week. My mom hasn’t returned my calls, my Intermediate Micro exam was much harder than expected, I miss my sister, I’m tired. To occupy the minutes before my friends arrive, I scroll through my Instagram feed; immediately I’m inundated with images of loving relationships, smiling faces, delicious food. My view of South Quad, with the last rays of sunshine struggling to break through the permacloud, pales in comparison. As I sit on the wall outside the dining hall feeling the coarse gravel against my skin, I feel inadequate. I put my phone away, sinking into my parka. My own Instagram account? Silent.

I have fallen victim to the likes of my own creations. These posts that have fostered endless negative comparisons are no different from my own. Just as those I follow, I only care to share the exciting, the wonderful, the brilliant. Feelings of sadness, of uncertainty? That’s embarrassing to post — nobody wants to see that.

And there I made the sobering realization: I am the problem.

By curating these seemingly innocent posts, I am contributing to a culture that fosters my own feelings of inadequacy and self doubt. Don’t get me wrong, as the human being behind The Observer’s Instagram account (shameless plug, follow us @ndsmcobserver), I have seen firsthand the wonderful, empowering effects of social media. Especially within the realm of journalism and news sharing, social platforms are an invaluable tool for conversation and debate. Within the digital space, everyone has a seat at the table.

When it comes to social media, intentionality is everything.

A rapidly changing medium, whether it be for personal or professional use, it requires near constant evaluation. As we continue to write the rules in this endlessly complex space, I have hope. Just as I am the problem, I can be the solution.

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I requested my admissions documents — here’s what I found out Jackie O’Brien Dear Father Jenkins

We have heard that Notre Dame conducts a “holistic review” of applicants, but I have always wondered what that actually looks like.

How can we really try to understand an entire person based off a couple scores, a letter or two and some short essays?

This past October, I requested my admissions documents through FERPA. The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act allows for students ages 18 and older to request their educational and admissions related documents from their university. While schools are under no obligation to maintain records to a certain level, they are required to comply with a request within 45 days. After submitting my request in an office of the Main Building, I received a call that my documents were prepared and I could come and view them.

I was not allowed to keep my admissions records or take any photographs. However, I was allowed to take as many notes as I wanted and the coordinator was very helpful in answering any questions I had.

The real substance of my file was the “decision sheet,” which distilled my application into the key elements that were considered by the committee and then rated those elements.

The two admissions officers who reviewed my file gave me a numerical score in each of the following categories: academic record, nonacademic record, leadership rating, talent rating, commitment to Notre Dame and an excitement rating, which was explained to me as the admissions officer’s personal understanding of an applicant.

According to the FERPA coordinator I reviewed my documents with, the range for numerical ratings in these categories change every year. One year, a 1 may be the high score and the next a 10 may be the high score.

Thus, I was unable to really understand what my ratings in each of these categories meant. I reached out to the admissions office twice last week to understand the ratings for my 20152016 cycle when I was admitted. However, they are currently in the rush of reading early applications and I have yet to hear back.

The decision sheet is much more comprehensive than the singular numerical ratings process. The first section of the sheet was dedicated to my biographical and demographic information, including my religion.

From there, there were separate sections dedicated to my academic information, including my intended major, my high school’s classification and my GPA and test scores.

One especially interesting section of the decision sheet included specialized special interest codes. These interest codes indicate student interest in certain activities and student attributes. For example, I had a code designating my interest in journalism and The Observer, my engagement in high school student government and my participation in the Summer Scholars Program. There was an additional code which directly referenced the fact that I was an “alumni daughter.”

Following the special interest code section was a distilled understanding of my application file, called “file reviews.” In this section, the admissions committee noted how many years of foreign language I took in high

school, the fact that I hadn’t taken calculus and how many AP classes I took. There was also a section where the committee was able to designate special qualities like an exceptional essay, personal note, economic hardship, life story or merit scholar status.

There were two other main elements of my application file besides the decision sheet: my high school transcript and application essays (horrifying to read) and a profile of my high school. I attended a public high school in the northern Chicago suburbs. My high school was classified on the decision sheet as a “P2,” although I am not sure what this means.

Additionally, my application included a profile of my school, which listed all courses that were available to me during my time there. It seemed that this was likely provided by my high school for the admissions committee to gain a better understanding of our available academic rigor.

Bottom line: it’s clear to me that our process has its benefits and drawbacks. I am sure if I had been able to view the comments that had been made on my application, I would have been able to gain a better understanding of the key considerations for the admissions committee. However, it’s obvious that a numerical rating system, while standardizing review of all candidates, fundamentally distills a student’s personal attributes to a number.

The decision sheet did outline important characteristics about students which would contribute to the educational and experiential diversity of our student body, including racial and ethnic identity, socioeconomic status, parental relationships and a special designation for a compelling life story. Of course, it is unclear to what extent these characteristics are valued in admissions committee decisions.

There are clear arguments to be made against our emphasis on legacy status. Within my personal profile of the decision sheet, there was a “UND Member Page” which included any family member who had attended Notre Dame, with their degree and graduation year. While Notre Dame’s status as a “family school” can generate great alumni contacts and collegiality, it also perpetuates systems of oppression and systems of privilege which have operated for centuries. There is no way to know how heavily the admissions committee valued legacy status in my application, but it was considered.

The honest truth of the process is that there really is no way to predict how successful a student will be in college. I was finally “admitted with reservation” off the waitlist in late May, probably one of the last students admitted to the University of Notre Dame Class of 2020. I don’t think the admissions committee was able to predict my success as a part of the Notre Dame student body, but it’s evident that they’re trying.

Jackie O’Brien is a Notre Dame senior studying political science and peace studies, originally from the Chicago suburbs. When she’s not writing for Viewpoint, you can find her attempting to complete the NYT crossword, fretting over law school applications or watching RuPaul’s Drag Race. She can be reached at jobrie21@nd.edu or @im_jackie_o on Twitter.

