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Marisa Iati | Sunday, March 1, 2015
Long heralded as the driving force behind coeducation at Notre Dame, University President Emeritus Fr. Theodore “Ted” Hesburgh said he had simple reasons for opening the University to undergraduate women in 1972. “When God made the human race, he didn’t just make men; he made men and women,” Hesburgh told The Observer in February 2013.
Marisa Iati | Friday, May 16, 2014
I’ve written a lot of words on these pages in the past four years. I’ve told many stories, most of which belonged to other people. I now have 800 words left, with which I’m going to tell you just one more story, because my Fundamentals of Journalism professor drilled into our heads that stories matter.
Marisa Iati | Tuesday, April 29, 2014
Senior Tom White finds order in disorder. He finds it in the disorder of his Dillon Hall bedroom, where piles of socks and shoes rest by the bed, hats cluster around a plastic moose head and three broken hockey sticks adorn the wall. He also finds it in the disorder of his Tourette syndrome, a
Marisa Iati | Thursday, April 24, 2014
A man in an electric wheelchair rolls up to the Grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes in silence, lights a candle and leaves. An elderly woman rests on a bench, engaged in conversation with a middle-aged companion. A couple prays side by side on the kneeler as two young kids fidget next to them. On
Marisa Iati | Tuesday, April 22, 2014
Christie Vilsack, the self-proclaimed “storyteller” for the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), spoke about the organization’s educational mission in developing nations April 16 in Carole Sandner Hall. Vilsack, the senior advisor for international education at USAID, asked approximately 50 students and staff members to spread the message that the safety and prosperity of the
Marisa Iati | Wednesday, April 9, 2014
A struggling bar in New York City, its territorial middle-aged owner and two female employees with contrasting personalities set the stage for “The Demise of the Downtown Bar Scene,” a student-run production opening today in the Washington Hall Lab Theatre. The primary action of the show revolves around the relationships between the business’s owner and
Marisa Iati | Thursday, April 3, 2014
When senior Zuri Eshun created the blog “I, Too, Am Notre Dame” for a photography class project, she didn’t know it would grow into a vehicle for conversation about race and culture at the University. One week after the Tumblr page launched, messages on the blog drew students’ and faculty members’ attention to issues of
Marisa Iati | Monday, March 31, 2014
Editor’s note: This is the final installment in a series of columns chronicling the journey to the Holy Half Marathon on March 29. Read the first and second installments of her journey. Three weeks ago, I was making plans to run away for this past weekend. I knew the Holy Half Marathon was Saturday, and
Marisa Iati | Wednesday, February 19, 2014
Omigod You Guys. Washington Hall is about to erupt with pink when the Pasquerilla East Musical Company (PEMCo) takes the stage this weekend for a three-performance run of “Legally Blonde: The Musical.” The show, which is the student theatre group’s annual spring production, is based on the novel and film of the same name. It
Marisa Iati | Monday, February 3, 2014
Editor’s note: This is the second installment in a series of columns chronicling the journey to the Holy Half Marathon on March 29. “Good luck on your run!” my coworker calls out cheerily as I’m about to leave the office. I glare at him. “Are you mocking me?” He is, understandably, surprised. “I’m trying