Observer Editorial: Finish strong
Life has been looking brighter in the tri-campus community lately — in more ways than one. The end of a long and difficult year is quickly approaching. The South Bend permacloud has finally given way...
View ArticleIrish Insider: Blue and Gold Game 2021
Position Breakdown: Irish retain depth at running back in 2021 Inside the QB room competition Key position battles and questions to watch in Irish spring game Irish appear solid at running back, look...
View ArticleSaint Mary’s eases outdoor masking guidelines
In an email to students Friday afternoon, Saint Mary’s COVID response team co-chairs Mona Bowe and Shari Rodriguez shared updates on the College’s masking guidelines. According to the email, effective...
View Article‘It’s so much more than just a funny show:’ 45th annual Keenan Revue to take...
Following the Blue-Gold Game on Saturday, Notre Dame Stadium will be transformed to host the annual Keenan Revue for the first time in the event’s history. The Revue, Keenan Hall’s signature event...
View ArticleBreak the cycle: A time for justice
The Derek Chauvin verdict has revived last summer’s hopes for transformative social change. The day following the Chauvin verdict, Fr. Jenkins called on the Notre Dame community “to seek justice,...
View ArticleFisher Hall raises over $20,000 for this year’s Regatta
Fisher Hall will host its annual Regatta Saturday at St. Mary’s Lake. In order for the Regatta to take place, there are three major differences in the event this year from previous years: limited boats...
View Article‘Soul,’ ‘22 vs. Earth’ and finding your spark
Pixar really hit it out of the park when they released their newest feature film “Soul.” “Soul” tells the story of an aspiring jazz musician named Joe Gardner (voiced by Jamie Foxx) who must try and...
View ArticleIrish look ahead to final series of regular season, Senior Weekend rivalry...
The Notre Dame softball team will face their final opponent of the regular season this weekend as they take on the Boston College Eagles at Melissa Cook Stadium. This final series at home will be the...
View ArticleLakeside Music Festival moves ‘quadside’ for a year
Editor’s Note: A previous version of this article misstated the year Lakeside began. The Observer regrets any error. Carroll’s Lakeside Music Festival, held on the Carroll lawn since 2015, will take...
View ArticleObserver Editorial: This place will always be your home
The end of a school year is always bittersweet. Everyone knows at least one senior who will graduate this spring. But while we hate to see them go, we can’t wait to see them thrive. This year, the...
View ArticleUniversity to dispense with surveillance, exit testing as 90% of student body...
University President Fr. John Jenkins announced in an email Friday afternoon that 90% of Notre Dame undergraduate and graduate students have documented their second Pfizer or Moderna dose or their...
View ArticleIrish enter as fifth seed in ACC Tournament, take on past opponent Virginia Tech
The Irish will seek to carry the momentum the team has gained into the postseason, starting with the ACC Championship. Head coach Deanna Gumpf said that the postseason is focused on the immediate task...
View ArticleOde to the Snite: Celebrating her life
One of my favorite things to do when I’m walking around on campus with someone I want to get to know better is to smile and gauge their interest in an impromptu Snite visit. Sometimes people feel they...
View ArticlePosition Breakdown: Notre Dame coaching staff
Rockne. Parseghian. Holtz. Notre Dame’s football lore is closely tied to its lineage of iconic head coaches. In our last Position Breakdown of the year, we look at the Irish coaching staff heading into...
View ArticlePalestinian lives matter, too
Palestinians appear nowhere in the “working definition” of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA). This is the main problem with this definition, which Blake Ziegler marshalled, in his...
View ArticleScene-ior Selections 2021
It’s not a goodbye — it’s a see you later. Here, our Senior Scene Writers reflect on their time at Scene, The Observer and the tri-campus community the only way they know how: music. If emojis were...
View ArticleStudents, alumnus discuss student activism to conclude ‘Building an...
The Klau Center for Civil and Human Rights hosted four students and one alumnus Friday afternoon in the final panel of its “Building an Anti-Racist Vocabulary” lecture series. Junior Miranda Cuozzo,...
View ArticleFr. Gerard Olinger named vice president for student affairs
University President Fr. John Jenkins has named Fr. Gerard Olinger vice president for student affairs, according to a Monday morning press release. Olinger, who currently serves as vice president for...
View ArticlePlease stop hounding on Weezer, thank you.
Okay, yes, I am a Weezer fan, and I hope by saying so doesn’t hurt my reputation. For some reason, everyone likes to sh*t on Weezer, and I don’t know why. I decided to type “why does everyone hate...
View ArticleLessons from a sunset
The other day, I went on a walk to St. Mary’s lake with a few friends. Honestly, it was less of a walk and more of a picture-taking session. After all, it was evening and if you have never seen a...
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