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

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Time to ‘man up’ and talk about mental illness In light of Irish State of Mind — a week designed to fight the stigma of mental illness on campus and start the conversation of mental health — I have observed that men, myself included, have a difficult time joining the conversation. As someone who has struggled with mental illness while at Notre Dame, the decision to speak out has been something I’ve wrestled with in the past few years. Before I visited the University Counseling Center, I thought that I had to overcome depression on my own and that it would be a sign of weakness to consult outside help.

At a place like Notre Dame, where everyone else always seems to have their lives put together, it was easy to believe that I was the only one struggling. I thought that sharing my struggles would just burden my friends and make them think that I was strange. The first time I visited the UCC, I was told that about 1 in 6 students will visit the UCC over the course of the current academic year. I was shocked, as I had incorrectly believed that very few students ever used the UCC. This is unfortunately all too common of a belief among all types of students at Notre Dame, and it is particularly amplified within the male population.

Traditional upbringings tell us that men should be the strong and tough ones who don’t have to ask for help; they figure things out on their own. Men are supposed to be invincible, after all. Showing vulnerability and weakness to other males often comes at a cost. I can think of a few unpleasant five-letter words that have been used to describe men who show vulnerability. Due to these societal norms, men often keep things to themselves and will go to great lengths to avoid talking about their

emotions.

Mental health resources are often quickly glossed over in men’s dorms during Welcome Weekend or Hall Government, not because people don’t care about the topic, but because it makes most of us uncomfortable. I was certainly someone who thought discussing mental health isn’t “manly,” which perhaps explains why I never opened up to other males about my struggles but confided in a few female friends. Today, I long for the day where the words “mental illness” don’t make people shift around uncomfortably in their chairs and avert their eyes.

Statistics show just how costly the stigma is for men: The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention states that men account for 3.5 times the number of suicides as women (depression and other mental illnesses being a leading cause of suicide). Men are also more likely to cope with depression and other illnesses in unhealthy fashions — like alcohol or drug abuse — rather than talk about their illness with health professionals or friends and family. Substance abuse can not only can inf lict long-term physical damage on men, but also can lead to suboptimal environments for loved ones around them.

Though progress has been made in recent years, the stigma surrounding men and mental illness is still prevalent. The coverage of Kyrie Irving’s story is one such example. In March, Charles Barkley ridiculously suggested that NBA players should be immune to mental illness due to their fame and money. Barkley singled out Kyrie Irving, calling him “one of the most miserable people I’ve ever

seen, even though he’s making 40, 50 million dollars a year.“ Unsupported rhetoric such as Barkley’s is dangerous to young men who are thinking about seeking help.

Last week, when it was reported that Kyrie Irving experienced “mood swings” that affected his teammates and coaches on the Brooklyn Nets and the Boston Celtics, the public response to the story disappointed me. Rather than showing concern or compassion for Irving and his situation, journalists and Twitter users were quick to label him a “bad teammate” or a “drama queen.” Irving’s response: “Human beings have mood swings. It’s OK to be human.” His words give me hope that prominent male figures will continue to speak out about their mental health experiences.

As we see celebrities continue to speak out about their own struggles, it’s time for us (especially us men) at Notre Dame to do the same. There are too many people, of all genders, who struggle through mental illness alone due to the fear of being stigmatized or ridiculed by others. There is nothing wrong with dealing with mental illness and seeking help for it. Let’s refrain from labeling those who suffer from mental illness as crazy, dramatic or unstable.

Notre Dame is a university founded on being a force for change and helping those in need; it’s time to change the stigma around mental health, be available as listeners for our peers and promote helpful resources to those who might need a hand.

Eddie Yuan senior Nov. 7

The War on Terror needs a new strategy Andrew Sveda Bow Tie Politics

Just two weeks ago, the U.S. celebrated its biggest victory in the battle against ISIS since the organization’s loss of a territorial caliphate this March. Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the brutal and barbaric caliph of the supposed Islamic State, committed suicide during a raid by U.S. special forces.

This comes on the heels of one of Trump’s worst blunders in the Middle East yet. Abandoning our Kurdish allies, the President greenlit Erdogan’s march into Syria and assault on our former ally, enabling 800 imprisoned ISIS fighters to escape from Kurdish custody. So much for the President’s “strategically brilliant” plan.

One step forward, two steps back.

America’s never-ending War on Terror seems like a game of Whac-A-Mole more than anything else. You think you’ve defeated x group? There’s y over there! X group’s back again!

Z’s now where Y was! It goes on and on and only gets worse because the “moles” to “whack” only increase in number and reach. And since 9/11, we’ve spent nearly $6 trillion on a conflict that has claimed the lives of 244,000 civilians and nearly 7,000 U.S. troops in the carnage and the crossfire.

When are we going to wake up?

The kneejerk, even morally satisfying response is disengagement, but just look at what happened in Iraq and Syria over the past years to see how that’s worked out. More chaos, more instability, and we’re back again. The U.S. military is vital in the fight against terrorism; to effectively fight groups like ISIS, local powers rely on our teamwork and our military and technical dominance to combat those who seek to further destabilize the Middle Eastern powder keg. In approaching this region, it’s time we understood that military power can destroy groups, but never the ideology that fuels them. It’s folly to think that the War on Terror can defeat radical Islamism with bullets and bombs alone. America can only succeed when we finally see it the way the terrorists do: as a war of ideologies and a battle for hearts and minds.

Of course, this will mean nothing unless we develop close cooperation and coordination with our allies in the Muslim

world and establish an international front to systematically challenge, disprove and completely invalidate the very core of radical Islamist teaching. But we can’t even take our first step into this long ideological campaign because our allies aren’t on the same page. The ugly truth is that, among other nations, Saudi Arabia in particular has long internalized and exported its own ultraconservative Islamic theology, one that has served as the bedrock of terrorist ideologies and bolstered their numbers and clout — all while the U.S. has looked the other way.

