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College to host event for Ghana Volleyball game scheduled to raise money for mission

SMC community to walk a mile in solidarity

By KELLY BURKE

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The Sisters of the Holy Cross will play the Saint Mary’s College Board of Trustees in the third-annual volleyball match fundraiser Thursday at 6:30 p.m. at Angela Athletic and Wellness Complex. This fundraising event helps the Sisters fund various missions around the world.

This year, the Sisters are focused on raising money to buy a bus for students at Our Lady of Holy Cross School (OLHCS) located in Kasoa, Ghana, in Africa.

The school’s enrollment has increased from roughly 100 students in 2006 to nearly 1,000 students.

Saint Mary’s students and staff gathered on Wednesday to walk a mile in solidarity with the Holy Cross community in Ghana. They did not let the rain drown out their joy as they gathered in the rain-out location Angela Athletic and Wellness Complex to walk 10 laps around the track.

Julie Schroeder-Biek, the director of athletics and a member of the planning committee, said in an email that the Sisters were her motivation to help plan this event.

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The Sisters of the Holy Cross are set to face the SMC Board of Trustees in a charity volleyball match Thursday, to raise money for a bus.

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According to a newly released report, Notre Dame has a $2.46 billion impact on the South BendElkhart region each year. The impact is calculated based on money spent on investments and research; money spent by students, visitors and event attendees and the wage premium that Notre Dame graduates earn.

“Notre Dame’s economic and cultural impact is growing beyond South Bend to incorporate the broader region,” Notre Dame President Fr. John Jenkins said in see IMPACT PAGE 4

Campus Ministry Professors debate the role of free spech, protests to hold confession in student centers

By MARY STEURER News Writer

By MARIA PAULRANGEL News Writer

Archimedes took a bath and an apple fell on Isaac Newton’s head, but all it took for Fr. Joseph Corpora to attain his aha moment was a story told by a priest from Panama in a meeting with all the Missionaries of Mercy last summer at Rome.

The priest said he had gone to a train station to hear confessions.

“I thought ‘Oh, that’s so interesting that he just went out of the church and sat in a train station,’” he said. “I thought we should do something like that, too. We should go where the students are, rather than just having them come to the Basilica. That’s how it began, with one priest saying one that, that I thought was a good idea.”

What resulted from this moment of inspiration was Confession on the Road, Campus Ministry’s newest initiative to make the sacrament of confession more accessible to the members of the Notre Dame community. Now, students, faculty and staff are able

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to participate every Monday from noon to 1:30 p.m. at LaFortune Student Center and every Tuesday from noon to 1:30 pm and from 5:30 to 7:00 p.m. at Duncan Student Center. Corpora said there is no set location, but they will find an empty space and put up a sign.

This new opportunity to receive the sacrament of reconciliation allows members of the community to skip lines at the Basilica and receive the sacrament on their way to Star Ginger or Starbucks.

“I think this is in many ways just lowering the barrier to entry there, lowering the anxiety and letting students know that ultimately this is a sacrament of God’s mercy and love,” Fr. Nate Wills who participates in the initiative, said.

Though confessing sins in the middle of campus’s two most populated areas might seem unorthodox and unconventional, Fr. John Herman, a participant in this program, praised its uniqueness.

“It is a very creative initiative that see CONFESSION PAGE 4

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Professors debated the role of the freedom of speech at public universities in a debate sponsored by the Notre Dame Student Chapter of the Federalist Society, American Civil Liberties Union and the Constitutional Studies Program Wednesday.

Josh Blackman, a law professor at the South Texas College of Law, began the debate by sharing his own personal experience reconciling free speech with social protest. He said he was once protested by students while giving a lecture at the City University of New York (CUNY). The protest prevented from him from delivering his lecture, he said.

Blackman said students protested his lecture because of his conservative views on topics such as President Donald Trump’s travel ban and DACA. “They were convinced that because of these positions. … I didn’t belong on their campus,” he said.

The students’ belief in making see SPEECH PAGE 4

Notre Dame to end coal usage ahead of schedule

By ALEXANDRA PARK News Writer

As part of the ongoing effort to become more environmentally friendly, Notre Dame said last month its plans to end coal usage on campus are at least one year ahead of schedule.

The campus power plant will cease burning coal sometime in 2019, one year ahead of the initially predicted deadline in 2020,

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Paul Kempf, Notre Dame’s senior director of utilities and maintenance, said. This recent development is a direct result of the Comprehensive Sustainability Strategy, a multi-pronged plan for a more sustainable campus initiated by the University in response to the 2015 papal encyclical, “Laudato Si.” The strategy, created by a standing committee of faculty, administrators, undergraduates,

graduate students and staff, is organized into six areas of focus: energy and emissions; water; building and construction; waste; procurement, licensing and food sourcing and education, research and community outreach. Each focus area has a small working group, which creates, enforces and improves the plans in place to meet the

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sustainability goals.

“The small working groups meet two to three times each semester,” Carol Mullaney, director of continuous improvement for the Office of Continuous Improvement, said.

“It’s kind of bringing together this expertise ... and the interest in a diversity of backgrounds … to come up collectively with a collaborative approach to setting goals, to reviewing our progress against those goals, to determining how to measure them.”

The solution to coal burning has been many years in the making.

In 2010, years before the strategy came about, the utilities department had already created a plan to de-emphasize coal use in the power plant by replacing some coal with combinations of gas and oil, which can also fuel the machinery.

“The vision in 2010 was to make coal 10 to 15 percent of the fuel input, where it had been 85 to 90

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[percent],” Kempf said. “In 2015, when the pope issued ‘Laudato Si,’ the University decided to re-think that and ask themselves the question of ‘Should we stop burning coal altogether?’”

Kempf’s department had one week in summer 2015 to answer the question with a timeline for stopping coal usage and an assessment of the plan’s potential impacts.

Their initial response was a seven-year plan. The administration asked if a three-year plan was possible. The resulting compromise was a five-year plan, which will be completed a year ahead of schedule.

Nixing all coal was a difficult order for the utilities department.

The original plans to keep coal as 10 percent of the fuel source had been insurance against potential problems with gas or oil, such as gas eruptions or fluctuating gas prices. “[Coal] was our backup fuel,” Kempf said. “ ... So what you’re asking us to do is get rid of one of the three legs of a three-legged stool.”

