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Volume 48, Issue 65 | tuesday, december 9, 2014 | ndsmcobserver.com GRC celebrates tenth anniversary Notre Dame Gender Relations Center strives to promote healthy gender relations among students

By KAYLA MULLEN 10 years, but also a way for News Writer students to learn more about the history of the GRC and The Notre Dame Gender suggest ideas for conversa- Relations Center (GRC) will tions they would like to have celebrate its 10th anniversary in the future,” Aase said. “In this Wednesday from 7 p.m. addition to timelines detail- to 9 p.m. in the Dooley and ing major GRC events over Sorin Rooms of LaFortune the last 10 years, there will be Student Center. The open whiteboards available for stu- house will consist of informa- dents to write what the GRC tional activities showcasing and healthy gender relations the work the GRC has done means to them. over the past 10 years and a “There will also be a sug- hot chocolate bar, Danielle gestions box for students to Aase, a student event coordi- submit ideas for potential nator with the GRC, said. programs they would like to “The GRC 10th anniversary see in the future.” celebration is not only a cel- Past events have included ebration of what the GRC has accomplished over the last see GRC PAGE 5 KERI O’MARA | The Observer Alumnae share Rwandan experiences ND grad

By KATHRYN MARSHALL said. News Writer In 1994, over one million founds Tutsi Rwandans were killed On Monday evening, in a 100-day period. During Saint Mary’s alumnae Liz this genocide, one out of new bus Palmer ‘13, Malea Schulte every 10 Tutsi Rwandans ’14 and co-travelers were killed, Palmer said. Jonathan and Tameka Bell “In recognition of 20 shared the lessons they years post-genocide, Malea company learned from spending two and I were driven by Saint weeks in Rwanda this past Mary’s core values of faith By SELENA PONIO summer in a presentation and spirituality, commu- News Writer titled “Project Rwanda: A nity learning and justice Journey in Solidarity.” to embark on this mis- Christopher Cali, a 2014 alum- In the Rwandans they sion of solidarity ... simply nus and current graduate student met, Palmer and Schulte to hear the stories of the at Notre Dame, recently started a CAITLYN JORDAN | The Observer saw strength and faith res- people,” Palmer said. “We company called Better Cheaper Saint Mary’s alumna, Malea Schulte ‘14, presents Monday evening on onating in the aftermath of Bus LLC, which offers affordable her life-changing experience visiting Rwanda this past summer. the 1994 genocide, Palmer see RWANDA PAGE 5 transportation for Notre Dame, Saint Mary’s and Holy Cross stu- Committee celebrates diversity

By KELLY KONYA of the College commu- Committee, Stare said. even before that, we did

Saint Mary’s Editor nity such as Alumnae, The International group bonding time where student graduate Athletic, Community, Committee is spearhead- we broke into groups and Christopher Cali Within the Saint Mary’s First-Year Concerns, Food ed by co-chair and senior talked about our goals for the Student Government Services, Market Research Catherine Sullivan and co- year,” Sullivan said. “Those dents to both O’Hare and Midway Association (SGA) is the and Media, Mission, chair and sophomore Ruby goals are still posted in the airports in Chicago. Council of Committee Social Concerns, Sophia Truong, who is an interna- SGA office, and we check “Final steps with the University Chairs (CCC), headed by se- Program, Sustainability tional student from Vietnam, them off as we go along.” are being taken to have the buses nior Katie Stare and made up and Technology. But one of Sullivan said. Along with her co-chair use McKenna Hall as a departure of 18 committee chairs and the committees worth spot- “As committee chairs, we Truong, Sullivan said she point,” Cali said. co-chairs who lead 12 differ- lighting, having established arrived back on campus a established early on in the Better Cheaper Bus identifies ent committees. and accomplished notewor- week early than everyone year that the International as a third party transportation Stare said the 12 com- thy goals during the fall se- else in August to work on mittees encompass aspects mester, is the International first-year orientation, and see COMMITTEE PAGE 4 see BUS PAGE 4

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By SAMANTHA ZUBA But with other crimes, play sports at recess. Assistant Managing Editor that’s often not the case. In “When kids see the of- of human dignity instances of assault or rape, ficer who comes to school, Why would you call the a victim’s perception of the whether it’s the police chief By BIANCA ALMADA 2004, and the first confer- police? police matters, particularly or a captain or the officer on News Writer ence was held in the spring It’s an important question when the assault was com- that beat, regularly comes of 2005,” IDND president and that South Bend Police Chief mitted by someone the vic- to school and engages with The Identity Project of senior Mary Kate Martinson Ron Teachman and his de- tim knew, Teachman said. them, now when they see Notre Dame (IDND), a stu- said. “The Identity Project partment face, as they seek “You’re just going to see a that same uniform after dent club that addresses is- has hosted an annual con- to stimulate civic engage- male uniform, and he’s go- school and out of school, it’s sues of sexuality and human ference every spring since its ment and strengthen rela- ing to ask you these very not an adversary, but it’s a dignity through the lens of founding.” tionships between police personal questions about friend,” Teachman said. “It’s Catholic Church teaching, is Although the annual con- and the community. your relationship with this a supporter. It’s someone in the midst of planning its ference serves as the club’s The answer is a simple guy, and maybe you’ve had who cares about them. We annual Edith Stein Project word, but it expresses a state intimate relations before, think that translates. That’s Conference. “The conference of confidence difficult to so why is it rape tonight?” why we wear a uniform in “The Edith Stein Project brings together 30 achieve — trust. Teachman said. “And soci- the first place.” Conference is the largest “Trust is our goal,” ety’s judging you, and what A change in departmental student-run conference in speakers to discuss Teachman says. “It’s our were you wearing, and what practice — the regionaliza- the United States,” Hailey what the Catholic destination.” did you do and were you tion of beats — has played a Vrdolyak, club co-vice presi- Church can offer Developing positive rela- drinking, were you lead- key role in the collaborative dent and junior, said. “The to the discussion tionships that lead to trust ing this guy on? And all that policing strategy, Teachman conference brings together in a community can be chal- stuff going through your said. Officers are assigned 30 speakers to discuss what of issues faced on lenging when most of the head, why would you call? to beats based on geography the Catholic Church can college campuses, department’s contact with “If you didn’t believe that rather than time of day so offer to the discussion of such as the citizens involves responding the police department was that they become familiar issues faced on college cam- hook-up culture, to crisis and conflict. empathetic, professional with the areas they police. puses, such as the hook-up “Most people don’t engage and competent, why would Knowing neighborhoods culture, pornography and pornography with us in a positive way, you call?” keeps officers safe and helps other topics regarding hu- and other topics and we need to find ways Because of this, the de- residents get to know their man sexuality.” regarding human to amplify those positive partment has worked with police. Vrdolyak said past confer- sexuality.” or at least non-adversarial organizations such as the “You get to have a rela- ences have been attended contacts because most of YWCA to improve its re- tionship,” Teachman said. by more than 300 people, in- Hailey Vrdolyak our contact is adversarial,” sponse to such incidents, “You’re not just some guy cluding Notre Dame, Saint co-vice president Teachman said. “We pull Teachman said. driving by in a squad car Mary’s and Holy Cross stu- Identity Project of Notre Dame you over for a traffic viola- Gun violence also of- with tinted windows, [and] dents and professors. This tion. We go to your house ten goes unreported. After you never get out of the car year’s conference, to be held main event, IDND co-spon- and do a drug raid. We go the department installed unless you’re going to arrest Feb. 6-7 in McKenna Hall, sors other campus events to Notre Dame houses to ShotSpotter, a program that somebody or yell at them.” will address the theme of that promote the Catholic squelch loud parties.” uses an acoustic system to The crime rate might even “Radiant Image: Cultivating identity of Notre Dame and That last relationship, at detect gunfire, it discovered seem to increase as people Authentic Identity in the help students develop as least, has started to change that instances of gunshots feel more comfortable re- Modern World” and will Catholic leaders, Alexandra in recent years, Teachman recorded by ShotSpotter of- porting crimes they wouldn’t focus on the central idea DeSanctis, IDND co-vice said. ten weren’t reported by the have before, Teachman said. of living in God’s image, president and junior, said. “Before I came here, there public. But so far, the department according to the IDND The club meets on Tuesday was a shift in our relation- Teachman describes four has seen positive outcomes, website. nights at 7 p.m. in the ship between this depart- reasons why people wouldn’t including an increase in The conference’s name- McNeill Room of LaFortune. ment and the Notre Dame report gunfire: recognition citizens reporting gunfire. sake, Edith Stein, was can- “We foster fruitful con- students that live off cam- (unsure whether they heard Public reporting of gunfire onized in 1998 as St. Teresa versation about issues of pus,” Teachman said. “I’m a gunshot), redundancy has increased to over 25 per- Benedicta of the Cross and identity … and healthy rela- told it was rather adversari- (they think someone else cent, more than the national “fought for the truth and the tionships,” DeSanctis said. al, confrontational, not long will call), retaliation (they average, Teachman said. dignity of women through “We often read articles on ago.” fear retribution for being a Strengthening trust in a her writings and frequent these topics and discuss in a Teachman and other rep- “snitch”) and resignation community requires partici- letters,” according to the group. The meetings are also resentatives of the depart- (they are desensitized to pation from all its parts, and IDND website. Working as often used as a time to plan ment meet with student gunfire). Notre Dame students can a teacher, nurse and phi- for the conference.” government officials and In an effort to combat contribute as well, accord- losopher and eventually campus police to have “con- these problems, the South ing to Teachman. as a cloistered Carmelite Contact [email protected] or versations about our expec- Bend Police Department “Regardless of your field of nun, she was martyred at visit the club Facebook page tations of each other” in an has engaged in “collab- study, citizenship requires Auschwitz in 1942. The club at https://www.facebook. effort to better interact with orative policing,” efforts community engagement,” website states: “We look to com/identityND for more students, Teachman said. to better serve and protect Teachman said. “There are Edith Stein for inspiration information about the club Strengthening trust re- by increasing community innumerable opportunities as a model of turning one’s or the conference. Register mains an ongoing process involvement. to volunteer here in South heart to God and as some- for the conference online for the department. When “There’s never going to be Bend. There are also unlim- one who lived her vocation at www3.nd.edu/~idnd/. people don’t trust the police, enough money to effectively ited possibilities of expand- with the genuine spirit of Registration is free for Notre, they won’t consistently call police a community without ing your study field by using self-gift.” Saint Mary’s and Holy Cross to report certain crimes. community involvement,” South Bend as a petri dish, This year marks the 10th students. People tend to report Teachman said. “There can as a laboratory, whether it’s anniversary of the Edith property crimes because of never be enough police of- entrepreneurship, whether Stein Project Conference. Contact Bianca Almada at the insurance incentive to ficers, and we’re never going it’s working with a nonprofit “The club was founded in [email protected] do so, Teachman said. to arrest our way out of this. to help with their business “The relationship the in- The answer is that the com- model. dividual victim has with munity engages in its own “… If you want to say, ‘Let the police department is al- public safety program.” me prove my model, let me most irrelevant because you The department has ad- experiment, let me do some have an insurance motivator opted a number of strate- research, let me volunteer,’ that requires you to report,” gies to ignite this kind of lend your expertise and your Follow us on Twitter. Teachman said. “You could community engagement. skill sets to the city, and I hate the police. You could For example, in schools, think you can find a way to @ObserverNDSMC hate the chief. … But in or- the department has sought engage.” der to get your insurance to increase positive, “non- premium, you have to file a adversarial contact” by tak- Contact Samantha Zuba at police report.” ing time to read with kids or [email protected] 4 The observer | tuesday, december 9, 2014 | ndsmcobserver.com NEWS

