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By LUCAS MASIN-MOYER the voucher has a certain N ews Writer amount of money associated with it,” she said. S tudents discussed the With a voucher system, merits of education reform each student would receive a in a debate sponsored by voucher with an equal mon- BridgeND Tuesday night etary value, Teixera said. in the McNeill Room of the Freshman Liam Dalton, an- LaFortune Student Center. other participant in favor of The students participating in privatization, said competi- the debate divided into two tion and the free market cre- teams, one of which argued ate higher quality schools. for universal public educa- “I think there is an argu- tion while the other argued ment to be made for creative for school choice and in- destruction in the area of creased privatization. education,” he said. “It is the Those in favor of increased same way that we built one privatization outlined a sys- of the world’s greatest econo- tem, which sophomore and mies. ... We had to allow busi- BridgeND secretary Mimi nesses who were not doing Photo courtesy of BridgeND Teixeira described. Students argue for universal public education during a debate held on Tuesday evening. The debate was “A school takes a voucher, see DEBATE PAGE 4 sponsored by BridgeND, a bipartisan student political organization that fosters dialogue on policy issues. Alumna explores Lecturer reflects on life of loss, consolation influential theologian

By CATHERINE OWERS psychology, Smith Shappell bring the knowledge of coun- in poetry reading A ssociate News Editor said, which was an “unusual” seling and human behavior request in 1957. into pastoral ministry. He H enri Nouwen’s search for “Many Christians at that also adapted the CPE model By KATHRYN MARSHALL could somehow respond to the meaning led the Catholic time perceived psychology to serve a wide audience of A ssociate Saint Mary’s Editor loss of a beloved brother.” priest and theologian to a to be an enemy of the faith, Christians, from college stu- The resulting book is her Trappist monastery, Latin largely due to Freud’s influ- dents to parishioners,” she L isteners witnessed the personal elegiac journey from America, and finally, the ence,” she said. “But Nouwen said. journey from brokenness to brokenness to consolation, L’Arche community, Andrea believed that psychology dealt Smith Shappell said al- consolation at a poetry read- she said. The book begins Smith Shappell said in a lec- though Nouwen taught at ing in Carroll Auditorium with a poem full of broken ture Tuesday morning. The lec- prestigious institutions, pub-

Tuesday night at Saint Mary’s descriptions, titled “Theory ture, which detailed Nouwen’s ns lished dozens of books and College. Mary Pinard, a Saint of Disappearance,” followed roles as teacher, searcher and was a popular speaker, he was oncer Mary’s alumna and professor by a series of poems involving pastor, was part of the Center C restless.

of English at Babson College, the speaker talking to the lost for Social Concerns research ocial “He continually engaged in S read from her book “Portal” as brother. lecture series. a process of discernment, a Shappell part of the spring season’s vis- Writing a sonnet about her Smith Shappell, associate associate director particular type of theological Andrea Smith Smith Andrea enter for

iting writer series, sponsored brother’s love of the smell director for theological re- C reflection in making decisions by the English department. of diesel, a poem about film flection and summer service in light of faith,” he said. “For Pinard said her broth- found in the pocket of his learning, said her interest in Henri, the continuing ques- er drowned during a freak raincoat after his death and Nouwen began upon reading with issues that were impor- tion was, what is God calling tugboat accident in the another titled “Blue Lath” — his works and meeting him tant to the Church, particu- me to do?” Grays Harbor Estuary in named after a woodworker’s while she was an undergradu- larly understanding human Nouwen taught at Yale from Washington, and the event tool used by her brother — ate student at Notre Dame. behavior in order to respond to 1971 to 1981, and during this inspired the content of the among other poems, helped “I then looked forward to the pastoral needs of humans.” time he took sabbaticals at the collection. her move forward towards his visits to campus when I Nouwen completed his Abbey of Genesee, a Trappist “‘Portal’ is a book which consolation, Pinard said. was working for the Center for doctorate in psychology and monastery in New York. started with a personal story, “Late in the series [of po- Social Concerns in the early received a fellowship at the “Henri taught about solitude a story of deep loss for me, ems] is where I am trying to years. I also served on the Menninger Clinic in Topeka, and inner freedom, but he that I think blinded me from face the matter of my brother’s board of the Henri Nouwen Kansas, Smith Shappell said. struggled with his own com- being anything but sad for death, and to make sense of Society from 2005 to 2010,” she The clinic was the birthplace pulsions to keep speaking, a long time,” Pinard said. “I it,” Pinard said. said. of the field of “clinical pastoral writing and teaching at a fran- worked my way through some Pinard said the image of After his ordination, education.” tic pace. He needed to retreat very raw places, trying to find Nouwen asked for permission “Nouwen drew upon his ex- a voice, an elegiac voice that see POETRY PAGE 4 from his archbishop to study perience as a psychologist to see THEOLOGIAN PAGE 5

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By ANDREA VALE are found in the “new world Severson said, “So we cer- mosquito breeding is at the a couple weeks and then you N ews Writer tropics,” Severson said, though tainly have the potential for lowest point of the whole year, can donate blood.” none of the viruses are endem- this coming in to the south- disease transmission is at the Zika virus can also be sexu- A fter the recent discovery ic, but rather were brought ern warmer areas around the lowest point of the whole year. ally transmitted, Severson in Washington, D.C. of mos- over from Africa and southeast east coast, then around the Rainy season will start in early said, although this is “com- quitoes capable of carrying Asia during colonialism. gulf and then along the Texas- June and ramp up, and that’s pletely unusual,” noting and transmitting the Zika vi- “We’re in a global society,” Arizona-California-Mexican when the mosquito breeding there have only been two rus, worry over the disease — Severson said, “In most cases, border.” will start, and shortly after documented cases of sexual which can lead to severe birth with all four viruses, you may If the Zika virus were to be that there will be a rapid spike transmission. defects — possibly spreading never realize you’re infected. transmitted widely across the in disease transmission.” “The point to remember across the continental United So … the virus is circulating United States, Severson said, Though there is no cure or with Zika is that this virus has States has grown. According to in your system, but you either “it probably won’t be as se- treatment for the Zika, den- been around for a long, long David Severson, a professor in hardly get sick at all, or you vere” as in Central and South gue or chikungunya viruses time,” Severson said. “And the department of biological might feel like you have a slight America. yet, Severson said that curb- usually it’s been most peo- sciences, this panic over is not cold, something like that.” “In the U.S. we have different ing outbreaks would begin ple, probably 90-plus percent grounded in the reality of the Severson also said despite standards of living: we tend to with combatting insecticide of people, either don’t know situation. the recent discovery of mos- like air conditioning, we like resistance. they’ve had it or they get some Severson said his primary quitoes that are capable of screens on our windows, so we “Right now with all those vi- mild (symptom), a cold, a flu research areas include ento- carrying the Zika virus in have everything closed up,” ruses, the only one for which or they just don’t feel well. … mology, evolutionary biology, Washington, D.C., “there’s Severson said. “So we have there is a good vaccine is yel- Microcephaly in Brazil, that’s genetics and genomics and in- little transmission in the con- limited contact compared to low fever,” Severson said, brand new, and outside of that, fectious and vector-born dis- tinental U.S., although there … [for instance] Brazil, you “There is no good vaccine for if you’re not a young woman in eases. Though Severson does is certainly potential for might not even have screens, the other three. And there are a child-bearing age where you not work directly with the transmission.” people like to have the breeze no drug treatments. If you have the potential to get preg- Zika virus, he has studied the “As far as we know, there blow through, so there’s a lot get sick, you have to power nant, it’s generally a benign mosquitoes that transmit the is no virus, there has been more opportunity for exposure through it and get better. So problem.” virus. no active transmission in to being bitten by a mosquito. right now the only way to deal As far as taking precau- “People’s paranoia about the Washington, D.C. area,” And there’s a lot of opportu- with outbreaks of this or to tions against these viruses, Zika, in some ways is over- Severson said, “But it’s at least nity for breeding sites, these try to prevent outbreaks is to Severson said it is important to done. Some of these other five years that that popula- things will breed in any little try to control the mosquito note the time of day in which viruses are much more of a tion has been there … so if container that holds water for population. So there’s mas- mosquitoes transmitting Zika threat when you go to these you have active breeding dur- a couple weeks … and people sive insecticide use through- virus bite. places,” Severson said. ing the summer, and you have don’t tend to have depend- out the tropics to try to control “These mosquitoes are day Those more threatening vi- someone come in from Brazil able municipal water in some the mosquito population, and biters, they bite people during ruses include the dengue virus that lives in that neighbor- places, so they’ll tend to hoard you get pretty strong genetic the daylight hours,” Severson and yellow fever virus, both of hood, you have the potential water in gallon drums or big resistance to those. People are said, “You hear about malaria which are of the Flaviviridae for a short term, seasonal out- plastic tanks … and those are looking at different ideas on and people sleeping under family along with the Zika break of these viruses. the prime breeding grounds how to deal with this.” bed nets, but they won’t stop virus. Additionally, the chi- “We have had dengue vi- oftentimes. Severson said his recent Zika virus. The mosquitoes kungunya virus, though of rus endemic transmission in “So in the U.S., I suspect we’ll research with the mosqui- that transmit malaria are a different family, is carried southern Florida for prob- likely have some transmission. toes that carry the dengue night biters. So right now if through the same type of mos- ably the last three or four It’s the dry season in the new and Zika viruses has focused you go to Brazil, for example, quito. All four related viruses years, probably a little longer,” world tropics right now, so on “understand(ing) various it does absolutely zero good pathways, what genes are up at preventing Zika or dengue P aid Advertisement or down and regulated.” or chikungunya to sleep un- “We may be able to identify der a bed net. The mosquitoes chemicals and drugs that you that transmit these viruses could take so if you were in- are most active right at dawn fected … you wouldn’t trans- and right near dusk. … That mit it through the mosquito coincides when people are the to another human host, so you most active, getting up to go could break the cycle that to school or go to work, you’re way,” he said. coming home … especially in Severson said he hopes that the tropics.” his research with mosquitoes Severson said U.S. citizens could lead to possible vacci- planning on traveling to Brazil nation developments in the and other areas in which Zika future, as well as species-spe- outbreaks have been preva- cific pesticides that would cut lent shouldn’t worry too much back on the use of pesticides about the dangers of that vi- that “blanket kill every insect rus, but should focus on avoid- that’s out there.” ing the dengue virus. “If we understand what “Globally, there are about makes a mosquito geneti- half a million hemorrhagic cally competent to transmit fever forms of (dengue) virus this pathogen, then perhaps per year where you get inter- we can engineer a genetically nal hemorrhaging, and if you modified mosquito that’s no don’t get adequate healthcare, longer capable … [of trans- you could actually die from it,” mitting] that virus,” Severson Severson said, “So for people said, “Then look into actually going to [tropical areas], den- releasing those into the envi- gue is a much greater threat. ronment. So there’s a whole And that’s another one where host of things that people have you get infected and in most talked about, and some of people you get a mild illness. those are actually in practice.” The same thing with chikun- According to Severson, the gunya. It doesn’t tend to cause Zika virus can only be trans- [fatality], but habitual neu- mitted from person to per- ropathy in some people. … So son in two ways. The first is of all the other things that are through a blood transfusion, out there, outside of micro- if the blood donor happens to cephaly coming through preg- be viremic. Severson said if a nant women, Zika is a pretty person goes to donate blood benign virus.” and finds that he or she is car- rying the virus, however, “they Contact Andrea Vale at might just say come back in [email protected] 4 The observer | wednesday, february 17, 2016 | ndsmcobserver.com NEWS

