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Nd dublin program remembers KeoughStudents and faculty reflect on Donald R. Keough’s impact on Notre Dame Irish Studies program

By JACK ROONEYnews writer

duBlin — The home of the notre dame dublin program sits in the heart of the irish cap-ital in a classic georgian house that, from 1809 until 1847, was home to daniel o’connell, who is remembered as a giant in irish history and dubbed ‘The liberator’ for his work in attain-ing civil rights for catholics in ireland under British rule.

since 2004, though, the build-ing bears the name of another man already remembered as a giant in american business and at notre dame, and who

left a mark in ireland as well. donald r. Keough, who died Tuesday, was the former chair of the notre dame Board of Trustees and president and chief operating officer of the coca-cola company. along with his friend, irish business-man martin naughton, he was also the benefactor of the notre dame dublin program, housed at the Keough-naughton notre dame centre in dublin.

Kevin whelan, the director of the dublin program and a friend of Keough, said Keough’s vision and leadership were essential to Photo courtesy of Kevin Whelan

Donald R. Keough, center, stands on the steps of the Keough-Naughton Notre Dame Centre in Dublin. Keough, who died Tuesday, was the visionary behind the relationship between the University and Ireland.

Saint Mary’s screens film on freedom of education

By NICOLE CARATASnews writer

saint mary’s screened the doc-umentary “To light a candle” on wednesday to help launch the “education is not a crime” campaign.

The center for women’s intercultural leadership (cwil), the center for spirituality, the religious studies department and campus ministry sponsored the screening.

The iranian government makes it difficult for members of the Baha’i community to re-ceive an education, although

they opened some of iran’s first modern schools, according to the campaign’s website. The Baha’i community, which is iran’s larg-est religious minority, has been persecuted for decades.

in the face of persecution, the Bahai’i community established the Baha’i institute for higher education (Bihe) in 1987. The Bihe follows a tradition of Baha’i educational initiatives that date back to the 1800s and works as an informal university to give young Baha’is a chance to learn, the campaign website states.

associate director for cwil, mana derakhshani, who is a

practitioner of the Baha’i faith, said screenings of this film are happening around the world, and Feb. 27 has been dedicated as education is not a crime day as part of the campaign.

“since the islamic revolution of 1979, the Baha’i commu-nity … has been the target of systematic, state-sponsored repression,”derakhshani said.

“as recently as last week, secu-rity officers raided and searched the homes of Baha’is in [iran] and arrested seventeen Baha’is. and just yesterday, actually, a man in

smc to perform ‘gossamer’ play

By KIERA JOHNSENnews writer

The saint mary’s college Theatre program will perform the play “gossamer” by novelist and newberry medal recipient lois lowry from Thursday to sunday in the little Theatre.

The play follows a story of magi-cal beings who create dreams. The loving and empathetic “lit-tlest” dream-giver possesses a gossamer touch in giving dreams; however, the dream-giver strug-gles when sent to help heal a young boy named John.

Katie sullivan, director and

associate professor of theatre, said the themes and storyline in “gossamer” will make the play an enjoyable experience for the audience.

“students will enjoy the good versus evil, the notion that our dreams are gifts to us, that there are truly scary things happening in the world and that we must find through imagination, positive memories and loving relation-ships the courage to step past our fears and negative experiences,” she said. “it is actually a pretty deep little play by the time we

Notre Dame hosts ACC Leadership SymposiumBy CAROLYN HUTYRAnews writer

The 2015 atlantic coast conference (acc) student leadership symposium, an annual three-day seminar focused on strengthening the bonds between the 15 schools in the acc, will take place Friday through sunday at notre dame.

This year’s theme, “inspiring inclusion, creating community,

launching leaders,” imple-mented by symposium co-leads and seniors stephanie Klotter and Juan rangel, aims to unite acc schools through activities and pro-grams focused on promot-ing academics and athletic opportunities.

“The conference is a chance for five student leaders from all acc schools to get togeth-er and discuss issues of social

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Correctionsin the Feb. 25 issue of The observer, the article “Keough dies at 88” incorrectly identified donald r. Keough as a former chief executive officer of the coca-cola company. Keough was formerly the chief operating officer. The observer regrets this error.

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Mindful MeditationColeman-Morse Center5:15 p.m. - 6:15 p.m.Open to students, faculty and staff. Women’s BasketballJoyce Center7 p.m. - 9 p.m.Irish take on Pittsburgh.

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TEDxND: “What If...” DeBartolo Performing Arts Center12:30 p.m. - 7 p.m.Talks by students, faculty and alumni.

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Men’s HockeyCompton Family Ice Arena.6:05 p.m. - 8:05 p.m.Irish take on Boston College.

Vigil MassBasilica of the Sacred Heart5 p.m. - 6 p.m.Worship service.

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Women’s TennisEck Tennis Pavillion11 a.m. - 1 p.m.Irish take on Virginia.

Mass in SpanishDillon Hall Chapel1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.Worship service.

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By MEGAN VALLEYnews writer

at wednesday night’s student senate meeting, the members discussed the core curriculum re-view with guest speaker dean John mcgreevy of the college of arts and letters and voted on the nomi-nation of Janie goodson, a junior mathematics major, to take over the role of student union Treasurer starting sunday.

student body vice president matthew devine opened the meet-ing and introduced mcgreevy,

who said the theology requirement would not be eliminated.

“i’ve heard a lot about [rumors of the theology requirements’ elimi-nation] recently, and we didn’t an-ticipate that,” he said. “everyone knows that theology is central to whatever is going to happen at notre dame.”

he said the core curriculum re-view committee wanted student feedback to help them make their decisions and invited senators to bring up their own concerns.

“The committee is charged with overseeing a faculty-led,

campus-wide — that includes stu-dents — review of current general education requirements and delib-erate possible changes in the cur-riculum,” he said

The university reviews the core curriculum every 10 years. in the past 46 years since the core cur-riculum was designed, there have been almost no changes.

mcgreevy said two major con-cerns he had heard from students were that First year of studies was too similar to the high school course lineup and that there was a lack of cohesion among first-year

classes.“we hear complaints about what

students refer to as ‘grade 13,’” he said. “They sometimes feel the first year at notre dame is too much a repetition of what they did in high school.”

most of the concerns of the senate focused on the lack of elec-tives for many majors, the lack of interest and choice in the required classes and the number of credits required by the core curriculum.

after the presentation. senate approved the nomination by se-nior Kristen parkinson, current

student union Treasurer, of Janie goodson to take over the position beginning sunday and extending for a period of one year.

“Janie is an extremely talented and motivated individual with the passion, drive and commitment to successfully serve the student body,” parkinson said.

student body president lauren vidal also announced one dining hall will be open for brunch and dinner each day over spring break.

Contact Megan Valley at mvalley@nd.edu

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Award-winning alumna reads short storyBy CLARE KOSSLERnews writer

wednesday, the creative writing program hosted a read-ing in the hammes Bookstore by alumna emily grecki, recipi-ent of the 2014 nicholas sparks prize and nominee for the 2014 association of writers and writing programs (awp) intro Journals project.

in her introduction for her for-mer student, english professor

valerie sayers said grecki has a talent for surprising her readers and is a “devious writer who likes to set off land mines in fields of clover.”

sayers said the merit of grecki’s work lies in its unique narra-tive style, where “scene becomes concept and satire morphs into sympathy without the reader re-alizing quite when or how every-thing changed.”

grecki, whose winnning the sparks fellowship has allowed

her to take the year off to write. one of the projects she has un-dertaken is editing the short sto-ries she produced for her master’s thesis at notre dame, grecki said.

she said she has also added several stories to her collection, including the story, “clear path,” she presented at the reading.

The story, which alternates be-tween the first person perspec-tives of a romantically involved couple, follows the trajectory of the couple’s relationship. The

story also relates the couple’s amusing interactions with the man’s pet parakeet, milo.

“people think it’s weird when a man owns a bird,” the male pro-tagonist says.

“milo is not just a bird,” the man asserts. “he understands me.”

The inspiration for her story, grecki said, originated from the collection of short stories, “animal crackers,” by hannah Tinti.

grecki said she enjoys fiction writing because of its multifac-eted nature.

“The language aspect in itself is really exciting — coming up with the perfect phrase and rhythm and sound,” she said. “and then the other part is the story itself, the content where i go into real and surreal worlds, which i think are great to explore.”

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building a strong link between notre dame and ireland.

“don, when he was chair of the Board of Trustees, said that it was ridiculous for notre dame to be claiming to be irish but to have actually no connection with the country,” whelan said. “so don insisted, really, that notre dame reconnect with ireland in the 1990s. and being don, he didn’t just talk about it. he made it happen through generously supporting the es-tablishment of an irish studies program in 1993.”

after helping launch what is now the Keough-naughton institute for irish studies in 1993, Keough worked to develop the notre dame study abroad program in dublin, which opened in 1998, whelan said.

since then, Keough was in-strumental in the purchase and restoration of o’connell house, establishing numerous intern-ship programs for notre dame students in ireland and “con-stantly creating opportunities” for students, whelan said.

“all the programs that we run — the undergraduate program, the dublin summer program, the inside track immersion pro-gram, the internship program, many of the post-graduate en-deavors that we now do — all of these bear the stamp of don, and he was always willing to champion irish studies within the notre dame family,” he said.

“all of those things are the legacy of don’s vision. we’ve only been on the go since 1998, but there have been well over 2,000 notre dame students in various dublin programs,” whelan said. “now, the notre dame relationship with ireland is very, very strong, and it’s multifaceted now. … There can be no question but that don Keough was the main driver of the reconnection between notre dame — the Fighting irish — and ireland.”