The past decades have witnessed an explosion in the reach and impact of Saudi Arabia’s unique brand of Islam, with Riyadh dumping $100 billion into its proselytizing campaign. Known as Wahhabism or Salafism, it teaches a rigid orthodoxy to what they see as “true Islam.” In accordance with the radical doctrine takfir, even other Muslims who don’t accept their teachings, from Shias to Muslims “seen crying at gravesites,” can be labeled apostates.

And Riyadh is actively spreading this worldview through the thousands of schools, mosques and Islamic centers it has constructed over the years from Kosovo, Chad and Afghanistan to China, Indonesia and the United States.

Saudi Arabia’s textbooks teach eighth-graders that “the mujahideen . . . are doing good deeds for the sake of Allah,” and seventh-graders are taught “fighting the infidels to elevate the words of Allah” is one of the best things a true Muslim can do. They attack Christians, Hindus, Shias and many others, but the texts save their most hateful rhetoric for Jews, who continue to be systemically “demonized, dehumanized and targeted for violence.” Youth around the world are warned of a supposed Jewish conspiracy to achieve world domination by spreading “drugs and . . . diseases” to Muslim communities and a plan “to destroy al-Aqsa Mosque.” It’s not surprising to find the notorious Protocols of the Elders of Zion taught as “historical fact” either. This “ideological steamroller,” as one journalist put it, of hate and violence can easily translate to the radicalization of future bin Ladens and al-Bagdadhis. Should we be surprised ISIS used Saudi textbooks until it could print their own? This is an issue not just of human rights but national security. If we are serious about defeating radical Islamism, it’s imperative

to invest our utmost to curtailing the spread of Wahhabism.

Every now and then, Saudi Arabia will assure the West that it’s working to remove remaining intolerant references from its curriculum, but Riyadh’s done this routine for 13 years, flagrantly lying about its progress and delaying any substantial changes. Without U.S. pressure, Saudi Arabia will never or be tremendously slow to alter its curriculum and thus continue to instill in youth “[t]his poisonous ideology [that] has provided the groundwork for generations of extremism.”

Change is possible. Trump’s steadfast and aggressive opposition to Iran and weak response to the murder of Jamal Khashoggi has delighted the House of Saud and further stresses to it the importance of having the President, a lover of transactionalism, continue to feel like “he is getting a good deal,” not to mention that Riyadh has recently been “unusually responsive to” claims of inciting radical Islamism. We may never get another chance like this for a long time.

For too long Washington has stood on the sidelines and, according to one expert, even worked to cover up [Riyadh’s] toxic content. If we want to move ahead with the War on Terror and promote reform in Saudi Arabia, it’s imperative that we use our present leverage to work with the Saudis in scaling back their exportation of Wahhabism and to promote greater tolerance within the Kingdom and throughout the Muslim world. This will not be a short endeavor and will require great diligence and attention, and it’s certainly not a panacea to the problems we face. But it’s a step in the right direction. The only way we’re going to win this war of ideas is with methodical, cohesive and long-term approaches like these.

One step forward, no steps back.

Andrew Sveda is a freshman at Notre Dame from Pittsburgh intending to major in political science.

Besides politics, Andrew enjoys acting, playing the piano and tennis. He can be reached at asveda@nd.edu or @SvedaAndrew on Twitter.

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Crossword | Will Shortz

Horoscope | Eugenia Last Happy Birthday: Weigh the pros and cons. Stay focused on what you can do, and work toward the destination of choice. Set the pace, and put physical energy into the activities, people and events that regenerate you. It’s time to recharge your body in preparation for a new chapter in your life. Your numbers are 9, 16, 20, 24, 34, 43, 47.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Sign up, show up and do your thing. How you participate in life can make a difference. Trust in your beliefs, and live what you promote. You will expand your mind, friendships and life. Romance is on the rise.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Question everything; that’s how you learn.

Knowledge is power, so don’t limit what you can do because you don’t know enough. Dig deep, and you’ll discover precisely what you need to know to reach your goal. Partnerships are favored.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Make things happen, and feel good about what you accomplish. Get moving, and you will achieve what you set out to do.

Take action. Make a difference to someone you love or to a cause you care about.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Expose your feelings. Share your dreams. Make a difference to someone confused or uncertain about his or her future. Be kind, and show genuine appreciation to those you love. Let the anger go; embrace love, and peace of mind will follow.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Make a change for the right reason. If you let your emotions interfere with what’s right, you will end up making a mistake you will regret. Say little, take time to evaluate situations and focus on physical fitness and easing stress.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Participate in something that will bring about positive change. Visit a place that you’ve never been or one that will offer knowledge or food for thought. Challenge yourself, and positive change will take place. Walk away from drama and indulgent behavior.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Look inward, and you’ll discover something you want to change. Whether it’s physical or emotional, reconstruct the way you live. Begin the process, and see how much better you feel about the future.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Trust in your beliefs, and you will journey in a direction that will offer challenges that will change your life. A lifestyle change should be planned and preparations made. Stop dreaming and start doing. Be the master of your domain.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Socialize, explore your options and meet new people. You’ll be motivated to get back to the things you enjoy doing most. Rely on your experiences when dealing with manipulators. Trust your judgment, and be confident enough to do things your way.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Don’t share secrets, emotions or anything that may be used against you. Do your best to avoid an argument with a friend or relative. The damage it will do long-term will not be worth it and will cause regret.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Personal improvement and romance are featured. Make a positive change to your position, status or to the way you present yourself to the world. Innovative ideas appropriately applied will lead to a change in the way you handle money matters.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): An opportunity will not be as it appears.

Someone will offer false information and insincere gestures of friendliness to take advantage of you. A hasty decision will lead to regret. Gather all the facts, and avoid making a costly mistake.

Birthday Baby: You are observant, cerebral and unique. You are benevolent and loyal.

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Paying college athletes overdue Charlie Law Sports Writer

It’s about time. On Sept. 30, California governor Gavin Newsom signed into law the Fair Pay to Play Act, which prevents California universities from penalizing students for making money off their name, image and likeness.