with disabilities, she said. Ruscheinski, who also ar- privatized education system. D ebate “Mentally and physically gued for public education, “The outcome of the priva- Cn o tinued from page 1 disabled kids are suspended said competition is not un- tization scheme is that the and expelled at higher rates,” equivocally beneficial in an schools that produce the well, not meeting standards, she said. “I think that part education system. best economic effect will get to fail to a certain extent.” of the reason for this is that “It should be a right for ev- more students and prosper, Teixeira said a lack of in- public schools do not have ery child — no matter what while schools that focus less centives has harmed the the resources or ability to socioeconomic class they on return, on investment will current public education take care of these kids.” are born into — they should not prosper — which is not system. Sophomore Geralyn Smith, have a right to an education,” what an education should “Do I think schools right a member of the team in fa- she said. “Competition has be,” he said. now have any incentive to vor of keeping and strength- a benefit, but only so far. ... “It scares me when we create better, more educated ening universal public When schools are focused think of education as an- students?” she said. “No, they education, said a more edu- primarily on beating other other competitive sphere in do not, especially in public cated population would ben- schools, the students who the free market — in compe- schools where they have no- efit the country. fall through the cracks in tition there are always win- Write where else to go. There are “It would be in the govern- that system are the kids with ners and losers,” freshman teachers who pass illiterate ment’s best interests, if [it] special needs and disabili- Adam Wiechman said students every year.” wants to increase the capital ties, those who are expelled.” News. Increased privatization of each individual,” she said. Senior Dan Sehlhorst Contact Lucas Masin-Moyer at would also help students Freshman Kylie said there are dangers to a [email protected] Email us at that there are species that can Mary’s. she is a biology major who also news@ Poetry only survive there,” Pinard “I do think that there is a lot likes English. Cn o tinued from page 1 said. “Because it is so easy to of beauty in language that po- “It was interesting how she ndsmcob- discount it, it is also so easy to ets can have access to, if they talked about poetry in relation peonies inspired a poem ti- hurt it. For me, the coming to- have a better relationship with to other subjects,” Harrast server.com tled “Seeing Peonies,” writ- gether of consolation and the disciplines that seem differ- said. “I also thought it was ten during a writing residency loss of my brother connects ent from theirs,” Pinard said. interesting how she made the in Peoria, where she went to with my sense of consolation “I think that’s the beauty of whole book about [the loss learn more about tugboats, around trying to understand poetry. If you take it serious- of her brother]. You could re- so as to better understand the nature of the estuary and ly, then you have to become ally tell how she changed over the environment in which her potentially to save it.” a scholar in a lot of different time, how she started the book brother died. In response to a student areas, if you are going to make so upset and then grew from The book ends with a poem question, Pinard said she de- all of those language work in there, eventually viewing of praise for an estuary, she veloped a love of the languag- those poems.” something completely differ- said. es of sciences after switching First-year student Emily ent from the same situation.” “The complexity that is in her course of study from pre- Harrast said she enjoyed the an estuary, where saltwater med to theater and English reading because she finds her- Contact Kathryn Marshall at and freshwater braid, suggests her sophomore year at Saint self similar to Pinard because [email protected]

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for intimacy with God was his interest in Latin America, justice and peace. His longing toured the nation talking about Theologian interrelated with his ability to Smith Shappell said. for a community of prayer was this experience and the power Cn o tinued from page 1 love and live with other monks.” “Through contacts with not compatible with their life- of forgiveness. His lens, though, After a few months at the Maryknoll missioners, Henri style nor did he agree with their was always one of spirituality from life at Yale to address his monastery, Smith Shappell made plans to spend six months more militaristic strain of lib- — a pastoral response.” compulsions in prayer and soli- said, Nouwen became frustrat- in both Bolivia and Peru in eration theology.” Nouwen did not choose to tude,” he said. “Nouwen was ed by the isolation of the abbey. 1981,” she said. ”He felt called Although few people have write or lecture about recon- friends with Genesee abbot, “Henri decided he wanted to to work in Peru, but after a few the ability to explore vocation ciliation or social sin, but he ex- Dom Bamberger, and made return to Yale to write more and months, he recognized that he by living in monasteries and pressed his concern though his the unusual request to become speak less, realizing that none did not fit in, and those that traveling to South America, actions, Smith Shappell said. a temporary member of the of the problems he brought to lived with him, the Maryknoll Smith Shappell said, “what we “Nouwen is not known as a monastery. … While at the ab- the abbey had been resolved, missioners, recognized that as can learn from Henri is to con- social justice activist, but he bey, Henri discovered the utter nor would a longer stay help well. tinually listen to God’s call to marched with Martin Luther necessity of life in community him,” he said. “Henri felt the Maryknoll deepen our attention to prayer King, Jr., in Selma. He protested as something he had craved. During his time at Yale, missioners were intensely indi- and contemplation and to find against nuclear submarines He reflected that his capacity Nouwen developed an vidualistic in their struggle for ways to heed the call to action Connecticut, and he toured the in response to injustice.” country to tell people what was P aid Advertisement Nouwen returned to the really happening in Nicaragua,” United States, Smith Shappell she said. said, when he recognized that In the third phase of his life, he was not called to live in Nouwen lived in a L’Arche com- Latin America, but inform oth- munity, Smith Shappell said. ers what was happening there. “L’Arche is a movement start- “One way he did this was to ed by Jean Vanier in France, join a Witness for Peace del- creating communities of peo- egation, for a trip to the border ple who have disabilities, who of Nicaragua and Honduras. live with assistants. The assis- Witness for Peace was a move- tants help them to reach the ment against the U.S. involve- expression of their full human- ment in the contra-war in ity,” she said. Nicaragua in the 1980s,” she Smith Shappell said Nouwen’s said. “Unlike the Vietnam War move to the L’Arche community protests that were held in the “meant counter-culturally em- United States, people traveled bracing ‘downward mobility,’” to Nicaragua’s war zones to see a concept that was grounded firsthand the effects of the war.” in his understanding of the After meeting with women Incarnation. who lost their husbands and “His experience living with sons in the war, Nouwen shared the L’Arche community was the their stories in lectures across culmination of integrating his the United States. theology of downward mobility “He wanted to show that with his lived experience,” she what the U.S. was doing was, said. “Downward mobility led in his words, unjust, illegal and Nouwen to a community where immoral,” she said. the core members did not read Nouwen also proposed the his books or know he wrote concept of communal recon- books. ciliation, Smith Shappell said. “The accolades Henri had re- “Henri continually asked for- ceived as a well-known speaker giveness for the sins that the and author were replaced with U.S. government and citizens a community that appreci- committed against the women ated him as a human being, to and their country. His experi- love and be loved. This was the ence stretched the understand- home — the earthly home — ing of reconciliation: It wasn’t that Henri had been searching an individual sacrament, but for.” there was need, in a way, to en- ter into communal reconcilia- Contact Catherine Owers at tion for social sin,” she said. “He [email protected]

