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V olume 50, Issue 91 | Monday, february 15, 2016 | ndsmcobserver.com Boxers fight, raise funds for Bangladesh 86th annual Bengal Bouts kick off Sunday night, support Holy Cross missions for childhood education

By JENNA WILSON hard work in the ring and our N ews Writer endurance and our strength, we really have a greater mis- The boxers participating sion and a greater purpose in the 2016 Bengal Bouts are in serving those less fortu- fighting — not just in the nate than us in Bangladesh,” ring, but also to eradicate Grasso said. “For example, a poverty in Bangladesh, a $150 donation is the same as country where most people sponsoring a child’s tuition make under $2 a day, ac- for a full year and their room cording to the Bengal Bouts and board at the school. With website. just a little money, we can According to senior cap- really help these people.” tain Mike Grasso, the com- Freshman Cam Nolan bined efforts of the boxers agreed, and said that the participating in the bouts most important part of raises over $100,000 ev- Bengal Bouts is the mission ery year, which goes to behind it. the Holy Cross Missions in “I liked that there is a pur- Bangladesh. Grasso said that pose behind the sacrifice the boxers raise the money — instead of just playing through a variety of ways sports for the fun of it, it’s including ticket sales, do- playing sports for the good nations, sponsoring and ad of another,” Nolan said. sales. “Knowing that the money ZACH LLORENS | The Observer “Besides [Bengal Bouts be- Sophomore Matthew “Mr. January” Yoder defeated junior “Action” Jackson Lawlor by a split decision in the ing a] display of all of our see BOXING PAGE 4 opening round of Bengal Bouts on Sunday. In its 86th year, the Bouts raise funds for children in Bangladesh. Saint Mary’s highlights P rofessor Girls and Women in Sports examines gender

By ALEX WINEGAR and 12 and around 70 girls at- The girls may not have been in- A ssociate Saint Mary’s Editor tended the event, according to troduced to all of the sports prior Schroeder-Biek. to the clinic, such as lacrosse. S aint Mary’s hosted a sec- Schroeder-Biek said she ap- “A lot of the little girls have ond annual National Girls and plied for a grant through the never played lacrosse before be- Women in Sports Day (NGWSD) NCAA conference to fund the cause its such a new sport to the clinic Friday in the Angela event. The event was designed to midwest so it gives them intro- Athletic Facility. According let the young girls participate in ductory skills to lacrosse and all to a College press release, the four 30-minute clinics, she said. of the sports,” she said. Women’s Sports Foundation es- “They can choose which Schroeder-Biek said the goal tablished NGWSD 30 years ago sports to play when they regis- of the event was to ignite the love as a way to celebrate extraordi- ter,” Schroeder-Biek said. “They of activity and sport in the girls. nary achievements of women She said the event allows girls to and girls in sports. dream big and interact with the

Saint Mary’s director of ath- college athletes and coaches. CAITLYN JORDAN | The Observer ollege letics, Julie Schroeder-Biek, said C “If girls are exposed to sport Students discuss the definition of sex and gender as a social the event is in celebration of a y’s at a young age and they have construct as part of Saint Mary’s weekly Justice Friday series. ar Biek national day of sports. Colleges, M fun with it and see the value in

universities and high schools aint it, they’re so much more likely to speaking, gender is not a di- director of athletics director S By ALLISON SANCHEZ

are encouraged to do days like Schroeder- Julie carry on with an active lifestyle,” N ews Writer chotomy. She said there are this and expose girls to sports, she said. “Even if it’s not an orga- instances where a person’s she said. have the option of all eight nized sport, just being active is This week’s installment of chromosomal combinations All eight varsity sports partici- sports, and they rank their top so important.” the Justice Friday series fo- can differ from XX and XY. pated in the clinic, Schroeder- four. Then what we try to do is Schroeder-Biek said the cused on the definition of “No one can see sex, it is Biek said. College athletes put them in at least their top clinic fits into the athletic de- sex and gender, as well as the chromosomal,” said Troglia. volunteered their time to be three choices.” partment’s mission because socialization of gender iden- “There isn’t one or the other counselors for the two-and-a- She said the 30-minute clin- it is about sharing talents and tity. The conversation was [sex], there could be some- half hour camp. ics are basic and designed by the service. led by seniors Bri O’Brien and thing in between.” Adrienne The camp is free and open college athletes to be introduc- Vanessa Troglia. to girls between the ages of six tions into the particular sport. see SPORTS CAMP PAGE 3 Troglia said that biologically see GENDER PAGE 3

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Club Fever cracks down on fake IDs

By CATHERINE OWERS IDs, we may ask you to provide more of our doormen regard- continue as we have — and management to look out for A ssociate News Editor proof of address to accompany ing fake IDs. Excise saw enough even have some big entertain- you. Please take care of your- your IDs,” the post stated. “This bragging and gloating posts that ment announcements to make selves as we don’t want to see A fter receiving two tickets they took action and ticketed us — while being more diligent in any of you hurt. Make sure you from the Indiana State Excise “The students have and arrested a few students for our scrutiny of proof of age pro- know exactly what goes into Police for two counts of mi- fraudulent identification.” vided to us at the entrance,” he your glass, and don’t ever let it nor loitering, Club Fever an- been good to us Club owner Dee Davis said in said. out of your sight,” it stated. nounced in a Facebook post through their an email the club has “always The post encouraged stu- This isn’t the first timeD avis Saturday that two forms of support over the sought to provide a fun, yet safe dents to continue practicing said the club would crack down identification will be required years, and we have place for a large number of lo- safe drinking behavior. on underage drinking. In March for entrance. The nightclub in cal college students to gather “We know that many of you 2014, the club instituted new downtown South Bend is a pop- tried to return the off campus.” who will no longer be able to at- safety and emergency policies, ular location with Notre Dame, favor ... ” “The students have been tend student nights will be go- after a shooting occurred near Saint Mary’s and other local Dee Davis good to us through their sup- ing to more house parties and the intersection of Michigan college students on Thursday owner port over the years, and we such. We hope you will remain and Wayne streets, and also nights. Club Fever have tried to return the favor safe and aware at these par- raised concerns regarding pa- “From now on, we will be re- by holding a fair pricing struc- ties. Remember, you will not trons’ use of fraudulent IDs. quiring two forms of identifica- was triggered by an abundance ture, tons of security, quality have a staff of 20 security per- tion. If your ID is from a state of social media posts and blogs entertainment, shuttle busses sonnel, professional bartend- Contact Catherine Owers at that is known for fraudulent regarding a leniency by one or and a large, safe venue. We will ers, off duty cops and caring [email protected]

gives the girls an opportu- Sports Camp nity to try out sports. Gender Cn o tinued from page 1 “I think sports promote Cn o tinued from page 1 teamwork and friendship “ It’s kind of a give back among girls so its important L yles-Chockley, a visiting night,” she said. “We all to have those things but also professor in the justice edu- have been given some won- helps them stay active and cation program, listed several derful God given talents fit and healthy throughout components of gender, and and we want to share that their life,” Guerrero said. said this means that some- with these little girls and Schroeder-Biek said she one’s gender identity may not show them all that they can hopes to continue holding match their biological sex. be.” this event every year. “There are two components Teresa Guerrero, a se- of gender,” Lyles-Chockley nior lacrosse player, said Contact Alex Winegar at said. “My internal sense of she volunteered because it [email protected] self — which you don’t know — and the external, which is P aid Advertisement my performance … gender expression is performance, CAITLYN JORDAN | The Observer identity is sense of self and sex is the biological aspect This week’s installment of Justice Friday explored the concept of gender in a conversation led by seniors Bri O’Brien and Vanessa Troglia. that nobody can tell.” O’Brien laid out differ- assigned a sex at birth, and certain job fields.” ent terms used for gender from that, different gender O’Brien also said society expression. expectations are put on you.” could be different and less “If your gender identity, Troglia said the social con- exclusionary if gender stan- your gender expression and struct of gender can have real dards were eliminated. your bodily sex all align with consequences on society such “It’s an interesting thing to each other and is what the as an equal distribution of think about,” she said. “We expectation is for you, then both genders in jobs. don’t know for sure, but if we you’re cisgendered,” she “Even though gender con- eliminated gender constructs said. “If you deviate from struction is made up by soci- in society, it could lead to that, then you’re gender ety and does not make any real more opportunity.” nonconforming.” sense, as a consequence, men The Justice Fridays discus- O’Brien said people put ex- and women are discouraged sions take place every Friday pectations on others based on from going into certain jobs from 12:10 p.m. to 12:50 p.m. their biological sex. ... ” Troglia said. “Because of “Gender is socially con- social constructs, there not Contact Allison Sanchez at structed,” she said. “You’re an equal distribution into [email protected]

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bouts and the more money makes them stay up until B oxing we’ll raise.” senior year is the camarade- Cn o tinued from page 1 Junior captain Alex rie and teamwork that they Alcantara said while people build, as well as becoming and the fight is for a good may have entered Bengal part of the mission.” cause, and knowing that I Bouts because of their inter- However, Alcantara said am going this summer to see the boxers do not just raise firsthand what that cause is, “We start off every money for this far-off coun- and knowing the reasons for week with our try and forget about it. They our suffering, it’s given me are invested in the work the so much motivation to work ‘Mission Monday,’ missions provide in the coun- hard and to suffer.” and that ‘Mission try. Many boxers participate Grasso said he credits the Monday’ really in an International Summer greater mission with uniting emphasizes the Service Learning Program the boxers into one team, (ISSLP) in Bangladesh, even while participating in main point that which is sponsored by the an extremely individualistic we’re here to Center for Social Concerns. sport. serve those less Alcantara went to “We start off every week fortunate than us. Bangladesh over the sum- with our ‘Mission Monday,’ mer of 2015, along with three and that ‘Mission Monday’ When we start off other boxers. The boxers really emphasizes the main our practices with stayed in Bangladesh for two point that we’re here to that tone ... we use months, teaching English serve those less fortunate that as fuel for our during the day and helping than us,” he said. “When we during Mass at night. start off our practices with workouts.” “The best part of the expe- that tone, when every boxer Mike Grasso rience, is knowing that we’ve knows that we are here [for senior supported [the people of that purpose], we use that Bangladesh] for 86 years,” he as fuel for our workouts. And est in the sport of boxing, said. “It really felt [like] we we know that the harder we most people chose to stay were family with the people work, the better shape that because of the team bond we were helping, which was we’re in, the more entertain- that ultimately forms. really the most rewarding ing the bouts will be. And “Most people are drawn part.” the more entertaining the to the Bouts for the compe- ZACH LLORENS | The Observer bouts are, the more people tition aspect of it,” he said. Contact Jenna Wilson at Senior Ryan “Attila the” Dunn defeated junior Adam “Pasquatch” will donate and come to the “However, I think what [email protected] Pasquinelly in the preliminary round of Bengal Bouts on Sunday.

ZACH LLORENS | The Observer Senior Matthew “Yeoman” Schaefer defeated sophomore Jeff Graziano in Sunday’s opening rounds of Bengal Bouts at the JACC.

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ZACH LLORENS | The Observer Freshman Peter Loughran defeated junior Eoghan Flanagan in the first round of Bengal Bouts on Sunday. The annual boxing tournament raises funds for childhood education in Bangladesh.