in the South Bend communi- feel apart of the community Committee ty, alongside our internation- and have a friend base, which Continued from page 1 al community.” intertwines with our second According to Sullivan, the goal.” Committee would focus on committee’s second goal for This program will begin three major goals. the year was to help the in- during the spring semester “One of the first goals we ternational students at Saint or next fall and will be orga- worked towards was the Mary’s make their way into nized under an application Diversity Dinners, which the bigger community as a process facilitated by the bring together different cui- whole. International Committee and sines and groups of interna- “At Saint Mary’s, we have Residence Hall Association. tional students to celebrate that issue that the interna- “This will majorly help with the diversity of our student tional students are sort of on the rooming situation for in- body,” she said. “We wanted their own. Even at orienta- ternational students because to have four or five the first tion, the international group oftentimes these students year (this school year), which is separated,” she said. “We are juniors or seniors who get highlight different aspects of wanted to work on integrat- randomly paired with first- the culture that represents ing them as best as we could, year students, and it doesn’t Saint Mary’s and also the tri- so the Diversity Dinners work work out so well,” Sullivan campus community.” towards this goal — in that said. “And single [dorms] are Sullivan said the two anyone can come to them, a bad idea because they don’t Diversity Dinners that were and it also teaches non-in- get to practice English or held during the fall semes- ternational students about meet anyone.” ter were very successful — other cultures. Photo courtesy of Catherine Sullivan more successful than she and “At the Chinese dinner, we Contact Kelly Konya at Sophomore Ngoc Truong (left) and senior Catherine Sullivan, Inter- Truong had predicted. were actually taught about [email protected] national Committee co-chairs, host the second Diversity Dinner. “The Italian Dinner, which the seven different areas of took place in September, was China and the different cui- the kickoff Diversity Dinner sine that come with each re- event, and then we had the gion and why that happened Chinese Diversity Dinner in and how that developed. One November,” she said. “They of our Fulbright scholars did both sold out, so to speak, the presentation on it, so that because each dinner is lim- was really great.” ited to 50 people, and we had The third and final some extras sneak in.” goal of the committee is In the spring semes- the International Buddy ter, Sullivan said the Program, which pairs each International Committee has new international student planned a Tunisian dinner with a returning Saint Mary’s and a Vietnamese dinner. student, Sullivan said. “It’s great because all of “Basically, you sign up to the food is either cooked by be a roommate for an inter- our students, by our faculty national student and end up or is donated by local restau- rooming with the person,” Photo courtesy of Catherine Sullivan rants,” she said. “So we are she said. “This way, the inter- Saint Mary’s international students attend the Chinese Diversity Dinner in November, the second dining also helping local restaurants national students can easily event hosted by the International Committee of the Student Government Association.

Paid Advertisement behind the business’ slogan, Bus “Ride With a Cause.” The money Continued from page 1 donated to the South Bend Center for the Homeless will help to fi- provider with the central goal of nance holiday dinners during the making transportation more effi- Christmas season. cient as well as more affordable to “Starting a business isn’t easy, students. Cali said the idea came and we’re learning a ton,” Cali to him when one of his friends said. “We circumvented difficul- experienced frustration with the ties by getting the word out early, transportation to Midwestern talking to students and creating airports. a ‘Request Time’ button on our “My friend, Rory Dunne, took website.” a trip back home to Ireland, and Cali said the input of students is [when he] came back here, [he] crucial to the entire entrepreneur- had a 5-hour layover using the ial process and led to the “Request current transportation service,” Time” button and student inter- Cali said. views. Through student feedback, Cali said it was his friend’s per- Better Cheaper Bus could decide sonal inconvenience that helped when services would assist stu- him to conceive the idea of Better dents the most. Cheaper Bus. “We’re thinking of running it “It was the week before during Christmas ... spring break Thanksgiving ... that we start- and at the end of spring semester,” ed talking about it,” Cali said. Cali said. “Through interviews with stu- Better Cheaper Bus aims to dents, we got a lot of good feed- provide a more efficient option back to make it more efficient.” for transportation, and Cali also Cali said aside from benefitting hopes to make the students’ ex- students, Better Cheaper Bus also periences more comfortable and benefits the South Bend commu- enjoyable. nity by donating 20 percent of its “We’re offering WiFi; we have profits to the South Bend Center phone chargers on board and for the Homeless. hopefully a DVD player. All the “When we were thinking about while, you’re donating 20 percent the business, we realized it typi- of what you spend to charity,” cally fell around certain holi- Cali said. “It’s a simple way to give days,” Cali said. “We figured that back without necessarily lifting a we talk a lot about social respon- finger.” sibility, and the Center came up in our minds really quickly.” Contact Serena Ponio at This donation is the reason [email protected] News ndsmcobserver.com | tuesday, december 9, 2014 | The Observer 5

The difference between dialogue and to build a com- GRC Notre Dame’s Gender munity honoring the human Continued from page 1 Relations Center and other dignity of all students. similar centers at other uni- “As an office in the Division distributing t-shirts in the versities lies in the fact that of Student Affairs, the GRC dining halls and in LaFortune the Notre Dame GRC focuses designs and implements pro- Student Center, Regina on both women and men. grams about healthy relation- Gesicki, assistant director of “This breadth is one unique ships, gender and sexuality educational initiatives at the aspect of the GRC,” Gesicki consistent with the Catholic GRC, said. The design includ- character of the University,” ed a depiction of a tree, with “The GRC designs Gesicki said. “It creates dia- the branches representing and implements logue on campus by collabo- the different topics the GRC rating with student groups, focuses on and its anniver- programs other departments at Notre sary year slogan, “Growing about healthy Dame and community orga- Healthy Relationships since relationships, nizations in South Bend.” 2004,” Gesicki said. gender and Aase said she learned about “We’re planning events the Gender Relations Center throughout the 2014-2015 sexuality during freshmen orienta- academic year,” Gesicki said. consistent with the tion and knew right away she MICHAEL YU | The Observer “In the spring semester, we Catholic character wanted to get involved. Christopher Damian, a 2013 Notre Dame graduate, speaks at a GRC- sponsored event titled “Gay and Catholic” on Oct. 9. plan to host a panel discus- of the University.” “I think the GRC is incred- sion about the GRC’s … alums ibly important because it fa- and staff who have shaped … Regina Gesicki cilitates conversations that all quadrupled from their ini- am I with others? Who am its history.” assistant director of I believe are necessary to tial size, Gesicki said. I with God?” Gesicki said. The Gender Relations educational initiatives have on campus – ones that “We also expanded in ways “We provide opportunities Center opened on a part-time GRC help our community become that allowed us to delve fur- for leadership development basis in the fall of 2004 and be- stronger,” Aase said. “The ther into the intersection- through various roles in our came a full department in the said. “Though loosely mod- GRC puts on programming ality of identities, with the student leader program: Division of Student Affairs in eled on women’s centers at about topics such as healthy hiring of an assistant direc- FIRE Starters, event facilita- the fall of 2005, Gesicki said. other top 25 universities, the relationships, sexual and tor for outreach services, a tors and dorm commission- Heather Rakoczy Russell, the GRC was, from the outset, gender identity and violence position that included ‘Men ers, as well as student office Pangborn Hall Rector at the meant to serve as a resource prevention. & Masculinity’ initiatives in assistants. time, served as the founding for all students at Notre Dame “I think educating people 2012 and assistant director “We strive to provide varied director, Gesicki said. as they navigate healthy rela- on these topics makes the for LGBTQ student concerns opportunities for students to “In the few years prior to tionships, gender and sexu- community a healthier and in 2013,” Gesicki said. learn to develop healthy and the GRC’s founding, the first ality within the Catholic more welcoming place.” The GRC also sponsors safe relationships, while ac- female student body presi- character of the University.” Some notable milestones in various training sessions for knowledging and lifting up dent, Brooke Norton, and The GRC is dedicated to the 10-year history of the GRC students, staff and faculty, the inherent dignity of self other campus student lead- promoting moral formation have included the transition Gesicki said. and other as those created in ers had called for the creation in order to create a healthy from a part-time to a full- “We offer support and guid- God’s likeness.” of a University-sponsored culture at Notre Dame, time staff, Gesicki said. By fall ance to students as they seek ‘Center for Men and Women,’” Gesicki said. It seeks to en- 2010, the GRC’s office space, to answer three important Contact Kayla Mullen at Gesicki said. gage the campus in respectful programming and budget had questions: Who am I? Who [email protected]

said. Rwanda “We witnessed victims and Continued from page 1 perpetrators working to- gether in harmony,” Schulte were looking to highlight said. “We visited a women’s our shared humanity and vegetable cooperative where weave into the fabric of our perpetrators and victims culture that every single life were working together to matters.” support themselves. … It The project began as part was very clear they worked two of Malea’s senior com- with a sense of pride and to- position titled “Storybank,” wards the common good.” which included 26 portraits In interacting with depicting a cross section of Rwandans, Palmer and the Saint Mary’s community, Schulte initiated conversa- Schulte said. tion with the question, “How “One of the participants do you want to be remem- was a woman from Rwanda bered?” The variety of an- whose story inspired me to swers to that question, such journey to her home coun- as “I pray,” was life chang- try with the goal of learning ing, Palmer said. through listening and shar- During their time in ing through art,” Schulte Rwanda, Schulte and Palmer said. lived by the saying, “We