Several changes were made to

replace the stool’s third leg.

First, the University focused on strengthening the other two legs of the stool. A new gas line was built to complement the original line into the power plant, and oil storage capacity was doubled in the building.

Even with these changes, it soon became clear the new third leg would have to be renewable energy. After the five-year plan was approved, Notre Dame said it would invest $113 million in renewable energy projects, Kempf said.

Two major projects include the East Plant, described in a University press release as a 30,000-squarefoot building that houses mechanical equipment for geothermal well fields beneath Ricci Fields, and a hydroelectric facility set to start construction this fall under Seitz Park on the Saint Joseph River in downtown South Bend.

Kempf compared this variety of investments in different renewable energy sources to diversifying a stock portfolio.

“We’ve mapped out ideas that’ll take us all the way to 2050, but what we haven’t done is cast in

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stone that they’re the right ideas,” he said. “So every five years, we look at this big master plan, and go, ‘What’s changed in technology?

What’s changed in our loads? How have our predictions changed? Do we want to rethink this?’”

Kempf said the total cost of all the projects will be $150 million to $200 million. That money comes from the Infrastructure Funding Plan, which he said does not affect the school’s operating budget.

“The point of it is to not have an adverse effect on things like tuition,” he said.

Kempf credits the University’s centralized energy plan, consistency throughout planning and creative flexibility for the successful changes that have been made.

“Everybody’s energy bill hits the budget I’m responsible for,” he said. “It’s kind of like at home — mom and dad pay the electric bill, the gas bill and the water bill.

Well, we’re like mom and dad for everybody.”

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“The Sisters do such wonderful work,” she said. “I enjoy doing what I can to support their missions.”

Attendees said they were moved by the sisters and the students.

Sophomore Mia Williams said she participated “to stand in solidarity with the kids who have to walk long miles to school.”

“We came because it seemed like a great way to support the Sisters and the Holy Cross community,” Saint Mary’s campus minister Jessica Kimmet said. “I am an employee here and this was a good opportunity for [my son] to think about and be exposed to ways that he might help children in other places of the world, and he really likes buses.”

Some participants came out of moral obligation.

“I decided that I haven’t donated my time and energy to anything for a while,” sophomore Regina Novy said.

Others had less altruistic motives.

“I just came for the exercise,” sophomore Theresa Bridge said.

A handout written by Daniel Flowers, the director of institutional research, says the fundraiser hopes to raise enough money to help provide transportation to Our Lady of Holy Cross School in Kasoa, Ghana, a school sponsored by the Congregation of the Sisters of the Holy Cross.

“The school currently has six buses for nearly 1,000 students with five buses owned by the school and one rented,” Flower wrote.

The document says the bus would help improve attendance, academic success and safety by eliminating the need for students to walk long distances or ride on dangerous commercial forms of transportation.

The walk has also has very defined financial goals.

“Through our communities coming together, we hope to raise enough money to purchase a bus for the school – $63,000,” Schroeder- Biek said. “If we can raise $31,500, we have an incredibly generous and anonymous donor that will match that.”

To show this solidarity, each person participating in the walk will represent one of the students by wearing a name tag.

“We will walk for that child,” Schroeder-Biek said.

Many attendants were excited to the attendees’ dedication to the Saint Mary’s community abroad.

“It strengthens the bond between the Convent and the College by joining together,” SchroederBiek said. “We have faculty, staff, students, Sisters and convent staff that are registered to walk together in solidarity for these children.”

Besides gaining the opportunity to walk with people that they do not always have the change to, Schroeder-Biek also said that students will gain a lot from being a part of this event including, “a sense of community and the recognition of the day to day struggles the students we are walking for face in just trying to get to school.”

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With the enrollment increase, it is important to maintain safe transportation for the students who walk long distances in order to receive an education, College sports information director Sarah Miesle said.

“The students in Ghana only have so many buses. It’s been a country that’s been affected by human trafficking,” Miesle said.

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responds to what Pope Francis says about the church needing to move out outside the church’s walls to reach out to the people and their needs,” he said. “I think it is a great way for us to be where students are and to make the sacrament of confession available to them in a way that is right there. They don’t have to go out of their way, they don’t have to make an effort.”

Certainly, receiving the sacrament in the student centers varies from the traditional environment

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their campus a safe space — a space free from prejudice — was what motivated them to protest, he said.

Blackman said although he believes the protest was organized with good intentions, it insulated students from hearing opinions different from their own.

“Where I think they went awry was instead of presenting themselves in a way that challenged me and ask[ed] questions, they sought to shout them down,” he said.

Instead, he said, colleges and universities ought to encourage those holding different opinions to engage in conversation with one another.

“Law schools, I think, have an obligation, and all colleges have a duty, to expose their students to a wide range of perspectives,” he said.

To do so, he said he believes guest speakers should be protected from protestors seeking to interrupt their presentations or antagonize them.

“Why does a speaker need security?” he asked. “At CUNY, I was actually quite afraid.”

Agustin Fuentes, a professor of

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the press release. “This growth reflects Notre Dame’s partnership with the thriving South BendElkhart region — a place for robust employment and cultural life beyond the boundaries of the University. Notre Dame’s success can be measured in part by how well our neighbors flourish.”

According to the release, Notre Dame supports 16,700 jobs in the region. It uses a $1.2 billion operations budget annually and has a three-year average of $271 million in capital expenditures, which

“A new bus would help serve about 65 students who currently walk anywhere between a half hour to 45 minutes one way to get to school.”

In addition to the volleyball match, there will be performances from the College’s a cappella group, dance team and community band. Other activities include a poster contest for the best poster cheering on the Sisters or the Board of Trustees in which students have the chance to win free smoothies from Murphy’s Cafe.

Popcorn, pom poms and informational tables will also be included with the event.

“We know it’s a crazy week because of midterms,” Miesle said.

“We just want people to come and have a great time. We are really optimistic that we are going to reach our fundraising goal this year. I think that at this point the week that we all need something fun and relaxing to have, so this will be the place to be on Thursday.”

Miesle said an anonymous donor will match the donations up to

$31,500, which can buy a new bus.

“Today we are over $20,000 toward that fundraising goal so it’s not really an expectation for students to have to give a huge amount of money.