This kind of basic, commonsense law should have been passed decades ago, but the NCAA has long sought to repress the idea of paying college athletes in order to maximize profits for itself and its member schools.

Try to imagine the same basic situation in any other industry, and you’ll see how ridiculous it sounds: what if Hollywood could choose not to pay its actors for appearing in its movies, or if “The Late Show” didn’t have to pay Stephen Colbert to be on TV? Now, one could argue — as some have — that college athletes receive scholarships as compensation. But the majority of college athletes live at or below the poverty line and often struggle to find enough money for food and clothing. Some also leave school early to try making it in professional leagues, desperate for money — and end up poor, without a college degree.

The vast majority of college athletes never reach the pros — meaning they never have the chance to make money off their athletic career.

Additionally, the grueling schedule of Division I athletes — who benefit the most from legislation like California’s — makes it extremely difficult to succeed in classes. Student-athletes often must choose an easy major to make it through school and focus on simply staying eligible to play; in some cases, as with the decades-long North Carolina men’s basketball team scandal, players are even offered fake courses so that they can spend more time practicing.

These athletes’ names, images and likenesses were not only used in video games — which became a hot topic a few years ago with a lawsuit that essentially shut down those games — but are everywhere. Tens, sometimes hundreds, of thousands of people watch them live at massive stadiums, and thousands more watch on TV. ESPN, FOX and countless other stations use their images and names as they discuss these young men and women for hours at a time, making yet more money off them. Myriad other companies and groups use their images and names as they discuss various drafts into professional leagues.

Players cannot appear in advertisements, using their brand as

a college athlete to make money for themselves, nor can they make money off YouTube videos that display their athletic talents.

In short: the NCAA owns these athletes and for years has taken away their right to make money from personal endeavors for the sake of “preserving amateurism.”

Newsom’s bill forbids the NCAA, by law, from continuing many of those practices, and it also pressured the NCAA to do something it has railed against for decades. The Board of Governors of the NCAA stated that they would allow student-athletes to be paid for their name, image and likeness “in a manner consistent with the collegiate model.” However, the statement continues with a directive to each of the three NCAA divisions to consider updates to its rules, which essentially does nothing — no actual NCAA rules were changed.

Around the same time, the NCAA stated that Newsom’s bill would “upend [the] balance” of the level playing field of the current NCAA and that they believed Newsom’s bill to be unconstitutional. So while the Board’s recent statement is better than nothing, it’s also not much more than nothing — and the NCAA is still acting in direct opposition to student-athlete rights in other ways.

Legislation similar to California’s has sprung up all over the nation, in Democratic states like New York and Republican states like South Carolina; in addition, Newsom’s bill passed unanimously among Democrats and Republicans.

Allowing college athletes to be paid seems to hold bipartisan appeal, which bodes well for college athletes around the country.

But I would argue that this must be taken one step further: universities should not only be required to allow college athletes to make money off their name, image and likeness, but should also be required to pay them part of the revenue from ticket sales and TV deals. The athletes are the stars of the show; without them, there would be no revenue, because there would be no games. No industry should ever be allowed to make billions of dollars while not paying the very people who make their product possible. New York has proposed paying athletes a portion of those revenues as part of their legislation; hopefully more states will follow their lead.

Contact Charlie Law at claw2@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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was great to have her here, to honor her; she’s done so much for the program. It’s always great when the alums come back.”

Coming off their 1000th overall win at Fordham, the Irish jumped out to an early lead. The first quarter was rather sloppy, with the teams committing a combined seven turnovers, but Notre Dame led 19-7 after one, thanks to their opportunistic defense.

Loyola Maryland then opened the second quarter on a 6-2 run to pull within five, prompting an early timeout from McGraw. The timeout revitalized the Irish, who immediately went on a 7-0 run of their own, highlighted by five points from Walker. She would finish with eight points in the quarter, and Notre Dame led at the half by 18 points.

Both offenses were much more efficient in the third quarter. Notre Dame was able to score the ball inside, but Loyola Maryland was able to knock down multiple threes in the opening minutes. Neither team managed any major scoring runs in the second half, but Notre Dame’s defense continued to disrupt the Greyhounds’ offensive flow. Towards the end of the fourth quarter, the Irish were able to get some of their bench in the game but played with a slim 7-player rotation for most of the game.

“I’ve got to do a better job using the bench,” McGraw said.

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expired to put the Irish up 8-5.

Carmody answered again on the next possession, knocking down a jump shot from just inside the arc. The Irish missed a few shots on the ensuing possession, but Dane Goodwin knocked down a much-needed jumper to end the scoring drought and put the Irish up 12-8 at the under-12 timeout.

Gibbs hit the first three of the day for the Irish around the halfway point of the first half, putting the Irish up 178. Following a made three by the Colonials, Pflueger and Durham got to the line and each knocked down two free throws. The Irish led 21-13 heading into the under-eight timeout. Making free throws was integral to the eventual Irish victory, as the team shot 88% from the free throw line, converting on 22 out of 25 attempts.

The Irish slowly started to stretch their lead at the end of the second half, and they did not look back for the remainder of

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“It’s hard figuring out what the rotation is going to look like.”

She has had to work virtually from scratch this year, with all five of Notre Dame’s starters from last year’s final four team drafted into the WNBA. McGraw was happy with Gilbert and Walker’s performances, but saw a lot of room for improvement for her team.

“I thought Destinee did some really nice things on offense. Kaitlyn Gilbert is finally finding where she can get her shots from. Those two really stepped up. I thought we all did a pretty good job rebounding,” she said.

When asked what concerned her, McGraw answered by saying “everything else.”

“Transition defense, we just have a complete lack of awareness,” she said. “We are not good communicators.”

The defense was shaky at times, but it did hold Loyola Maryland to 32% from the field.