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By SAM FENTRESS Agent Orange, the herbicide U.S. military units sprayed deeply arresting story. Perhaps the most disturbing as- S cene Writer over Vietnam throughout the ‘60s. Marsh, dedicated to pect of the subject is not how common these “honor kill- the project and to Chau, followed him over the course ings” are in Pakistan, but how casually the girl’s family The average viewer of this year’s Oscars ceremony of eight years as he faced artistic rejection from a slew treats the attempted murder — even after she manages — now only two weeks away — might not recognize of authority figures and himself.A dmittedly, I too found to survive a gunshot. “Body Team 12” and “Last Day of Freedom” as Academy- myself doubting that Chau — who can barely walk, much Last and certainly not least is “Last Day of Freedom,” nominated flicks, or even as movies at all. These two, less hold a paintbrush — could find a viable career as a the most cinematically ambitious of the five shorts. The dealing intimately with such grim subjects as Ebola and painter. But he does, and as we share in his triumph in film animates an interview withB ill Babbitt, the brother post-war trauma, push cinematic boundaries outward the film’s final moments, we’re reminded of the value of of a diagnosed schizophrenic sentenced to death for kill- and forward, as do three other films nominated forB est commitment and of the passage of time, and of people ing an older woman. Directors Nomi Talisman and Dee Documentary Short. like Marsh who are willing to watch and wait. Hibbert-Jones, in collaboration with a small animation All five films screened atN otre Dame’s Browning Richard Linklater’s “Boyhood” is the most recent great team, drew over 30,000 individual frames to recreate the Cinema last Thursday, and I must admit that viewing example of this long-term filmmaking, but even his work interview with Babbitt, which makes up the good major- them in succession required a different disposition than doesn’t match the Herculean effort of “Shoah,” Claude ity of the film.S ome are pencil, some are charcoal; some watching, say, “The Martian.” Take “Body Team 12,” for Lanzmann’s 1985 Holocaust documentary that took are colorful, but most are stark, as simple and raw as instance, a 13-minute short that zeroes in on Garmai 12 years to make and lasts nearly 10 hours. Lanzmann Babbitt’s account, which ends in tears — he turned his Sumo, a Liberian Red Cross worker in the heat of the himself serves as the subject of another short, “Claude brother into the police with the promise that his brother Ebola crisis. Brief but wrenching, the film depicts the Lanzmann: Spectres of the Shoah,” which depicts his wouldn’t face the death penalty. team’s attempts to collect corpses destroyed by Ebola, efforts to create the 1985 film, which in his words was a I love “Last Day of Freedom.” It boasts beauty and often from the unwilling hands of family members who “total war.” The new film focuses on Lanzmann’s career, importance equally, and at the same time, pulses at an want to pay adequate respects to their lost loved ones. but I found it the least affecting portrait among the nom- excruciating pace. Talisman and Hibbert-Jones breathe The short makes up for brevity with sheer relevance as inees. The short does more service to “Shoah” as a film palpable empathy into their animation, and Babbitt’s the only of five shorts whose story demands and deserves than it does to Lanzmann as a filmmaker, who seems less internal conflict feels as real as the societal problems it to be told now. The choice of filmmakersD avid Darg and alive and interesting than his 30-year-old film.P erhaps reflects, those of a country unable to compassionately Bryn Mooser to adopt Sumo as the film’s center of gravity that’s for the best. It’s an important film. deal with men and women who suffer from mental ill- also helps; she epitomizes the uncanny grit required of HBO is distributing “Lanzmann,” as well as “A Girl in ness, even sometimes as a result of service to their coun- workers in dire medical fields and exudes compassion for the River: The Price of Forgiveness,” another nominee by try (Babbitt’s brother served extensively in Vietnam, the the job she’s called to do. Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, who won an Oscar for her 2012 cause of his PTSD). Babbitt’s urgency in “Last Day” is the In fact, all five shorts put individuals at their center.I t’s documentary “Saving Face.” Obaid-Chinoy’s 40-minute urgency that saturates the best of its genre, an urgency a good way to accomplish the two things that all good doc film follows an 18-year-oldP akistani girl whose uncle to deliver the message in the clearest, most sincerely af- shorts should do well: tell a human story and illuminate a and father attempt to kill her after she elopes. It was no fecting way possible. “Last Day” — like all the nominees problem. “Chau, beyond the lines,” directed by Courtney surprise to me that Obaid-Chinoy was a veteran of the — delivers with pressure and poise. Marsh, puts full trust in its human subject. 16-year-old category; “A Girl” is expertly produced and boasts the Chau suffers from a disability caused by chemicals in best production quality of the nominees, as well as a Contact Sam Fentress at [email protected]

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Inside Column Letters to the editor What’s ‘indie’ A n immigration series

A s the first part of the year-long course the Mexico- Earlier in the week, he will travel to Mexico’s south- anyway? U.S. Border Immersion Seminar, students met in the ern border region where many Central Americans fall to learn about various topics and perspectives cross on their way north. One of the Pope’s first about this border (especially the Arizona-Sonora area) stops will be the shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Adam Ramos and related immigration issues. Among other things, Mexico City to highlight the faith that unifies people S cene Writer they read, wrote about and discussed different theo- of Mexico and the Americas. The pope will also visit ries about why people migrate, the perils people face other areas to bring attention to the significance of when crossing, the dynamics of faith-based humani- family, young people, workers, indigenous communi- The question “what kind of music do you like?” always tarian efforts and the consequences of border policy. ties and prisoners. To continue the central message of elicits some blend of excitement and stress for me. For one, Then, during the first week of January, students the Year of Mercy, Pope Francis is expected to bring any opportunity to fanboy-out about an album I’ve been traveled to the Southern Arizona borderlands to ex- attention to the violence, corruption and indiffer- really digging, or discover a shared passion for a particular perience directly the realities of immigration. Their ence that disproportionately affects the poor and group is one I want to participate in. That being said though, activities included talking with Border Patrol agents, marginalized. it’s almost inevitable that some derivative of “I like indie trekking through the desert on a humanitarian trip, Pope Francis has said that he does not want his visit music” will surface at some point during the discussion. observing immigrant court proceedings, seeing ev- to gloss over the raw issues affecting Mexico and bor- While technically true, I hate the inherent condescension eryday life in border communities and hearing stories der communities. Rather, he wants to exhort people that comes with that phrase. In reality, my musical tastes are about migrants’ difficult journeys and continued to fight against injustice. Students’ Viewpoint articles eclectic and diverse, and the phrase “indie” is just no longer struggles for those who made it. this week are in that spirit and aim to generate discus- suffice in covering all my bases — plus, it turns some people Now, in the spring semester, students are back on sion and dialogue in the hope of promoting a more off from sharing their tastes, something I really detest. campus in the classroom to process and reflect on dignified system of immigration. The term “indie” began in the UK during the ‘80s, and their immersion trip. They seek to better understand became synonymous with the term “alternative,” another what they experienced through conversations, writ- Kraig Beyerlein meaningless catchall for off-kilter, low budget acts. Even ings and readings. Students also desire to share their Assistant Professor of Sociology today, when placed in front of other genre titles, “indie” feelings, thoughts and perspectives with the larger evokes a D.I.Y aesthetic, its not just pop, it’s indie pop — i.e Notre Dame community. Their Viewpoint article this Bryant Crubaugh “we’re not another mainstream corporate sellout act,” sick. week are one attempt to do so. Sociology Ph.D. Candidate Yet, when so-called “indie” acts rise in fame, are they still These pieces are very timely. Pope Francis is visiting indie? Does the term “indie” suggest a type of music or just the U.S.-Mexico border this week to highlight the gap- Leo Guardado the level of fame? ing wound in immigration policy. This Wednesday, for Peace Studies and Theology Ph.D. Candidate In a recent issue of Under the Radar, beloved “indie” artist instance, he will pray at the U.S.-Mexico border, where Father John Misty addressed some of the conflict in the term hundreds of displaced people continue to die every Katrina Linden “indie” — and its coalescence with the term “mainstream”. year. His trip to Mexico’s northern border will come at senior “It’s true. The lines really are blurring more and more. the end of a week-ago visit to Mexico. Feb. 14 Sometimes, when I am on my way to an indie rock writing session with my indie rock producers who have been getting pressure from my indie rock label executives who are still not convinced we have that crucial indie rock single that’s going to break indie rock radio … I can barely tell the differ- B lue, gold and iNDifferent? ence myself.” Misty went on longer describing his “indie rock workouts” “ We are part of the society, but not really.” This is how itself before we form an opinion? among non-mainstream activities, but his point is clear. one Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) In this election year, many of our peers list immigration As the consumption and distribution of music warps and student, whom we will call Katherine, describes her life. as an important contributing factor in how they will vote. evolves with the times, labels and genres are becoming less DACA is an American immigration policy that allows Deeper discussions, however, often validate Katherine’s and less relevant. certain undocumented immigrants who entered the experience and show that we have limited knowledge Chicago-based online music magazine Pitchfork Media, country before their 16th birthday and before June 2007 about immigration. Worse, these discussions can unin- the current mecca for independent music, has long been to receive a renewable two-year work permit and exemp- tentionally dehumanize people like Katherine and her regard as the epitome of this “indie” condescension. Yet tion from deportation. Notre Dame began admitting family. more and more, Pitchfork has been covering a much wider DACA and undocumented students in 2014, and there are Before forming an opinion about immigration reform scope of music. Of recent, acts considered by most as “main- currently 10 sophomores and at least 20 first yearDACA and immigrants themselves, we would like to present a stream,” such as Rihanna, Fetty Wap and Adele, have gar- students now at Notre Dame. list of questions for you to consider: nered attention on the niche music critique site. Katherine’s family came to the United States when she 1.) Do I know what it feels like to be unsafe in my home What really ticks me is just how paradoxical it all is. If the was 8; they overstayed their visa. Since then, Katherine or country or unable to have the means to support my term “indie” is suppose to suggest the purity of independent has faced constant uncertainty. “I did not know what was family? music and the unmitigated creativity available to those going to happen when I was applying for college,” she 2.) Have I read firsthand any peer-reviewed research or artists free from the fetters of a larger, more corporate label, said. Sometimes it felt like going to college would not hap- studies about the effect that the 11 million undocument- shouldn’t the listeners of these acts be open to all types pen, she admits. Without a social security number, she ed immigrants have on the U.S. economy? music? Sequestering your musical tastes to just the acts on could not apply for government financial aid, and private 3.) Am I aware of the avenues available to people seek- smaller labels prevents attainment of a holistic appreciation schools were her only hope. ing to legally enter the United States and how they vary of music in the context of our culture. If you’re constantly Coming to Notre Dame has been a “blessing” for based on an applicant’s country of origin? spending your time seeking music from small independent Katherine, but her experience is not without challenges. 4.) Have I met any undocumented immigrants and acts, shouldn’t you give more popular music a fair shot? She candidly states that she is most frustrated by the lack discussed with them what their family’s experiences have Now that the lines between indie and mainstream are of awareness on campus. In her words, “If the problem is been like? beginning to blur, it seems like my gripe with the tricky not directly affecting [someone personally], people tend 5.) Have I made a deliberate choice to take a class, at- little word will soon be gone. If Rihanna can cover a Tame to not care.” Hearing this, we felt embarrassed. There are tend a lecture or engage in discourse that challenges me Impala track on her latest album and Kanye can get away a wide range of opinions that can be taken about what to think about this issue from another point of view? with sampling an Arca track on his “Yeezus,” can we drop the future of our immigration system as a country should If the answer to more than one of these questions is no, the distinction now? The black and white separation of indie look like. But when students most intimately familiar with we suggest that deeper investigation is required before an and mainstream albums from the record stores of day’s past an issue as important as immigration generally describe informed opinion can be made. is just no longer the reality, and music is better off. our student body as apathetic, ignorant or indifferent, we When discussing the vast topic of immigration, there is At the end of the day, music and is just music — what we feel embarrassed, and we have to ask ourselves why. objectively no right opinion. The system is too vast, com- label the specific genres and subsets really just get in the way It is true that today’s students have access to a wide plicated, and obscure for that to be the case. There are, of enjoying it all. If it makes your head bob, don’t let cultural variety of media sources, most of them biased in one way however, many wrong opinions and those are the opin- notions stop you. Next time I get inquired about my taste in or another, and it can be difficult to seek out and find ions founded in ignorance or apathy. music, I’ll just have to come with some cliché or something; unbiased sources of information. Furthermore, it can be Caitlin Bryski it’s better then just saying “indie music.” challenging to make an informed opinion about any issue senior without unbiased information. But aren’t these empty Contact Adam Ramos at [email protected] excuses? In the case of immigration, don’t we have a Lily (Xiaoyu) Yu The views expressed in the Inside Column are those of responsibility to push ourselves to learn more about indi- sophomore the author and not necessarily those of The Observer. viduals most affected by this system as well as the system Feb. 14 The observer | Monday, february 15, 2016 | ndsmcobserver.com 7 A constitutional obligation