Beyond monetary donations, though, whelan said Keough took the most joy in giving notre dame students the op-portunity to experience ireland and flourish at a crucial time in their lives.

“he met presidents and prime ministers and business leaders and people gave him all kinds of awards — all of that,” whelan said. “But the thing that gave him the most pride — the thing that he was really proud of — was that he was able to create opportunities for young people.

“we always encouraged our students to write to him, and he loved getting letters from stu-dents. and he’d reply to them all individually. he loved being able to create transformative possibilities for young people in their lives, and i think that’s what he saw as his legacy.”

one student who has ben-efitted from such opportunities, senior Katie Brennan, said the irish studies program has been essential to her notre dame experience. Brennan is an irish studies major and irish lan-guages and literature minor and serves as president of the notre dame irish club.

“notre dame’s irish studies department was one of the reasons i chose to attend notre dame, and through the pro-gram, i have been able to trav-el to ireland multiple times throughout my years here,” Brennan said. “Through these programs, i have been able to learn a great deal about ireland and northern ireland, which helped me discover and develop my interests in those places.

“Through my studies and research in northern ireland, partially funded through the Keough-naughton institute in the summer of 2013, i have dis-covered my next step in life fol-lowing graduation — attending Queen’s university Belfast for an m.a. in conflict transfor-mation and social justice. not only have my experiences with irish studies and study abroad taught me so much and given

me incredible memories, but they also have helped to shape me into the person i am today.”

Brennan, who also studied abroad in dublin in fall 2013 and interned there in summer 2014, said Keough’s kindness and passion permeated her ex-perience with the irish studies program.

“mr. Keough’s generosity has been so evident in all of my ex-periences with irish studies. not only did he help provide a strong financial base for the program, but he also supported it strongly, and that enthusiasm

has spread into all aspects of the program,” she said.

“i wish i could have person-ally thanked him for all of the fantastic experiences he helped to provide me,” Brennan said.

Keough also played a key role in bringing notre dame football to dublin for a game against navy in 2012, which whelan said “was the single biggest mass movement of americans into europe outside of war-time, and which was a huge boost to the irish economy and just an enormously successful occasion.”

whelan said Keough’s warm personality and deep care for notre dame and ireland made the notre dame dublin pro-gram possible.

“he was somebody who was in our lives in a very warm, positive, generous, support-ive, encouraging way always,” whelan said. “it’s been a won-derful journey, but i think don deserves the credit for being the pilot and the navigator and the guy who made it all happen.”

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Breen-phillips hall to host charity meal auctionBy MARGARET HYNDSassociate news editor

irish football coach Brian Kelly, professional specialist of finance carl ackermann and university provost Tom Burish are among the 20 “campus celebs” who have donated dinners for the 31st an-nual Breen-phillips hall meal auction today benefitting meals on wheels of st. Joseph county.

co-commissioners of the dorm’s signature charity event, sophomores anne o’Brien and maggie Blaha, said they hoped to increase the event’s total pro-ceeds from the $1,300 raised last year.

“[meals on wheels] is based two miles away in south Bend; they make three meals a day and send them out in the morning with drivers to the houses of the

elderly and homebound people in the town who can’t make their own food, seven days per week,” o’Brien said. “They don’t have very many drivers, and it’s pretty cash-strapped, so they rely really heavily on donations. we’d really like to make this year’s event big and raise a lot of money for them.”

as part of the dorm’s efforts to raise more money through the event, Blaha said the team imple-mented some structural changes to this year’s auction.

“in the past, we’ve actually done a live auction, so it was part live auction and part silent auc-tion,” Blaha said. “This year, we changed it as part of our efforts to get more money for the charity. so the auction will be part raffle tick-et for some of the gift baskets and then all silent auctions. so there won’t be any live auction, which

we’re actually excited about be-cause people can get more into it and get together in groups with their friends.”

The meal portion will make up the silent auction, so groups will be able to sign up for a meal paid for by the “campus celeb” who do-nated it, o’Brien said. The raffle portion will be for gift baskets do-nated by various groups on cam-pus and in the community.

“as far as baskets go, we have Blackhawks tickets, signed pucks from a couple of Blackhawks players, a lululemon giftcard, a lululemon gift basket, vineyard vines hats,” o’Brien said. “we contacted local restaurants to get gift cards, such as Jimmy John’s and let’s spoon, but the major-ity of it just came from donations. each of the sections in Bp donated a basket [and] our hall president

and vice president both donated stuff.

“For the meals, we just emailed professors and other people we thought people might want to eat a meal with. each person speci-fied how many people they want-ed to take and where they wanted to go. For example, one was din-ner for four at sorin’s at the morris inn. so when people bid, they’ll be bidding the amount that the group will pay in total. so, if they bid $100, each person will be pay-ing $25.”

some of those who have donat-ed meals to the auction have also volunteered to donate in other ways, as well.

“This year one professor prom-ises that whatever the tab is, he’ll match that and donate it back to us,” Blaha said. “ackermann did that last year, and that’s been

really helpful.”Blaha said students will be able

to use domer dollars to purchase raffle tickets, and that there would be several promotional events go-ing on during the auction to en-courage people to come.

“at 5 o’clock, we’re having the campus Keurig representative come and give away free cof-fee,” Blaha said. “at six o’clock, harmonia will be performing, and then around 7 o’clock we’re going to have the vineyard vines campus rep giving away sun-glasses and croakies. so if you buy a ticket, you get to pick one out.”

The auction will take place in the dooley room of laFortune student center on Thursday from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m.

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change that may affect the campuses of acc universi-ties,” Klotter said.

By promoting connections among student leaders from all the acc schools, the sym-posium creates networks, rangel said. The leadership training formation sessions specifically provide students with the necessary tools to implement programs for in-clusion at their respective institutions.

“we thought the issue of inclusion would allow us to connect to issues that notre dame has been talking about, especially for the last four years that we’ve been here,” rangel said. “it’s been a subject of controversy sometimes and just general discussions other times, and we know that we’re leading in some respects and also failing in others.”

The conference is also an opportunity to promote ex-change of ideas and develop strategies to confront cam-pus issues, an effort which rangel said he hopes can oc-cur as attendees learn from other schools and analyze proposals for change.

student leaders will ac-complish this through a va-riety of scheduled events, Klotter said.

“The conference consists of keynote speakers, work-shops, community service

trips, team projects and fun activities for the delegates coming,” Klotter said. “The conference concludes with each team project group presenting on an issue of in-clusion and how it can be ad-dressed on acc campuses.”

delegates will be random-ly placed in groups upon arrival in order to discuss topics such as religion, sex-ual orientation, socioeco-nomic status and gender, rangel said.

“Their task the entire weekend is developing a presentation that allows for them to discover what the obstacles are in contempo-rary times for their chosen groups as well as what are some possible strategies that they can [use to] con-front those obstacles,” he said. “They’re not required to implement those strate-gies at their institution, but we hope that just by devel-oping these ideas and seeing what all the other students come up with allows them to start brainstorming.”

ninety individuals are scheduled to visit notre dame for this event, which Klotter said is a great op-portunity for the university to show the acc what notre dame has to offer.

“as newcomers to the con-ference, it is important for the university to form this relationship beyond the sporting fields, and this is a great first step,” she said. “… The work that is going to

be done by the issues that are going to be addressed are ones that could spark conversations not only [for] those attending the confer-ence, but also [for] other stu-dent leaders at notre dame.”

Two keynote speakers, comedian amanda seales and adjunct instructor of management christopher stevens, will address sym-posium attendees Friday and sunday, respectively.

“[stevens] really exempli-fies leadership in every sense of the word,” Klotter said. “… professor stevens also has unbelievable past leadership experience through being on the notre dame basketball team, to founding Keurig, to investing in many different startup companies, to now teaching the management and mBa classes.”

stevens exemplifies the values and spirit that Klotter said she hopes the delegates can employ to become inclu-sive and inspiring leaders. overall, forming connec-tions with other leaders is the goal for the attendees, rangel said.

“i hope that the delegates are able to learn from the workshops, lectures and all the formal activities that we have planned for them, but also, informally, learn how to develop networks and re-lationships with other stu-dent leaders,” rangel said.

Contact Carolyn Hutyra at chutyra@nd.edu

come to the ending.”sullivan said the play is true

to the book, even describing mystical creatures such as the sinisteeds, dark and terrifying dream-givers resembling horses who rip through walls, breathe fire and disappear back through the walls, leaving only scorch marks.

“it’s a challenge to get this on the stage in a manner that is do-able but yet conveys the fright and the power that they bring to the story,” she said.

sullivan said stories involving the blurring of fantasy and reality were not foreign to the students working in the production.

“college students these days have grown up on “harry potter,” for instance, and understand and appreciate the existence of other places, non-human characters, different rules that govern these worlds,” she said.

maria welser, a junior portray-ing John in the production, said she enjoys getting the opportu-nity to relive childhood.

“i get to be a kid again, and not just any kid. i think John has a lot of swagger and maybe that’s just me, but he’s also best friends with a dog named Toby,” she said. “it’s so fun to just play around and act like a little kid. we as adults don’t really get the chance to do that.

Kids get the chance to be any-thing they want to be.”

on a serious note, this play cre-ates a great opportunity to shed light on child abuse, she said.

“John comes from an abusive family, and i think it’s nice to give a voice to children from less fortu-nate households,” welser said.

song-eun ma, an exchange student from Korea playing the character “littlest one,” said pre-paring for the show has been en-joyable due to a close-knit cast.

