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Stop South Bend slander

Gracie Eppler | Thursday, March 2, 2023

Corn, soy, cows, semi-trucks. Corn, soy… oh, and occasionally, more corn.  This describes the grey and unstimulating drive across America’s heartlands that I took this weekend as I made the trek from South Bend down to Urbana-Champaign to visit a friend. Flat, dry and littered with the occasional gas-station-McDonald’s crossover, the drive made me reaffirm

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‘Sonder’ y una lluvia de febrero

Gracie Eppler | Wednesday, February 15, 2023

Llegué a mi clase de las 9:30 a.m. el jueves con el pelo empapado, chorreándome toda mi camisa blanca como si hubiera nadado a través de todo el lago de St. Mary’s para llegar al edificio de Bond Hall. Sin aliento, incómoda, y un poco avergonzada, me preguntaba como todos los otros estudiantes de la

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I’m anti the ‘Notre Dame Introduction’ and you should be too

Gracie Eppler | Monday, January 30, 2023

Ah, the Notre Dame introduction — a fabled and frequent campus classic. The four or so questions that are so integral to Welcome Week and Sylly Week are supposed to give our classmates a glimpse into who we are and help connect our names to our faces.  Supposed.  If you’re anything like me (which I’m

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UndocuAlly to host training to support undocumented students

Gracie Eppler | Monday, January 23, 2023

As a continuation of Notre Dame’s Walk the Walk Week, student group UndocuAlly ND will host a training session on Tuesday. The campus-wide event is open to anyone who wishes to better understand the immigrant experience and learn how to support undocumented students.  Walk the Walk Week aims to inspire a stronger, more welcoming community on

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Study finds Notre Dame football to have second largest fanbase in nation

Gracie Eppler | Wednesday, November 16, 2022

Despite an undergraduate student population far smaller than that of other traditional college football powerhouses, a study from this past summer found Notre Dame to have the second largest fanbase in college football at an estimated 8.21 million. The study, put together by strategy consultant Tony Altimore at Altimore Collins & Company, ranked the top-16

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Way beyond too late

Gracie Eppler | Friday, November 4, 2022

‘Shooter in custody. I am okay.’ 10/24/22. 11:22 a.m.  Tita Marites’ Facebook features snippets of her colorful life: verdant green vegetables, a red rooster, the bright smiling faces of her sons. And then, last Monday, a shooter broke into her school. I have fallen prey to the vicious and deceptive mind trap of believing that

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Spooky Scene Selections

Rose Androwich, Gracie Eppler, Maggie Eastland, Abigail Keaney, Andy Ottone, Gabriel Zarazua and Annie Brown | Friday, October 28, 2022

Halloween is just around the corner, and Scene has chosen its favorite songs, films and haunting reflections to celebrate! “Halloweentown II: Kalabar’s Revenge” Rose Androwich, Scene Writer The sequel to “Halloweentown” is better than the original. The first film relies too heavily on sheer shock factor. “Halloweentown II” broaches the idea of good versus evil.

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Notre Dame announces three new research grants with Ukrainian Catholic University

Gracie Eppler | Thursday, October 6, 2022

Notre Dame is launching three new collaborative grants with the Ukrainian Catholic University (UCU) that expand the active partnership between the two schools, according to a University press release. The main goal of the new grants are to “offer academic and educational continuity … in a place where people are undergoing so much national and

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Sr. Helen Prejean discusses wrongful convictions, death penalty

Gracie Eppler | Monday, September 26, 2022

On Friday, Sr. Helen Prejean participated in a fireside chat hosted by the Notre Dame Law School Exoneration Justice Clinic and the Klau Institute for Civil and Human Rights. The fireside chat was moderated by dean and professor of law G. Marcus Cole in the Eck Visitors’ Center.  Prejean said she believes that all humans,

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Scene Selections: Summer reading

Anna Falk, Claire Lyons, Maggie Eastland, Isa Sheikh, Matheus Herndl, Kate Casper, Reyna Lim, Angela Mathew, Gracie Eppler, Cecelia Swartz, Natalie Allton, Nicole Bilyak and Justin George | Friday, April 22, 2022

When’s the last time you read for fun?  Yeah. That’s what we thought. But when finals are over and the dust settles, $cene hopes you pick up some summer reading.    “I am the Messenger” by Markus Zusak Claire Lyons, Interim Scene Editor Imagine “Taxi Driver,” except it’s wildly optimistic and made in Australia.  The

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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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