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Chegg data breach leaks info Cyber attack leads to public release of College student emails, passwords, more

By MAEVE FILBIN Saint Mary’s News Editor

In April 2018, the w idelyused tutoring ser v ice and textbook prov ider Chegg experienced a data breach, after an unauthorized source accessed one of the company’s databases. The breach was discovered in Sept.

2018.

On Sept. 26, chief information officer Todd Norris announced in a campusw ide email that the Saint Mar y’s College Information Technolog y department had learned the Chegg usernames and passwords

originally stolen in the breach had been decr y pted and posted online. Though Chegg reset the passwords of the 40 million affected accounts on their ow n system, Norris said indiv iduals who are using the same password on other sites are now at risk.

In the email, Norris adv ised students to change their Saint Mar y’s passwords immediately.

Junior Sophie Koeppl, a Chegg user since her freshman year of college, said she was alerted to the breach by the College and was not contacted directly by the

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textbook prov ider.

“I never got an email from Chegg confirming the securit y breach that happened last year,” Koeppl said.

Kathy Hausmann, associate director for technical support ser v ices at Saint Mar y’s, said the information obtained in the 2018 breach potentially included a Chegg user’s name, email address, shipping address, Chegg username and hashed Chegg password.

“Saint Mar y’s College received a notification from REN-ISAC (Research and Education Net works Information Sharing and

Analysis Center) ‘that some credentials from your institution have appeared in a credential dump related to the Chegg data breach,’” Hausmann said in an email.

“The information obtained from the Chegg data breach had been shared online for others to do further damage beyond the initial data breach of Chegg.”

Because indiv iduals had registered for Chegg using their Saint Mar y’s email addresses, REN-ISAC notified the College about saintmar ys.edu addresses

In a press release Friday, the Universit y announced A lliance for Catholic Education (ACE) founder Fr. Timothy Scully w ill step dow n from his role as director of the Institute for Educational Initiatives, and transition to become director

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By MARIAH RUSH AND SERENA ZACHARIAS Associate News Editor and News Writer

The Students for ChildOrientated Policy (SCOP) hosted t wo panelists on campus Thursday for a lecture titled “Transgender Medicine and Children: W hat are the facts? ” The event’s panelists included t wo medica l doctors

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— Paul Hruz, a professor of pediatrics and endocrinolog y at Washington Universit y School of Medicine in St. Louis, and Michelle Cretella, a genera l pediatrician and the executive director of the A merican College of Pediatricians.

W hile Cretella has not been a licensed physician since 2012, she is now the executive see PANEL PAGE 4

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Lecture kicks off Respect Life Week on campus

By CHRISTOPHER PARKER News Writer

On Monday in LaFortune Student Center, Professor Helen A lvaré of George Mason Universit y delivered a lecture exploring the concept of women’s liberation in the context of abortion and the right to life movement.

The lecture, titled “Women’s Liberation: Authenetic Feminine Freedom in a

Panelists Paul Hruz and Michelle Cretella define gender dysphoria.

The speakers discussed medical treatment of transgender youths.

ACE founder to step down

post-Roe Era,” was the opening event for ND Right to Life’s annua l Respect Life Week.

As well as teaching family law, law and religion and propert y law, A lvaré w rites articles about religious freedom and the First A mendment. She is a lso a chair of the Catholic Women’s Forum.

During her ta lk, A lvaré examined common arguments by pro-choice advocates,

which she claims have no ev idence.

“The arguments, the verbiage, the statements from interest groups and the legislature, they sound ver y much like the formulas coming out of the Supreme Court,” she said. “They’ve got this language, the Supreme Court opinion, that says, ‘This is what the Constitution says,’ and they tend to repeat see LIFE PAGE 4

Gerontology Club assists local senior citizens

By MIA MARROQUIN News Writer

Gerontolog y Club, a service-based club at Saint Mar y’s, works to provide older adults with companionship.

In an effort to give back to the greater South Bend community, Gerontolog y Club members volunteer at Healthwin Specialized Care Facility, a nursing home close to the College’s campus.

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Katie Jackson, a junior and vice president of the Gerontolog y Club, said their mission is to improve the lives of seniors in the area.

Gerontolog y Club hosts weekly volunteer events in addition to larger, less-frequent events. Jackson said the weekly visits consist of activities ranging from sharing a meal with the residents, playing Bingo or giving manicures to simply having conversations

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with the residents.

A popular weekly activity is assisting with the music and memor y program, Jackson said.

“Each of the residents in the dementia ward has an assigned iPod,” she said. ‘You can check out an iPod and listen to music with them.

This helps them reminisce and unlock memories that see SENIORS PAGE 4

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Matriculate helps students apply to college

By REGAN HULTQUIST News Writer

Nonprofit organization Matriculate works to ensure all students in the United States have equal access to quality higher education, regardless of their socio-economic background.

According to the organization’s website, only 8% of low-income, high-achieving high school students apply to college in a strategic manner similar to their high-income peers. Matriculate wants to change that.

Matriculate is a national organization based in New York City that assists highachieving, low-income high school students in their transition to college. The organization pairs low-income high school students across the country with college advisors — college students interested in aiding the high schoolers through the college

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director of the A merican College of Pediatricians, a group that has been labeled by the Southern Povert y Law Center (SPLC) as a “fringe anti-LGBT hate group that masquerades as the premier U.S. association of pediatricians to push anti-LGBT junk science.”

During the panel, both Hruz and Cretella advocated against the use of pubert y blockers and hormone treatments in indiv idua ls under the age of 18 who have been diagnosed w ith gender dysphoria.

According to the A merican Psychiatric Association, gender dysphoria “involves a conf lict bet ween a person’s physica l or assigned gender and the gender w ith which he/she/they identif y.” W hile indiv idua ls w ith gender dysphoria may want to socia lly transition, cross-dress or medica lly transition w ith sex-change surger y and/or hormone treatment, gender dysphoria is distinct from

admissions process. “[Matriculate helps] particularly those students who would traditionally be caught up in the cycle of under-maximizing where they have the talent to really thrive at a top college or university,” Staci Hundt, former interim director at the Office of Outreach and Engagement Recruitment at Notre Dame, said. “[The students] may not have a balanced college list built out that would allow them to kind of enter into the funnel at one of those top colleges or universities.”

Notre Dame is one of nine colleges and universities throughout the country partnering with Matriculate, according to their website.

Hundt was involved with the launch of the Notre Dame chapter of Matriculate in the fall of 2015, she said.

“We actually became aware of [Matriculate] because of Sean Cullinan, who

is a graduate of Notre Dame,” said Hundt. “At the time, he was a current parent, and he actually sat on the board at Matriculate. He introduced Don Bishop [Associate Vice President of Enrollment at Notre Dame] to the organization, and we thought, ‘Oh gosh, it would be a perfect fit for Notre Dame.’”

Matt Winkler, a current Notre Dame senior, is the head advising fellow of the Notre Dame chapter of Matriculate. He has been involved with the organization on campus since his freshman year.

“The experience has been really amazing.

Having the opportunity to both work with the various college students advising the high schoolers and my high schoolers over the years has been incredibly fulfilling,” he said.

During his time with Matriculate, Winkler said he

has helped eight low-income, high-achieving students who are now freshmen at various universities and colleges.

“Seeing them grow from their junior year all the way through to the end of their senior year [of high school], and even through the beginning of their college experience right now, I still keep up to date with them, and they’re all doing really well,” Winkler said. “Over the time, you end up becoming pretty close to them.”

Winkler said he still keeps in touch with Eliza Haider, a current sophomore at Princeton University, whom he helped with the college process.

“I started with her at the end of her junior year, and she really didn’t know much about colleges at all. [She] really only knew the local colleges around her,” he said.

“She’s doing really, really well.”

Students who participate in Matriculate are passionate about giving back to their communities, Winkler said.

“We’ve kind of all been given an incredible opportunity to come here and study those relationships and have really great college experiences, and I think all the advisors that I’ve seen have really been motivated to kind of pay it forward and help inf luence the lives of high schoolers,” he said.

The club recruits potential advisors each year in the fall, Winkler said.

“For people who are open to having difficult conversations with people and people who are friendly and outgoing and willing to put in the time, I can see those types of people would have an easy path to becoming an advisor,” he said.

being transgender.

The A merican Psychiatric Association defines transgender as an umbrella term for indiv idua ls whose gender identit y or gender expression differs from the sex or gender to which they were assigned at birth. Experts have determined that not a ll transgender people have gender dysphoria.