Before journeying to Rwanda, CAITLYN JORDAN | The Observer don’t wait for road to be Schulte and Palmer part- Saint Mary’s alumna, Liz Palmer ‘13, reflects Monday evening in Moreau Center for the Arts on her experi- built; we build them our- nered with People Improving ences in Rwanda, which included meeting both victims and perpetrators of the Rwandan genocide. selves,” a quote adopted Communities through from Pastor John, a friend Organizing (PICO), an inter- communications trainer for as a result of community really are? Ask them not to made in Rwanda, Palmer national, faith-based, non- PICO’s international net- organizing. judge us by the worst day said. Both learned about the governmental organization work, Schulte said. “When one person tells of our life. Ask them to see world and themselves and committed to stimulating com- With pictures taken by a story to another person, the whole person, the whole how to grasp every moment munal growth through organi- Jonathan Bell hanging in the they can change the world,” community — the joy and of life. zation, Schulte said. gallery, Tameka Bell shared Tameka Bell said. “That’s re- the sorrow and the laughter “Time is money, and we “Together we formed a del- her experience during the ally at the center of commu- and the innocence — who don’t know how much time egation of 20 people, and it presentation. In Rwanda, nity organizing.” we really are,’” Tameka Bell we do have, and that’s one included Catholic priests, she witnessed community A meeting with the vice said. thing the Rwandans defi- Lutheran priests, writers, building in numerous lives, president of Rwanda’s senate Rwandans have worked for nitely made clear,” Palmer storytellers, professors and including when a woman inspired the group to share reconciliation and forgive- said. “And yet they live every artists,” Schulte said. died while giving birth dur- the story of their time in ness in the aftermath of the day to the fullest. I think life Two members of the del- ing a long walk to the nearest Rwanda with others, Tameka genocide, Schulte said. The is a series of single moments, egation were Jonathan Bell, hospital, she said. A few days Bell said. Gacaca courts facilitated and we need to grasp that.” a senior communications after the woman’s death, “He said to us, ‘When you healing by allowing perpe- advisor to PICO-Rwanda, a much-needed clinic and go back to the United States, trators a chance to confess Contact Kathryn Marshall at and Tameka Bell, a story and road was finally completed would you tell them who we and ask for forgiveness, she [email protected] 6 The observer | tuesday, december 9, 2014 | ndsmcobserver.com Inside Column Originality: The story of Susan

doing, and do that thing. Then, and only then, would she be W hat’s up, Erin Thomassen original. The Examined Life Susie saw lots of people walking and talking, so she de- cided to do neither in the future. She saw babies crawling Dec. 9th? Be original. It’s the advice Susie got from her parents, and making gaga sounds, so she wouldn’t do that either, college counselors and the Disney Channel. This advice no matter how tempting it was. She saw a frog hopping, stressed Susie out, for Susie realized she was about as origi- but didn’t see any people hopping, so she penciled in hop- Roni Darling nal as a Disney Channel Original Movie. If you have yet to ping as an option (She wasn’t sure yet if it was original and News Writer see High School Musical 1, 2 or 3, that is to say Susie was not didn’t want to jump to any conclusions). very original. Susie saw an old man napping in the park, so she decided Happy pre finals week to all! We are just Susie thought she had an original Halloween costume, to no longer nap. She saw some babies sleeping in their 11 days away from the end of the semester, but it turned out that 23.7 percent of the Notre Dame stu- cradles, so she would no longer sleep. She spotted some and even fewer remain for those lucky dent body also owned a furry animal onesie and decided children playing leapfrog and crossed hopping off of her few. As the days until the end of the se- to wear it on October the 31st. She thought she had original list. mester dwindle, I have, like many (most) likes and dislikes until Facebook told her that 24,587 other Susie was somewhat limited on her transportation op- of us, lost almost all sense of creativity. people also liked guacamole facials. Susie thought she was tions, as she chose to no longer walk, crawl or hop. Inspired Instead of riddling you with the quintes- the only one to cheer against the ND football team until she by some birds, she decided she could try flying. She didn’t sential “finals survival guide,” I thought met every Michigan fan. If you’re not getting the point yet, have wings and couldn’t drink Redbull (not original), so she it would be nice to acknowledge some Susie both tried and failed to be original. boogied (instead of walking) to the airport. Waiting for her events that took place on this day in his- Susie would not give up. Whenever there was a lull in flight, she got tired and almost fell asleep, but could not let tory. In the lull of my studies I came across the conversation, Susie tried to make an original insight, herself do so, as she remembered the old man napping in a website that lists events in chronological such as 1) Hey, what if what I see as blue is what you see as the park. order that took place Dec. 9. I apologize red? 2) Hey, what if our dreams are reality, and reality is She kept herself awake until her flight arrived and boo- for slapping all of you studying for history a dream? and 3) Hey, can you really bite your finger off as gied on board. The flight attendant stopped her and told her finals with even more dates. In case some easily as a carrot? she was allowed only one carry-on and had two bags under of these events ever happen to show up on Susie offered these profound thoughts and waited for her her eyes. Susie wanted to slap the aforementioned flight trivia, you’re welcome. new acquaintances to gawk at her awesome brainpower. attendant, but had seen other people slap people in movies 1793 — Noah Webster establishes New Instead, they shrugged or nodded, mentioning they had when they were offended. She had never seen anyone do York’s 1st daily newspaper, American heard that before. the Macarena when they were insulted, and she was al- Minerva. Those shrugs, nods and mentions slit Susie’s soul, shed- ready warmed up from boogieing, so she did the Macarena 1926 — USGA legalizes steel shaft golf ding type-B blood (This is a sneaky way of implying that until the flight attendant gave up and let her on board. clubs. even her blood was unoriginal. Oooh metaphor, it’s so deep That is when Susie realized how much fun it could be to 1941 — Hitler orders US ships and cheesy and wonderful, like a huge bowl of nachos). do what other people didn’t do. Other people didn’t like torpedoed. Susie picked herself up and brushed herself off from getting weird looks, so Susie loved it. Other people didn’t 1953 — General Electric announces all these disappointments and decided she needed to come up like having their sanity questioned, so Susie loved it. Other communist employees will be fired. with some truly original material if anyone was ever going people didn’t like getting arrested for causing disturbances, 1963 — Frank Sinatra Jr. is kidnapped. to find her interesting. Then she realized that lots of people so Susie loved it. 1965 — “A Charlie Brown Christmas” pick themselves up and brush themselves off, so she picked Doing downward dog in her prison cell (she couldn’t premieres. herself down and brushed herself on. Then she got to werkk sit because the other prisoners were sitting), Susie took a 1967 — Jim Morrison arrested on stage (her original spelling of work). good look at the other inmates and decided none of them for disturbing the peace. Susie made a list of original things that only she had looked happy. So, of course, Susie had to become the happi- 1968 — KRNE TV channel 12 in thought of, but got stuck after “parents are not potatoes.” est inmate who ever existed. Finally, she was original, and Merriman, NB (PBS) begins broadcasting. She was pretty sure she was the only one who confused her finally, she was truly happy. She just had to forget that she 1968 — NLS (a system for which hyper- father with Mr. Potato Head as a child. When she was baby- was wearing the same orange uniform as everyone else. text and the computer mouse were de- sitting, though, she learned that an unfortunate number of veloped) is publicly demonstrated for the children spend more time with Mr. Potato Head than with Erin Thomassen is a sophomore studying mechanical first time in San Francisco. their fathers who werkk overtime and likewise confuse engineering. Send her comments or questions about her san- 1978 — The first game of Women’s Pro their starchy parent with a starchy vegetable. ity at [email protected] Basketball League (WBL), Chicago Hustle Now Susie gave up on her list. She decided instead to The views expressed in this column are those of the author vs. Milwaukee Does. observe those around her, find the thing that no one is and not necessarily those of The Observer. 1983 — United States performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site. 1985 — Phoenix Arizona, gets 3” of Editorial Cartoon snow (Hmm…). 1987 — Larry Bird ends streak of 59 consecutive free throws. 1988 — New York Yankees sign 12-year television contract with MSG for $500M. 1989 — “Les Miserables” opens at Princess Theatre, Melbourne. 1993 — “My Fair Lady” opens at Virginia Theater NYC for 165 performances. 2005 — “Brokeback Mountain,” star- ring Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal, is released. 2013 — No. 89 jersey (Ditka) is retired by the Chicago Bears. Also, a happy 56th birthday to Donny Osmond! But wait! There are many other events listed that I did not mention due to my limited word count. If you would like to inquire more about Dec. 9 or any other day of the year, you can check out the site, http://www.brainyhistory.com/days for yourself.

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society. Agreements like this serve to assert the suprem- Billy McMahon Signed in December 1992 and effective as of acy of multinational corporations over the public Blue Collar Blues January 1994, the NAFTA was promoted as the interest. Provisions in the NAFTA ban member future of the globalizing economy. Promises came countries from making labor or environmental In August of this year, I traveled deep into from the leaders of all three countries involved laws that threaten corporate profits under the rebel territory in Chiapas, Mexico, to the jungle that the agreement would stimulate economic agreement’s guarantees and allow corporate in- compound of “La Realidad” — a major base of growth while freeing businesses to import and terests to sue countries for hundreds of millions operations for the Zapatista Army of National export to mutual gain. Rises in Gross Domestic of dollars in those cases. The indigenous revolu- Liberation. I was welcomed by the masked revo- Product (GDP) were hailed as proof positive that tionaries who welcomed me into their collectiv- lutionaries and invited to stay as long as I liked. free trade was working. ized territory this summer rebelled because the They called me “compañero” and asked me to Unfortunately, you can’t eat GDP. Hundreds of NAFTA stripped provisions for land reform and write of their global struggle against neolib- thousands of manufacturing jobs were lost in the peasants’ rights from the Mexican Constitution eral capitalism, which they call the War Against United States as business owners moved their with the full complicity of the state. “Free trade” Oblivion. Their 20 years of rebellion began on factories to Mexico. Although manufacturing serves only one master, and that is the small class January 1, 1994 — the day the North American workers in Mexico might have been glad for the of individuals who own nearly all the world’s Free Trade Agreement went into effect. From new work, corn farmers were devastated as heav- capital. union halls in Chicago to rebel villages in ily subsidized corn from the United States drove So enter the Trans-Pacific Partnership. We don’t Chiapas, the new era of global “free trade” has them off their land. Individual workers rose or fell know what it says, and the President is asking been denounced as an affront to workers’ rights with the NAFTA, but working people at large took for “fast track” power to sign it without congres- and human dignity. a loss as wages and workplace standards fell. sional debate or alteration. From leaked sections, This Wednesday, President Obama clashed with For all the talk of a new era of free enterprise we know it would subject all member states to labor unions and their supporters over the pro- and a global market thriving with innovation, corporate tribunals with the power to strike down posed Trans-Pacific Partnership. Encompassing “free trade” bore more bitter fruit — consolida- national, state or local laws if they run counter 12 countries and some 800 million people, the tion. New mechanisms for lowering wages, es- to guarantees made by the treaty to corpora- Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is the NAFTA on a caping workplace safety regulations and forcing tions. We know that punitive intellectual prop- larger stage. Including the original NAFTA coun- more government subsidies helped the largest erty clauses are likely to make the price of vital tries — Canada, the United States and Mexico — conglomerates consume more and more of the medicines in the developing world skyrocket. We plus Vietnam, Malaysia, Australia, Chile, Brunei, international market. know that it will lead to a greater consolidation New Zealand, Singapore, Peru and Japan, the TPP The greatest problem with the NAFTA has of wealth into a few hands. We know that workers promises to rewrite the terms of international been the issue of rights. There is “free trade” for will suffer. So let’s stand up against the march of trade on a massive scale. the owning class, while the working class is left neoliberalism and let those in power know that After years of secret negotiations between behind. The NAFTA provides for the free flow we won’t be fooled again. governments and corporations, the proposed of capital but not of labor, meaning that when treaty has drawn fire for both its content and the jobs move, workers are not free to follow them. Billy McMahon is a senior studying Latin American process that has produced it. The Trans-Pacific Temporary work visa programs exist, but are lim- history and is active in the labor movement. He Partnership takes the framework of the NAFTA, ited, regulated in ways capital is not, and put even welcomes all comments at [email protected] increases the scale and adds provisions even more more power over a worker’s fate in the hands of The views expressed in this column are those of the harmful to the maintenance of a free and fair the boss. author and not necessarily those of The Observer.

