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Office of Residential Life details future plans University shares specifics of sixsemester policy

Pangborn to house interim residents for future hall

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Early in the fall semester of 2017, the Office of Residential Life announced a new policy mandating that, beginning with the class of 2022, students are required to live on campus for six semesters. Immediately following the announcement, students expressed concerns about the policy regarding the safety and security of students who want to move off-campus due to instances of discrimination, sexual assault, mental health and financial distress. Since then, the Office of Residential Life has been investigating ways to alleviate stu-

Starting next year, Pangborn Hall will serve as interim housing for undergraduate women before they transition to the new women’s dorm opening in the fall of 2020, Heather Rakoczy Russell, associate vice president for Residential Life, announced in a statement Friday.

“Residential Life is seeking at least 30 current undergraduate women [rising seniors, juniors and sophomores] who would choose to transfer to Pangborn for 2019-2020, and then we would assign another 70 new students — incoming firstyear and transfer students — to round out the community,” Russell

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SMC students reflect on family legacy

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In light of Saint Mary’s 175th anniversary, legacy students are bringing forward the stories of the women who have inspired them and led to the start of their own Saint Mary’s career.

In many cases, students have not just a Saint Mary’s legacy, but a Notre Dame legacy as well. These

legacies can stretch back as far as four or five generations.

First-year Gabby Acampora’s legacy is Notre Dame-based.

Acampora’s mom, Debbie, graduated from the University in 1986 and her dad, Paul, graduated in 1985. Campora’s brother, Nicholas, was a member of the Notre Dame class of 2016, and both he and Gabby grew up in a Notre Dame household.

Acampora said growing up the Notre Dame and Saint Mary’s communities played a large role in her life.

“The overall Holy Cross community has made a huge impact on my life. Both my godfather and godmother are also Notre Dame graduates.” Acampora said in an email. “All these people have see LEGACY PAGE 3

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Sophomores Charlotte Edmonds, Maria Leontaras and Mary Steurer and junior Natalie Weber will help oversee The Observer’s Editorial Board next year, incoming Editor-in-Chief Kelli Smith announced Sunday.

Edmonds will take on the

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Managing Editor position, while Leontaras, Steurer and Weber will all serve as Assistant Managing Editors.

All four women will officially begin their new roles March 18.

Edmonds, a sophomore living in Pasquerilla West Hall, is finishing her term as Associate Sports Editor.

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Originally from Oklahoma City, Edmonds is majoring in history with a minor in business economics. Edmonds began her time with The Observer in the News department but has since moved to Sports, covering a variety of different teams over the past see STAFF PAGE 3

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Black Hair Expo increases cultural awareness

By LUCY LYNCH News Writer

On Sunday, a “Black Hair Expo,” co-sponsored by the Multicultural Student Programs and Services, the Gender Relations Center, the Office of Student Enrichment and the Department of Africana Studies, helped raise cultural awareness and address lack of hair resources for African American students at Notre Dame in the LaFortune Student Center Ballroom.

Paige Jackson, Black Hair Expo event organizer and assistant director of diversity education, outreach and assessment, said when she first began working at Notre Dame, one of her first questions was inquiring about where she could get her hair done.

“We have to be able to recognize that this particular group of students, they continue to be marginalized because they have to go off campus to receive the same services that the majority

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of the students can receive at the LaFortune hair salon and barber,” Jackson said.

Looking to address those needs, local barbers and beauticians came to the Black Hair Expo to show their work and give their vendor information to students.

The event also featured a panel which discussed the cultural importance of African American hair, as well as hair products, raffle prizes and a performance.

One of the greatest burdens for African American students at Notre Dame seeking hair care is the added cost of transportation director of multicultural student programs and services Iris Outlaw said.

“We have heard often from students where they had pay for an Uber to get to a barbershop, pay for their haircuts and then pay for the ride back,” Outlaw said. “A cut that could normally be $15 could end up being $25 or $30 when you see EXPO PAGE 4

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Over the weekend, Saint Mary’s welcomed first-year parents to the campus as a part of its annual First Year Parents’ Weekend.

First Year Parents’ Weekend began in 2015 as a way for students and their parents to spend quality time together on and off campus after students’ first semester of college. The event was hosted by the first year class council.

The weekend kicked off Friday night with registration and an opening reception. Saturday morning, parents and students enjoyed go-karting and bowling at Strikes and Spares Entertainment Center.

Saturday afternoon consisted of a “Surviving Sophomore Year” seminar and mass at the Church of Our Lady of Loretto. The weekend closed with dinner at the Hilton Garden Inn on Saturday evening.

First year class council representative Emma Berges said she was excited to show her parents around campus and introduce them to her

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friends and their parents as well.

“My parents traveled from Fairfield, Conn.,” she said. “They’ve visited me here before, but this weekend was a lot more fun because all the other parents were here too. It was exciting to introduce them to my friends’ parents.”

First year Abby Schreck also said she was eager to have her parents experience part of her daily life at the College.

“I was most looking forward to introducing them to more people and spending time eating out together,” Schreck said. “It was also fun because my mom went to Saint Mary’s and my dad went to Notre Dame, so we spent a lot of time comparing our college experiences.”

First year Emily Mack said she believes First Year Parents’ Weekend is an important opportunity to bond with one’s family.

“It’s important because our parents play a big role in our lives,” she said.

“Parents support and encourage us to do our best in school. This weekend gives us a chance to have them support us while having fun.”

Mack said she was able to spend quality time with her mom while also having fun, with the highlight of her weekend being the trip to Strikes and Spares and go-karting with her mom.

“I miss my mom so much already,” Mack said. “I almost cried when I gave her a goodbye hug.”

First Year Parents’ Weekend not only allows students to spend quality time with their parents, but also gives students an opportunity to show their parents their lives at college. First year Olivia Morrissey recently redecorated her room and said she was excited to show her mom.

“Even though my mom helped me set up my new room and get settled in at the beginning of the semester, she was really excited to see it a few weeks later after it had been lived in and felt like my new home,” Morrissey said. “The rug had f luffed out, the TV was set up, and new pictures had been put on the walls. She was really glad to see my new space and I was glad to show her around.”

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Notre Dame to host Sustainability Expo

By SERENA ZACHARIAS News Writer

The 2019 Sustainability Expo will be held in the Jordan Hall of Science Galleria at 6:30 p.m. Monday for students interested in learning about research, education programs and professional opportunities focused on sustainability, energy and the environment.

“Sustainability studies at Notre Dame is really multifaceted and we have students from every college and from all different majors who are interested in issues related to the environment, but they come at it from a lot of different angles,” Rachel Novick, the director of the minor in sustainability, said.

“The Sustainability Expo is a

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signature event each year that really brings all the different multidisciplinary aspects of sustainability together under one roof, so students can explore the options that they have for educational programs and research opportunities, as well as internship and career opportunities.”

Barbara Villarosa, the director of business and communications for ND Energy, said the Expo has grown over the years to reach both undergraduate and graduate students.

Over 40 departments, groups and organizations from Notre Dame — in addition to a number of local organizations and companies — will attend the event as resources to students.

“There’s been a growing interest by everyone to learn

more about energy and the environment and what we can do to get more involved,” Villarosa said. “The field has grown, there’s just so many more job opportunities for students, and we want [the Expo] to match that.”

In addition to the expansion of the Expo, Novick said in the past five years sustainability studies at Notre Dame has grown to support students by bridging their academic interests with their careers.

“We have an alumni mentoring program, so students can find out what it’s really like to have a job in particular sustainability fields,” she said.

“We added the environmental science major, and right now the environmental science major and the sustainability

minor are working together with the Center for Career Development and to do the first-ever environmental’s career track.”

Villarosa said the ND Energy has also worked to increase local and global opportunities to help students better understand the challenges in maintaining sustainable energy worldwide.

“We have a cohort of students going to Cuba and Singapore, and we’re looking at Puerto Rico. We had a group of students this past summer who went to New Zealand,” Villarosa said. “We’re trying to make the energy studies minor more than just classroom-oriented.”

Both Novick and Villarosa said they would encourage

anyone who is interested in sustainability, energy and environmental studies to attend the Expo and to consider the various programs Notre Dame offers in these subjects.

“The world is changing physically faster right now than it ever has since humans have been around,” Novick said. “I think what these kinds of studies are all about is understanding what’s changing, how fast its changing, what the impacts are, who’s affected, what can we do better, how can we plan better, how can we be smarter about the way we use resources and how can we support people who are vulnerable.”

Weber is a junior who previously served as News Editor, and is currently studying abroad in Puebla, Mexico.