investment in national security is substantially lower should have over the last six years, reduced its defense Jordan Ryan than that of other nations. For example, in 2014, Saudi budget by 25 percent with a resultant degradation of its W ords of WisDome Arabia, Israel and Russia spent approximately 10.4 per- military capabilities? cent, 5.2 percent and 4.5 percent of their GDP on national Decreased defense spending also has a demoral- P resident Obama recently released his final 2017 bud- security, respectively. izing impact on our nation’s service men and women. get, which proposed a total spending of approximately Our $18 trillion of national debt cannot fairly be at- Veteran’s healthcare and retirement benefits have dete- $4.1 trillion. Included in the budget was a request for tributed to military or defense oriented spending. Higher riorated to unacceptable levels. Deserving pay increases $582.7 billion in defense spending, a budget higher than debt is the result of out of control federal spending, par- for our troops are being neglected. In fact, the 1.6 percent the combined military budgets of the next seven largest ticularly on entitlement programs. From 2001 through pay raise that is reflected in President Obama’s current military spending nations. In an era of limited resources, 2015 spending on social and economic programs exceed- budget proposal is well below the estimated rise in pri- concerns about our growing national debt, worries about ed federal spending on national security by a margin of vate sector compensation in 2016. our nation’s general economic outlook and the seeming- 61 percent to 38 percent in inflation adjusted dollars. For The power and prestige of the U.S. on the world stage ly ever-increasing need for increased resources for social better or worse, our federal government has prioritized has hit an unacceptable low. We must send a message programs, it is both a legitimate and a necessary ques- entitlement spending over dollars allocated for our na- to our enemies that the U.S. will unwaveringly protect tion to ask why we need to continue to allocate so much tional security interests. its citizens, its interests, and most importantly, its allies of our resources to our military. The answer is simple: we Has our federal government fulfilled its constitutional by allocating all necessary resources to combat threats do so because it is the moral, practical and constitutional obligation of providing for the common defense? A cred- to our national security. A strong Navy must be rebuilt, obligation of our federal government to provide for our ible argument can be made that our government is not reductions to our ground troops must end, the visibility defense. discharging this core mandate by the continued erosion of our presence around the world must be restored and Many of those advocating decreased defense spending of our military capabilities and presence. our international allies must be given assurances that and the diversion of additional funds to other aspects The world obviously has become a more dangerous the U.S. will not abandon its friends. of the federal government, particularly entitlement place over the last 15 years. Threats ranging from Islamic While the U.S. may not be obliged to act as the world’s programs, point to the fact that the U.S. spends a dis- extremist organizations such as ISIS and al-Qaeda; the policeman, the fact remains that the U.S. must exercise proportionate amount on national security. However, failed “reset” policy of President Obama with respect to its authority as a world leader in a responsible, coherent our nation’s defense spending has in fact dramatically Russia and Moscow’s aggressive steps toward Georgia and trustworthy manner. U.S. hegemony cannot simply declined in recent years, particularly as a function of and Crimea; the destabilizing effect of the refugee cri- be ignored. With this power comes responsibility from total federal spending. Since 2010, our defense budget sis in growing list of countries including Syria, Yemen, which our government cannot run. has actually been cut by 25 percent in inflation-adjusted Turkey, Lebanon and Jordan; the every-increasing threat dollars. Defense Department expenditures now account posed by a nuclear Iran; China’s increasing displays of Jordan Ryan, sophomore resident of Lyons Hall, for only 15 percent of all federal spending, an amount aggressiveness, and specifically, cyber-warfare; and the studies political science and peace studies along with less than that expended on national security prior to growing threat of an irrational North Korea are but a few minors in Constitutional studies and business September 11, 2001. As a percentage of our GDP, our total of the threats to our national security and reflections of economics. She can be reached at [email protected] national security spending has fallen from 4.7 percent the ever-deteriorating international landscape. Against The views expressed in this column are those of the in 2010 to only 3.3 percent in 2015. In fact, our present this background, can it be rationally argued that the U.S., author and not necessarily those of The Observer. The Revue in review

shared this story with The Observer (and Newsweek): actually be, well, fun. And funny. And side-shakingly Charlie Ducey “One of our classmates — he was hit by a car coming hilarious. English, Channeled back from Michigan after having been at a bar,” Lenz Amid the talk of social change and the pressure of told The Observer last week. “It was one of those really nearly constant examination, whether by professors or A s an active participant in only one installment of the shocking and sobering moments for our dorm, to re- peers or potential employers, it can easy to forget the joy Keenan Revue (and an in-person attendee of two others), ally consider the role that alcohol played at a lot of social of good comedy. I’m not so much talking about the iso- it’s going to be hard for me to render any kind of justice events and in the dorm’s life. That was kind of the context lated humor of watching an episode of SNL in your dorm to the now 40-year-old tradition of talent and satire for for people saying, ‘Okay, so getting wasted every weekend room. I mean comedy experienced personally. I watched which Keenan Hall is well-known. I won’t be able to pro- is one thing to do, but what else could the dorm do that a student-made documentary recently in which an Notre vide much insight into the history of comedy and contro- would contribute to the growth of the dorm spirit and to Dame comedian questioned why Notre Dame students versy the Revue has raised, nor will I be able to comment the health of the community?’” — and I think college students more broadly — have to on what it feels like to dedicate months of preparation to Community growth and engagement was the way take themselves so seriously. The remarks had less to do its planning and funding. But I can offer a review, from Noel Terranova (Keenan rector and formerly unclaimed with criticizing ambition and more to do with acknowl- both an outsider and insider position, of what the Revue bachelor) framed the broader purpose of the Revue. This edging the self-importance that arises from the inability means to me and what I think is its gift to the Notre is true. With skits about the superficiality of campus di- to laugh at oneself. Dame community. versity, not to mention the dubious paternity of Kylo Ren, Self-mockery, of Notre Dame students and Keenan It would be easy, but in no way untrue, to repeat what the show is bound to incite conversation. I’m not sure if Knights, lies at the core of the Revue. It reminds us of the I have heard others say about the meaning of Keenan’s an irate series of Tweets about the cis-normative, white, folly involved in much of what we do and brings to mind annual comedy event. Within the dorm, the Revue brings male patriarchy is the kind of engagement Noel had in the lighter-hearted side of university life. I had the privi- together hundreds of men (this is no exaggeration) to mind — oh, how they have played right into our hands — lege of taking part in this humorous reminder last week. perform in capacities that are alternatively sweat-induc- but I’m a believer in the adage that bad feedback is better I’d like to thank my fellow Keenanites for that fine honor. ing, laugh-generating and awe-inspiring — I mean, have than no feedback at all. I might need to pop a few Cultura If we jarred a few people who take themselves too seri- you ever seen several human pyramids of underwear- before I offend anybody, though. ously, good on you. Here’s to 40 more years of the Keenan clad men performing synchronized pushups before? This leads me to the personal impact of the Revue. Revue and then some. The enterprise of putting on a show of this magnitude I first saw the Revue as a groveling, freshman resident Let the show go on. unites the creative spirit of the dorm certainly, yet it also of Alumni Hall, back before my turncoat days. It was serves the wider community in ways both obvious and February, probably, but who’s expected to remember Charlie Ducey waxes poetic without warrant, but who unexpected. anything lucid from the iced-over blur that was the win- needs a warrant to write poetry? He studies English and Here, again, I feel the need to use words other than ter of 2013? Snow was not my thing. School was, similarly, German and is in his final year at Notre Dame. Please own. During the Friday performance of the Revue, the not really my thing. I’m not about to tell some sob-story direct fan art and gripes to [email protected] original creators of the show, Thomas Lenz and Richard about how the Revue changed my life, but what it did af- The views expressed in this column are those of the Thomas, spoke about the impetus behind the event. They ford me was the stark realization that Notre Dame could author and not necessarily those of The Observer.