McGraw also emphasized transition offense as something the team could improve on, as her team managed just 15 fast break points Friday.

“The offense needs a lot of work. We really are not executing what we are trying to do yet. They can’t remember to set the screens in transition,” she said. “We struggle to score. If we could get easy baskets, that would be great.”

Notre Dame will meet another legendary women’s basketball program when the Tennessee Volunteers visit Monday night. Tennessee, the winningest program in

women’s college basketball history, has consistently been a force but has fallen off in recent years after iconic coach Pat Summitt retired in 2012.

Summit’s passing in 2016 was devastating to the entire college basketball world.

Tennessee will still be a challenging opponent for Notre Dame, as they are led by new head coach Kellie Harper, a three-time national champion during her playing career at Tennessee, and are off to a 2-0 start this year. McGraw knows this is a big game for Tennessee.

“They’re a team that’s looking to get ranked. They’re really athletic, and this is a chance for them,” she said.

Notre Dame may have a tough time matching up with Tennessee, as junior Mikayla Vaughn was ruled out for 4-6 weeks with a knee injury.

Vaughn, who is 6’3”, is typically the Irish center. This injury came just one day after sophomore guard Abby Prohaska announced she would be out until at least January with blood clots in her lungs. Vaughn’s injury forced freshman Sam Brunelle to move to center, leaving the Irish with a small starting lineup. Tennessee, on the other hand, only has one player on their roster listed as shorter than 6’0, and four of their five starters are above 6’2.

Notre Dame beat Tennessee 70-62 in Knoxville last season.

Tipoff is scheduled for 7 p.m.

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by Carmody and Goodwin, the Irish led 30-15. On the ensuing possession, sophomore forward Nate Laszewski made a statement throwdown dunk.

The Irish continued to build momentum on the defensive side of the ball as well, drawing a charge heading into the under-four timeout.

Following a five-point run by the Colonials, Prentiss Hubb answered in a big way. Hubb converted on a contested layup on one possession before making a contested three pointer on the next possession to put the Irish up 37-20. Mooney converted on an easy layup and the defense got another stop, giving the Irish a comfortable 39-20 lead at the half.

Despite a great first half, the Irish came out of the locker room looking even better by going on a 16-3 run over the first four minutes of the half to extend their lead to 55-23. The versatility of the Irish offense was showcased in this run, which included a mix of three pointers, dunks and mid-range jump shots. Robert Morris cut the lead to 55-28 before a 7-0

Irish run that gave them a very comfortable 62-30 lead with 12 minutes remaining.

The Irish offense continued to keep up the intensity, showing their potential for the remainder of the season. At the under-eight timeout, the Irish led by 37 points at a score of 73-36. At this point, the Irish pulled the majority of the starters for the rest of the game, and when all was said and done, the result was a comfortable 35-point victory.

The offense for the Irish was much improved compared to Wednesday night’s loss to North Carolina. The Irish shot significantly better, shooting 57% from the floor and 37% from beyond the arc. The offense also took advantage of Robert Morris’ 14 turnovers, scoring 23 points off of these turnovers. The defense was solid throughout the game as well, recording five blocks and five steals.

The Irish are back in action at the Purcell Pavilion on Tuesday at 7 p.m. when they will face off against the Howard Bison, who are also from the Northeast Conference.

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as both teams headed into the dressing room.

The Irish started the second period down a man for the first four minutes as a five-minute major head contact penalty and game misconduct taken in the first period ended freshman forward Jesse Lansdell’s night early. The Irish penalty-killing unit stood tall and Morris stopped every shot as they foiled the extended power play for Ohio State.

“When you have a full five minutes to kill, it’s a real challenge, but our guys kept the shifts short. They did a good job,” Irish head coach Jeff Jackson said. “We got good goaltending during that stretch too. You’ve got to have good a goaltending performance when you’re killing off that kind of a penalty. I thought the forwards and the defensemen all did a pretty good job of protecting Cale, but when he needed to, he made some big saves.”

The Irish soon found the back of the net when freshman forward Solag Bakich squeaked a shot through the five-hole of Nappier, tying the score up at one apiece. Junior forward Matt Steeves and senior defensemen Tory Dello would pick up assists on the goal.

The Irish continued to be relentless, as a mad scramble in front of the net almost gave Notre Dame the lead, but Nappier stood tall and fended

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off the Irish onslaught. The Irish also continued to play a physical style of hockey, landing several checks along the boards to slow the Buckeyes. Despite leading the shot counter being 23-18, the furious Irish attack failed to generate any more goals as the 1-1 score line hold at the end of two periods.

In the third frame, both teams played fast two-way hockey, testing both Morris and Nappier, but both goaltenders were up to the task, turning away the early chances at each end. Action in the game slowed toward the middle of the period, as both the Buckeyes and the Irish struggled to generate shots on goal. Notre Dame soon earned extended zone time with gritty work along the boards and turnovers in the neutral zone, but momentum stopped when junior defenseman Matt Hellickson took a minor penalty for interference.

The Irish penalty kill again answered the call, killing off their fifth power play of the night. Notre Dame kept the pressure on the Buckeyes by getting pucks deep and keeping things inside the zone, allowing the offense to cycle the puck around.

Even with momentum in favor of the Irish, Ohio State began to force turnovers and earn a go-ahead goal when senior forward Carson Meyer beat Morris on the high glove with a sizzling wrister. Junior forward Austin Pooley and senior defensemen Gordi Myer picked up assists on the goal.

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senior forward Cam Morrison connected with freshman forward Trevor Janicke. Janicke did not miss the open net and tied the game up at two late in the third period.

“It’s a good sign. The ability to come back right away after they scored, especially that late in the period, was huge,” Jackson said. “[Morrison] made a nice play to [number] 27, and Janicke took advantage.”

The 2-2 score held as the game went to five-on-five overtime to decide who would earn the extra Big Ten conference point.

The Irish and the Buckeyes traded chances at both ends in the overtime period, with Notre Dame having the majority of the high danger chances.