Letters to the editor Hoops spring eternal

One of the most delightful things about bas- rat and hoops freak, I think we can attribute a around for an old, ratty Pink Panther costume, ketball is that it has the power and magic to take touch of your early success to the wacky, garish, too. one’s mind off a South Bend winter. This season awesome retro uniforms. School bus yellow and Bring on the ACC and bring back the energy of demonstrates that vividly. script “Irish,” who knew? Keep channelling that the ACC (the Athletic and Convocation Center). Coach McGraw and the women continue to de- Shumate-Brokaw-Dantley-Duck-Dice-Dwight- All the best, light, entertain and inspire us all. We would have Digger energy. You have done the impossible again loved to have beaten UConn, but our time will — you’ve made winter in Michiana entertaining. Tim Boyle come again. The only missing ingredient is the theme from Class of 1977 To Coach Brey, you got some mojo working “Hogan’s Heroes.” Look deep into ND hoops Cedar Rapids, Iowa again for you. As a ‘70s alum, Rock and Pit gym arcana and you will catch the reference. Look Dec. 7 You are fine

Dear Notre Dame, we want to celebrate that and let our inner lights shine. We wanted to express an appreciation for beauty I LOVE make-up. I love trying new products and beyond appearances. Not wearing make-up was a way You are Fine. matching the color of my eyeliner to my outfit. I love in which we thought we could bring widespread recog- Farley introduced our new signature event, Be Fine, showing my Irish spirit by wearing gold sparkles on nition to the matter at hand. The fact that people are last Thursday. While many members of the Notre Dame game days. Ask any of my lovely roommates, and they having conversations about Be Fine is exciting! Our goal community expressed excitement about the event, I am will tell you my morning routine includes 15 minutes of was to raise awareness and encourage conversation, aware of both concerns and negative reactions across make-up application (while simultaneously drinking and that is what we have done. campus. my absolutely necessary coffee, of course). If you do have suggestions for the growth of Be Fine Be Fine was not a day to attack makeup or to put any Make-up had nothing to do with Be Fine. Refraining or other ideas on how to address the issues we hoped to type of importance on physical appearance. Be Fine from make-up for a day was our way to invite oth- bring awareness to, please let us know. Farley is always was a day to promote healthy self-image and confi- ers to bring recognition to the societal expectations looking for ways in which we can serve and love those dence. It was a celebration of all the unique charac- placed on the appearance of females and the negative around us. teristics that make each and every one of us Fine. Our consequences of those expectations. Is there a reason definition of natural beauty is not simply a makeup-free interview etiquette advises women to “Choose a color Finest wishes, face. Natural beauty encompasses so much more. It is that complements your skin tone and hair color?” the way we laugh or the way we care about others. It is (The ND Career & Job Search Guide, 2013-2014). Is the Casey Skevington sharing musical talents or feats of athleticism, or even Photoshopping of images sending the wrong message president the ability to remain calm and collected in stressful to young girls? When is wearing makeup a choice versus Farley Hall situations. Natural beauty is different for everyone, and something you feel required to do? Dec. 7 8 The observer | tuesday, december 9, 2014 | ndsmcobserver.com

My personal favorite source is The Tie Bar. On their front cable-knit fisherman sweater, these beauties have the Daniel Barabasi page they offer personal styling based on your occasion, substance and warmth that you want once the chill sets Scene Writer shirt type and comfort level, and the results are spot-on. in. Then, as green re-emerges, they can be dug back If you’re completely lost on what to choose, get an urban out to enjoy the woods in style. Just as they blend heat Winter semester, deceptively named “spring term,” stripe, the modern remake of the classic power stripe tie. and elegance, a chunky sweater will convey the gruff, can be a time of stylistic regression. Take the gifts and What to avoid unless you really know what you’re doing: outdoorsy man and the creative soul of Hemingway all time Christmas break offers to refresh your wardrobe the collection of printed, “conversational” ties your dad in one. When specifically should you wear it? Holiday and delay the onset of the daily groutfit. Don’t know keeps around for casual Fridays. All regular ties are $15 parties, shoveling snow, jetting off ski slopes or cradling what to ask for? Here are a few tips: on The Tie Bar, with designer collaborations running at a mug of hot chocolate in one hand and a novel in the $25 apiece. other. Alterations on your suit You wear your suit on the most important occasions A tweed blazer Joggers of your life. As January rolls around, you’ll start having The winter coat of blazers. In the bone-rattling winters You have enough sweatpants emblazoned with the interviews for future positions, presentations in your of Indiana, it can be an extra layer, and in the spring and Notre Dame logo. What’s the difference you ask? Joggers classes and formals to show off your sartorial class, so fall, you can use it to replace a light jacket. The versatility are loose near the top, but get tight through the legs. you’ll want the suit that makes a difference. Even if it’s a of this piece also amazes: You can throw it on with jeans Weird, you say? Just think for a moment, why are tight- hand-me-down, having a suit tailored to fit makes you and a T-shirt, or wear it to a holiday party with the same fitting leggings a girl’s go-to? The slim leg portion pro- look on top of your game, even if you’re focusing on con- jeans, a button-down and the tie you snagged off The Tie vides the comfort of sweats cloth with the extra, er, space taining your nerves. Wearing a baggy suit is just as out Bar. you might near the waist. Plus they look a lot more fash- of style as baggy jeans are, and no one should look like a When browsing colors, avoid the browns, unless you’re ionable, even if you’re still wearing it with a ND hoodie. Zoot Suit Riot enthusiast. trying to be mistaken for someone’s philosophy profes- sor. Snag a grey herringbone for a classic or a dark blue as Socks Ties, especially from The Tie Bar a risk. Elbow patches optional. Everyone needs socks. Running out of socks means Everyone loves ties; it is scientifically proven. To be on doing laundry. Don’t run out of socks. your game, snag a couple slimmer, 2.5-inch-wide ties to A fisherman, or any chunky, sweater go with your newly fitted suit. I never understood why If I could choose one article of clothing to wear for Contact Daniel Barabasi at [email protected]. men began to wear wider and wider ties, but thankfully, the rest of the eternity that is winter, it would be a thick, The views expressed in this column are those of the “Mad Men” reminded us of the glorious 1960s slim ties. chunky, knit sweater. Be it a Fair Isle cardigan or a author and not necessarily those of The Observer.

By CAELIN MILTKO prostitute and a communist. At the end of the game, the how strange the opposites were. Perhaps the best bit was Scene Writer first artist was asked to guess who/what the three con- her parody of girls talking about a night out the way guys testants were (she was spot on with Paris Hilton, guessed are often depicted to do. Justine Marino and the Humor Artists performed at the male prostitute after a few more hints and took a little She commented a few times on the oddities of Notre Legends on Saturday night just before Hip Hop Night was while with the communist). Dame and specifically parietals. Marino asked the au- cancelled due to a power outage. The Humor Artists introduced Justine Marino as a dience if we went out, hooked up and then went home The Humor Artists were on first, performing their im- game of “45-minute monologue” and left the stage for her alone or if car hook-ups were still a thing at Notre Dame. prov games for the audience. They started off with “Four bit. She was complimentary of her opening act and talked This led into a couple of stories from her own experience Corners,” in which four of the performers take prompts a little bit about her own beginnings in improv before go- at an all-girls Catholic high school. in pairs from the audience and rotate when called for a ing into the main part of her set. Her show also included bits about what it means to be new prompt. A couple of themes recurred during her monologue. basic, what your tour guide at Universal Studios is actu- The next game they played was “Replay.” Three of the The first was her strong desire to learn either the shmon- ally thinking and how 90s television shows are still rel- artists performed a scene based on an adjective and ey dance or the nay-nay dance. evant today. noun provided by the audience (“Slippery Finland”) and It was kindled by her knowledge that Hip Hop Night The audience for her show was small, and at times, it then were asked to replay it using different emotions and was to follow her show, and she wanted one of the au- was clear that her bits would work better with a larger then again with a different genre. During the emotions dience members to show her how to do it. One of the crowd. She tried to engage the audience members, call- section, we learned “constipation” was an emotion, at students in the back claimed to know it (or his friends ing out a few members for texting and posing for the least at a Humor Artists’ show. claimed he did) but there never was an answer on how to camerawoman. The highlight of their performance was perhaps the perform the shmoney. For those who missed it, Justine Marino is featured in “Dating Game.” One of the artists leaves the stage while One of the best bits of the show was her discussion of Jenny McCarthy’s “Dirty Sexy Funny” on Netflix and has three others are assigned (1) a celebrity, (2) a strange job the different ways guys and girls get ready for a night out. a couple videos available online at justinemarino.com. and (3) a strange habit/belief. She imitated guys and girls performing the different ste- The three contestants were Paris Hilton, a male reotypical things they do to get ready and reflected on Contact Caelin Miltko at [email protected]