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home this season and are Henley said. “It was the first B elles. R.J. Stempak By TONY ZAPPIA tearing teams apart, left and Sports Writer time we got to the foul line. “We put them at the line Sports Writer right. This year the Spurs We didn’t go any times in 42 times, and we only went have 35 wins by double dig- This past Saturday, the first quarter. Basically, 12. So there was a clear un- W ith Super Bowl 50 in the its, while most teams don’t Kalamazoo came from be- we got our footing, and we balance in the foul situa- past, baseball long gone even have 35 wins period. hind to defeat Saint Mary’s, were more confident in our tion, and that’s hard to come in hibernation and hockey They have the best defense 74-66, dashing the Belles’ offense.” back from,” Henley said. impossible to imitate, now of the past decade and an hopes of getting a confer- The Saint Mary’s offense The Hornets shot 34-of- is the perfect time to watch offense that hums along and ence win on Senior Day. slowed down at the start of 42 from the charity stripe, the NBA. passes through defenses on Senior forward Eleni Shea, the second half as the Belles including a 15-of-17 mark The NBA is wrongly ig- a nightly basis, led by age- who finished the game with attempted to work the clock in the fourth quarter, while nored until the playoffs, less veterans Tony Parker 15 points, got the Belles and preserve the lead. After Saint Mary’s converted on under the assumption that and Tim Duncan. offense going in the first a low scoring quarter, Saint nine of its 12 free-throw simply nothing matters un- The Thunder have Kevin quarter, scoring the first Mary’s lead was cut to just attempts. til May and June. That could Durant coming off last two baskets of the game six, 54-48, headed into the Though it was another not be more untrue as this year’s foot injuries with a for Saint Mary’s (1-23, 1-14 final 10 minutes. loss in what has been a diffi- season finds itself with not vengeance. Durant is aver- MIAA). However, Saint Saint Mary’s went cold cult season for Saint Mary’s, one, but two transcendent, aging 28 points per game Mary’s struggled with turn- offensively to start the Henley said she was proud and possibly, record-break- with an unstoppable jump overs and offensive execu- fourth quarter though, of the way her seniors, who ing teams: Golden State and shot, playing alongside tion early, and the Hornets and the Hornets took ad- suited up for their final San Antonio. the freak athlete Russell (8-16, 5-10) jumped out to a vantage, tying the game at home game Saturday, played Spurs and Warriors have Westbrook who records a 19-12 lead by the end of the 58-58 three minutes into this year. Guards Maddie net ratings of 14.1 and 13.9, triple-double seemingly first quarter. the quarter. Saint Mary’s Kohler and Sarah Macius respectively, meaning that every other night. The Saint Mary’s offense freshman forward Kelsey and forwards Krista Knapke on average they outscored The Eastern Conference came alive in the second Ronan answered, putting and Shea will all finish their their opponents by 14 points may have less excitement, quarter, as the Belles went the Belles back on top, 60- careers with the Belles after per 100 possessions, under- but it is definitely more on a run to tie the game at 58. The Belles stretched the their final regular-season scoring both their offensive competitive than last year, 25 early in the second. With lead to four, but Kalamazoo game next weekend. and defensive prowess. The with Toronto and Chicago momentum favoring the responded. Hornet fresh- “You can’t measure these next best team in the league serving as potential chal- Belles, Saint Mary’s also man guard Emily Kozal hit kids on a scoreboard,” has a net rating of a mere lengers to LeBron James’ began to force Kalamazoo a 3-pointer to cut the lead Henley said. “You have to 8.6, and after that, no one Cleveland team. turnovers and taking low to one, and junior guard look at them in the whole. has better than six. Teams care about the reg- -percentage shots. By the Claire Slaughter scored on Retention in [Division-III] is This Golden State team is ular season, and so should time the halftime buzzer Kalamazoo’s next posses- tough, and these four have not just the best team in the the fans. Players are so good sounded, Saint Mary’s had sion to give the Hornets stuck together all four years, league this season, they may that anyone can go off for built a 40-32 lead thanks to a lead they never relin- through ups and downs, and very well be the best team in 20 points in a quarter at any a 28-point quarter. quished. Saint Mary’s they’re going to be very suc- the history of the league and time, and overtimes happen Belles head coach Jennifer fought until the very end, cessful once they leave Saint in a time when the league is on a nightly basis. Seeding Henley said she attributed employing a full-court press Mary’s.” the more competitive than it is important because no the second quarter turn- and fouling in an effort to The Belles will finish its ever has been. Everyone has one wants to play the super around to a more confident extend the game, but these season on the road against heard of Michael Jordan’s teams that tear everyone offensive approach. efforts fell short. Albion next Saturday. Bulls, Larry Bird’s Celtics else to pieces. Every win “I think we just got more Henley said the free throw and Magic Johnson’s Lakers. matters and every game is aggressive offensively and disparity is what ultimately Contact Tony Zappia at Well Stephen Curry’s exciting and fun to watch. started to attack the paint,” pushed Kalamazoo past the [email protected] Warriors are right up there Curry is on pace to make with these historically great 100 more 3s than anyone NBA | West 196, East 173 squads, and Curry’s team else ever has, so watch him has the highest win percent- make history. age entering the All-Star Then go out with your break of any team, ever. friends and have fun trying W est All-Stars send Bryant The Warriors should not to be like Curry, because not be the only reason to watch everyone can be like Mike. the NBA, as two strong out with win over East teams are right behind them Contact R.J. Stempak at in the Western Conference, [email protected] Associated Press the memories. one off Wilt Chamberlain’s the Spurs and Oklahoma The views expressed in this “To see him now, it’s record. John Wall added 22 City. Sports Authority are those of the T OronTO — Kobe Bryant like the passing of a gen- points. The Spurs, as well as the author and not necessarily those exited the All-Star Game eration,” West coach Gregg James finished with 13 Warriors, are undefeated at of The Observer. for the final time to watch Popovich said. “He’s been points, just enough to move Russell Westbrook and such an iconic figure for so ahead of Bryant for most Stephen Curry wrap things long, and he passes it on to ever in the All-Star Game. up with 3-pointers. that other group of young James has 291, while Bryant, Bryant’s gone, and these guys that you saw out there who is retiring after this young guys are good. tonight.” season, leaves with 290. Bryant said his All-Star Bryant finished with 10 He checked out with 1:06 Game goodbye and the next points, so few that he lost left to cheers and hugs generation of the West’s his career lead in All-Star from his fellow All-Stars best sent him off a winner, scoring to LeBron James. who now put up points in rolling to a record-setting But Westbrook scored bunches the way Bryant did 196-173 victory over the 31 points in his second for so long. East on Sunday night. straight All-Star MVP per- Bryant had seven assists “It was fun,” Bryant said. formance and Curry added and six rebounds, but shot “I had a blast playing with 26 — the final three on a 4 for 11 in a game where those guys, laughing and 42-footer. Anthony Davis there isn’t really much de- See more coverage online. joking with them on the had 24 on 12-for-13 shooting fense and had never been bench.” and Kevin Durant chipped less. The 369 combined ndsmcobserver.com The first All-Star Game in 23. points were 48 more than outside the U.S. was the Paul George finished last year’s record, and both highest-scoring ever. with 41 for the East, tying clubs blew away the previ- Bryant didn’t provide much Westbrook’s total from last ous individual team record of the offense but many of year in New York that was of 163. 10 The observer | Monday, february 15, 2016 | ndsmcobserver.com Sports

pounding Rafferty with three combos to the head in winner by a split decision. struggled to land any of his B outs blows, and the official end- the second. Cervantez went punches. Midway through Cn o tinued from page 13 ed the match in the second right and left with a series W es Chamblee def. Connor the first round, Verbrugge round, giving Grasso the ref- of controlled hits to send “Thor” Parker cornered Frost and landed a succession of punches that eree stopped contest victory. Galvao-Guerra back on the C hamblee, a law student several blows to his face. denied Stenger any room defensive. Galvao-Guerra living off campus, caught Both fighters maneuvered with which to work. Stenger 163 pounds had Cervantez around the Parker off balance to start and danced around until managed to land a few hits shoulders for an uppercut the bout and had the ju- the end of the first round. to Feijoo’s body and head to Pat Shea def. John “Chilly” twice, which stopped the nior on the ropes more than Both fighters began the sec- end the bout, but Feijoo won Hatfield match. In the end, Cervantez once. Parker could not keep ond round aggressively, and by unanimous decision. S hea, a senior from Keough, was declared the winner by Chamblee in reach for his Verbrugge was forced off- jumped out to a quick ad- split decision. counterpunches. Parker re- balance, leading to a tie-up Chip Blood def. Sam vantage from the opening grouped and came out with and a stoppage. Both fight- “The Brawling Barrister” bell, forcing the referee to Joe Quinones def. Franco controlled energy in the ers shifted to defense for the O’Brien stop the bout twice in the “Little Caesar” Cesareo second round, but a right rest of the round, not trading The next bout pitted Blood, first round to check on the Quinones, a Keough uppercut by Chamblee left many big blows. In the third a Sorin junior, against Keenan sophomore Hatfield. sophomore, came out with him reeling and on the ropes round, the fighters were un- O’Brien, a law student. The Both fighters danced around some hard swings and sev- once again. Chamblee’s ex- willing to trade heavy blows, men fought at close quar- the ring towards the start, eral uppercuts. He had St. perience proved too much as both seemed exhaust- ters, with Blood going for the but Shea got in several qual- Edward’s freshman Cesareo to overcome as Parker strug- ed. However, Verbrugge head while O’Brien returned ity punches to the head, against the ropes in his gled to maintain a defensive was able to land a few solid with punches towards forcing the brief stoppages. own corner by the end of stance until the finish. The punches near the end of the Blood’s body. With agile Shea kept up the quick pace the round. Cesareo landed judges declared Chamblee match, and he was awarded movements, Blood managed in the second round, and a few well-timed blows to the winner by unanimous the fight by split decision. to block many of O’Brien’s a hard hit necessitated a start the round but missed a decision. advances, as he was forced third stoppage. Shea again few key punches, which left N ick “Stud” Walter def. to a corner of the ring in knocked Hatfield down, and him on the defensive. The Michael “Muscle Hamster” Thomas Hellios the second round. The third the referee stopped the bout, sophomore’s right jabs sent Krecek def. Vince “Beaver” H ellios, an Alumni soph- round started with Blood giving the win to Shea in a Cesareo reeling during the Saladino omore, landed a flurry of fiercely punching at his op- referee-stopped contest. last period, and Quinones B oth fighters began early punches to the stom- ponent’s head but not man- was declared the winner by with a flurry of punches, ach of the senior Siegfried aging to get past O’Brien’s Peter Loughran def. unanimous decision. and Krecek, a Morrissey resident Walter to start the blocks. O’Brien lunged to Eoghan Flanagan freshman, proved surpris- first round. Walter rallied, land some final punches and L oughran, an O’Neill fresh- E dwin Onattu def. Jim ingly strong against the se- however, using his longer came out of the ring with his man, got in some big hits on “Boiler Room” Boyle nior fighter out of O’Neill, arms to land a few punches nose bleeding. Blood was de- Zahm junior Flanagan in the I n the first round, Onattu Saladino. In the second to end the round. Hellios clared the winner by unani- first round, but there was and Boyle, both off-campus round, several consecutive used his shorter but pow- mous decision. no clear advantage in the seniors, traded punches, as right hooks by Krecek left erful frame to connect on fight early on. In the second Onattu came out of the gate Saladino pinned in his own punches to the stomach of Patrick “Starsky” Lawler round, Loughran contin- with a flurry, while Boyle corner. The referee stopped Walter, driving him into the def. Henry “Clarence” ued to be aggressive, push- countered with several up- the fight after the second corner. However, Walter ral- Orlowski ing Flanagan into the ropes percuts. Onattu came out round and declared Krecek lied by again to keep Hellios L awler, a sophomore from and setting himself above with renewed energy in the the winner by referee- away, targeting and land- Fisher, began the bout with Flanagan. Flanagan showed second round and made it stopped contest. ing a few of his punches to multiple jabs directed at fight in the final round, but difficult for Boyle to land any the head of Hellios. In the Orlowski’s head. Lawler then Loughran was able to knock of his body blows. Onattu Zach Flint def. Mark third round, Hellios again launched another attack him off balance to seal the finished the round by land- Mazzucco used his bull-rush tactic to against the Keough sopho- deal. The judges granted ing a series of punches to The bout started off with land many punches to the more, but this time he went Loughran the win by split Boyle. Both fighters were vis- a frenzied flurry from both body of Walter while push- for Orlowski’s body. In the decision. ibly exhausted at the begin- fighters, as they traded up- ing him into the ropes, but second round, Orlowski re- ning of the third round, but percuts and punches to the Walter again rallied by land- versed the momentum and R yan Chestnut def. Ezra Boyle knocked down Onattu, stomach. As the two off-cam- ing several hard punches used quick footwork to land Kim which provided him with pus seniors settled into the to Hellios’s head, including several punches to Lawler’s The first round began with renewed energy and excited fight, both danced around one right before the bell that body. However, Lawler was fast punching by both the the crowd. The two traded the ring before Flint sud- helped him secure the win able to once again land sev- O’Neill sophomore Chestnut weak blows for the remain- denly landed several hard by split decision. eral shots to Orlowski’s head and off-campus senior Kim, der of the third round, and punches to Mazzuco’s face, to counter his attack. In the but neither boxer appeared the bout ended with Onattu leading to a stoppage. In the Jack “Not The Guy From third round, Lawler regained to establish an early advan- being declared the winner second round, Flint contin- Lost” Shepard def. Kelly control of the contest’s mo- tage. Chestnut landed a big by unanimous decision. ued where he left off, landing “JR” Burgess mentum by landing upper- blow on Kim early in the several blows to Mazzucco’s S hepard, a senior in Knott, cuts and blows to Orlowski’s second round, resulting in a Mark Egan def. Andrew head, which led to another come out aggressively, land- head, which forced the latter referee stoppage. Kim never Mikes by unanimous stoppage. When the second ing several hard punches to the ropes and into a de- was able to get much trac- decision round restarted, Flint over- and eventually knocking fensive position. The com- tion for a comeback attempt matched Mazzucco with a down Burgess, a sopho- petitors finished the fight following the stoppage, Rudy Bernard def. flurry of quick punches and more resident of Duncan. in close quarters, with each and Chestnut took over the Matthew Green by even quicker feet. Mazzucco Shepard continued his early trying to land a final com- fight. Using his momentum unanimous decision underwent heavy treatment domination by landing sev- bination. In the end, Lawler and boosted by a raucous for his bloody nose during eral more combinations to won by unanimous decision. cheering section, he cor- 175 pounds the break. Mazzucco came the head of Burgess before nered Kim, and the referee out well early in the third, the two traded inconse- Mike “Greasy” Grasso def. stopped the contest, declar- John “Big Wet” Wetzel driving Flint into the corner. quential blows for the re- Luke “I am Your Father” ing Chestnut the winner by def. Thomas “Huge Taste” However, Flint landed a pair mainder of the first period. Rafferty referee-stopped contest. Doran of powerful uppercuts to the Shepard continued where he G rasso, a Stanford senior, B oth Wetzel, a senior from face and body of Mazzucco left off in the second round attacked Rafferty’s head A lex “The Aztec” Cervantez St. Edwards, and Doran, an just before the bell, draw- by landing more combina- to start and knocked the def. David “Mata Leão” O’Neill freshman, came out ing blood on the shoulder tions to the head of Burgess, freshman off his feet early. Galvao-Guerra with strong punches. Energy of his opponent and forcing eventually driving him to Rafferty fought back and at- The fighters began the was high as the fighters trad- the referee to end the third the canvas and prompting tempted to land punches to bout with a few wary punch- ed powerful blows. Wetzel round early and award Flint the official to call the match Grasso’s body, but Grasso es on each side, as they ten- led off with an uppercut, but the win by referee-stopped early, awarding the victory blocked and countered with tatively felt out each other’s Doran took him to the cen- contest. by referee-stopped contest a jab to Rafferty’s head. In fighting styles. Suddenly, ter of the ring, matched him to Shepard. the second round, Grasso a Cervantez right hook blow for blow and had him T ai Verbrugge def. Kevin again went immediately to- knocked Galvao-Guerra to cornered at the bell. Wetzel Frost 182 pounds ward Rafferty’s head and left his knees. The sophomore and Doran fought hard V erbrugge, a freshman in him unsteady on his feet. pushed Galvao-Guerra through the third round, Knott, started off the fight Jack “Hammer” Corrigan Rafferty took to the offensive against the ropes several but Doran began to show by using his long reach to def. Charles “Tigger” but was quickly countered times in the first round, but fatigue by the finish. Senior strike the off-campus se- Puntillo by a combination of punches Galvao-Guerra came back experience came out on top nior Frost. Frost swung ag- A n off-campus junior, by Grasso. Grasso continued with energy and landed as Wetzel was declared the gressively in response but Corrigan began the bout Sports ndsmcobserver.com | Monday, february 15, 2016 | The Observer 11