Weber has written about the University’s response to the Catholic Church’s sexual abuse crisis, the experience of low-income students on campus and the presence of bats in various dorms. A Colorado native, Weber is majoring in English, with minors in journalism, ethics and democracy and computing and digital technologies. On campus, Weber lives in Cavanaugh

Hall.

“I’m excited and honored to be a part of this team,” Weber said. “The Observer has played a significant role in my college experience, and I look forward to our plans for the coming year.”

Leontaras, a sophomore at Saint Mary’s, is pursuing a student-designed major in interactive journalism with minors in Italian and mathematics.

From Crown Point, Indiana, she is completing her term as Associate Saint Mary’s Editor.

Leontaras has covered various

events on the College’s campus, including former College President Jan Cervelli’s resignation and lectures from acclaimed visiting authors.

“The Observer is a great platform to bring the tri-campus community together, and it’s an honor to be able to work alongside such qualified and passionate student journalists,” Leontaras said. “I am looking forward to contributing to the paper’s legacy.”

Steurer is a sophomore computer science major minoring in Journalism, Ethics

and Democracy. Steurer currently serves as News Editor, and during her time at The Observer has written about topics such as the Waddick’s renovation, the Columbus murals and, most recently, the student government elections. Originally from St. Louis, Steurer currently lives in Howard Hall.

“I’ve loved working for The Observer since I first joined my freshman year,” she said.

“This paper means so much to me and I can’t wait to start this new adventure.”

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their experience there has had on them,” McDonald said. “But when it was time for me to start applying at colleges, they did not put pressure on me to apply to Saint Mary’s just because they went there. In fact, I didn’t want to copy them, so I purposely didn’t rank Saint Mary’s at the top of my list.

I applied anyway though, and my mom insisted that I take a campus tour. … On the tour, all the things my sisters talked about with such enthusiasm and pride became apparent to me: the tight-knit community, the professors who challenge you to reach your full potential, the resources there to help you succeed during and after your time at Saint Mary’s and the lifelong sisterhood.”

Saint Mary’s continues to have a legacy presence due to the education and empowerment that the school provides students, McDonald said.

“Saint Mary’s has such a strong legacy because of the unwavering high-quality education that each woman receives,” she said.

“They leave here fully prepared to thrive in the real world with a confident mentality that was ingrained in them for four years.

Grandmothers, mothers, sisters, aunts want her to go here because they know that Saint Mary’s will help shape her into a determined, strong, intelligent woman.”

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helped me to grow spiritually, taught me to serve others and created a community with the people around me.”

The traditions from Saint Mary’s and Notre Dame have also been passed through generations of legacy students, Acampora said.

“I definitely just felt right at home when I got here. I always imagined as a child that this would be my college town and place, because of my parents and the numerous visits,” Acampora said. “I wanted to join the best band in the land and I’ve always rooted for the Fighting Irish. I think I might just bleed blue and gold, so I’ve been so happy getting to experience all the things that I’ve heard about in my parent’s stories.”

For some students, their siblings are what drew them to Saint Mary‘s.

Senior Kerry Rose McDonald is the third in her family to attend Saint Mary‘s. Her sister, Ellen, graduated from the College in 2000, while another sister, Lindsay, graduated from the College in 2013. She said that while her sisters did not pressure her to apply to attend Saint Mary‘s, her campus visit demonstrated the aspects of the school that they valued most.

“My sisters always made it clear how much they love Saint Mary’s and the incredible impact

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dents’ worries, including the possibility of exemptions from the policy for students who demonstrate substantial need.

In an announcement made via email Monday, the Office of Residential Life announced the preferred method of helping students with residential issues will be a streamlined hall transfer process. While exemptions will be available for some students, such exemptions will be rare and determined on a case-by-case basis.

Heather Rakoczy Russell, associate vice president for residential life, said the Office of Residential Life believes hall transfers provide students with the chance to find a community better fitted to their needs without moving off-campus. “[The exemption] will be used rarely because we think what we’re actually doing is changing the culture — we hope to change the culture — around hall transfers,” Russell said. “ … We think there’s something very special about residential life here and we think that having an experience of being formed in the residence halls — multi-class, single-sex, randomly placed, all of that — we think that forms people. We want people to have the opportunity to flourish, and if it’s not happening for you in [your hall], we want to redirect you to another [hall] where you might have that experience.”

For those instances where a hall transfer would be insufficient, students will be able to apply for an exemption through the Office of Residential Life. Russell said because each exemption will depend on the student’s specific circumstances, she could not provide an example of what would qualify a student to live off-campus early.

“I think it will be on a very caseby-case basis, and I don’t think I could in a genuine way answer that

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said in the statement.

Moving these students into Pangborn will both ease overcrowding in women’s halls and prepare a community for the new dorm, Russell said. Pangborn is anticipated to hold anywhere from 100 to 131 residents.

However, the dorm’s full capacity is 182 students.

“At this time, we have a bit of an overcrowding problem on the women’s side,” Russell said. “The way it manifested itself this past academic year is that we had a waitlist for [both women and men] … who needed housing.”

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factor in that their white peers can just go downstairs in LaFortune.”

Senior Melody Wilson said she has faced these issues and said that

question without it just being a shot in the dark,” Russell said. “ … We’re hard-pressed to come up the kind of case that would actually qualify because we think the reasons that would qualify someone for an exemption are probably going to be deeply personal and particular. So, will there be exemptions granted?

Certainly, we wouldn’t have created a process if they wouldn’t. But we want to believe … that most of the challenges that students are encountering to their flourishing in their residence halls might be remedied by trying the experience of another residence.”

Russell said the application process for an exemption asks the student to demonstrate a clear, corroborated need to move off-campus.

“You would first encounter the opportunity to apply for a hall transfer, which would allow for the possibility for someone to hear your story about why you’re not having a good experience and see if there’s another option for you,” she said. “But let’s say there isn’t.

Let’s say, based on your particular story, there was an experience of discrimination or sexual assault or something that makes being here feel unwelcome, or maybe it’s financial aid driven, or maybe it’s medically driven, or maybe it’s mental health driven. If it’s any of those kinds of things, what we want to do … is allow for an openended process where the student can tell his or her story — but not have to retell it multiple times — and for that story to be heard and corroborated in some ways by someone else if that were attractive to a student.”

The announcement said students will need to submit a written application to receive an exemption. If the application is found to have merit, the student will have the option to appear before a review board as well as receive support from a member of the Notre Dame faculty or staff.

The announcement also said

students will be required to renew their exemption each year.

The decision to prioritize halls transfers over exemptions was made by the University with the understanding that residential life is essential to a student’s development, the announcement said.

“Sharing life in community in the residence halls supports students’ formation as they deepen their faith, cultivate moral virtues, develop healthy relationships, become servant leaders and reflectively and prayerfully discern their future,” it said. “The mixedclass, single-sex, stay-hall system featuring random assignment of first-year students to modest-sized halls is critical for the model, as is each hall’s unique community, character and traditions.”

Because hall transfers will be the primary method of solving a student’s residential issues, Jonathan Retartha, director of residential life for housing operations, said the hall transfer system is changing in two key ways.

“First, the elimination of the requirement to speak to your current rector or the rector that you wish to move to,” Retartha said. “It’s not always an option that’s practical or advisable in some circumstances. … The second is to give people the option to select two preferred halls that they’re willing to transfer to. … [They’ll also have] an opportunity to indicate a willingness to accept a spot in any available hall, something closer to what we do in our float-for-a-single process. If they don’t elect that kind of floating option, they’ll be returned back to their original hall’s room picks if those two options they select are not available.”

Retartha said in an email that, with the new system, the Office of Residential Life hopes to allow a growing number of hall requests.

“Our fall semester typically sees over 200 hall transfer requests, the vast majority of which were approved,” he said. “We do anticipate that number to go up, and we hope

to accommodate most requests.

However, the capacities of our halls will always limit our ability to honor every request.”

These changes to residential policy come at the end of an extended process spent engaging with and listening to the voices of students regarding the six-semester policy.

Russell said following the policy’s initial announcement, she saw an overwhelming student response.

“Over that fall semester, our office — the Office of Residential Life — received about a hundred emails from current students echoing those same sentiments [of worry],” she said.

Proactive engagement with students helped the Office of Residential Life understand the concerns of students better and quell fears held by some students, Russell said.

“In the spring semester, our office engaged students in focus groups and listening sessions,” she said. “So, we proactively said, ‘let’s get together,’ and we did that with different groups of student leaders — diversity council, committees on race and ethnicity and LGBTQ students, as well as student senate, [Hall Presidents Council], [Campus Life Council and] various [other] student groups.”