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Inside Column Scalia’s legacy is more than law

of the Constitution. I’m sure that wasn’t easy for him, but he A simple Neil Joseph did it anyway. M oderately Opinionated Furthermore, I’m consistently amused by Scalia’s strong friendship with Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg. It baffles me. tribute I did not agree with a lot of Justice Antonin Scalia’s legal Politics today are vitriolic and harsh. It’s hard to imagine decisions and opinions. As a moderate but socially liberal President Obama and Paul Ryan being friends or Jeb Bush college student, I disagreed with many of his viewpoints and Donald Trump being friends. Then again, it’s difficult to Erin Rice on various cases. Yet, with his passing this past weekend, imagine Donald Trump being friends with anyone. Yet two G raphics Editor I couldn’t help but think just how unique of a government people who interacted and disagreed with each other vehe- figure he was. mently on a daily basis managed to be best friends. There are many amazing people in the Political views aside, I admire Scalia because he was dif- Ginsberg is one of the most progressive judges the court world. People have flown to the moon, ferent from almost every other person we see in government. has ever seen, while Scalia was one of the most conservative led great warriors to victory, climbed the A passionate man, he was never afraid to speak his mind for in recent history. They managed to put politics aside, real- world’s highest mountains and discovered what he believed in. He had a set of principles he abided by izing that opinions were merely opinions. In doing so, they the cell that led scientists closer to a cancer and would not change his mind regardless of what he was didn’t let their branch of government fall into the same con- vaccine. confronted with. frontational and nasty politics we see in the other two. My great-uncle Herb drove a bus at the Politicians today are some of the most fickle people we see. At the end of the day, Scalia exemplified what we should University of Illinois, yet he was one of the Constantly, we see candidates accuse each other of chang- want all of our politicians to be. He had a set of principles most amazing people in my life. When I was ing their opinions or deny the fact that they have. The reality that he believed our country should be living by. He consis- in first grade, he moved to my town to take is that all politicians change their minds. They want to get tently did what he thought was best for our country in the care of my grandma after his brother, my elected, to get to do the things they want to do and to be in present and in the future, and he didn’t let politics get in the grandpa, died. Throughout the years, his power. Citizens today are so numb to politicians changing way of what was truly important to him. pure simplicity, extreme punctuality and in- their positions on things to what is convenient or politically His legacy should teach all politicians that the most im- tense love and dedication to my entire fam- expedient that it isn’t really a big deal anymore. portant thing is standing up for what you believe in. Whether ily perplexed me. I’ve spent the past 15 years Scalia, on the other hand, stuck to his principles for his en- that’s liberal, conservative or something totally different, it discovering that the most beautiful and tire career. This may have been difficult when he disagreed doesn’t matter. People are in politics because at their core, amazing people may also be the simplest. with the decisions people wanted him to make, but he rarely, they want to make our country better. Politics is only at its Uncle Herb died Saturday. if ever, relented. Granted, it was easier to stick to his convic- best, however, when it is an exchange of ideas between peo- Herb spent the majority of his adult life tions because he didn’t have to answer to voters at the end of ple who are passionate about what they believe in. working odd jobs and watching over his two, four or six years. Our system only works when people can defend their posi- brother’s family. As a teenager, he wanted I admire Scalia because of his willingness to adhere to a tions and are consistent about them when attacked by op- nothing more than to be able to follow his strict set of principles and values. I don’t necessarily agree ponents. That’s what Scalia did and he never relented. That’s brother’s footsteps and join the military, but with his legal views, but few, if any, judges have been able the legacy he leaves behind. his small stature and irregular heart pre- to stick to their convictions like he did. Few are authentic vented him from entering. enough to realize that sometimes a set of principles will lead Neil Joseph is a junior living in Stanford Hall, majoring This refusal wasn’t the end for him. He you to a decision or situation you don’t necessarily agree in political science and economics. He can be reached at assumed a volunteer position by delivering with. That happened for Scalia. He would seemingly ran- [email protected] military-death notifications to families door domly agree with liberal justices on certain cases when other The views expressed in this column are those of the to door. For Herb, this was his duty, and conservative justices would not because of his interpretation author and not necessarily those of The Observer. despite facing anger, fear and grief day after day, he put his whole heart into this task, Letter to the editor: IMMIGRATION SERIES similar to how he spent the last 15 years of his life dedicated to his brother’s family. While my grandpa died in 2001, Herb continued to live and watch his brother’s # MigrantLivesMatter wife grow old and his grandchildren grow up, graduate and get married, a privilege he The cooler opened and the pungent smell immediately hit more people to the border’s body count. felt he did not deserve. I hope he knew the our noses. Before our eyes were dozens of dead bodies, most When we as a country know hundreds of people die at the grand impact he had on all of us. Because of them labeled John and Jane Doe. Migrant deaths at the border each year, it is unacceptable to continue to support he put his own needs and wants aside and U.S.-Mexico border are flooding theP ima County medical policies that directly allow for this to happen. This is a non- spent a lifetime dedicating himself to the examiner’s office with hundreds of migrant remains each negotiable problem that should unite people and parties of people around him. year. As a result, the office has been forced to expand its differing opinions, rather than being avoided and ignored Uncle Herb once told me a story that really storage facilities by introducing outdoor coolers and trucks. as it has continued to be. Unnecessary and inhumane death stuck with me. He explained the years after U.S. border enforcement and immigration policies are a in the desert is a reality for which no policy, politician or the Great Depression and how they used huge part of the explanation for all these deaths. person should support or condone. to have jobs for people to shovel 15 tons of In post-9/11 America, the conversation about strengthen- There are many strategies for border control being dis- coal. He explained: ing the border is often framed in terms of national security. cussed at this time in our country, especially by the candi- “They ain’t got jobs like that no more. You However, the U.S. has been tightening its border since dates in the presidential race: issue a larger number of visas, gotta work for what you know, not for what around a decade before those terrorist attacks. Beginning deport those who stay longer than their visas permit, in- you do. You gotta learn so you know what in the 1990s with Operation Hold the Line in El Paso and crease the funding and force of the U.S. Border Patrol, build to know. They already have people that do Operation Gatekeeper in San Diego, the U.S. government a wall that migrants cannot get through (even though the things. They have big companies shoveling has continuously tightened and militarized its border with former Arizona governor and former Secretary of Homeland the snow and mowing the grass. There ain’t Mexico by closing off urban ports of entry, building more Security, Janet Napolitano, has said, “You show me a 50-foot no individuals doing that alone no more. walls and installing lighting systems and motion-sensor wall, and I’ll show you a 51-foot ladder” in reference to the You gotta get a job like your dad, working cameras. inability of a wall to keep migrants from coming into this with computers and such. Nothing comes This border enforcement strategy, known as Prevention country). easy in life. Go watch the janitors at U of I, Through Deterrence, has funneled undocumented migra- What must come first in the minds of those reforming working 5 p.m. to 1 a.m. That ain’t no life tion toward remote border regions such as the Sonoran border security policies is the migrant and his or her risk of you wanna live.” Desert of Arizona, where Border Patrol has a hard time death in the desert. We need to get rid of policies that direct- Herb was a simple man with little wants. surveilling the land but crossing conditions are most ly lead to migrant deaths and replace them with action and He loved his coffee, his one-liners, ar- treacherous. law that treat migrants as human beings. No man, woman riving 20 minutes early, $2 bills, his tan The Prevention Through Deterrence policy did not have or child should die at the border. Cadillac, my dogs and every single one of death in mind when it was initially enacted in the early us. Valentine’s Day was the perfect day for 1990s. Officials banked on the idea that very few would dare Victor Benavides Herb to pass on, leaving us to remember the to attempt crossing into the U.S. through the most remote, senior unending love he gave to our entire family. hot and dry regions of the borderlands. Rest in Peace, Uncle Herby. However, the push-and-pull factors of migration are driv- Katrina Linden ing migrants to embark on this grave trek, where people senior Contact Erin Rice at [email protected] are dying by the hundreds. The government has failed to The views expressed in the Inside Column are respond adequately to these deaths, as they have continued Tyler McGehee those of the author and not necessarily those of to maintain the walls and border enforcement policies that senior The Observer. drive migrants into these perilous regions, adding more and Feb. 14 The observer | WEDNESday, february 17, 2016 | ndsmcobserver.com 7 In our mothers’ hearts and minds were not only found circulating in the blood, they This may possibly be true of such cells in the brains Ray Ramirez were also found taking up residence in the brain. of human mothers. The Crooked Path Researchers examined the brains of deceased Microchimeric cells may also impact the immune women and found cells containing male “Y” chro- system. Fetal microchimeric cells are recognized F or the most part, we love our mothers and miss mosomes in various regions of more than 60 per- by the mother’s immune system partly as hers, them when we are away. In turn, most mothers love cent of the brains studied. The cells are genetically since genetically the child is half-identical to the and care for their children and feel a strong con- male and likely originated from their babies during mother, but also viewed as half-foreign, based on nection with each child. gestation. the father’s genes. This may sensitize the mother’s This bond is based in the intimate familiarity of Because Alzheimer’s disease is more common in immune system to handle cells not quite identical pregnancy, the trauma and wonder of birth and the women who have multiple children, the hypothesis to the self. Cancer cells caused by genetic muta- years of nurturing. Our mothers may even remind was that the number of chimeric brain cells would tions are such “not-quite-self” cells and studies us that we are always in their hearts and minds. be greater in women with Alzheimer’s than those suggest that microchimeric cells pre-adapt the Ongoing research suggests the physical connection who had no such neurological disease. The result immune system to curtail the growth of tumors. with our mothers is more tangible and deeper than was the opposite: women with Alzheimer’s had Interestingly, more microchimeric cells are found previously envisioned. fewer fetal-derived cells. in the blood of healthy women as compared to the The placenta provides the first and most obvi- While this correlation is intriguing, it does not blood of those with breast cancer. ous connection between mother and child. This quite mean that more fetal cells in a woman’s brain But in other circumstances, the “not-quite-self” complex organ, purpose-built of cells from the fe- can reduce Alzheimer’s. However, it is some com- aspect of chimerical cells may turn the immune tus and the mother, serves as a channel for the ex- fort to think that each of us may contribute in this system against the self. People with multiple scle- change of nutrients, gasses and wastes. In addition small way to our mother’s elderly wellbeing. rosis have been found to have more microchimeric to the blood and other fluids, body cells migrate There are many ways to share or acquire micro- cells than their siblings without the disease. Again, through the placenta between the mother and chimeric cells. In addition to the placental route, the correlation is interesting and may suggest chi- child, taking up residence in many of each other’s a mother may transfer cells to her child through meric cells play a role in MS, perhaps by setting organs. nursing and twins in utero may exchange cells. off an autoimmune attack of the self against the The presence of these ‘foreign’ cells in our bodies Cells residing in the mother from an older sibling “not-quite-self.” challenges the concept that we are wholly autono- may travel across the placenta to a younger sibling More research and discoveries are coming, mous individuals made up of our own unique cells. during the latter’s development in the womb. but what we have already learned validates the We each carry parts of our parents, not just in the Accordingly, a woman may carry microchimeric truth that we are more closely connected, each to genetic sense, but as part of the cells incorporated cells from her mother as well as from her own chil- the other, as child to mother, than we have ever into ourselves. dren, and each of us likely carries such cells from imagined. We, or at least some part of our cellular Mixing of cells from genetically distinct indi- our own mothers. beings, truly may be in our mothers’ hearts and viduals is called chimerism (after the mythological Fetal microchimeric cells are analogous to stem minds. Our mothers may always be with us, not fire-breathing Chimera that was part serpent, lion cells in their ability to develop into a variety of just as that little voice in our heads, but as the very and goat). Naturally occurring chimeras include tissues. One group of researchers studied fetal mi- neurons that carry thoughts of each other. slime molds, corals and lichens, each of which crochimeric cells placed into a mother rat after her thrives as a melding of genetically distinct species. heart was damaged. The fetal cells traveled to the Ray Ramirez is an attorney practicing, yet never Mythical chimeras include mermaids, centaurs mother rat’s heart and developed into cells that perfecting, law in Texas while waiting patiently for a and the disturbing puppy-monkey-baby. repaired the injury. MacArthur Genius Grant. You may contact him at The presence of groups of genetically distinct Microchimeric cells identified in the brains of [email protected] cells in an individual, or microchimerism, has been some animals had become nerve cells which ap- The views expressed in this column are those of the known for a while. Recently, microchimeric cells peared to be functionally integrated into the brain. author and not necessarily those of The Observer. Sustainable development is the cure

