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Liam Kelly | Wednesday, April 5, 2023
Daniel Runde, Senior Vice President of the Center for Strategic and International Studies, promoted his new book, “The American Imperative: Reclaiming Global Leadership through Soft Power” during a lecture at Jenkins Nanovic Halls on Tuesday afternoon. In his address, Runde urged the United States to provide a leadership agenda that speaks to developing countries. Runde
Liam Kelly | Monday, April 3, 2023
Leading American and Iraqi intellectuals criticized the United States for its invasion of Iraq during two “Aftermath” panels held at the University marking the 20th anniversary of the Iraq War. At the panel on Thursday evening, the guest scholars noted the damage done to the nation of Iraq, the entire Middle East and the United
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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