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NOVO system crashes during junior class registration times

Courtney Becker | Thursday, November 16, 2017

The course registration process was more stressful than usual for many Notre Dame juniors Wednesday morning when the NOVO registration system unexpectedly malfunctioned. Chris Corrente, the manager of student solutions in the Office of Information Technology (OIT), said the amount of traffic during registration overloaded the system. “The University’s class registration system runs on two

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Notre Dame, Saint Mary’s students offer perspectives on immigration, DACA

Courtney Becker and Martha Reilly | Wednesday, November 15, 2017

Editor’s note: This is the second story in a three-part series addressing various political issues and their impact at Notre Dame one year after the 2016 election. Today’s story focuses on immigration and student perspectives on the DACA repeal. Less than a week after the 2016 election, University President Fr. John Jenkins held an interfaith

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Becker: Players should tone down celebrations

Courtney Becker | Tuesday, November 14, 2017

After establishing its reputation as the “No Fun League,” the NFL has loosened up its definition of what constitutes an excessive celebration, and players are taking full advantage of their increased freedom. I may be in the minority here, but I’m getting pretty sick of the NFL touchdown celebrations players have come up with this

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Students reflect on Notre Dame’s political climate one year after 2016 election

Courtney Becker | Monday, November 13, 2017

Editor’s note: This is the first story in a three-part series addressing various political issues and their impact at Notre Dame one year after the 2016 election. Today’s story focuses on the current political climate and ideological divides on campus. In the weeks following the 2016 election, in which President Donald Trump beat Hillary Clinton,

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Office of the Registrar tests new registration planning tool

Courtney Becker | Friday, November 3, 2017

The Office of the Registrar is testing a new class registration tool — ND Academic Planner — that will be available to students during course registration for the Fall 2018 semester. The tool is intended to simplify the process of searching for courses, planning schedules and registering for classes. The Office of the Registrar collaborated

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Students start campaign asking University administrators to uphold previous Title IX standards

Courtney Becker | Thursday, November 2, 2017

Two Notre Dame students are starting a campaign asking University President Fr. John Jenkins to uphold previous Title IX standards in spite of recent policy changes made by Secretary of Education, Betsy DeVos. Sophomore Elizabeth Boyle, one of the creators of the “StaND 4 IX” campaign, said the campaign is largely in response to DeVos’s

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Man dies after fall on campus before football game

Courtney Becker | Tuesday, October 31, 2017

A 57-year-old man died Sunday after falling before the Notre Dame-North Carolina State football game Saturday, Steve Dixon, a friend who accompanied the man to the game, said. The man, who Dixon identified as Michael Hile, was taken off life support around 1:30 p.m. at Memorial Hospital on Sunday. Dixon said two Notre Dame students

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University aims to offer opportunities for discernment through the Inspired Leadership Initiative

Courtney Becker | Friday, October 27, 2017

Notre Dame is launching the Inspired Leadership Initiative (ILI), a one-year program that aims to reopen the world of higher education to people who are looking for something fulfilling to embark upon after completing a career, beginning with its first group of fellows in 2018. The program, which ILI founding director Thomas Schreier — a

Viewpoint

Take the stress out of Halloween costumes

Courtney Becker | Thursday, October 26, 2017

I’m never particularly creative when it comes to deciding what to be for Halloween. Because I want Halloween to stay fun, though, I never really stress out about it — something I’ve noticed more and more people doing as I get older. Growing up, I think I was Hermione Granger for about three Halloweens in a row,

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Residents of University Village join together to ‘Save the Village’

Courtney Becker | Monday, October 9, 2017

It wouldn’t be fair. This mantra is the reasoning John Affleck-Graves, executive vice president of the University, gave to residents of The University Village for Notre Dame’s plans to shut the Village down in June of 2018. The University Village is subsidized, on-campus housing provided for married graduate students and their families. The community has

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