DOUBLES TAKE Among the 13 players on the roster are four walk-ons, including identical twins Margaret and Catherine Murdock, a pair of 5-foot-8 sophomore guards who played at New Trier High School. "One wears a braid, one wears a ponytail; that's how we tell them apart, " McGraw joked. TOUGH SCHEDULE November and December games include Tennessee, DePaul, Michigan, Michigan State and Minnesota, and a visit to longtime rival and perennial power Connecticut on Dec. 8. The 18-game ACC schedule begins Dec. 29 with Clemson. "We're definitely going to have some hiccups early on, " McGraw said. "The schedule is very, very difficult. " McGRAW'S QUICK DRAWS "Sam (Brunelle) is our best 3-point shooter. " "Katlyn (Gilbert) should be our best player — at the end of the game we want the ball in her hands. " "Anaya (Peoples) is a great defender — she's active, she's aggressive, she's willing. " "Marta (Sniezek), as the point guard, has to be the leader on the team. " "Mikayla (Vaughn) is probably the one player out there who is doing exactly what we need her to do. "
"I think being underestimated is one of the most powerful positions you can be in, " Vaughn said. "I really think we can do really, really great things. " Among the returnees are guards Katlyn Gilbert, who missed 31 games with a torn right labrum that was surgically repaired, and Abby Prohaska, a defensive ball hawk. Also back is 6-foot-4 Danielle Cosgrove. Joining them are grad transfers Marta Sniezek (Stanford) and Destinee Walker (North Carolina) and two prep All-Americans in 6-foot-2 forward Sam Brunelle and 5-foot-10 guard Anaya Peoples. "Come March, the way coach is pushing, we're going to be competitive, " said Sniezek, a point guard on the Cardinal's 2017 Final Four team. Said Gilbert: "I think we can shock the world and win the championship. " Their coach likes to set the bar high. "I'm never going to lower my expectations, " said McGraw, whose teams have won six straight ACC regular-season titles and five ACC tourney titles, and appeared in 24 straight NCAA tournaments, including nine Final Fours.
In your opinion, as the local member for Hastings and Rye, what would be the Hastings' BC local priorities for spending if a share of such refinancing savings became available to the council? Are you prepared to raise the issue of refinancing LOBO loans with ESCC and the Treasury to encourage ESCC and other councils to pursue refinancing savings in the interests of local taxpayers? Thanks in anticipation. Sincerely Nicholas Wilson
"It was a very constructive and positive session, " she said. "It gave me a lot confidence and support for the next days and weeks because it is very important to have a good understanding and working relations with the Parliament. " The meeting with group leaders and Parliament President David Sassoli also approved the timetable for the confirmation hearings for von der Leyen's nominees. The hearings will begin on September 30 and run until October 8. Some national delegations within the party blocs have already indicated they will vote against certain nominees they regard as problematic. Several nominees have investigations of various types hanging over them. The Parliament's legal affairs committee on Thursday began examining whether the nominees face any conflicts of interest in their new proposed new posts. The meeting with group leaders and Parliament President David Sassoli also approved the timetable for the confirmation hearings for von der Leyen's nominees. | Frederick Florin/AFP via Getty Images According to two Parliament officials, the committee decided to seek further information from at least eight nominees: Josep Borrell of Spain (slated to take on foreign policy), Elisa Ferreira of Portugal (cohesion and reforms), Johannes Hahn of Austria (EU budget), Stella Kyriakides of Cyprus (health), Rovana Plumb of Romania (transport), Didier Reynders of Belgium (justice), Kadri Simson of Estonia (energy) and Janusz Wojciechowski of Poland (agriculture).
SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Muffet McGraw didn't earn her Hall of Fame coaching laurels by backing away from challenges at Notre Dame. She may be facing her biggest one yet: Replacing a starting five that came within 3. 9 seconds of winning a second consecutive national championship last season. Just a few days after Baylor beat the Fighting Irish 82-81, that starting five — Jackie Young, all-time leading scorer Arike Ogunbowale, Brianna Turner, Jessica Shepard and Marina Mabrey — headed to the WNBA. Notre Dame averaged 88. 6 points per game last season and out the door with those players went 82. 1 of them. "I do love the challenge, " McGraw said. "I'm still competitive. I think the expectations are off in terms of what everyone else thinks we will be. So it's fun to get in the gym and start teaching again. " Junior center Mikayla Vaughn, who averaged 3. 3 points and 2. 4 rebounds last season as a reserve, hears what the naysayers say about the Irish, who will go after the program's 1, 000th victory when they open the season at Fordham Nov. 5.
Miranda's musical is — and is allowed to be — all of those things. Art is under no obligation to be complete, either. Even in the telling of true stories, requiring them to be consummate would be ludicrous, and turn works like "Evita, " "Miss Saigon" and "Les Miserables" into dreary, pedantic, didactic history lessons. Art is incomplete. Art is a collection of decisions. Art is versions. Art, for the record, is also allowed to be "bad. " From Edgar Degas' "Little Dancer, " which was detested by the French salons of the time, to Marcel Duchamp's "Fountain, " excluded from the Society of Independent Artists inaugural exhibit, art need not be pleasing to anybody. Finally, art is never finished. Miranda's take on the Founding Fathers isn't the first, nor should it be the last. There's room for countless more takes. In this way, the debate over "Hamilton" and whether it covers slavery sufficiently opens the door for something new — a musical that tells that story instead. But leave this one alone.
Cioloș said von der Leyen had agreed to "reflect" on the name and content of the portfolio. For the moment, von der Leyen can only be certain of support for the post in its current form from her own center-right European People's Party. The EPP group is the largest in the Parliament but von der Leyen will need backing from multiple other blocs to get Schinas confirmed. The Parliament's legal affairs committee on Thursday began examining whether the nominees face any conflicts of interest in their proposed new posts. Ska Keller, the co-leader of the Greens group, said she has the impression von der Leyen is open to changes to some titles or positions. MEPs have also complained that words such as research, culture and fisheries are absent from the names of other posts in her proposed line-up. "We had a discussion about the titles that were missing, [and] the European Way of Life etc., " said Keller, summarizing the meeting. "There was openness that she would be ready for change. " Von der Leyen herself spoke only briefly to reporters after the closed-door meeting and did not signal any change of heart.
Like thousands and thousands of others, I spent two-and-a-half hours on Friday night watching the streaming version of "Hamilton" on Disney+ with my family for the first time. I was gobsmacked. I had a hunch that I'd like it — I'm a fan of most musicals and, until recently, a regular theatergoer. But I surprised even myself. I didn't like it, I loved it. Lin-Manuel Miranda's masterpiece was everything a terrific musical should be: stirring, witty, inspiring, anthemic, singable, quotable, dazzling. I'm only mad I didn't make it a point to see it in the theater, and that I waited so long to add "You'll Be Back" to my shower repertoire. Because of COVID-19, art, like expensive Broadway musicals, feature films, even opera and art installations, is being delivered to our living rooms. That incredible democratization, even if by default and not design, is a great thing — but with it comes the increased scrutiny of a wider audience, and at a time when America is collectively reexamining nearly everything we've ever made over the course of our history.
STAFF CHANGES Long-time assistant Niele Ivey, a point guard on McGraw's 2001 championship team, has joined the Memphis Grizzlies. "I told her to use her voice, " said McGraw, who made a passionate speech for women's equality at the Final Four and saluted the NBA for "being ahead of the curve. " Joining staff holdovers Carol Owens and Beth Cunningham is 2016 alum Michaela Mabrey. Also back on a part-time basis is Kayla McBride, a 2014 consensus All-American. As for McGraw herself, she shows signs of wanting to move on after 32 seasons at Notre Dame. "I really didn't want a new coach to come in and start over, " the 63-year-old McGraw said. "I want to leave the program in a pretty good place. Recruiting is going well, so we'll see what the future holds. I'm not going to 70, I know that. "
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