Russell said the process led the Office of Residential Life to conclude that what students want most was simply an opportunity to live well in a community.

“We think actually what students — without naming it — are asking for is a way to find a place to flourish,” Russell said. “And we think that’s actually to utilize the hall transfer process.”

While the new residential policies require students to stay six semesters on campus, there are hopes that new incentives for seniors to stay on campus will convince students to stay all four years. Russell said a mass movement of seniors off-campus would be damaging to the campus culture the University hopes to create.

“If what we do with the residence requirement is we have people who live here for six semesters and then they go off in droves as seniors, or we don’t successfully turn the tide on the number of seniors who are staying, our model still falls apart because we don’t have the halls that are created by class,” Russell said.

Breyan Tornifolio, director of residential life for rector recruitment, hiring and retention, said seniors who stay on stay on campus are fundamental to the development of all students.

“We want our seniors to stay, we want them in the halls,” Tornifolio said. “Our model doesn’t work without the seniors here. The leadership that our seniors provide is crucial to the development of our students, so ways that we keep them here is really important.”

To keep seniors on campus, Russell said the Office of Residential Life will be releasing a list of incentives designed to convince seniors to stay on campus in the spring, in time for freshmen to consider their options as they begin looking for future housing.

Russell said while nothing has been approved yet, the incentives being considered include more flexible meal plans, free laundry and discounted room and board.

Russell said as the six-semester policy, and its associated changes to residential life, take root in campus culture, the program’s success will be found in the number of students who decide to stay on campus all four years.

“By giving the choice to seniors, they will vote [on the policies] with their feet and stay,” Russell said.

“In a wonderful, perfect world, we have to go the administration and say we need ‘x’ number of new residence halls because so many seniors are opting to stay back because of the experience they had in all six semesters.”

temporary home for its residents, Breyan Tornifolio, director of residential life for rector recruitment and hiring, said it is important to recognize the community as a new and permanent hall of Notre Dame.

“There will be welcome weekend, there will be hall council — it will function as a hall,” Tornifolio said. “So, women who might be looking for a fresh start, who want to take some leadership roles, this is their opportunity.”

Amanda Springstead, current rector of Howard Hall, will serve as the rector for the new community beginning next year.

“I am honored to be trusted with stewarding this new community,” Springstead said in an email to Howard Hall residents

Sunday. “And I am excited to see what gifts and joys the next few years will hold.”

Tornifolio said the new hall represents an opportunity to help build a community from scratch.

“I think that we have visionaries on our campus who are going to jump at that chance to be able to create something,” Tornifolio said.

Russell echoed these sentiments in her assessment of the new community’s future.

“The women who will be attracted to this are perhaps some of those who aren’t having a positive experience in their current hall,” Russell said. “But it also might be some people who are pioneers, who are looking for an adventure and want to be the first to start something.”

Russell said residential life is offering several incentives to women to transfer into the dorm. The first 10 seniors who apply to transfer, as well as resident assistants, are guaranteed singles. The first 10 juniors who apply are also guaranteed singles, and the first 10 sophomores who apply are guaranteed housing. The $500 persemester fee for all singles will be waived for students who choose to transfer to Pangborn, she said.

The lottery number for room picks will be “tied to application order,” Russell said in the statement.

Pangborn is expected to offer 15 doubles as singles for seniors, 10 additional singles, 40 doubles, three two-room quads, two threeroom quads, two two-room triples

as well as study rooms, a fitness area and community space.

Jonathan Retartha, director of residential life for housing operations, said students should act quickly in order to secure a spot.

“We would encourage women who are interested to act fast,” Retartha said. “We’re not filling this building, we’re not trying to cram it full. Pangborn is not a huge space. It’s a limited number of spots and we’re excited for the response that we think we’re going to get.”

Students who want to transfer into Pangborn can apply in the Home Under the Dome portal starting Feb. 11.

she noticed attempts to increase accessibility to her necessary hair products.

“The Huddle has made efforts to get products that are better for my demographic, but also the products are in smaller sizes because the regular sizes are not available

to them at a reasonable price,” Wilson said.

The Black Hair Expo addressed these resource gaps and as well as the social stigma surrounding black hair. The event catered to the needs of black students but was open to all students of

all backgrounds in order to raise awareness of African American hair, Outlaw said.

“We’ve had students talk to us about people coming up and just touching their hair which is culturally inappropriate for anyone,” Outlaw said. “I think this event

will help them understand that for African American men and women, hair is kind of our crown. You wouldn’t go and touch someone’s crown without permission.”

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By NICOLE MARCINKUS Scene Writer

On Thursday, John Mellencamp took the stage in South Bend to promote the release of his 24th studio album, “Other People’s Stuff.” Mellencamp has been writing and performing his own songs for over 40 years, since his first professional album in 1976. Mellencamp took a few years off following disagreements with music executives and a heart attack in 1994, but never stopped creating and, likewise, his fans have never stopped listening. Despite the constant pressures of performing his music, Mellencamp has found the time to paint, raise five children and earn spots in both the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Songwriters Hall of Fame.

Walking into the show was exactly what you’d expect — people in good spirits crowded in to revisit the songs and feelings of their youth, but also to enjoy Mellencamp’s voice on modern issues as well. The first 20 minutes of the show were a combination movie and slideshow that followed Mellencamp’s history from the beginning of his music career to his current life focused on family and songwriting. Yet, it was clear that everyone in the crowd that night didn’t need the recap.

They came to hear the songs they loved and the artist

By ALEXANDER DAUGHERTY Scene Writer

The Actors from the London Stage (AFTLS) are a gift from God to Shakespeare scholars and lay audiences alike. Five actors take on the often-extensive casts of each play they produce. Every year, AFTLS comes to Notre Dame for one week each semester to perform one of the Bard’s well-known works. This time, AFTLS came to campus to perform “King Lear.” In general, their staging of tragedies has been lacking, while their comedies pack the rows and reach heretofore unmatched heights of theatrical excellence. Yet, “King Lear” was without a doubt one of the strongest performances in recent memory by an AFTLS team.

“King Lear” follows a series unfortunate events and failings that arise after an elderly King Lear attempts to divide his kingdom between his three daughters.

When the youngest, most favored, daughter Cordelia will not pander to her father she is banished from the kingdom. A game of power, lust and riches ensues, and Lear’s mental state devolves into madness. In true tragic fashion, the stage is transformed into a graveyard by the conclusion of the play and the two remaining members of the court are left to rule the ruins.

It is difficult to pinpoint standout performances in

they had been fans of for years. There were a few nostalgic scenes of interviews Mellencamp gave when he was in his 20s and 30s, and flashes of him promoting his music on early MTV, but the theme of the film was that Mellencamp didn’t know what he was getting himself into when he first started in the music industry. The introductory film showed the audience how he had to change his last name to appear more attractive and emphasized the decisions others made for him. But that night, Mellencamp was able to tell his story, which included his political leanings, life experiences thus far and his confrontations with people that told him what to do with his voice. But, even more importantly, Mellencamp let the music speak for him.

There were brief interludes when Mellencamp would preface his songs with explanations or casually talk to the crowd. For example, he explained how “Longest Days” was partly about a conversation with his grandmother as she neared the end of her life. Throughout the show, Mellencamp also made comments about how the world needs to get itself together.

The setlist was well-organized with a few songs to introduce the tone of the show, a nostalgic section, a part for rumination on life and the passage of time, some political commentary, an anti-authority segment and

feel-good closers. The newly folksy-liberal Mellencamp sound was present from the beginning when he opened with “Lawless Times” from his 2014 album after walking out to long cheers and whistles. He played a combination of entirely familiar songs, like “Minutes to Memories,” “Small Town,” “Jack and Diane,” “Pink Houses,” “Hurts So Good” and less-popular pieces like “We Are the People.” The song “The Full Catastrophe” was bluesy, jazzy and low, while “Easy Target” called out persecution and ignorance of the marginalized by politicians and corporations, finishing with a Black Lives Matter protesting kneel. The most energized moment though, came when he played “Authority Song” followed by “Crumblin’ Down.” Everyone up and dancing. Energy throughout the show was always at hand, but shifted between sit-down songs, fist-pumping calls to action and shouting of old favorites.