Before the lecture, junior Ellie Gardey, the co-president of SCOP, said she submitted an Obser ver letter to the editor because she k new the panelists would address “an admittedly controversia l topic.”

“We have no intention of inf licting any an x iet y on any member of the Notre Dame communit y,” Gardey said.

“We believe it’s an important topic to have so that we can have policies that are in the best interest of children.”

Gardey said she didn’t agree w ith the SPLC’s classification of the A merican College of Pediatricians.

“We believe they do not hate people,” she said. “The SPLC has expressed hatred towards certain groups in the past, but the A merican College of

Pediatricians has not.”

The Obser ver inter v iewed both parties — protesters who attended the panel and Gardey — and researched the t wo panelists.

In a prev ious inter v iew, Cretella referred to transgender children as “menta lly ill,” asserting that “no one is born in the w rong body.” She said she believed transgender ideolog y is “cognitive and psychologica l abuse” on children.

Gardey ack nowledged Cretella’s past claims that pubert y blockers and hormones used to treat gender dysphoria for children can be considered “child abuse.”

“We’ve brought in Dr. Cretella for her world-renow ned expertise on pediatric gender-affirming therapy,” Gardey said. “Dr. Cretella says it is child abuse, and we believe that people have the best interest at heart when they give children these gender-affirming therapies, so they’re not tr y ing to hurt the child. But we believe that they inadvertently are hurting the child.”

W hen the Gender Studies Triota Honors Societ y read about SCOP’s event in the Week@ND email, the group’s students applied for a permit to set up an information table in the librar y w ith their ow n “Transgender Medicine and Children: W hat ARE the facts? ” pamphlet among other printed peer-rev iewed research articles.

Pamela Butler, associate director and director of undergraduate studies in the Gender Studies Program, said

she was disappointed w ith the limited representation on the panel.

“It was disappointing to me that their perspectives would be brought here and elevated as if they spea k w ith scientific authorit y,” Butler said. “W hen rea lly they’ve been discredited and debunked w idely by ever y legitimate medica l organization that’s ever responded to their claims. I was disappointed that there wasn’t a representative of mainstream ev idence based medica l treatment or a clinician who actua lly works w ith transgender youth representative on this panel.”

During her portion of the panel, Cretella cited a number of psychologica l conditions that may predispose children to gender dysphoria including attachment disorders, severe depression, ADD/ADHD, PTSD and Autism Spectrum Disorder, as well as discussing env ironmenta l inf luences. “[There’s] the issue of socia l contagion. We are seeing whole peer groups in schools around the nation that are coming out,” Cretella said.

W hile Cretella focused on the causes of gender dysphoria, Hruz urged the audience to consider the scientific ev idence he presented to empirica lly determine the best way to treat indiv idua ls w ith gender dysphoria.

“These are rea l difficulties that these indiv idua ls experience, and they’re cr ying out for help,” Hruz said.

“The question that we need to ask ourselves this evening is if the help that we’re offering

to these individuals is truly in their best interest to help them.”

W hen asked whether they had any experience treating patients with gender dysphoria or if they had conducted any peer-reviewed research on the subject, Hruz said he just published a paper in the Linacre Quarterly, the official journal of the Catholic Medical Association. Cretella said she had never treated an adolescent with gender dysphoria.

SCOP picked the two panelists after consulting with professors in science, technolog y, engineering and math at Notre Dame, Gardey said. Gardey declined to name the professors the group contacted.

Members of the Gender Relations Center asked SCOP to include a transgender specialist, but Gardey said since they asked only a week prior to the event, they were unable to accomodate their request. W hen asked if they looked into panelists with opposing viewpoints to Cretella and Hruz or a panelist with experience treating transgender patients, Gardey said SCOP believed the speakers on the panel were the correct choices for this event.

“Our purpose is to educate the public about this issue,” Gardey said. “And this particular panel is what we believe is best for the current moment, but we will be open to a debate in the future.”

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them.”

The first pro-choice argument A lvaré addressed was that abortion saves women’s lives. She said the rhetoric of life-sav ing has no “empirica l ev idence” to back it up, citing numbers from a pro-choice, non-government organization, the Guttmacher Institute.

“Guttmacher ack nowledges that over 90% of abortions women say are for socia l, persona l, familia l — not hea lth

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emeritus of the institute starting in January.

Scully founded ACE in 1993 and was the chair of its advisory board until 2013. In 1997, he became the director of the Institute for Educational Initiatives, which deals with more than two dozen initiatives focusing on the quality of faithbased schools, the release said.

According to the release, ACE has been a major voice for American Catholic schools since its founding, training thousands of teachers and school leaders serving across the country and the world.

“During the more than 25 wonderful years leading the Alliance for Catholic Education and 22 years of serving the institute, I have been extraordinarily blessed to contribute to building a mission in service to children in under-resourced Catholic schools with the most talented, faith-filled and committed team of educational scholars and professional practitioners imaginable,” Scully said in the release. “I can think of no more fulfilling expression of my vocation as a Holy Cross priest. I look forward to continuing to support the mission of ACE and the institute in any way I can as director emeritus as I continue teaching and research in my home department of political science.”

On campus, Scully has been a political science professor and a faculty fellow of the Helen Kellogg Institute

— reasons,” she said. “Only 3 to 4% of a ll abortion patients list hea lth as their primar y reason.”

A lvaré a lso cha llenged claims that late-term abortions are safer than childbirth, instead say ing the leading cause for late-term abortions was unawareness of pregnancy.

“The idea that abortion is primarily a matter of hea lth, it just isn’t there,” she said.

A lvaré said the numbers of medica l complications from abortions are often incorrectly reported. One reason she highlighted is that further

for International Studies, the Institute for Educational Initiatives and the Notre Dame Initiative for Global Development, the release said.

Scully is also an author, and has written six books and a number of scholarly articles.

Most recently, the release said, he wrote “Democratic Governance in Latin America.”

Additionally, Scully has been the recipient of numerous teaching awards at the University.

Scully was ordained in 1981. He taught internationally at Saint George’s College in Santiago, Chile, the release said, and earned his master’s and doctoral degrees in political science from the University of California, Berkeley, after graduating summa cum laude from Notre Dame in 1976 and receiving his master of divinity degree from the University in 1979.

Besides teaching at the University, Scully spent his 30 years on campus as a University trustee and fellow, executive vice president and vice president and senior associate provost, the release said.

“As a highly regarded scholar, challenging and popular teacher and creator of the Alliance for Catholic Education, and through his many administrative roles, Father Scully has devoted his life to Notre Dame, its students and its mission,” University Provost Thomas Burish said in the release. “In doing so, he has improved the lives of countless students and families. We are grateful for his many contributions.”

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medica l treatment is covered by hospita ls, not the clinics themselves.

“They do abortions. They don’t do the aftermath,” she said.

A lvaré then shifted her focus to menta l hea lth and abortion. She said abortion does not a llev iate stress associated w ith an unwanted pregnancy, contrar y to the research of the A merican Psychologica l Association.

“Those who perform [abortions] seem to have a drastic lack of curiosit y about whether it hurts or helps women,”

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appearing in the recent credential dump, Hausmann said.

“Instead of only contacting the 1,253 individuals in the list REN-ISAC provided, it was decided that all Saint Mar y’s students, faculty and staff would be notified,” she said. “Those who signed up with Chegg using personal e-mail accounts would then also be aware that their account information could have been made public.”

W hile password hashing is a type of protective one-way encr yption, Hausmann said hashed

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they wouldn’t have access to normally.”

The annual events include a senior prom, a night dedicated to dressing up and community building and Valentine’s Day card making.

Additionally, the club hosts annual holiday parties at the nursing home for Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas.

The events have a positive impact on both volunteers and residents alike, Jackson said.

“I love knowing that I’m making a difference in these people’s lives like some don’t really get too many visitors,” Jackson said.

“Ever yone

A lvaré said. “Shouldn’t ever ybody be interested in the question of the effects on women of a surger y performed 3,000 times a day? ” A lvaré said the 1992 Supreme Court Case Casey vs.

Planned Parenthood established a link bet ween abortion and fema le empowerment, a claim which she says has no ev idence.

“There was absolutely no relationship that you could draw bet ween women’s resort to abortion and their position in the educationa l and economic labor market,” A lvaré said. “You couldn’t

even draw a graph of correlation, never mind causation.”

Overa ll, A lvaré stressed the importance of understanding ev idence in fierce politica l battlegrounds such as this one. She adv ised students and professors a like in the audience to check sources, check footnotes and a lways substantiate arguments w ith facts. Her parting adv ice: “Be the most educated person in the room on this topic.”