and other future public health issues. there be systems established to ensure that those Elizabeth Hascher In order to most effectively address the spread born with developmental disabilities and their D ignifiedR esponse of Zika, one of the first priorities must be to frame families are able to lead happy, productive lives? it as an issue of development, not simply one of Mechanisms must be put in place to ensure that N ot long after the disastrous outbreak of Ebola in public health. It is important to recognize that the communities that receive assistance are able to western Africa, the Zika virus has begun to spread communities most vulnerable to such a crisis are sustain the quality of living that aid affords them. quickly across Latin America. A flu-like illness that those with many residents living in conditions of Ultimately, health crises such as Ebola and Zika, normally only causes mild symptoms, it has be- poverty. The spread of infectious disease is often which adversely affect the poor, must be consid- come a cause of increasing concern as more severe enabled by political and economic factors such as ered first and foremost issues of development. symptoms and birth defects such as microcephaly state incapacity and uneven development. While the spread of Ebola has slowed dramatically, have emerged. In the case of Ebola, the communities most af- the solutions that led to its containment did not Margaret Chan, Director-General of the World fected were poor as well as lacking the resources address the factors that allowed Ebola to be so dev- Health Organization (WHO), recently declared to cure those infected and slow the spread of the astating in the first place. Zika a public health emergency of international disease to healthy members of the population. This It may not be possible to eliminate poverty over- concern. is the case with many public health crises ­— those night, but the best solutions to public health crises Although Ebola and Zika are different pathogens, who do not have the resources or systems in place will acknowledge that the level of development in both highlight a global inability to effectively deal to deal with such issues are faced with the greatest a community or country is often a key part of the with public health crises in a timely manner. A burden. problem. recent UN panel on health crisis response stated, This trend continues with Zika, as mosquitoes If we continue to tackle health crises like Ebola “The high risk of major health crises is widely un- that carry the virus cluster around standing water. and Zika on a case by case basis and do not ac- derestimated, and the world’s preparedness and Poor, rural communities frequently lack sanitation knowledge the factors that make poor populations capacity to respond is woefully insufficient.” or a clean water source, thus making them particu- much more vulnerable to such threats, the world The Zika virus may have even more potential larly vulnerable to the virus. will continue to see epidemics that impact human than Ebola to wreak havoc on large populations, Proper solutions should not only provide resourc- security on a vast scale. Scientific progress is im- as scientists are unsure of exactly how it can be es to the most susceptible populations first, but portant, but the role of sustainable development in spread and there are no existing vaccines or cures. also seek to resolve factors that contribute to a lack preventing massive disease outbreaks cannot be Certainly a lot of scientific work needs to be done of development and state inaction. Further, devel- ignored anymore. in investigating Zika, but we must also consider opment solutions that address contributors to an underlying factors that enable the spread of such inefficient public health system, such as endemic Elizabeth Hascher is a sophomore from Grand diseases and prevent action from being taken poverty and state incapacity, must be sustainable. Rapids, Michigan. She lives in Lewis Hall and studies immediately. It is not enough simply to rush more resources to political science with a minor in international Ebola may be mostly contained at this point, but those in dire need. This may help in the short term, development studies. She can be reached at there are important lessons to learn from how com- but what will happen when the Zika virus is no lon- [email protected] munities and governments dealt with the crisis. ger considered a crisis? Will the resources provided The views expressed in this column are those of the These lessons should inform how we look at Zika dry up, leaving the people still in poverty? Will author and not necessarily those of The Observer. 8 The observer | wednesday, february 17, 2016 | ndsmcobserver.com