“They are literally my energy source,” ma said. “They make me so happy the whole rehearsal time.”

sullivan said saint mary’s pro-vides theater students exposure to a variety of plays in both con-temporary and classical genres.

“our students need experi-ence at working with elevated language like verse, such as in shakespeare’s iambic pentam-eter,” she said. “we put on “henry v” last spring and the greek com-edy “lysistrata” a couple of years before that.

“we also like to produce plays written by women, such as this one was, as we are at women’s college and want to educate our women, both theatre students and the student audience, with playwrights, issues, concerns, that do or will involve them in their lifetimes as women.”

Contact Kiera Johnsen at kjohns02@saintmarys.edu

the south of iran was kidnapped and beaten up,” she said. “The film and campaign are aimed at expos-ing social injustice and religious intolerance through personal sto-ries and rare footage often smug-gled out of iran at great personal risk.”

“To light a candle,” a film by maziar Bahari, chronicles the per-secution of the Baha’is in iran and the creation of the Bihe. Bahari, a muslim iranian-canadian jour-nalist and human rights activist, was incarcerated by the iranian government for five months in 2009.

The film uses interviews, secret footage and letters written by Baha’i prisoners cur-rently detained in iran to docu-ment the non-violent resistance of the Baha’i. The film sparked the “education is not a crime” cam-paign, aiming for universal access to higher education.

sr. amy cavender, associate pro-fessor of political science, spoke following the film.

cavendar read from the Bihe mission statement, which says students and graduates will “be trained to seek knowledge, to search for truth, beauty and jus-tice, to pursue excellence in a spirit of loving fellowship, to become in-dependent learners.”

“Those words resonated with me … as someone who is a mem-ber of the holy cross community,” cavendar said. “The sentiments aren’t identical, but it did call to mind Fr. [Basil] moreau’s circular

letter 36.”cavendar read from that letter:

“we do not want our students to be ignorant of anything they should know. To this end, we shall shrink from no sacrifice. But we shall never forget that virtue. … we shall always place education side by side with instruction; the mind will not be cultivated at the expense of the heart.”

cavender said the founding of both saint mary’s and notre dame can be attributed to the empha-sis placed on the importance of education.

“Just about every place in the world we end up, we end up in education,” she said. “sometimes that’s more traditional schools — grade schools, high schools, col-leges — sometimes it’s evening programs for adults whose school-ing was interrupted and wanted to come back and get schooling.”

cavender said the holy cross community and Bihe both hold that education is vitally important.

“every time i saw one of the stu-dents or the teachers [in the film] speak, i saw eyes light up with joy in following knowledge and seeking it and in sharing that knowledge with others and trying to build oth-ers up, improve society, make life better for everyone, whether or not they shared that faith,” she said.

“so education is really impor-tant for the individual to help him or her develop into all that is pos-sible for them to be and also to equip people to make contribution to the society’s in which they live,” cavender said.

Contact Nicole Caratas at ncaratas01@saintmarys.edu

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No to the Freeloader Act

if gov. scott walker has his way, the state of wisconsin will soon pass some version of the Freeloader act. Joining 24 other states, wisconsin would then impose government controls on the market because it has determined that too many people are acting in their own rational self-interest and not in the interests of their bosses. The new governor of illinois, Bruce rauner, is doing the same to public workers, encouraging local governments to pass their own versions of the Freeloader act. The Freeloader act is called “right to work” by its proponents, and its goal is not the rights of workers but the gains of owners and politicians.

in order for workers to form a labor union, at least 30 percent of the workers in a bargaining unit must petition the national labor relations Board — which covers most private sector workers — for a union election, which is won if over 50 percent of the workers vote for a union. The union is bound by federal law to represent all workers in the bargaining unit, even those who refuse to join.

it is illegal for private employers and their workers to ne-gotiate a contract stipulating that only union members can be hired (a “closed shop”) or that employees must join the union as a condition of employment (a “union shop”). while proponents of the Freeloader act say they are fighting against “forced unionism,” the truth is that there’s no part of the coun-try where you can be forced to join a union — not even under the same contractual provisions that can force you to buy your own uniforms or supplies as a condition of employment.

The Freeloader act instead bans agency shops or “fair share” shops, where employers and employees may negotiate a con-tract that stipulates that all employees who receive services from the union must pay some “fair share” fee to cover those services. These fees cover only the union’s cost of providing services—they cannot be used towards political activities or efforts to organize other workplaces. The union is legally mandated to provide services including bargaining, grievance filing, advocacy in arbitration and court representation to nonmembers.

championed by opponents of government interference in the “free market,” the Freeloader act uses state power to force employers and employees not to make certain kinds of contracts. here the “free market” narrative breaks down. The argument offered by proponents is that non-union workers are compelled to pay these fees against their will. But if they aren’t o.K. with a particular employer’s conditions of employment,

why don’t they just work elsewhere?The answer, of course, is that workers don’t have endless

options of employment — we must work to survive, and we are not guaranteed employment. so workers are often forced to accept unfavorable terms under threat to their lives and liveli-hoods — if they do not, they may go without food or shelter or medicine.

yet these are the kinds of arguments for market regulation rejected by the same people pushing the Freeloader act when workers agitate to raise the minimum wage, mandate certain benefits and improve working conditions.

The Freeloader act isn’t about ideology — it’s just self-inter-est. wealthy business owners want to ban contract provisions they don’t like so they’re not even on the bargaining table during negotiations. politicians like scott walker and Bruce rauner push these laws because they have the same economic interests as the wealthy elite. They also want to weaken unions that donate to political campaigns against them. if you want to keep working people down, you better make sure to cripple the only organizations that can stop you.

The greatest argument against the Freeloader act is the unfairness of the thing. unions are legally mandated to pro-vide expensive services to people who refuse to pay for them. if unions could deny these services to non-members, then non-members might see the need to join the union — and the bosses can’t have that. instead, these services must be paid for by the union, which is just an organization made up of mem-ber workers. member workers are being forced by the state to pay benefits to nonmember workers — a union tax. Their only other option is to dissolve the union and lose the benefits themselves.

as capital owners act only in their own interests, working people should act in theirs. according to the Bureau of labor statistics, union workers make 27 percent more than non-union workers, not counting benefits. This holds within indus-tries — union nurses make an average of $75,000 per year, for example, while non-union nurses make $60,000. By starving unions of resources, the wealthy owners seek to kill them off and drive down wages. The Freeloader act covers half the country — including indiana. if working people don’t stand up and support the unions, wages will fall, and livelihoods will be lost. say no to the Freeloader act and say yes to the union.

Billy McMahon is a senior studying Latin American history and is active in the labor movement. He welcomes all comments at wmcmahon@nd.edu

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

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Facebook problems

at the end of my freshman year of high school, and after much prodding by my best friend, i joined Facebook. i’ll admit i was engrossed, but it didn’t really face any competition. no one i knew had Twitter, and instagram was still a glint in the eyes of its founders.

Five years later, i have a Facebook, Twitter, instagram, Tumblr, linkedin and swarm (aside: swarm is essentially Foursquare, and i only have three fol-lowers, so you should probably join). in the past, i’ve been asked which social network i use most frequently. i use some (Twitter) more than others (i’ve never “pinned” anything in my life), but i hate Facebook the most. i con-template deleting it almost every day. i go to Facebook, and i’m bombarded by things i don’t really care about. my newsfeed is full of updates from people i went to high school with and that kid from my first philosophy class fresh-man year. it’s basically a conglom-eration of updates from people i don’t want updates from.

maybe i’m doing Facebook wrong. i have about 600 friends, which is on the low end, and i’m interested in maybe 100 of them. sure, it’s fun to see what that kid from elementary school looks like and where he goes to school now, but i could not care less about the ang-sty poem he wrote, or that this week’s date night is an applebee’s dinner and then seeing “Fifty shades of grey.”

Then there are the privacy issues. apparently, Facebook’s Terms of service allows Facebook to turn on your phone’s microphone whenever they feel like it (think samsung’s re-cent smart Tv scandal) which is a little terrifying. when Facebook debuted Timeline, i remember reading that they wanted to become the online record of your entire life that could be shared with all of your “friends.” The goal was that users would document everything and add in life milestones starting from birth. i don’t want that. who wants that? if i could erase all evidence of my existence from 2006–2009, i would. i’ve tried. i think i’ve untagged myself from every picture from that era.

will i actually delete my Facebook anytime soon? probably not. it’s too valuable when my more social friends are talking about someone i don’t know. i can easily look them up. That’s basically all it’s good for at this point. Facebook is all about the past, but i think the internet is all about the present. if i want to look back on high school, i’ll look at my yearbooks. i was editor-in-chief, so there are pictures only of my good side.

Contact Sara Shoemake at sshoemak@nd.edu The views expressed in the Inside Column are those of the author and not necessarily those of The Observer.

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Throughout its 85-year history, the notre dame men’s boxing club’s annual Bengal Bouts tour-nament has become synonymous with the holy cross missions in Bangladesh. The program is notorious for the intense effort and heart seen inside the ring, as well as the deep sense of broth-erhood fostered between members of the boxing team.

and although the purpose and camaraderie of Bengal Bouts have remained the same, the program has evolved in a variety of ways. some changes have been simple. The shorts are lon-ger, and the headgear is more advanced, both of which are greatly appreciated by the boxers (and their mothers). The size of the team has grown from 20 students to as large as 200. Fundraising has risen dramatically, with $100,000 becoming the new annual benchmark to reach over the last five years.

