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-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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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
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,
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