By ADAM RAMOS acting alongside a baby or explaining Bros. Moving Co.” before earning his creativity and dark humor serve Buress S cene Writer his gripe with intentional walks in base- own Comedy Central late night show well. His cool delivery ensures play- ball, “Comedy Camisado” succeeds in “Why? with Hannibal Buress” in 2015 ful genuineness. Colorful expressions, O n his third major stand-up special its unsophistication. (since canceled). relatable references and passionate “Comedy Camisado” Hannibal Buress After impressing audiences with his Some may recognize him as the co- impersonations all add compelling enters the stage quietly, letting out oddball sensibility through a series median who in 2014 “made an offhand components to Buress’ act, and though one thank you and a clap before get- of minor roles and writing credits on joke about Cosby raping” Buress ex- it may not be the most gripping comedy, ting into his first bit.D ressed in mod- shows like “30 Rock,” “Louie” and “SNL,” plains in Camisado, maintaining his the short hour certainly flies by. est, dark clothing, Buress makes it clear Buress landed a co-hosting role on Adult signature nonchalance. Buress is cer- Throughout most of the act, Hannibal from the get-go that his act lacks piz- Swim’s “The Eric Andre Show.” A lethar- tainly more than “that comic,” the up- toes a fine line between corniness zazz. Fortunately it is in this simplic- gic foil to André’s off-the-wall insanity, roar was in part testament to just how and authenticity, yet his experience ity that the Chicago native shines as a Buress established a brilliantly surreal funny that bit was. Such unabashed and goofy stage presence is enough to stand-up comic. dynamic on the late-night show parody bluntness is a hallmark of the Buress’ ground at least most of his bits. That be- Hannibal Buress has made a career and gained the attention of more main- brand, and is very present throughout ing said, there are some jokes, such as of exposing the humor behind life’s in- stream outlets in the process. much of “Comedy Camisado.” one bit on Stevie Wonder, which come nocent mundanities. Beginning with This past year Buress shined as “Pitchers, that’s one of the few jobs off a bit undeveloped; but those mo- everyday observations, Buress’ gift of the curiously lovable Lincoln Rice on where if you do your job poorly, there are ments are fleeting, quickly transition- storytelling and frank delivery allows Comedy Central’s hilarious “Broad explosions in the sky. One of the others ing to more fruitful pursuits. him to navigate the audience through City.” Buress continued his success is TSA agent,” Buress observes, as if just hilarious and often provocative digres- through voice roles on animated pro- coming up with it on the spot before let- Contact Adam Ramos at sions. Whether Buress is musing about grams “Chozen,” “China, IL” and “Lucas ting out a chuckle. The mix of honesty, [email protected]

By MATTHEW MACKE “Deadpool” easily cleared all of these No other hero has displayed as much deadpan comedic foils. Relative un- S cene Writer hurdles. On the surface, it’s a pretty depth as Deadpool. It’s refreshing to knowns Andre Tricoteux and Brianna typical love story. Wade Wilson is your have a movie emphasize the human Hildebrand are amusing, if underused, There were a lot of places “Deadpool” run-of-the-mill ex-Special-Ops-soldier part of superhuman. Wade keeps his sidekicks. could have gone wrong. A movie as turned town mercenary. He meets the sense of humor (though it swings closer Perhaps the one legitimate short- self-aware as this one, whose titular stripper of his dreams, gets terminal to insanity post-transformation), but coming in this film is the villains. Ed character knows he’s a work of fiction, cancer and is forced to go to extremes appears genuinely terrified when un- Skrein plays a generic scientist with requires a delicate balancing act. Lean to be cured. Basically the plot of a dergoing the torture needed to activate super-strength named Ajax, and for- too far to one side and the movie lacks Nicholas Sparks novel. his latent mutant powers. Despite his mer-MMA fighterG ina Carano plays substance, lean too far to the other and “Deadpool” delivers everything fans apparent self-assuredness, he wrestles his similarly strong henchwoman it’s uncomfortably ignorant. were expecting and then some. Intense with whether or not to reveal his newly Angel Dust. Skrein’s performance isn’t “Deadpool” could have surren- violence? Check. Vulgar humor? Check. disfigured self to his fiancée. For all bad, but a villain who “can’t feel any- dered to the phenomenon known as Holiday-themed sex montage? Check. the praise heaped on “Guardians of thing” isn’t the most satisfying target of “we showed all the funniest parts in Gratuitous Ikea references? Check. the Galaxy” and “The Avengers,” the Deadpool’s insults. At least he was al- the trailer.” See enough comedies and In all seriousness, there hasn’t been character development of each of those lowed to talk — it seemed like the script you’ll undoubtedly encounter this ef- a superhero movie this emotionally films feels decidedly unnatural com- actively avoided Carano. fect, leaving you feeling cheated when mature since the Dark Knight trilogy. pared to the evolution in “Deadpool.” But ultimately, this movie is the you exit the theater. With trailers as Most comic book heroes are represent- I’m guessing that most people aren’t Deadpool show — a monument built hilarious as those for “Deadpool” this ed as having relatively unmoving per- going to see “Deadpool” for the un- to showcase all that this character has was a definite possibility. sonalities. It doesn’t matter what sorts expectedly substantial characters. to offer. The story is engaging, the ac- There was also a chance that of atrocities they see or violence they They’re going to laugh. In that re- tion sequences beautiful and the hu- “Deadpool” would collapse under the dish out, they will still be the heroes we gard, “Deadpool” is exceptional. Ryan mor sidesplitting. I can sleep soundly weight of its own nerd-fueled popular- know and love. Captain America will Reynolds plays the role he was born knowing “Deadpool” is here to save us ity and succumb to excessive fan ser- still have his indomitable morals, Tony to play as “the merc with the mouth.” from getting our heads stuck too far up vice. Given the character’s uniquely Stark will still have a snappy comeback His R-rated immaturity will keep our cinematic universes. small but fervent fan-base, this was my and Hawkeye will still do whatever the you laughing throughout the entire biggest concern. director needs him to do to advance the film.M orena Baccarin and (espe- Contact Matthew Macke at I am incredibly happy to say plot. cially) T.J. Miller do a great job as his [email protected]

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Happy Birthday: Make home and family a priority, and you will excel outside your domestic environment. Finding a healthy balance between work and play will help you accomplish as much as possible. Personal improvements plus a generous attitude will help you attract special people into your life. Love can make the world go round. Be a giving participant. Your numbers are 2, 9, 15, 22, 29, 34, 41. ARIES (March 21-April 19): Get involved in something that matters. Surprise someone with an unexpected gesture. A chance to change your vocational path to a more academic position will lead to a higher income and greater satisfaction. Don’t let anyone bully you. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Don’t hold a grudge or argue about the way things get done. Do your part and you will have no regrets. A partnership will go through changes, but in the end, it will bring you closer together and help you make personal gains. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Don’t sit back. Speak up and share your ideas. If someone tries to intervene or suggests unrealistic plans, take action that will allow you to stick to your plan without complications or taking on more than you can handle. Emotional manipulation is apparent. CANCER (June 21-July 22): Keep an open mind when dealing with authority figures or institutions. Reserve judgment and get all the facts without sharing too much about your personal life. Look for alternatives and don’t be afraid to do things differently. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Refuse to argue. Remain calm and reticent about how you want to go about your business. Try to get everything in place before you make your next move. An interesting turn of events will develop while networking.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Keep your feelings to yourself. Don’t let anyone put demands on you. Take care of your responsibilities and move on to more enjoyable pastimes. Love and romance will help you resolve a misunderstanding or concern. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Take the plunge and sign up for something you want to do. Whether it’s a course, trip or an event that gives you incentive to move forward, now is the time to put things in place. Walk away from situations that cannot be resolved. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Keep moving. Idle time will lead to anxiety and run- ins with people who don’t see things the same way you do. Focus on something that takes you away from your ordinary routine and allows you to develop a unique plan. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Emotional tension will mount if you haven’t been honest. Make changes at home that will help you gain confidence and allow you the freedom you need to excel. Think matters through and do what’s best for you. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Don’t worry about what others do. Focus on your goals and follow through with your plans. It’s up to you to protect your position, assets and possessions from anyone who is manipulative or has ulterior motives.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): The changes you make at home will be beneficial but challenging. The chance to begin a new routine is within your reach. Don’t get upset when you should take charge and set the stage for the way you want things to be. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Your unpredictable nature will wreak havoc when dealing with colleagues, friends and family. Don’t let your emotions take over, causing you to overreact or make assumptions that will put you in a vulnerable or awkward position. Birthday Baby: You are free-spirited, resourceful and easygoing. You are brave and benevolent.

