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-Liam Price | Monday, May 15, 2023
After a stressful week of final exams, Notre Dame’s annual Senior Week provides the graduating class with the opportunity to reconnect with their classmates and friends before parting their separate ways. Sanctioned by the Senior Class Council, the first event of this year’s Senior Week is Sunday’s “Class Mass” in the Basilica, and the week
Liam Price | Thursday, April 27, 2023
The Notre Dame student body senate passed three motions during the general orders portion of in their Wednesday afternoon meeting, which also featured the first presidential State of the Union address of student body president Daniel Jung’s term. Student body vice president Aidan Rezner called on Lyons Hall senator Libby Meister to give the meeting’s
Liam Price | Thursday, April 20, 2023
Wednesday afternoon’s Notre Dame student senate meeting featured a debate on the best state and a promotion for Baumer Hall’s “Fr. Pete [McCormick]” shirt sale, but it began with an ad-libbed prayer. Notre Dame student senators typically volunteer ahead of time to lead opening prayer for a given meeting, but at the start of Wednesday’s,
Liam Price | Monday, April 17, 2023
Over the past year, most recently with a March 6 Chicago Tribune op-ed, Keough School professors Tamara Kay and Susan Ostermann have co-written 10 pro-choice op-eds together. Kay, however, has been the primary target of public outcry since an Irish Rover article claimed in Oct. 2022 that she “offers abortion access to students.” Its argument
Liam Price | Thursday, April 13, 2023
The Notre Dame student senate met Wednesday afternoon in the Mendoza College of Business building for their second meeting this term. Though no orders or resolutions were voted on, vice president Aidan Rezner and senate parliamentarian Griffin McAndrew used the meeting to explain proper parliamentary procedures and resolution-writing practices to the new senators. Following the
Liam Price | Friday, March 3, 2023
Notre Dame still recycles, but don’t try recycle your red solo cup, even if you do at home. The campus currently recycles using a blue cart and gray toter system, introduced by the Office of Sustainability and building services in early 2022. Single-stream recycling, in which multiple materials can be recycled in a single load,
Liam Price | Thursday, February 23, 2023
The Notre Dame student body senate met in a classroom on the first floor of the Mendoza College of Business Wednesday night for a brief meeting. Less than 30 minutes and with no general orders, the meeting featured two semesterly senate reports from executive cabinet department directors of academic affairs and community outreach. Student body
Liam Price | Tuesday, February 21, 2023
For sophomore Zach Brown, having a few friends over in his dorm one night last spring ended with a rather upsetting surprise: his electric scooter, which he had stored outside of his room to make space for his friends, had been stolen. “I put it out there probably around 8 p.m. and then I knew
Liam Price | Thursday, February 16, 2023
The Notre Dame student senate met Wednesday night, once again located in the Mendoza College of Business building rather than on the second floor of LaFortune Student Center, which is currently undergoing renovations. The highlights of the meeting included the senate passing a resolution calling on Campus Dining to provide free cooking classes to students
Liam Price | Monday, February 13, 2023
Notre Dame is collaborating with Habitat for Humanity to prioritize housing affordability and build seven new homes in South Bend over the course of five years. Habitat for Humanity is in charge of the building process while Notre Dame donated four vacant lots located six blocks south of campus, $50,000 per year in financial support