Student government seeks to address student burnout ahead of uninterrupted...
In light of news that the spring 2021 calendar for Notre Dame will not include a mid-semester break, and as the student body enters the eleventh consecutive week of classes, students have expressed...
View ArticleAre you ‘happy’?
To most people it’s spooky season, but to me, it’s Oingo Boingo season. During the month of October, I listen to Oingo Boingo almost every day to get into the Halloween spirit. Not every song is...
View ArticleRestoration Week totally worked. Let’s try it again
Breath in … breath out … breath in … this sucks. This sucks. I am still stressed out. I have papers to write, appointments to make and about 40 other things before the idea of a break can even be...
View ArticleKalemkerian: Sizing up the 2020 NBA draft
October is a month that should have seen the tip-off of the 2020-21 NBA season. Instead, the pandemic-postponed season finally concluded on Oct, 11, with the Los Angeles Lakers being crowded as NBA...
View ArticleSaint Mary’s receives $1 million grant to expand health sciences program
The Lilly Endowment Inc. has awarded the College a $1 million grant to move forward on a new Center for Integrative Healthcare Education (CIHE) on campus, Saint Mary’s announced in a press release...
View ArticleUnwanted: The dilemma of international students in the COVID-19 crisis
I was supposed to be a senior at Notre Dame this semester. Having spent my junior year studying abroad, I cannot describe how much I yearned for the return to campus — having enlightening conversations...
View ArticleNotre Dame police report gun shots near campus Tuesday evening
The Notre Dame Police Department informed students in a Wednesday email that the South Bend Police Department responded to reports of a suspect firing of multiple gunshots near the 700 and 800 blocks...
View ArticleGender studies professor speaks on women’s roles in fight for peace
The Saint Mary’s Center for Women’s Intercultural Leadership (CWIL) hosted Notre Dame gender studies professor Ashley Bohrer who spoke in a presentation titled “Disturbing the Peace: A Feminist Defense...
View ArticlePete Buttigieg speaks on importance of trust in Bridging the Divide lecture...
War veteran, former South Bend mayor and 2020 Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg spoke Wednesday about the importance of trust in an event titled “Rebuilding Trust in Our Nation’s...
View Article‘The Dancing Bear’: Aaron Banks contributes to stellar Irish offensive line
Aaron Banks had anything but a conventional high school football career. The senior guard from Alameda, California, stands at nearly 6-foot-6 and 330 pounds, no welcoming sight to any opposing defender...
View ArticleThree things I learned from ‘Game of Thrones’
Warning: Major spoilers, for all eight seasons of “Game of Thrones” and all five books of “A Song of Ice and Fire,” are discussed in this column. I am a die-hard “Game of Thrones” fanatic. The show is...
View ArticleObserver Editorial: If you haven’t heard, you should vote
There’s no escaping it. The 2020 election season is upon us. No matter where you stand on the political spectrum, it is imperative that we take this moment to use our voices and vote. We’re sure you’ve...
View ArticleNotre Dame alumna creates new opportunities for students through coding
Having followed a unique path of study during her time at Notre Dame, Alexandra Sejdinaj, a graduate of the class of 2015 and co-founder of South Bend Code School (SBCS), has set out to help local...
View ArticleIrish Insider: Pittsburgh Panthers
Hainsey ready to lead Irish in return to hometown Pittsburgh ‘The Dancing Bear’: Aaron Banks contributes to stellar Irish offensive line Geyer: The battle against seasonal affective disorder Talented...
View ArticleFood for faith: what it’s like to be Muslim at Notre Dame
I decided on Notre Dame after I attended a summer program here in 2017. There, I went to my first mass, in the Basilica of the Sacred Heart. There was a paper booklet with music in it, and a group of...
View ArticleFor the fall break we never had
I would make the argument that the majority of us as students were concerned about the absence of a fall break in this school year. Fall break provides us with the time to catch up on the readings we...
View ArticleCoronavirusND and the politics of humor
Back in March when campus shut down, uncertainty about the future and a sense of loss set a gloomy fog over the student body. As students struggled to find ways to cope with COVID-19, many of them...
View ArticleNotre Dame outlasts Virginia in double overtime
The Notre Dame men’s soccer team outlasted Virginia in double overtime by a score of 2-1 on Saturday at Alumni Stadium. The Fighting Irish (3-2, 2-1 ACC) won on an own goal in the 103rd minute of the...
View Article“Fearless” Irish step up, throttle Pitt 45-3
Pitt has long been a dangerous opponent for Notre Dame. Twice, the Panthers have nearly ruined the Irish’s unbeaten seasons, both in 2012 and 2018. In the last six games against the Panthers, the Irish...
View ArticleNotre Dame, University of Chicago study finds the number of people in poverty...
The number of people living in poverty has grown by six million people in the United States in the past three months, Notre Dame and University of Chicago researchers found in a recent study. While the...
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