The relationship between Bengal Bouts and Bangladesh has perhaps undergone the most sig-nificant transformation. For the first 75 years of the program, no student from the notre dame men’s boxing team had ever personally traveled to Bangladesh. This all changed in 2008, when then-club president mark weber and several boxers traveled to Bangladesh to film what would be-come the “strong Bodies Fight” documentary — a film detailing the relationship between Bengal Bouts and the holy cross missions in Bangladesh. weber’s trip to Bangladesh produced more than

his documentary. it also began the club’s col-laboration with the center for social concern’s (csc) international summer service learning program (isslp) in 2009. Thanks to the generosity of alumni and leadership at the csc, four boxers have traveled to Bangladesh to teach english at a holy cross parish each summer. as a result, these boxers have had the opportunity to witness the tangible effects of Bengal Bouts in Bangladesh. Through their experiences, these boxers have become ambassadors for Bengal Bouts, serving as an important link between the boxing team and the holy cross missions in Bangladesh. This enhanced relationship has led to a deeper un-derstanding of the club’s mission for all boxers, which in turn has resulted in more successful fundraising.

The slogan of the men’s boxing team, “strong bodies fight, that weak bodies may be nour-ished,” has also evolved. what began as a way to raise money for starving people in Bangladesh has transformed into something far greater. as any boxer who has had the privilege to travel to Bangladesh will tell you, the bodies and minds of those they serve over the summer are far from weak.

Bangladesh is a nation marked by resilience, and Bengal Bouts joins these people in their fight for education, medicine, development and dig-nity. The money raised by Bengal Bouts funds projects such as the new notre dame college in

mymensingh, medical clinics, tuition payments, self-sustaining technical schools that equip stu-dents with the skills necessary to build successful careers and other efforts that have a sustainable impact on the lives of the thousands of people. Today, “strong bodies fight” side by side with holy cross missions to provide a better future for the people of Bangladesh.

around 60 years ago, legendary sports illustrated writer Budd schulberg wrote about Bengal Bouts: “go see the notre dame Bengal Bouts. you’ll see boys battling harder for the university championships than some heav y-weights have fought for the championship of the world. … here are boys who will fight their hearts out … for pride and the pure sport of it.”

so in this 85th year, we ask for your continued support of our program. our shorts may be longer and our slogan shorter, but our mission is deeper. The intense effort and heart Budd schulberg noted 60 years ago is still on full display, and it is a joy to watch. now, 85 years later, strong bodies continue to fight. we fight to educate, to empower and to create opportunity for our brothers and sisters in christ in Bangladesh. Join our fight. see you at the finals at purcell pavilion this Friday.

Connor Chelsky senior alumni hall Feb. 24

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Strong bodies still fight

in my four years here, notre dame has given me two things i’ve cherished above all else: my time in my dorm and my time in ireland. perhaps if i were a man of Keough hall i could say don Keough gave me both of these things, but here i simply want to thank him for the latter.

in the spring of my sophomore year, i felt more than ever that the chaos of academics and social life and a daunting unknown future were all part of a system over which i had no control. i felt lost and broken and stuck. But when i was accepted to study abroad in dublin during that summer, my college experience changed. i deliberately tried to find reasons not to leave my comfort zone, but either by fate or the grace of god (or maybe the satisfaction of making a decision for myself ), i accepted the invitation and boarded a plane to ireland that may for the Keough-naughton notre dame dublin summer program. exactly one year later, i returned for my second summer in ireland for a Keough-naughton internship.

mr. don Keough’s resumé is impressive. according to the university’s memorial published today, he was the chair emeritus of the university of notre dame Board of Trustees, the chair of

allen & company, the former president and chief operating officer of the coca-cola company and the benefactor of notre dame’s Keough-naughton institute for irish studies. he endowed two chairs in irish studies, the summer internship program in ireland, malloy hall, three library collections, the restoration of o’connell house in dublin, the Keough-hesburgh professorships for lead-ing scholars committed to notre dame’s catholic mission, Keough hall (named for his wife) and the upcoming Keough school of global affairs in the new Jenkins hall.

But i would like to talk about what this man, whom i never had the chance to meet in person, gave to me.

he gave me a new notre dame.his generosity gave me the opportunity to go

to ireland twice, and in doing so, changed the way i think, the way i learn and the way i love my school.

he taught me notre dame is bigger than its campus and that we are all deeper than our shal-lowest roots.

he taught me to examine my surround-ings through a lens of unfamiliarity, diversity,

independence and respect.he taught me what it means to have national

pride and global compassion.he taught me to yearn for the world, all of its

gifts, all of its surprises and all of its lessons.on the heels of a difficult two years, he gave me

a chance to start over in an unfamiliar place, to let go of my anxieties and to meet myself for the first time.

he gave me the gift of the people i met along the way, the ones who challenged me to see more deeply, to love more openly and to jump more faithfully.

i wish don Keough were one of those people i had the opportunity to meet along the way. Because of him, the piece of me that lives on this irish campus is joined by the piece that now lives in the irish countryside. maybe a piece of him lives there too. maybe we’ll meet that way, and, just once, i can thank him for all he’s given me.

Maura Kelly senior Badin hall Feb. 25

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By KELLY McGARRYscene writer

whether you’ve never been the snite, or you’ve only vis-ited with a class, tonight presents an exciting opportunity to visit our campus art museum in a unique and refresh-ing context.

snite@nite is an event that gives students a chance to explore the museum while also enjoying performances by student groups, food and interactive activities.

snite@nite is organized by the snite’s student advisory Board, a group dedicated to getting students involved in the snite.

This semester, activities are inspired by newly opened exhibitions including “mauricio and Tomás lasansky: Father and son,” natalia gochanrova’s “mystical images of war, 1914,” “graphic advocacy: international posters for the digital age 2001-2012” and “hour by hour: reconstructing a medieval Breton prayer Book.”

in an interview conducted in november regarding the snite’s programming, christina payne, a member of the student advisory Board, gave an insider’s perspective of

the exciting recurring event.

What is the goal behind the snite@Nite event?snite@nite is all about celebrating artistic talent,

whether it’s the works on display in the museum or the diverse abilities of the notre dame student body. we want students to come explore the museum, see their friends perform and get involved with the art around them.

What are some other interesting exhibits that will be on display? Which, in your opinion are must-sees?

The snite has so much beautiful art to offer it’s hard to choose only a few must-sees. every time i walk through the galleries, i find another piece of art that i fall in love with. if i had to choose, my personal favorite would be the 18th and 19th century gallery. however, i think the meso-american and the medieval and antiquities galleries are also fantastic.

What makes this night special?Thursday is a chance for students to experience the

snite in an entirely different manner. it isn’t like a class visit where you are there only to learn; snite@nite gives students a chance to project their own creativity into the space around them. whether it’s performing, participat-ing in the scavenger hunt, engaging in a conversation about the art with fellow students or printing on a t-shirt, snite@nite is all about celebrating students and great art coming together.

Are there any other events throughout the year that get students involved with the snite?

The snite offers a variety of events that students can participate in. The museum hosts lectures, talks with art-ists, film viewings and more. one of the best events for students is the snite salon series where you can have an open discussion about the artwork with your peers. it’s very low-key and a lot of fun to hear what fellow students have to say about the art.

snite@nite takes place Thursday from 7 to 10 p.m. admission is free.

Contact Kelly McGarry at kmcgarry@nd.edu

“made for television.”in his brilliant novel “a prayer for owen meany,”

John irving managed to capture an aging generation’s simultaneous condemnation and acceptance of new technology.

The central character’s grandmother constantly con-nects the most melodramatic and far-fetched events in her life to television programming. despite her con-tempt for broadcasted material, she consumes unholy amounts of it. every day, she sits in front of the televi-sion and ruthlessly criticizes whatever happens to be showing.

it’s easy to criticize someone for experiencing much of their life vicariously. it’s even easier to look down on someone who is obviously unhappy while doing so, cursing at the video game console or laughing preten-tiously at ‘low-quality’ programming. “There’s a whole world out there!” you want to exclaim in exasperation. “people should be doing something, well, real!”

yet when we experience things vicariously, we can have a better appreciation for each part of that experi-ence. we enjoy being pulled into complicated relation-ships. we enjoy identifying with characters when they’re struggling because we know that most of the time, the

struggling will ‘pay off’ in some type of emotional re-ward later. The feelings of the characters we identify with are rich, deep and enthralling.

does that make vicarious experience better than actu-al experience? no, of course not. our lives are infinitely more complex than those of characters in stories; if they weren’t, we’d probably have a hard time relating to them. The world we live in is surprising, rich, deep and as vivid as our senses and minds allow it to be. we each have a huge set of memories that attach special meanings to ev-erything we experience. when something is brand new, it fills a fresh and exciting space in our lives we didn’t even know existed.

and yet, our lives often seem far less magical than the stories we watch, play and read. The struggles we experience are painful, not entertaining. The ‘true love’ romances seem few and far away. at the end of the road, we may find ourselves in the position of patricia arquette’s character in “Boyhood,” sitting at a normal table in our normal life and despondently saying, “i just thought there would be more.”

so how exactly do we grapple with the big ugly truth that our lives may turn out to be difficult, excruciatingly normal or otherwise void of a star cast of characters? The easy answer, of course, is to appreciate what we have.

But that’s kindergarten poster material, something everyone knows is good advice but is far easier to

understand than follow. oh kindergarten, the golden years, when everything was easier, and nap time came after recess.

That’s our memory of it, at least. in reality, kinder-garten is pretty hard. Kids of the opposite gender are terrifying, paying attention is difficult and you pretty much have to do whatever the adults around you want you to do. wouldn’t it have been grand if we could have just appreciated nap time and recess when we had it? wouldn’t it have been amazing to actually live the good memories we have now, as distorted and optimistic as they may be?