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passwords can still be decr ypted.

“After hashed passwords are decr ypted, the passwords can be used to sign into affected accounts if the passwords were not already changed,” Hausmann said. “There is also the concern that the released e-mail addresses and passwords could be used to tr y and gain access into accounts unrelated to Chegg, including e-mail, social media and finance-related websites.”

Chegg users should respond to the breach by changing the passwords to any accounts that are potentially the same password associated with their

Chegg account in April 2018, Hausmann said.

“If you don’t remember your April 2018 password for Chegg, changing your Saint Mar y’s password or any other passwords not changed since last spring will help keep your personal information secure,” Hausmann said. “The best ways to protect your personal information in the case of a data breach beyond your control is to have a different password for ever y account that you access and to use complex passwords for all your accounts.”

needs human contact, so it’s really nice to be able to provide that for somebody.”

W hile the club is open to students of all majors, Jackson sees a large draw from communicative sciences and disorders, nursing and psycholog y majors. The club is designed to support the gerontolog y minor, Jackson said.

Katherine Weese, a senior and the treasurer of Gerontolog y Club, said she wants to increase awareness and participation of the group.

“My goal for the year is to have more people commit some more hours during the year and have more people go there,” she said.

There is no minimum time

commitment to be involved with the club. An hour requirement has been discussed and may be implemented in the future, Weese said.

“For the time being, we like to have it not as strict and committal so that people aren’t scared off from joining or things like that,” she said.

Students hoping to get involved with the club are encouraged to reach out to the club’s officers to get more information.

“My favorite part of being involved with the club is spending time with the residents,” Weese said. “They’re so nice, and they always have great stories to tell.”

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By DILLON BEGLEY Scene Writer

Ask someone their opinion of professional wrestling and you may receive a multitude of differing answers.

One might simply claim it to be a “fake sport,” whereas another may declare it the perfection of sport due to the prowess of the athletes it involves. Yet, even among those who consider themselves fans of wrestling, there is much disagreement as to what exactly professional wrestling is and what it should mean to those who watch it. To offer an alternative look at professional wrestling, however, I challenge one to accept that it is an artform in many ways — not pure sport, not pure pretend, but a little bit of both.

With origins dating as far back as the early 1900s, professional wrestling reoriented itself in the ’70s and ’80s through the likes of now famous wrestlers Ric Flair, Andre the Giant, Sting and “The Hulkster” Hulk Hogan.

The sport transformed into a blend of athletics and soapopera, which bolstered its popularity until, in the ’90s and 2000s, it ascended to become a global phenomenon with the rise and fall of World Championship Wrestling (WCW). Now, professional wrestling is a massive form of entertainment for millions of people from all faiths, cultures and backgrounds. Fans from around the world both live stream events and watch them on cable.

By MIKE DONOVAN Scene Editor

Paul Westerberg’s voice dwells in the sore dissatisfaction of an exaggerated sigh: hot air, comforting a mouth and a man with not much else to his name, save some warmhearted whiskers. It was a voice strained to all ends in its youth — “shiftless when … idle,” not too fond of “school” — but allowed rest as its owner’s sensitivities grew, a “regular” fixture among crowds huddled beneath the “skyway” or kissing “on the bus.” And it was a voice deserving of its cult following — at least until its 1989 misstep “Don’t Tell A Soul.” “I’ll Be You,” it said, addressing the mainline power poppers of its day. It got rid of its edges, its grooves became smooth, all the while singing, “I’ll Be You.” Thanks in part to the unrecognizable tinge in Westerberg’s voice, “Don’t Tell a Soul” earned its titles, crystallizing a reputation as the unutterable element of the Replacement’s catalogue. Don’t tell a soul, fans said, the Replacements sold out! Don’t tell a soul, the ’Mats have gone soulless. At these pronunciations, the fans went headlong into the ’90s where they rolled around on fresh Pavement and booked suites in the Neutral Milk Hotel. As far as they knew, Paul was dead.

Three decades later, the autopsy results have surfaced — a reissue, a reckoning, “Dead Man’s Pop.”

Today, the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) that rose to global fame is renamed World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). It continues to be a global source of enjoyment for millions of fans, but not without its bumps in the road. Recently different forms of professional wrestling have arisen to challenge WWE. Fans have started to turn to New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW), their local wrestling companies or the newly-found U.S. based All Elite Wrestling (AEW).

That very brief history of professional wrestling withstanding, it still needs to be explained how such a sport can be described as an art-form. After all, what even is pro wrestling? Simply put, professional wrestling is a dramatized spectacle that has real athletes put their health at risks in matches for the entertainment of millions of people watching around the world. It is definitely not fake, as there are no stuntmen and people do suffer real serious injuries and in some cases death from their partaking. However, results in WWE’s matches are clearly predetermined. The storylines, drama within them and even the names of the wrestlers are often made up. It is a form of art in how the producers, wrestlers, writers and sometimes owners present this material to an audience.

To be a professional wrestler, one has to be extremely skilled. They have to know how to act similarly to a movie star while, simultaneously, being able to perform their own technically-sound wrestling stunts. All of this takes

place in front of a live audience, and the wrestlers constantly have to improvise depending on how that same audience reacts.

Furthermore, there is a lot of hard work that occurs behind the scenes of WWE. All of the writers and producers of the events have to also demonstrate some type of artistic ability to bring to life the classic wrestling matchup of good vs. evil.

One only has to look at Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson to understand why professional wrestling is art. Listening to him ask thousands of people about if they can smell what he is cooking before he performs his signature move, “The People’s Elbow,” really illustrates the duality of skill and artistic nature that is inherent in pro wrestling.

I want to leave those who have read this article with an assignment. No matter your opinion on professional wrestling, please watch Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson’s match against John Cena at Wrestlemania 28. The match will exemplify what I have said all along: professional wrestling is not a sport. It is a genuine art-form that only a few can master. The art of professional wrestling is that it is, in fact, sports entertainment. There is a real risk on behalf of the performers and scripted amusement for those who choose to watch.

Peeling back the disgustingly shiny skin of the 1989 record’s corpse (gloss courtesy of late ’80s hitmaker Chris Lord-Alge), “Dead Man’s Pop” finds good bones in Westerberg’s songs, perhaps the best to his career.

His tracks, previously suffocating under the weight of Lord-Alge metallic sheen, have space to breath. Now repackaged in the off-the-cuff recording style of “Don’t Tell a Soul’s” initial producer, Matt Wallace (who gave up his job to Lord-Alge before the LP’s release), they’ve regained the smell of barrooms and bendy roads, the aromas of Westerberg classics.

The Wallace mix of album opener, “Talent Show,” spearheads the posthumous return to form, swapping Lorde-Alge’s skinny boy droll for loose, guitar, meaty drums and a glorious mid-song screw-up, and a deglamorized rendition of the ’Mats only (sorta) big charting hit, “I’ll Be You” continues the resurrection chant.

But “Dead Man’s Pop” doesn’t really come to life until “Portland (Alternative Mix),” a jangle pop masterstroke erected, dissected and torn to shreds at the band’s infamous Bearsville recording sessions. From “Portland” onward, “Dead Man’s Pop” descends into the bowels of “Don’t Tell a Soul’s” genesis, drumming up such gems as “We Know the Night” (a bumbling piano ballad recorded several times over folk-hero Tom Waits) and “Gudbuy’ T’Jane” a sloppy love-letter to the barstool bravado of acts like Johnny Thunders and NRBQ.

Discs three and four, which document an uncharacteristically tight live show at the University of Wisconsin, offer the set’s reanimated corpses room to wander among the band’s most beloved songs — “I Will Dare,” “Bastards of Young,” “Color Me Impressed,” “Can’t Hardly Wait,” “Answering Machine” and others. Though these recordings don’t rumble with the lawless thunder captured on “Live at Maxwell’s” or shiver with the sensitivity of Westerberg’s many acoustic outtakes, they do manage to tell a ’Mats story not yet told: the story of young discontents letting out one final, dissatisfied sigh before encroaching adulthood squeezes their act lifeless.

Contact Dillon Begley at dbegley@hcc-nd.edu

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“Dead Man’s Pop” The Replacements Label: Sire Records Favorite Tracks: “Portland (Alternative Mix),” “Talent Show (Matt Wallace Mix),” “We Know the Night” If you like: Big Star, Tom Waits, R.E.M.

