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Mayor Pete launches bid for presidency Mayor of South Bend Pete Buttigieg officially joined 2020 presidential race in Sunday announcement

By COLLEEN FISCHER and CLAIRE RAFFORD Saint Mary’s Editor and News Editor

The walls of the Studebaker building in South Bend — once filled with the sounds of factory employees at work — echoed with the cheers of supporters as South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg announced his bid for presidency Sunday afternoon.

“My name is Pete Buttigieg,” he said. “They call me Mayor Pete.

I am a proud son of South Bend, Indiana. And I am running for president of the United States.”

The crowd responded with over one minute of applause, drowning out the sound of the rain on the tin roof.

Buttigieg recognized the symbolic nature of the location, and spoke on what it has transformed

into under his leadership, using the Studebaker building as a representation for the city of South Bend as a whole.

“I ran for mayor in 2011 knowing that nothing like Studebaker would ever come back,” he said. “But believing that we would [come back], our city would, if we had the courage to reimagine our future. And now I can confidently say — South Bend is back.

“You and I stand now in a building that was a symbol of our city’s decline, where new jobs are being created in industries that didn’t even exist when they poured this concrete and laid this brick,” Buttigieg said.

The candidate acknowledged that some might consider running for president at his objectively see MAYOR PETE PAGE 3

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Mayor Pete Buttigieg and his husband, Chasten, wave after announcing his decision to run in the 2020 presidential race. The announcement took place in the old Studebaker factory in downtown South Bend.

Cornel West visits Saint Mary’s for ethics lecture

By CALLIE PATRICK News Writer

Calling for the tri-campus community to see their education as a stepping stone toward a pursuing their greater purpose, Cornel West, Harvard professor, philosopher,

activist and author of social sciences book “Race Matters” delivered the 25th-annual Hesburgh Lecture in Ethics and Public Policy on Friday night.

West began by taking time to thank two Notre Dame professors who he said made a lasting impact

on him as colleagues in thought.

“I would like to dedicate my feeble words and my weak efforts that can never capture the depth, the scope, the breath of who ultimately they were — Erskine Peters see LECTURE PAGE 3

Students protest new residential life policies

By THOMAS MURPHY Associate News Editor

In an email sent to the student body early Thursday morning, the Office of Residential Life and the Division of Student Affairs announced changes in an email Thursday morning in residential policies as a means of improving the dorm experience for students now required to stay on campus for wsix see PROTEST PAGE 4

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Students protest new housing requirements announced by the University administration outside of the Main Building on Friday.

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University unveils 2019 edition of The Shirt

By RYAN KOLAKOWSKI News Writer

The sound of bagpipes echoed throughout Eddy Street Commons. Members of the Notre Dame marching band blared the celebratory Victory March. Jumpropers and cheerleaders energized the crowd just south of the Notre Dame campus.

Jack Nolan, the voice of Notre Dame men’s basketball, hosted the 2019 unveiling of The Shirt. Irish fans gathered on Friday afternoon to discover what color shirt they will all sport when Notre Dame kicks off the home season against New Mexico on Sept. 14 next fall.

Notre Dame head football coach Brian Kelly joined members of The Shirt Committee and actor Patrick Warburton to unveil the latest version of The Shirt. “[It’s my] 10th year of doing The Shirt,” Kelly said. “You didn’t think I’d make it that long, did you?”

“Our Shirt committee is, bar none, the most talented group that they’ve put together since I’ve

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been here the 10 years, so you will be so pleased with what they put together,” Kelly said.

Kelly also discussed the tradition and importance of The Shirt.

“You’re going to see tradition with this shirt,” he said. “You’re going to see the history of this shirt come out, and you’re going to see something that’s never been done before ever in the history of Notre Dame with this shirt.”

After a countdown from Kelly, members of The Shirt Committee and Warburton unveiled the 2019 edition of The Shirt. The navyblue tee features “Notre Dame” written across the front in gold text. A white outline of a football stamped with a green shamrock is centered on the front of The Shirt, and Notre Dame Stadium is featured on the back.

In addition to the navy-blue shirt, The Shirt Committee is releasing its first ever sweatshirt.

The navy-blue sweatshirt mimics the design of the original version see SHIRT PAGE 4

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Lecture: “North Korean Nuclear” 1030 Jenkins Nanovic 4:30 p.m. - 6 p.m.

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Office of Registrar reintroduces NOVO

By THOMAS MURPHY Associate News Editor

As Spring blossoms around campus and the semester begins its final stretch, students must now begin preparing to register for classes. This registration period, which is set to begin Monday, April 15, marks the return of the NOVO registration system, which the Office of the Registrar temporarily discontinued as the primary registration system following its malfunction in the Fall of 2017.

University registrar Chuck Hurley said the decision to reintroduce NOVO as the primary class registration system arrived after the University worked with Ellucian Banner, the system’s vendor, to fix key issues in the system.

“Last year we had issues, we contacted the company, they came out in the fall and gave a bunch of recommendations for it. They came back again in February and they delivered to Notre Dame a patch to update NOVO and also recommendations for database settings adjustments,” Hurley said. “Once we put in the patch, the update and the database adjustments, the locking issues were not there anymore.”

Following a system test performed by the Office of Information Technologies (OIT), Hurley said the Office of the Registrar has faith in NOVO.

“We have a very good level of confidence given the testing that OIT has done,” he said.

While NOVO is being reintroduced to the registration process, the previous system, DART, will continue to be used. Hurley said DART has been available as an alternative since NOVO was first released in 2015, but he believes NOVO is the better registration system.

“DART is very simplistic, and in some ways it’s nice, you just put in CRNs and that’s kind of it there, but you can only see one error message at a time, it’s a little bit tougher to see your whole schedule,” he said. “The advantage of NOVO is that you have this grid that’s like a Google Calendar grid in it, so you can see exactly where courses can be added during days and times and what might fit your schedule. … Another big advantage of NOVO is that it shows you all error messages at the same time.”

Part of the Office of the Registrar’s faith in NOVO’s fix is it’s performance during summer registration in March. Still, summer registration involves only a fraction of the traffic that will be seen this coming week, Hurley said.

“Summer registration, we typically see a little over a thousand students come in in about a 24-hour period there,” he said.

The malfunction and hiatus of the NOVO system interrupted plans by the Office of

the Registrar and student government to implement a registration feature called “ND Academic Planner,” which would have allowed students to register for an entire schedule with only a few clicks. Hurley said he does not expect this plan to be reimplemented until NOVO has proven itself to be a viable product.

“We had worked on that with student government and came up with something nice, and then we encountered these NOVO issues last year,” he said. “My position has been that we do not want to introduce the academic planner until we had a good NOVO registration and we had proven that everything was operating as we expected. … Once that’s there, then we can look at the academic planner, but the academic planner is integrated with registration, so we want to make sure NOVO is fixed.” Hurley said he has several recommendations for those who wish for their registration experience to go well.“Make several different lists of plans; make sure you have alternatives ready to go. Two, always check the restrictions on classes,” Hurley said. “ … Make sure you have met with your advisor. That’s very important that students are registering for the right classes to meet the requirements for their curriculum.”

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young age as being daring.

“I recognize the audacity of doing this as a midwestern, millennial mayor,” Buttigieg said. “[It’s] more than a little bold at the age of 37 to seek the highest office in the land.”

Buttigieg described the values guiding his presidential campaign as “simple enough to fit on a bumper sticker.” He said these values are “freedom, security and democracy.”

Buttigieg defined freedom as the ability to choose the life that you want to live and advocated the ability of government to both provide and deny that freedom to its citizens.

“Take it from Chasten and me — you’re not free if your county clerk gets to tell you who you ought to marry because of their political and religious beliefs,” he said. “The chance to live a life of your choosing, in keeping with your values, that is freedom in its richest sense.

We know that good government secures freedom just as much as bad government denies it.”

On security, Buttigieg said it extends beyond just one political party — and beyond border security that was debated in 2016. Buttigieg addressed these concerns and the policy that has emerged from them, denouncing policies such as the separation of families at the southern border.

“The idea that security and patriotism belong to one political party needs to end today,” he said.