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famous than Beyoncé, sport- Associated Press pulled within 77-71 on a three-point play by Taylor Marek Mazurek ing events represent a gold three-point play by Jonathan quickly pushed Texas to a Sports Writer mine of potential listeners. AUSN TI , Texas — Eric Holton with 38 seconds left. 12-point lead in the opening Having more games in- Davis Jr. scored 15 points Texas put the game away minutes. The NBA All-Star game clude a musical halftime and sparked a flurry of first- with eight consecutive free Even when Texas’ scor- took place in Toronto this show would also give teams half 3-pointers for No. 24 throws. ing slowed down, the past weekend. I personally a chance to create a unique Texas as the Longhorns held The win is another Mountaineers couldn’t went into the NBA’s annual, identity. For example, the off a late rally to beat No. big result on the NCAA make the run they needed to frenzied regalia thinking Memphis Grizzlies could 10 West Virginia 85-78 on Tournament resume of first- rally. After shooting 63 per- that Sting’s performance at choose to feature country Tuesday night. year coach Smart, who still cent in the first half, West halftime would be the best music artists during their Davis made four 3-point- hasn’t lost three straight Virginia tapered off badly part of the weekend. halftime shows, and the ers in the first half and with the Longhorns. Texas in the second and struggled I was correct to believe Boston area could showcase Texas (17-9, 8-5 Big 12) had is 5-3 against ranked oppo- from the free throw line. that Sting would deliver. local bands like Aerosmith or 10 in the game in capping a nents this season and three And Texas kept handling However, Sting’s solid Boston. The Dallas Cowboys regular-season sweep of the of its last five games will the West Virginia press to performance aside, two fel- would just listen to “The Mountaineers. Texas broke come against No. 25 Baylor, perfection. Taylor’s off- lows named Zach LaVine Fool on the Hill” on repeat, a two-game losing streak. Kansas and No. 3 Oklahoma. balance alley-oop pass to and Aaron Gordon proved and I think the Los Angeles Texas coach Shaka Smart Just like its first win Prince Ibeh for a dunk fin- me wrong by putting on an Rams would be happy to had implored his team to over the Mountaineers in ished off a three-pass se- amazing slam dunk contest. have Nickelback to distract show more emotion head- January, Texas expertly han- quence that sliced through And two weeks ago, fans from the fact that Case ing in a tough, late-season dled West Virginia’s press- the Mountaineers and put Beyoncé, Bruno Mars and Keenum is their quarterback. gauntlet against four ranked ing defense, turning the ball the Longhorns up 65-52. Coldplay — yes, I know Besides, it’s not like we opponents in six games. over just seven times. West Coldplay was the headlining have a shortage of aging Davis responded with argu- Virginia attacked Texas Tip-ins act, and yes, I’m still men- rock bands looking for work. ably his best half of the sea- ballhandlers early and pro- W est Virginia: The tioning them third — put Playing at a MLS game must son after scoring seven total duced three quick turnovers Mountaineers played with- on a great Super Bowl half- be better than playing a points in the previous four in the opening minutes that out starting guard Daxter time show. I’m a sucker for kid’s birthday party for up- games. fueled a 12-4 Mountaineers Miles because of a strained “Uptown Funk” and Beyoncé and-coming indie artists or Isaiah Taylor led Texas lead. right hamstring. Starting in is, well, Beyonce. washed-up metal groups. with 23 points and seven But Texas cleaned up the his place was Teyvon Myers, At this point, you may be And just think of the awe- assists. sloppy play and quickly who came in averaging just sitting there and thinking, some marketing potential: Tarik Phillip scored 19 fought back before Davis 2.2 points and finished with “Marek, this is a sports au- Imagine the Royals with points for West Virginia (20- took over the last 6 minutes six points, one assist and no thority, not a music rant.” halftime act Kansas, the 6, 9-4), which dropped one of the first half with a slew steals. You would be correct in that Bears with Chicago, the game behind No. 2 Kansas of 3-pointers. Davis made Texas: The Longhorns regard, but the point I’m try- Giants with They Might Be in the Big 12. three as the teams traded are keeping watch on their ing to make is that sporting Giants or the Eagles with ... Jaysean Paige, the seven straight 3-pointers own injured lineup. Smart events need more musical wait for it ... the Eagles. Mountaineers’ leading scor- and his fourth pushed the said this week that center performances. And, if we’re really lucky, er at 14.0 points per game, Longhorns to a 45-36 half- Cam Ridley still hasn’t been Why should the Super Bowl we can look forward to injured an ankle in the first time lead. cleared to put his full weight and All-Star games get all player-singer duets. Imagine half and never returned. The Longhorns kept up on a surgically repaired the musical acts and drama? Boogie the rapper perform- West Virginia, which the barrage in the second bone in his right foot, put- To channel my inner Bernie ing with DeMarcus “Boogie” trailed by as many as 16 half. Connor Lammert’s ting his return before the Sanders, the system we have Cousins. Plus, I think fans points in the second half, 3-pointer followed by a postseason in doubt. gives roughly 1 percent of would enjoy Nick Saban jam- the sporting events that ming with Lynyrd Skynyrd to NHL | Capitals 3, kings 1 take place every year about “Sweet Home Alabama.” 99 percent of the musical Plus, now that one dumb acts. That’s just not right, commentator on every show and expanding musical per- will have something to do. Capitals come from formances to even regular Shaq can finally come into season games would let ev- his own as TNT’s halftime eryone win. act analyst, and, let’s be behind to beat Kings Think about it: More half- honest, I want to hear Dick time shows are good for both Vitale call Justin Bieber a Associated Press Grubauer, getting a rare start to poke away a pass intended sports and music. Would “diaper dandy.” in place of Braden Holtby, for Ovechkin, camped out you watch an NHL regular- Look, I just enjoy the en- WASHINGTON — Evgeny made 39 saves. in his usual power-play spot season game between the tertainment of halftime Kuznetsov’s tiebreaking goal Kings goalie Jonathan near the left circle. Dustin Columbus Blue Jackets shows and want more of it. with 122 seconds remain- Quick, back after missing Brown corralled the puck and and the Florida Panthers? If it means I have to DVR the ing off an assist from ex- three games with a lower- brought it up the right wing Probably not, right? What if Super Bowl and fast forward Kings player Justin Williams, body injury, finished with 29 before sending it cross-ice. it had a halftime show fea- through two hours of tape to a score that withstood a stops. Kopitar’s initial shot was turing Bruce Springsteen watch Beyoncé, I’ll do that. coach’s challenge for goalie Washington won de- blocked, but he lifted the re- and Drake? By adding bigger If it means I have to buy tick- interference, lifted the NHL- spite a quiet night for Alex bound over Grubauer from a and better halftime shows, ets to Jacksonville Jaguars leading Washington Capitals Ovechkin, whose four-game tough angle on the left side of viewership of sporting games to see her, I’ll do that to a 3-1 comeback victory goal streak ended, and the the net. events will only increase. too. over Los Angeles on Tuesday team’s league-best power Washington made it 1-all The same goes for the art- night. play, which went 0 for 5, man- when Burakovsky redirect- ists, too. Beyoncé may not Contact Marek Mazurek at Kuznetsov’s 16th goal, but aged a total of only five shots ed a puck that Dmitry Orlov need the increased draw [email protected] first in a month, gave him 20 in those 10 minutes with the put in front of the net. It was sporting events provide, but The views expressed in this points in his past 14 games. man-advantage and was the Burakovsky’s 12th goal. it certainly isn’t going to Sports Authority are those of Andre Burakovsky got a sec- unit responsible for allowing Capitals defenseman hurt her record sales, either. the author and not necessar- ondary assist on that score, the Kings’ goal. Brooks Orpik earned the sec- And for artists who are less ily those of The Observer. after tying the game with That’s because Kopitar ondary assist in his return to 48.1 seconds left in the sec- scored his 17th goal while Los action after missing the pre- ond period. Jason Chimera Angeles was killing a penalty vious 40 games with a lower- added an empty-netter with with a little under 3 1/2 min- body injury. Orpik’s presence 8.6 seconds left. utes left in the first period. was acknowledged in the Anze Kopitar put Los Defenseman Drew Doughty first period by a roar from Please recycle Angeles ahead in the first pe- set it up by diving headfirst the crowd when his No. 44 The Observer. riod on a short-handed goal. in front of the crease and was shown on the overhead Washington goalie Philipp reaching out with his stick scoreboard. 12 The observer | wednesday, february 17, 2016 | ndsmcobserver.com Sports