The Irish finally broke through when a stretch pass from the stick of sophomore defenseman Nate Clurman connected with junior forward Pierce Crawford into the Buckeye zone. Crawford fired a wrist shot past Nappier to give the Irish the win, the extra conference point and continue the unbeaten streak.

Jackson commented on the elevated play of the team’s freshmen that helped to power the Irish victory.

“That’s key for us — that the young guys have to step up. Our line with [senior forwards Mike] O’Leary and [Cal] Burke, they’re playing against the other team’s top line and defensive pairing.

They’re not going to be able to score every night,” Jackson said.

“If we don’t get production from other people, then we’re going to have a hard time scoring goals,

and that’s when you have those young guys step up that really makes a big difference.”

Game two After that thrilling win that saw the Irish offense come alive late, the team came out slowly on offense on Saturday, focusing on sound defense and a strong breakout.

Notre Dame started the second game playing very well in its own defensive zone, looking comfortable breaking the puck out and confident skating through the neutral zone. The team dumped the puck deep at every opportunity, seeking to apply pressure to the Buckeyes defense but not generating the turnovers they needed to create scoring chances. Jackson had high praise for Ohio State’s discipline.

“When you play a really good team like Ohio State, they force you to turn pucks over in key areas of the ice. They’re a very well-coached team, they’re a very good defensive team and they play to their strengths,” Jackson said. “You have to play a very patient game, and it’s hard for kids this age to play patient for a full 60 minutes.”

Late in the first period, when the Buckeyes were already on the power play, Ohio State sophomore forward Quinn Preston took a five-minute major game misconduct for elbowing, giving the Irish 90 seconds of four-onfour followed by a three and a half minutes of power play. The Irish power play had a massive opportunity to break the scoreless tie.

However, they failed to take advantage of the lengthy power play, spending most of their zone time passing the puck around the perimeter seeking to set up deflections. While they were able to get pucks to the front, they were unable to get the puck luck they needed on the shots through traffic. After a weekend that saw both teams fail to score on the power play, Jackson had praise for both penalty kill units.

“Ohio State has always been one of the best penalty kill teams in the country, and they have a really good goaltender,” he said. “I’m sure both teams feel the same way about their power plays after this weekend.”

The second period featured heavy play, with more physicality and hitting from both sides than the first period. Despite the different style, the Irish continued to play sound defense with quality goaltending from Morris. As the teams struggled to get the puck to the front, it felt like the first goal could hold even more weight than normal, and ultimately it was the Buckeyes that struck first.

Sophomore Buckeyes forward Gustaf Westlund deflected a fluttering wrist shot by Pooley into the back of the net, giving the Buckeyes a 1-0 advantage for the second time in as many nights. They would take that lead into the second intermission, and Jackson his speech in the locker room between

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periods was relaxed and he put the game in his players’ hands.

“It was a really heart to heart.

There wasn’t any screaming and yelling — I did that on the bench in the middle of the second period because I was not overly happy with the way we were playing in the second period,” Jackson said. “I told them, ‘It’s in your hands, you guys handle it.’ They did, so give them credit.”

The Irish took a too-manymen penalty early in the third but killed it with relative ease and picked up momentum in doing so. The team looked more determined to create scoring chances and far less satisfied to dump the puck in and play conservatively, knowing they would need to score soon to win the game.

After some time buzzing around the Buckeyes net, sophomore defenseman Charlie Raith set up sophomore forward Jake Pivonka in front, who masterfully moved around the Buckeyes net minder to tie the game. The squad did not stop there, continuing to press the Buckeyes defense. Less than four minutes later, sophomore forward Cam Burke beat Nappier over his blocker with a snapshot from the slot off the feed from Matt Steeves.

The goal from Cam Burke was the second straight night the team got a goal from its fourth line, and Jackson said this was a massive key to the team’s success this weekend.

“Last night, we get a big goal from freshman forward Solag Bakich and tonight was Cam Burke, and we got a real nice play from Charlie Raith on Pivonka’s goal,” Jackson said. “That’s critical for any good team. You have to have depth scoring and guys who step up in big moments.”

It was a beautiful sequence for a team that had struggled to that point generating chances from high-danger areas. Holding a 2-1 lead with 7:35 remaining, the team was able to return to the heavy, defensive style it opened with. The Irish pinned the Buckeyes into their own end, making it impossible for them to even pull their goalie until there were under 90 seconds in the game. The Irish played a strong defensive game, and a few minutes of offense leading to two goals were enough to dispel Ohio State. Cale Morris praised his team’s resilience and maturity after the pair of comebacks.

“Ohio State gave us everything we could handle. They are a top-tier team in the Big Ten and nationally ranked, but I love this group,” Morris said. “We’re pretty resilient — we don’t get frazzled. I think we showed a lot of maturity and stuck to our process and [kept] wearing teams down.”

The Irish will continue Big Ten play next weekend, when they travel to face Wisconsin on Friday and Saturday.

Contact Jack Conannon at jconcan2@nd.edu and Dominic Gibson at dgibson@hcc-nd.edu

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Irish get first win against Colonials Observer Staff Report

This past Saturday, the men’s basketball team recorded their first win of the season by handily defeating the Robert Morris Colonials of the Northeast Conference by a score of 92-57.

Although the offense started slow for the Irish, it would heat up as the game went on, and the defense had a stellar performance across the board.

The game highlighted the depth of the Irish team as a whole, as the team scored 42 points off the bench. In a game where nine players received at least 10 minutes of playing time, five different players put up double digits in the scoring category. Leading the way for the Irish was sophomore guard Dane Goodwin, who scored 18 points despite playing less than half of the game. Goodwin took advantage of every shot he had, making six of eight from the floor and shooting a perfect fivefor-five from the free throw line on the day. Also scoring double

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digits for the Irish were senior guard T.J. Gibbs with 15, sophomore guards Prentiss Hubb and Robby Carmody with 13, and senior forward John Mooney with 10. Mooney also recorded 10 rebounds en route to his first double-double of the season.