“We are here to say that there is a lot more to safety and security than putting up a wall from sea to shining sea. To those in charge of our

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board of policy, I want to make this clear: The greatest nation in the world should have nothing to fear from children feeling violence, and even more more importantly, children fleeing violence should have nothing to fear from the greatest country in the world.”

Buttigieg added that security extends beyond military and border security, but rather applies to climate change, which he called the “greatest security issue of our time.”

“Our economy is on the line, our future is on the line, lives are on the line,” he said. “Let’s call it this what it is — climate security, a life and death issue for our generation.”

On democracy, Buttigieg cited the current state of the electoral college as being detrimental to American democracy and expressed his desire to implement a popular vote system.

“We can’t say it’s much of a democracy when twice in my lifetime the electoral college has overruled the American people,” Buttigieg said. “Let’s make it easier to register to vote, let’s make our districts fair, let’s make our courts less political, our structures more inclusive and yes, let’s pick our president by counting up all the ballots and giving it to the woman or man who got the most votes.”

The changing nature of politics is not lost on Buttigieg. He spoke on America’s focus on Donald Trump’s White House and Washington, D.C., in general and said he wants to change the dialogue from criticism of government to a message of hope for the future.

“When something is grotesque, it is hard to look away, and the horror show in Washington is mesmerizing,” Buttigieg said.

“It’s all-consuming, but starting

today, we are going to change the channel.”

Buttigieg used portions of Trump’s campaign slogan recognizing America’s greatness but said he wants to move forward instead of trying to relive the past.

“I do believe in American greatness,” Buttigieg said. “I believe in American values, and I believe that we can guide this country and one another to a better place.

After all, running for office is an act of hope. ... It will take courage to move on from our past. We are not going back.”

Buttigieg addressed the idealistic nature of his campaign and acknowledged the courage of past leaders and Americans who helped build the country, forming his view on optimism to be rooted in history.

“We stand on the shoulders of optimistic women and men,” he said. “Women and men who knew that optimism is not a lack of knowledge. It is a source of courage.”

Buttigieg ended his announcement speech with a call to action for his supporters.

“So with hope in our hearts and with fire in our bellies, let’s get to work and let’s make history,” Buttigieg said.

As the speech ended, Buttigieg embraced his husband Chasten, and they left the stage to a sea of applause as Creedence Clearwater Revival’s “Up Around the Bend” reverberated from the factory walls.

With that, Buttigieg’s presidential campaign officially began.

Contact Colleen Fischer at cfischer01@saintmarys.edu and Claire Rafford at crafford@nd.edu

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and Joseph Buttigieg,” West said.

West did not only recognize the lasting impact of his peers, but also the lasting legacy of the University’s President Emeritus Fr. Theodore Hesburgh. “[Hesburgh] was willing to embark on wrestling what the most fundamental question any one of us will ever have to come to terms with: ‘What does it mean to be human?’” West said.

West used Socrates’ teachings as an illustration of how education should be used as a means to promote free thought in society.

“Socrates argues that we must take seriously argument evidence, viable conclusions,” he said. “We must be able to enter public space without humiliation to disagree with one another across political, ideological lines in a respectful way.”

Approaching education in this way allows us to challenge and change our views, pushing us to grow as people, West said.

“All of us have the capacity to change — don’t ever freeze anybody in a stationary stance,” he said. “And allow them to keep track of your devilish behavior.

We humanize, and anytime you humanize, you contextualize, and you pluralize and you individuate so we’re all distinctive persons.”

West said Notre Dame students ought to carry the legacy Hesburgh left them and, in Socratic fashion, pursue their education for a greater purpose.

“Young folk, our dear Fr. Ted would want to say to you, ‘Socratic legacy of Athens is about finding your sense of a calling — not just a career of vocation, not just your profession. … [It’s about] trying to make a decision of what kind of human being you’re going to be, what kind of virtues, what kind of visions, what kind of values will they say about you when you are in your coffin at your funeral,’”

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West said. “They’re not going to read your curriculum vitae at that moment. They’re going to talk about what was the scope of their courage to think, to laugh, to love, to sacrifice, to serve?”

West said in order to live for this greater purpose, we must be willing to submit ourselves to the transformative experience education provides us.

“The question will be, ‘Have you really learned how to die, in order to learn how to live?’” West said. “Because when you interrogate yourself and give up any slice of assumptions, of presupposition, any prejudices you have, any prejudgments that need to be unsettled, that’s a form of death.

And there’s no education without death and no paideia. I’m talking about deep education, not cheap schooling. Cheap schooling is about information and steel acquisition. No, what goes on at Saint Mary’s, what goes on at Notre Dame, is paideia. That transformation — that metanoia — that fundamental interrogation of self that results in intellectual, moral, political awakening.”

Though a quality education is important, we must also learn to love and serve one another, West said.

“Love flows across denominations, flows across skin pigmentation, its flows across class and national boundaries,” he said.

“I am who I am because somebody loved me, somebody cared for me, somebody attended to me.”

With love comes an openness to truth, West said, which in turn allows us to empathize with those less fortunate than us.

“If you shatter your numbness, shatter your callousness, shatter your indifference, maybe you can listen to the voices of the suffering,” he said. “It’s an invitation to care, an invitation to have a concern, an invention to be in solidarity, to express generosity.”

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semesters and incentivize seniors to stay on campus for their final year. The policies were met with an outcry from students and alumni who argued that the policies designed “differentiate on-campus and off-campus experiences” are inherently exclusionary and discriminatory.

By noon Thursday, a group of students — including members of the outgoing student government executive cabinet — created a Facebook event titled “Sit-In Against the Senior Exclusion Policy” planned for Friday afternoon. Close to 2,000 people marked themselves as “going” or “interested” the event.

Protesters gathered in the Sorin Room of LaFortune Student Center to organize and distribute posters Friday afternoon. At 2:30 p.m., hundreds of protesters exited the building and began walking towards the Main Building.

In front of the Main Building, students waved flags representing their dorm communities and chanted phrases including, “We want Erin,” in reference to the vice president of student affairs Erin Hoffmann Harding, and, “Erin lives off-campus.”

Junior Joey Oswald said he attended the protest out of curiosity as well as frustration with the administration’s new policies.

“Part of me just wanted to see the protest, to see what would happen, and part of it was I definitely think the administration made an explicit attempt to exclude offcampus seniors,” Oswald said. “I think they have to attempt to include off-campus seniors, so they should reverse the decision to exclude seniors from dances and interhall sports teams and stuff like that. One thing that I think that they might have missed is that they’re focusing on seniors being leaders in the community, and I think that off-campus seniors can still be a very valuable part of a dorm community. I know that in my dorm in Morrissey, there are seniors that come from off-campus every Sunday to Mass or are at a lot of dorm events, and I always enjoy talking to them.”

While various students appeared in front of the crowd to speak through a megaphone, groups of students began questioning whether they should go inside the building. The event’s organizers had announced through the Facebook event that an agreement had been made with the University administration and Notre Dame Police Department that no protesters would enter the building. However, small groups began to try and enter the building through doors beneath the main steps of the building. These groups were turned away by Notre Dame employees.

At 2:50 p.m., a group of protesters rushed up the steps and entered the Main Building while the event’s organizers tried to dissuade them. When inside the building, a group of approximately 25 students sat down in front of the Office of Student Affairs, located on the second floor.

Freshman Brian Donahoe said the new policies conflict with the principles of community emphasized to students by the University before they first arrive on campus.

“Me and my roommate have hosted three prospies in the last three weeks, and every single time, we really promote how inclusive Notre Dame is and how much community there is, and we say that once you accept the letter of admission, once you’re in, you’re a part of the Notre Dame family for the rest of your life,” Donahoe said. “It feels like they’re already kicking Notre Dame seniors out of the family before they’ve even graduated, going against pretty much all of their propaganda that they have for everyone looking to come to Notre Dame.”

At 3 p.m., protesters began entering the Main Building in larger numbers and eventually over 100 students had gathered outside the Office of Student Affairs’ doors. The doors were locked, but administrators were visibly inside watching the students and making phone calls.

Protesters began slipping papers and protest signs beneath the doors of the office and chanting that the office places “money first, students last.”

