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Student Senate approves nominees, amends language in constitution

Liam Kelly | Thursday, March 30, 2023

On Wednesday evening, in its final meeting of its term, the Notre Dame Student Senate confirmed nominees for Student Union positions and passed a resolution to clarify language in the University Constitution.  Mark Metryoos and Kelsey Casella were confirmed unanimously by the Senate for the position of Assistant Student Union Treasurer. Metryoos is a sophomore

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Holy Cross President Marco Clark expresses optimism in inaugural address

Liam Kelly | Monday, March 27, 2023

“I believe that this is our time,” Holy Cross President Dr. Marco Clark declared during his presidential inauguration Saturday afternoon. Clark, the first layman to serve as president of the College, has held the role of Holy Cross’ sixth president for the past nine months after succeeding Fr. David Tyson. Following an academic procession accompanied

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Fintan O’Toole lectures on transition to a modern Ireland

Liam Kelly | Monday, March 27, 2023

On Friday afternoon, famed Irish writer Fintan O’Toole spoke at Notre Dame on his new book “We Don’t Know Ourselves: A Personal History of Modern Ireland.” O’Toole’s book, part autobiography and part history, details the evolution of Ireland from a conservative to a modern society. When writing the book, O’Toole said, he tried to answer

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Nobel Peace Prize-winning journalist Maria Ressa discusses democracy and disinformation

Isa Sheikh and Liam Kelly | Wednesday, March 22, 2023

“Disinformatsia is like cocaine,” Maria Ressa said in this year’s Asia Leadership Forum, citing the former KGB chairman Yuri Andropov. “You take it once or twice, you’re okay. But if you take it all the time, you become a changed person. All of us on social media have become changed people because lies spread faster

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Senate votes against banning pornography on University Wi-Fi

Liam Kelly | Thursday, March 9, 2023

On Wednesday evening, the Notre Dame student senate voted against a resolution to ban pornography on the University WiFi network. The resolution, SS 2223-15, was introduced by Morrissey Hall senator John Soza, Siegfried Hall senator Ayden Ellis, Sorin College senator Bobby Spence and Badin Hall senator Caroline Potts.  Speaking in favor of his resolution, Soza

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Global Affairs professor discusses deteriorating U.S.-China relations

Liam Kelly | Monday, March 6, 2023

“It is the biggest challenge that we have faced since World War II, and we have to get ready for that challenge,” Notre Dame professor Joshua Eisenman said of the United States’ relationship with China during a lecture Friday morning. Eisenman is an associate professor of politics in the Keough School of Global Affairs. His

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‘The closer God is, the more alive we are’: Bishop Robert Barron says Catholicism augments academics across disciplines

Liam Kelly | Friday, March 3, 2023

Bishop Robert Barron, second-most-followed priest on social media and founder of Word on Fire Catholic Ministries, spoke at Notre Dame Thursday evening and urged the University to commit itself to its Catholic character in all that it does. “A Catholic university is one in which Christ holds a central and organizing place in all the

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Panel reflects on Irish growth, recent trade deal

Liam Kelly | Wednesday, March 1, 2023

The Keough-Naughton Institute for Irish Studies hosted Kevin Byrne, consul general of Ireland to Chicago, in a panel Tuesday afternoon discussing Ireland’s relationship with the European Union (EU) over the past 50 years. Byrne was joined by Clíodhna Ní Chorráin, an Irish Fulbright language teaching assistant, sophomore Connor Marrott, who is the son of Irish immigrants

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McDonald-Duran ticket aims to unite student body and improve mental health services

Liam Kelly | Tuesday, February 28, 2023

Juniors Ashley McDonald and Jennifer Duran are one of two tickets for student body president and vice president at Holy Cross College, respectively. The pair focused their campaign on uniting the disparate parts of the Holy Cross community. McDonald served as a commuter senator when she was a first-year and is now the chief of

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Szotko-Stokes ticket aims to improve communication with student body

Liam Kelly | Tuesday, February 28, 2023

Sophomores Bradley Szotko and Joseph Stokes are running for student body president and vice president at Holy Cross College with promises to get the student body more involved in its Student Government Association (SGA). Szotko and Stokes both currently serve as sophomore class senators at Holy Cross. Szotko is a business major and political science

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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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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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