Help as you can,” she said.

According to a poster located in the Saint Mary’s Athletic facility, purchasing a bus that seats 32 students would enhance attendance rates, promote academic success and ensure safety for the students of OLHCS. “If you’ve never been, come

and see what it’s all about,” Miesle said. “It’s not a huge time consuming event by any means, but it’s meant to help build community on the College’s campus, and I don’t think you could come and not leave with a smile on your face.”

Those who attend this event can promote the mission by using #GhanaGetTheBus on social media.

at the Basilica, especially because of the informality and spur-ofmoment approach; yet this could actually be one of its greatest advantages, Wills said.

“It could be more spontaneous, less, sort of, filtered and more honest about where people are and what’s on their hearts right now,” he said. “There’s a beauty there of, you know, you just go with what you have on your heart in the moment.”

Moreover, the change in scenery lends itself to teach valuable lessons about Catholicism Fr. Matthew Kuzcora, one of the priests who hears confessions, said.

“Being at a student center, I use it

to explain that God is everywhere, not only at church,” he said.

Yet, whether at the Basilica or at the student centers, the truth is that “the sacrament is the same in both places,” Fr. Kevin Grove said.

“Confession on the Road makes evident to all members of this campus the overwhelming all-the-time availability of God’s abundant love and mercy,” he said.

Wills encouraged people to take advantage of the program.

“This is a unique opportunity, it’s a unique place in that sense, and you may never have this many opportunities to encounter the sacraments in your life as you do now,

and I think people who really take advantage of that are maximizing their Notre Dame experience,” he said. “Because it really is a part of growing as a person ... and my hope is that as people continue to discover who they are in college, that they recognize that first and foremost, beyond everything else and above everything else, they are

a beloved child of God. “We all make mistakes and we all mess up and the sacrament of reconciliation is a lifelong journey for all of us that we keep on coming back to about healing and restoring our relationship with Christ.”

anthropology at Notre Dame said he acknowledged the importance of free speech but warned it can also be used as a tool of prejudice.

“To understand why protests happen on campus, we have to understand the world in which we live,” he said. “The landscape of inequality is real. Discrimination is pervasive and powerful. Racism, sexism, bias and inequality create very unequal experiences and difference perceptions of and relationships with U.S.A. society.”

He said social protest is crucial because it is a significant way students today challenge inequality.

Fuentes also said he defended making campuses safe spaces because it offers protection to those who are victims of prejudice.

“Freedom of speech does not mean that those individuals who are unfairly at risk for [hate] cannot be offered spaces of protection where they’re able to participate or engage with others in a context free of direct targeting,” he said.

Fuentes said because freedom of speech risks harming victims of inequality, whether intentionally or unintentionally, discussions about free speech should not be

made outside of the context of social prejudice.

“If we engage in this conversation without thinking about context of all involved ... I think we’re really short selling what words do,” he said.

includes several of the recent largescale construction and renovations projects. The impact of participant spending from events ranging from athletic to cultural is $256 million, and each home football game contributes $26.4 million to the local region.

This year’s report includes a wage premium section, which highlights the 10,000 Notre Dame alumni who live in Indiana and contribute to a $76 million aggregate annual wage premium by being in the workforce.

Notre Dame assesses its economic impact every five years. This year’s report was prepared by Econsult Solutions Inc.

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Inside Column

Ode to the em dash Andrew Cameron News Writer

Shall I compare thee to a semicolon?

Thou art more lengthy and more versatile — Though oft-sufficed by mere comma or colon, Thou art most beloved by me (and AP Style).

My rhyming of “colon” with “semicolon” aside, the verse above surely betrays a passion few punctuation marks could hope to inspire — the passion inspired by a punctuation mark so tasteful, yet so f lexible, that its devotees often find themselves wondering why they even bother with other, lesser marks. A mark — though tragically excluded from all standard keyboards — used by countless writers, reporters and students to add length and a probably-undeserved air of legitimacy to their writing. It is an elegant mark, for a more civilized age — the em dash.

As a testament to this versatility, in the above paragraph, I used em dashes in place of a comma, a pair of parentheses and a colon.

For those not in the know, the em dash is a punctuation mark appearing as a horizontal dash as long as the width of the font — traditionally the length of an uppercase “M.” It is not to be confused with its shorter, more lame, little brother, the en dash (“–”), and especially not to be confused with the hyphen (“-”), whose unique but near-exclusive use is in joining words together.

W hile I’ve mentioned the versatility of the dash, its range of uses is — unfortunately — finite. The most common uses are to indicate unnecessar y or parenthetical information — such as I’m doing now — or to introduce a related clause or a list — typically the job of the colon. This is not to say, however, that the em dash is simply an interchangeable standin for other marks. On the contrar y, while it may serve the same role as other marks, its effect is undeniably (though subtly) different — befitting its visual length, it gives the impression of a much longer pause than a comma or colon would, creating a greater sense of anticipation and importance. Used for parenthetical information, it isolates and emphasizes its contents much more than mere parentheses are capable of. In all uses, the em dash is slightly less formal and slightly more emphatic.

W hile I and ever yone else who likes to act pedantic about punctuation may have their gripes with AP Style (the style guide used by most reputable American newspapers, including The Observer) for its tyrannical prohibition of the Oxford comma, I’ll give it credit for giving em dashes the respect and space they deserve — unlike most style guides, AP requires a space before and after the em dash.

If punctuation is to writing what percussion is to music, the em dash is an invaluable tool for writers to modulate the f low, tempo and mood of their writing. If I inspire even one person to tr y using an em dash, this column will have been a success — a world with more em dashes is a world I want to live in.

Contact Andrew Cameron at acamero2@nd.edu The views expressed in the Inside Column are those of the author and not necessarily those of The Observer.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

For custodian who died in the parking lot On Thursday, Sept. 20 at 6:34 a.m., Michael Adamek, a 57-year-old custodian at the University of Notre Dame, was found unresponsive in the Hesburgh Library parking lot. Moments later, after the arrival of the Notre Dame Security and Police and Notre Dame Fire Department EMTs, Adamek was pronounced dead. That morning, Adamek explained to his supervisors that he was not feeling well and was instructed to go home and get some rest. This is particularly unfortunate as Michael Adamek seemed to never even leave the parked position in the library lot according to abc57’s news coverage of the occurrence. With the St. Joseph County Coroner on the scene to make an attempt to determine the cause, Michael Adamek died right in our “home under the dome.”