The solos by every musician were impressive, as the band members were all as talented on their instruments as Mellencamp himself. The most notable band member on stage and the crowd favorite was Miriam Sturm on the violin, whose work fit perfectly with the rock sound yet stood out memorably that night.

such a strong cast, but the engines of the show were largely Ffion Jolly as the Fool and Fred Lancaster as Edmund. The other three actors were, of course, brilliant, but Jolly and Lancaster’s performances plumbed depths which it did not seem the others had access. Jolly’s Fool shadowed and foreshadowed Lear, played by Tricia Kelly. In one particularly poignant moment, Jolly removes Kelly’s hat, upon which is written “King,” and replaces it with one marked “Fool.” She takes Lear’s scepter and winds her words in a semi-prophetic lyric that further suggests the inversion implied by the switching of the hats. Jolly’s performance was rich and well-timed, playing the comedy with the oracular nature of her jokes. The Fool in this “King Lear” played quite like AFTLS’s Puck in their 2016 production of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.” Both characters had a nearly preternatural sense of the action that almost attained a meta-theatrical sensibility. The Fool guided, protected and soothed Lear during his descent into madness, at which terminal point the Fool disappeared, leaving her hat on the downstage border of the world drawn in salt.

Fred Lancaster’s command of character and physicality was truly unrivaled on the stage. This may be due to his wildly varied casting, but nevertheless Edmund was easily the most powerful character on

the stage. No one else commanded soliloquized silence, chess-like planning or sheer confidence quite like he did. As the seemingly standard Shakespeare villain, that is the least-loved child with a penchant for cunning and conniving, Edmund seemed to have little room to grow. This was not the case. Lancaster’s Edmund was textured with longing if tainted with revenge. If the audience did not know any better they might have been on his side right up until he betrayed his father, Gloucester, to Cornwall.

The topicality of “King Lear” is alive and well today.

Its concerns with political upheaval and the corruption of those in power and the violence which they are willing to perpetrate situate it at the heart of literarypolitical discourse. Lear says twice at the beginning: “Nothing will come of nothing.” He means that nothing can be gained without trying, but in the second iteration what is said sounds more like an expression of hopelessness. When Lear, Kent and Edmund invoke the “wheel,” the truth is clear: the machinations of corruption and power are ceaseless and just as Lear could not slow his madness, he could not stop the disintegration of his kingdom once he started it.

A crown is placed on the Fool’s hat and Lear begs forgiveness: “Forget and forgive: I am old and foolish.”

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Dinner for breakfast

Fr. Jenkins has one hell of a job

Hanna Kennedy Scene Writer

Picking a fight with the unspoken rules of the food world isn’t anything new. Hazel from “The Fault in Our Stars” does it when she says, “I want to have scrambled eggs for dinner without this ridiculous construction that a scrambled egg-inclusive meal is breakfast,” and so did McDonald’s back in 2015 when they rolled out 24-hour breakfast across the country.

But even before McDonald’s broke the meal-time continuum, breakfast for dinner was a staple at my home. When things got crazy and my mom wanted a quick, easy meal for the night, she’d scramble some eggs, make a couple of pancakes and call my brother and me downstairs for dinner.

It had never bothered me personally that certain foods belonged to breakfast, others to lunch and to dinner, but apparently it’s a concept that weighs heavily on a lot of people, including my own mother.

It must have been that after making one too many batches of pancakes after 6 p.m., she reached a point where something didn’t seem right. She saw the same injustice that Hazel did in restricting certain food to certain times of day and letting some — but not all — cross those lines.

Yet, she didn’t take quite the same approach in her attempt to fix the problem. My mom, instead of championing the cause of wrongful labeling, decided to change what we eat and when — she made dinner for breakfast, and not just any dinner. She made spaghetti and meatballs bright and early one Sunday morning.

My mom had warned us all the night before, but no one took her seriously. We mocked her and said she wouldn’t follow through, but she was determined and nothing we came up with could have stopped her.

That morning my dad, brother and I all stumbled out of our rooms, wiping the sleep from our eyes and noticed an odd smell. It wasn’t a bad smell, but it didn’t belong. We walked downstairs to find that it was tomato sauce simmering on the stove and bread baking in the oven. My mom told us dinner (breakfast?) was almost ready and we should take our seats at the table.

When we did it took two, maybe three bites before my brother stood up to grab cereal from the cupboard and my dad left in search of Tupperware to pack up the food that we all decided would make an appearance later that day, during the mealtime it belongs to and belongs to for a reason.

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These days, as I open The Observer to the Viewpoint section, I often jest, “Ah, I wonder what University President Fr. John Jenkins has done to upset someone today.” Very rarely do I find myself caught off guard by what I find.

I get it. This section is literally called “Viewpoint.” It exists for individuals and groups within our community to convey their opinions and scruples (compliments from the same being few-and-far between). Of course, I am, at this very moment, writing to convey my own sentiments for publication in the same forum (so no, the irony of this editorial is not lost on me). But really, this section could just as well be dubbed “Complaints and Criticisms.”

As I alluded to earlier, many of these complaints and criticisms are directed at either Jenkins, or the more generic “administration.” For example, over the past few months, you might have seen headlines in the Viewpoint section such as: “Father Jenkins is a disgrace to Notre Dame and the Catholic Faith;” “An open letter to Fr. Jenkins;” and “Fr. Jenkins: It is time to lead”.

Well, here are just five of the many reasons why Jenkins has one hell of a job:

1. God and His Church: Collegiate boards of trustees can be intimidating, but God? He’s quite the boss. Even with His infinite love and mercy, nobody of faith wants to let Him down, but especially not someone who recognizes the great responsibility that accompanies wearing the Roman collar. I believe Jenkins is such a man.

Moreover, when he was ordained in 1983, Jenkins took a series of vows, to include the vow of obedience — a sacred obligation to abide by the will of the Father, particularly as determined by the leaders of Jenkins’ order and the Church. This means striving to uphold the doctrines of the Faith, something that all Catholics struggle to do, but especially those subjected to the greatest of public scrutiny.

2. Secular society: As if living up to the lofty expectations of God weren’t enough, Jenkins, in exercising his presidential duties, must also navigate the complex — and often unforgiving — waters that is leading a distinctively Roman Catholic international research university in an increasingly secularized world. About 175 years ago, when the University’s founder, Fr. Edward Sorin, predicted that Notre Dame would be “a powerful force for good” in the world, he never could have envisioned a world like ours.

3. Alumni:

Ave Crux, Spes Unica, to be “Hail the Money, Our Only Hope.” Yet, in our society (and our world, for that matter), it is capital — cold hard cash — that makes research, infrastructure, scholarships, high-quality faculty and a plethora of other university-related needs possible.

4. Pay: In 2016, Robert Zimmer, president of the University of Chicago, received over $1.6 million in compensation from his institution. That same year, Morton Schapiro, president of Northwestern University, received about the same amount. And Baylor University’s president, Kenneth Starr, topped the list at almost $5 million.

Remember that vow of obedience I mentioned? (If not, see item 1 above). For the priests of Holy Cross, it’s accompanied by a vow of poverty, meaning Fr. Jenkins doesn’t see a cent of his approximately $900,000-per-year salary; rather, it all goes directly to the Congregation. What are the odds of you working for free?

5. You: That’s right, you. Chances are, if you’re reading this, you’re a current or past Notre Dame student, faculty member or staff member — and even if you’re not, honestly, this probably still applies to you. You are needy. You are opinionated. You have a perspective that is uniquely your own. But you know what? There so many yous out there, and there is only one Jenkins.

It is, quite frankly, impossible for him to acknowledge everyone’s opinion on every subject; still, it’s not unlikely that you will feel personally victimized the next time your view goes unrepresented in a University policy or statement.

Now, having read all that, you might be inclined to say: David, criticism is part of the job. Yes, you’re right, but if you are confident that you would do the job better — or rather, that you could somehow make doing so look easy — you, dearest reader, are a fool. Meanwhile, I do not mean to imply that all criticism of Jenkins and Notre Dame’s administration is invalid, unjustified, or even unreasonable. However, as the late St. Teresa of Calcutta once said, “Humility is the mother of all virtues,” and I have “observed” an unfortunate lack of humility in the Viewpoint section of The Observer.

So, amid a sea of complaints and criticisms, the receipt of which seems to be inevitable in your position: thank you, Fr. Jenkins — and all those entrusted with guiding Our Lady’s University, past, present and future. I appreciate you and your dedication. I acknowledge your inherent, human imperfection. I pray for you to be guided by the Holy Spirit. And most of all, I do not envy you.

The sons and daughters of Notre Dame are, understandably — and not necessarily in a bad way — a bit eccentric. Unfortunately, many of them have also interpreted the Congregation of Holy Cross’ motto,

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Icarus unfettered Gabriel Niforatos The Road Less Traveled

Let me tell you what it is like to live inside of a snow globe — a Victorian mansion behind you and a tiny frozen lake beside you.