action picked up with sev- initiated contact and both with a high level of intensity. eral punches to the head by fighters fought in close prox- Nolan was able to land a few both fighters, as Rainey, an imity, each landing several powerful blows near the end off-campus senior, appeared quality punches to the other. of the fight to take control of to have the edge at the end However, Meyer was quicker the round, and in the end he of the round. In the second and more precise with his captured the win by unani- round, the fight ranged all punches. Meyer’s face was mous decision. over the ring, with Rainey covered with blood by the on the attack early in the end of the match, but he was 207 pounds round, and O’Toole, a soph- able to pull out the victory omore from Alumni, coun- by unanimous decision. Connor “Next Round’s On terattacking in the second Me” Futa defeats Mack half. Rainey landed several 191 pounds Baten huge punches to the side I n the first round, both of his opponent’s head, as Jack “Irish Lion” Ryan def. fighters tentatively felt out O’Toole’s ability to protect Joseph “The Armenian each other’s styles. Baten, his face deteriorated in the Hammer” Tekerian an Alumni sophomore, kept third round. Rainey spent The two fighters circled Futa, a Duncan freshman, the remainder of the third each other twice to start the off-balance for the majority round on the attack and was first round, and Tekerian, an of the first round but was un- eventually awarded the fight off-campus senior, stayed able to capitalize with many by split decision. low to ground against Ryan’s strong punches. The second three-step combinations. round was much of the same, ZACH LLORENS | The Observer Patrick Rahill def. William Ryan was able to stay out of as neither fighter was will- Sophomores Patrick “Starsky” Lawler, right, and Henry “Clarence” Orlowski tangle during Bengal Bouts action Sunday at the JACC. Kocak reach of Tekerian’s hardest ing to be the aggressor, al- I n a bout that featured a hits, but despite his signifi- though Futa and Baten each with a few wary punches, sway the judges. McOsker strong contrast of styles be- cant height advantage, he landed a single great punch but Puntillo, a freshman was named the winner by tween two off-campus se- found himself on the ropes that caused a brief stoppage from O’Neill, came back unanimous decision. niors, Rahill used his height after a few well-timed punch- as both fighters gathered with a few well-timed coun- and length to land some es in the second round. All themselves. The third round terpunches of his own. The R odrigo “El Tigre” quick punches to the head told, Tekerian had him cor- increased in physicality, two danced around the Benavides def. James of Kocak early on. However, nered three times. Tekerian with Baten landing a couple ring until one right hook by “Haymaker” Holland Kocak fought by bull-rush- went low with a series of left of good punches early but Corrigan sent Puntillo to the B enavides, a Dillon sopho- ing Rahill and shifting the and right jabs as they danced Futa picking it up at the end, canvas. With a slight height more, started the fight with bout to close-quarters ac- around the ring. Ryan fin- including one punch that advantage, Puntillo kept out a series of strong combination, landing several punch- ished the contest with a few struck Baten squarely in the of reach for most of the sec- tions, which forced Holland, es to Rahill’s midsection. strong combinations, and he face, sending him stumbling ond round. Corrigan skill- a Morrissey freshman, into Kocak continued his physi- was rewarded with the split- backwards and sealing the fully cornered Puntillo the a defensive stance for most cal fighting in close proxim- decision victory. deal for the judges, who gave next round though, and the of the first round. Holland ity into the second round, Futa the unanimous victory. two fighters had each other showed considerable spirit but Rahill was able to capi- D iego “El Matador” Rayas in a hold in the ensuing fin- in the second round, howev- talize by counterattacking defeats John “Huge” Pat “Make a Mistake” ish. Corrigan was declared er, and cornered Benavides against Kocak’s wild punch- Hughes O’Shea defeats Daniel the winner by unanimous with a series of blows, but es, landing several hard R ayas, a senior from “Dancing Death” Currie decision. Benavides countered with blows to the body of Kocak Keough, started out with O ’Shea, a Keough fresh- two right hooks and an upper and sending him reeling. multiple uppercut punch- man, came out swinging, in- D an “Thunder Road” cut. The blows led to a bloody This trend continued in the es to the body of Hughes, a stantly overpowering Currie, Andree def. Sean “The Wild nose for Holland, and the re- third round, with Kocak’s Morrissey freshman, which a Keenan sophomore, with Colonial Boy” Clarkin sulting medical break slowed wind-up punches failing pushed the younger fighter a series of hard punches. I n a bout featuring two res- the action. Benavides’s com- to find their mark while into the ropes. In the second Currie was checked by medi- idents of Alumni, the sopho- bination of hits left Holland Rahill’s short, powerful and round, Hughes adjusted his cal personnel two times in more Clarkin sent the junior reeling throughout the third accurate ones proved more strategy and stayed further the first period alone due to Andree stumbling between round. In a close finish, effective. Rahill eventu- away, using his longer arms the punches he sustained. two corners and the ropes Benavides won the match by ally landed a hard punch to to land punches Rayas could However, Currie managed to to start. Andree retaliated split decision. the head of Kocak, prompt- not. Both fighters expended salvage the round by land- with a few powerful coming a stoppage by the ref- a great deal of energy, landing a few good punches to binations that left Clarkin B rian “Cheese” Willis def eree, who called the match ing a flurry of punches to the head of O’Shea right be- with a bloody nose as they Brennan “The Ding-A- in the middle of the third each other. Rayas dominated fore the bell sounded. Currie finished the first round. Ling” Dingler round, awarding the victory in the third and final round, came out aggressively to Andree left Clarkin spinning B rian Willis, a senior from to Rahill by referee-stopped as Hughes was unable to start the second round and in the middle of the ring in Duncan, started the first contest. land many blows and Rayas landed several good punch- the second round, though round with a flurry of punch- repeatedly went on the of- es, but he tired quickly, and he ducked below the junior’s es to the face and body of D erek “Duane the Rock” fensive, forcing Hughes to the momentum began to wild right hook. After only Dingler, a sophomore from Meyer def. Brian “The protect himself. The judges swing towards O’Shea. Both two rounds, the referee de- Alumni. Dingler respond- Hispanic Causing Panic” declared Rayas the victor by fighters were noticeably clared Andree the winner by ed with a few punches but Brown unanimous decision. tired at the end of the sec- referee-stopped contest. had trouble tightening up The first round was a ond round, but Currie began his defensive technique. In solid technical fight, with Cam “Crash Cadillac” the third round with energy, E amon “Gravy” McOsker the second round, Dingler’s both fighters unwilling to Nolan def. Brian “Not landing hard punches and def. Max Ducey performance picked up, completely go on the offen- Monk” Malloy chasing O’Shea around the The fight between two se- and although he took more sive but still managing to The bout was extremely ring, eventually cornering niors, Ducey, from Duncan, blows from Willis than he land well-timed punches on physical from the beginning, him against the ropes and and McOsker, from Fisher, landed, his punches struck their opponents. Sophomore with the two fighters tying giving O’Shea a bloody nose, began with an elaborate hard, taking home the best Duncan resident Meyer was each other up and falling to prompting a timeout by the dance in the middle of the blows of the round. In the on the offensive from the the floor. Both boxers traded referee. O’Shea was given ring. McOsker found an edge final round, both boxers start of the second round, many punches in close prox- the victory by unanimous to send Ducey on the defen- fought hard and landed an landing several strong imity, which caused the ref- decision. sive in the second round, as equal number of punch- punches and chasing Brown eree to step in and pull the Ducey was forced to back- es, but Willis finished the around the ring. However, two apart multiple times. Contact Elizabeth Greason pedal from corner to cor- round strong by complet- Meyer became predictable Malloy, an off-campus grad- at [email protected], R.J. ner. Ducey’s corner called ing a combo punch to the with his punches, and Brown uate student, landed a few Stempak at a timeout after McOsker face of Dingler just before took advantage with a hard quick punches to start the [email protected], Tobias caught him in the corner the bell rang, and the judges counterblow to the face, round, but Nolan, a Duncan Hoonhout at of the ring again. Dealing awarded Willis the victory causing Meyer a bloody nose freshman, quickly countered [email protected], Victoria with a bloody nose, Ducey by unanimous decision. that temporarily stopped and landed blow after blow Llorens at [email protected], came out with renewed vig- the fight. After the timeout, to drive Malloy back into the Tony Zappia at or following the break as A dam “Bear” Rainey def. both fighters held steady ropes. Both fighters faced [email protected], Dominic he dodged McOsker’s more James O’Toole until the end of the second several counterattacks in the Iannelli at [email protected], aggressive hits and landed B oth fighters began the round. The match picked up second round. In the third Joe Everett at [email protected] a few of his own, but it ul- first round feeling each in physicality and energy in round, both fighters were and Maureen Schweninger at timately was not enough to other’s styles out, but the the third round, as Meyer visibly tired but still fought [email protected] 12 The observer | Monday, february 15, 2016 | ndsmcobserver.com Sports