Before I go any further with this letter, I must ask, does this news sound familiar to you? Did you know that a custodian died right in the library parking lot last week? And for those of you who heard the news, did you even know the name of the lost worker? For many of you, I am sure the answer you are using to answer all of these questions is a consistent ‘no.’

But how can this be? How could one of our own, within our supposed Notre Dame family, die without our knowledge? I believe that the answer lies with the University itself.

The University has not shown very much of any action to recognize the loss of Adamek from the Notre Dame family. On the day of his death, Notre Dame’s Office of Public Affairs and Communications released a note for the event of Adamek’s death and inserted a quote allegedly from University President Fr. John Jenkins sending a prayer to the Adamek family. Was this the only way that his loss of life was published on this campus?

Well two days, after his death was posted in the South Bend Tribune, Adamek’s co-workers were notified of his death, and all was back into its regular rhythm. In contrast, when a student dies, a mass, detailed email is sent out all over campus describing the loss of a considerably beloved member of our Notre Dame family. How can this be?

After Adamek’s 37 long and hard years of working as a University of Notre Dame custodial worker, earning little pay (especially in comparison to the fortune that the University’s college professors make), and even less appreciation, the best way for the University to recognize his service and time was a brief note by one of the University’s offices and an email to his coworkers. So, does the

University not care about its custodial, culinary and blue-collar workers?

This University is known for being a Catholic institution, and with that comes an obligation to adhere and mirror the standards of the Catholic Social Teaching. One of the principles outlined in the Catholic Social Teaching is the Dignity of Work and the Rights of Workers. This principle describes how work is more than simply making a living but provides an avenue for humanity to actively participate and interact with God’s creation. Within this Catholic value is also the discussion of the rights (to a safe environment, fair wages, etc.) and respect that all workers require from humanity. In all honesty, it doesn’t seem to truly believe it at all.

At Notre Dame, custodial workers are not valued in the same way as other members of the Notre Dame family. Constantly they are looked down upon by students and, at times, faculty alike as “other,” not fitting a particular, misconceived view of what type of person belongs in the “home under the dome.” Their wages are not arguably fare and stay relatively stagnant. As the University’s professors and other faculty members receive considerably larger pay quantities, many custodial workers never exceed about $20 an hour. Does this sound like a system that recognizes these custodial workers’ interaction with God’s creation? The answer is no, yet the University’s lack of concern towards one of their custodial workers dying right under the light of the dome itself is not surprising.

It is the University’s responsibility to recognize all of its members in the Notre Dame family.

Whether they be a student, professor, faculty or staff, each member is called by God to be valued and respected. With that in mind, I would have to say that Michael Adamek deserves more than a hidden news line. Adamek deserves an email blast to all of the University’s students and faculty in addition to a prayer service recognizing the loss and praying for God’s guidance and condolence to the Adamek family. It should be acknowledged that a member of our Notre Dame community has passed and has now found a home brighter than our dome, and not forgotten in brief articles and co-worker emails.

Selwin Wainaina senior Oct. 2

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Five ways to stop student section hijinks Notre Dame football games are one of the most amazing experiences of being a student here. But I think we can all agree that the student section can be improved. After thorough investigation, several focus studies, some intrusive thoughts and a CIF, I’ve compiled the top five ways to improve the student section by putting an end to certain troublesome behavior.

5. Sand buckets outside the Stadium gates I know, cigarette smokers (in my own personal experience) are not prevalent in the student section, but e-cigarette smokers are. We’ve all been there: you’re watching the game, and just when Brandon Wimbush is about to throw a home run, a cloud of Juul juice rises into your line of sight. That weird looking guy you see in your physics lecture? He’s vaping his lungs away in front of you while you’re trying to enjoy the game. Your disappointment is immeasurable, and your day is ruined. To solve this, I propose that the Notre Dame administration places sand buckets outside each stadium gate. It works for normal cigarettes, so why not implement them here? Now, would-be e-smokers can safely discard of all electronic cigarette devices before entering Our Lady’s football stadium.

4. Fighting Irish Catheters Reading another letter in The Observer, I learned of one girl’s plight in the student section where a drunk student urinated on her during the football game. Her

letter proposed a very serious question of why someone would get so hammered that he/she would urinate in a crowded, public area. An ostensible solution would be to cut down on drinking at tailgates, but we all know that’s wishful thinking. Instead, I propose that the University licenses and sells Fighting Irish Catheters for all Notre Dame fans. The catheter can sport several different designs, ranging from clover patterns to Brian Kelly’s speeches or even your favorite player’s jersey. This solves the problem of public urination without cutting off the flow of booze.

3. TSA gates This year, Our Lady’s University started enforcing a clear bag policy, where all large bags brought into the stadium must be clear. This is largely seen as a poor attempt by the University to earn more money by selling expensive clear bags to unsuspecting Notre Dame fans. However, I see this is as a genius economic power move under the guise of safety protocol. Why stop at clear bags, though? Did Fr. Hesburgh ever stop walking hand-in-hand with Martin Luther King, Jr. until racism ended completely? No! Not everyone can do something, but someone can do everything. By implementing TSA-style security gates at each stadium entrance, we have all the security we need. Additionally, we have the added bonus of bringing filled liquid containers 3.4 ounces or less into the stadium. But, you do have to ensure your Fighting Irish Catheter is empty before entering.

2. Sit down during the whole third quarter My feet hurt.

1. Snipers on top of Jenkins’ Imperial Palace Especially at the Stanford game, there’s been a problem of people throwing their water bottles down to the lower level of the student section. A simple solution, of course, is training the Navy ROTC in sniping, stationing them on top of the Student Center and giving them orders to shoot any threatening water bottle or trash throwers. Ideally, this system acts only as a deterrent, but if someone were to raise his/her arm to throw a water bottle into the crowd, a Navy sniper already has the target in the crosshairs, ready to incapacitate the suspect with a high-velocity tranquilizer dart (did you think I was proposing homicide?). This will surely cut down on the littering that occurs at football games.