The fact is, today is just tomorrow’s memory. There are so many fantastic things about being in college, about being in the prime of our lives and simply about being alive to experience the world around us. when we see something on a screen or look back on an event via our memories, we can clearly appreciate the joy and beauty inherent in scenes that can be utterly unremarkable to actually live through. maybe if we take a step outside ourselves while we’re chugging on through, we can ac-tually live the lives we want to remember, that we want to watch others live. here’s to living the best memories of our lives, right now.

Contact John Darr at jdarr@nd.edu The views expressed in this column are those of the author and not necessarily those of The Observer.

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What: show some skinWhen: 7 p.m.Where: Carey Auditoriumhow much: $3 for students

come out to the carey auditorium Thursday, Friday or saturday night to see and hear the stories of your fellow students as interpreted by the actors and producers of notre dame’s own chapter of “show some skin.” This year’s theme is “Tell me more.” show some skin seeks to bring the spotlight to the diverse stories that make up the notre dame experience.

What: Catfish and the bottlemenWhen: 10 p.m. Where: Legendshow much: free

check out the welsh band whose debut album just hit the u.s. and who have performed at music festi-vals throughout the u.K. Their label also produced records by the artic monkeys and adele. To prepare for their legends concert, look up their tracks “Kathleen” and “homesick,” both released on an earlier ep.

What: “A Girl Walks home Alone At Night”When: 9 p.m.Where: dPAChow much: $4 for students

if you love vampire movies and are obsessed with westerns, “a girl walks home alone at night” is probably the perfect movie for you. The eponymous character (sheila vand) plays a lonely vampire who lives and hunts in the futuristic, vaguely iranian and american town “Bad city.”

Weekly Watch is a series in which a scene writer picks a movie or show available on instant streaming ser-vice, then writes a review.

“Joe” is the story of a lumberjack crew boss (nicholas cage) who steps in to protect the youngest member of his team from his abusive father. as he steps up, Joe soon finds him-self in trouble. you can find it on netflix. watch it over the weekend and check back monday for Jimmy Kemper’s review.

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WEEk END AT A Gl ANcE

Kendrick lamar is not the face of rap or rap culture, but he may be its voice of reason.

The compton-based rapper has been impressively garnering both fame and praise from critics and the public with his compelling lyrics and enticing beats. yet the self-proclaimed recluse spends more time winning grammys than attempting to steal them from alterna-tive rockstars like fellow big-name rappers. lamar’s evasion of the limelight has only made his persona that much more mysterious and intriguing. without a release date, name or even a cover, lamar’s highly anticipated upcoming record has surrounded the 27-year-old rapper with even more mystery.

Kendrick has, however, recently released three new songs. “i,” which won the grammy for Best rap song, is an exuberant track proclaiming the necessity of self-love within lamar’s urban community. Then came an untitled track Kendrick dropped on the final episode of “The colbert report,” a low-key, jazz-infused take on different race roles in the united states. The provoking song was accentuated with sharp lyrics and a stirring

sax performance via Terrace martin. most recently, he released “The Blacker the Berry.” Tde (lamar’s label) co-president Terrence “punch” henderson described the track as the malcolm X to “i”s martin luther King Jr. saturated with pure frustration, the venomous track is a mighty reflection on race relations and the black american’s role in u.s. society.

if Kendrick lamar’s hauntingly impressive “good kid, m.a.a.d city” made him the voice of today’s rap, he is now prepared to make a statement. while “good kid, m.a.a.d city” delved into a myriad of topics and themes surrounding the young rapper and his urban upbringing, it’s clear what Kendrick will now be focus-ing on. racial transcendence, change and hypocrisy will undoubtedly be at the core of lamar’s coming album. Though racial transcendence is an almost commonplace theme today within hip-hop and rap, lamar has already adopted a much more analytical outlook than most.

all three of lamar’s new tracks assert different mes-sages about race, culture and inequality. yet it’s clear lamar is calling for change in all of them, change from both inside and outside of the black urban community.

“what happened to [michael Brown] should’ve never happened,” lamar said in a recent high-profile cover article with Billboard. “never. But when we don’t have

respect for ourselves, how do we expect them to respect us? it starts from within.” it is certainly a bold move from lamar to call out the black community, especially at a time when race relations in this country are such a sensi-tive topic, yet he hasn’t backed down.

many of lamar’s contemporaries were quick to criticize the young rapper’s controversial comments, including the likes of Kid cudi, azelia Banks and lupe Fiasco. whether lamar is justified in making such con-troversial comments is a matter of personal opinion, but “The Blacker The Berry” creates a strong case for such thoughts.

if there is one thing lamar has taught us over the years, it’s to never expect or assume what’s to come. part of lamar’s genius is his ability to continually improve his art. The tremendous range already apparent among the three new singles only indicates more mystery and that much more excitement. now all we can hope is for lamar to channel his inner drake and drop his album unexpectedly, though deep inside, i live off the anticipation.

Contact Adam Ramos at aramos@nd.edu The views expressed in this column are those of the author and not necessarily those of The Observer.

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Inglewood City Council approves stadium plan

Associated Press

inglewood, calif. — The inglewood city council unanimously approved a $2 billion stadium plan backed by st. louis rams owner stan Kroenke that clears a path for the nFl to return to the los angeles area for the f irst time in two decades.

But the approval that re-ally matters — the nFl’s blessing for a team to move into the nation’s second-largest media market — is a major work in progress. and there’s stil l no certain-ty Kroenke will move the team from st. louis, where city off icials are working to come up with a suitable sta-dium deal.

despite the remain-ing hurdles, Tuesday’s 5-0 council vote prompted mayor James T. Butts to declare it’s “time to cele-brate.” The hours of public comments that preceded the vote, and the cheers that followed it, showed similar enthusiasm.

“i’m not going to sleep, i’l l probably stay up all night just thinking about it,” said henry yet, 54, of Brea, a member of the southern california rams boosters and one of many in attendance wearing the team’s blue-and-yellow jer-seys. “This is a monumental

step.”only a small handful of

dissenters spoke.Kroenke is part of the

holly wood park land co. development group that is promoting the project just south of los angeles. The vote takes an existing rede-velopment plan for the site of the former holly wood park horse track and adds the 80,000-seat, 60-acre stadium.

it also allowed the city to avoid a more time-con-suming approach involving a voter initiative and envi-ronmental reviews of issues such as noise, traff ic and air pollution.

yet said he believed Kroenke and the team that left l a two decades ago eventually will return.

“he knows he’s going to be in litigation, but he has the money and the f irepow-er to do it, and the city says yes,” yet said.

new urgency for inglewood materialized last week with the announce-ment that the oakland raiders and the san diego chargers are proposing a shared stadium in nearby carson if they don’t get their current hometowns to cough up enough money to replace their aging are-nas. another stadium plan is alive for downtown los angeles, but it has no team

attached.stadium proponents in

inglewood said it is impor-tant to approve the concept as soon as possible to avoid delays in the redevelopment that already is underway. They would like construc-tion to start by year’s end to have a venue ready for the 2018 football season.

christopher meany, ex-ecutive vice president of the holly wood park land co., said the plan is impor-tant for the community and said at the meeting Tuesday that the project is “really going to be the new heart of inglewood,” which once was home to the los angeles lakers and l a Kings.

meany has emphasized that the plan does not in-clude any taxpayer dol-lars to build the stadium, though developers could recoup tens of millions of dollars in costs ranging from installing streetlights and fire hydrants to run-ning shuttle buses and pro-viding officers as security on game days.

Butts, the mayor, said the project was “the best f i-nancial arrangement in the history of stadium deals in this country.” supporters also said the stadium would bring the city more than 10,000 jobs and tens of mil-lions of dollars a year in new tax revenue.

Detroit Lions release tailback Reggie Bush

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allen parK, mich. — The detroit lions released running back reggie Bush on wednesday, halfway through the four-year deal he signed as a free agent be-fore the 2013 season.

Bush started 23 games for the lions. he rushed for 1,006 yards in 2013, but this past season he had only 76 carries for 297 yards while slowed by injuries. Bush, the no. 2 overall pick in the 2006 draft, turns 30 next week.

The lions acquired Bush to provide some offensive balance for a team that had a dynamic passing game with quarterback matthew

stafford and receiver calvin Johnson. There were times when Bush f lashed some of the speed and elusive-ness that made him a star at southern california and an exciting addition to the new orleans saints during his f irst few nFl seasons. But he played in only 11 games this season, his few-est since 2010.

Bush battled ankle and back problems last sea-son, and 28-year-old Joique Bell emerged as the team’s top rusher. Bell ran for 860 yards on 223 carries, both career highs.

Bush did f inish third on the lions with 40 catches in 2014, trailing only Johnson and fellow receiver golden

Tate.The saints picked Bush

amid plenty of fanfare in 2006, and he played f ive seasons for them, helping new orleans win a super Bowl before he was traded to miami in 2011. after two productive seasons on the ground for the dolphins, Bush signed with detroit as a free agent.

in nine nFl seasons, Bush has started 94 games and has 1,266 carries for 5,465 yards and 35 touchdowns. he’s caught 466 passes for 3,489 yards and 18 Tds.

a dangerous player on special teams early in his career, Bush has not re-turned a kickoff or punt since the 2011 season.

when leBron James talks about things, people typically listen. he’s the best basketball player in the world, and, well, when he has an opinion on the game, it would probably be-hoove us to listen.