Junior Connor Polk, one of the first protesters to enter the building, said he did so in order to bring greater attention to the demonstration.

“Everybody’s saying, ‘Let us in, let us in,’ and there was no one really stopping us from going in, and in the original protest online it said we were going in the Main Building,” Polk said.

“It seemed like no one was coming out, and we were just talking to ourselves. We thought we’d go in and actually see if we can get some people to notice.”

Though he will have graduated by the time the new policies go into effect, Polk said he felt obligated to defend the rights of off-campus students.

“It won’t affect me because I’m graduating in 2020, but I know how important it is to

have the seniors included and the off-campus juniors included — I disagree with the three year rule as well — so I think it’s kind of ridiculous that they tack this on to an otherwise-good, informative email,” Polk said. “I hope they repeal the rule. I hope they tell everybody, ‘We understand, we listen, we see the petition, we see your protests and we understand this was wrong.’ The logic behind it does not make sense to me — I can’t fathom how anyone in the administration thought it’d be a good idea to exclude our students from community building activities.”

Junior Savanna Morgan said the new residential policies are particularly damaging to members of marginalized communities.

“Students of color and queer people are disproportionately affected by dorm communities and the toxic environments that they’re forced to stay in, and by penalizing them for moving offcampus, [the administration is] aligning [itself] with a white supremacist agenda … a white supremacist and heteronormative agenda,” Morgan said.

As the clock moved toward 3:30 p.m., the time at which organizers had agreed with the administration that the demonstration would end, protesters began sifting out of the Main Building. At 3:20 p.m., organizers of the protest — including former student body president Gates McGavick, former vice president Corey Gayheart and former chief of staff Briana Tucker — entered the building for the first time during the protest to encourage students to leave before 3:30 p.m.

Even as the demonstration came to an end, Gayheart told the protesters they should continue fighting the University’s policies.

“For you underclassmen that are here, don’t let this go — that’s what [the administration is] expecting us to do,” Gayheart said.

“They are expecting us to forget

about this this summer, and it will just be rolled out in three years, and nobody will know and we’ll all go on with our lives.

Don’t let it go, and keep working and keep using your voice.”

Tucker said that though the majority of protesters stayed outside, she understood what compelled others to enter the building.

“We came in here toward the end, but we all saw students sitting down peacefully, not obstructing any doorways, so even though they didn’t necessarily follow the rules, they did come in here, and they were respectful,” Tuckers said. “It can be frustrating when we’re literally on the exterior trying to speak to someone inside, and so I think for some people, taking that step and being a little more active in their protest was important.”

Though an agreement had been made not to enter the building, McGavick said if the administration doesn’t want students protesting in the building, they should avoid giving them cause to do so.

“It illustrates how offended people have been by this policy,” McGavick said. “I understand that administrators might be upset people came in the building, but they have to realize that just indicates just how hurtful this policy is. At the end of the day, it’s on them to make policies that don’t hurt students ... and that’s what happened.”

Outside the building, toward the end of the demonstration, protesters wrapped their arms over each other’s shoulders and sung the Alma Mater. No University representative addressed the crowd throughout the course of the day.

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wof The Shirt from 1990. “Notre Dame” is inscribed in green text on the front of the sweatshirt, and “Irish” is written in gold.

After Kelly, Warburton and members of The Shirt committee unveiled the navy-blue shirt for 2019, Irish fans flooded the Hammes Bookstore on the corner of Eddy Street to pick up their own piece of Notre Dame history.

The first edition of The Shirt, a green tee featuring a handdrawn design of Lou Holtz and the Hesburgh Library on the back, was released in 1990. Sales of the first edition of The Shirt raised money for student activities, a cause that The Shirt Project continues to support today.

“We’re proud that, since the project began in 1990, The Shirt has become the single best-selling unit of collegiate apparel,” said senior Kristin Andrejko, president of The Shirt Committee. “Over the last 29 years, we’ve sold 2.4 million shirts and have raised over 11.5 million dollars.”

Revenues from The Shirt are split among the Student Union and the Student Enrichment endowment. The Student Enrichment provides opportunities for all students — regardless of economic background — to participate in Notre Dame experiences, Andrejko said.

“The shirt represents all that is wondrous about the Notre Dame family,” said Brennan Harvath, the founder of The Shirt in 1990 and a member of the class of 1991. “It captures the Notre Dame spirit. It brings us together to celebrate being a family and to support each other. The Shirt gives us an opportunity, annually, to reaffirm our common bond, our common love of Notre Dame, our lady.”

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The third installment of Netf lix’s original series “Santa Clarita Diet” was released in late March, starring Drew Barrymore and Timothy Olyphant. A comedy about a normal, upper-middle class family living peacefully in Santa Clarita Diet comes with a strange and apocalyptic twist: Barrymore’s character, Shelia Hammond, is an undead and immortal person who eats human beings in order to survive. This season follows Shelia and Joel Hammond (Barrymore and Olyphant, respectively) as they deal with more people who become undead or wish to become undead — all while a dedicated zombie-killer organization titled the Knights of Serbia close in on discovering Shelia as an undead. The show, though, loses my attention at times when it focuses less time on Barrymore and more on farcical and laborious plot lines surrounding less interesting side characters.

Shelia Hammond proves the most interesting character of the bunch on “Santa Clarita Diet.”

Shelia is fun, and her moral dilemma of whether or not to turn people undead so they can experience the euphoria and freedom that accompanies it makes her a complicated character. In the third season, Shelia teams up with an older woman she

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The eyes of Dr. T.J. Eckleburg sur vey the audience as they settle in for Anton Juan’s stage adaptation of “The Great Gatsby.” W hen the show starts, an unsettling short film, depicting fragments of 1920s culture in the United States, projects over Eck leburg’s gaze. The lights slowly rise over a party that most certainly could not have been: Daisy Buchanan, junior Teagan Earley, dominating the dance f loor before f leeing under some distress.

A ll this occurs under the unwavering gaze of both Eck leburg and Jay Gatsby himself, here played by sophomore Gabriel Krut.

The party and filmic opening ser ve as a microcosmic template onto which the rest of the show is transposed. Forced laughter, rhythmic repetition and consistently manipulative interruption ser ve to dictate the action and the consequences of the show, particularly as regards both Tom Buchanan, sophomore J.D. Carney, and Gatsby’s attention to Daisy. There is much more to be said about Juan’s attention to detail regarding the billboard and the ways the characters interact with it as well, but this review is more concerned with the characters

provides Meals on W heels to, biting her so she can live longer and see the birth of her first grandchild.

Moreover, Shelia continues to find more Nazis to kill so she can eat (deeming them bad enough people to be eaten). Amidst all this, she and Joel are attempting to start their own realty company, Hammond Realty, from scratch. Shelia also switches from talk of killing Nazis and stopping reckless undead in the community to motherly anecdotes to her daughter, Abby, to quick remarks about equality and positive energy. As the dynamic and seasoned actor she is, Barrymore’s character is one I get excited to see in every scene she’s in. She keeps me guessing about what she will do or say next.

Other characters are not as enjoyable to watch and follow boring plot lines that derail the more attention-grabbing aspects of the show. This mainly comes from the plot lines of Abby Hammond, the daughter of Olyphant and Barr ymore’s characters. Abby teams up with her neighbor and friend Eric, after they recently blew up a fracking site on the basis of environmental justice. Abby and Eric — portrayed by Liv Hewson and Skyler Gisondo, respectively — have to avoid police-turned-FBI investigations in the fracking site, interacting with suspicious friends from high school and hiding tools and other items involved with creating an explosion. This all seems too farcical and

unrealistic, and yes, I recognize I’m calling something unrealistic in a show where Drew Barr ymore eats people in order to stay alive. To top it all off, the two have an annoying will-they-won’t-they relationship, taking up valuable time that could be used to engage more with apocalyptic themes.

Other characters include Anne, a neighbor cop who creates a religious following for Shelia thinking she is sent by God, and Ron, a recently undead person who has yet to say an interesting line.

W hile “Santa Clarita Diet” is an entertaining and fast watch, especially for the summer, many clips in the season are boring and uninteresting. I would not blame you if you skipped through those parts.

and their actors.

