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-Clare Kossler | Friday, May 19, 2017
There are so many “lasts” in the final few weeks of senior year — each celebrated with commendable gusto and the appropriate amount of nostalgia, perhaps even watery eyes and wavery smiles. There are probably a few too many lasts: Notre Dame — as we are all well aware by this point — is a
Clare Kossler | Friday, November 18, 2016
Since its founding, Notre Dame has prided itself on its commitment to the liberal arts, requiring all students to take a core set of courses deemed fundamental to a Catholic liberal arts education. Over the span of nearly 50 years, these core courses have changed but little, and current Notre Dame students are subject to
Margaret Hynds, Clare Kossler and Katie Galioto | Thursday, November 3, 2016
Fifty years ago today, the first copies of a new student publication appeared around campus. Students heading into the dining hall or on their way to class picked up The Observer Vol. 1, Issue 1 — some out of curiosity, some out of boredom and some on a whim. When they picked up the paper,
Clare Kossler | Friday, July 15, 2016
Heads bowed and hands clasped, members of the Notre Dame and South Bend community gathered Thursday evening at the Grotto for a prayer service in response to recent acts of violence across the United States. Despite the reduced number of people on campus for the summer session, an estimated 100 students, faculty, staff and other members of
Clare Kossler | Friday, December 11, 2015
Now more than halfway through their term as student body president and vice president, seniors Bryan Ricketts and Nidia Ruelas are finding their time so far in office to be somewhat different from what they initially expected. “[Running for office], you do have to think, to believe you’re qualified to do it. But you also
Clare Kossler | Monday, December 7, 2015
Future students of Notre Dame may be facing a different set of requirements for graduation than those currently taken by undergraduates under the University’s core curriculum. The Core Curriculum Review Committee — charged by University President Fr. John Jenkins and Provost Thomas Burish in an Aug. 2014 letter to the faculty “to lead the process of
Clare Kossler | Monday, November 23, 2015
About six months after announcing the first two recipients of the LGBTQ Student Scholarship at its biannual Dooley Award Dinner, the Gay and Lesbian Alumni of Notre Dame and Saint Mary’s (GALA-ND/SMC) hosted a fundraising event Nov. 12 to enable the continued offering of its newly-instituted scholarship. Jack Bergen, the chair of GALA and a
Clare Kossler and Martha Reilly | Wednesday, November 18, 2015
Editor’s Note: This is the third installment of a five-part series on sexual assault at Notre Dame and Saint Mary’s. Today’s story focuses on student group responses to sexual assault. Approaching the issue from a variety of different perspectives, students from Notre Dame and Saint Mary’s are seeking out avenues to continue the conversation around, and ultimately prevent, sexual
Clare Kossler | Monday, November 16, 2015
“What? You’re majoring in history and math?” “… Interesting …” “So what exactly do you plan to do with that again?” To all those who have asked me this question, today I can announce with complete and utter confidence: I don’t know. Perhaps I should qualify. It’s not so much that I don’t know as
Clare Kossler | Thursday, November 12, 2015
Following weeks of student protests against racial discrimination at the University of Missouri, a group of at least 75 Notre Dame students and faculty gathered outside of Main Building on Wednesday to demonstrate their support for students of color at the University of Missouri. Standing on the front steps of Main Building, student leaders from