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The best kids’ book series

2021 Hall of the Year power rankings Danny McMaster You’re Welcome for My Opinion

Hayden Adams Associate Sports Editor

As a kid, the best part about books was reading the series I wasn’t required to. Now that I have a platform to branch out from sports talk, I figured I’d take the liberty to highlight some of the best book series I read as a kid.

Diary of a Wimpy Kid — Jeff Kinney Who didn’t love these books as a kid? I think part of the appeal was that for kids, the problems of the protagonist, Greg Heffley, mirrored those of other kids: friendship, bullying, peer pressure and crushes. Also, the basic stick figure-style illustrations were basic, yet comical. My mom and I still laugh about a part where Greg’s younger brother, Manny, wouldn’t eat cereal if the milk was put in before the actual cereal (in my opinion, that’s the stuff of “cereal” killers! Get it?) With Greg constantly trying to improve his social status, sometimes at the expense of his best friend, Rowley, all while documenting it in his “JOURNAL, not a diary,” the stories were amusing and heartwarming (at least for a 10-year-old.)

The Sisters Grimm — Michael Buckley This very under-publicized series features a new take on the history of fairy tales. Sabrina and Daphne Grimm, two sisters who are the descendants of the Brothers Grimm, are orphaned after the disappearance of their parents and wind up in the care of their grandmother, Relda Grimm, in the town of Ferryport Landing, New York. They soon discover that the fairytale characters their ancestors wrote about, dubbed “Everafters,” are actually real and have been trapped within the town with their identities concealed from humans by magic.

The town’s police department features the Three Little Pigs, and Prince Charming is the self-obsessed mayor. With help from their grandmother, fairy Puck from “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” Magic Mirror from “Snow White,” a magic carpet and their butler Mr. Canis, aka the Big Bad Wolf, Daphne and Sabrina attempt to unravel the disappearance of their parents at the hands of the mysterious “Scarlet Hand” organization, and try to prevent an Everafter war in the process. A great, suspenseful series of young-adult thrillers.

Captain Underpants — Dav Pilkey This series featured elementary school best friends Harold Hutchins and George Beard, two fourth-graders who author and illustrate comic books as part of “Treehouse Comix, Inc.” Full disclosure: this series inspired me to write and draw my own comic, “The Adventures of Cow Man,” in the same style with a little “Treehouse Comics, Inc.” label on them, even though I didn’t have a treehouse.

They hypnotize their cruel principal, Mr. Krupp, into becoming the hero of one of their comic books, Captain Underpants, but it works too well. George and Harold are forced to chase him around to prevent his injury, all while he helps combat aliens, a mad scientist named Professor Pippy Pee-Pee Poopypants and evil doppelgangers from a parallel dimension. A childish, yet entertaining series of books based almost solely on bathroom humor.

Percy Jackson & the Olympians, The Heroes of Olympus, The Kane Chronicles, Magnus Chase & the Gods of Asgard — Rick Riordan “Percy Jackson” features the titular character, the son of the Greek god Poseidon, who joins Camp Half-Blood, a safe haven for the children of the Greek gods. He attempts to thwart a war between the gods and the titans of Greek myth, as well as to prevent the fracture of the demigods. The “Kane Chronicles” series features siblings Carter and Sadie Kane, who bond with two Egyptian gods to prevent Apophis, the embodiment of chaos, from overrunning the world (plus an offhand reference hinting that the Greek gods may exist in the same universe.)

“The Heroes of Olympus” provides a sequel to “Percy Jackson” and involves returning heroes, along with some fresh faces, trying to prevent a war between Camp Half-Blood and Camp Jupiter, a place for Roman demigods.

Lastly, “Magnus Chase” tells the story of its titular character, the son of the Norse god Frey and the cousin of Annabeth Chase from “Percy Jackson,” who must prevent Ragnarok, the end of days. Rick Riordan is simply a master kid and young adult writer, and he manages to weave together all sorts of mythological stories that dazzle and excite, making his books must-reads for any kid.

There you have it. Hopefully this list can inspire you to share these books with your younger siblings or future kids, or even give you some new reading material.

Contact Hayden Adams at hadams3@nd.edu The views expressed in this Inside Column are those of the author and not necessarily those of The Observer.

As many of you know, recent administration policies have deemed students living off campus will soon no longer be able to take part in some activities in their dorm communities. I support these decisions fully — the administration could never err, and suggesting anything otherwise is utterly ridiculous.

Those who make such accusations should be forced to take public accountability for their decision-making process.

While this may change the structure of the communities students have in the dorms, it will not however, change the entire community of Notre Dame. And what is more central to the Notre Dame community than dorm life itself?

Notre Dame has often stressed that by living in community and doing extra-curricular activities together we all grow to be the best versions of ourselves. According to Residential Life, dorm life is beneficial because of the “framework it offers to all students who experience it, especially in the areas of community building, leadership development and faith and human formation.” As such an integral part of the Notre Dame experience, it would not be within the University’s standards to leave off-campus students without a dorm community. Of course, as you know, the University never does anything that acts against its standards or values. And if you disagree with this, then you’ve got an angry, awkwardly worded 800-word Observer column coming at you in 1-2 weeks, buddy.

Therefore, Notre Dame will have no choice but to create an off-campus dorm community.

If you look now, you can already see the steps pushing them towards this action. The Off Campus Council is already making preparations to hold an off-campus formal, the first of several steps to form this dorm. It is only a matter of time until off-campus interhall sports teams are formed and students begin using, in the words of Residential Life, their “personality and talents to enhance their hall’s distinctive identity, and in turn, continue Notre Dame’s legendary residential life tradition.”

Of course, as the University’s new policies will only go into effect for current sophomores, they cannot make this announcement yet. Off-campus seniors are still, at this point, allowed to go to dances, participate in interhall sports and take part in the service events of the communities they spent three years contributing to.

But change is coming. Fast. And it is very

important that Notre Dame students be ready for this. Why is this important? Use your brain! Think about the Hall of the Year award, the defining moment of every single person’s Notre Dame experience. My dorm won Hall of the Year my sophomore year, and let me tell you, it was the greatest experience of my life.

We did not win it again my junior year, and I haven’t been happy since. I have since accepted the fact that I have peaked, and that I will never feel such pure elation again in my life.

As such, I have taken it upon myself to rank the perspective candidates for Hall of the Year in 2021, the first year that the Duncan-O’NeilDeBartolo — insert other donor name here — off-campus hall will be opened. I feel it is my responsibility to put every other dorm on notice their window of opportunity is closing.

Think about interhall sports. That off-campus team would be absolutely unstoppable.

With a majority of the senior class, who would likely all be veterans of their interhall sports teams they played three years on, they would have the cream-of-the-crop talent. Not to mention that every other dorm would now be lacking the experience and leadership usually supplied by off-campus students contributing to their own teams.

Does this affect Hall of the Year voting? I don’t know, probably (what did you expect me to do for this column, research?) But think of the service events, which also probably effect Hall of the Year voting, the off-campus dorm would be legendary. They would need, like, $2 from every student to have the best Thanksgiving food drive in the history of this school. Same thing for Christmas.

So here they are. Please look at these rankings for the 2021 Hall of the Year award, and double your efforts to go and win in this year or the next. You have officially been put on notice.

1. Off-Campus Dorm 2. Sorin (You know what, they’re going to bind together and find a way to compete in 2021. They’ve got a lot of young talent, a good farm system in the suburbs of Chicago, and excellent leadership. I like Sorin going forward.)

3. – 31 Everyone else.

So there you have it. The window is closing.

Take note.

Danny McMaster is a senior business analytics major, and has never once been wrong in his entire life. He can be reached at dmcmaste@nd.edu or @DanMcMaster14 on Twitter.

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

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Authentic love, authentic freedom Dear fellow students, One of Notre Dame’s strengths is its commitment to service. Every week, we see a video of Notre Dame students and faculty fighting for goodness in our world.

During fall break, countless of our students travel to Appalachia to serve a region in crisis. Over the summer, students engage in summer service learning programs, both domestically and abroad. With each of these, students return to Notre Dame changed and fulfilled. We as a community recognize the value of service, and, more importantly, understand how the act of service itself is both life-giving and fulfilling.

However, this service extends beyond just our academic breaks. We don’t have the opportunity to serve an impoverished community everyday, but we do give of ourselves daily in other ways. This self-gift is the true substance of any act of service, and it is witnessed every day in acts of charity and love. It can be said that all of life, therefore, reaches its fullest form when it is experienced in acts of love and sacrifice. Ironically, it is when we are most willing to abandon ourselves that we become most fully ourselves.