Earley and Krut easily stole the show. The parallel between Eckleburg’s and Gatsby’s gazes is clear from the ver y opening, but its implications are less clear until Gatsby and Daisy are on stage together. Almost without exception, Gatsby has eyes only for her. The forced laughter and too-radiant smiles that dominate the show give way to something akin to pure joy, a sentiment that culminates in the well-known shirt scene. All, it seems now, is well. But there is a disconnect between Gatsby and Daisy. Both, it is true, are haunted by the past. Earley’s embodiment of Daisy’s ner vousness combined with Krut’s ability to, like a switch, f lick between beaming love and sharp obsession ensure this. This alternating tension and tenderness was brilliantly portrayed and was simply the strongest aspect of the show.

From the level of the text to the character’s motivations to their actions themselves, there was a circular movement, a constant echoing logic and undercurrent. The lines would often contain whole echoes of previous phrases, seemingly out of a need for emphasis or out of the show’s own neurosis. On the whole, however, Tom and Gatsby are defined by this circularity, two whirling

entities of dominating male power into which Daisy has f lung herself and in which she is hopelessly trapped. She bounces, sometimes literally as is seen in the hotel scene, between her two loves. She wishes to be with Gatsby, but she cannot simply forget the five years of even mild love she felt for Tom. Most of all, and a fact which Tom exploits mercilessly throughout the play, Daisy wishes to love and protect her daughter more than anything.

The only moments of reprieve from circularity come when Daisy is reminded of her “Pammy.” An addition to this end, and a brilliant point of access to Daisy’s interiority, was in her moments of song, directed it seemed to her daughter. Most readings, or most uninformed readings, place Daisy in the camp of the shallow and groveling. Though, thanks to Juan and Earley’s work in this production, her true emotional f lesh was apparent.

This production was, of course, not without its weaker points, although they were only apparent when one was looking for them. On the whole, the show was eerie, wondrous and powerfully moving by turns and an overall excellent production.

Contact Martin Kennedy at mkenne18@nd.edu

“Santa Clarita Diet” Season 3

Starring: Drew Barrymore, Timothy Olyphant If you like: “Stranger Things,” “Barry” Where to watch: Netflix

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I am a bad dancer Thomas Murphy Associate News Editor

Some people say that dancing is an art form. They say that a dancer can express emotion and passion through their movement. They say dancing can be elegant. These people have not seen me dance. Many things are elegant in this world. My dancing — which might be described as a cross between slalom skiing and an attempt to rebound a basketball — is not one of these things. Good dancing is elegant. My dancing is bad.

This has been pointed out to me many times. If you see me and I am dancing, your first reaction will probably be, “Wow, that guy is a bad dancer.” I have accepted this. I am at peace with my bad dancing. You don’t need to tell me I’m a bad dancer.

If you feel as though my dancing is disrupting your enjoyment of an event, I would first suggest you go somewhere where you cannot see my dancing. If my dancing is in your line of vision no matter where you go — for instance, in a hall of mirrors — then I would suggest you give me some advice on how to improve my dancing. I am an avid learner. It is important to be constructive in your advice — build me up so I can break it down.

If none of this works, if even your instruction cannot cure my bad dancing, you can ask me to stop.

Telling me I should stop dancing because I am a bad dancer is a great way to get me to stop dancing. I would feel too self-conscious to keep dancing.

Before you do this, however, you must ask yourself this very important question: Would you rather watch me dance or watch me awkwardly stand around watching other people dance? This is a tough question, and it requires further consideration.

If I am not dancing, I will probably stand with one hand in my pocket and one hand holding a glass of water. If I have no water, I might put both hands in my pockets. Every once in a while, I’ll probably cross my arms. The root of this problem is me not knowing what to do with my hands. No matter what I do, it will be as ungraceful as my dancing. The choice is yours.

You might ask, “How could you possibly be that bad at dancing?” Great question. I don’t know the answer.

There was a time when I was a pretty good dancer.

That time has come and gone. I don’t have a very good sense of rhythm. My body is rather lanky and angular.

Neither of these physical attributes are particularly helpful when trying to dance. Regardless of the reason, I am a bad dancer.

Now, I don’t particularly enjoy dancing all the time.

Sometimes I only choose to dance to avoid the aforementioned awkwardness of just standing. But sometimes I do enjoy dancing. It can be fun. Regardless of whether or not I am enjoying my dancing, it is bad.

That is OK with me. I hope it is OK with you.

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Senior exclusion policy: Hall presidents respond Dear Division of Student Affairs, As former hall presidents and vice presidents, we can testify to the fact that Notre Dame’s unique residential life is one of the best parts of the University experience. Because we deeply care about dorm life and the pivotal role it plays in the lives of the entire student body, we would like to address the “Residential Life Enhancements” that the Division of Student Affairs sent out Thursday. We are specifically disheartened about the new policy to “Differentiate On-Campus and OffCampus Experiences.” This policy states that “students who choose to move off-campus will no longer enjoy all of the rights and privileges of residents (e.g. including participation on hall sports teams and presence at hall dances).”

Our primary issue with this policy is that it is inherently exclusive and directly contradicts the goal of fostering genuine community.

The primary purpose of residential life is to form undergraduate communities that are “inclusive of all members,” yet this new policy is overtly ostracizing integral members of this very community. If seniors are not allowed to be a part of the dorm community because they are off-campus, then we are now confining community to a building, not the people. The residential hall experience is much more than living in a building, and its community includes everyone who has ever called the dorm their home. Alumni, off-campus students and on-campus students equally make up the dorm community and culture.

As presidents and vice presidents, we have worked hard to make it clear that there are no requirements to be a member of our communities. We strive to model our community like a family, and whether those family members live on or off campus, they are still family. This policy is in complete opposition to our efforts.

This policy would revoke substantial hall programming. Participation in things like interhall sports and dances allow students to stay connected with the people they have lived with, even if they are not in the same building anymore. These teams are not only special for the seniors who have been on them for many years, but they also foster invaluable relationships between upperclassmen and underclassmen. They bridge together the Notre Dame community in a unique way. It is important

to consider the many dorms that already struggle trying get enough people to field an interhall team. By barring off-campus seniors from playing, it will potentially prevent some dorms from participating in interhall sports, which is a disappointment for anyone in the community who wants to play, not just those who move off campus.

We agree with the administration’s desire to create more equity between the dorms, but this specific policy would actually put smaller dorms at a disadvantage compared to the larger dorms in activities like interhall sports and gathering large groups for hall dances. Excluding offcampus students is detrimental to both hall communities and the students being excluded.

This policy disregards the reasons why students choose to live off campus. Many students move off campus due to financial reasons, even though they love their dorm community. We are then restricting those individuals from staying in touch with a core community they feel a part of and discriminating against them based upon their socioeconomic status. The policy also excludes students who move off campus for reasons related to their identity (i.e. racial minorities, LGBTQ+, religious minorities, etc.).

During this past year, Residential Life encouraged the hall governments to combat the seven percent statistic, which says that seven percent of students do not feel welcomed by any community on campus and do not feel like there is a place for them here at Notre Dame. This plan of segregating off-campus seniors will only add to this statistic. We support the Division of Student Affairs’ goal of keeping communities together, but the method of excluding off-campus seniors is not an “incentive,” it is a punishment. Punishing students for living off campus their senior year by taking away their rights to be part of their hall community will not motivate underclassmen to remain on campus for the right reasons. Under no circumstance will it create a more welcoming environment. This policy will cause resentment or apathy towards residential life as a whole.

Ultimately, this policy is killing the community the Division of Student Affairs is trying to cultivate.

As members of the 2018-2019 Hall Presidents Council, we strongly ask the Division of Student Affairs to reconsider the policy to “Differentiate On-Campus and OffCampus Experiences.”