barrage. As the first round MacGregor exited the ring evenly matched. However, control from there. Manno B outs came to an end, Martinez with a victory by unanimous after trapping Hundman in connected multiple times to Cn o tinued from page 16 landed a few head jabs while decision. corner, Angelotti fell over. the head and secured a vic- Poczobutt swung for the Hundman’s punches began tory by unanimous decision. the fight went on, and both fences. The second round 144 pounds to grow more effective as fighters began to aim for opened with Martinez con- Angelotti tired, leading to Steven Ramos def. Alex their opponent’s head. Jaeger tinuing his head jabs while Alex “El Cadejo” Alcantara Hundman’s victory by unan- “Roth of God” Roth was cornered again, but was Poczobutt left it all in the def. Liam “Neeson” imous decision. The match began with able to escape with a jab to ring, connecting with body Gallagher Zahm sophomore Ramos Argue’s gut. Jaeger recov- to head combinations. O ff-campus junior Conor “Baby Face” Ward coming out strong, ducking ered well in the third round, Towards the end of the Alcantara started the match def. Arun “Bollywood and dodging Roth’s punch- attacking Argue’s head, but round Martinez went for a off with an up-tempo attack. Basher” Nadar es while landing his own. Argue returned those jabs potential match-changing The law student Gallagher N adar controlled the first The graduate student Roth to the head, almost knock- uppercut but did not con- had a significant height ad- round by attacking imme- retreated throughout the ing Jaeger over. Argue won nect. This opened the door vantage, but Alcantara kept diately. He was able to trap round, trying to avoid the the fight with a unanimous for Poczobutt to land his his attacks low from the Ward against the ropes and barrage of punches from decision. biggest hit of the match, start. His incessant attacks in the corner on multiple Ramos. Ramos had Roth on knocking Martinez to the to Gallagher’s torso forced occasions. Nadar’s strategy the ropes for the majority John “Goose” Hunter def. ground. After the match re- Gallagher to be purely de- was to attack Ward’s body of the time until Roth coun- Lorenzo “Locab” Cabrera sumed Pozcobutt attacked fensive throughout the fight and keep him on defense, tered and put Ramos into the H unter, a sophomore from with a relentless barrage of and Alcantara was able to however, Ward was able corner right before the bell Fisher Hall, took control punches to end the round. trap Gallagher in the cor- to defend himself against rang to end the round. In the of the fight immediately In the third round Martinez ner on multiple occasions. Nadar’s attacks. In the sec- second round Ramos found with big hits to Sorin junior tried his hardest to close the Gallagher lost his balance ond round, Ward turned the an opening and connected. Carbrera’s head. Carbrera gap, but Poczobutt stayed almost immediately in the momentum around. His long Roth used his reach and kept was able to recover by at- conservative and on the de- second round, nearly fall- reach allowed him to attack his distance but could not get tacking Hunter in the gut, fensive, securing a victory ing. Most of the attempts and rendered Nadar’s at- through Ramos’s strong de- but Hunter’s mobility al- by unanimous decision. Gallagher made on Alcantara tempts to make contact inef- fensive technique. The third lowed him to evade Cabrera. missed completely. The fast- fective. Ward trapped Nadar round opened with Roth try- Hunter forced Cabrera to Cameron MacGregor def. paced match culminated against the ropes and was ing to catch up. He landed a move around the ring. To Lan “Not a Boxer” Nguyen with Alcantara beginning able to attack by being in few blows and dodged most start the second round, A lumni senior MacGregor to aim for Gallagher’s head, close contact with Nadar. In of Ramos’s punches. The Cabrera was able to go on started the match with a as opposed to just the torso. the final round, the match third round was highlighted the offensive, and trapped strong first round. His oppo- Alcantara won by unani- evened out slightly more, by an impressive dodge by Hunter against the ropes. As nent, Nguyen, a senior from mous decision. but Ward was able to knock Roth that knocked Ramos off the round went on, Hunter Duncan, attempted to keep Nadar over into the ropes balance and to the ground. became much more aggres- the fighting in close quarters Chase “Birdlike Frame” and force him off balance The strong third round by sive and got into close con- throughout the round, but Hundman def. Dom “Nic- multiple times, leading to Roth was unable to make up tact with Cabrera, making MacGregor stayed aggres- Nack” Angelotti his victory by unanimous for the dominance by Ramos his jabs to the face much sive, controlling the battle The match got off to a decision. in the beginning though, more impactful. Cabrera re- with hard hits to Nguyen’s fast start as law student and Ramos left the ring as covered with a strong right head. The round closed with Hundman’s height ad- Matthew “Mr. January” the victor by split decision. hook to Hunter’s head but Nguyen on the ropes tak- vantage allowed him to Yoder def. “Action” Jackson was mainly kept in a defen- ing a barrage of hits from go for Carroll sophomore Lawlor D anny “Nacho Tigre” sive stance throughout the MacGregor. The physicality Angelotti’s head immediate- Y oder, a sophomore from Espinoza def. Eric “Bee” match. The judges awarded continued into the second ly. An especially strong hit to O’Neill Hall, and Lawlor, a Lee Hunter the victory by unani- round with punches flying the head knocked Angelotti junior from Zahm, began the I n the battle of two St. mous decision. left and right. MacGregor, off balance, but he was able first round trading blows. Edward’s fighters, senior maintaining control, to recover. Angelotti end- Lawlor tied Yoder up thanks Danny Espinoza landed the Jonah “Clown Baby” knocked Nguyen into the ed the round with an im- to his height advantage mid- first punches of the match Poczobutt def. Andres ropes and down to force a pactful flurry of punches, way through the first round, on the sophomore Lee. Lee “The Gavel” Martinez short break. After Nguyen’s trapping Hundman in the but Yoder went on the offen- fought back and the two O ff-campus law student bloodied nose and cut arm corner. In the second round sive late in the round. Yoder traded punches for the rest of Poczobutt opened the match were cleaned, the close battle Hundman defended himself started the second round the first round, but Espinoza on the offensive with a se- resumed and the round end- well, rendering Angelotti’s aggressively, but Lawlor landed more powerful ries of body jabs and hooks ed. The third round opened jabs meaningless. Angelotti matched him blow for blow. blows. In the second round, to the head of his opponent, with MacGregor fighting was able to trap Hundman In the third, Lawlor went Espinoza wasted no time as Martinez. The Morrissey defensively to maintain his in the corner, but Hundman on the attack early, running he quickly went on the at- sophomore countered by lead. Nguyen fought hard escaped, trapping Angelotti Yoder around the ring and tack, landing many strong staying defensive, not taking and gained some ground, in a headlock. In the fi- forcing him into the ropes. punches. Espinoza and Lee many hits after the initial but it was not enough as nal round, the two seemed The high-energy round end- began the third round with a ed once again with the two heated exchange, but late in contestants matching one the round, the two seemed another blow for blow, but content to dance around the Yoder claimed the victory by ring, and this pattern was split decision. only broken by Espinoza occasionally tying Lee up. T homas Manno def. Henry Espinoza claimed the vic- “HD3” Davis III tory by unanimous victory. Zahm sophomore Manno began the match with fierce Jeffrey “J-Weezy” Wang def. aggression, pushing his Miguel “Miggie Smalls” opponent all around the Naguit ring. Freshman Davis trad- The first round began ed punches with Manno with Wang, a senior living but was forced to retreat off-campus, and Naguit, throughout the round. The an off-campus law student, round ended after Manno trading blows. Both fight- landed a punishing blow to ers were looking for an early the stomach of Davis. The knockout, and they landed second round was an even some big jabs, but many contest, with Davis getting punches came up empty as around Manno’s punches well. Wang started the sec- and trading blows back and ond round well and landed forth. The round ended af- blow after blow on Naguit. ter a combination of misses Towards the end of the from Davis and successful round, Naguit started to find connection from Manno. his footing and was able to ZACH LLORENS | The Observer The third and final round land some punches of his Senior Matthew “Yeoman” Schaefer, left, sizes up sophomore Jeff Graziano during Bengal Bouts action began with a strong hit own. The third round saw Sunday at the JACC. Schaefer defeated Graziano by unanimous decision in the 157-pound weight class. from Davis, but Manno took the two fighters play a game Sports ndsmcobserver.com | Monday, february 15, 2016 | The Observer 13