But for real, why did I feel inspired to write this horribly-written, satirical letter? Why do we attend a highly prestigious school, yet the students here are so irresponsible that they would throw trash at other people or even urinate on someone else? I guess it’s just something about the duality of man. Oh, and if you vape during the football game, you can stay, but y’all are on thin ice.

Thomas Howe sophomore Oct. 3

Finding your passion Alina Song All The Light We Cannot See

She inserted her hands into my pockets. My mind went blank. I stepped back. She picked up a red ball from the f loor and threw it directly to my forehead. I thought she must be some kind of rude child, but due to politeness, I asked what her name is, hoping to start a good relationship. But she didn’t answer. She giggled at her own imagination, f lapping her arms and wiggling as she walked.

“She’s Maddie. She just loves warmth and light.

Are your pockets warm? ” Teresa, one of the community people, smiled, following Maddie and telling her not to rush.

I volunteered to study the financial hardships due to the closing of coal mines in the Appalachia region and became immersed in Hurley, West Virginia, for one week. I regularly worked with community people to conduct f looring, wall constructing and food classification during the day and talked with group members for possible solutions for the economic difficulties in this region in the evening. Maddie always came to our conversations. She would turn on very light and insert her hands into everybody’s pockets. Kids really do love warmth and light, I thought. My team talked about raising funds and advocating for more volunteers like us at first, only to find

that these solutions are limited — W hat if all funds and volunteers come to an end?

One night, I was trying to read a novel. Maddie sat quietly besides me, staring at my book, eyes widened. “Do you wanna read it, Maddie? ” I put the book closer to her side. She nodded, but then immediately shook her head. It suddenly occurred to me that probably she couldn’t read. It was hard for me to think of an eight-year-old kid in my region not able to read, but here, it might be a different story. I suddenly remembered community people talking about not having full-time teachers in Hurley High School. Yes, education! Instead of funds and workers, education is the essential shortage in this Appalachia region. Education will undoubtedly bring warmth and light for kids here like Maddie. For rural regions like the Appalachia, the poor education condition triggers ensuing problems and eventually forms a dark loop that is almost impossible to break. It is the lack of education resources that prevent the teenagers from undertaking high-skilled work, that makes generation after generation ends up in this fading coal industry, and that further hinders the development of the economy and widens the gap between this region and the country.

I believe the best strateg y to improve the education condition in rural areas is conducting long-lasting assistance. Simply going to find a rural region, teaching kids there for a month and then leaving is meaningless, since the kids would

only be left with one-month knowledge, and the desperate desire to wish for these volunteers to return. However, the sad truth is that few volunteers would ever come back, and these kids would go back to their normal lives, possessing little access to further education. Their lives remain the same with or without these one-month volunteers. I’m a big fan of a voluntary association in my hometown. W hat they are doing is offering sustained activities such as library construction and decoration accompanied by reading guidance enable kids to use these facilities built by volunteers by themselves in the future. With the support of books raised and selected by them, these kids can enjoy continued supply of books; with volunteers’ guidance of reading methods, these kids are able to interpret and assimilate knowledge in these books. I think Notre Dame Center for Social Concerns should provide the students with more opportunities for students and faculty members to give long-term support for education in the poverty areas.

Alina Song is a sophomore at Notre Dame with double majors in finance and ACMS. She originally comes from Nanjing, China and currently lives in Ryan Hall. No matter what her profession is and will be, she always seeks to “make a positive impact” on the world. She can be reached at jsong3@nd.edu The views expressed in this column are those of the author and not necessarily those of The Observer.

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Horoscope | Eugenia Last Happy Birthday: Some of the people around you will undergo changes that leave you wondering what you should do next. Instability is a sign that change needs to take place, but what and how you alter your life will be crucial this year. Take your time, even if someone tries to pressure you to decide prematurely. Do what’s best for yourself. Your numbers are 4, 9, 14, 25, 32, 38, 49.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Just do it. Don’t hesitate or let your responsibilities hang over your head. Take the initiative and clear the air of any baggage you carry. Once you are free and clear of excess dead weight, you’ll feel less stressed and increasingly motivated.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Time is on your side. Consider all your options and plan your actions carefully. You have plenty to gain if you follow your heart and do what you know is best for yourself. Don’t let anyone goad you into an argument.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Touch base with people you find inspiring. Working alongside people who get things done will give you the boost you need to take care of some of your own unfinished business. The relief you feel will be worth the effort.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Plan something special. Get involved in events you care about. Mingle with people who can make a difference in your life.

Partnerships look promising, and love and romance are encouraged. Family planning will lead to a feeling of belonging and greater togetherness.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Overreacting will only hold you back and end up costing you. Accepting what you cannot change will help you work with, not against, the powers that be. Use your ingenuity, and you’ll come up with a way to overcome adversity.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): A business trip or hanging out with someone you haven’t seen for a long time will help you figure out what you should do next.

It’s OK to dream and strive to acquire what will make you happy. Share your intentions.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Put more creativity into whatever you do. How you handle situations and people will make a difference in the outcome of a situation you face at work or at home. Listen, and respond with suggestions and the willingness to compromise.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Take a deep breath and prepare to implement change. Don’t get frazzled if others don’t pitch in and help. If you believe in what you are doing, follow through with passion and precision. Eventually you’ll gain support and respect.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Listen to advice, but when it comes time to decide, be cognizant of what’s truly to your benefit and what someone else may have suggested for his or her personal benefit. Act on your own behalf.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Take pride in what you do. It’s OK to be unique and to show off what you have to offer. Do your own thing, and be proud of your accomplishments. An important relationship will undergo a positive transformation.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Don’t be swayed by what someone else is saying or doing. Walk away from excessive or indulgent people. Sit tight until you feel you are in a better position to make positive change. Focus on personal growth.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Look for a different route if you feel you are being blocked. Use your ingenuity to turn something you want to pursue into a going concern. Love, money, lucrative contracts and better health can be yours if you make the right choices.

Birthday Baby: You are intense, possessive and forceful. You are creative and competitive.

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nhl | Flyers 7, senators 4

Time for Atlanta to stop the chop Ryan Kolakowski Sports Writer

Imagine being a Los Angeles Dodgers fan at SunTrust Park, home of the Atlanta Braves, for game three of the National League Division Series that wrapped up this week.