Sincerely, Courtney Sauder, President of Lyons Hall 2018-2019 Colleen Ballantyne, President of McGlinn Hall 2018-2019 Christopher Florimonte, Vice President of Duncan Hall 2018-2019 Maddie Heyn, Vice President of Flaherty Hall 20182019 & HPC Social Chair 2019-2020 Owen Harte, President of Fisher Hall 2018-2019 Holly Harris, Vice President of Walsh Hall 2018-2019 Alyssa Daly, President of Ryan Hall 2018-2019 Zach LeMense, President of Knott Hall 2018-2019 Thomas Walsh, HPC Co-Chair 2019-2020 & President of Keenan Hall 2018-2019 Erica Bosso, HPC Social Chair 2018-2019 & Lyons President 2017-2018 Brendan Watts, HPC Co-Chair 2018-2019 & Dunne Hall Vice President 2017-2018 Alexa Bradley, President of Pasquerilla East Hall 2018-2019 Jacqueline Weinrich, Vice President of Pasquerilla East Hall 2018-2019 Marissa Brennan, President of Lewis Hall 2018-2019 Brendan Kopf, Vice President of O’Neill Family Hall 2018-2019 Devan Shah, Vice President of Siegfried Hall 2018-2019 Julie Rosta, Vice President of Lyons Hall 2018-2019 Clare Pierret, Vice President of McGlinn Hall 2018-2019

Garrett Rethman, President of Carroll Hall 2018-2019 Abby Smith, President of Welsh Family Hall 2018-2019 Erin Whitney, Vice President of Welsh Family Hall 2018-2019 Gracie O’Connell, President of Howard Hall 20182019 & HPC Athletic Chair 2019-2020 Sofia Milillo, President of Walsh Hall 2018-2019 Adam Hellinghausen, President of Alumni Hall 2018-2019 Ryan Burns, President of Sorin College 2018-2019 David McMurtrie, Vice President of Sorin College 2018-2019 Ryan Rogers, Vice President of Carroll Hall 2018-2019 Amanda Bono, Vice President of Lewis Hall 20182019 & HPC Social Chair 2019-2020 Caile Coughlan, President of Flaherty Hall 2018-2019 Joe Trzaska, HPC Co-chair 2018-2019 and St. Edward’s Hall President 2017-2018 Emily DeRubertis, HPC Social Chair 2018-2019 & Vice President of Lewis Hall 2017-2018 Molly Melican, President of Farley Hall 2018-2019 Mary Kate O’Leary, Vice President of Flaherty Hall 2018-2019 Katie Liebscher, Vice President of Farley Hall 2018-2019 Jack Barrett, Vice President of St. Edward’s Hall 2018-2019 Carolyn Cleary, President of Pasquerilla West Hall 2018-2019

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The door at the end of the hall Gabriel Niforatos The Road Less Traveled

Why doesn’t life have a soundtrack?

This might seem like an ambiguous question to ponder, but it is one that I often think about. If life is a story, and music is one of the things that defines the human story in no other way, then why doesn’t life have music set to it? This inquiry is not to take away from the human capacity for music. This capacity is something that is so wonderful, beautiful and terrifying in its mystery. It is also inescapable. There is, of course, the music of humanity that separates us from any other living thing. And yet, it would be ludicrous to claim monopoly over music when there is song among creatures of biology and even among the stars. But if I had to pick something that makes us fundamentally human and defines meaning in a way that I cannot put into words, I would choose music any day.

I am a firm believer that there is a different symphony running through our head as we grow and change. I have passed through soundtracks defined by the chords of rhythm and blues, periods of upheaval and loss marked by trap remixes and Israeli music when I have felt like a vagabond cursed to roam in the desert forever.

And yet, music frightens me. It is a door at the end of a darkened hall with a single beam of golden light clawing its way toward me from underneath the frame. I have an acoustic guitar back home, and I cannot tell you how many times I have stared at it without touching it. It is not necessarily that I was

afraid of frets and strings and wood. I was scared because it was the key to that door at the end of the hall.

Music is, of course, inescapable in our culture, but imagine a world where the door was open at all times, and you could hear and engage with your symphony without headphones. There would be a song for every mood, for every moment, so subtle you would miss it if you didn’t listen, but so close it would define you in ways that words cannot. Songs by The Weeknd and Nirvana would walk with you on your melancholic days, when drops of anger pelt you like puddles of rain on the quad. “Illusion” by Zedd would sing you to sleep in moments of heartbreak. “I Wanna Dance With Somebody” would jump with you in your moments of ecstasy. Tiesto and Imagine Dragons would hold you up when you feel like you’re about to stumble.

Music can do more and holds more than the superficiality and impossibility of words, and each soundtrack would not have to be a completely separate creation. One could pass to and from the soundtracks of others if they wished in such a world.

There would not be a cacophony of sounds competing for room on the freeway, and all of the sounds and songs of each individual would be a perfectly balanced formation. I saw an intriguing girl studying in the library the other day and how I would have enjoyed hearing the songs that played in her head.

I could say hello to her with the wafting waves of Mozart and Prokofiev or something a bit more down to earth like the Chainsmokers. Music is the gateway to the soul, and I simply cannot imagine a world without it.

I can say, and I know that I am not alone when I do,

that music fills a sort of indescribable place inside that nothing else does when my headphones come off. There are times when I do not want to turn my music off because I do not know who I will become when it turns off. I hear songs in my head all the time, some written by others and some not, but I envision a day and age when I will take my headphones off, and I will keep hearing the music. But dream and dream as hard as I can, there will never be a day when the music of reality is anything more than footsteps, the scratch of a pencil, the sound of keys.

And maybe that’s okay. To say that life should have a soundtrack is a statement that life is a movie where we are the main character. I do not think that this is the case. Music is my escape, my inspiration, my weakness, and whatever it means to you it should stay that way. Separate. A hidden lagoon that we have discovered where we can walk at nightfall. And to plea for life to have a soundtrack is missing a fundamental aspect of the human experience. Because whether you live in a cityscape where skyscrapers and neon lights are your canvas or a desert filled with mountains and stars, no matter who you are or what your story is, we make our music simply by living.

But until then, I will leave my headphones on and keep dreaming.

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.

Truth is always in style Ray Ramirez The Crooked Path

In reporting, the news journalists have an overarching principle: seek out and report the truth. The main way to uncover the truth is to assemble relevant facts and convey them to the audience. If enough facts are reported supporting a consistent view of a subject — coalescing into a clear pattern — then the resulting pattern outlines an image of truth. The individual facts are not the truth in themselves, but each “fact” must be objectively measured and assessed for its value in contributing to an overall image of the truth.

Here’s an example: it is a fact more than 95% of professionals working on climate science accept the reality of global warming and believe mankind is a primary contributor to the recent rise in average annual temperatures. It is also a fact a relatively small minority of climate scientists question this conclusion and an even smaller percentage of scientists doubt a rise in temperatures even exists. If you picture the scientific beliefs on global warming as a pizza cut into 32 slices, the man-made-warming group would consume about 31 slices, the not-man-made-warming group would share one slice and absolute skeptics would have some cheese and pepperoni stuck to the box.

You can find ‘news’ sites where all sides of an issue are reported as equally valid. In reality, not all views of an issue are equally valid or substantiated, regardless of the appeal a contrarian view may present for economic, social or political reasons. Informed minds may indeed differ in areas where critical data are missing or incomplete — e.g., cosmological theories about multiverses — but where the settled and readily measured consensus points in only one direction, such as with the reality of global warming and climate change, reporting the issue as open to debate verges on the irresponsible.

Racist speech inhabits an area where journalists often have hedged an accurate characterization to avoid labeling a speaker as racist. This approach makes sense where a person’s words may be unfortunate or

suspicious at best (e.g., describing a penny-pinching person’s approach), but too much reporting provides an acceptable rationale for language unmistakably racist in nature. An honest and professional reporter should avoid squishy and timid euphemisms such as “racially motivated,” “racially incendiary,” and “racially tinged.” Given the army of partisan devotees ready to feign fiery indignation at the slightest hint their favored leader is a racist — and not just someone who repeatedly says racist things, as if there is a real difference — many writers are disinclined to properly label racist speech or actions.

Journalists have always been quick to point out an unfortunate gaffe and professional politicians often welcome the opportunity to apologize, explain their true feelings and use the story as a learning moment for themselves and others. The current challenge in reporting on the non-stop barrage of pointed and purposeful hate speech pouring from some politicians is avoiding the trap of using soft reporting to hide the racist elephant in the room. If you are reporting a politician is racist are you also characterizing his or her followers, by implication, as racists? Most journalists would be disinclined to go so far, especially since the politician may be the only person officially “on record” as making racist statements. This was the mistake made by Hillary Clinton when she characterized a certain subset of Trump supporters as “deplorables,” however appropriate or not the term may have been in individual circumstances. Persons support political candidates for a variety of reasons and one can only hope racism was the deciding factor for an unenlightened few.

