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Erin Swope | Thursday, March 7, 2019
On Thursday night at 7 p.m., the stage in Washington Hall will be flooded with representatives from the 14 women’s halls of Notre Dame, all competing for the title of Miss ND. The Miss ND pageant, an annual event hosted by O’Neill Hall as one of their signature events, raises money for the South Bend
Erin Swope | Thursday, February 28, 2019
Emorja Roberson, a Notre Dame graduate student in the Sacred Music department, immediately set the mood for the Black Ecumenical Prayer Service on Wednesday afternoon by leading students, faculty and members of the Notre Dame community gathered in song at Geddes Hall. Eliciting laughs from the congregation, Roberson said those gathered should enjoy and partake
Erin Swope | Thursday, February 21, 2019
For eight years running, “Show Some Skin” has challenged its audience to think about how race, gender, sexuality, class and other aspects of identity impacts the Notre Dame community. Each night from Wednesday through Saturday at 7 p.m. in the DeBartolo Performing Arts Center, “Show Some Skin” will once again challenge students, faculty and community
Erin Swope | Monday, February 18, 2019
This past weekend, the Identity Project of Notre Dame (idND) hosted the 2019 Edith Stein Project Conference, entitled “Arise: Restoring Identity as Beloved.” The name of the conference was inspired by Edith Stein, a German philosopher who lived from 1891 until her 1942 death in Auschwitz. Born Jewish, she became an atheist in her teenage
Erin Swope | Monday, February 4, 2019
Currently sitting at 6,503 members, the Notre Lame Memes for Straight Edge Teens Facebook group is the spot for students to find “original content only, fire memes and true friends,” according to the group’s description. Anyone with a valid @nd.edu email address may join the group and, once accepted, can post in the group. Sophomore
Erin Swope | Monday, February 4, 2019
“Let’s do what we do best: dancing to hot jazz and drinking bootleg gin,” vocalist and emcee Michael Cunio said at Saturday night’s Postmodern Jukebox (PMJ) concert, a statement that perfectly captured the mood of the evening. Featuring numerous costume changes, bottles of beer and glasses of liquor, PMJ pulled out all of the stops
Erin Swope | Wednesday, January 23, 2019
Thirty-eight Notre Dame students took a 10 hour bus ride to attend the third annual Women’s March in Washington D.C. on Saturday. This was the first year Notre Dame students arranged a formal trip to the March, though in previous years, students attended on their own. Senior Jack Grogan, co-president of Notre Dame College Democrats,
Erin Swope | Friday, November 9, 2018
The Notre Dame Folk Choir will be presenting their free 25th Annual Concert for the Missions entitled “Catch the Spirit” on Friday at 8:00 p.m. in the Basilica to benefit the Holy Cross Missions. This year, the Folk Choir is doing a concert consisting of African-American sacred music in preparation for the Folk Choir’s upcoming
Erin Swope | Thursday, October 4, 2018
Starting Sept. 27 to Oct. 7, the Notre Dame Film, Television and Theatre (FTT) department is presenting two one-act plays through ND Theatre NOW! FTT will be presenting “WASP” by Steve Martin and directed by senior Najmeddine Harrabi and “American Roulette” by Tom McCormack and directed by senior Roisin Goebelbecker. Both plays present an absuridist
Erin Swope | Thursday, September 27, 2018
Most would not wonder what “Seven Nation Army” by the White Stripes would sound like as a vintage New Orleans dirge or what “Mr. Brightside” by The Killers would sound like in 1940s Rat Pack style, but Scott Bradlee’s Postmodern Jukebox, abbreviated as PMJ, is all about putting a jazz spin on modern songs like