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Ask the Observer: Did 1844 Cafe change how it accepts flex points?

Cathy Doherty | Friday, March 3, 2023

At the end of last semester, Saint Mary’s campus leaders announced changes to students’ meal plans: Meal swipes can no longer be used for snack items in the Grab-N-Go, and students will have the opportunity to buy additional flex points. On Dec. 13, Gloria Jenkins, dean of students, sent an email to all Saint Mary’s

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Puppeteer discusses career of performance at Saint Mary’s

Cathy Doherty | Wednesday, February 8, 2023

British puppeteer and puppetry coach Helen Day came to speak to students about her journey as a performing artist Monday evening at Saint Mary’s. Day was the 2023 visiting guest artist in the Margaret Hill Series hosted by the College’s Program of Theatre. Additionally, Day hosted workshops Sunday and Monday afternoon where students could learn

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SMC Votes hosts event discussing current State of the Union

Cathy Doherty | Friday, January 27, 2023

On Wednesday evening, SMC Votes hosted the first meeting of their “Politics and Pretzels” series. This series will consist of three meetings in Reignbeaux Lounge of Le Mans Hall, where students can gather to discuss the current political climate with other students and professors. Libbey Detcher, a senior political science major and host of the

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Saint Mary’s celebrates third annual Smick Day

Cathy Doherty | Friday, November 4, 2022

As the sun was setting behind the Le Mans bell tower Wednesday evening, students gathered for the third annual Smick Day hosted by Saint Mary’s Student Government Association (SGA) and organized by the Student Life committee. Josie Haas, student body vice president, explained the history behind Smick Day. “‘Smick’ was used as a derogatory term,

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Students visit Riedinger House for Saint Mary’s Ghost Stories

Cathy Doherty | Wednesday, October 26, 2022

With Halloween approaching, the Class Gift Campaign and Office of Residence Life sponsored the annual Saint Mary’s Ghost Stories event Wednesday night. Students gathered at the Riedinger House, a house on campus originally designed for home economics courses that are no longer offered. The scarcely used Riedinger House is rarely made available to students. As

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Notre Dame, Saint Mary’s student governments build community in beach volleyball match

Cathy Doherty | Monday, September 26, 2022

For the first time ever, the Saint Mary’s and Notre Dame student governments went head-to-head in a beach volleyball game. They met at 5:30 p.m. on Friday at the sand volleyball courts on Saint Mary’s campus. Saint Mary’s students arrived at the sand volleyball court with colorful posters to cheer on their student government. Free

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Saint Mary’s appoints four new vice presidents

Cathy Doherty and Cora Haddad | Friday, September 2, 2022

President Katie Conboy announced Aug. 17 that the College successfully recruited “four experienced Vice Presidents to the College leadership in the last nine months.” Holly Johnson was hired as vice president of advancement, Lori Johnson ’91 was hired as vice president for student enrollment and engagement, Julianne Wallace, D.Min. was hired as vice president for

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This Thursday, Feb. 16, the 93rd annual Bengal Bou This Thursday, Feb. 16, the 93rd annual Bengal Bouts will begin its preliminary rounds. A men’s boxing tournament that benefits the Holy Cross Mission in Bangladesh, Bengal Bouts seems to perfectly combine two integral aspects of Notre Dame’s identity: a passion for sports and a commitment to social impact.

This week, From the Archives takes a long overdue look at the history of Bengal Bouts. While this tournament predates the Observer by nearly four decades, we uncovered a selection of stories that capture at least a part of the rich history of this Notre Dame tradition.

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At Wednesday evening’s senate meeting, Briana Ch At Wednesday evening’s senate meeting, Briana Chappell, director of gender relations and LGBTQ+ advocacy, highlighted plans to edit the Moreau First Year Experience curriculum to promote values of diversity, equity and inclusion in her report on LGBTQ+ advocacy at Notre Dame this year.

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We asked you to Ask The Observer Sports Department We asked you to Ask The Observer Sports Department and you responded with the request: “Northwestern @ Notre Dame 2014 Football Breakdown”. That game was a heartbreaking loss for a Notre Dame team that had started 6-0 before stumbling down the stretch to a 7-5 record. A bowl game win over LSU salvaged some optimism for the program’s future, but that loss to Northwestern was a shocking result that contributed to one of the more appalling stretches of Irish football in the Brian Kelly era.

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Derick Williams and Hunter Brooke, two sophomore s Derick Williams and Hunter Brooke, two sophomore students campaigning to be Notre Dame’s next student body president and vice president, respectively, plan to “get sh*t done.”

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Sophomores Pablo Oropeza and Griffin McAndrew are Sophomores Pablo Oropeza and Griffin McAndrew are seeking to build stronger connections between the student body and student government if elected student body president and vice president, respectively. 

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Notre Dame students might recognize Daniel Jung an Notre Dame students might recognize Daniel Jung and Aidan Rezner from the student government Instagram page, but the two sophomores are ready to take the next big step to represent the student body.

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