Given the sheer volume of racist statements during the Trump era, journalists have been forced to dig deep into the bag of weasel words to avoid recourse to the “r” word. Last year, Julia Craven of HuffPost collected examples of equivocating reporters. To cite a few: New York Times (“disparaging,” ”racially tinged,” ”vulgar”); Washington Post (”racially charged,” “crude reference,” “racially incendiary,” ”disparaging,” “expressed a preference for immigrants from Norway” ); Boston Globe (“the vulgarity,” ”crass

epithet,” ”derogatory,” ”crass denigrations”); and the Associated Press (”bluntly vulgar language,” “accused of racism,” “contemptuous blanket description,” “charges that the president is racist”).

Recent revisions to the AP Stylebook still counsel restraint in calling out individuals as racists, noting “It’s far harder to match the complexity of a person to a definition or label then it is a statement or action.”

Accordingly, if actions and comments are undoubtedly racist, the stylebook advises journalists to be truthful and straightforward in reporting those facts without resorting to speculation about motives or convictions. The stylebook advises when using “racist” as an adjective to describe comments or events; reporters and editors “need not [examine] the motivation of the person who spoke or acted, which is a separate issue that may not be related to how the statement or action itself can be characterized.” Of course, writers of editorials and opinion pieces are free to explore a speaker’s obviously racist motivations and inclinations.

Trump’s fixer, Michael Cohen, testified before Congress about his boss’s often racist behavior.

“While we were once driving through a struggling neighborhood in Chicago, [Trump] commented that only black people could live that way,” Cohen testified. “And he told me that black people would never vote for him because they were too stupid.”

Are these racist statements? Absolutely, and journalists would have been dishonest to report them as anything else. The AP Stylebook may have finally, if belatedly, left the realm of flat-earth supporters by acknowledging it is acceptable to accurately identify racist statements. Now, if only the AP Stylebook could help journalists figure out what to call someone who tells innumerable lies.

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

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Horoscope | Eugenia Last Happy Birthday: You’ll have plenty of opportunities this year, but if you are too busy helping everyone else or trying to please too many people, you will miss out. Consider what you want, and put your goals first. Don’t settle for less because someone is playing emotional mind games with you. Make a to-do list and turn your dreams into a reality. Your numbers are 9, 15, 22, 26, 33, 37, 44.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Mix business with pleasure. Network, socialize and put your energy into letting go of the past so you can move forward without excess baggage. A day trip will be insightful into what’s possible. It’s time to try something new.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Ignore anyone using emotional manipulation to grab your attention. Stay focused on what you can do to improve your life, your health and your financial future. Be wary of friends and famiy trying to manipulate you with pathos — a practical approach to the way you handle others will push you in the right direction.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Don’t get involved with people who talk big and contribute little. Stick to people who are trying to accomplish similar goals.

You will gain insight on how best to move forward. Change begins within.

Start with your home environment.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Put greater emphasis on important relationships.

Spend less time analyzing and more time enjoying the company of someone you love. Happiness is your responsibility and can only be achieved if you follow your heart. A physical change will boost your ego.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Emotions will swell if you let what others do affect you. You can control only your actions and responses. Hanging on to someone or something that isn’t in your best interest will exhaust you. Do what’s best for yourself.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Don’t share secret information. Not everyone is trustworthy. Stick to the people you know and trust in order to avoid being used or put in an awkward position. Personal improvements should be your priorities, not trying to change others.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Don’t lose sight of your goals, regardless of what others are doing. If someone tries to dump responsibilities in your lap, push back and make it clear what you are willing to do.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Go about your business and do your own thing.

Surround yourself with people who share your interests and concerns.

Make long-term plans with someone you love. A kind gesture will be repaid.

Romance will offset emotional backlash.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Too much of anything will be your downfall.

Don’t give others something to talk about. Focus on self-improvement through exercise, moderation and smart living. Be proactive and keep to yourself. Having high standards and not sharing your personal information or passwords are recommended.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): The past will provide pertinent insight. Recap your wins and losses as well as incidents that took place involving people you still associate with. Romance is in the stars, and time spent with someone you love will enhance your relationship.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Don’t leave anything to chance. Do your research and make adjustments that will lead to personal and emotional improvements. An interesting offer will grab your attention. Before you commit, make sure you aren’t being given an exaggerated point of view.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Your involvement in a group effort will lead to new connections and interesting concepts. Flesh out any problems you foresee before you incorporate new ideas into your everyday routine. Don’t get involved with people who have bad habits.

Birthday Baby: You are engaging, generous and inventive. You are exciting and charismatic.

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Tiger’s comeback deserves respect Charlotte Edmonds Managing Editor

Winning takes care of everything.

As golf legend Tiger Woods hugged his son and parents following his win at the Masters on Saturday, that cringe-inducing 2013 Nike advertisement immediately flashed through my mind. To what degree was that true and how does the average sports fan come to understand Tiger’s legacy — a legacy he’s clearly still continuing to build?

In full disclosure, this was not an easy take for me.

Perhaps due to either a generational divide or general disinterest in golf, I’ve resisted jumping on the Tiger comeback bandwagon for a long time. In many ways I tried to avoid writing this column.

However, as the top-trending story of the weekend and — on a larger scale — arguably one of the most drawn out stories in recent sports history, I was left no choice but to throw my hat in the ring.

Of course, as someone who’s favorite movie is Shawshank Redemption, the grasp Wood’s career has managed to have on the heartstrings of golf — and sports fans at large — naturally sparked my interest. Allow me to explain.

My first memory of Tiger was sitting in a family friend’s living room in Washington D.C. as he sunk a putt that forced a playoff in the 2008 U.S. Open.

That June victory would go on to be the then-32 year old’s last major victory. That is, until yesterday. However, a lot happened in that nearly 11-year gap as the California native fell so abruptly from grace as his personal and professional life became riddled with selfinflicted scandal after scandal.

More specifically, Woods made headlines in November of 2009 when a series of allegations of infidelity came out against him. While he released

an apology statement following the initial allegations, they ultimately sparked the revelation of a seemingly endless number of other affairs. Less than a year later, Woods and his wife Elin Nordegren divorced.

However, as the previous year would indicate, the troubles were not over for Woods. The second half of his career has been marked by major knee and back injuries, financial woes and countless times falling short of a comeback.

To be clear, much of this decade-long disgrace was self-inflicted — especially the marital woes. There’s no one to blame but Tiger himself. In many ways, the sheer magnitude of the scandal was the very thing holding me back from ever truly supporting a comeback. However, Sunday’s win required me to check my cynism for a moment as I reflected on what about this victory inspired so many people.

For the same reason that Nike’s ad failed in 2013, Saturday’s win officially put Woods back on the map — timing. 2013 was too soon. He was still riding his playboy ways, spending lavishly and showing little remorse for his past. Six years later, Woods has eclipsed 43 and has unceasingly pursued his comeback.

If you’re like me, and find it difficult to fully embrace this return, fear not. You don’t have to love Tiger, but in some ways you do have to respect his ambition. He’s allowed the clock to do its work, showcasing his perseverance and more importantly, humanity.

So no, winning doesn’t take care of everything. Timing — and a little luck — take care of a lot of things.

Here’s to a second chance Tiger, use it wisely.

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striking out nine. Baum got the win, improving his overall record to 7-2 on the season and his ERA to an above-average 3.33. Baum has pitched the most innings out of any North Carolina pitcher so far this season, recording 51 and 1/3 innings pitched over the course of the season thus far.

Irish junior first baseman Daniel Jung was a bright spot for Notre Dame, recording his eighth multi-hit game of the season after going 2-for-3 at the plate to go along with a walk. Freshman left fielder Jack Zyska tallied his first career home run and first on the season on a blast to deep center field off of Baum in the first inning.

