Jenkins announces 2020 ND Forum theme
The ND Forum theme this year will be Election 2020: Think. Engage Respectfully. Vote., University President Fr. John Jenkins announced in an email Tuesday. The annual forum was created in 2005 by...
View ArticleUniversity announces 10-week winter session, Feb. 3 start date for spring...
The 2021 spring semester will begin Wednesday, Feb. 3 with classes ending Tuesday, May 11, University President Fr. John Jenkins announced in a Wednesday morning email. Reading days will occur May 12,...
View ArticleIt is not okay to be not okay
This semester, everyone seems incredibly resilient, and while I can only aspire to be at peak productivity at this time, I simply refuse to believe that I should have to perform being okay right now....
View ArticleStraight fire: Rap’s best new releases
It’s 2020, the world is on fire, they killed Pop Smoke, Kanye leaked his contract, Justin Bieber and Chance the Rapper released a devotional love song, Bobby Shmurda and Drakeo the Ruler are still in...
View ArticleFirst-ever Notre Dame Music Festival allows student groups to perform in...
Over 500 student vocalists and musicians are about to be “Rock’n the House that Rockne built,” which is the slogan for the first ever Notre Dame Music Festival to be held Thursday night in Notre Dame...
View ArticleIndiana to reopen at full capacity, mask mandate still in place
Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb announced the state will move to Stage 5 of its reopening plan beginning Saturday, Sept. 26, the Indianapolis Star reported Wednesday. While restaurants, bars, fitness centers...
View ArticleDillon Hall senator to resign prior to impeachment proceedings
Senior Michael Dugan, who serves as Dillon Hall’s senator, has resigned from his student government position effective 6 p.m. Thursday, at the start of the senate meeting scheduled to take place at the...
View ArticleSaint Mary’s to begin spring semester Feb. 3, following ND and HCC schedule
Saint Mary’s President Katie Conboy announced in an email Thursday afternoon that the College will adopt the spring semester schedule implemented by Notre Dame and Holy Cross. The first day of the...
View ArticleAdams: 2-on-2 basketball movie bracket, pt. 2
We’re on to the conclusion of my basketball movie 2-on-2 bracket (albeit a month and a half after part one). Let’s skip the song and dance and get on with the show. Elite Eight 1-seed Michael Jordan...
View ArticleSaint Mary’s encourages students to receive vaccination at Sunday’s Flu Fest
Saint Mary’s will be hosting an outdoor Flu Fest and Blood Drive on Sunday at the lacrosse fields from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Though students can no longer reserve a shot, walk-ins are still accepted. The...
View Article3 new Notre Dame schedule concerns after Wake Forest postponement
Initially, this column was supposed to be about the new-look Notre Dame offense, as they prepared for their third game of the season, at Wake Forest. Instead, the Fighting Irish now face a double-bye,...
View ArticleNotre Dame admissions adapts to virtual events due to pandemic
Following campus-wide restrictions on outside visitors due to COVID-19, the Notre Dame admissions office has had to shift to an online platform when connecting with prospective students and families....
View ArticleObserver Editorial: Dive deeper into going green
The return to our campuses came with many changes, one of the most notable being the new take out requirement at all dining halls and on-campus eateries. All food is packaged in single-use containers....
View ArticleTrump nominates law professor Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court
President Donald Trump nominated Notre Dame law professor Amy Coney Barrett to be the newest Supreme Court justice Saturday, replacing the late liberal-leaning Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. In a press...
View ArticleJenkins comes under fire for appearing to violate University health and...
This report was updated Sept. 27 at 3:02 p.m. A video circulating online shows University President Fr. John Jenkins failing to wear a mask or socially distance at the White House ceremony for law...
View ArticleWe don’t all have a ‘Pen15’
I think we can all agree that middle school was an awkward phase in our lives. Unlike for middle schoolers today, who look like they are about to turn 25, middle school was once filled with...
View ArticleWhere are the tampons?
Tampons. Pads. Menstruation. Okay, now that I’ve gotten rid of those who would prefer not to hear this, (I’m looking at you, male population), here we go. My friends and I are hanging out in Duncan...
View ArticleMcGuinness: Previewing the 2020 MLB postseason — Wild Card round
We made it. There were times when it looked like coronavirus would end the season prematurely, times when the owners’ and players’ greed threatened having a season at all and probably times where your...
View ArticleThe Supreme Court is not your friend
The moment news broke of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death, I was, unfortunately, on Twitter. As I processed the implications of this news, I watched my entire timeline do the same, in...
View ArticleNotre Dame football reports 39 players in isolation, quarantine
Notre Dame football conducted 273 COVID-19 tests on team personnel from Tuesday of last week through Sunday of this week with 18 of resulting in positive tests, Notre Dame football’s public relations...
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