This week, we invite you to explore this more deeply with us as we celebrate Respect Life Week 2019. Our theme this year is “Authentic Love, Authentic Freedom,” during which we will respond to “the call for a ‘sincere gift of self’ as the fullest way to realize our personal freedom” (Pope St. John Paul II, Evangelium Vitae 145.) True freedom, modeled after Jesus’ self-gift for us on the cross,

is realized not in the glorification of our individuality, but in our ability to love and serve others. This is a truth we know as Catholics, but also something each person can recognize as good when putting others before oneself, and so is a message for all. Love is not easy, and it is often inconvenient, which is what makes it an incredible gift!

Such a gift is precisely the way in which we recognize the dignity of every human person — when we make decisions to support and respect human life — not just because it is beneficial or convenient for our own purposes, but because every human being has value. This value does not come from our achievements, characteristics, abilities, health, wealth, beauty or any other category often used to define status in our contemporary world, but precisely because we are human.

The pro-life position is grounded in this line of thinking, and responds to the call to respect this value first and foremost when life is at its weakest and most vulnerable stage. While unplanned pregnancy is not an easy or comfortable situation, we recognize that a response of self-gift which welcomes a new life into the world, on the part of the whole community, is the authentic route to freedom. Abortion, often described as a means of liberation, in reality enslaves us to our own desires and preferences and perpetuates systems of oppression in which women are seen merely as objects to be used.

Respect Life Week will feature prayer, service and educational events as we seek to make this goal a reality

in support of the dignity of all human life, especially in terms of creating a world where abortion, which marginalizes the weakest and most vulnerable amongst us, is both illegal and unnecessary. We recognize that this theme is bold, and so we welcome you into conversation with us.

Please join us in dialogue at our keynote lecture on Women’s Liberation with Helen Alvare, J.D. on Sept. 30, or our panel on the state of women’s healthcare in South Bend on Oct. 2. Or, partner with us in visiting the South Bend Women’s Care Center, in writing letters to women seeking to leave their jobs in the abortion industry and in donating women’s hygiene products to the homeless.

We invite you to pray with us at the South Quad Rose Garden, commemorating lives lost in abortion and the women affected, at South Bend’s abortion clinic and during a special Rosary for Life at the Grotto. A full schedule can be found on our website. We hope to see you there!

In life and love, Noelle Johnson president, ND Right to Life senior Spencer Bindel vice president of programming, ND Right to Life junior Sept. 28

The most daring census of Notre Dame Gabriel Niforatos The Road Less Traveled

Insert name, dorm, major. Smile, shake the hand of the person you met in class, in the dining hall or at LaFun during game day and walk away. 10 minutes later, you’ll be scratching your head, completely unsure of who the person you just met was. You’ll desperately scan the bleachers at the football game for the befreckled face of your new soulmate, but it will be to no avail.

Another Notre Dame introduction, another example of the impossibility of words.

And so, with this difficulty in mind, I have surveyed the Notre Dame student body myself to get a better picture of who we are. Forget the Campus Climate Survey, the Health and Wellness Survey, the emails about how you spent your summer and read the most daring census of Notre Dame demographics ever conducted right here. The sample: your very own notes, scrawlings, doodles and bits of advice found on the tables and cubicles of Hesburgh Library. This survey was conducted at painstaking length to control for social desirability and question bias, in large part because the objects I questioned were ancient wooden pieces of furniture that cannot speak. However, they obviously speak to you. And so, based off the ancient techniques of polling methodology, I will paint a picture of the average Notre Dame student from what I found in my study of these notes and drawings (absolutely not a biased sample, mind you.)

Sidestepping material and drawings that are not appropriate, here is a completely accurate, fool-proof snapshot of several categories I found in my meta-analysis. What you are about to read is the true psyche of an average Notre Dame student: Identity: The obligatory name, major (exclusively accompanied by a heart or an expletive — there is no in between) and name can still be seen in the cubicles.

However, I have found that there are only two majors at Notre Dame: engineers and philosophy majors.

Between the stacks and upon the tables, I have found countless notes telling me the meaning of life, from flowery expletives to Walt Whitman “Songs of Myself” quotes and days of springtime and sunshine. I have

seen Rembrandts and Renoirs constructed with chemical formulas: love notes to chemical engineering. On the other hand, there are notes about engineering finals that are scrawled so furiously into the sides of cubicles that it looks like the Mariana Trench was gouged into them. The notes regarding Philosophy are a bit different. In between the notes which state something of the variety of “[insert name] took Nietzsche to the Dome Dance” or “Good luck with your Logic final, Class of 1989,” one can find the powerful words of sages unnamed in the student body. The ancient Greeks climbed mountains thousands of feet high to converse with prophets and oracles regarding the word of the Gods. Imagine their dismay if I could somehow tell them a short hike of seven floors could reveal all the secrets of life, death and where Fr. Jenkins really lives just for good measure.

Hall pride: Flaherty is the best hall. Furiously scratch this out. Zahm is the best hall. Break your pencil and scratch this out. Zahm. Lewis. Dillon. If you didn’t know already, hall pride is alive and well at Notre Dame, and if you see your hall slandered on the sides of cubicles, rest be assured there is an army of pens and pencils ready to defend Carthage and storm the gates of Rome with you (I am most certainly not admitting that a certain anonymous author wrote “Duncan Hall, best hall” somewhere between floors 7-9, because that would be admitting a conflict of interest for my survey.)

Disjointed conversations: sketches of “I did it,” “They’ll never find it” and “Why did you do that” all sound like the various pieces of a high-profile interrogation. I swear that if you put all of these sentences together across all of the floors in Hesburgh, you would solve every code and mystery that exists. Who is really being painted in the Mona Lisa? What is really on the third floor of Hesburgh? The answers to these enigmas and more are encrypted on the surfaces of the tables and cubicles.

Love’s Labors Lost: Did Jake and Emily make it? Did the heart on floor five with not one, not two, but three iron arrows affixed to it represent the tribulations of Capulet and Montague, the difficulties of love but the triumph of passion? The wooden cubicles act like a projector screen for the enthused daydreamer, a place where one can travel back in time to days when you

would scratch your initials in tree trunks and reminisce of summertime sadness.

Go Irish: Just… go Irish.

I wonder what it is about old wooden cubicles that make people break out of their comfort zone so effectively. Perhaps it’s empathy. “Not all who wander are lost” can be found on floor 12, and there are infinite good luck notes encouraging the fellow sojourner to get through finals or a rough midterms week. Perhaps it’s the feeling you get when you are the only soul on floor 10 (yes, floor 10) at 3 a.m. in the morning and have half of a paper written. Either way, the greatest soundboard I have ever found is that of the old wooden cubicle in the Tower of Babel called Hesburgh Library.

The biggest takeaway from my survey of the incredibly cooperative cubicles and tables of Hesburgh Library (I report a 100% response rate to my questions) is that each and every one of us has character and a story worth reporting and sharing. Don’t feel like the only canvas you have for expression is three feet by three feet wide, barely enough room for your computer and two books. If I can say anything about Notre Dame students, it’s that they are unashamed and unabashedly unafraid to vocalize their opinions when this takes the form of a note, drawing or doodle in the foggy heights of Hesburgh Library. Every university has their very own “library comments” section, and Notre Dame’s is biting, sarcastic, insensitive at times, but undeniably Irish with a heart of gold. The important finding is not the quality or the content of the notes and drawings I found, but the mere fact that they exist. So, get out of the library and don’t be afraid to be yourself in a world that desperately needs authenticity. And to the unnamed Oracle of Delphi who wrote, “you do not stare into the abyss, it stares into you” on floor 8, I want to meet you.

Gabriel Niforatos is a junior majoring in political science with a minor in the Hesburgh Program in Public Service. He is passionate about giving a voice to the disenfranchised and writing is the muse he is persistently chasing. He can be found at gniforat@nd.edu or @g_niforatos on Twitter.

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

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Crossword | Will Shortz

Horoscope | Eugenia Last Happy Birthday: Face facts, consider what’s best for you and make the necessary adjustments. Put everything in order and free up your time. Being free and clear of clutter, past mistakes and situations that leave you in limbo will encourage you to stop standing still and start moving in a direction that will bring you closer to the life you want to live. Your numbers are 6, 13, 20, 28, 32, 38, 49.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Stop procrastinating and initiate the changes you want to make. Question your current relationships and the equality and balance in your life. Look for an opening that excites and challenges you mentally or physically. Romance is encouraged.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Keep moving forward. Incorporate changes that will keep you up to speed with everything taking place in your field or the latest technology. Listen to the voice of experience and rely on past mistakes when it’s time to confront a decision.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Take pride in what you do. Don’t feel you have to appease others when doing your own thing will bring the highest return.