of cat and mouse, but Wang decision. landed a big right jab at the end of the bout that shook A ndrew Jena def. Kieran up Naguit, and before the Carroll law student was able to re- The next bout of the night cover the final bell sounded. featured Jena, a junior from Wang was declared the win- Siegfried, against Carroll, ner by unanimous decision. an off-campus senior. The first round was an even af- 152 pounds fair, with both fighters staying light on their feet and Shawn “El Chino” Lee def. trading quick punches. But Justin “Bedrock” Grocock Carroll came out in the G rocock, a freshman from second round with a new Sorin, and Lee, an off-cam- intensity, landing several pus senior, matched each punches in the early stages. other blow for blow early As the round wore on, how- in a high-intensity first ever, Jena became more and round. Lee brought move- more aggressive, and the bell ment and energy to the ring, sounded with the Siegfried but Grocock’s long reach junior pushing his oppo- allowed him to land sev- nent back into the ropes. eral shots to the head. Lee Jena came back in the third went on the attack in the round before a right jab from second round, landing sev- Carroll caught him off bal- ZACH LLORENS | The Observer eral punches early, dodg- ance and dropped him to the Junior Chip Blood, right, steps into a punch against graduate student Sam “The Brawling Barrister” ing Grocock’s punches and canvas, and Carroll was de- O’Brien during Bengal Bouts action Sunday at the JACC. Blood defeated O’Brien by unanimous decision. moving around the ring. In clared the winner by unani- the third round, Lee landed mous decision. A lex “La Forte” Jones def. 157 pounds entering the final round, as several powerful punches Matt “Mamba” Evans Swan began to lose some of early, forcing a brief stop- L iam “Trooper” Chan def. The first round began Matthew “Yeoman” his initial explosiveness. page. Lee continued to land Qinfeng Wu with both fighters attempt- Schaefer def. Jeff Graziano Towards the end of the final shots to both Grocock’s face C han, a senior from ing to land shots to the head. S chaefer, an off-campus round, Coles appeared to and body after the break and Alumni, quickly seized the They fought in close quar- senior, defeated Keough find a second wind fueled by was declared victorious by advantage in the first mo- ters and had to be broken sophomore Graziano, as a rowdy Morrissey fan sec- unanimous decision. ments of the fight, and Wu, apart by the referee after both boxers started fast in tion, but he could not make an off-campus graduate stu- clinching. Jones, an off- the first round with lots of up the difference, as Swan A ustin “The Sleeper” dent, had his hands up pro- campus graduate student, movement around the ring, won by unanimous decision. Cartier def. Luke “Mickey” tecting his head for most of was able to keep Evans, an though Schaefer got in a se- McCormack the round. Towards the end off-campus sophomore, off- ries of punches to close the Sean Himel def. Kevin The fight between of the round, the fight start- balance and pursued him round. In the second round, “Tough Love” McCarthy McCormack, an off-campus ed to open up, and both fight- around the ring. The round the fighters had to be sepa- The first round started senior, and Cartier, an off- ers traded blows as the bell ended with Evans steadily rated multiple times, and with Himel, a senior from campus junior, began with sounded. The second stanza blocking Jones’s punches. the two showed signs of Duncan, on the offensive plenty of movement but little began and once again, Chan Both fighters had a strong fatigue as the round wore probing for a weakness. But punching. However, Cartier started off strong, landing performance in the second on. Graziano turned to his McCarthy, a sophomore went on the attack late in the several blows to his oppo- round, as Jones advanced defense at the end of the from St. Edward’s, held his first round, landing a pow- nent’s head. Wu also landed on Evans, who dodged second round, then fought ground. As the round con- erful punch to the head of several punches but was on his punches. They traded back in the final round as tinued, Himel started to land McCormack. In the second his back foot for most of the punches with throughout both appeared exhausted, blow after blow, and the bell round, both fighters demon- round, and Chan chased him the round and across the but Schaefer emerged with was a welcome reprieve for strated their dodging abil- around the ring until the entire ring. In the third the victory by unanimous McCarthy. The second round ity, as a plethora of powerful bell rang. Chan asserted his round, Jones began by pep- decision. started much the same way, punches were thrown but dominance over the smaller pering Evans with punch- and Himel continued to few connected. Both fighters Wu in the third round and es. Evans then launched a R yan “Attila the” Dunn pound McCarthy with little landed punches more suc- landed numerous blows. counterattack and pursued def. Adam “Pasquatch” respite. McCarthy tried to cessfully early in the third Wu did his best to hang on, Jones around the ring un- Pasquinelly get back into it towards the round with McCormack but he had few chances for til the end of the round, but The first round started end of the round, but the bell landing more to the body a counterattack, and Chan the judges awarded Jones with Pasquinelly, a Duncan sounded to end his come- and Cartier landing more to was declared the winner by the victory by unanimous junior, fighting very aggres- back attempt. McCarthy the face. Thanks to his early unanimous decision. decision. sively. However, Dunn, a se- tried to rally in the final hit and late flurries, Cartier nior from Knott, responded round and land a few punch- was declared the victor by Jack “Hi my name is Liam” Philip “Gunz” Park def. with several big blows to es, but Himel yet again dom- split decision. McDermott def. Zach Johnny “Juicy” Malin Pasquinelly, and the ref- inated from start to finish, “Scooter” Mastrovich The first round between eree demanded a stoppage and when the bell sounded, Patrick “Payday” Yerkes The first round was an two Morrissey residents was to check on Pasquinelly, but he was named the victor by def. Robert “R. Kelly” even affair, as both fight- a quick affair, as both fight- the fight resumed shortly. In unanimous decision. Devine ers danced around the ring ers came out aggressively. the second round, the ref- D evine, an off-campus and traded blows, probing The freshman Park man- eree halted the bout once Michael “The KO” Feijoo graduate student, began the each other for weaknesses. aged to land several strong more after Dunn connect- def. Phil “The Thriller” fight by trying to go low and Mastrovich, a junior from hooks, but Malin, a junior, ed on another hard punch. Stenger landing punches to the body Duncan, came out swing- also connected on a few Still, Pasquinelly kept fight- A t the beginning of of Patrick Yerkes, a junior ing in the second round punches as the bell sound- ing and cornered Dunn. The the fight, Feijoo, a fresh- from St. Edward’s. Yerkes and kept freshman O’Neill ed. Both fighters started final round featured a third man from Morrissey, pur- began to have some suc- resident McDermott on the second round by trad- stoppage for Pasquinelly, sued Stenger, a junior from cess when he forced Devine his back foot. McDermott ing punches as neither com- and the judges awarded Siegfried, with quick attacks to stand upright and capi- worked his way back into petitor backed down. Malin Dunn the win by unanimous before retreating to defend. talized by landing punches the contest, and the bell and Park both landed solid decision. Stenger landed several hits to his face. In the second sounded as the freshman blows, and the decision was to the body, and Feijoo fol- round, Devine continued landed several punches on still up for grabs at the end D ean “The Undertaker” lowed up with quick jabs to stay low and attempted Mastrovich. The final round of the round. Both fight- Swan def. Chris “Crispy” that Stenger blocked. Again to move Yerkes around the began with McDermott us- ers went all out for the win Coles Feijoo attacked quickly at ring. However, Yerkes landing his longer reach to at- in the third round. Malin N either Dillon sophomore the beginning of the second ed several quality punches tack Mastrovich from a was able to land several Swan and Morrissey sopho- round, aiming for Stenger’s as Devine began to tire. In distance. As the round drew good hits to keep Park on more Coles made a strong head, while the latter coun- the third round, both fight- on, the junior attempted to his back foot, but Park was impression in the first tered with multiple blows ers swung freely at the head rally, but McDermott stood able to land several blows of round. However, Swan took to Feijoo’s body. The final as a fatigued Devine aban- tall and kept landing blows. his own as the round drew charge in the second round round started like the oth- doned his defensive strat- McDermott was awarded to a close, doing enough to and never looked back, land- ers, as Feijoo came out with egy. Yerkes was declared the fight by unanimous earn himself the win by split ing a series of hits to Coles. victorious by unanimous decision. decision. The fighters slowed down see BOUTS PAGE 10 14 The observer | Monday, february 15, 2016 | ndsmcobserver.com Sports

never really threatened by Hockey Maine over the weekend, Cn o tinued from page 16 the Black Bears actually out- shot the Irish in both the to the net, which he did. And second and third periods sometimes it just sneaks in. on Saturday, racking up 41 Everyone’s happy for him. shots total on Petersen. He’s a great guy. It was good “I think we’re doing real- to see that.” ly well right now,” Petersen DiPauli also played a large said. “I think probably the role in Friday night’s win, biggest part is if one part of scoring Notre Dame’s first our game is lacking there’s goal and then added an emp- another part there to pick it ty net insurance goal in the up. We kind of balance each closing minutes. other out well. Guys are do- Senior left winger Mario ing their jobs, understand- Lucia added a power-play ing their roles. It’s nobody goal just a minute and a half trying to do too much. I think after Jenkins’ goal, pushing this was kind of a dangerous the Irish lead to two goals weekend looking in [towards with less than ten minutes the end of the season] just to play. because, obviously, looking “Right now, with this forward to Providence and team, I just have to assume BU, and I think guys handled that somebody’s gonna step themselves really well and up,” Irish head coach Jeff were able to execute in kind Jackson said Friday night. of a challenging situation.” “It’s the dog days right now. Because No. 3 Boston It’s also playoff time. These College skated to a 5-5 tie games are almost like play- at Merrimack on Saturday off hockey.” night, the Irish sit alone atop Notre Dame came in the conference standings Saturday night looking to with just four games left to build on the momentum play. from Friday night’s third pe- “We’ve tried to stay fo- riod breakout, and it did just cused on the next game,” that. Jackson said. “That’s the Sophomore center Jake mantra around here; the Evans staked the Irish to a next game’s the most impor- first-period lead when he cut tant game. One of our goals between two defenders and is to get to Boston Garden, slipped the puck between and in order to do that, fin- the Morris’ legs. ishing in the top four, and Senior left wing Sam Herr, the higher you finish the bet- sophomore forwards Connor ter you are, because it leads Hurley and Anders Bjork and to home ice. It leads to last freshman left wing Dylan changes. It gives you advan- Malmquist each scored a tages, so the higher we finish CAITLYN JORDAN | The Observer goal for the Irish on their the better. And if we can win Irish freshman guard Arike Ogunbowale rises for a jump shot during Notre Dame’s 90-69 win over way to a five-goal lead. a championship along the Miami (Fla.) on Sunday at Purcell Pavilion. Ogunbowale led the Irish with 18 points in the victory. Sophomore goaltender Cal way, that’d be great. We’ve Petersen surrendered a late got four games ahead of us, Irish led by 12 points at the on Motley, but Thomas re- goal to Maine, preventing but Friday night’s the only W Bball end of the first quarter, 19 ally played well.” his first shutout of the sea- thing that matters at this Cn o tinued from page 16 at the half and as many as Sunday’s matchup also son, something Petersen and point.” 36 in the fourth quarter. served as Notre Dame’s an- the Irish have been working Notre Dame returns to ac- controlling the ball, turn- “Notre Dame does that nual PinkZone game, part for more and more recently. tion Friday for a road series ing it over 23 times. Miami to you because you feel of the Play4Kay series of “It’s kinda getting weird against No. 5 Providence (22-4, 9-4) collected 21 like you’re just chasing the women’s college basketball now,” Petersen said. “I keep before closing out the sea- of its 69 points off Irish ball around,” Meier said. games held nationwide to telling myself that maybe son the following weekend giveaways. “I mean, it gets deflating. raise awareness for breast I’m saving [a shutout] for against visiting No. 7 Boston “Really sloppy — I think It hurts your ability to be, cancer while honoring the later, but I guess we’re kinda University. that they were careless ‘Oh, I’m gonna get up in life of late North Carolina running out of games for me turnovers,” McGraw said. “I them, I’m gonna get up in State head coach Kay Yow. to do that.” Contact Hunter McDaniel at don’t think they were creat- them.’ And then they’re The Irish played in an al- Though Notre Dame was [email protected] ed by the pressure as much like, ‘Layup. Darn. Oh, al- ternate gray uniform with as by ourselves, trying to ley-oop.’ They do deflate pink accenting, while the overpass, which happens you with their ball move- Hurricanes took the court sometimes when you have ment, but no excuse.” in pink jerseys. an unselfish team.” Freshman guard Arike The win also marked the “My god, if they hadn’t Ogunbowale paced Notre first game Notre Dame turned it over 23 times, they Dame with 18 points while has played since McGraw would’ve had 115 points on Turner (15), Allen (12) and was named a finalist for us, for real,” Miami head freshman guard Marina the Naismith Memorial coach Katie Meier said. Mabrey (14) also finished in Basketball Hall of Fame While the Irish scored double figures. Class of 2016 last Friday, easily and often for the Miami junior guard alongside NBA legends first three-and-a-half quar- Jessica Thomas and fresh- such as Allen Iverson and ters of the game, the same man forward/center Emese Shaquille O’Neal. cannot be said for the Hof each totaled 12 points “It’s an honor just to be on Hurricanes, who shot just for the Hurricanes as Notre the ballot,” McGraw said. 30.6 percent in the first half Dame managed to hold “It just speaks to all the and 38.2 percent for the their usual scoring lead- amazing women I’ve had game. Irish sophomore for- er, junior guard Adrienne the chance to coach, all the ward Brianna Turner tallied Motley, in check with just amazing assistant coaches. a season-high six blocks as eight points. I’ve had so much help — a she led a defensive front “Our 2-3 zone was very lot of people around me that outmatched and out- effective,” McGraw said. making me look good. I’m sized Miami’s offense. “They’ve got great guards. honored.” CAITLYN JORDAN | The Observer The Hurricanes had trou- Thomas and Motley are two Irish sophomore goaltender Cal Petersen corrals a loose puck during ble stopping Notre Dame of the best in the conference, Contact Mary Green at Notre Dame’s 5-1 win over Maine on Saturday. on offense as well, and the and we did a pretty good job [email protected] Sports ndsmcobserver.com | Monday, february 15, 2016 | The Observer 15