Mooney started the scoring for the Irish on Saturday afternoon with an easy layup on the left side, and the Irish led the game from that point on. Following a defensive stop, Gibbs got an easy layup of his own to put the Irish up 4-0 early. Senior Josh Williams responded by getting the Colonials on the board with a three pointer. The Irish continued to make their easy shots, as senior forward Juwan Durham converted the easy layup on the assist from graduate student guard Rex Pflueger. At the under-16 timeout, the Irish lead was 6-3.

After a basket from the Colonials, Carmody made a contested shot as the shot clock see M BBALL PAGE 9

By LIAM COOLICAN Sports Writer

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Irish graduate student guard Destinee Walker drives to the paint during Notre Dame’s 84-60 win over Loyola Maryland on Friday.

On a night when Notre Dame inducted legendary forward Natalie Achonwa into their prestigious Ring of Honor, the Irish defeated Loyola Maryland 84-60.

Sophomore guard Kaitlyn Gilbert scored 24 points and grabbed six rebounds, and graduate student transfer gard Destinee Walker added 19 and seven, respectively, to lead the Irish.

Achonwa, who was known for her tremendous effort and leadership while with the Irish and played on Four Final four teams, gave an emotional speech before the game, which seemed to rally the Irish. Head coach Muffet McGraw quipped after the game that she wished Achonwa could check in.

“It was sad that I couldn’t put her in the game,” McGraw said.

“She would turn us into a Final Four team if she was playing. It see W BBALL PAGE 9

hockey | nd 3, ohio state 2 (OT); nd 2, ohio state 1

ND comes from behind twice against OSU

By JACK CONCANNON & DOMINIC GIBSON Sports Writers

This past weekend, the No. 5 Notre Dame Irish hosted the No. 8 Ohio State Buckeyes in a two-game series. After securing four Big Ten points against Minnesota, the Irish (7-0-1, 3-01 Big Ten) looked to continue their unbeaten start on home ice, their first since the 1998-99 season.

Game one

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Irish freshman forward Trevor Janicke tries to shoot the puck during Notre Dame’s 3-2 overtime win over Ohio State on Friday at Compton Family Ice Arena. Janicke scored the game-tying goal during Friday’s win.

In game one of the series, Notre Dame would need some late game heroics and an overtime winner to pull out the victory against the Buckeyes (6-3-1, 2-2-0 Big Ten).

In the first frame, the Irish came out playing fast and physical hockey, racking up several hits within the first three minutes. Both teams struggled to generate high-danger scoring chances early on, as each team’s defense held most shots to the outside perimeters of their zone.

Ohio State controlled most of the possession in the early stages of the period until an interference penalty on Buckeyes sophomore defenseman Ryan

O’Connell gave the Irish their first look on the power play.

However, the man advantage was short lived, as Irish junior forward Colin Theisen sat for tripping. Both the Irish and Buckeye specials teams were called upon several more times during the frame, but tight work on the side of the penalty kill units neutralized both power plays.

Action quickly heated up as the Big Ten rivals began to extend their physicality after the whistle. Momentum began to swing Notre Dame’s way late in the period as they found themselves earning quality scoring chances in front of junior goaltender Tommy Nappier. Despite the majority of the chances going the way of the Irish, it was Ohio State that drew first blood. Buckeyes senior forward Tanner Leczynski put his team ahead 1-0 when his tipped shot from junior defensemen Grant Gabriele from the point found twine behind senior goaltender Cale Morris with half a minute left in the frame. The onegoal advantage for Ohio State held into the end of the period see HOCKEY PAGE 11

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around him, Book says he’s been able to block everything out and focus on what matters most to him — his team.

“There’s no point in letting any type of outsiders get to you,” Book said. “Social media means pretty much nothing. At the end of the day, it’s about having fun with the guys on the offense.”

Book and the offense seemed to have a lot of fun during Saturday night’s 38-7 over Duke. The offense amassed nearly 500 yards in total and scored more points than their previous two games combined.

The quarterback had what he described as his best game of the season, throwing for four touchdowns and running for 139 yards.

“Our quarterback Ian Book deserves a lot of credit,” head coach Brian Kelly said. “He came out assertive, decisive — those are the words I would use to describe him.”

Kelly, too, acknowledged the growing pains that Book has had to work through and viewed his performance against the Blue Devils as a big step in the right direction.

“This was what we were expecting him to move towards,” Kelly said.

“Sometimes it just takes a little bit longer. There are other pressures that he’s now

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Finke. Finke finished off the drive with an 18-yard touchdown catch from Book on third down.

“Extending those drives on third down really got the offense going,” Finke said.

“The offense gained confidence, and we put some points on the board.”

After forcing a Duke threeand-out, Notre Dame took little time adding onto their lead. Sophomore running back Jahmir Smith opened their ensuing drive with a 40-yard run — plowing through a Duke defender in the process — to set up the Irish inside the Blue Devils’ 25-yard line. Four plays later, senior wide receiver Chase Claypool ran into the endzone untouched after catching a seven-yard slant from Book.

The Irish gained a total of five yards on their next two possessions, before mounting another long touchdown drive in the second quarter.

Book ran the ball twice for a total of 57 yards on a fiveplay, 72-yard drive that was capped off with a two-yard touchdown run from sophomore running back C’Bo Flemister.

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experienced and he’s gone through the worst of it. He’s only going to get better.”

Part of Book and the offense’s success on Saturday might be attributed to a recent conversation the team had with the coaches.

Entering the final month of the regular season on the heels of that rough twogame stretch, Book and the other captains approached Kelly and the rest of the staff this past week and asked to be pushed even harder.

“We talked as a group — all the captains did,” Book said. “It’s hard to win in November, and we want to win every single game. We want the coaches pushing us, and we don’t want anybody to let up. We wanted to remind them, ‘Hey, keep pushing us the right way, and we’ll keep leading from our roles. We’re still playing for a lot of good things here.’”