Get along with your peers, but put your responsibilities first. A problematic partnership should be re-evaluated.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Don’t get in someone’s way. You’ll gain more in quiet pursuit of your own personal goals. Let others do as they please, and enjoy whatever brings you the most satisfaction. A creative quest or new adventure will change your life.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Stop procrastinating and start doing. Use your experience, drive and knowledge to persuade others to join your cause. Surround yourself with youthful, fresh minds eager to learn and to be a part of something exciting.

Personal growth and romance are featured.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Put your heart and soul into being successful at whatever you decide to do. If change is required, make it happen and keep moving forward. Refuse to let anyone distract you or lead you astray. Believe in yourself.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): A change someone makes will turn out to be a blessing in disguise. Don’t fight the inevitable; embrace whatever comes your way and make the most with what you’ve got to work with. Personal improvement is favored and will lift your spirits.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Impulsive decisions should be avoided. Look for other alternatives before allowing anyone to coax you into participating in something questionable. Past experience should be your guide to what will work best for you.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Pay attention. Someone will try to take advantage of your generosity and easygoing attitude. Don’t wait until your anger flares up; if you don’t want to do something, say no. Do what benefits you, not someone else. Be open regarding your feelings.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): You need a change. Take a different approach to your everyday routine, and you’ll find a way to drum up more interest in what you are doing. How you approach life will make a difference in the way others treat you.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): A steady pace forward will help you reach your destination. Focus on being and doing your best. Look for a way to improve your current financial, legal or health situation. Don’t wait for someone else to decide your fate.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): A last-minute change will encourage others to pitch in and help you reach your goal. Keep your plans simple and affordable. If someone suggests something excessive, be quick to discourage such behavior.

Take control of the show, and you’ll gain respect.

Birthday Baby: You are outgoing, intelligent and perceptive. You are sensitive and laid-back.

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Tune in to the WNBA Finals Charlotte Edmonds Managing Editor

The postseason is in full sw ing, and no I don’t mean baseball. Game 1 of the W NBA Finals was Sunday night w ith the top-seeded Washington Mystics taking a 1-0 lead over the No. 2 seed Connecticut Sun. Reigning MV P and first woman to join the illustrious 50-40-90 club, Elena Delle Donne, led the way w ith 22 points, 10 rebounds and five assists.

I imagine most people weren’t even aware that the W NBA playoff had begun, much less two rounds had passed, so allow me to catch you up to speed.

Round One In the matchup against the Chicago Sk y and the Phoenix Mercur y, both teams entered on a skid, hav ing dropped several key matchups dow n the stretch of the regular season.

Chicago eventually picked up the dominant 105-76 w in, thanks in part to an early ex it by Brittney Griner who was sidelined w ith a knee injur y.

On the other side of the bracket, the Seattle Storm defeated the Minnesota Ly n x by 10. The Ly n x were w ithout four-time W NBA champion Maya Moore, who stepped away from basketball for the season to focus on ministr y and family, particularly dedicating her time to criminal justice reform. On the other side of the ball, Sue Bird and Breanna Stewart were out for the entiret y of the Storm’s season, leav ing notable absences on the court.

Round Two The Storm’s run came to an end when the Los Angeles Sparks bested them 92-69. Similarly, Los Angeles had suffered their ow n share of injuries and seen countless players step up throughout the season. The other second-round game ended in thrilling fashion w ith the Las Vegas Aces

beating Chicago on a halfcourt heave in the final seconds by W NBA Sixth Man of the Year Dearica Hamby.

Semifinals Mov ing past single-elimination play, the Mystics beat the Aces in four games.

Their three w ins were decided on average by less than five points and featured numerous players stepping up on both teams.

The other side of the bracket was decided a little more definitely, w ith the Suns sweeping three straight games on their way to the Finals. A lthough their first game was a nine-point w in, the two others that followed were decided by at least 22 points.

And now, here we are in the Finals. Game 2 set to begin Tuesday in Washington, D.C. As show n above, this season has been one of close matchups, impressive offensive performance and new faces stepping up time and time again. Look no further than our ow n Notre Dame bubble. Three of the five selections for the 2019 W NBA A ll-Rookie Team — Arike Ogunbowale, Jackie Young and Brianna Turner — played under Irish head coach Muffet McGraw just this past year.

W hile some of you, myself included, might be counting dow n the days until Oct. 22, when the NBA returns follow ing the insanit y that was free agency this summer, take a second to enjoy the basketball we’ve got in our presence. The next t wo games between the Mystics and Suns are scheduled for Tuesday and Sunday, w ith Games 4 and 5 set for Oct. 8 and Oct. 10 if needed. Tune in, and you might be surprised by what you find.

We support the women’s team at Notre Dame. W hy can’t we extend that support this postseason?

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first and foremost. It’s just a matter of recruiting and time and getting those guys to the level where they can compete in the MAC.” Kelly then shifted to praising the defense for its performance. A key contributor in the Virginia (4-1) win was senior defensive end Julian Okwara, who recorded three of Notre Dame’s (3-1) eight sacks on the day. Kelly praised him for the developments he’s made not just as a player, but as a person, in order to become a captain.

“Oh, at this time last year, if you mentioned captain, I would’ve maybe publicly snickered at you. He just did not have any of those traits developed, and he’s developed them because he’s wanted to put himself in that position,” he said. “I couldn’t be [prouder] of him. He’s respected not only by his play, but he is demanding of his teammates as it relates to accountability. He’ll be the first one to step up in a meeting and tell somebody that they’re not living up to the standard. That really caught our eye and our attention this past spring. And then him having his own swat team and holding his team accountable, that transformation has been as impressive for one person to move himself into a leadership position that I’ve seen in my time here.”

Kelly also discussed the play of junior linebacker Drew White and how he stepped up to fill a necessary position for the Irish.

“I can’t say that [his production] would be a surprise as much as we needed that kind of production from the middle linebacker position.

Somebody was going to have to give it to us. We recruited him out of the St. Thomas Aquinas High School believing that he had the ability

to play here at Notre Dame,” Kelly said. “Injuries kind of put him back a little bit, but he’s worked hard to put himself in this position. I would be hesitant to use the word surprised — much more pleased for him that he has kind of found his niche in the program, and in particular really pleased that he has played at a level that has allowed our defense to really get better and better over the last few weeks.”

Lastly, Kelly praised junior nose tackle Kurt Hinish for how he brings a spark to the defensive line.

“From a football technical standpoint, he is really technically sound, but he brings a personality to the position,” he said. “He’s animated. He’s got great energy that is seen all the time, both as he comes off the field, on the sideline.

He is one of those guys that is always keeping his team energized. So it’s not your traditional big nose guard that kind of just sits there and eats up space. He just brings a really great personality to the position that he plays technically very well.”

Kelly then addressed senior quarterback Ian Book’s recent play.

“I think in some areas he’s made really good progress.

I think there is room for improvement in others, but I could probably say that about a lot of players. Again — and I think we all know this — the spotlight is on the quarterback, so the scrutiny on him is 10 times what it is on other positions,” Kelly said.

“He knows that. But if you’re asking me where is Ian in this process, I will go back to what I said last week: he just finished his 13th, going on his 14th game. We want to continue to see steady progress in him seeing the field, making good decisions as it relates to protections, our RPOs, and we’re not seeing it go the other way. But we want to continue to see that natural process of managing our

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offense, but also he’s got the ability to be explosive. I think that’s the next step for him.”

Kelly also talked about some of the improvements he would’ve liked to have seen at this point in the season.

“I would’ve liked to maybe make a couple more plays and put the whole game — the Georgia game on [Book’s] back, and then I would say, yeah, we’re exactly where we want to be. But we’re in a pretty good position, top 10 in the country. So, you know, yeah, could we be a little bit better?

Sure. I think we all could be.

I could be coaching a little bit better. So I’m certainly not displeased with Ian Book, that’s for sure,” he said.

Regardless of Book’s struggles, the Irish prevailed over the Cavaliers on Saturday.

The win marked Notre Dame’s 900th win in school history and the 13th straight at home. Kelly talked about how his teams have managed to string together so many victories.

“Execute better than the team we’re playing. It starts with you — don’t get lucky.