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By EMILIE KEFALAS before the addition of the “musical” portion. Williams, perhaps known best for her role as Marnie Scene Writer Every actor onstage must be a triple threat, but Hook Michaels on HBO’s “Girls” (and for being the daughter needs to be the scene-stealer. Walken was a scene-stealer of NBC’s “Nightly News” host Brian Williams), shines I watched “Peter Pan: Live!” primarily to see if my in that audiences were reduced to pushing him along like brightest as Peter Pan when the focus is not on her limit- doubts could be assuaged by the opening credits. The parents encouraging a baby to walk (“Go on, you can do ed dancing skills but on the emotion she effectively emits first shrill of the orchestra from Grumman Studios in it, come on”). He fell flat on his face for such a recogniz- during the broadcast’s quieter moments. Her best scenes Bethpage, New York led a whimsical rush of musical able role. No amount of fairy dust could levitate the mus- include her gentle yet heart-tugging number, “When I score lighting up a bird’s eye view of London in minia- cles in his face to form an expression beyond “Hey, I’m Went Home,” and her reactions to internal pain, such as ture, the camera panning seamlessly to the home of the Christopher Walken.” the clutching her heart in uncertainty about how to inter- Darling family. High expectations had been laid for this As Saturday Night Live pointed out this weekend, Hook pret the heartbreak of seeing Wendy, her brothers and the production since its first preview, but thankfully, they should still be able to carry a tune despite having one Lost Boys go back to London to grow up, never to return weren’t too high for the work of a sprinkle of fairy dust. hand. The overall performance wasn’t Walken portray- to Neverland. Peter Pan returned to NBC for the fourth time since ing the notorious Captain Hook. He was Captain Hook Whatever sins I spotted and nitpicked, they were nearly 1955, but this time, he brought along additional songs wearing the skin and acting with the mediocre energy of forgotten by the production’s end scene, a bittersweet re- from various revivals, entirely new songs and the resto- a seriously miscast Walken. union between Peter and a grown-up Wendy (played by a ration of a song that had been cut from the musical be- Speaking of the dear Captain, he is typically portrayed refreshing Minnie Driver, also the show’s narrator). The fore its original Broadway premiere in 1954. The original by the same actor as Mr. Darling, a mind-bending juxta- emotional weight within these final minutes transcends 1954 Broadway production starred Mary Martin as Peter, position between the story’s dual motifs of imagination the miscasting of Walken and the half-hearted delivery commencing a continued tradition of females cast in the and reality. This Mr. Darling (Christian Borle) doubles of lines. role, and Cyril Ritchard as Captain Hook. not as Hook but as his dim-witted, pirate partner-in- Growing up in a physical sense is out of our hands. The mindset of many tuning in to this year’s NBC live crime, Mr. Smee. Smee and Hook’s slimy pirate league Maturing comes with acceptance of that physical trans- musical broadcast was largely divided on the basis of two make for one of the show’s strengths, along with the fan- formation. Time in our world is measured in technical, elements: known-name casting and the potential to one- cy footwork of Peter Pan’s Lost Boys. practical and serious terms. However, Neverland knows up last year’s “The Sound of Music.” If Carrie Underwood At least Mr. and Mrs. Darling (Kelli O’Hara) were tal- no such measurements. was the Achilles’ heel of NBC’s casting, Christopher ents pulled from the Great White Way, speaking and It is a mixture of everything Peter Pan embodies: Walken (Captain Hook) was the same diagnosis on the singing in sophisticated English accents. The children youth, joy and freedom. We all want to go to Neverland, if other foot. The man possesses that coveted gift of subtle, played pretend with heavily forced tongues bordering only to hold those memories which we will have forever, dry humor acting capable of creating relatable charac- on Cockney. All of the premature plot unfolded predict- long past our maturity into adulthood. This is the ulti- ters out of a stereotype. Here, unfortunately, he is the ably yet nostalgically, thanks in part to the tremendous mate theme of “Peter Pan,” and it is exactly what makes stereotype. Christmas-themed set. The cast was perfect in the molds the end title a fulfilling conclusion to an otherwise off- As far as villains in children’s literature go, none are they knew they had to fill as iconic characters, relishing beat production. You want to return to Neverland despite quite as classically vile and likable as Captain Hook. His in their chance to be the next generation’s Wendy (Taylor whatever elements of its setting and people you did not name is enough to send shivers down the spines of the Louderman), John (Jake Lucas), Michael (John Allyn) wholly appreciate. young and also prompt laughs from adults. Establishing and, of course, the Boy-Who-Never-Grew-Up (Allison and maintaining that equilibrium is demanding enough Williams). Contact Emilie Kefalas at [email protected]

By JIMMY KEMPER and an opening with Swiss yodeling, so you know it has cues, creating a rather unnerving experience that is right Scene Writer to be good. on point for this film. The songs all seem to have this sense of false optimism that requires digging through It has been a great year for movies, which also means #3 — “The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1” the layers to find the chilling depths below. And boy does that it has been a great year for movie soundtracks. Lorde has to be feeling like the Katniss Everdeen of the this soundtrack have layers. The amount of effort this Soundtrack songs are special, not only because of the music world right now. After her meteoric rise thanks to power group put into this album is ridiculous and defi- emotional significance they can convey on their own, smash hit “Royals” and the universal praise of her debut nitely worth a listen. but also because of the inseparable ties they construct LP “Pure Heroine,” the eighteen-year-old New Zealander between the audio and visual realms. It is important to is at the forefront of pop music. #1 — “Guardians of the Galaxy” note that in the following list, these are not necessar- Her latest effort, curating the soundtrack for “The OOGA CHAKA OOGA OOGA OOGA CHAKA ily the best films of the year, but the best soundtracks. Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1,” is no exception If the opening to Blue Swede’s “Hooked on a Feeling” They augmented the films well by creating extra emo- to her magnificence. Enlisting the help of a ridiculous doesn’t get you pumped, you’re either dead inside or tional layers. With this in mind, here are my top movie number of artists including CHVRCHES, Haim, Pusha T, have been living under a rock for the past 40 years, or at soundtracks of 2014: Charli XCX, Major Lazer, The Chemical Brothers and like least since the first trailers for G“ uardians of the Galaxy” a gazillion others, Lorde has mashed together what feels were released. Director James Gunn cherry-picked the #4 — “The Grand Budapest Hotel” like a “who’s who” of the music scene right now into a ri- best songs of the seventies to provide cultural reference Wes Anderson’s “The Grand Budapest Hotel” is one of diculously great mixtape. points and ground main protagonist Starlord and the rest the quirkiest films of the year, so naturally it has to have of this ridiculously awesome space opera to Earth. The one of the most eclectic and unconventional soundtracks. #2 — “Gone Girl” tracks are unique in that they provide an unparalleled Alexandre Desplat definitely brings his eclectic A-Game Director David Fincher has worked with Atticus Ross level of accessibility through its powerful nostalgia that to this soundtrack, incorporating flamingo guitars, and Nine Inch Nails frontman Trent Reznor before on can register with older audiences and millennials like me church organs, spooky pianos and a music box interlude “The Social Network” and “The Girl with the Dragon who grew up on these songs. And on top of all that, the among a plethora of other instruments to properly dis- Tattoo,” but this is by far the best soundtrack they have soundtrack is just plain fun. play the relationship between a legendary concierge and put together so far. The “Gone Girl” soundtrack creates a his new lobby boy. It also features a Russian folk orchestra sense of ambiguity and has a noticeable lack of emotional Contact Jimmy Kemper at [email protected]

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and it would be fun to watch the Associated Press our team, this is a big game." were going to go out and win Josh Dulany upstart Wildcats square off with Houston lost to the Colts 33- the game and that they were go- Sports Writer everyone’s favorite underdog. HOUSTON — The Houston 28 in the first meeting this sea- ing to play better over the last Texans took care of business son after falling behind 24-0 in half of the game," O'Brien said. The holiday season is here. The 6. Alamo Bowl: Kansas State against two bad teams. a disastrous first quarter. The "I think that has improved over turkeys have come and gone; the vs. UCLA Now they are moving on to Texans were forced to punt on the year." impending doom of finals is in the Bill Snyder’s determined, hard- face much tougher competi- their first three possessions in The Texans could have to face air, and it’s beginning to look and working bunch against Jim Mora’s tion, starting with Sunday's trip that game and the Colts recov- Indianapolis without Andre sound like Christmas. UCLA team that look like world- to Indianapolis, a place where ered an onside kick to build the Johnson after the receiver suf- However, I will be spending beaters one week and then forget they've never won. big lead. fered a concussion on a hel- my Christmas far away from this how to play football the next. Brett Coach Bill O'Brien doesn't O'Brien doesn't like to talk met-to-helmet hit on Sunday. winter wonderland. In fact, I will Hundley is always fun to watch, have to say anything to his team about the past, but he is remind- O'Brien said Johnson will have be in the sunny and 75-degree and Jake Waters has been under about its history in Indianapolis ing his team about its struggles to go through the concussion weather that Ethiopia offers. Yet, the radar all year, just like his "We're well aware that we in that one. protocol and that he'll be listed while Ethiopia has no snow, it also Wildcats. have not won there," O'Brien "The thing that happened in day to day this week. has no cable TV. So, although I will said. the last Indianapolis game can- If he can't go the Texans could have family and food, football will 5. Sugar Bowl: Alabama vs. The Colts are in first place not happen," O'Brien said. "If it rely more heavily on slot re- be sorely lacking — especially col- Ohio State in the AFC South, two games does, we have no chance ... we ceiver Damaris Johnson, who lege football bowl games. I am less excited about this ahead of second-place Houston can't get down like that to a re- has 250 yards receiving and a Yes, you may have heard, there game than some because I don’t with three games left in the reg- ally good football team and ex- touchdown in limited action is a college football playoff this like either team and really just ular season. The Texans have pect to win, especially on the this season. year. The committee has laid out never find it fun to watch both of already won five more games road." "That slot position is a very im- its picks, and everyone outside of them play. Still, Saban and Meyer than they did in last year's 2-14 The Texans have won two portant position for us," O'Brien Texas is content with them. But are two of the best ever, and it will season, but are still aiming games in a row for the first time said. "We certainly want it to be there are also 32 more bowl games be fun to watch the chess match higher. since the first two weeks of the more involved probably than it that will take place from Dec. 20 play out between them. However, O'Brien and the Texans don't season and O'Brien believes his has been this year." to Jan. 4. I will be able to watch Saban has a few more NFL-bound talk about their possibilities for team has grown since the last Houston's defense was bol- exactly zero of these games. I will pieces and isn’t using his third- the postseason because they game against the Colts. Houston stered by the return of corner- not see another snap of college string quarterback. Advantage know there's no way they'll get trailed 13-10 at halftime on back Kareem Jackson, who had football action until the National goes to the Tide. there if they don't focus on each Sunday before rallying for a 27- missed three games with a knee Championship game on Jan. 12. opponent. 13 victory over Jacksonville. injury. It's a unit that has been That’s 38 bowl games I’m 4. Orange Bowl: Mississippi "This game right here is a "I thought our guys came led all season by defensive end missing out on. That’s tough to State vs. Georgia Tech playoff game," O'Brien said. "As in at halftime and really had a J.J. Watt, who had another big stomach for me. I mean, not all 38 Two teams that have exceeded far as that's concerned, as far as resolve about them that they game on Sunday. games are going to be great. I am expectations and have thrilling less than heartbroken to miss out dual-threat quarterbacks. Can on the GoDaddy Bowl showdown Tech knock off another SEC pow- between Toledo and Arkansas erhouse or will Dak Prescott put a State. final exclamation point on a fan- Colts acknowledge There are still a lot of great tastic season for the Bulldogs? matchups though. So, I thought I’d at least write about them for a bit. 3. Peach Bowl: TCU vs. Ole Wayne’s triceps injury Below are the top 10 bowl games I Miss wish I were able to watch. The Horned Frogs will be disap- Associated Press 100 percent. been the model of consistency. pointed to have not made the top Since sitting out against He had seven straight 1,000-yard 10. Texas Bowl: Texas vs. four, and Ole Miss knows it was INDIANAPOLIS — Colts Pittsburgh on Oct. 26, Wayne seasons, topped the 100-catch Arkansas literally an inch — and a Laquon coach Chuck Pagano has an has only 17 receptions for 207 mark three times in four years Is anyone going to score in this Treadwell injury — from a very explanation for Reggie Wayne’s yards and one touchdown in and is tied with Peyton Manning game? Both teams are brutal in different season. These are two recent struggles — the six-time five games. Two of the past three for most games (208) and most the trenches, and both teams talented teams, and it should be Pro Bowler has been playing games have been especially wins (141) in franchise history. are brutal to watch on offense. an electrifying affair. with a torn left triceps. difficult. Wayne could break those re- Arkansas will probably be able Until Sunday, Indianapolis Wayne was targeted eight cords if he plays in Sunday’s reg- to run enough to get by the 2. Cotton Bowl: Baylor vs. had only acknowledged Wayne times Sunday and dropped ular season home finale. Longhorns, but I would watch Michigan State had injured his left elbow Oct. 19 three. He finished with one Indy (9-4) also can clinch its to see these old Southwestern Baylor may feel even more against Cincinnati. catch for 5 yards, ending an NFL second straight AFC South title Conference rivals hammer it out. snubbed than TCU, and Michigan But after beating Cleveland record streak of 82 consecutive with a win over Houston (7-6) State will be ruing the big op- 25-24, Pagano inadvertently games with three or more re- this weekend. 9. Liberty Bowl: Texas A&M portunities that it let get away this mentioned on Sunday’s post- ceptions, though he did run the But Pagano isn’t giving away vs. West Virginia season. The Bears have a chance game radio show that Wayne key rub route that led to Andrew his plans yet. This game would be the polar to send a message about the Big had been battling an assort- Luck’s winning touchdown pass “We’ll do whatever gives us opposite of the one above, as it’s 12’s supremacy over the Big Ten, ment of injuries including a to T.Y. Hilton. the best chance to win and obvi- possible no one will even bother to and Michigan State is looking for a “torn tri” before stopping in Two weeks earlier, in a win ously, what’s best for the player,” play defense. This should be a fun second straight big bowl victory. mid-sentence. over Jacksonville, Luck threw he said. track-meet of a contest where both “You know what, he battles two short passes to Wayne in Not disclosing accurate injury teams chase 50 points. 1. Rose Bowl: Oregon vs. every week, coming back from the waning minutes to keep information can be a violation Florida State the knee, the elbow, a lot of the reception streak alive. After of league rules. 8. Outback Bowl: Auburn vs. The last two Heisman winners. nagging stuff that’s difficult for Wayne got his third reception, Late last week, NFL officials Wisconsin The team that’s looked the most anybody to deal with,” Pagano Luck started going to his knee. said they would “look into” Two great rushing attacks here. dominant versus the team that said Monday after acknowledg- With his contract about to the reasoning behind omit- Melvin Gordon is a Heisman final- has just refused to lose. Oregon ing the two arm injuries were expire, Wayne’s declining pro- ting Dallas quarterback Tony ist, and the Auburn high-tempo trying to finally break through connected. ductivity has led to speculation Romo’s injured ribs from the running game has been the foun- against the defending national “There’s something there be- about the future of a 36-year-old weekly report. The league has dation of the Tigers' recent resur- champions who have won 29 (!) cause we know the player Reggie receiver who missed the last not commented on it since then, gence under Gus Malzahn. straight games. I can’t believe I’m is and how he contributes and nine regular-season games in and coach Jason Garrett said going to miss it. how he can make the clutch 2013 with a torn ACL in his right Monday he believes it is a “non- 7. Fiesta Bowl: Arizona vs. catch and all those things.” knee. issue” and has not heard back Boise State Contact Josh Dulany at Clearly, Wayne hasn’t been Through the years, Wayne has from the league. The Broncos return to where [email protected] their heartwarming romp through The views expressed in this The Observer accepts classifieds every business day from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Notre Dame office, the hearts of everyone outside Sports Authority are those of the 024 South Dining Hall. 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NCAA BASKETBALL | BUTLER 93, KSU 51; MIAMI 70, SSU 39; PURDUE 63, IPFW 43 NHL | DEVILS 2, HURRICANES 1; RANGERS 4, PENGUINS 3 (OT) Butler cruises to win after Jagr nets goal in climbing to 15th in AP poll Devils victory