Kelly noticed a big difference in the practices this past week and praised the work ethic of his starting quarterback.

“Man, these guys practiced so hard this past Tuesday and Wednesday,” Kelly said.

“They work so hard, and it may not show up on the scoreboard, but I tell them, ‘Just keep working hard, because you reap what you sow in this game.’ This game will treat you right and they benefited from what they’ve been doing. And Ian Book is that guy. He works so hard, and he will eventually

benefit from all the work that he’s put it.”

One area that extra work has benefited Book in has been in his capacity as a runner. After Saturday night’s performance, Book has already surpassed last year’s rushing yardage total by more than a hundred yards — with likely four more games left to play.

Against Duke, the quarterback had four runs of more than ten yards, including runs of 45 and 53 yards.

Kelly said that Book’s ability to run with the ball worked well against the defensive scheme that Duke presented.

“We utilized his ability to run against a team that runs a lot of cover one,” Kelly said.

“We felt like that would be an asset that would get him into the f low of the game.”

Although Book found success on the ground, there’s one thing the senior wasn’t happy with.

“I need to get faster,” Book said. “I need to get in the endzone. There’s fast [defensive backs] out there. I was able to get some chunk plays, but I want to get into the endzone.”

Although Book may not have been able to punch in one of his runs for a touchdown, after a blowout win and a solid individual performance, the senior may be able to escape some of the noise for another week.

Contact Shane Lewis at slewis7@nd.edu

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3rd

4th

Total

14 0

7 7

7 0

10 0

38 7

notre dame 7, duke 0

Chris Finke 18-yard pass from Ian Book (Jonathan Doerer kick)

8:02

remaining Drive: 10 plays, 85 yards, 3:11 elapsed

NOTRE DAME 14, duke 0

Chase Claypool 7-yard pass from Book (Doerer kick)

4:03

remaining Drive: Five plays, 65 yards, 1:49 elapsed

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notre dame 21, duke 0

C’Bo Flemister 2-yard run (Doerer kick)

7:58

remaining Drive: Five plays, 72 yards, 2:02 elapsed

Notre dame 21, duke 7

Aaron Young 29-yard pass from Quentin Harris (AJ Reed kick)

2:55

remaining Drive: Two plays, 39 yards, 0:22 elapsed

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notre dame 28, duke 7

Finke 6-yard pass from Book (Doerer kick)

9:10

remaining Drive: Seven plays, 49 yards, 4:00 elapsed

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notre dame 31, duke 7 Doerer 34-yard field goal

12:59

remaining Drive: Seven plays, 59 yards, 2:57 elapsed

NOTRE DAME 38, duke 7

George Takacs 2-yard pass from Book (Doerer kick)

7:21

remaining Drive: Four plays, 13 yards, 1:31 elapsed

Up 21-0, Notre Dame looked poised to put the game away before halftime.

However, a sequence of miscues would keep the door open for the Blue Devils.

Facing third-and-four on their own 15-yard line, the Irish appeared to get yet another key third-down conversion from Finke, this time a 78-yard long catchand-run that would have set up Notre Dame well within Duke territory.

A holding call negated the play, however, and the Irish were forced to punt. The Irish punt traveled only 22 yards, giving the Blue Devils excellent field position on their opponent’s 39-yard line. The team would capitalize, throwing a 29-yard touchdown pass two plays later to draw within 21-7.

But any idea of a comeback was short-lived, as the second half was all Notre Dame.

The defense pitched a shutout over the final two quarters, and the offense outgained Duke 196 yards to 74, tacking on 17 more points thanks to another pair of Book touchdown passes and a field goal from junior kicker Jonathan Doerer.

Claypool finished as the leading receiver for Notre Dame, with 97 yards and a touchdown. Smith was the

second-leading rusher behind Book with 60 yards.

Defensively, junior linebacker Drew White led the team in tackles with seven and also notched a sack.

Kelly said he was happy with the performance of his players and what it means for the Irish heading down the stretch.

“I’m really pleased for my kids,” Kelly said. “Anytime you go on the road and beat a Power Five team in convincing fashion, you have to feel really good about your team, your preparation and your execution, especially in the month of November.”

November posits a pair a home games for the Irish against Nav y and Boston College, before a seasonending trip against Stanford.

Ranked No. 15 in the first College Football Playoff Rankings, a New Year’s Six bowl is still in play for Notre Dame. However, the team remains focused on the task at hand.

“We [couldn’t] care less about [bowl talk],” Pride said. “We’ve never worried about the outside and we’re internally motivated. We’re working to be the best we can be.”

Contact Shane Lewis at slewis7@nd.edu

statistics RUSHING yards 288 95

PASSING yards 181 102

total yards 469 197

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Irish senior defensive end Adetokunbo Ogundeji dives to tackle the Blue Devils ball carrier during Notre Dame’s 38-7 win over Duke on Saturday at Wallace Wade Stadium in Durham, N.C. Ogundeji finished the game with a quarterback hurry and one solo and one assisted tackle, adding to his total of 19 total tackles so far this season.

Notre Dame jumped to a 21-0 lead over Duke by halfway through the second quarter. After a bad punt, the Blue Devils got a touchdown and threatened again after an interception, but the Irish defense locked down and didn’t allow another score.

Meanwhile, quarterback Ian Book led the offense with his legs and his arm to a 38-7 victory.

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Irish senior quarterback Ian Book gestures to his teammates while scrambling against Duke.

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Irish sophomore running back C’Bo Flemister tries to power through a defender during Notre Dame’s 38-7 victory over Duke on Saturday.

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Irish sophomore running back Jahmir Smith tries to break a tackle during Saturday’s game.

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Irish senior wide receiver Chase Claypool secures a pass in double coverage during Notre Dame’s 38-7 win over Duke at Wallace Wade Stadium on Saturday. Claypool led the Irish with 97 receiving yards.