“you shouldn’t be recruiting 10-year-old kids,” he said this week to cBs detroit.

of course, the 10-year-old kid he’s referencing? his own son.

now for a quick detour: leBron is 30. leBron Jr. is 10. That makes me feel … old.

… and let’s get back on track.

colleges are recruiting 10-year-olds who won’t play collegiate basketball for an-other eight or nine years.

i mean, let’s try to put this into perspective a little bit.

what was i doing when i was 10? i don’t know. not thinking about college.

i mean, heck, it was fifth grade. cooties were still a thing in my world. i was still in speech classes because i couldn’t properly pronounce the “th” sound. They hadn’t yet taught us in school how babies were made.

But leBron’s son? he’s get-ting college offers.

my favorite part of the whole thing might have been what a top-25 assistant coach had to say on the matter to espn.

“To my knowledge, we haven’t [offered],” he said.

To your knowledge? you’re an assistant coach at a top-25 program. i’d like to think you know what’s going on.

The fact that he couldn’t have just said something along the lines of, “no, it hasn’t crossed our mind,” really says it all.

But in the grand scheme of things, it’s one small problem in the sea of confusion that is the collegiate recruiting process.

recently, rivals.com started listing sixth graders on its website. sixth graders. why is this a thing? Better yet, why are there people who care?

you have a system in place in which kids are hounded earlier and earlier to com-mit to schools, and it’s just an absolutely ridiculous set-up. year after year, kids commit to schools when they’re fresh-men in high school — or even earlier — despite being unable to take official visits to schools until their senior years.

and then year after year, kids de-commit from schools they committed to as fresh-men. Because, who would’ve guessed it, kids might have

different thoughts on college when they’re seniors than when they’re freshmen.

The worst part about the whole thing? The arms race is only going to continue to spread and spread. next thing we know, we’ll be talking about eight-year-olds get-ting college offers. Then, who knows, maybe Jahlil okafor’s first-born kid will get an offer straight out of the womb.

in the crazy world of college recruiting, it wouldn’t neces-sarily be surprising.

But, of course, the problem is that schools aren’t going to willingly stop recruiting play-ers. sure, from time to time a coach comes around who ac-tually acts sensibly about the issue, but in the grand scheme of things, you’re going to fall behind if you don’t get in the game early.

let’s go back to that kid who commits as a freshman.

as a 14-year-old, he does what he thinks is best for him.

“maybe if i commit, they’ll stop hounding me,” he thinks. “The fans at this school are great. i’m definitely in.”

and then three years later, as a 17-year-old player, he has a different perspective, so he reopens his commitment.

Then, the tweets follow. Those cringeworthy reporters who hound every single thing about a high school kid’s life.

you know who i’m talking about — the ones who call these recruits every night, pretending to be their friends simply so they can get the lat-est scoop. yeah, they’re the worst.

and then you’ve got each school’s Twitter “nation.” lord, have mercy on their souls.

These are the guys who call a high school kid “traitor” for maybe thinking their beloved school isn’t the greatest thing in the world. or the ones who tweet at a recruit 500 times to show how much their “nation” wants him at america state.

it’s a broken, despicable sys-tem, and it’s not going to get any better unless the ncaa steps in and does something about it.

so how about this: no com-munication with recruits until they’re juniors in high school. sure, go watch them, but there’s no reason to be hound-ing them 24/7, 365 and tak-ing away their shots at a high school experience.

or in lebron Jr.’s case, a middle school one too.

Contact Alex Carson at acarson1@nd.edu The views expressed in this Sports Authority are those of the author and not necessarily those of The Observer.

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Belles face tough conference test in HopeBy DAISY COSTELLOsports writer

after splitting the week-end with ohio northern and wittenberg last weekend, the Belles are back in action this saturday at conference foe hope.

earlier in the season, Belles coach dale campbell said he anticipated mia a competition challenging saint mary’s (2-2), with hope (0-1) being one of the toughest conference oppo-nents the Belles are going to face.

“hope … the defending no. 2 [in the conference], should be pretty tough this year,” campbell said.

hope struggled in its sea-son opener Feb. 7 at northern illinois, dropping the match by a score of 6-1. last year, however, the Flying dutch boasted a record of 17-6 (7-1 mia a) in the 2013-2014 sea-son, with its lone conference loss coming at the hands of defending conference cham-pion Kalamazoo.

saint mary’s is led in sin-gles play by seniors shannon elliott and Jackie Kjolhede and freshman maddie minaudo, who all racked up dominating 6-0, 6-0 victo-ries against wittenberg at no. 3, no. 4 and no. 6 singles, respectively. in addition,

junior andrea Fetters and senior Kayle sexton man-aged close singles victories in the no. 1 and no. 2 slots.

The Belles’ singles attack will have to counter hope sophomore Kate mader, who earned the Flying dutch’s lone victory at northern illinois in the no. 6 singles slot. mader was also hon-ored as mia a player of the week of Feb. 8 following her win.

at doubles, sexton and sophomore sam setterblad led the way with an 8-2 vic-tory at no. 1 doubles over wittenberg. on the other side, hope has struggled in its limited doubles competi-tion this season. at northern illinois, the no. 1 team of sophomore nancy Bedna and senior carli capestrany dropped a 6-1 decision.

hope’s three-week hiatus from competition could be advantageous for the Belles, who have played two match-es, including the decisive wittenberg victory, since their Feb. 7 loss to aquinas.

The Belles commence mia a action this saturday against hope at etheridge Tennis complex in holland, michigan. matches are slat-ed to begin at 1 p.m.

Contact Daisy Costello at mcostel4@nd.edu

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Belles senior Shannon Elliott prepares to return a serve last season. Elliott played in the No. 3 position this past weekend against Wittenberg and won 6-0, 6-0.

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Brewer leads rockets to victory

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housTon — James harden had 21 points, corey Brewer scored 13 of his 20 points in the fourth quarter and the houston rockets snapped a six-game skid to the los angeles clippers with a 110-105 win on wednesday night.

it’s houston’s first victory over los angeles since march 30, 2013, and just the second win in the past 13 meetings with the clippers.

The rockets opened the fourth quarter with a 15-1 run to take a 99-86 lead. with the second unit in, Brewer starred in that stretch, scoring 10 points, with two 3-pointers.

houston didn’t trail af-ter that, but a 7-0 run by the clippers got them within four points with 37.8 seconds left. chris paul fouled harden hard after that and the two were separated after harden stood inches away from him and yelled.

harden made one of two free throws to make it 110-105 before deandre Jordan missed two free throws for

los angeles and houston held on for the win.

Jamal crawford led the clippers with 24 points and paul and Jordan had 22 apiece in a game that had 15 lead changes and was tied 16 times.

harden had a tough night shooting, going 4 for 13, but helped get things going for his teammates, finishing with 10 assists, highlighted by one with about four minutes re-maining. he bounced a pass between paul’s legs and to Brewer, who dunked it. he was fouled and made the free throw to make it 106-93.

The clippers scored five quick points to cut the lead to eight with three minutes left, but harden made a 3-pointer as the shot clock expired on houston’s next possession to push it to 109-98.

a scary moment came when harden twisted his right an-kle when he got tangled with paul driving to the basket. he fell to the court clutching his ankle, but quickly got up and limped around for a minute before remaining in the game.

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model. a proficient goal-scorer, Kavanagh has been just as useful for the irish at dishing the ball, es-tablishing a notre dame single-season record for as-sists last year with 33. even though attacks are mostly praised for finding the back of the net, Kavanagh said he doesn’t mind spreading the wealth on the offensive end.

“it makes things a lot eas-ier, dodging-wise, when the defense thinks you’re going to be passing,” Kavanagh said. “having a good bal-ance in my game, i think, has been really helping me.”

Kavanagh’s offensive abilities have not gone unrecognized, as he was selected to the nca a all-Tournament Team in 2014 and garnered f irst-team preseason all-america honors this year.

By the time he’s finished

at notre dame, there’s a pos-sibility he could break nu-merous school records and receive offers from major league lacrosse. But none of that matters to Kavanagh, who said he has one goal in mind: to win the elusive na-tional championship.

after the stinging defeat to duke in last season’s title game, Kavanagh said the irish need to focus on the day in front of them rather than a potential champion-ship run even if they hope to make one.

“we just have to get bet-ter every day,” Kavanagh said. “if we didn’t get better that day, then we didn’t re-ally achieve anything. it’s a day-by-day process. … we have to take it one step at a time.”

next up in that pro-cess, notre dame plays dartmouth at 1 p.m. at arlotta stadium.

Contact Brian Plamondon at bplamond@nd.edu

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Irish junior attack Matt Kavanagh looks to pass during Notre Dame’s 14-12 win over Georgetown on Feb. 14 at Loftus Sports Center.

By BEN PADANILAM sports writer

notre dame will send five swimmers into the pool at the Boiler-make-it last chance meet at purdue on sunday.

after f inishing sixth in the acc championship this past weekend, the irish (7-9) now shift their focus to individu-al events. irish interim coach Tim welsh said he felt the team put in a strong effort this past weekend and was proud of its performance.

“sixth this year, sixth last year,” welsh said. “To that extent, they held serve. i thought that they worked re-ally hard to do this. one of the things we talked about was that because we are the Fighting irish, they were f ighting for times and fight-ing for place.

“we got better in every ses-sion, so it was a hard-fought success. i’m very proud of the work they put it and the success that they had.”

The irish will now work to improve upon individu-al events before the nca a

championships. This week-end’s Boiler-make-it last chance meet provided sev-eral swimmers — seniors emma reaney and courtney w hyte, junior catherine galletti and sophomores catherine mulquin and danielle margheret — that opportunity. welsh said he hopes for the 200-yard med-ley relay team to earn an nca a ‘a’ cut at the event.