Associated Press seven rebounds and seven with 10:22 left. Associated Press scoring with a second-peri- assists. Butler was 16 of 25 from od goal. Cam Ward made 14 INDIANAPOLIS — Yonel Brown had 14 points the field in the first half and RALEIGH, N.C. — Jaromir saves for the Hurricanes. Roosevelt Jones scored 14 for the Owls (3-7), who have led 52-27 at the break. Jagr had a goal and an as- Carolina registered the of his 19 points in the first lost three in a row. Delbert The Bulldogs moved up sist in his 1,500th NHL first 13 shots on goal in the half, and No. 15 Butler beat Love and Orlando Coleman eight spots in this week’s game, and the New Jersey third and ended up with a Kennesaw State 93-51 on each scored 11. AP poll from No. 23. They Devils defeated the Carolina 17-1 edge in the period. Monday night. The Bulldogs led by as knocked off in-state ri- Hurricanes 2-1 Monday The 42-year-old Jagr set Kelan Martin had 17 points many as 26 points in the first val Indiana State and beat night. up Henrique’s goal, moving and Kellen Dunham added half. They had an early 10-2 Northwestern 65-56 last Devils goalie Cory the puck around the back of 13 for the Bulldogs (8-2), run and took a 32-15 lead week to land the team’s Schneider made 39 saves, the net and hitting his team- who have won four straight when Austin Etherington highest ranking since it was including 17 in the third mate with a pass. games. Jones finished with converted a three-point play No. 9 in January 2013. period. Jagr has 710 career goals Adam Henrique scored the and 1,062 assists. go-ahead goal on a power Faulk’s goal came on the play with 13.4 seconds re- 13th shot of the game for maining in the second pe- the Hurricanes, who failed No. 20 Miami bounces riod for the Devils, who won to score more than twice for only the second time in in any of the five games on eight games. their homestand. The defen- back following first defeat Jagr’s fifth of the season seman took a pass in the slot tied the score with 5:15 left from Andrej Nestrasil before Associated Press after Sheldon McClellan’s surge for Miami. in the second when he took firing a shot past Schneider. two free throws with 2:53 The Hurricanes had their a pass from Scott Gomez, New Jersey killed off a CORAL GABLES, Fla. — remaining. Miami outscored biggest lead of the half at 27- who finished with two as- Carolina power play in the Angel Rodriguez scored 17 Savannah State 36-16 in the 10 on McClellan’s dunk with sists in his fourth game of third period when former points and No. 20 Miami re- second half. 4:46 remaining. the season. Hurricanes forward Tuomo sponded from its first loss McClellan and Lecomte Demarcus Bryant hit con- Carolina defenseman Ruutu was in the penalty box of the season and routed each finished with 15 secutive 3-pointers as the Justin Faulk opened the for boarding. Savannah State 70-39 on points for the Hurricanes, Tigers (3-7) outscored the Monday night. who dropped five spots in Hurricanes 13-3 in the next The Hurricanes (9-1) nev- the rankings following a 3:14. Jamal Norman’s dunk er trailed and increased an 68-55 home loss against with 1:32 remaining ended 11-point halftime lead with Wisconsin-Green Bay on the spurt and cut Miami’s Rangers rebound a 13-2 spurt in the open- Saturday. lead to 30-23. ing 6:39 of the second half. Rodriguez’s 3-pointer and Bryant led the Tigers with Manu Lecomte’s 3-point play three free throws in the first nine points. from blown lead with 13:21 remaining ended 8:20 helped the Hurricanes Two free throws each the surge and gave Miami its start the game with a 17-4 from Deandre Burnett and Associated Press the third. Marc-Andre Fleury first 20-point lead at 46-25. lead. Tonye Jekiri’s layup Rodriguez in the final 1:04 stopped 25 shots for the The Hurricanes had their with 11:40 remaining in the gave the Hurricanes a 34-23 NEW YORK (AP) — Kevin Penguins, who have dropped first 30-point led at 64-33 first half ended the early lead at halftime. Klein, bloodied earlier by a two of three overall and two high stick that ripped off part of three to the Rangers this of his ear, fired in a slap shot season. 3:45 into overtime to give Malkin started the come- Purdue finishes strong to the New York Rangers a 4-3 back with his 15th goal at victory over the Pittsburgh 15:17, and Downie tied it Penguins on Monday night. with his fourth after Rangers Klein, a defenseman show- defenseman Marc Staal take down in-state rival ing off his offensive skills couldn’t handle a bouncing recently, scored for the sec- puck. Downie also assisted Associated Press 13 points each, and Isaac Mastodons a 3-0 lead, then ond straight game and for on Spaling’s goal. Haas added 10, all in the first countered with a 26-5 burst the sixth time this season, a Pittsburgh wore its old- WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — half. from the 17:49 mark through career high. He rescued the school, black-and-gold uni- Purdue dominated the first After leading by as many 8:03 when Stephens capped Rangers, who blew a 3-1 lead forms but fell to 9-2-2 on the half Monday night, and then as 21 during the first half, the run with a 3-pointer from late in the third period when road. New York has earned a pulled away at the end for Purdue allowed IPFW within the top of the arc. Pittsburgh scored twice in 24 point in eight of the last nine a 63-43 victory against in- 44-37 on Steve Forbes’ dunk IPFW started the game 3 of seconds to tie it. regular-season meetings state rival IPFW. with 10:28 to play. 22 from the field and finished Part of Klein’s left ear was with the Penguins (5-1-3). Having been shocked on Dakota Mathias countered the opening 20 minutes 7 of severed and reattached dur- The Rangers finished the Saturday in a 73-70 home with a 3-pointer at 9:43, 31 (22.6 percent). Six of those ing the game, Rangers coach first period and started the loss to North Florida, the and Vince Edwards added missed shots were blocks by Alain Vigneault said. second on the power play, Boilermakers (7-2) bounced a layup at 9:04 to push the five different Boilermakers. Rick Nash broke a second- thanks to a 4-minute high- back with a 35-19 halftime Boilermakers to a more com- Using its superior size to period tie with his sixth goal sticking penalty on Zach Hill lead against the Mastodons fortable 49-37. the maximum, Purdue had in eight games, and Henrik that caused Klein’s cut. (5-3) and finished the game Stephens’ 3-pointer with 18 first-half points in the Lundqvist returned to the net New York didn’t take ad- with a 19-6 burst after IPFW 3:07 left essentially iced paint while IPFW had only with 32 saves for New York. vantage of the long power crawled within seven. it, giving Purdue a 58-41 four. The Boilermakers out- Nash and J.T. Miller scored play, but tallied the tying and Kendall Stephens and A.J. cushion. rebounded the Mastodons in the middle period to turn go-ahead goals 4:50 apart to Hammons led Purdue with Purdue spotted the 22-17 before intermission. a one-goal deficit into a lead, take a 2-1 lead. and Kevin Hayes made it 3-1 After Lundqvist made with 7:02 left in the third. a save on a short-handed Lundqvist earned his third breakaway early in the sec- win in his past five appear- ond, the Rangers seemed to ances after sitting out New gain their legs and energy. Write Sports. York’s 3-2 loss at Detroit on Miller tied it 1-all off a feed Email Mary at Saturday. from Martin St. Louis at 3:50 Nick Spaling staked of the second for his second [email protected] Pittsburgh to a 1-0 lead in of the season. Nash put New the first period, and Evgeni York in front at 8:40 with his Malkin and Steve Downie 18th goal — the second-most scored in rapid succession in in the NHL. 12 The observer | tuesday, december 9, 2014 | ndsmcobserver.com Sports