There can be snow anytime you want there to be and you will never feel cold, like living the memory of your first snow if you could remember it. A tiny ecosystem of crystal-clear water consisting of an idyllic memory that no one ever had, the vision of a painter that blotted out the scars of mistakes from their canvas. Time is frozen in a perfect world, the most perfect snapshot of winter ever captured, where the snow isn’t cold and the frozen lakes never melt. You will never feel the scorching sun from the outside world, never have to bundle up against a wind that cannot be stopped.

And yet ... the only snow you will ever feel is a collection of plastic confetti tossed around you when you are shaken, turned upside down and back again. I have the tiniest of lakes beside me to skate on whenever I want, free from the melting heat of summer. What they don’t see is that the shine on that lake is glitter, the paint is smeared on the windows of the Victorian mansion that is hollow on the inside. The hints of glue beneath the soil and under the trees. Instead, they might reach out and shake the globe that reminds them of that childhood memory of themselves.

Is this living? Trapped inside a dream that no one dreamt, where you can see the outside world walking, talking, changing all around you, but you can’t hear them. You will find yourself reaching out, your face and hands pressed against glass. You won’t travel the world; your only journey will be from the mantle to the cupboard, because you are trapped in one season while the world is changing.

Picturesque. Hollow. The passing of time slowly falling like a piece of plastic snowfall.

At Notre Dame, this snow globe dream exists on a number of different levels. Fundamentally, it is the reality of the student who doesn’t tell people that they are on financial aid. There, I said it. There is a stigma with financial aid on campus and I find that there is a risk of entering the snow globe dream of the “Notre Dame stereotype” to avoid it.

It often feels hard to relate to people on financial aid, in part because of the existing stigma. It might sound trivial but there are times when I literally face a conflict joking with my friends about the food in the dining halls. I have come from times when all my family had to eat was beans and tortilla chips. The ham and cheese sandwich may not be fine dining, but it is hard to complain that we receive all-you-can-eat food anytime we are hungry. It is hard to relate to those who simply cannot relate or understand, hard to bridge the gap and get to the same perspective. So you begin to play the game. The problem is that in doing so, you become trapped in a fake reality and there is a danger that this facade will become reality and interacting with the world will be through a lens and not actually experiencing it. One of my “fears” with photography is that I will incrementally exist behind my lens and see the world through a dark room when I could instead remove my camera and live moments as they are. I want to feel the cold, not see a still life of it — existence, not real time memory. In much the same way, I feel like there is a danger of becoming distant from oneself in order to fit in.

The thing is that changing oneself to live inside a snow globe does not actually make you like those around you. It entraps you inside a dream no one ever dreamt, “the Notre Dame stereotype.” The reality is that, compared to the surrounding South Bend

community, the University is itself a snow globe. And yet, this statement ignores the fact that almost half of Notre Dame students are receiving financial aid in some capacity. To the students of Notre Dame on financial aid, acting like we are not on financial aid should not be the fake dream we endeavor to collectively enter into like the film “Inception” portrays. Not only is entering this dream going to further us from our peers, living some idyllic conformist lie is flawed in of itself. Don’t trap yourself to the mold you see now, because it will inevitably change and you will find that your entire existence is that of a marionette dancing to the whims of culture.

I write this to the students of Notre Dame who are on financial aid and feel like they are living inside some sort of false world because of the stigma for being who they are. But there are times when I am afraid that I will lose important aspects of myself in order to bridge the space between misunderstanding, and I write this to myself just as much as I am writing to all of you. I don’t want to live in a snow globe lie of myself, see the snow and never feel a single flake melt on my skin. Let’s leave the lakes that never melt for radiantly blue, unpredictable, stormy waters. Take my hand and I’ll take yours. Let’s swim against the impossible pressure created from the inches of water above us and shatter the glass.

Then let’s spread our wings and fly as high as we can.

Gabriel Niforatos is a sophomore who has diverse interests ranging from political science to music. When he’s not at school, he is busy hiking and running in the New Mexico mountain range. His email is gniforat@nd.edu The views expressed in this column are those of the author and not necessarily those of The Observer.

Ocasio-Cortez’s policy knowledge lacks substance Jeffrey Murphy Spilling the Tea

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is like a massive train wreck — so hard to watch, yet you cannot look away. Watching her attempt to answer even elementary questions is like watching Paula Abdul try to stay awake during an episode of “American Idol” — I’m on the edge of my seat wondering if today is the day she does it. Rep. Ocasio-Cortez (DNY) has offered so many cringe-worthy blunders that I could write an entire column about her political gaffes. So I did.

My first indication that Ocasio-Cortez might not be the sharpest political mind within the Democratic Party was her massive fumble on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

During an interview on PBS’s “Firing Line,” host Margaret Hoover asked Ocasio-Cortez to explain what she meant by the Israeli “occupation of Palestine.” You have to be living under a rock to not understand what Democrats mean when they wail about the “Israeli occupation of Palestine.” Yet, Ocasio-Cortez, then the Democratic candidate for New York’s 14th congressional district, seemed to lack even a basic understanding of one of the most prominent political conflicts in modern history. After taking a pause that lasted longer than Idina Menzel’s final note in “The Wizard and I,” Ocasio-Cortez came up with: “Oh, um, I think what I meant is like the settlements that are increasing in some of these areas and places where, uh, Palestinians are experiencing, uh, difficulty in access to, uh, their housing and homes.” Even enthusiastic supporters of Ocasio-Cortez must have face-palmed after that borderline-comical response. Ocasio-Cortez then dumped one final jug of gasoline on her dumpster fire of an answer by explaining, “I am not the expert on geopolitics on this issue.” No kidding, Alexandria. Later, in that

same interview, Ocasio-Cortez tried to explain changes in unemployment. Consistent with her previous attempts at understanding basic concepts, she failed so miserably that even Politifact had to rate her remarks as “pants on fire.”

So we’ve established that “geopolitics” is not Ms. Ocasio-Cortez’s area of expertise. Perhaps her constituents are willing to overlook her complete lack of knowledge on the issue because resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict was not a core promise upon which she campaigned. Rather, Ocasio-Cortez built her entire campaign upon supporting massive socialist programs — Medicare for all, free college, a federal job guarantee, housing as a federal right, guaranteed income for people unwilling to work, etc. Surely, then, Ocasio-Cortez can answer rudimentary questions about those programs. Well, to quote President Trump, “Wrong.”

In an interview with CNN’s Jake Tapper, Ocasio-Cortez was asked how she planned to finance her grandiose social programs. Tapper confronted the Representative with the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities and the Tax Policy Center’s (two organizations that Tapper noted were left-leaning and sympathetic to Ocasio-Cortez’s policy proposals) estimates that her proposed programs would cost more than $40 trillion over the next 10 years.

As Ocasio-Cortez’s proposal to tax the rich and corporations into oblivion would only bring in $2 trillion over the same time period, Tapper was interested from where the remaining $38 trillion would come. In her barely intelligible response, Ocasio-Cortez claimed that governmentrun programs would be more cost-effective than systems left to the private sector (the efficiency for which the federal government is so well-known) and, therefore, the costs for the proposed public programs would be reduced. Let’s join Alexandria in fantasyland for a moment and pretend turning over these massive systems to the government would reduce costs. In fact, we’ll pretend that

they will reduce costs by a full $10 trillion. Even in fantasyland, Ocasio-Cortez is still missing $28 trillion. OcasioCortez’s full-time job is working through these questions and the best answer she can formulate is: “Just trust me, it’ll work.”

Why does Ocasio-Cortez struggle so much with basic facts and concepts? Because she admittedly isn’t interested in precision, facts or accuracy. In a now-famous interview with Anderson Cooper, Ocasio-Cortez said, “I think there’s a lot of people more concerned with being precisely, factually and semantically correct than being morally right.” You can’t write this stuff, folks. OcasioCortez quite literally said: my feelings are more important than your facts. This is the danger posed by progressive Democrats. They admittedly throw evidence, logic, rationale and reason out the window for the sake of feeling warm and fuzzy. And these are the people we’re supposed to trust with our healthcare?

Americans are, by definition, anti-socialist. So if the progressive wing of the Democratic Party is going to attempt to sell socialism to the American people, they might want to choose a representative with an intellectual capacity greater than that of Ocasio-Cortez.

Jeff is a senior at Notre Dame majoring in sciencebusiness with a minor in sociology. A native of St. Louis, Jeff believes that his hometown is the greatest city in the world and is always ready to talk about The Lou. In his free time, Jeff likes to play tennis, bake in the sun, read autobiographies, spend time with friends, talk on the phone with his mother or twin sister and listen to Mariah Carey’s voice soar through one of her signature love ballads. Hate mail can be directed to jmurph29@nd.edu The views expressed in this column are those of the author and not necessarily those of The Observer.