Starting pitcher Walker Buehler is on the mound, and he just walked opposing pitcher Sean Newcomb on four pitches to give the Braves a 1-0 lead. The next batter to step up to the plate with the bases loaded is rookie sensation Ronald Acuña Jr. The home crowd in Cobb County, a northwest suburb of Atlanta, can smell blood in the water. Their favorite young outfielder with a .917 OPS and 26 home runs has an opportunity to pull the Braves out of their 2-0 series deficit.

This is Atlanta’s first sniff of the playoffs since 2013 — when the Braves lost to the Dodgers 3-1 in the first round. With the danger of a nearly identical script and Acuña up to hit, they are nervous, but excited to finally have a winner back on the diamond. With the speakers blaring, the fans attempt to swing their arms in unison while shouting out a war chant known as the Tomahawk Chop.

The image is shocking at first, especially for visiting fans making their first trip to the Braves’ home venue.

More than 40,000 Braves fans swing their arms and foam tomahawks, struggling to sync up. The war chant, meant to represent that of Native Americans, grows louder as Acuña Jr. steps up to the plate.

W hen Acuña Jr. mashes a grand slam off Buehler, the roaring cheers grow louder, and the insufferable war chant starts all over again.

For ever y hit the Braves accumulate, the Tomahawk Chop seems to only grow in volume.

Growing up in Atlanta,

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hearing the chop during the postseason did not surprise me the same way it surprised other baseball fans from across the countr y.

All across social media networks, beat writers and fans voiced their concerns with the chop. It was, for many, appalling.

The Tomahawk Chop is grotesque for several reasons. Grown adults freely swing their arms and chant their war cr y. The mob of 40,000 fans, many of whom have no connection to Native American histor y or culture, have no problem participating in a grossly stereotypical rendition of a native war cr y.

There is certainly no malicious intent behind the chop, but something about it remains off-putting for those fans who didn’t grow up hearing it. The chant began in the early 1990s when Deion Sanders, a former Florida State Seminole, joined the Braves. It is not deeply rooted in the histor y of the Atlanta Braves, but fans of the ball club defend it vehemently.

Perhaps the chop is deeply intertwined with those 14 division titles and five National League pennants that the Braves racked up from 1991 until 2005. The war chant is associated with the good feelings of winning, for many years in dominant fashion. It is closely tied to that 1995 World Series Title.

Braves fans hold on to the chop so firmly because it is a reminder of those exciting Atlanta teams of the 1990s. Now, however, it is time to ease away from the egregious war chant. It is an over-played and unnecessar y staple of Braves home games.

Atlanta, it is time to put a stop to the Tomahawk Chop.

Contact Ryan Kolakowski at rkolakow@nd.edu The views expressed in this Sports Authority are those of the author and not necessarily those of The Observer.

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Flyers rebound from opener, dominate Senators Associated Press

OTTAWA, Ontario — Jakub Voracek rebounded quickly from an embarrassing loss.

Voracek had two goals and three assists and Scott Laughton also scored twice in Philadelphia’s 7-4 victory over the Ottawa Senators in Wednesday, a night after an 8-2 loss to San Jose in the Flyers’ home opener.

“It was a tough start at home for us, but we scored seven and I think we played a pretty good hockey game,” Voracek said. “We just have to take it to the home ice now.”

Sean Couturier, Robert Hagg and Claude Giroux also scored, and Calvin Pickard stopped 31 shots.

Brady Tkachuk scored his first NHL goal and finished with two goals and an assist for Ottawa. “(My mother’s) birthday is (Thursday), so it’s a nice little pre-gift for her because as of right now I don’t have a gift for her yet,” said

Tkachuk, the No. 4 pick in the June draft. “Maybe try to send f lowers overnight, but it’s kind of my gift for her.”

Maxime Lajoie also had two goals and an assist for the Senators, who were playing the first of a five-game homestand.

Craig Anderson made 38 saves, but the Flyers victimized him with four goals through two periods before they pulled away in the third.

Playing his second career game, the 19-year-old Tkachuk endeared himself to fans with his scoring touch, but also showed his propensity to mix things up when he took a double minor for roughing early in the final frame.

The Flyers didn’t score on the ensuing power play, but Hagg picked up his second of the season shortly thereafter.

Giroux scored his first goal of the season late in the period on a power play to make it 6-3.

Tkachuk, making his home debut with the Senators,

got his first goal when he redirected a shot by Chris Tierney off his skate on the power play midway through the first period. He became the fastest Tkachuk to score in the NHL. It took his father Keith five games, and brother Matthew, who plays for Calgary, scored in his fourth outing.

The Flyers tied it on the power play as Voracek, at the side of the net, redirected Shayne Gostisbehere’s one-timer.

Tkachuk picked up his second of the night early in the second period as he carried the puck in and beat Pickard shortside, but less than two minutes later Couturier grabbed a rebound and backhanded it past Anderson to tie it 2-2.

The Flyers took the lead on Voracek’s second of the night as he showed great patience before beating Anderson through the five-hole. The Senators managed to tie it when Lajoie fired a rebound past Pickard.

NHL | CAPITALS 5, GOLDEN KNIGHTS 2

Kuznetsov lifts Capitals over Vegas in Cup rematch Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Evgeny Kuznetsov is dancing with the puck and celebrating when it’s in the net just like last June.

Kuznetsov continued his wizardry against the Vegas Golden Knights on Wednesday night, scoring a goal and assisting on three more as part of a 5-2 Washington Capitals victory in a rematch of last season’s Stanley Cup Final.

Kuznetsov assisted on two goals by Alex Ovechkin and one by Nicklas Backstrom and scored his own on the power play. The leading scorer in the Cup Final with eight points in five games, Kuznetsov has seven points through the defending champions’ first three games of the regular season.

The Capitals are having plenty of fun right now with the franchise’s Stanley Cup banner in the rafters and almost the same team back.

Perhaps most importantly, they still have Kuznetsov and Ovechkin, whose sublime chemistry from the playoffs was again on display against the Golden Knights.

The 610th and 611th goals of Ovechkin’s career put him in sole possession of 17th on the NHL’s career list, passing Bobby Hull.

Kuznetsov pointed out that Ovechkin passes someone every 10 games or so and joked, “That’s a free meal for me.”