“The simple goal is always to go faster,” welsh said. “That’s what the sport is about. w hat can happen if we go fast enough? if the medley relay — emma reaney, cat galletti, courtney w hyte and catherine mulquin — can go fast enough to achieve an nca a ‘a’ cut, they’ll be able to swim that relay at the nca a championships.”

in order to prepare for the event, the emphasis in practice has changed this week. welsh said he has had the swimmers doing relay-specific dril ls in hopes of refining their skills for this weekend and hopefully beyond.

“w hat we’ve been doing is

all very specific, 200 med-ley relay race prepara-tion,” welsh said. “we did a warmup. we did some speed, some relay exchanges. Just very specific to that race.”

The team will also send margheret to compete in the 100- and 200-yard breast-stroke events. welsh said she has been swimming well as of late, and he wants to give her the chance to continue to improve her times.

“she wants to go faster,” welsh said. “she had a fab-ulous meet this past week-end. her time drops in the two breaststroke events in the past year are wonderful. This meet is all win. it’s all to the good. so what we are trying to f ind out is if one more week of preparation helps her, or is last weekend as good as it gets? ”

The f ive swimmers will take to the pool at Boilermaker aquatic complex in west lafayette, indiana, this sunday in the day-long event.

Contact Ben Padanilam at bpadanil@nd.edu

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Irish sophomore Catherine Mulquin swims freestyle during a 219-60 win over Valparaiso on November 15, 2013, at Rolfs Aquatic Center.

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Blue Devils narrowly avoid Virginia Tech’s upset bid

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BlacKsBurg, virginia — Jahlil okafor scored a career-best 30 points, including four in overtime, and no. 4 duke beat virginia Tech 91-86 wednesday night for the Blue devils’ eighth straight victory.

okafor also grabbed nine re-bounds and showed no ill ef-fects of the sprained left ankle that caused him to miss the Blue devils’ last game. Quinn cook added 26 points and Justise winslow had 15 for duke (25-3, 12-3 atlantic coast conference).

Jalen hudson scored a career-high 23 points for virginia Tech (10-18, 2-13), but missed a layup in the final seconds of regula-tion that could have given the

hokies their first victory against a ranked team in more than two years.

adam smith added 15 points for the hokies and devin wilson had 10 points and 11 assists.

Both teams shot well all night, with duke at 59.3 percent (35 for 59) and the hokies at 53.4 percent (31 for 58).

The game featured 15 lead changes, but okafor scored in-side and made two free throws around ahmed hill’s 3-pointer for the hokies to start overtime. okafor then missed two free throws, but winslow scored in-side and cook made his sixth 3. his two free throws made it 87-82 and the hokies never caught up.

late in regulation, the hokies led 75-71, but the Blue devils

scored six straight to go ahead and Justin Bibbs tied it with a jumper with 50 seconds left. neither team scored again, with hudson being denied with about 4 seconds to play.

hill and smith hit 3s to open the second half for the hokies, extending their run spanning the half to 16-4 and giving them a 45-37 lead with about 19 minutes to go.

duke used a 13-3 run fueled by two 3s from cook and one from matt Jones to regain the lead at 64-60. The hokies, however, an-swered with consecutive 3s of their own, from Bibbs and smith, and it was back-and-forth the rest of the way, keeping it close and keeping the crowd whipped into a frenzy.

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Garnett a winner in Wolves return

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minneapolis — Kevin garnett made an emotional return to minnesota with an ear-splitting reception and his Timberwolves over-came a jittery start to beat the washington wizards 97-77 on wednesday night.

garnett, the face of the fran-chise who was reacquired in a trade from Brooklyn last week, had five points on 2-for-7 shoot-ing with eight rebounds and two blocks in 19 minutes in his first game for the Timberwolves since 2007. Kevin martin scored 28 points and andrew wiggins had 19 for the wolves, who trailed by 15 early after garnett’s stirring reintroduction.

marcin gortat had nine points and 15 rebounds for the wizards, who have lost five in a row and 10 of their last 12. John wall had five points on 2-for-10 shooting and 10 assists, and paul pierce missed the game with a bruised knee.

nikola pekovic had 15 points and 13 rebounds for minnesota, but the night belonged to Kg, the charismatic superstar who put this woebegone franchise on the map during 12 brilliant seasons before getting traded to Boston in 2007.

garnett made his first ap-pearance on the court about 20 minutes before the game when the rest of the team took the floor, and the fans who have missed him for so long re-mained standing for the next 25 minutes taking videos and pho-tos on their phones.

The lights went out and a goose-bump-inducing video was played showing garnett

highlights, whipping the crowd into a frenzy as Kanye west’s “homecoming” blared on the speakers. garnett sat on the bench with his head down the entire time, but popped up as his name was announced and a thunderous ovation rained down from the 19,856 in attendance.

he went through the routine he made famous here, butting his head on the basketball sup-port, knocking knuckles with his teammates as he walked to the scorer’s table and dusting those sitting in the area with a chalk toss.

all the energy may have been a little too much for the wolves early. They missed 13 of their first 14 shots and fell behind 18-3 before finally settling down.

The struggling wizards weren’t playing a whole lot better, and missed a big op-portunity to put the game away early while the jacked-up wolves were bouncing off the walls. washington shot just 32 percent in the first quarter and wilted in the din the rest of the way.

Target center has been so quiet during the 7 1/2 years garnett was away. The wolves were 187-426 since trading him, never once coming even close to sniffing a playoff berth.

They’ve had seven head coaches, three general manag-ers and 143 starting lineups, prompting fans’ eyes to glaze over every time the team trum-peted a new and improved rebuilding plan that was guar-anteed to work ... this time.

The only time the building really came to life was on the nights garnett returned with the celtics and the nets. sure, they might get 16 or 17,000 when leBron James or Kobe Bryant came to town, but fans mostly that stayed away or ignored the team altogether for most of the season and turn out in droves for one night to cheer their de-parted hero.

now that he’s back, even if he’s 38 and not the force of nature he once was, garnett still serves as a symbol for the only truly suc-cessful period the franchise has ever known. so for one night at least, they weren’t concerned about how much garnett has left in the tank, about how their team hasn’t made the playoffs in 11 years.

NhL | penguins 4, capiTals 3

Penguins top Capitals to avoid season sweep

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washingTon — sidney crosby scored his 20th goal of the season, evgeni malkin added three assists, and the pittsburgh penguins held on to beat the washington capitals 4-3 on wednesday night, averting a sweep of the season series.

patric hornqvist, Brandon sutter and chris Kunitz also had goals for pittsburgh, which has won three straight and leads washington by three points for third place in the metropolitan division.

crosby and malkin both

netted their first points of the sea-son against washington, which won the first three meetings by a combined score of 10-1.

marc-andre Fleury stopped 21 shots, including Joel ward’s break-away attempt in the second period.

alex ovechkin’s power play tally, his nhl-leading 39th goal of the season, made it 4-3 with 3:34 left in the game, but Fleury made several saves in the final minutes to pre-serve pittsburgh’s win.

John carlson and Troy Brouwer both had a goal and an assist for the capitals. Jason chimera had two assists, and Braden holtby

made 22 saves.he came in with a 1.63 goals

against average in his last 11 starts (7-3-1).

Both teams converted one of six power plays, but pittsburgh added a short-handed goal.

Trailing 3-1 after two periods, the capitals pulled to within one when Brouwer swatted in his own rebound at 4:09 of the third.

pittsburgh regained its cush-ion just over three minutes later, however, after malkin stripped the puck from evgeny Kuznetsov and started a rush that ended with Kunitz scoring off a rebound.

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season, with eight boards against Boston college on Feb. 8 and with 11 versus georgia Tech on Feb. 19. she has been a valuable as-set coming off the bench for notre dame, averaging 6.2 points and 4.4 rebounds per game.

Following Thursday’s matchup against pittsburgh (18-9, 8-6), the regular sea-son wraps up sunday for notre dame with a road game against north carolina state. at this point in the season, the irish remain op-timistic and stil l are work-ing to improve, junior guard Jewell loyd said.

“we’re definitely building, and that’s what you want to do,” loyd said. “you want to get better every single game, and that’s what we’re doing.”

one win against ei-ther pittsburgh or north carolina state (16-11, 7-7) would clinch a share of the acc regular-season tit le for the irish and a no. 1 seed in the conference tournament. defeating both the panthers and the wolfpack would se-cure the regular-season tit le outright.

pitt is tied for seventh in the acc with miami (Fla.), which defeated notre dame on Jan. 8.

senior guard Brianna Kiesel (18.0 points per game) and graduate student for-ward monica wignot (11.0) spark the scoring charge for the panthers. Kiesel’s scor-ing clip earns her fourth place in the acc, with notre dame’s loyd continuing to top the group. Kiesel also ranks second in the acc in assists, behind irish sopho-more guard lindsay allen, and second in steals.

Freshman forwards stasha carey and yacine diop lead pittsburgh in rebounds, with 7.6 and 7.3 boards per game, respectively.

For notre dame, Thursday’s starting lineup will look a litt le different from usual as seniors get the opportunity to start on senior day.

The irish seniors are cable, guard w hitney holloway and forward markisha wright.

“it’s going to be really hard this year because we have three non-starters who will be starting, so that’s going to be a completely different look to the offense, to the defense,” mcgraw said. “But i’m sure that they are ready for their opportunity.”

The irish take on the panthers on Thursday at purcell pavilion, with tipoff scheduled for 7 p.m.