For the Tar Heels on offense, freshman designated hitter Aaron Sabato proved to be a problem for Irish junior starter Cameron Brown on the mound, as Sabato finished 3-for-6 on the day with three RBIs, two of which came via a two-run blast to the scoreboard on a 3-0 fastball in the first inning. Sabato is now tied for the team lead in homers with nine and third in RBIs with 31. Junior catcher Brandon Martorano was 3-for5 at the plate, driving in a run and scoring one of his own.

Junior center fielder Dylan Harris also hit his sixth home run of the season, and freshman shortstop Danny Serretti improved his average to .314 on the season while also recording his first home run on the year.

While Brown struggled

Friday night, giving up six earned runs and 10 total on 11 hits and walking five, the freshman duo of Evan Tenuta and Aidan Tyrell were able to quell the Tar Heel bats past the fourth inning. Tenuta went 3 and 2/3 innings, giving up just two hits and fanning six. Tyrell closed out the game for the Irish, pitching two innings of nearly perfect work.

In the second game of the series and first of the doubleheader Saturday afternoon, the Tar Heel bats were on fire yet again, and North Carolina ultimately prevailed 13-6. Martorano, junior third baseman Ike Freeman and senior second baseman Dylan Enwiller were strong at the plate. Martorano finished 3-for-5 with two RBIs, Freeman went 3-for-5 with three RBIs while scoring three runs of his own, and Enwiller drove in four RBIs on three hits while also scoring three runs for the Tar Heels. North Carolina had six total home runs on the afternoon.

Junior starter Tommy Sheehan struggled on the mound for the Irish, giving up eight earned runs and 11 total, after giving up 13 total hits in six innings of work. For the Tar Heels, junior starter Austin Bergner went seven strong, striking out six and giving up only four runs despite allowing 11 hits. Bergner’s record moved to 4-0 on the year.

In the second game of the double header and final of the series, the Irish sent junior Cameron Junker out to the hill, and Junker did not disappoint. The 6-foot-5 slinger from Cincinnati tossed seven innings against the

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high-powered Tar Heel offense, allowing just two runs and one walk while striking out six. Junker was able to record his fifth quality start of the season, and it was the third time this season he has pitched seven innings or more.

The Tar Heels got on the scoreboard first in the fourth inning after a Serretti single scored by junior first baseman Michael Busch. But the Irish answered right back in the bottom half of the fourth, as sophomore third baseman Niko Kavadas led the inning off with a double to right field and then scored on an RBI single through the left side from senior right fielder Eric Gilgenbach to tie the game at 1-1.

North Carolina regained the lead in the sixth with a solo home run to right from Busch, his ninth on the year, which is tied for Sabato for the team lead.

In the seventh, the Irish battled back and took their first lead of the game. Gilgenbach worked a leadoff walk and a single from Jung got two runners on. After a sacrifice bunt from freshman designated hitter Cater Putz moved the runners over, sophomore shortstop Jared Miller dropped down a sacrifice bunt to score Gilgenbach and tie the game. Jung scored the goahead run on a wild pitch and the Irish led 3-2 after seven.

In the eighth, sophomore pitchers Tommy Vail and Joe Boyle entered in tense situations with the Tar Heels threatening. With the tying run on second, Vail entered the game and struck out both batters he faced. Boyle entered the game and after a stolen base, the go-ahead run was just 90 feet away. Boyle got Serretti to strike out swinging to end the inning and keep the Irish in front.

In the ninth, the Tar Heels tied the game at 3-3. With the tying run on second and two away, freshman right fielder Caleb Roberts singled up the middle and the run crossed the plate right before Miller’s throw reached home and the game was tied.

In the bottom of the ninth, Irish freshman second baseman Zack Prajzner turned on a 2-1 pitch to left field with the bases loaded and it landed fair to clinch the win for Notre Dame. It was the first walk-off hit this season for Notre Dame and first since Kavadas hit a walk-off single in the 10th inning to defeat Boston College on April 27 of last season.

Notre Dame will close out its current nine-game home stand with a matchup against regional foe Northwestern at 6 p.m. on Tuesday at Frank Eck Stadium.

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Armstrong Continued from page 12

While Williams is the lone departure at the running back position from last year’s team, the void left behind is arguably bigger than when Adams left in 2017. However, there is a lot returning for Notre Dame’s run game in 2019, and experience definitely won’t be an issue moving forward, as the group of Jafar Armstrong, senior Tony Jones Jr., freshman Kyren Williams, and sophomores C’Bo Flemister and Jahmir Smith have quite the potential.

With all of this being said, spring training coming to a close and the annual BlueGold game in the books, it is clear that Armstrong will be at the helm of the Irish running attack heading into the 2019 season. ”He can catch the football, he’s starting to find a running back’s vision, if you will, where he’s really starting to understand how to stay perpendicular and cut. Last year he was a 45 degree cut and that was it, and now he’s staying square, and he’s just learning, and you can see that starting to come. We knew he was a physical player. All those backs run physical, I don’t think there’s a guy who doesn’t, but he’s taken that step up,” head coach Brian Kelly said.

Originally set to play wide receiver at Missouri coming out of high school, Armstrong has done an excellent job developing his run game and repertoire as a three-down back who is lethal in the passing game over just two full seasons with the Irish. Last season, Armstrong finished with 72 total carries for 383 yards and seven touchdowns on the ground, and 14 receptions for 159 yards in the passing game. In the Blue-Gold game on Saturday afternoon, Armstrong finished the game with nine carries for 85 yards and a touchdown, in addition to catching four passes for 71 yards. His performance Saturday proved he could pose a very tough matchup for any linebacker unlucky enough to have to guard him in coverage.

Armstrong owes a lot of his growth and development as a running back to the leaders he’s played behind in Williams, Jones Jr., and even Adams. ”Tony and Dex have led the way, and I’ve seen guys like Josh who show what it takes to be a Notre Dame running back, so I’m just trying to keep that legacy going by doing my part along with the other backs. So far this spring has been good. Me and Tony have kind of taken that leadership role, and I think we had a really good spring, and we really got a lot of really good work in,” Armstrong said.

Although the increased playing time has thrust him into the limelight of this team, Armstrong admitted that vocal leadership doesn’t always come naturally to him. ”I’m not the type of person who’s going to be a loud guy, I’ll be loud sometimes, but most of the time I’m just trying to lead by example and let my play and my work ethic show,“ Armstrong said. “…

Me and the O-Line have had a great relationship since last year, I’m around those guys a lot and they block really hard for me, so I owe a lot to them because playing O-Line you don’t get a lot of credit, but these guys deserve all the credit.“ One criticism of Armstrong‘s since coming to Notre Dame has been his field vision and cutting ability, and Armstrong believes that his biggest strides over the offseason have come in terms of his vision. ”I would definitely say my vision, the game has slowed down so much, and I think it‘s kind of cliche but just being out there today I was able to see holes and make cuts that I wouldn‘t have made during the games last year. … My running back IQ has improved so much but that‘s just playing the game more. … You just have to be patient and keep going at it and that’s all I’m doing right now,” Armstrong said.

He also noted other aspect that’s integrated in his game this offseason. ”Just from a complete football player in all facets, from pass-blocking to vision to making cuts to lowering my shoulder I feel like I’ve really improved in that,” Armstrong said. “I have a lot more work to do before the first game, but this is a great starting point and I feel like I definitely made some strides this spring and I’m excited for the season.”

While it is true that Armstrong has emerged as the favorite coming out of the backfield for the Irish, the 6-foot-1 junior isn’t planning on settling anytime soon. ”My work ethic is never going to change, nothing is given. Just because you’re the number one back now, a lot can change when the fall comes, so I come with the same mindset everyday that I am going to attack the day because in college football nothing is given. Like I said anything can happen, and you have to earn every opportunity you get,”Armstrong said.

As spring winds down to a close, many questions remain for the Irish and how they will respond to last year’s success, but one thing is for sure — Armstrong will be at the front of the pack of the running back group in 2019, and rightfully so.

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While former Irish quarterback Brandon Wimbush held the spot during the 2018 season and went 9-3 as a starter, his effectiveness declined towards the end of the season as teams exploited his less-than-stellar throwing ability by limiting the Irish running game. Junior quarterback Ian Book stepped into the Citrus Bowl for the

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Irish and threw a go-ahead and eventual game-winning touchdown pass to former Irish wide receiver Miles Boykin in the fourth quarter, and Notre Dame joined the quarterback controversy parade.