Braden Holtby, who made “the save” with his stick in Game 2 of the Final, stopped 29 of 31 shots and bailed out his teammates during an especially sloppy second period. Holtby allowed goals to Cody Eakin in the second period and Reilly Smith in the third.

“We’ve played against them enough to know that they’re going to come at some point,” Holtby said.

“It’s a matter of keeping your cool and not getting

frustrated. You need a couple big plays, be it blocks or saves or guys getting the puck out.”

Vegas goaltender MarcAndre Fleury, who wanted to start this game instead of facing his former team in Pittsburgh on Thursday night, allowed four goals on 28 shots.

“I think just a few mistakes here there, including myself and guys in our defensive zone maybe,” Fleury said. “But if we clean that up, we’ll be in good shape.”

His teammates hit the post a handful of times and went 0 for 3 on the power play and are 0 for 11 so far this season. The Golden Knights fell to 1-3-0 at the beginning of their second season a year after starting 8-2-0.

“It’s a long year and we have to figure out things quick,” Vegas defenseman Shea Theodore said. “We definitely have to work some things out and find our game.”

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head coach Matt Sparks, this time is as important as any in preparing his team to peak.

“We are going into the time of the year, much like the time leading into March Madness, where we have to start building a strong resume for ourselves,” he said.

With two of the top-five teams facing off against the Irish, this meet is surely an opportunity for the team to do just that. In addition to Heffernan returning to action, classmate Anna Rohrer, who made her first appearance for the Irish at the Joe Piane Invitational, will be expected to put up dominant performances in their final seasons.

Later in the day, the men will take the course and look to build on their momentum from their thirdplace finish at the Joe Piane Invitational. Committing to allowing this young team to develop, Sparks recently decided not to redshirt freshman Danny Kilrea, a third-place finisher at the 2017 Footlocker National Championships, who will

be expected to make his collegiate debut against this strong field. Another freshman to keep a close eye on is Dylan Jacobs, who took home first at the same national meet in high school.

Sparks is confident that despite the lack of experience, this team has the right mentality heading into the final stretch of the season.

“There is a huge change in the chemistr y of the team, they have always had a competitive level of fitness, but they have started to form a newfound confidence in their fitness, competing against strong competition has helped them get to this level,” he said. “The same can be said for the women’s team.”

The race will be held at the Thomas Zimmer Championship Cross Countr y Course, which only opened this year. The women’s race starts at 10:45 a.m. and the men will start at 12:15 pm. Following PreNationals, the Irish will take two weeks off before heading to Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, to compete in the ACC championships.

Contact Jimmy Ward at wward@hcc-nd.edu

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Irish sophomore Davis Chatfield completes his swing during an exhibition game at the Warren Golf Course.

Chatfield tied for 13th this past weekend in the Fighting Irish Classic with a score of 208.

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hard all year to get to this point and I am super proud of him”.

In terms of what the Irish did well in the tournament, much of the positives came in terms of their mentality, a particularly crucial aspect on the golf course.

“Our mentality, focus, and mindset was great throughout the tournament,” he said.

“There’s a lot of added pressure when you’re playing at home, and our strongest attribute this week was definitely our mental toughness.”

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On the other hand, Notre Dame specifically struggled with its short game.

“Unfortunately, our putting and proximity to the hole wasn’t as accurate or finetuned as in comparison to other teams in the field, but our overall focus did impress me,” Handrigan said.

Other notable performances for the Irish included sophomore Davis Chatfield, who shot in the 60s all three rounds for the Irish and finished 13th overall for the tournament at 8-under par. Freshman Taichi Kho also posted an impressive 68 (-3) in the final round of the competition.

Going forward, Handrigan said the team will get a day off after a grueling week of nonstop work. ”We’re back to practice on Wednesday,” he said. ”Each guy has different things to work on and take care of before we fly to Florida to compete in our next event that we played well in so we’re optimistic about the outcome”.

Moving forward, the Irish will fly to Vero Back, Florida, on Friday to compete in the Quail Valley Collegiate tournament, which tees off on Sunday.

Contact Grant DelVecchio at gdelvecc@nd.edu

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Irish sophomore midfielder Aiden McFadden races towards the ball during Notre Dame’s 1-0 loss to North Carolina at home on Sept. 21.

ACC postseason play standings as the first round of the ACC tournament takes off at the end of the month.

Irish head coach Chad Riley praised Duke’s offense and noted that the Irish have to be ready to defend against of the best offenses in college soccer.

“Duke’s a very talented team, they’re coming off of a couple of good wins — a good league win against Virginia. They have some dynamic attacking players, good balance throughout the team,” Riley said. “They’re one of the more dangerous teams attacking in the country, I think we’ll need to be ready for that.”

The Irish, riding their own four-game win streak, have outscored their opponents 10-2 over the past two weeks and Riley

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acknowledged that his team is playing well, finishing strong and playing solid defense.

“The guys are, at the end of the day, continuing to perform well in the game. I think we’re doing a better job at the key moments of making sure we’re putting our chances away or making [the opposing team’s] keeper make a save. Defensively, we’re making a good job of individually — in [one-on-one] situations — as well as our collective approach,” he said.

In addition to playing at Duke, the Irish will travel to take on Michigan, Virginia (7-1-2, 2-1-1 ACC) and No. 27 Pitt. They’re also set to host one last home matchup against No. 15 Virginia Tech. Riley expects every team his squad plays to be excited to play against the Irish, because of the Notre Dame brand and recent success.

“A lot of our games coming up are all against programs that are

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doing quite well. All but one of our games are league games with the other being a school rival against Michigan,” he said. “ There hasn’t been one game where we haven’t been the highlight school just because we’re Notre Dame and doing well.

“I don’t really see a change in that I think it’ll be more of the same of teams will be excited to play us regardless of where we’re ranked.”

Riley has a lot of confidence in his team and insists that his team is prepared for any matchup.

“We’ve had tough games all season. We’ve played three of the top-five teams in the RPI, I think we’re well prepared to compete against anyone whether it be at home or on the road,” he said.

Friday’s game kicks off at 7 p.m. from Koskinen Stadium.

Contact Charlie OrtegaGuifarro at cortegag@nd.edu

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O’Donnell finished 1.1 seconds apart to take seventh, eighth and 12-place, respectively.