You’ve got to win those games. We’ve had some close games that we have had to find a way to win. Virginia game, we had to come back the at half; Pittsburgh game comes to mention; and then there are some games we’ve played extremely well,” Kelly said. “I think we have a great routine. We love playing in front of our fans — our students in particular are there.

And it’s been a mantra of ours in our off-season to protect our house. We feel as though it’s part of what we do in our workouts in the summer. We rally around that, we workout in the stadium, we run the stairs. It’s something that’s ver y, ver y important to us.

So we’ve been fortunate, and it’s obv iously been a really positive thing to play at home.”

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to have that finish at that particular event. It just shows the talent she has and what she is capable of.”

Heck finished the tournament with the best round of her career, shooting a 66 on the par 70 course. She tallied six birdies on the day and 10 pars, while only giving up two bogeys. Her score will be etched into the record books as she now shares the honor of the second-lowest scoring round of any golfer at Notre Dame with five others, one of which is her freshman teammate Lauren Beaudreau, who shot a 66 in the second round of the tournament.

Holt discussed the leadership role Heck has on the squad and how they can each lead one another.

“She can lead by example in a lot of the things that she does, and I think all of our players can do that,” she said.

“They really push themselves, and seeing what Abby did, we have other talented players as well and we can push them to try and catch up to her now.”

Heading into her 14th season at the helm of the Irish squad, Holt spoke on how she has seen the game develop over the past decade, “I think the game of college golf has progressed tremendously, as far as the talent,” Holt said. “We’re just trying to stay ahead of it, and it is getting more and more challenging to do that because there are just so many more good players and there is such an inf lux of international players to our sport … the inf lux of international players has really impacted our sport, in a positive way. From the standpoint of the quality of players out there, certainly it has elevated play, no question.”

Holt also spoke on her goals and expectations for her team this season.

“Every time we tee it up, we’re wanting to compete, and try to win and that is never going to change … we’re youn,g we have three freshman on the lineup … it’s a growth process, and a learning process every time we go out,” she said. “Our schedule is incredibly competitive and we do that for a reason. We want to challenge our kids, we don’t want them to have a false sense of reality and where they stand … nobody wants to be playing better more than they do, I can guarantee that.”

Next up for the Irish is the Illinois Women’s Invitational in Chicago at Medinah Country Club. The Irish will compete on October 7 and 8 and will look to further develop their squad of young golfers.

outshoot the Jaguars a whopping 23-9 in the match, and were able to find an opportune win that pushed them to 4-4 as they head into the second half of their season. Freshman midfielder Nicole Cook led the way, racking up 5 shots — 3 on goal — and dishing out two assists to earn the Saints victory. Cook’s first assist came just 7 minutes into the match on a pass to junior midfielder Eleanor Boothman who was just five yards out from the goal. Boothman tallied 3 shots on goal throughout the course of the day. Cook’s next assist came much later in the game in the 78th minute, as she served the ball to fellow freshman midfielder Olivia Shaw, who made a shot from the top of the box. The Saints will head back to Chicago on Tuesday to take on Roosevelt

University (1-3-2, 0-2-1 CCAC) at 3:30 p.m. at IIT Stuart Field.

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The Saints men’s golf team has improved year by year thanks to the help of head coach TJ Mannen. The men have ended up at the top of the leaderboards in the past two tournaments they have competed in. They placed first at the Battle of Blackthorn hosted by Bethel College on Sept. 21, and bounced back right after that to finish first at the Blue Devil Classic at the Treetops Resort, in Gaylord, Michigan hosted by Lawrence Tech University. Senior Blake Vise led the way at the Blue Devil Classic, posting a final score of seven under par. After his stellar performance Vise became the first golfer in Holy Cross history to earn a ranking in the World Amateur Golf Rankings, coming in at 5,825 place in the world of amateur golfers. However, Vise was not

the only Saint to finish in the top 10, or in the top five for that matter. Sophomore Carter Silva finished second shooting a one over par and freshman Quinn Arial finished tied for third at two over par. The Saints currently have boots on the ground in Homewood, Illinois as they search for their third consecutive CCAC Cup title.

At the Blue Devil Classic at the Treetops Resort, in Gaylord, Michigan, freshman Kaitlyn Vazquez led the way for the Saints, finishing seventh overall with first and second round scores of 80 and 76. The team is currently competing at the CCAC Cup in Homewood, Illinois at Ravisloe Country Club.

Men’s Tennis Women’s Golf The Holy Cross women’s golf squad is going through a rebuilding phase at the moment.

Aside from only one returning player in sophomore Madison Pool, the team consists strictly of freshmen. However, the experience could end up benefiting the individuals as the team consists of just five players who are all likely to see a lot of tournaments and better adapt themselves to collegiate golf than teams throughout the conference who are stacked with upperclassmen.

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The Holy Cross Men’s Tennis team got off to a strong start on their season, hosting crosstown rival Bethel University.

The Saints (1-0) defeated the Pilots 7-0 at Leeper Park.

Sophomore Dominic Gibson got the win in the No. 1 singles defeating his opponent 7-5, 6-2. Meanwhile, junior Dylan Euzarraga came out victorious in No. 2 singles, defeating his opponent, 6-1, 7-6. The next matchup for the Saints will come on Oct. 18 against Indiana University Southeast at 1 p.m. in Leeper Park.

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eye-opening as defensive struggles gifted the Tigers numerous opportunities.

Only a stunning free kick from graduate student defender Felicien Dumas and a dazzling individual effort from sophomore forward Jack Lynn kept the 4-2 loss from being a complete blowout. The Indiana game was a tale of two halves, as the Irish pressed early and were rewarded with a goal in the 40th minute, but they sat on their heels in the second half, conceding once and needing a few spectacular saves from senior keeper Duncan Turnbull to force overtime and hold for a draw.

Notre Dame’s sluggish second half against Indiana carried over to the UNC game, where they looked tentative and defensive, going down in the 14th minute. They played what coach Chad Riley described as their “best half of the season” in the second half, but they still conceded another opportunity and couldn’t break through, losing a 2-0 decision. Facing a winless Michigan State team, the Irish barely escaped East Lansing with a victory, scoring off a long throw in the 80th minute to get the win.

Their inconsistency and inability to generate any offense against elite teams begged the question about whether the Irish were truly still a national powerhouse.

They dropped from their preseason ranking of No. 11 to No. 16 and then again to No. 21. However, the Irish hosted Virginia over the weekend and answered some questions about the quality of their team, and their potential as they head forward. While the 1-0 loss was tough to swallow, those in attendance saw Notre

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Dame put forth their most complete effort of the year.

The Irish took it to the Cavaliers early, earning most of the scoring chances in the first half. Tough field conditions due to the several inches of rain the night before caused the ball to take several weird bounces, shutting down several prime Irish scoring chances on loose balls in front of the goal. Overall, outside of a 15-minute window where the Cavaliers poured heavy pressure on the Notre Dame defense, the Irish looked like the better team.

Graduate student forward Ian Aschieris distributed the ball well, Lynn created several chances including a shot on target, senior forward John Rea provided energy off the bench and their defense led by Dumas and junior midfielder Townsend Meyers denied Virginia’s prolific offense many quality scoring chances. An unlucky penalty gifted the Cavaliers a goal and the victory, but the Irish left the field with a considerably different taste in their mouths.

Despite the frustrating result, Notre Dame showcased their offensive potential and flashed a dominant defense that was one whistle away from shutting out an elite offense in Virginia. However, after a brutal stretch of games, the time for moral victories is over. The Irish finally put together a performance worthy of an elite team Saturday, but now it’s time to parlay that performance into some results that can move them back up the rankings and into the national championship conversation once more.

Contact Aidan Thomas at athoma28@nd.edu The views expressed in this column are those of the author and not necessarily those of The Observer.

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Early season momentum stirs excitement in Belles

By Observer Sports Staff

Now a month into the season in several sports, some Saint Mar y’s Belles athletic programs are looking to build on early season successes. fueled by strong indivdual performances, while others are tr ying to build momentum as they face the meat of their schedule.

Cross Countr y The Saint Mar y’s cross countr y team opened their season at the Manchester Universit y Hokum Karem Race on Aug. 30 in a relay st yle race. The freshman tandem of Julia O’Grady and Angela Bannan finished fifth overall w ith a time of 35:28.8. Senior Katie Glenn and sophomore Riley Swope combined to finish ninth overall w ith a time of 36:43.8. In their most recent meet, the Belles placed 11th at the National Catholic Inv itational hosted by Notre Dame. Glenn finished 46th overall w ith a posted time of 19:50.27.