Track & field I rish excel in two weekend meets

By TOBIAS HOONHOUT personal bests. In the high Sports Writer jump, sophomore Hunter Holton placed fifth with a N otre Dame sent competi- jump of 2.06 meters, and tors to both the Iowa State freshman Matthew Birzer CAITLYN JORDAN | The Observer Invitational and the SPIRE finished 10th with a person- Irish sophomore Kirk Hansen sets his sights on the runner ahead of him during the 800-meter run at the Division I meet last weekend al best of 1.96 meters. In the Meyo Invitational on Feb. 6 at Loftus Sports Center. Hansen finished in 17th place in the event. and came away with strong 3,000-meter run, sophomore performances on both the Kevin Pulliam finished 11th P aid Advertisement men’s and women’s sides as with a personal-best time of it heads into the final stretch 8:17.84, and senior Timothy before the ACC indoor Ball came in 13th with his championships. own personal record of On Friday, the dynamic 8:18.28. duo of senior Molly Seidel Additionally, juniors Chris and freshman Anna Rohrer Marco and Jacob Dumford placed first and second, re- finished 14th and 15th in spectively, in the 5,000-me- the mile, respectively. Both ter run at the Iowa State edged closer to the 4-minute Invitational, notching mark with nearly-identical personal bests in the pro- times of 4:03.81 and 4:03.85, cess. Seidel broke her own which Turner said is great so school record with a time long as they continue to im- of 15:47.07, and Rohrer was prove their placement in the right behind her with a time conference. of 15:47.78. “If they can put them- “They weren’t running all selves in good positions out, which is pretty scary, for the ACC they are going especially considering how to place very high for us,” good Molly is getting right Turner said about Marco and now,” Irish head coach Alan Dumford. “But right now, it’s Turner said. “I’ve said it be- [less about hitting 4 minutes fore, but she is just taking and] more about placing as everything to another level. high as they can in the ACC, Anna is following right be- whether that’s 3:59 or 4:05 hind her. She’s also a super that gets us the victory.” talented individual as well. With the ACC champion- … Those two have just been ships only two weeks away, lights out for us this entire the Irish are in the midst season, and what they did of preparation for the fi- at Iowa State was actually nal stretch run, and that expected.” preparation continues this Another top performer coming weekend when the for the women was gradu- team hosts the Alex Wilson ate student Carly Loeffel, Invitational at Loftus Sports who took home the top spot Center on Saturday. The in the pentathlon at the meet is set to start at 10 a.m. SPIRE meet with a score of 4,019 points. Additionally, Contact Tobias Hoonhout at the women’s 1600-meter [email protected] relay of sophomores Jordan Shead and Payton Miller, P aid Advertisement senior Margaret Bamgbose and graduate student Kaila Barber came in second on Saturday in the SPIRE meet with a time of 3:37.87, their best time up to this point in the season and second best in the conference. Turner said he was very pleased with the progress Loeffel has made this sea- son as she looks to get back to the NCAA championships. “She’s where she needs to be right now, and she’s going to have to duplicate those ef- forts in couple weeks at the ACCs,” Turner said. “She’s been to the NCAAs in her sophomore year, so she has tasted being on the big stage, and she just wants to get back there. … Hopefully [in the coming weeks] we can maximize all of our points in the women’s team and bring home an ACC title.” On the men’s side, the Irish performed admirably, as a number of team members set Sports ndsmcobserver.com | wednesday, february 17, 2016 | The Observer 13

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college baseball with 75 double plays in just 60 games last season, as well as Johnny Bench Award- candidate Lidge behind the plate. “I continue to marvel at the guys in our infield the way they just continue to work, continue to de- velop and continue to get better,” Aoki said. “ … Zach, Cavan, Lane and Kyle, I think all four of them are better players. And I think that that’s pretty remarkable consider- ing the fact that they played at an extremely high level last year.” One area Notre Dame will see some turnover in, however, is the back-end of the starting rotation. “When you look at certain guys, some of these guys are going to be in a little bigger role,” Aoki said. “If you look at [sophomores right- hander] Peter Solomon and [left- MICHAEL YU | The Observer hander] Sean Guenther, those are Irish junior right-hander Ryan Smoyer follows through after a pitch during Notre Dame’s 8-3 win over Central Michigan on March 18 at Frank kids who were in the back end of Eck Stadium. Smoyer led the Irish in wins last season, compiling a 9-1 record, and had a 2.27 earned-run average over 79 1/3 innings of work. our bullpen last year and are go- ing to be at the front end to start the year this year. I don’t know that they’ve necessarily improved by leaps and bounds, but I think they’ve been able to adjust, make the adjustments to the starter’s role versus the closer’s role.” Guenther led the Irish last sea- son with five saves while compiling a 1-3 record, 2.72 ERA and 37 strike- outs in 46 1/3 innings of work over 27 appearances. Solomon notched four saves of his own, throwing 19 1/3 innings on the way to a 2-0 re- cord, 1.40 ERA and 19 strikeouts in nine appearances. Both will see their time in the starting rotation, Aoki said. Because the team believes it can compete with anyone in the coun- try, Aoki said the improvement he sees is more on the mental side of the game. “I think our whole team has just done a really good job of embracing the whole idea of just trying to get a little bit better every day,” Aoki said. MICHAEL YU | The Observer “This competition isn’t necessar- Irish junior left-hander Scott Tully delivers a pitch during Notre Dame’s 8-3 win over Central Michigan on March 18 at Frank Eck Stadium. ily against our opponents so much Tully led the team with 63 strikeouts over 65 1/3 innings as he started five games and compiled a 4-4 record and 3.17 earned-run average. as it is ourselves, just pushing our- selves every day to try to maximize P aid Advertisement our potential. It’s really gratifying to watch these guys just go about the work of doing that.” This weekend’s three-game set against the Broncos (26-28, 12-15 West Coast in 2015) is set to begin at 9 p.m. Friday at Stephen Schott Stadium. Going into the series, Aoki said he wants his team to start playing with a present-focused mindset. “I think it’s very much the same as it was last year, which is to take the game one pitch at a time,” Aoki said. “Don’t worry about the past, don’t worry about the future, just be completely obsessed with the present, and just try to play as well as we are capable of playing. “ … We’re not playing the game against the opponent. The oppo- nent really is irrelevant. It’s us try- ing to maximize our individual and collective ability, and I think that’s going to be the message from the first day of the season to the very last day of the season, which hopefully is in late June.”

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Football Cn o tinued from page 16 rigors with my football com- mitments has given me a great foundation for my next endeavor.” The Midland, Michigan, native said while he “poured everything into representing Notre Dame” as a member of the team, he’s ready to move on from football after three seasons. “The excitement I feel about the professional opportunity in front of me has helped me to realize that I’m just ready to be done with football,” Elmer said. “I’ve been play- ing this game for many years, and quite honestly my heart is no longer in it.”

Irish head coach Brian EMMET FARNAN | The Observer Kelly referenced his staff’s Irish junior Mary Closs positions herself for a backhand during Notre Dame’s 7-0 win over Western Michigan on Jan. 19 at Eck Tennis recruiting pitch that Notre Pavilion. Closs is 8-7 in singles play this season, as well as 2-2 in doubles play with her primary doubles partner, senior Julie Vrabel. Dame is more about the four years in college when prais- their doubles play. Even P aid Advertisement ing Elmer’s character. W Tennis though he believes the dou- “Notre Dame is a special Cn o tinued from page 16 bles teams are gradually im- place that develops unique proving, Louderback said and talented people,” Kelly and Quinn Gleason (6-1, that his team is working on said in a press release. “Steve 7-6(3)) all fell in their singles getting more overall pro- Elmer is such a person. He matches. duction during the doubles chose Notre Dame to earn a Despite the loss that ended matches. degree from the top univer- Notre Dame’s three-match “We are going to contin- sity in the world and play winning streak, Louderback ue to work on our doubles,” football at the highest level. said he was very pleased with Louderback said. “Our dou- He’s accomplished both and the way his team performed bles teams are playing better so much more. Sunday and feels the loss but we need to start getting “This is an incredible pro- will motivate his team to do some doubles points.” fessional opportunity for better. Thirsty for more points, the Steve. We, as a coaching staff, “I felt like we played a very Irish head to West Lafayette, talk about how attending good match against Michigan Indiana, for an non-con- Notre Dame isn’t a four-year and were in position to have ference contest against decision; rather it’s a 40-year a chance to win the match,” Purdue on Wednesday. The investment into your life. Louderback said. “Losing a match will take place at the This University provides so close match like that makes Schwartz Tennis Center and many different avenues to- us ready to get back on the is scheduled for 3 p.m. ward success, whether that’s court as soon as possible.” on the football field or in the And the Irish are ready to Contact Michael Ivey at boardroom, and Steve’s an- do just that, starting with [email protected] other outstanding example.” Elmer’s departure means the Irish will have to replace three starters on the offen- Write Sports. sive line, with graduate stu- Email Zach at [email protected] dent Nick Martin exhausting his eligibility and senior Ronnie Stanley forgoing his P aid Advertisement final season to enter April’s NFL Draft. Sophomore Quenton Nelson and ju- nior Mike McGlinchey are set to be the only returning starters. Elmer said although mak- ing the call to leave Notre Dame wasn’t easy, it was the correct decision for him. “If this sounds like it was a difficult decision for me, you would be right,” Elmer said. “My time at Notre Dame is something I will always cherish, leaving me with the best of friends and countless memories that I will carry with me for the rest of my life. I owe so much to this University, not only for giv- ing me the chance to play on college football’s biggest stage and preparing me for life beyond the game but for helping to make me the man I am today. All I ask from you is that you trust me when I say I know that I have made the right decision.” SPORTS ndsmcobserver.com | wednesday, february 17, 2016 | The Observer 15

