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Symposium to remember Rwandan genocide

Joe Andrews | Friday, April 26, 2019

Notre Dame’s Law School is hosting a symposium this Friday and Saturday commemorating the 25th anniversary of the 1994 Genocide Against the Tutsi, a 100-day period where an estimated 800,000 innocent Rwandans were slaughtered by their fellow citizens over ethnic differences. Genocide survivor Immaculee Mukantaganira, the symposium’s organizer, said she arranges events like this one

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Panelists discuss safety in journalism

Joe Andrews | Tuesday, April 9, 2019

Journalist Itai Anghel said he cannot talk to his mom for longer than one minute without fearing death. “It’s not that I don’t want to talk to [her], but, you know, it becomes dangerous because people try to figure out where I am,” Anghel said. Upon hanging up with her, he said he promptly removes

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Four ND Ultimate teams foster camaraderie

Joe Andrews | Thursday, March 28, 2019

A group of 19 men who make up the Notre Dame men’s ultimate frisbee team, pulled off a major upset, defeating heavily favored No. 8 University of Central Florida while running around in Lowe’s construction tool belts with frosted tips over spring break. “We beat them while having a lot more fun than them,” senior Connor Buckley,

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Bengal Bouts fighters reflect on service abroad

Joe Andrews | Thursday, March 7, 2019

While fans in attendance at last week’s Bengal Bouts finals believed they were witnessing the end of a four-month boxing season, the men in the ring, gasping and bleeding for a common cause, saw something quite different — another beginning to the larger, seemingly endless fight to protect Christian minorities in Bangladesh. According to Bengal

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Ladibree, the edge of glory

Joe Andrews | Wednesday, February 27, 2019

Ladibree only wants one thing out of life — everything. As ambitious as she is talented, rapper and Notre Dame junior Briana Connor — better known by her stage name Ladibree, or simply “Bree” — has come a long way since the release of her debut mixtape “Ambitions & All-Nighters” only two years ago. Now, with

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Notre Dame Irish dance team to compete in All-Ireland Irish Dancing Championships

Joe Andrews | Wednesday, February 20, 2019

Having Irish danced since she was a toddler, Notre Dame junior Addie Donaher said the adrenaline rush she gets walking out on stage is a sensation that has yet to waver in her career as a performer. “Being on stage is the reason that we all do it,” Donaher said. “You have those two minutes to get

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Additional spots open in select study abroad programs

Joe Andrews | Friday, February 8, 2019

After receiving a record number of applications last November, Notre Dame International announced it will be accepting a second round of applications to select study abroad locations, according to a press release last week. Five programs will be accepting additional students — Peking University in Bejing, Jerusalem, Norwich, Tokyo Sophia and Puebla. Of the five programs, Puebla

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Notre Dame hosts second research sprint

Joe Andrews | Monday, January 28, 2019

Notre Dame’s Hesburgh Libraries, in conjunction with the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum’s “History Unfolded” project, hosted ”The Holocaust in American Catholic Newspapers and Beyond,” a research sprint and panel discussion in honor of International Holocaust Remembrance Day on Friday. During the research sprint, volunteers scoured through newspaper clips preserved on microfilm to unearth how

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Keenan Hall staff, president discuss events, history

Joe Andrews | Friday, January 18, 2019

Not many college residencies can claim there is an Instagram account devoted solely to documenting the dorm’s nightly battles over who claims the leftover pizza. “It’s almost like we’ve got our own ‘finsta,’” Keenan president and junior Tom Walsh said. “Every dorm has social media, but we’re the only dorm with a burner account.” When

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