O’Grady followed behind, placing 58th overall w ith a time of 20 : 08.94. The Belles’ next meet is set for Saturday at the Pre-National Race at Tom Saw yer State Park in Louisv ille, Kentuck y.

Golf The Saint Mar y’s golf team has placed in the top 4 of ever y competition this season, including a string of six first place finishes in a row. The Belles opened the season at the Ly nn Schweizer Inv itational on

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Aug. 31st where they placed fourth out of 12.

In their most recent competition, the Belles placed first of nine at the MIAA Jamboree #2 on Tuesday w ith a team score of 326.

Junior Hunter Kehoe took first place posting a 77; sophomore Sydney Hruskoci posted an 80 which tied her for third overall; and junior Summer Stillson shot an 81 to tie her for fifth place. The squad is set to compete Wednesday at the MIAA Jamboree #3 after the initial date of Saturday was re-scheduled due to weather.

Soccer Saint Mar y’s soccer is off to a 5-4 start to the season after a season opening w in over Bluffton College 2-0.

Sophomore for ward Rose Stack house would score both goals of the game for the Belles, one of them coming in the dy ing seconds of the first half. Senior goalkeeper Thallia Robles posted a clean sheet on the day to help power the Belles to their first v ictor y of the season.

The Belles’ t wo biggest v ictories this season have come over Indiana Universit y South Bend w ith an 8-0 score line that saw a combined six goals scored for Saint Mar y’s in the first half, and against Defiance College w ith a score of 6-1.

Stack house has led the team this season in goals w ith a total of 8. The Belles are set to play Tuesday at home against conference rival A lbion.

Tennis In its first and only tournament of the season so far, the Saint Mar y’s tennis team had several results in both A and B draw singles and doubles in the Hope Inv itational on Sept. 13. In the A draw singles, sophomore A lyssa Gulli reached the quarterfinals before falling to Claire Hallock of Hope 6-0, 6-0. In the B draw singles, freshman Kathleen McLeod advanced to the next round of 16 w ith w ins over Sophia Stramatopoulos of Hope 6-1, 6-2 and Mya Duncan of A lbion 6-4, 6-0, ultimately falling to Saydee Johns of Hope.

In A draw doubles, A lyssa Gulli and junior Megan Dav y would reach the quarterfinals before falling to Jackson and Newhof of Hope 6-4. In B draw doubles, the freshman duo of Trinit y Marshall and Annika Smith would advance to the semifinals w ith a v ictor y over Grace Christian Universit y’s team of Adams and Mast 7-6 before falling 8-2 to the team of Emily Schellenboom and Brittany Statema of Calv in Universit y.

The Belles w ill compete Friday at the Hillsdale Tournament before shutting dow n until the spring.

Volleyball The Saint Mar y’s volleyball team is off to a 6-8 start w ith an 0-1 record in MIAA conference play. In their first action of the season, the Belles took t wo w ins on opening day of the Forester Inv ite on August 30. The Belles defeated Marian Universit y (3-12, 0-3 NACC) 3-0, and Lake Forest College (6-9, 0-1 MWC) 3-1. Against the former, junior middle hitter A lyssa Chong recorded six kills and posted a .364 attacking percentage in the v ictor y along w ith a 13-dig performance from junior libero Brittney Tarkany i.

Junior setter Morgan VanderWey and sophomore setter Claire Hennesy would combine for 22 assists.

In the second match of the day, freshman outside hitter Morgan Collantes would post a double double w ith 18 kills and 22 digs to push the Belles to a 3-1 w in over the Foresters. Despite back to back losses to conference opponent A lbion College (11-5, 2-0 MIAA) and North Park Universit y (7-9, 0-2 CCIW ), both by the score of 3-1, the Belles hope to rebound against Adrian College (4-8, 0-2 MIAA) on Wednesday.

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Men’s Soccer The Holy Cross men’s soccer team hit the road this weekend to take on Governors State in Chicago. The frigid air of the Windy City did not seem to favor the Saints (6-2, 2-1 CCAC); when the game kicked off at 9 p.m., wind speeds were clocking in at nearly 13 miles per hour and the temperature was 60 degrees. The Jaguars (4-3, 1-2 CCAC) were able to break the Saints six-game win streak with a final score of 1-4. This loss came as a major disappointment to the Saints, who had played much better soccer throughout the course of the day. The Saints were able to outshoot the Jaguars 24-11, but Saints junior goalkeeper Lewis Tomlinson was only able to muster one save on the day.

Tomlinson dug a hole early for the Saints when the ball was intercepted off his kick in the 18th minute and subsequently ended up in the back of his

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goal. The Saints were never able to recover from this early deficit and their only goal of the day came off of the foot of freshman midfielder Elmin Ejup during the 36th minute, a 20-yard direct kick. Tuesday, the Saints will be traveling back to Chicago again to take on Roosevelt University (5-3, 3-0 CCAC) at IIT Stuart Field at 3 p.m. and will be looking to begin a new winning streak after their last was snapped.

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Women’s Soccer The Saints women’s soccer squad also travelled north to take on Governors State over the weekend. The Saints (44, 1-2-0 CCAC) took on the Jaguars (0-7-1, 0-2-1 CCAC) as a light drizzle poured down from above. While the ugly weather did not seem to favor the men, the women seemed to acclimate to it as they were able to shut out the Jaguars 2-0. The Saints were able to see HCC SPORTS PAGE 10

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Irish junior Abby Heck putts at an Exhibition on Aug. 24, 2018.

Heck posted a career best this weekend at the Schoomer Classic.

Virginia loss showcases Irish potential

Kelly talks player development, UVA

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Aidan Thomas

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Coming off their first quarterfinal appearance since their 2013 national championship, the expectations were sky-high for the Notre Dame men’s soccer team at the start of this season. But, heading into this past weekend, a bevy of inconsistent and tentative performances had raised several questions about the Irish (4-3-1, 0-3 ACC). Notre Dame was slated to play No. 3 Virginia at the tailend of a five-game stretch that saw them face the Cavaliers, No. 4 Clemson, No. 5 Indiana, No. 14 UNC and 2018 national semifinalist Michigan State. The Irish seemed to struggle at times, but worse, there were large stretches of times where they appeared outclassed by their opponents.

The Clemson loss was

The Notre Dame women’s golf team headed out to Norman, Oklahoma to compete in the Schooner Fall Classic at Belmar Golf Club this past weekend.

The Irish finished 14th in a competitive field, and the highlight of the weekend was junior Abby Heck’s seventh-place finish. Irish head coach Susan Holt spoke on the successful rounds Heck posted.

“We had some really stellar individual rounds, Abby played just a really solid tournament.

I mean, her tie for seventh finish in that field is probably one of the best individual finishes since I’ve been here,” she said.

“And we have had kids win tournaments — like, plenty of kids win tournaments, but that field was stacked and loaded with some of the top talent in the country. So it was really impressive for Abby, personally,

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Irish graduate student forward Ian Aschieris fights for the ball during Notre Dame’s 1-0 win over Denver on Sept. 8 at home.

Notre Dame football head coach Brian Kelly addressed the media Monday to recap the team’s 35-20 win over No. 23 Virginia, and to preview its upcoming game against Bowling Green. He started off by discussing the key aspects of the win.

“After watching the film, I was really pleased with the offensive line and the way we were able to exert ourselves in terms of physicality, both with certainly the running backs, but the tight ends as well.

That’s going to bode well for us,” Kelly said. “I think a great indicator is that after the first two games, our rush defense is really dramatically improved, and then obviously finding a run game against a quality opponent in Virginia. Those two things have to continue to be areas of improvement for us as we move forward. So that really stood out to me as an important factor in the second half of that football game.

Certainly the turnovers, as well.”

He then previewed the matchup with Bowling Green (1-3).

“As we move forward to Bowling Green, this is a week for our football team to really look at themselves and say, ‘Do I want to be great, or is this as good as it gets?’” he said. “Bowling Green, I have a great deal of respect for [head coach] Scot Loeffler and taking over this program. I know how hard it is at the MAC level when you’re coming in to put in your culture and develop your philosophy offensively, defensively and special teams. He’ll do it. He’s been in college football for many years and been very successful. … Obviously [I] have a great personal relationship with [defensive coordinator] Brian VanGorder.

[I] respect him as a football coach and as a person. You can see that he’s getting those guys lined up, getting them to play fundamental football see KELLY PAGE 9