every single day on the day in M Lax front of us,” Corrigan said. “It’s Cn o tinued from page 16 not about anything that’s going to happen in May, even any- championship a number of dif- thing that’s going to happen in ferent years, but that’s not really March — it’s about today.” relevant. What is is how hard do Even with sky-high expecta- you work every day. How hard tions this season, Corrigan said do you prepare yourself. How the Irish will not necessarily be good of a chance do you give picking up right where they left yourself to be that best team at off. Former attack Conor Doyle the end.” and midfieldersN ick Ossello, On paper, Notre Dame’s Jim Marlatt, Jack Near and Will chances look good. The Irish Corrigan were all important return three of their top four pieces last season that have goal scorers: senior attack Matt since been lost to graduation. Kavanagh, junior midfielder “There’s no question, every Sergio Perkovic and sopho- team has to develop its lead- more attack Mikey Wynne. ers as you lose those guys from They return all three starters the year before,” Corrigan said. on defense, including senior “But there’s also some little and reigning ACC Defensive things that they did — the insti- Player of the Year Matt Landis. tutional knowledge, if you will, Landis and Kavanagh were of how we do things. both picked in the top five of the “ … It’s a process to grow into Major League Lacrosse draft in that leadership for the next January. year. I think we’ve got guys who While Notre Dame having are doing that on an everyday a handful of the country’s top basis. I think our seniors have players will certainly help its been good during the pre- quest for a first national title, season in trying to develop that, Corrigan said he is more fo- but you don’t pick up where you cused on the team aspect and left off.” less on individual expectations. Whether or not the seniors “Quite honestly I think [ex- step up and lead the Irish to pectations are] a muse for fans a national championship, or people who are interested Corrigan said he is confident in the team,” Corrigan said. “I Notre Dame will be in the thick think within the team what we of things for the long haul. need to be concerned about are “I think all of the pieces are in our standards of performance place,” Corrigan said. “I think every day — not getting guys it took awhile for us to get all caught up in expectations, be- those pieces. The first time we cause the only expectation that went to the Final Four [in 2001], ALARISSE LAM | The Observer I want them to have is that we’re we didn’t have scholarships. Irish senior attack Matt Kavanagh surveys his options during Notre Dame’s scrimmage against Air Force going to be as well prepared as We didn’t have a budget for as- on Jan. 30 at Loftus Sports Center. Kavanagh led the Irish with 52 points and scored 27 goals last season. we can possibly by every time sistant coaches, and we didn’t we strap it up on Saturdays.” have a stadium to play in. We’ve P aid Advertisement For Corrigan’s part, he has got all those things now. instilled in his every one of “ … All of the pieces have players a sense of taking the been put into place here for us season day-by-day and not to compete at a high level.” looking ahead to the NCAA Landis, who has suffered his Tournament. fair share of heartbreaking loss- “I think we don’t want to have es in his three years at Notre that attitude [of forward think- Dame, was more matter of fact ing] because if all we focus on about getting over the hump. is the end product, we’ll forget “In every single one of those about all the steps it takes to games … it’s been a game that get there,” Landis said. “I think goes right down to the wire. … we’re trying to … leave the field It’s just putting in a little more better than we stepped on [ev- effort. We’re right there, we just ery day]. If we look at it that way, need one percent more to go all and we’re not getting better ev- the way.” ery day, I don’t think we’ll get to the national championship.” Contact Brian Plamondon at “We really try to stay focused [email protected]

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Football ND Women’s Tennis Lineman Elmer to forgo N otre Dame final year of eligibility readies for Purdue

Observer Staff Report By MICHAEL IVEY doubleheader Jan. 30-31 and Sports Writer No. 25 Ole Miss, before beat- Junior offensive lineman ing Memphis, 6-1, on Feb. 7. Steve Elmer will graduate N otre Dame takes on non- Overall, Purdue has faced five early in May and forgo his fi- conference opponent Purdue ranked opponents so far this nal year of eligibility, Notre on Wednesday. season, recording a 1-4 record Dame announced Tuesday. The Irish (4-3, 1-0) visit in those contests. Elmer, who closed his Irish Purdue at the Schwartz Tennis Leading up to Purdue, the career with 27 consecutive Center in West Lafayette, Irish lost, 5-2, on-the-road to starts as one of six players to Indiana. No. 8 Michigan on Sunday. start every game in the 2014 Irish head coach Jay Juniors Jane Fennelly and and 2015 seasons, will earn Louderback said he believes Monica Robinson notched his degree in economics at the Boilermakers’ experience the only singles wins for the end of this semester and will play an important factor the Irish. Fennelly battled begin his professional life in for the Irish during the match. against Michigan sophomore Washington, D.C. “Purdue is a very veteran Alex Najarian in a 10-point “While playing football team and one that is tough set tiebreaker, ultimately for Notre Dame has been at home, so we know we will handing Notre Dame its first nothing short of an honor, have to play well and be very point with a 6-3, 5-7, 10-3 vic- I have been presented with patient,” Louderback said. tory. Robinson also played to an incredible opportunity to The Boilermakers (7-5, three sets. She beat freshman pursue a career doing some- 0-0) face the Irish after a Brienne Minor 7-5, 1-6, 6-4 to thing in which I have great busy doubleheader-weekend. secure the Irish their second interest, and at a great com- They defeated DePaul, 5-2, and final point of the day. pany to boot,” Elmer said in before falling to Tulsa, 4-0, Fellow junior Mary Closs (6- a letter written to Irish fans. on Sunday. Before Sunday’s 2, 7-6(3)), sophomore Allison “The experience of balancing win, the Boilermakers suf- Miller (6-2, 6-1) and seniors Notre Dame’s academic WEI LIN | The Observer fered three straight losses Julie Vrabel (6-2, 6-3) Irish junior offensive lineman Steve Elmer, left, looks to make a on-the-road against. They fell see ELMER PAGE 14 block during Notre Dame’s 44-28 loss to Ohio State on Jan. 1. to Kansas and Arkansas in a see W TENNIS PAGE 14

BASEBALL men’s lacrosse ND returns solid Experienced Irish set to pitching, defense pursue first national title

By ZACH KLONSINSKI right-hander Nick McCarty, ju- By BRIAN PLAMONDON S ports Editor niors left-hander Scott Tully Sports Writer and right-hander Ryan Smoyer D espite reaching the NCAA and sophomore right-hander F orgive Irish head coach tournament for the first time Brandon Bielak. Kevin Corrigan if he has since 2006, the feeling around Additionally, of the eight po- grown a few more gray hairs the clubhouse in the final hours sition players who appeared in than most over the last de- before Notre Dame’s 2016 season 45 games or more last season, cade or so. gets underway is anything but Notre Dame returns six: seniors Notre Dame, which opens satisfied. shortstop Lane Richards, first its 2016 season Saturday “[It] wasn’t like we won the baseman Zak Kutsulis and out- against Georgetown in College World Series,” Irish head fielder KyleR ichardson as well Atlanta, has now lost to the coach Mik Aoki said Tuesday af- as juniors third baseman Kyle eventual national champion ternoon, just 36 hours before his Fiala, second baseman Cavan in the NCAA tournament squad goes wheels-up for Santa Biggio and catcher Ryan Lidge. eight of the last 10 years, Clara, California. “[We] got to a A seventh, graduated outfielder only once by two or more regional, which was great, got our Robert Youngdahl, is still with goals. After falling in the fi- program back to a level of play the program as a volunteer assis- nal to Duke in 2014 and the that we feel like it should be at, tant coach. semifinals toD enver last which is great, but we just want “The pitching staff, I think it’s year, Corrigan might have to continue to get better. deep, I think it’s experienced and the best roster in his 28- “We want to continue to try to I think it’s talented,” Aoki said. year tenure as Notre Dame’s become as good as we can be, “But I think you could use those coach — that’s at least what and with this particular squad, same adjectives for our infield. the media thinks, as the Irish that could potentially be a pretty That fits.O ur infield and our are ranked No. 1 in the pre- high place.” pitching I think probably are the season rankings. Corrigan, The core of the 2015 squad that heart and soul and the strength on the other hand, doesn’t finished the season 37-23 overall to our team.” see this season as being na- and 17-13 in the ACC remains in All four infielders — from third tional championship or bust. place as the Irish head west to to first: Fiala, Richards, Rawlings “We don’t talk about it that open their season with a three- Gold Glove winner Biggio and way,” Corrigan said. “We felt game series against Santa Clara. Kutsulis — return for a Notre like we’ve had a team good The Irish return four of the Dame defense that led all of enough to win a national EMMET FARNAN | The Observer five pitchers who threw at least Irish senior defender Matt Landis engages the opposing attack during 60 innings last season: senior see BASEBALL PAGE 13 see M LAX PAGE 15 Notre Dame’s 14-12 win over Georgetown on Feb. 14, 2015.