Saint Mary’s undergoing $2.5 million-dollar, campus-wide renovation
Saint Mary’s is spending more than $2.5 million upgrading its campus this summer, the College announced in a Wednesday press release. Renovations began at the end of last semester and have continued...
View ArticleHoly Cross announces new dean of students, director of residence life and...
Andrew Polaniecki will serve as dean of students and director of residence life and housing at Holy Cross, the College announced in a press release Thursday. Polaniecki steps into the role after having...
View ArticleNotre Dame to strip student ID cards of campus-wide dorm access, claiming...
This report was updated Aug. 16 at 1:45 p.m. Notre Dame students will soon only have Irish1Card access to their own dorms, director of residential life Breyan Tornifolio announced Thursday during a...
View ArticleOff-campus students deserve a place at the table
On Monday, the University continued in its pursuit to estrange off-campus students from the Notre Dame community. In addition to the deeply unpopular policies that exclude off-campus students from...
View ArticleYoung breaks collarbone, deals new blow to Irish offense
On Saturday, the Notre Dame football team suffered another blow as junior wide receiver Michael Young broke his collarbone during a preseason practice, sustaining the same injury that sidelined junior...
View ArticleOrientation Steering Committee strives for inclusivity through hall programming
Notre Dame will welcome the class of 2023 and transfer students this weekend with an annual line-up of events known as Welcome Weekend. Designed to orient new students to Notre Dame before school...
View ArticleAt work for the common good
Dear students, It is a genuine pleasure to welcome each of you to Holy Cross College. Your arrival every August brings a renewed sense of purpose and excitement, and on behalf of our faculty, staff...
View ArticleScene Selections: Welcome Weekend edition
On Campus Welcome, First Years! It’s a pleasure to finally meet you all: bright-eyed and bushy-tailed, fresh off a full-fledged hot girl summer, ready to start a brand new life in a brand new home....
View ArticleRecord-breaking number of applications result in 385 new SMC students
Saint Mary’s will be opening its circle this fall to 385 new Belles in the first-year class. With 2,032 students applying for the class of 2023, the College received a record-breaking number of...
View ArticleND defensive backs coach Terry Joseph looks forward to season ahead
In his media day press conference ahead of the 2019-2020 season, Notre Dame football defensive backs coach Terry Joseph talked recruitment, talent and development. And of course, when you think...
View ArticleMake the most of it
Freshmen, if you’re anything like I was three years ago, you’re probably a nervous and excited wreck right about now. In the coming days, you’ll meet hundreds of faces and learn name after name you...
View ArticleCollege leadership looks to increase community with changes to first year...
Each academic year, Saint Mary’s focuses on one of its four core values — learning, community, faith and spirituality and justice — with this year’s focus being community. Seniors Terra Nelson and...
View ArticleKelly confident in young Irish, begins preparation for Louisville
The college football season is only days away, with Miami and No. 8 Florida set to kick off the regular season August 24. With 15 practices down in fall camp and a new year of college football just...
View ArticleHigher diversity and retention rate in Notre Dame class of 2023
In the past year, more than 22,000 high school students have submitted an application to join the Notre Dame class of 2023. At the end of a long process of discernment by the Office of Admissions,...
View ArticleND and SMC student governments cancel South Bend Transpo Midnight Express
The South Bend Transpo’s Midnight Express will no longer run within the tri-campus community, as this summer, the student governments of Saint Mary’s and Notre Dame moved to cancel the service...
View ArticleKeep justice blind
The Supreme Court was never designed to be democratic. Exercising “neither force nor will, but merely judgment,” in the words of Alexander Hamilton, the Court was seen by America’s Framers as the...
View ArticleHoly Cross programs look to build on last year’s accomplishments
(Editor’s Note: Dominic Gibson is a sportswriter for The Observer.) This year, the Holy Cross College athletic programs will look to exceed last season’s results. While some programs such as the men’s...
View ArticleAn autopsy of the Area 51 meme
In July 2019, a Facebook group called for the building of a coalition to storm Area 51 and “see them aliens.” Days later, the meme elicited an official response from the United States military....
View ArticleMake it a hot girl semester
We all know about hot girl summer. (If not, give this a read. It’s excellent and written by a former Observer staffer aka it doesn’t get better than this!) Do what you want, and do it proudly. Make...
View ArticleNew mental health program to support students at Saint Mary’s
Saint Mary’s announced on Aug. 12 a new health and wellness program “YOU at College,” which is designed to help students anonymously find resources and support for academic, mental and physical health...
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