SMC BASKETBALL | TRINE 97, SMC 66 Belles suffer first conference loss of season

By DANIEL O’BOYLE in the half. However, Trine The Thunder pulled away Sports Writer pulled away late, establishing in the second half, however, a nine-point lead before two scoring nine unanswered Trine snapped the Belles’ free throws in the last minute points within three minutes three-game winning streak from junior forward Krista of the start of the period. by beating Saint Mary’s, 97- Knapke left the Belles behind, The Belles managed to close 66, on Saturday. 42-35, entering the break. the gap slightly, bringing The Belles (3-4, 1-1 MIAA) Belles coach Jennifer the game within 11 points, took a 15-9 lead only seven Henley said she was im- but the Thunder continued minutes into the game, but pressed by her team’s ability to score, and Saint Mary’s the Thunder (5-1, 2-0 MIAA) to match the Trine offense didn’t keep up the offensive soon closed the gap. early in the game. pace. The Thunder outscored The game remained close Saint Mary’s 38-18 in just over for much of the first half, with “In the first half, we kept 10 minutes and eventually the lead changing three more trading baskets with Trine,” ended the game as 31-point times and the teams level with Henley said. “We kept the victors. under six minutes remaining game close.” Henley said her team was unable to cope with Trine’s second-half adjustments, let- ting the Thunder score freely. “In the second half, Trine packed the paint and took away our ability to score in- side,” Henley said. “We con- CAROLINE GENCO | The Observer tinued to struggle on defense Belles sophomore guard Timoney Moyer takes a shot during a 95-68 and allowed them to attack loss to Calvin on Jan. 15 at Angela Athletic Facility. the paint at the other end very easily.” of teams this season.” offense,” said Henley. “It’s Henley added that, al- Senior forward Ariana Paul still pretty early in our sea- though she thought her team led the Belles in points with son. We have such a great could have performed bet- 18, as well as in rebounds, opportunity to compete this ter in the second half, Trine with six. Junior forward Elena weekend as we travel to Hope played well and has a lot of Shea added 14 points and 2 College. We have to keep our talent. blocks. focus as we prepare for finals “We knew Trine was play- Despite the loss, the Belles too.” ing well,” said Henley. “They will have many chances to Saint Mary’s will play at are a completely different succeed with some minor im- the Hope Classic this week- team last year with a lot of provements, Henley said. end, starting with a matchup new faces, including several “My team has a lot of po- against Hope at 5:30 p.m. transfers and a new coach. tential — we just have to get Friday. CAROLINE GENCO | The Observer “They work hard and don’t everyone on the same page Belles sophomore guard Heather Pesigan brings the ball up the court turn the ball over very much. defensively and not be driven Contact Daniel O’Boyle at during a 95-68 loss to Calvin on Jan. 15. I think they will surprise a lot so much emotionally by our [email protected]

NBA | CAVALIERS 110, NETS 88; hawks 108, pacers 92; warriors 102, timberwolves 86 LeBron, Cavs roll in front of royal audience Hawks, Warriors snag double-digit road wins to continue long winning streaks

Associated Press had to share it with the roy- A recording of Garner’s arrest (14-6) shot 5 of 9 beyond the converted into 10 points. The als’ arrival during their first showed him gasping, “I can’t arc. Pacers finished with 17 turn- NEW YORK — LeBron James visit to New York. They met breathe” during the fatal en- The lead went to 21 when overs that the Hawks used to and the Cleveland Cavaliers earlier in the game with NBA counter, and thousands have Teague made a layup and free score 15 points. turned a close game into a Commissioner Adam Silver, protested a grand jury deci- throw after with 8:25 to play in Pacers coach Frank Vogel clinic after Britain’s Prince celebrating a partnership be- sion not to indict the officer the third quarter. was called for a technical foul William and his wife, Kate, tween the Royal Foundation since the announcement on C.J. Miles and Rodney with 7:05 to play. Korver co- grabbed courtside seats to and the league to raise aware- Wednesday. Stuckey each scored 15 points verted the free throws to give watch them, beating the ness about the importance Williams had 13 points and to lead Indiana (7-14). Luis Atlanta a 97-79 lead. It Vogel’s Brooklyn Nets 110-88 on of international wildlife 11 assists but shot 3 for 14 for Scola came off the bench to second of the year. Monday night. conservation. the Nets, who played without score 12. Kevin Love was shooting The buzz built as officials injured starters Brook Lopez The Pacers only lead, 8-7, Warriors 102, T-Wolves 86 free throws when the royal began gathering near the tun- and Joe Johnson. came at 7:31 in the first MINNEAPOLIS — Stephen couple emerged from a tun- nel at halftime for the couple, Love had 19 points and 14 quarter. Curry overcame a rare off nel with 7:14 remaining in the and it may have amped up rebounds. Dion Waiters came DeMarre Carroll and the night from long range to post third quarter. Perhaps dis- James, who had a quiet first off Cleveland’s bench for 26 Hawks came out shooting 21 points and seven assists and tracted by the loud roar, Love half but took his game to an- points. from long range. All five of help the Golden State Warriors missed the second, leaving other level in front of William his first quarter field goal at- to their 13th consecutive win the game tied at 61. and Kate, a day after saying it Hawks 108, Pacers 92 tempts were from 3-point with a 102-86 victory over the But James, putting on a show was an “honor” to have them INDIANAPOLIS — Al range. They made three. They Minnesota Timberwolves. that few others could, threw watch him play. Horford scored 25 points, had 22 points in the paint dur- Curry missed six of his some sharp passes to go with James’ biggest statement and Jeff Teague added 21 as ing the opening half and fin- seven 3-point attempts, but his nine points in the period before then came during the Atlanta Hawks beat the ished with 48. the top-ranked Warriors’ de- and the Cavs cruised from the pregame layup line. He Indiana Pacers 108-92 on Indiana tried to rally fense forced the short-handed there to their seventh straight and Irving, along with Kevin Monday night. when Damjan Rudez made a Timberwolves to shoot 36 per- victory. Garnett, Deron Williams and Kyle Korver added 13 points 3-pointer to start a 10-2 run cent and turn the ball over 19 He finished with 18 points two other Nets, wore warmup for Atlanta, which has won late in the first half. times to improve to an NBA- after joining Kyrie Irving and shirts in support of the family eight of its last nine games and But, the Hawks answered best 18-2. Klay Thompson add- some Nets players in wearing of Eric Garner, who died July seven straight. with an 11-4 run, including ed 21 points and the Warriors “I Can’t Breathe” shirts during 17 after a police officer placed The Hawks dominated early the final seven points of the left holding their breath af- warmups. him in a chokehold when he and never let up as they built half to take a 60-43 lead. ter Andrew Bogut left with a That would’ve been the was being arrested for sell- a 28-18 first quarter lead. In Indiana had nine first half knee injury early in the first story most nights, but he ing loose, untaxed cigarettes. building that lead Atlanta turnovers which Atlanta quarter. Sports ndsmcobserver.com | tuesday, december 9, 2014 | The Observer 13 M Basketball Continued from page 16 to the big guys and getting some buckets.” Mount St. Mary’s is the last opponent Notre Dame will play before it starts its ACC season with a game against Florida State this Saturday. The Irish, however, play three more non-conference games, including a matchup with Purdue at the Crossroads Classic in Indianapolis, be- fore resuming ACC play against Georgia Tech on Jan. 3. Brey said Notre Dame will focus on a few key areas over the course of its remaining nonconference schedule. “Not having slippage de- fensively, staying on that, keeping that in the forefront,” Brey said of the key to the next few games. “We’re try- ing to improve as a defensive rebounding team. I think that’s an area we’re going to always have to look at. What forwards are we using off the bench — that could be by committee — and what do we do with another guard? … I think those are things we need to look at here up until Christmas.” Notre Dame will try to fo- cus on these areas when it hosts a Mount St. Mary’s team coming off a 74-65 win over Loyola (Maryland). The Mountaineers, who have played only one home game KAT ROBINSON | The Observer this season, have dropped Irish senior guard/forward Pat Connaughton takes a jump shot during Notre Dame’s 75-57 win over Farleigh Dickinson at Purcell Pavilion on road contests at No. 3 Arizona, Saturday night. Connaughton led all scorers with 19 points Saturday, shooting 8-for-13 from the field. Seton Hall and Wake Forest. Mount St. Mary’s has shot led by graduate student for- opener against the Seminoles “I think we’ve been kind of a Mount St. Mary’s tonight. 40.2 percent from the field ward Kristijan Krajina, who looming, the Irish will be poor team, and who are we to Tip-off is scheduled for 7 p.m. this season, well behind is first on the team with 9.2 careful not to overlook Mount look past anybody?” at Purcell Pavilion. Notre Dame’s nationally points per game and second St. Mary’s, Brey said. Notre Dame aims to ex- leading mark of 55.8 percent. with 4.8 rebounds per game. “I’m not as concerned tend its winning streak to five Contact Brian Hartnett at The Mountaineers have been Even with a conference about [a letdown],” Brey said. games when the Irish meet [email protected]

head coach in July following 39 Track years with recently-retired Joe Continued from page 16 Piane at the helm — said this first meet was important for All-American Pat Feeney fin- setting a tone for the season. ished close behind in 21.63, “I told the team to get the competing unattached. first-race jitters out, and I Sophomore Emily Carson, wanted to see a competitive after finishing fifth in the effort,” he said. “Sometimes a 60-meter dash, posted a 5.81 lot of times athletes think, ‘It’s meter mark in the long jump the first meet; we’re not run- to win the event. ning against any ACC or Big Freshman distance runner Ten teams,’ but it’s important Celena Guerrero also posted a to go out there and give 100 victory in the first meet of her percent effort every time.” collegiate career with a 5:07.90 The Irish had 46 overall top- time in the mile run. three finishes in the 30 events Similarly, on the men’s side, of the meet. freshman distance runner “The effort was definitely Billy Dolan claimed the top there, and the kids were com- spot in the mile at 4:16.53. peting hard,” Turner said. Senior Keith Mesidor won “Competing hard needs to be- the long jump with a distance come a habit … and I’m very of 6.89 meters, and freshman pleased with the effort my Hunter Holton won the high team gave tonight. This is go- jump at 2.00 meters. ing to carry them throughout In the weight throw, senior the year.” Ihuoma Nwaogwugwu took The Irish continue their sea- first place with a distance of son after winter break with the 17.34 meters, while Morris fin- Simmons-Harvey Invitational ished second. in Ann Arbor, Michigan, on The Irish also claimed the Jan. 17. WEI LIN | The Observer titles in both the men’s and Irish senior Jade Barber runs the 60-meter hurdles Friday at the Loftus Sports Center. Barber won both the women’s 1,600 meter relays. Contact Andrew Robinson at 60-meter dash and the 60-meter hurdles at the Blue & Gold Invitational. Turner — who was named [email protected] 14 The observer | tuesday, december 9, 2014 | ndsmcobserver.com Sports

with containing reigning AP while obviously no one on Hadley Player of the Year junior for- the Irish bench wants to Continued from page 16 ward Breanna Stewart, who lose, perhaps it’s best that is 6-foot-4. She had no prob- they did. Connecticut may have lem scoring 15 points and There’s no shame in los- dominated Notre Dame collecting nine rebounds. ing to Connecticut, and this weekend, but there is That left sophomore McGraw has repeatedly said plenty of basketball left to forward Taya Reimer and that a group this young will be played. While some may senior forward Markisha take its lumps early. Maybe place great stock in momen- Wright to try to contain se- it’s best to simply get the tum swings and confidence- nior center Kiah Stokes and defeat out of the way and boosting wins, the Irish are redshirt sophomore Morgan remind everyone on the young enough, and Muffet Tuck. They were not up to team what it is like to lose. It McGraw is a good enough the task. Stokes grabbed 18 lowers outside expectations coach to make sure that her rebounds in 24 minutes and and could give the Irish a team will move on. Tuck scored a career-high 25 chip on their shoulder that In the grand scheme points. McGraw can call upon later. of the 2014-2015 season, If the 6-foot-3 Turner had Ultimately, nothing was one nonconference loss in been healthy, the entire at stake for Notre Dame on December will not sink the dynamic of the game could Saturday night that hasn’t Irish, just as a win would not have changed. Maybe Loyd been before. It has already have defined them. If any- would not have to attempt beaten Connecticut. It has thing, with such a youthful 27 field goals in a desperate already gone undefeated