a Jackson layup capped a quick Auguste closed the game out Mazurek 7-0 burst to pull Notre Dame with two final free-throws. Cn o tinued from page 16 back into the game. Against North Carolina, it was Following the teams trading the same story. Jackson led the A nd the most important word a couple baskets, Jackson then way with 19 points, but all five in that last sentence is “team.” hit his career-high sixth 3-point starters had double digits. As well as last year’s squad per- shot to trim the deficit with Even off of the court, Irish formed, it was really the Jerian 8:26 remaining in the game. A head coach Mike Brey spoke Grant and Pat Connaughton Vasturia layup cut the Louisville to the shared leadership of this show. Grant was the one who lead to one and then Beachem year’s team. had the ball in the final min- came up with a block on the “One of the things I wasn’t utes of every game last year defensive end and senior for- sure about, but I’m so proud and the team lived on his and ward Zach Auguste threw down of is our leadership going into Connaughton’s leadership. a dunk to give the Irish their first this season,” Brey said. “The job Many people thought junior lead of the second half. that those four guys [Jackson, guard Demetrius Jackson would As the Irish continued to Auguste, Vasturia and senior be this year’s Grant. Jackson grind out the final minutes, forward A.J. Burgett] are do- CAITLYN JORDAN | The Observer is Notre Dame’s best player key rebounds by Beachem and ing, setting the tone, running Irish junior guard Steve Vasturia drives towards the lane during Notre and the only game he missed, sophomore forward Bonzie our team, I am so pleased. The Dame’s 71-66 win over Louisville on Satuday at Purcell Pavilion. against Syracuse, the Irish lost Colson sealed the victory for the two guys we lost [Grant and by 15. Irish. Connaughton] were sitting his career-high with five made It is fitting then that it was What the two halves of the across from us tonight, it was M Bball 3-pointers by halftime to keep during a game with Grant and Louisville game show is that if cool to look over and see those Cn o tinued from page 16 Notre Dame in the game. Jackson Connaughton looking on from the Irish plan to compete for an two guys, they did an unbeliev- buried another shot from beyond the sidelines that this year’s ACC title, they need every one able job, this group, these guys take advantage of that, not be pas- the arc in the second half to push team learned they need more of their starters to perform at a are doing as good a job.” sive and just stay within ourselves his final count to a career-best six than just Jackson. high level. And while Jackson will con- and play our game, which is get- 3s. In the first half against Yes, it all starts with Jackson. tinue to draw comparisons to ting to the bucket and attacking.” “I think I just shot myself into Louisville, Jackson had 20 points He needs to be able to drive Grant as the season nears its Despite being down by as many it today,” Jackson said. “I was and broke his career-high in to the basket and create op- climax, this year’s Irish squad as 11 points, Notre Dame found a just stepping up confidently, in 3-pointers made by going 5-for- portunities for everyone else; will not live and die on the per- surge of offense in the second half rhythm just trying to shoot shots. 8 from behind the arc. Despite but everyone else has to step formance of one player. that put it on a 13-5 run over the fi- I tried to find the areas to pick my Jackson’s performance, the Irish up. Auguste needs to take ad- “We have some fearless guys nal six minutes of the game. It be- spots.” trailed by seven going into the vantage of the pick-and-rolls and boy it comes at just the right gan with Vasturia penetrating the Auguste had a double-double locker room. Jackson creates, Vasturia has time with March around the Cardinals’ sixth-ranked scoring on the night adding 11 points and Jackson only scored seven to ball-handle and create his corner,” Brey said. defense on two straight posses- hauling in 12 boards, and sopho- points in the second half, yet own shots, Colson has to get the It sure does come at the right sions midway through the second more Bonzie Colson scored eight Notre Dame stormed back to loose balls and rebounds and time — because great teams half. It then snowballed into a points and brought in another 10 beat one of the best defensive Beachem needs to make 3-point win in March, not just great 3-pointer by Vasturia and layups rebounds to help Notre Dame win teams in the conference. In fact, baskets. players. by junior forward V.J. Beachem the rebound battle 40-29. the game’s most crucial stretch Saturday night, the start- and Jackson. With three straight wins over saw very little of Jackson. The ers stepped up. Vasturia had Contact Marek Mazurek at The Irish connected on seven North Carolina, Clemson and Irish trailed by ten when junior 15 second-half points to help [email protected] straight field goals, which was Louisville, Brey said he is con- guard Steve Vasturia sunk a Jackson out. Colson chipped in The views expressed in this capped off with an emphatic slam vinced that the team’s identity 3-pointer and junior forward V.J. eight points with 10 rebounds. column are those of the author by senior forward Zach Auguste has been solidified. Beachem put in a layup to cut Beachem hit a key 3-point and not necessarily those of to take the lead for the first time in “We have been really cruel the Cardinals’ lead to five and shot in the final minutes, and The Observer. the second half. competitors this past week, and Notre Dame’s stellar offense in I couldn’t be prouder,” Brey said. P aid Advertisement the second half was accompanied “When we sense it, we go for it and by an equally dominant defense. we know how to finish. Last year’s The Irish held the Cardinals to team did that. This year’s team just 29.2 percent from the floor had not shown that really until in the second half after allow- last Saturday. We had to do it in ing 48.5 percent of their shots to [Greenville, North Carolina] and connect in the first. Graduate we had to do it again tonight, so student guard Damion Lee, who I’m excited about that aspect of us averages 16.5 points per game, led that personality of our team com- the Cardinals with 13 points. All ing out.” four of his made field goals were At 9-4 in ACC play and tied for 3-pointers. third in the conference standings, Lee had an opportunity to tie the Irish are in position to clinch the game with 15 seconds left a double-bye in the ACC tourna- in the game, but missed on an ment next month. No. 9 North off-balance 3-point attempt. Carolina sits atop the conference Beachem missed a free throw on at 10-2 in ACC action and No. 12 the other end, however, giving Miami (Fla.) sits alone in second Lee another opportunity with just at 8-3. Brey said he believes his a few seconds remaining, but he team can also make a serious run missed again. Auguste drained at the regular season title, though. two free throws to seal the win af- “What I’ll talk to them about ter pulling in the rebound. tomorrow is not so much the “I talked to my team on NCAA tournament, because ob- Thursday as we got ready for this viously our resume after today is matchup that so much would be extremely strong, but now you’re made of the best offense in the getting into that double-bye ter- league, us, against the best de- ritory and now you’re getting into fense in the league,” Irish head that,” Brey said. “But why not talk coach Mike Brey said. “I said, about a regular season champi- ‘You know, I would really like the onship? Last year’s team chased story to be about our defense and the regular season title till about would love to come off the floor the last week of the season, and so at [6 p.m.] with our defense being why not chase that? I think those the difference.’ And the second are the things we’ll come back to.” half, to hold them to 23 points and The Irish will have a week off rebound the way we did, I thought to rest before starting their final that was the key to the game.” road trip of the regular season in In the first half, theI rish strug- Atlanta against Georgia Tech on gled to find any offense inside Saturday. the paint which gave Jackson the green light to be aggressive Contact Manny De Jesus at from beyond the arc. Jackson tied [email protected] 16 The observer | Monday, february 15, 2016 | ndsmcobserver.com men’s Basketball | ND 71, LOUISVILLE 66 B ack in the mix Second half shows Jackson, Vasturia Irish are more lead Notre Dame to than just Jackson comeback victory

Marek Mazurek By MANNY DE JESUS Sports Writer Sports Writer For the second Saturday in a W hen Notre Dame students row, Notre Dame overcame a stormed the court last Saturday double-digit second-half deficit to after the team’s win against then- claim a victory in front of a sold- No. 2 North Carolina, many as- out crowd. sumed it was a one-time deal. A Only this time, the Irish (18- brief moment of elation in what 7, 9-4 ACC) rallied largely be- would be viewed as an alright hind the efforts its junior guards season. Demetrius Jackson and Steve After a road victory over Vasturia to take down No. 13 Clemson and Saturday’s take- Louisville, 71-66. down of No. 13 Louisville, how- Jackson tied his career-high ever, it has become blindingly with 27 points against the apparent that this year’s Irish Cardinals (19-6, 8-4), with 20 of (18-7, 9-4 ACC) are not going those points coming in the first anywhere. half. Vasturia picked up the offen- Notre Dame is now fourth sive load in the second half scor- place in the ACC which means ing 15 of his 20 points. it’s in double-bye territory for “[We were] just attacking and the conference tournament. The going downhill trying to create Irish were already a lock for the [shots] for ourselves and for oth- NCAA tournament, but they’ve ers,” Jackson said. “With their now shown they will be a tough defense, we had a lot of opportuni- team to knock out. CAITLYN JORDAN | The Observer ties to attack. So we just wanted to Irish junior guard Demetrius Jackson shoots a free throw during Notre Dame’s 71-66 win over Louisville see MAZUREK PAGE 15 on Saturday at Purcell Pavilion. Jackson scored a game-high 27 points, which tied his career-high mark. see M BBALL PAGE 15

BENGAL BOUTS ND Women’s basketball | ND 90, Miami (FLA.) 69 86th Bengal Irish dominate Hurricanes By MARY GREEN early pitfall delivered four “I think with Michaela A ssistant Managing Editor minutes into the game, in the game, she’s smart, Bouts underway when junior guard Lindsay and she’s gonna get us into S ince joining the confer- Allen was whistled for her stuff,” Irish head coach ence two-plus seasons ago, second foul and stayed on Muffet McGraw said. “She’s No. 3 Notre Dame had lost the bench for the rest of the going to get the right people just once to an ACC team, a first half. the ball. I was surprised we defeat that came to Miami While the Irish have were up by that much at (Fla.) last season. struggled in previous halftime without Lindsay The Irish made sure loss games without Allen on the in the game.” No. 2 didn’t come to the No. court, they hit their stride However, without Allen, 19 Hurricanes on Sunday, this time around, shooting whose 2.4 assist-to-turn- when they cruised to a 90- 61.5 percent in the first half over ratio leads the ACC, 69 win at Purcell Pavilion. with senior guard Michaela Notre Dame had trouble Notre Dame (24-1, 12-0 Mabrey piloting the offense ACC) avoided a potential to a 44-25 halftime lead. see W BBALL PAGE 14

HOCKEY | ND 4, maine 1; ND 5, Maine 1

ZACH LLORENS | The Observer Senior Liam “Trooper” Chan, left, lands a shot to the head of graduate ND tops Maine to take first student Qinfeng Wu during Bengal Bouts action Sunday at the JACC. By HUNTER McDANIEL Bears skated to a 1-1 tie center Andrew Oglevie this By ELIZABETH GREASON, representing Sorin Hall, Sports Writer through two periods Friday weekend. R.J. STEMPAK, TOBIAS went on the offensive at the night as Maine junior goal- “It was huge with HOONHOUT, VICTORIA sound of the opening bell, The Irish find them- tender Matt Morris seemed [Oglevie] out of the lineup,” LLORENS, TONY ZAPPIA, causing Duncan freshman selves alone in first place in determined to win the game Irish senior center Thomas DOMINIC IANNELLI, JOE Jaeger to lose his balance Hockey East after a weekend himself, stopping 30 shots DiPauli said of Jenkins’ per- EVERETT and MAUREEN and almost trip. Argue was sweep of Maine at home. along the way. formance Friday night. “We SCHWENINGER able to defend himself suc- No. 8 Notre Dame (18-5-7, Notre Dame broke knew that Jenks had to play Sports Writers cessfully and go back on the 14-2-2 Hockey East) never through midway in the a good game, and he did. offensive. Argue was able to trailed the Black Bears (7- third period, however, on He did everything that was 137 pounds corner Jaeger, but Jaeger re- 19-6, 4-12-2) in either game, a goal from freshman right asked of him. It’s always covered well and was able using a three-goal third pe- winger Jack Jenkins. It was awesome to see a guy like James “Don’t Try to” Argue to escape. The two became riod to secure a 4-1 victory just his second goal of the that bury one. Sometimes it def. Zach “Yagerbomb” increasingly aggressive as Friday before cruising to a season, and his first ca- just takes getting the puck Jaeger 5-1 win Saturday. reer game winner. He filled A rgue, a junior see BOUTS PAGE 12 The Irish and the Black in for injured freshman see HOCKEY PAGE 14