Rounding out the individual accomplishments, sophomore diver Kelly Straub won the onemeter dive with a point total of 145.5.

The men’s team wasn’t so lucky, dropping all three duals.

After losing a close fight to the Wildcats 154.5 – 143.5, the Irish were unable to regain their footing, loosing to both Missouri 189 – 111 and Indiana 213 – 87.

“On the men’s side we dropped all three of our contests,” Litzinger said. “ … It wasn’t we wanted to happen, but we have a very young group of guys that are still learning how to swim at a college level and we have a lot of potential … and we had couple of really good performances, we had a couple of freshman step forward and do a good job in their events.”

Zach Yeadon won the 500 and 1,000-yard freestyle events.

The sophomore’s performance was an extension of his breakout season last year where he posted the best finish for the men’s program at the NCAA championships.

“Zach Yeadon did a fantastic job, he is an elite swimmer and he proved that today winning both of his events,” Litzinger said.

Yeadon finished the 1,000yard freestyle with a time of 9:00.25, besting the nearest competitor by 13 seconds.

Yeadon also won the 500-yard in 4:23.82, with sophomore Sadler McKeen and freshman Max Miranda coming in fifth and seventh, respectively.

With the season officially kicked off, the Irish will have their next meet on Oct. 20, as they travel to Georgia Tech to participate in a duel meet against the Yellow Jackets.

Contact Michael Everett at meverett@nd.edu

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Irish set for another Squad opens year with strong start ranked ACC road matchup

By MIKE EVERETT Sports Writer

Setting the tone for the level of competition the expect to face this season, No. 19 Notre Dame had a strong showing against three top-25 teams in their first meet of the season in Bloomington, Indiana, on Wednesday. Taking on hosting Indiana, Kentucky and Missouri, the Irish participated in a series of three separate dual meets against each school.

The women’s team could not have asked for a better turnout, going undefeated on all fronts, winning or tying all of its meets.

It beat No. 12 Kentucky 172.5 – 127.5, beat No. 20 Missouri 211.5 – 88.5 and tied No. 9 Indiana 150 – 150. Head coach Mike Litzinger commented on the women’s performance.

“Us tying Indiana, which is a nationally-ranked team, is certainly an accomplishment,” head coach Mike Litzinger said. “We feel real good about our performances and our

ability to compete … for our first meet out the gate, not too bad.”

Highlighting this strong showing, five members of the Irish team recorded first place finishes in seven events. Junior Abbie Dolan’s first place finish in the 100 and 200-yard freestyle races. Joining her as an individual champion, sophomore Lindsay Stone was first to touch the wall in the 1,000-yard freestyle with a time of 9:54.82, followed closely by freshman Sinead Eksteen who finished fifth. Another strong collegiate debut came from freshman Luciana Thomas who clocked in a 1:59.31 to take first in the 200-yard butterfly. In the 200yard backstroke, the Irish earned three top-five times, led by freshman Bailey Stewart.

One of the tightest races for the Irish came in the 200-yard breaststroke where freshmen Sammie Eyolfson and Sarah Nicholls and senior Meaghan see SWIM & DIVE PAGE 11

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Irish senior defender Felicien Dumas prepares to pass the ball during Notre Dame’s 2-1 loss to Indiana at home on Sept. 11.

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Notre Dame set to compete in stacked field

Felitto’s play paces ND at home

By JIMMY WARD

By GRANT DELVECCHIO

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In its final meet before the postseason gets under way, Notre Dame w ill head to Madison, Wisconsin, for the Pre-Nationals taking place on Saturday. Notre Dame is currently set to compete in the second of t wo seeded races among a field of 35 other teams including numerous top programs. A precursor for the national championship, this weekend w ill ser ve as a litmus test for the Irish as they prepare to stack up against some of the best in the countr y, on the same course they hope to qualif y for NCA A championships on Nov. 17.

On the women’s side, things are coming together smoothly for No. 22 Notre Dame. Senior Annie Heffernan has recovered from a nagging injur y and w ill be returning to the course Saturday. For Irish

In its lone home tournament of the season, Notre Dame battled for a fifth-place finish at the Fighting Irish Classic. After recording the solid team totals in both the first and second rounds of competition on Sunday, positioning them in a tie with Iowa for fifth, the Irish were unable to capitalize in their final round of play.

Hosting some of the best teams in the country, head coach John Handrigan said the team played some solid rounds, but in the end, it wasn’t enough against elite competition.

“I’m proud of the way our boys competed,” Handrigan said. “They played their hearts out and gave it everything they had, we just didn’t quite have it this week.

When you’re playing against a field as tough as the one we were in, including some of the best teams in the country, you need to bring you’re

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In their eighth matchup against a ranked opponent, No. 4 Notre Dame takes on No. 14 Duke on Friday in a tough ACC road matchup. The Irish w ill travel to Durham, North Carolina, to face a div ision-rival Blue Dev ils team that’s currently riding a three-game w inning streak.

After beating No. 6 Louisv ille in their last matchup, the Irish (7-3-1, 3-1-0 ACC) rose to the fourth spot in the NCA A men’s soccer RPI rankings. The Blue Dev ils (7-3-1, 2-2-0 ACC) are coming off t wo home w ins and a significant away w in at No. 5 Virginia. With Notre Dame just three points ahead of Duke in the ACC Coastal Div ision standings, this game is important for

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Irish senior Annie Heffernan sprints during Notre Dame’s National Catholic Invitational on Sept. 14 at the Burke Golf Course.

A-game, and unfortunately, we brought our B- game.”

Ultimately, Illinois took home first-place in the tournament, shooting an overall 44-under par and effectively shattering the previous Fighting Irish Classic record.

In terms of bright spots for the Irish, junior John Felitto broke the program 54-hole record, shooting 13-under par placing him third overall as an individual performer.

He entered the club house as the tournament leader and was only passed by North Carolina’s Ryan Gerard and eventual winner Steven Fisk of Georgia Southern down the final stretch.

Handrigan said it’s always impressive when a player breaks a school record.

“John had a very impressive tournament and played great in all three rounds,” Handrigan said. ”He was having back problems early on in the season which is why he couldn’t compete with us early on, but he’s been working see M GOLF PAGE 10