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Andrew Cameron | Friday, May 18, 2018
The culmination of four years of classes, training exercise and tireless dedication, 43 senior cadets from the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) — including officers from Notre Dame, Saint Mary’s, Holy Cross College, Valparaiso University and Bethel College — will receive their commissions Saturday. Colonel Jim Bowen, Air Force ROTC commander and department chair of
Andrew Cameron and Maeve Filbin | Monday, April 30, 2018
The Gender and Women’s Studies Departments from Notre Dame, Saint Mary’s and Indiana University-South Bend hosted the third biennial Midwest Undergraduate Research Conference in Gender Studies, themed “New Directions in Gender Studies,” Friday and Saturday in McKenna Hall. The conference featured 12 panels of 43 students who presented on political representation, feminism, marriage, identity and performativity,
Andrew Cameron | Monday, April 16, 2018
Braving the cold and rain, students from the tri-campus community and other members of South Bend gathered Saturday to help with a variety of community service projects for the ninth annual “Back the Bend.” The event was a collaboration between the South Bend community, local universities and organizations — Notre Dame Student Government, Saint Mary’s
Andrew Cameron | Tuesday, March 27, 2018
For well over a century, Notre Dame’s first residence hall, Sorin College, has stood on God Quad beside the Basilica of the Sacred Heart. Much has changed since its construction in 1888. For instance, the dorm’s front porch has not always been a part of the building, and Sorin has not always been known as
Andrew Cameron | Tuesday, March 27, 2018
Catholic writer Dan Mattson spoke Monday on his struggle to reconcile his sexual identity with his faith. The talk was hosted by Students for Child-Oriented Policy and the “Irish Rover.” The first 30 attendees to the event received free copies of Mattson’s book, “Why I Don’t Call Myself Gay: How I Reclaimed My Sexual Reality
Andrew Cameron | Tuesday, March 6, 2018
Over 90 students and members of the South Bend community marched from Notre Dame to downtown South Bend on Friday, rallying for the passing of a “clean” Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) Act and demanding representation from Indiana senators Todd Young and Joe Donnelly and representative Jackie Walorski. The march, led by student grassroots
Andrew Cameron | Thursday, February 8, 2018
Starting in the LaFortune Student Center and wrapping around God Quad, the line for tickets to the Keenan Revue began forming in the morning on Jan. 30, and continued to grow until ticket distribution finally began at 4 p.m. Every year, all 4,500 available tickets to Keenan Hall’s signature comedy show typically are given out in
Andrew Cameron | Wednesday, January 31, 2018
Since the beginning of the academic year, the 140 residents of Badin Hall have been living in Pangborn Hall on South Quad while their own dorm is renovated. Just like Walsh Hall last year, the women of Badin will have a number of changes when they move back into their home dorm next fall. Among
Andrew Cameron | Thursday, January 18, 2018
The Notre Dame Chorale went on an eight-day domestic tour over winter break, performing seven concerts throughout Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Connecticut. Of the club’s 65 members, 52 singers went on the tour, senior and tour commissioner Jennifer Richardson said. She also said the concerts featured a wide range of musical genres — from renaissance
Andrew Cameron | Friday, October 27, 2017
As White Ribbon Against Pornography (WRAP) week wraps up, the Students for Child-Oriented Policy (SCOP) hosted an event exploring modern-day relationship culture. The lecture, delivered by Brett Robinson and Jessica Keating — director of communications and director of the Office of Human Dignity and Life Initiatives, respectively — focused on the ways that porn, birth control pills