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-Claire Reid | Friday, October 8, 2021
Notre Dame’s Right to Life club is hosting its annual “Respect Life Week,” featuring a variety of anti-abortion events and activities including an all-night adoration, art exploration at the Snite and even a birthday party for a saint. The week’s theme this year is “Encounter Life: Building A Pro-life Community.” Right to Life president senior
Claire Reid | Tuesday, September 28, 2021
Whether it’s climbing an old fire tower to get a better view of the Appalachian Mountains with her cousins, hiking through Austria with her geology class while studying abroad or simply a weekend stroll with friends, senior Kenzie Looney has dabbled in hiking for at least a few years. Experiences like these inspired the psychology
Claire Reid | Monday, September 27, 2021
After dancing ballet for 14 years and practicing for hours each day in high school, senior Liam Hollen hoped to keep dancing at Notre Dame. “There wasn’t really any option to do ballet on campus,” the history and economics major from Northern Virginia recalled. “First, I started choreographing ballet pieces with Dance Co., but I
Claire Reid | Thursday, September 16, 2021
Thursday through Friday evening, Howard Hall residents and passers-by will seesaw for 24 hours straight on a giant blue teeter-totter in the middle of South Quad to raise money for Engineers Without Borders’ clean water initiatives. The event, known as “Totter for Water,” has long been the Howard Ducks’ most popular fundraiser. “Totter for Water
Claire Reid | Friday, September 10, 2021
If you saw junior Callie King wearing a bright yellow chicken suit to class Wednesday, here’s why: she was promoting Lewis House of Pancakes, her dorm’s most popular signature event. Friday night at 9 pm, for the first time since last year’s COVID-19 residence hall visitor restrictions were lifted, Lewis Hall will open its doors
Claire Reid | Friday, September 3, 2021
Earlier this summer Campus Dining announced the opening of the Noodle Nook, an Asian concept located in the LaFortune Student Center’s Huddle Mart as part of their Retail Dining Master Plan. The new restaurant — occupying the space formerly home to the LaFortune ice cream shop — opened in August, just in time for students’
Claire Reid | Thursday, August 26, 2021
The Center for Social Concerns (CSC) — which organizes Notre Dame’s community-engaged courses, domestic and international summer service learning programs (SSLPs and ISSLPs) and social concerns courses — hosted a series of information sessions on their one-credit social concerns seminars on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday afternoon. An outdoor welcome back event which featured ample free
Claire Reid | Friday, May 21, 2021
Director of the Office of Vocations for the Congregation of Holy Cross Fr. John DeRiso can often be found in the Duncan or LaFortune Student Centers, where he meets with Notre Dame students interested in discerning their vocation. DeRiso invites students who express interest in the priesthood or in religious life to consider the Congregation
Claire Reid | Thursday, May 6, 2021
The Department of Art, Art History and Design (AAHD) is currently holding its annual honors senior thesis exhibition in Riley Hall. The exhibition features senior thesis projects from students pursuing Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) and Bachelor of Arts with Honors (BA Honors) degrees in visual communication design, industrial design and studio art. Their work
Claire Reid | Monday, May 3, 2021
The University of Notre Dame offers approximately 75 degree programs encompassing everything from accountancy to theology. However, some majors are less well-known or populous than others. The Observer interviewed four students in the College of Arts and Letters at Notre Dame about how they chose their major and how they plan to use it in the