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Horoscope | Eugenia Last Happy Birthday: Work hard to get ahead. You’ll have choices to make that will determine how much you will gain as the year unfolds. Be open to suggestions, and be willing to go the extra mile in order to reach your goal.

Positive change is within reach, but it will take initiative, hard work, desire and determination to get the highest returns. Your numbers are 8, 15, 21, 28, 33, 37, 45.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Look at what’s available and positive, not negative. Attitude will play a big role in how your day unfolds. Do your best to get along and to make the most out of whatever situation you face.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Get together with friends or relatives who have more experience and can offer sound advice. The information you gather will help you avoid making a mistake that could be costly. A private matter should be kept that way.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Be careful what information you share with whom. Someone will exaggerate or make you look bad if you are too open about the way you feel or a personal change you want to make. Pursue your dreams behind closed doors.

CANCER ( June 21-July 22): Don’t trust someone who is making unrealistic promises. Focus on a creative hobby or interest that will take your mind off what others do or say. A personal relationship with someone unique will lead to uncertainty and confusion.

LEO ( July 23-Aug. 22): Consider what you really want to achieve, and get the ball rolling. Be open to suggestions; it will help you get things done.

A networking event will lead to a new opportunity. A positive change is heading your way.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Stick to what and who you know, and you’ll make headway. If you get too close to unpredictable people and situations, it will throw you off course. Emotional matters will escalate if you believe everything you hear.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Get out with friends or sign up for a course or event that will help expand your mind, skills or experience. What you learn will help you make a decision regarding someone you are drawn to.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): A day trip, getting together with friends or relatives or making travel plans with someone you love will offer insight into what you want to pursue. A change is overdue but may not please everyone you know.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Money issues will surface if you spend money on things that aren’t necessary or you or someone you share responsibilities with don’t handle a situation properly. Discuss your plans before you make a choice that affects others. Take the safe route.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Stick close to home. Someone from your past will take advantage of you. An emotional situation will surface if secrets are revealed. Keep your distance from anyone who tends to be unpredictable or volatile. Protect your possessions, passwords and your cash.

AQUARIUS ( Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Don’t slow down. Keeping the momentum flowing will be your ticket to success. An opportunity to make a financial gain is within reach if you make a change. Use your charm, knowledge and experience and head into the future with optimism.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Think everything you want to do through at least twice. When in doubt, ask someone you respect for advice. Stick to what’s possible, not what someone else is tempting you to do. Know your boundaries and limitations.

Birthday Baby: You are farsighted, creative and charming. You are helpful and trendy.

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AAF can help rejuvenate NFL Joe Everett Sports Editor

It turns out that even in the middle of February, Saturdays and Sundays still belong to football.

This weekend, the Alliance of American Football (AAF) debuted — a brand new football league which aired games on CBS this Saturday and Sunday. Cofounded by Charlie Ebersol and Bill Polian — the latter of whom worked as an NFL executive for decades — the AAF is an eightteam league whose franchises are found in the warmers regions of the country, as the season lasts from February to April.

The eight teams are as follows: Arizona Hotshots, Atlanta Legends, Birmingham Iron, Memphis Express, Orlando Apollos, Salt Lake Stallions, San Antonio Commanders and San Diego Fleet. Every team plays a 10-game regular-season schedule, with the title game scheduled for April 27. The uniforms are pretty sweet, and the hits are pretty old-school.

But what’s the point of this league? Well, according to former Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver and Hall of Fame nominee Hines Ward, the league’s director of football operations and player development, the goal of the AAF is not to cut into the NFL’s business or provide an alternative football product for “real” football fans who believe the current NFL has gone soft. Rather, the AAF is meant to complement the NFL; to help it create a better overall product for sports fans to enjoy.

I believe the AAF is already showing how it can, and should be able to, assist the NFL in three meaningful ways.

The first way is through the implementation of new rules and game features that the NFL can look into adopting itself down the line. While the AAF is pretty similar to the NFL in terms of general rules and overall game structure, there are a few key differences.

There are no kickoffs or extra points, and therefore no possibility of onside kicks. However, if a team does want the ball back after it scores, it can risk trying to gain 12 yards or more from its own 28-yard line, known as an “onside conversion.” In place of a kickoff, teams begin drives from their own 25-yard lines. Overtime rules are also different, as each offense gets a one-possession, first-and-goal opportunity from their opponent’s 10-yard-line.

Teams must score a touchdown, and they are also required to go for two should they reach the end zone.

These are the main structural changes to the game, but perhaps the boldest and most

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talked-about change the AAF is making is to be more transparent with fans about coaches, officials and overall video review processes. Coaches and officials are mic’d, but the most interesting advancement is that the official in charge of the video review is mic’d and shown on camera as well, giving fans an inside look at what goes into making a tough call from the booth.

The second reason the AAF will complement the NFL is that it will basically serve as a minor league for many players who still have NFL aspirations. The season takes place between the end of the Super Bowl and before the start of the Draft. Because NFL teams use this period to evaluate needs on their team and how they can construct a financially-viable roster for the following season, they can not only look at drafting college players to fill position needs, but will perhaps also consider signing AAF players who are having particularly good seasons against almost-as-good competition. Now, NFL teams should have more elements to scout, and that will lead to better and more competitive professional rosters.

However, perhaps the biggest reason the AAF can help the NFL is by both creating more jobs within the sport while also installing a program to help players find good work after their playing days are over. Every player in the league signs a three-year, $250,000 contract with an option to opt-out if the NFL comes calling during the offseason.

The AAF also offers secondary education scholarships and an internship program to players who complete at least a year in the league. Additionally, every player was assigned to their team by region, taking into consideration where they played football in college or professionally, and giving them the chance to reconnect with fans and the community, and give back in every way they can.

In this way, the AAF is increasing the financial viability of football as a career while prepping players for life beyond. It’s a league run by former players — such as Troy Polamalu (Head of Player Relations) and Ward — for current players, all aimed at giving players a second chance while providing an exciting product for fans to enjoy.

So what can the NFL potentially gain? Better rules, more talent and a positive image of the sport of football. This isn’t a gimmick — the AAF is here to stay.

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Bagley’s 32 points help Kings extend Suns’ skid Associated Press

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Marvin Bagley III was more than a little excited playing against Phoenix for the first time. The Sacramento rookie grew up in Tempe, Arizona, and was briefly high school teammates with the Suns’ Deandre Ayton.

Phoenix passed over Bagley with the No. 1 overall pick in last summer’s draft, taking Ayton instead. Bagley fell to the Kings at No. 2 — a little added motivation there, too.

Bagley had another strong game off the bench with a career-high 32 points and six rebounds, and Sacramento beat Phoenix 117-104 on Sunday to hand the Suns their 14th straight loss.

“I love playing against the Suns,” said Bagley, who missed the Kings first two games against Phoenix due to a knee injury. “It’s fun playing against Deandre, the whole organization, everybody involved. I got to meet them when I went there for my pre-draft work and I met

a few of those guys. So it was good competing against them.”

Buddy Hield scored 18 points, De’Aaron Fox had 17 points and nine assists, and Nemanja Bjelica added 10 points and eight rebounds to help Sacramento to its fifth win in six games.

The Kings inched closer to ending the longest current playoff drought in the NBA. Sacramento, which last made the postseason in 2005-06, pulled within a half-game of the idle Los Angeles Clippers for the final playoff spot in the West.

It’s also the fastest the Kings (30-26) have reached 30 wins since 2004-05 when they did it in 43 games.

“We have this goal in our heads about getting to the playoffs and it’s getting close right now,” Bagley said. “Every game matters. I’m excited, after we get done with this next game, how we come back from break and see where we can go from there.”

Devin Booker had 27 points, eight rebounds and six assists in his return from injury for

Phoenix. Ayton added 16 points and nine rebounds.

The Suns’ losing streak is one shy of its franchise record of 15 set last season. They’ll try to avoid matching that dubious mark Wednesday against the Clippers.

“The Kings came better prepared, more ready and more aggressive,” Phoenix coach Igor Kokoskov said. “We said before the game that they were going to throw the first punch hard at us. We were not ready to accept that punch.”

Bagley had his best game as a pro while dominating in the paint. The second overall pick in the draft, Bagley shot 10 of 15 and went 11 for 13 from the free-throw line. He also scored Sacramento’s first 12 points in the fourth quarter, including a driving 360-degree spinning layup.

“He’s doing what we knew he could do in the beginning,” Kings center Willie CauleyStein said. “It’s really on him.