WEI LIN | The Observer squad, McGraw is fortunate comeback attempt. Maybe through the regular season. Irish coach Muffet McGraw looks on during Notre Dame’s 76-58 loss to now have the chance to Stewart, Stokes and Tuck It has already defended its Saturday to Connecticut at Purcell Pavilion. examine what went wrong would not have been as home court time and time and see how her team re- dominant inside. Maybe. again. boards, where the Irish were sponds to adversity. Turner’s absence is not The Irish had nothing to W Basketball out-rebounded 52-34, with The other good news on a complete excuse for the prove to themselves, to their Continued from page 16 the absence of freshman for- the night is that freshman loss. Junior guard Michaela fans, to the media or to the ward Brianna Turner. Turner forward Brianna Turner’s Mabrey, the best 3-point Huskies. Sure, a win would percent. She also turned the is out with a right shoulder right shoulder injury is not shooter on the squad, was a have been nice, but if Notre ball over a game-high seven injury, robbing the Irish of as serious as it could have ghost on the floor Saturday. Dame advances to the Final times. their best post player. been. She is officially listed She went 0-for-7 from the Four or the NCAA champi- Despite those numbers, “The game was lost on the as day-to-day. field, 0-for-5 from behind onship again, no one will Loyd did collect a game-high boards,” McGraw said. “We The Irish absolutely need the arc and grabbed only care about whatever hap- 31 points, tying her career just went soft. It was very Turner to have any chance one rebound in 29 minutes. pened in December. best, as well as four steals, disappointing.” against Connecticut if the The least that can be said for In recent years, also a career high. McGraw In addition to rebounding two meet again. The Huskies her is that she did not turn Notre Dame could beat praised Loyd’s performance and defense, McGraw said won the rebound battle, the ball over. Connecticut in the regular Saturday. her front court simply did 52-34, and put up 44 points In fact, not a single player season but not come tourna- “I think Jewell has [that not perform like they should in the paint, compared to 28 in Notre Dame’s starting ment time. Maybe this is the toughness],” McGraw said. have when presented with from Notre Dame. lineup shot better than 36 year that changes. “I thought Jewell was the shot opportunities. Geno Auriemma’s squad percent yesterday. They also best player on the floor, but “They sagged [on defense]. was simply too big and too combined for 16 turnovers. Contact Greg Hadley at we didn’t give her any help at They sagged, daring us to long for the Irish to contain. That’s not good enough to [email protected] all, and I think we’re capable shoot the jumper,” McGraw At several points, 5-foot-11 beat Connecticut, with or The views expressed in this of more.” said. “And that’s something senior guard Madison Cable without Turner. column are those of the author Loyd had 17 of her points we worked on in practice, but or 5-foot-10 junior guard But the season, like Notre and not necessarily those of The come in the first half on 11 we didn’t look like we did. Jewell Loyd were tasked Dame, is still young. And Observer. shots, but ran into trouble We froze a lot on offense. We in the second stanza, throw- stopped moving, we stopped ing up 16 shots, half of the screening, we pretty much team’s field goal attempts in stopped doing everything.” the half, and connecting on The key to fixing these just five of them. problems is more experience Both Loyd and sophomore and players stepping up in guard Lindsay Allen faced the locker room, McGraw double and even triple teams said. throughout the game, as the “There’s a couple of peo- Huskies (6-1) tried to shut ple who have a little bit of down Notre Dame’s lead- toughness,” McGraw said. ers in scoring and assists, “But sometimes it’s a quiet respectively. toughness. I think Lindsay “[The double teams] af- has a quiet competitive fected us a little bit,” Allen spirit, but we need a vocal said. “We worked on it a bit leader. We need somebody in practice … but it definite- to be the one to get everyone ly slowed us down, which fired up and ready to go, and was the point.” Jewell is trying real hard to Although those double do that, but she has enough teams left players open, the jobs. I’d like somebody else Irish were unable to capital- to do that.” ize. The problem, McGraw McGraw did not offer any said, was that younger team suggestions of which player members looked to Loyd to that might be but did say she carry them down the stretch. thought the loss could pro- “It was us,” McGraw vide the team with valuable said when asked about experience down the road. Connecticut’s defense. “We “I think, in the long run, looked like a deer in head- this could be good for us,” lights. We made some shots she said. “We can learn a lot early, and when things are from it.” going good, I think that’s the The Irish have a short kind of thing a young team, turnaround to learn these they’re going to roll along lessons, as they take on No. with it. But when things 25 DePaul on Wednesday in [went] bad, Jewell was the Chicago. Tip-off is sched- only one who really wanted uled for 9 p.m. the ball.” WEI LIN | The Observer Another issue was Notre Contact Greg Hadley at Irish sophomore guard Lindsay Allen tries to get around Huskies junior forward Breanna Stewart Dame’s weakness on the [email protected] during Notre Dame’s 76-58 loss to Connecticut on Saturday at Purcell Pavilion. DAILY ndsmcobserver.com | tuesday, december 9, 2014 | The Observer 15

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MEN’S BASKETBALL nd WOMEN’S BASKETBALL Irish ND seeks to improve after setback Lack of toughness Saturday was just crack hurt Notre Dame one loss on a long top 25 against UConn road for the Irish By GREG HADLEY Greg Hadley Associate Sports Editor By BRIAN HARTNETT Associate Sports Editor Managing Editor Reflecting on her team’s No. 25 Notre Dame will 76-58 loss to Connecticut on In some ways, No. 5 Notre play its first game as a ranked Saturday, Muffet McGraw Dame’s 76-58 loss to No. 2 team this season when the said what disappointed her Connecticut on Saturday Irish meet Mount St. Mary’s most was not No. 5 Notre was eerily similar to its na- tonight at Purcell Pavilion. Dame’s rebounding woes, tional championship loss to Notre Dame (8-1) grabbed defensive struggles or poor the Huskies last season. the last spot in Monday’s AP shooting. Once again, Connecticut Poll after winning both of What really displeased the dominated in the paint, as its games last week, a 79-78 Irish coach was the lack of Notre Dame’s top post player overtime victory over then- toughness from her squad, was sidelined by injury. No. 19 Michigan State on as the Irish (8-1) first failed Once again, the Irish Wednesday and a 75-57 win to hold on to a 10-point lead, guards desperately tried against Fairleigh Dickinson then came up short in their to keep their team in the on Saturday. The Irish sit one effort to rally from a 20-point game, going one-on-one and spot out of the USA Today deficit. throwing up dozens of shots. Coaches Poll, having the “I don’t think we’re tough Once again, at game’s end, most votes of any team under enough,” McGraw said. “I Irish fans sat in stunned si- the “others receiving votes” don’t think we have the men- lence after starting the game category. tality of toughness that the with raucous enthusiasm. Notre Dame will en- last four teams have had.” Even the score was practi- ter the game against the The Irish shot just 31.4 per- cally identical, 79-58 in the Mountaineers (2-4) com- cent from the field and made NCAA championship and ing off a hard-fought vic- five of 18 3-pointers. Junior 76-58 this weekend. tory against the Knights on guard Jewell Loyd shot 37 That’s the bad news. The a weekend when several big- percent from the field, down good news is that this is conference programs lost in from her season average of 50 WEI LIN | The Observer December, not April. upsets. The Irish shot 50 per- Irish junior guard Jewell Loyd looks toward the referee after a cent from the field against see W BASKETBALL PAGE 14 whistle during Notre Dame’s 76-58 loss to Connecticut on Saturday. see HADLEY PAGE 14 Fairleigh Dickinson, but they hit only 23.5 percent of at- ND TRACK AND FIELD tempts from 3-point range. With 3-point shooting stag- nant, Irish coach Mike Brey said Notre Dame turned to its Morris, Harris break school records defense, which held Fairleigh Dickinson to 37.7 percent By ANDREW ROBINSON second throw being the lon- shooting from the field. Sports Writer gest at 16.02 meters. “I think defense was the an- Harris, at her first meet in swer for us,” Brey said in his The Irish men’s and wom- an Irish uniform, impressed postgame press conference en’s teams opened their sea- by pulling away from the field Saturday. “We weren’t in the sons with successful results in the 1,000-meter run, com- best of offensive rhythms. across the board, captur- ing in at a time of 2:46.47 to “The area where we have ing first place in 22 of the finish ahead of her freshman grown showed up [Saturday] 30 events and breaking two teammate and second-place — offense isn’t going great, school records at the Blue finisher Ashlyn Rambo. Her and we’re not making shots, & Gold Invitational held effort was enough to break but we are able to guard. We at Loftus Sports Center on the previous school record of are able to go back and be Friday. 2:48.18. mentally tough enough to Notre Dame hosted four Irish coach Alan Turner still defend.” men’s programs and five said he was excited about the Irish senior guard/forward women’s programs for the record-breaking performanc- and captain Pat Connaughton season’s inaugural meet – the es so early in the season. said the team’s offensive ap- women’s team from Northern “I wasn’t expecting that at proach becomes more ag- Illinois, and both men’s and all,” Turner said. “These were gressive when shots behind women’s squads from Bethel, positives from our team go- the arc are not falling. Detroit Mercy, DePaul and ing forward in the season.” “We’re a great shooting Marquette. Senior Jade Barber was team, but there are nights The event was highlight- another standout for Notre when you’re not on your ed by the record-breaking Dame, taking first place in game, and you’re not going to performances of senior both the 60-meter dash and be shooting the ball particu- thrower Emily Morris and the 60-meter hurdles. larly well,” he said Saturday. freshman middle distance In the 200-meter race, “You just have to figure out runner Jessica Harris. Morris Notre Dame runners finished how to positively affect the crushed the field in the shot in two of the three medal po- game in other ways, and I put, winning by a margin of sitions. Senior sprinter Chris thought we did that by at- 1.07 meters over the nearest Giesting finished first with tacking the basket, shooting competitor. She surpassed a time of 21.30 seconds, and the free throws, dishing it off Notre Dame’s previous former Irish standout and WEI LIN | The Observer 15.64-meter record on each Irish junior Danielle Aragon, left, and freshman Jessica Harris race see M BASKETBALL PAGE 13 of her three throws, with her see TRACK PAGE 13 side-by-side during the 1,000-meter run Friday.