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From the Archives: Holiday traditions, scandals and sentiments

Uyen Le, Spencer Kelly and Chris Russo | Monday, December 6, 2021

The holiday season is always a special time on the tri-campus, as we ring in the first snow with a snowball fight on South Quad, string up festive lights in our dorms or eat a delicious Christmas dinner in the dining halls right before finals. Dorms, clubs and organizations host inventive holiday programming to spread

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From the Archives: 55 years of The Observer — the ups and downs of student journalism

Uyen Le, Lilyann Gardner, Evan McKenna and Chris Russo | Friday, November 5, 2021

Editor’s Note: This is the second story in a two-part From the Archives series celebrating The Observer’s 55th anniversary. The first story was published on Wednesday. Nov. 9. Previously, we examined the origins of The Observer, which arose from the remnants of The Voice. In this second segment, we will look at The Observer’s first

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From the Archives: The monstrous legends of the 1970s

Uyen Le, Chris Russo, Spencer Kelly and Christina Cefalu | Monday, October 11, 2021

As Halloween approaches, pumpkins are carved, costumes are crafted and ghost stories are circulated. October also always brings an opportunity to explore the tri-campus community’s haunted grounds, with the ghost of Washington Hall and the spirits of Saint Mary’s documented in past autumn editions. This year, our team shifted to hunting monsters. And interestingly, so

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From the Archives: Panty raids and beauty contests — Notre Dame’s history of sexist traditions

Uyen Le, Chris Russo, Spencer Kelly and Lilyann Gardner | Monday, September 27, 2021

The anonymous messages on Yik Yak targeting Saint Mary’s students showed that fraught gender relations in the tri-campus community are not a thing of the past. Despite institutional and cultural shifts, many women here continue to be subjected to sexist attacks and microaggressions. This week’s edition of From the Archives seeks to uncover Notre Dame’s

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From the Archives: A Snite send-off

Uyen Le, Chris Russo, Evan McKenna and Maggie Clark | Monday, May 10, 2021

Last week, Notre Dame broke ground on the Raclin Murphy Museum of Art, an addition to the University’s art district campaign, which is due to be completed in the fall of 2023. With this exciting news came the somber revelation that the Snite Museum of Art, attached to the south side of O’Shaughnessy Hall, will

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From the Archives: Notre dating — a chronicle of campus romance

Uyen Le, Chris Russo, Jim Moster and Spencer Kelly | Monday, April 19, 2021

“I got a 99% match!” After the Marriage Pact’s release of ideal pairings, campus has been buzzing as students who participated in the survey decide whether or not to reach out to their matches. With over 2,400 participants, the Notre Dame Marriage Pact was clearly a sensation, adding suspense and excitement to the lives of

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From the Archives: A tribute to Asian lives

Uyen Le, Chris Russo, Evan McKenna and Jim Moster | Monday, March 29, 2021

Hate crimes against Asian people in the United States have increased exponentially since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, conveying the Asian community’s mercurial standing in American society. One day, Asian Americans are upheld as the model minority. The next, they are degraded as spreaders of the “China virus.”  After the ruthless killings in the

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From the Archives: The Sorin Seven — roommates, bar owners, hall excommunicates

Evan McKenna, Maggie Clark and Chris Russo | Monday, March 1, 2021

Editor’s Note: This is the first story in a two-part From the Archives series on the Sorin Seven. The second story was published on Wednesday, March 17. The front page of The Observer on Nov. 2, 1976 reeks of drama. The headline: “Roemer throws seven off campus for parties.” The photo: the bleak, dilapidated remains

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Weekly lecture series explores epidemiology of COVID-19, outlines prevention measures

Chris Russo | Wednesday, November 4, 2020

In this week’s edition of the “Consider This!” webinar series, Heidi Beidinger-Burnett and Mary Ann McDowell, both faculty in the University’s Eck Institute for Global Health, discussed the epidemiology of COVID-19. The hosts were joined by Alex Perkins, associate professor in the department of biological sciences, and Jenna Coalson, assistant professor of the practice in

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From the Archives: Father Malloy and the 1992 vote of no confidence

Evan McKenna, Chris Russo, Sarah Kikel and Uyen Le | Monday, November 2, 2020

Following University President Fr. Jenkins’ controversial attendance of the Sept. 26 White House Rose Garden ceremony, conversations across campus have centered around questions of consequence: Is a simple apology sufficient? Are these actions grounds for resignation? Will other members of the University administration do their part to ensure accountability? We might soon know the answer

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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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