Contact Samantha Zuba at szuba1@nd.edu

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Junior guard Jewell Loyd goes up for a shot in Monday’s win against Louisville at Purcell Pavilion. Loyd scored 20 points during the game.

as several individual titles. The team jumped to the no. 24 rank in the most recent u.s. Track & Field and cross country coaches association rankings and currently holds third place in the acc. seven school records have been bro-ken on the women’s side so far this season.

among the higwhlighted performers is junior distance runner molly seidel, who will be aiming for victory in the 3,000 and 5,000 meters, in which she is seeded second and first, respectively.

Junior middle distance run-ner danielle aragon, who has the second-best mile time in the acc this season (4:38.73), will compete in the mile as well as the 3,000.

after mixed results early in the season, senior Jade Barber, who earned all-american honors and a conference title in the 60-meter hurdles last year, scorched the alex wilson invitational last weekend with

a conference-best time of 8.22 in that event. Barber will also run the 60-meter sprint.

“we should definitely be in the top three [on the women’s side], and if everything ends up right for us, we have a chance to win it,” Turner said. “we’re training everyone to have a peak perfor-mance here. we’ve done all the things we need to do in training, and i expect a lot of my athletes will have their best performanc-es of the season. “

The irish will kick off the acc indoor champion-ships on Thursday at virginia Tech’s rector Field house in Blacksburg, and the meet will continue through saturday.on rankings and currently holds third place in the acc. seven school records have been bro-ken on the women’s side so far this season.

among the highlighted per-formers is junior distance run-ner molly seidel, who will be aiming for victory in the 3,000 and 5,000 meters, in which she is seeded second and first, respectively.

Junior middle distance run-ner danielle aragon, who has

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the second-best mile time in the acc this season (4:38.73), will compete in the mile as well as the 3,000.

after mixed results early in the season, senior Jade Barber, who earned all-american honors and a conference title in the 60-meter hurdles last year, scorched the alex wilson invitational last weekend with a conference-best time of 8.22 in that event. Barber will also run the 60-meter sprint.

“we should definitely be in the top three [on the women’s side], and if everything ends up right for us, we have a chance to win it,” Turner said. “we’re training everyone to have a peak perfor-mance here. we’ve done all the things we need to do in training, and i expect a lot of my athletes will have their best performanc-es of the season. “

The irish will kick off the acc indoor champion-ships on Thursday at virginia Tech’s rector Field house in Blacksburg, and the meet will continue through saturday.

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Happy Birthday: a reserved approach to education, financial and medical concerns will help you avoid setbacks. emotional matters are best controlled in a practical manner. not everyone will be easy to deal with, but if you are reluctant to follow what others do, you will be the one to benefit in the end. a disciplined attitude will speak volumes about your capabilities. your numbers are 6, 17, 20, 24, 27, 32, 41.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): get together with old friends or discuss future plans with someone you love. Take care of paperwork that is time-sensitive. do something special for someone who has stood by you in the past. romance is encouraged.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): consider what you are told, but do your own research. Too much of anything will turn in to a costly affair. an emotional matter will lead to a deceptive situation. do your best to stabilize a relationship by being straightforward.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): it’s fun to dream, but don’t create a fantasy world that will hurt your current status with a personal or business partner. Focus on going above and beyond the call of duty to ensure you maintain a good rapport.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): don’t be afraid to be different. Taking a different path will give you an inside view of a situation that is festering in the background with a peer or colleague. stay on top of matters, but don’t fuel the fire.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): step into the limelight and offer suggestions based on what you know to be true, and you will get the support you need to follow a dream. The feedback you get will encourage travel, knowledge and communication. hold out for the best deal possible.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): someone you thought you could trust will disappoint you. don’t share your personal thoughts or secrets with anyone. put more effort into doing your own thing and you’ll avoid interference. home improvements can be made if kept simple.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): don’t procrastinate -- take action. your interest in different philosophies and cultures will lead you to interesting events and seminars. you will have an opportunity to make new friends as well as gather facts that will help you excel. romance is encouraged.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Take care of responsibilities quickly and then move on to enjoyable projects. a change in your position will turn in your favor. don’t allow anyone to disrupt the way you live or the things you do at home to relax.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): partnerships will make a difference to your outlook and opinion. make changes at home that will ensure comfort, ease your stress and make your life more enjoyable. love is in the stars, and sharing with someone special will make your life better.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): stick close to home. Travel and communication will lead to delays and conflicts. a pushy attitude will be met with force. work on your own in order to accomplish the most. Take a conservative approach to whatever you pursue.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): looking back will help you move forward. don’t be discouraged just because someone says no. plan to take action on your own and follow through with your plans. romance will flourish if you are suggestive with your lover.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): use your creative energy to implement personal change. don’t let complaints stand between you and your desires. problems while traveling can be expected. someone will meddle or mislead you if given the chance. refuse to be manipulated.

Birthday Baby: you are creative and driven. you are a dreamer and a survivor.

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Irish prep for physical PittsburghBy SAMANTHA ZUBA associate managing editor

it’s been a mantra for the no. 4 irish all season: get more aggressive.

notre dame (26-2, 13-1 acc) will suit up against pittsburgh on Thursday at 7 p.m. for its last home game of the season and will need to work on its physical play for the upcoming acc tour-nament, irish coach muffet mcgraw said. The acc’s physical style was on dis-play monday night in the 68-52 irish win over no. 8 louisville.

“i think everybody’s go-ing to try to be physical with us,” mcgraw said. “That seems to be the game plan for everybody coming in. [louisville] was a really physical game. i feel like every game in the acc has been a really physical game ... people are probably us-ing that against us because we’re not quite as physical as i would like right now.

“That’s probably the one thing that we can see that we need to get better at.”

The irish can look to one of their smaller-statured

senior leaders if they aim to ramp up their physicality — if they decide not to put mcgraw on the court.

“well, i could lace ’em up, and i think show them something,” mcgraw said.

“i think it’s an attitude. look at someone like [senior guard] madison [cable], who is not that big and not strong, but boy, she’s going to work, and she’s going to battle, and that’s really that

attitude of competing that we need.”

The 5-foot-11 cable has grabbed team-high re-bounds in two games this

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Irish senior guard Madison Cable attempts to dribble past a defender in Monday’s 68-52 win over Louis-ville at Purcell Pavilion. Cable finished with seven points against the Cardinals.

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ND travels to ACC ChampionshipsBy ANDREW ROBINSON sports writer

seeking to cap off a strong season and make a statement in their second year in the acc, the irish will compete Thursday through saturday for the acc indoor championships, hosted at virginia Tech’s rector Field house in Blacksburg, virginia.

notre dame will have 45 ath-letes — 26 on the no. 24 wom-en’s side and 19 on the men’s — competing in the upcom-ing conference championship, with at least one athlete in al-most every event.

irish coach alan Turner said the athletes are focused and ready for the big stage, in which past performances — whether good or bad — are set aside, and one-time performance determines the participants’ fates.

“The thing about our sport as opposed to other team sports is that we can focus the year on just a few competitions,” he said. “This is one of them. about a week and a half ago, we started … tapering our [train-ing] to focus on things that are explosive and speed-oriented.”

on the men’s side, senior and seven-time all-american chris giesting will be compet-ing for the first time since the razorback invitational the last weekend of January, and ju-nior distance runner michael clevenger has been battling flu-like symptoms the past few days.

Turner said both runners are important to the team score, and he expects them to be in top form their respective races. giesting will run in the 200 me-ters, 400 meters and the 4x400-meter relay, while clevenger will compete in the 3,000- and 5,000-meter races.

“right now we’re also focus-ing on rest … and giving [the beat-up runners] a chance to be refreshed so they can really be at peak performance for this meet,” Turner said.

Turner added junior Brent swanberg, who is the second-ranked acc competitor for the heptathlon, will be a strong contender in that event.

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Senior Chris Giesting competes during the Notre Dame Invitational on January 24. Giesting set a school record in the 600-meter race.see TracK PAGE 14

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By BRIAN PLAMONDONsports writer

growing up in the lacrosse hotbed of long island, matt Kavanagh never had to look far to f ind competi-tion on the f ield. and, re-ally, he didn’t have to stray far from his own home in rockville centre, new york — Kavanagh grew up with four brothers and one sister.

The competitive drive the junior attack developed at home has been a big part of his success suiting up for notre dame, he said.

“we were always do-ing something together,” Kavanagh said of his sib-lings. “everything was kind of a litt le competition.”

nowadays, Kavanagh is the focal point of no. 2 notre dame’s explosive offense. in two games this season, the irish have averaged 15.5 goals per game, good for f ifth in the country.

after totaling 123 points (74 goals, 49 assists) in 34 games over the last two sea-sons, Kavanagh has gotten off to a slow start this sea-son by his standards with four goals and f ive assists in two irish victories. yet that doesn’t necessarily bother Kavanagh, an upperclass-man who is becoming more of a leader with each pass-ing game. Take, for example, his tutoring of fellow attack mikey wynne, a freshman who burst onto the scene this year with 10 goals in his f irst two games.

“i’ve been trying to talk to mike, guide him,” Kavanagh said. “w hich spots he should be in, which spots [senior attack] conor doyle will be in — just so we know, in our heads, what we [need to] do before we even do anything.”

in addition to helping the freshmen adjust to on-field strategy, Kavanagh said he tries to be someone the un-derclassmen can look up to.

“[i try to set] a good ex-ample, work-ethic wise,” Kavanagh said. “on the f ield and in the classroom … for the younger guys, just so they know what it takes to be successful at this level.”

For young players want-ing to hone their scoring touches, Kavanagh is the