He’s getting the time, he’s putting in the work and it’s showing.”

nba | warriors 120, heat 118

Cousins’ late free throws lead Warriors past Heat Associated Press

OAKLAND, Calif. — Kevin Durant scored 39 points and DeMarcus Cousins made two free throws with 5.4 seconds to play that helped the Golden State Warriors cap a comeback from a 19-point deficit in the first quarter to beat the Miami Heat 120-118 on Sunday night.

Cousins rebounded a missed 3-pointer by Durant and drew a foul, setting the stage for his winning free throws that gave the Warriors their 11th double-digit comeback of the season, and second straight after rallying from 17 points down in the first quarter Friday in Phoenix.

Miami overcame an eightpoint deficit in the fourth quarter to tie the game on a 3-pointer by Justise Winslow.

Josh Richardson and Dwyane Wade then had back-to-back steals and layups to put the Heat up 118-115 with 51.5 seconds to play.

Durant then tied it with a 3-pointer and Cousins made

his big shots after both teams missed from long range to give the Warriors their 15th win in 16 games.

Klay Thompson scored 29 points and Stephen Curry added 25 for Golden State.

Richardson helped shoot Miami to the big early lead and finished with a careerhigh 37 points with help from eight 3-pointers. Waiters added 24 and Winslow had 22 in Miami’s fifth loss in six games.

The Warriors went on a 12-0 run early in the third quarter starting with a 3-pointer from Curry to take a 66-61 lead. But Miami wouldn’t go away and the Warriors needed to fight until the final horn to secure the win.

The Heat went on a 24-2 run early in the first quarter and quickly built a 19-point lead against the slow-starting Warriors. But Golden State scored the final six points of the frame, including a 3-pointer from Jonas Jerebko to cut the deficit to 10 points after one.

Tip-ins Heat: Wade played despite a scary fall Friday in Sacramento that left him with a bruised back. “Any one of us would probably be in a body brace right now. But he’s built like Captain America,” coach Eric Spoelstra said. Wade got a standing ovation following a video tribute during the first quarter timeout in his final regular season game in the Bay Area before retiring after the season. Wade finished with 10 points.

Warriors: F Andre Iguodala sat out after tweaking his left hamstring on Friday. ...

The Warriors have scored at least 100 points in 26 straight games, their longest streak since a 36-gamer in 201617. ... Draymond Green was called for his 11th technical foul early in the fourth quarter when he wanted a goaltending called when Bam Adebayo blocked Shaun Livingston’s shot. Durant was called for his 10th later in the quarter.

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Tech head coach Josh Pastner said. “They just got scoring through second-chance opportunities and our turnovers.”

Early in the game, junior forward John Mooney forced a layup home and drew a foul to give the Irish a 6-5 advantage and their first lead of the night.

The lead was short-lived as the Irish offense disappeared midway through the first half.

Following Mooney’s layup and missed free throw, Notre Dame missed on 13 consecutive shots to fall into a 14-6 deficit.

Sophomore guard D.J. Harvey ended the scoring drought with a long two-point jump shot with 8:09 remaining in the first half, but Georgia Tech had gone on a 9-0 run to take a commanding lead.

The Yellow Jackets led by 9 points with 6:58 remaining in the first half, but the Irish slowly clawed their way back into the game before break.

With 49 seconds remaining in the half, Mooney collected an airball underneath the basket and scored a layup, drawing a foul in the process. Mooney then knocked down the free throw to knot the game at 24, the first tie since the game was scoreless at the opening tipoff.

After Georgia Tech went ahead 25-24, Freshman

forward Nate Laszewski failed to connect on a go-ahead threepoint shot going into the break.

Following the miss, Georgia Tech drove down the court looking to expand their lead, but Laszewski stormed back on defense to block the shot attempt into the stands and send the game to halftime.

The Irish shot an abysmal 29.4 percent from the floor in the first half, including 18.8 percent from three-point range.

Following a Georgia Tech 3-pointer to start the second half, Notre Dame went on a 9-0 run to claim a 33-28 lead.

Georgia Tech responded with a 5-0 run of their own to tie the game at 33.

“We were getting pretty good looks again,” head coach Mike Brey said. “I thought in the second half we really passed, and moved, and cut and we got to the board.”

As the second half progressed, the Irish offense began finding ways to score. Mooney collected another double-double, his ACC-leading 15th of the season, with 11 points and 14 rebounds.

He provided Notre Dame with several second-chance opportunities, and the Irish pulled away from the Yellow Jackets as the game clock ticked down.

Despite only shooting 36.7 percent as a team in the second half, Notre Dame managed to outscore Georgia Tech 45-34 in the period. Junior guard T.J.

Gibbs scored 20 on the night — all but two of which came in the second half — and Harvey poured in 18 of his own to lead the Irish offense to victory.

“With everybody else around me going off and being aggressive, it kind of opens things up for me,” Harvey said. “This is definitely a confidence booster going forward.”

Georgia Tech converted on 40.7 percent of its shots compared to Notre Dame’s 32.8 percent, but the Irish overcame its poor shooting performance by collecting offensive rebounds and executing second-chance opportunities.

Slam dunks from junior Nikola Djogo and freshman Prentiss Hubb put the exclamation point on the game for the Irish, and Notre Dame escaped with the victory.

“Any league win is great for any team in this league,” Brey said. “We’re 2-1 in February.

We talked about turning the page in February. We knew we had a shot in February, with our schedule, to do some things.”

Following the conference win, the Irish will prepare to take on No. 3 Virginia in Charlottesville, Virginia, this Saturday.

“These guys can enjoy it a day or two and then we’ll get back to work,” Brey said.

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Indiana, increasing their win total to four games and narrowly avoiding a losing record on the road.

The Hoosiers (6-2) began the match by securing the doubles point. Senior Madison Appel and sophomore Jelly Bozovic beat Corse and Spence while redshirt junior Caitlin Bernard and senior Natalie Whalen earned a quick victory over Bojczuk and Waldram.

As singles play began, Taylor evened the score at one-all with a two set victory versus Hoosier freshman Somer Henry. Spence then gave the Irish a 2-1 lead with a win against Appel, though Indiana fought back with sophomore Michelle

McKamey’s win over Irish freshman Maeve Koscielski in two sets. The Irish retook the lead as Waldram clinched her match by winning a 12-10 tiebreaker in the second set.

After losing the first set 6-1 against Bozovic, Notre Dame’s Corse decisively won the next two sets 6-3 to snap her team’s two-match losing streak.

Whalen defeated Bojczuk in three sets to give Indiana a final point, and the day ended 4-3 Notre Dame.

The Irish will look to carry their momentum into a fivegame home stand at the Eck Tennis Pavilion in the coming weeks. The home series begins against Purdue at 5 p.m. Wednesday, after which point Notre Dame will take on Michigan State, Wright State, Clemson and Syracuse later in the month.

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Irish junior Zoe Spence watches the ball during Notre Dame’s 6-1 loss to North Carolina on April 6 at Courtney Tennis Center.

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Irish junior guard T.J. Gibbs dribbles the ball during Notre Dame’s 69-59 win over Georgia Tech on Sunday at Purcell Pavilion. During the game, Gibbs tallied team-high 20 points, four steals and five assists.

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a lot to improve on still to be the team that we want to be Senior guard Arike Ogunbowale echoed Shepard’s sentiments. “[We have to] just be aggressive from the start, from the tip,” Ogunbowale said.

As the quarter wore on, Florida State kept themselves in the game with a couple of buckets from redshirt junior forward Kiah Gillespie, and Notre Dame let their sevenpoint lead start to slip away as play got sloppier. But a jump shot from Shepard with five

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seconds remaining extended the Irish advantage again, and Notre Dame closed out the first with a 28-22 lead.

The Irish finally got their feet under them in the second, outscoring the Seminoles 2416 to extend their lead to 14.

Led by gritty play from freshman guard Abby Prohaska, Notre Dame started to take control offensively. The second quarter effort was also led

by Ogunbowale and Shepard, who, at the half, accounted for 35 of the team’s 52 points.

“I’m really happy with the offense,” head coach Muffett McGraw said. “I thought we had a lot more movement today, I thought we got into a

little better rhythm. We were able to get the break going because we rebounded better. I was overall pleased with pretty much everything happening on the offensive end. I thought Arike looked like her old self. She shot the ball really well. Jess did a lot of really good things so it’s great, great to feel like we kind of got it back a little bit.”