After Book had a tremendous regular season in 2018, completing 197 of 280 passes for over 2,400 yards and 19 touchdowns, he went a disappointing 17-34 for 160 yards, zero TDs and one interception in the Cotton Bowl against

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Irish senior quarterback Ian Book takes a snap during the Blue-Gold Game on Thursday. Book was 16-21 passing with a touchdown.

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Clemson, prompting some to reignite the Irish quarterback controversy. After the 90th annual Blue-Gold spring game, it was abundantly clear that the quarterback “battle” is Book’s to lose.

During the game, Book and freshman Phil Jurkovec alternated drives at quarterback to start the game, with Book displaying the qualities that landed him the starting job in the first place, immediately leading the blue team to score.

“First drive was good, just to go out there, and I really wanted to push the tempo on the first drive,” Book said.

“We were able to do that and just go down, and that’s what we’ve been doing all spring.

First drive when we get into team situations is really push the tempo and go, and we were able to do that today, so it was awesome.”

Jurkovec, despite being sacked twice on his first drive, showed promise of his own, going 7-9 in the first quarter for 77 yards. However, it was all downhill from there for the redshirt freshman, as he displayed a noticeable lack of urgency and was sacked 12 times.

Although he went 15-26 for 135 yards passing, he posted -71 yards rushing on 16 attempts.

“I think that we’ve had a number of sessions where I’ve said, ‘He’s still looking, he’s still growing,’” Irish head coach Brian Kelly said of Jurkovec.

“There are a lot of things that he learned today about recognition of when the ball needs to

come out of his hand, the clock in his head so to speak. Those are all things that getting a game like this today really helps him in that awareness. … I think sometimes when you’re a quarterback, you get too locked into progressions.

He’s gotta get the ball out of his hands and take some oneon-one matchups when he gets them as well. That’ll come, it’s just a matter of time.”

Book went 16-21 for 220 yards through essentially only one half of play, and he was composed and in control of the offense, an advantage from learning this system for multiple years.

“I feel like I’ve made a stride.

I still have a lot more I want to get better at, but [I] definitely feel more comfortable in year two in the offense,” Book said.

“Things are starting to click more, chemistry’s better and I definitely feel [like everything’s] good.”

Despite his struggles, Jurkovec said he sees a way to grow from this game.

“I think, honestly just both … doubling down on film and then getting those reps,” Jurkovec said of what he needs to do to progress. “It was a helpful day. It was terrible for me, but at least it was helpful.”

Jurkovec also cited specifically that as a dual-threat quarterback, he struggled with facing a tough, deep Notre Dame defensive front that took away his running ability.

“I think a major portion of my game is being able to make things happen, whenever I’m live, being able to scramble, run a little bit and make things happen with my feet,” Jurkovec said. “Taking that away was a little weird for me.”

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plays that garnered him so much success in high school.

“Quarterback is a position where everybody wants to see them ascend to this position immediately, and he’s like that as well, he wants to see it happen,” Kelly said. “But it’s got to take some time for him, and he’s got to understand that, too. He’s pushing himself a little bit too hard. … He’s just got to get the ball out of his hands and make it simpler. The game’s a little too hard for him right now, and you can see. He never played like that in high school. He made it simple, and he’s making this game way too hard. He’ll wake up one day, and it’ll be a lot simpler for him. Right now it’s hard, and we’ll get him to the point where it’s simple.”

The future is bright for Jurkovec, who threw for over 11,000 yards in high school en route to becoming a four-star recruit and top-100 high school player nationally. However, now is not his time as Book has the poise and experience to lead the Irish to another College Football Playoff appearance, and it will serve Jurkovec well to learn and gain support from his predecessor for another season.

“Phil’s made some huge leaps, especially just in the film room with defensive recognition,” Book said of his successor. “I was really proud of him today. I know he can make a throw when he needs to. It’s been good to just see the strides he made just from practice one all the way until today.”

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Irish sophomore quarterback Phil Jurkovec runs with the ball during the Blue-Gold Game. Jurkovec passed for 135 yards but had 12 sacks.

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FOOTBALL | gold (defense) 58, blue (offense) 45

Late surge lifts defense in Blue-Gold Game Armstrong to lead 2019 Irish running attack

Game quells any debate over starting QBs

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Heading into the season last year, the Irish had a huge question mark next to the running back position in terms of who would fill the void left by senior Dexter Williams’ four-game suspension to start off the year, as well as former Irish running back Josh Adams’ departure to the NFL. Most of the production during those four games came from then-sophomore Jafar Armstrong and senior Tony Jones Jr., and while the numbers were meager, the backs were helped out by the legs of quarterbacks Brandon Wimbush and Ian Book. Upon Williams’ return, the senior immediately broke out, and finished the year leading the team in rushing yards and rushing touchdowns, with 941 and 12, respectively. see ARMSTRONG PAGE 10

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Irish senior quarterback Ian Book, in red, prepares to hand off the ball to junior running back Jafar Armstrong during the Blue-Gold Game on Saturday at Notre Dame Stadium. Book threw for 220 yards.

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Coming off of a loss to a struggling Western Michigan team that has only 11 wins on the season, the Irish entered into a series with No. 21 North Carolina in need of a win, having lost their last four games in a row.

Unfortunately for Notre Dame (13-21, 8-10 ACC), they could not keep up with the Tar Heels (27-10, 10-8 ACC), who took two out of the three games in the series and are tied currently for second place in the ACC Coastal division.

In the first game of the series Friday night at Frank Eck Stadium, the Tar Heels jumped out to an 8-1 lead after just two innings and never looked back, eventually winning 101. The North Carolina pitching tandem of juniors Tyler Baum, Andrew Grogan, and freshman Josh Dotson held the Notre Dame batters to just six total hits and gave up only one earned run for the game while

As the 2018 season bled into 2019 spring training, the premiere college football programs were in the midst of a quarterback debate. Alabama junior quarterback Tua Tagovailoa, then a freshman, had replaced then-sophomore Jalen Hurts and saved the Crimson Tide in the second half of the national championship game against Georgia.

Clemson sophomore quarterback Trevor Lawrence was one of the top high school players in the country and looked to displace incumbent senior quarterback Kelly Bryant.

Similarly, after Notre Dame’s victory over LSU in the 2018 Citrus Bowl, legitimate questions were raised over who would start at quarterback for the Irish in 2019.

ND competes against top crews

By JOE EVERETT Senior Sports Writer

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Irish freshman outfielder Ryan Carr waits for the pitch during Notre Dame’s 5-2 victory over Virginia on April 5.

Facing top competition out west, the Notre Dame rowing team gained valuable experience this weekend at the Lake Natoma Invitational in Folsam, Calif.

Saturday marked the first day of competition for the Irish, who immediately faced off against No. 2 California, No. 3 Stanford and No. 6 Brown. While those three teams dominated the day, Irish associate head coach Marnie Stahl said the team can grow stronger from having competed against some of the best crews in the country.

“I think overall the racing this weekend was tough and good,” Stahl said. “We learned a lot from this weekend. We had some really good races and races we learned a lot from.”

The bright spot on the day came via a victory by the Irish Third Varsity Eight team over Cal’s Fourth Varsity Eight and the 3V8 from Sacramento State.

Notre Dame recorded a time of 6:58.3 to finish the heat in first place, and Stahl emphasized how

that performance was encouraging for the team and the program.

“I think any time a Notre Dame [boat] crosses [the finish line] number one, it makes everyone excited — it energizes the team,” Stahl said. “It shows the depth of our program. … It takes a full team. It’s a full team effort out there, even though we’re in individual boats. It shows the depth of the team and the whole team contributing to the success of the program.”

Sunday’s competition saw No. 12 USC enter the action against the Irish, who finished second behind the Trojans in all three heats. Notre Dame will look to bounce back and grow from the experience this coming weekend down in Bloomington, Ind., at the Dale England Cup. “We look forward to racing next weekend down in Indiana,” Stahl said. “Really [aiming to] put together the good races we had this weekend with continued growth and development going in [to the competition].”

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