One of the only downfalls of the second quarter was the injury of sophomore center Mikayla Vaughn, who exited the court after taking a hit to the head. “[I] think she has a concussion, so she’ll probably be out for definitely the next game

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Irish sophomore forward Danielle Patterson passes the ball during Notre Dame’s 97-70 win against Florida State on Sunday.

and then we’ll see,” McGraw said.

Despite Vaughn’s injury, the Irish ended the half up 52-38.

Notre Dame continued its intensity with the start of the third quarter, stif ling the Florida State offense and taking off offensively with a 15-0 run. The Irish out-rebounded the Seminoles 17-9 in the quarter and continued to shoot well, with 6 different players notching points.

Outscoring Florida State 2212, Notre Dame ended the quarter with a 24-point lead, 74-50.

The final quarter saw more of the same from the Irish, who continued to take the

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Irish freshman guard Jordan Nixon aims a shot during Notre Dame’s 97-70 victory over Florida State at Purcell Pavilion on Sunday.

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Irish senior pitcher Caitlyn Brooks hits a grounder during Notre Dame’s 8-4 loss to Loyola Chicago on April 11 at Melissa Cook Stadium. Brooks has four runs and four RBIs this season for the Irish.

Gamecocks. The game started with a bang for Notre Dame, featuring three first-inning runs on a Katie Marino single followed by a two-run blast

by Cait Brooks, and Holloway was able to contain the South Carolina lineup until midway through the game, when she was taken deep by redshirt-junior infielder Kenzi Maguire in the third and junior infielder Mackenzie Boesel in the fourth, tying the game at three. The Gamecocks’ offense proved too much for the Irish in the seventh, however, when Tidd, the freshman closer, was tagged for three late runs, breaking an earlier 4-4 tie to make it 7-4 — a heartbreaking finish to a tight game for the underdog Irish.

Following the tough loss to the Gamecocks, the Irish got

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ball inside with authority, finishing layups and drawing fouls. Prohaska continued her productive performance, tallying six points, five rebounds and two assists in total. With a final score of 97-70, Notre Dame left Florida State in the dust, bouncing back from a painful road loss to Miami (FL) last week.

Perhaps even more notable than the final score, however, was Notre Dame’s pinktrimmed uniforms, worn in accordance with the fact that the matchup was tagged as a Pink Zone Game. The tradition is part of an initiative which was started in 2007 to raise awareness for breast cancer.

“You start to realize that you’re playing for something and there’s something more important than the game that’s going on today,” McGraw said. “Just to think about all the women that have fought through this disease. My mom is a breast cancer survivor, so it’s always a kind of an emotional day, it’s a special day, love seeing all the pink. I love seeing all the strong women coming out and um filling the arena.”

Ogunbowale also said she felt the tradition was important.

“It was definitely an important game and we definitely want to honor everybody that was affected by it,” Ogunbowale said.

Shepard said she felt similarly, noting that it is important to recognize the ramifications of cancer across all lives.

“We were just out there playing for … anyone who’s fought the battle and just the families that have gone through that,” she said.

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the performance they needed from the weekend against a heavily favored Washington team, offering a glimpse into the potential of the team.

The game featured eight innings of action, and the Irish got two huge breaks down the stretch; one off of the bat of Bonamy, and the other from an incorrect substitution from the Huskies that granted Notre Dame the final out of a the contest. The Huskies jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the bottom of the first, but the Irish battled back to tie it in the sixth, forcing extra innings. Bonamy singled through the right side to take the lead, and the game ended in a Notre Dame win, 3-2.

The Irish will have a brief break before traveling south to Clearwater, Florida, for the St. Pete Clearwater Elite Invitational this Thursday.

Their first matchup will be against Oklahoma, scheduled for 7 p.m.

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ND ends weekend with upset win Observer Sports Staff

Notre Dame narrowly missed out on the top 25 in the latest rankings, so coming into this weekend’s appearance at the Puerto Vallarta College Challenge, it knew it had something to prove. After dropping a Thursday night matchup with Duke, 7-3, the Irish (2-2) prepared for No. 22 Liberty on Friday afternoon, and a pair of daunting Saturday matchups against No. 9 South Carolina and No. 3 Washington. The Irish held their ground among some of the best competition college softball has to offer, finishing out the weekend 2-2, with wins against Liberty (1-4), and more impressively, a tight 3-2 upset against Washington (4-1) — their second loss coming at the hands of South Carolina (3-2), 4-7.

The first Notre Dame victory of the season came Friday night from stellar pitching from sophomore Morgan

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Notre Dame surges late, beats Georgia Tech

Ryan and freshman Payton Tidd; the pair combined to allow six hits and two walks.

The 4-1 win featured six hits for each team, but a second inning first baseman MK Bonamy three-run home run was the difference maker. The Irish took the three-run lead and added a cushion off of a single by senior third baseman Melissa Rochford in the third to make it 4-0. Liberty remained shut down by Ryan until the sixth inning, when Liberty junior infielder Amber Bishop sent a ball over the fence to deep right center field, but that proved to be the only offense the Flames could muster as Tidd closed the game for a 4-1 final.

The next day, the Irish faced off against South Carolina in a solid matchup, featuring sophomore Alexis Holloway starting in the circle for Notre Dame, countered by senior Dixie Raley for the

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An anemic first-half shooting performance nearly doomed Notre Dame in a conference matchup against Georgia Tech, but productive offensive rebounding and second-chance opportunities allowed the Irish to escape with a victory Sunday night.

The Irish (13-11, 3-8 ACC) defeated the Yellow Jackets (11-13, 3-8 ACC) 69-59. Four scorers reached double digit point totals for Notre Dame, who split their season series against Georgia Tech.

The Yellow Jackets struggled to control possession, turning the ball over 14 times and allowing the Irish to collect 20 offensive rebounds in the loss.

“It’s a make-and-miss game, and unfortunately, you know, we missed some shots and they obviously hurt us with those 20 offensive rebounds,” Georgia

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Irish sophomore guard D.J. Harvey looks to pass during Notre Dame’s 69-59 win over Georgia Tech on Sunday at Purcell Pavilion.

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nd women’s basketball | nd 97, florida state 70

Irish bounce back with victory over Seminoles

By ELLEN GEYER and HAYDEN ADAMS

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Associate Sports Editor and Sports Writer

After suffering two losses in just over a week, No. 4 Notre Dame bounced back with a resounding 27-point victory Sunday, besting Florida State 97-70. The Irish (22-3, 9-2 ACC) looked more like themselves against the No. 24 Seminoles (20-4, 8-3 ACC) as epitomized by their first score, a layup just after tipoff by senior forward Jessica Shepard. Notre Dame continued to keep the momentum up in the first quarter, scoring on seven of their first eight possessions and playing with quick tempo.

Shepard said getting off to a quick start was key.

“I think every game it’s really important to get out a quick start,” Shepard said. “I think coming off a loss obviously it’s important that we come out strong and [have] a good first quarter. … We have see W BBALL PAGE 11

Squad suffers loss against Illinois

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Irish senior forward Jessica Shepard takes a mid-range shot during Notre Dame’s 97-70 victory over Florida State on Sunday.

On Friday, the Irish women’s tennis team suffered a 4-3 loss at the hands of Illinois in Champaign. The Fighting Illini (2-3) earned their first win of the season against a Notre Dame (4-2, 1-0 ACC) team which was coming off resounding 6-1 loss at Ohio State.

In doubles, Illinois senior Jaclyn Switkes paired with sophomore teammate Emilee Duong to hand Notre Dame sophomore Ally Bojczuk and junior Bess Waldram a 6-1 defeat. Illinois sophomores Asuka Kawai and Mia Rabinowitz then earned their squad the doubles point by beating Notre Dame senior Rachel Chong and freshman Zoe Taylor, 6-3.

Despite their 5-3 advantage over Illinois sophomore Sasha Belaya and senior Dani Pedraza Novak, Notre Dame sophomore Cameron Corse and junior Zoe Spence’s match went unfinished as the Fighting Illini clinched the doubles point before play ended in the third match.

In singles, Corse earned a decisive victory against Novak in two sets, giving the Irish their first point of the night and evening the score to 1-1. Illinois then garnered two straight points to make the score 3-1, as Rabinowitz overtook Notre Dame graduate student Brooke Broda while Illinois sophomore Sasha Belaya earned a close victory against Chong.

Waldram began to mount a comeback for the Irish, fighting hard to beat Duong in three sets and cutting the Fighting Illini lead to one point at 3-2.

But it wasn’t enough, and Kawai gave Illinois the match winning point and clinched the win for Fighting Illini after a victory over Spence in three sets.

Sophomore Ally Bojczuk landed a consolation point for the Irish with a three set win over Switkes and the day ended with a Notre Dame loss, 4-3.

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