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SceneCast: JudgmentCast

Kelly McGarry, Matt McMahon, Erin McAuliffe, Adam Ramos and Sam Fentress | Monday, April 25, 2016

Matt McMahon, Erin McAuliffe, Kelly McGarry, Adam Ramos and Sam Fentress cast judgment on albums based on their covers. Albums include: “Mending Wall” by Angst, “Potted Meat Spread” by Spongehead, “Are You Ready for Freddy” by Fat Boys, “Sunburst Finish” by Be-Bop Deluxe and “Crippled Children Suck” by The Meatmen.  

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The noises and sounds of Ebertfest

Matt McMahon | Tuesday, April 19, 2016

Champaign, Illinois’s News-Gazette film critic Chuck Koplinski introduced his contribution to the Ebertfest 2016 schedule, the Brian Wilson musical biopic “Love & Mercy,” as a film that completely surprised him on his initial viewing. The first-time contributor to the festival echoed familiar Roger Ebert sentiments about humanity and the delight in coming across movies that

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SceneCast: FoodCast

Kelly McGarry, Matt McMahon and Adam Ramos | Saturday, April 9, 2016

Matt McMahon, Kelly McGarry, and Adam Ramos talk about Taco Bell, customized ordering, gummy bears and the faint smell of orange.

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SceneCast: FestCast

Kelly McGarry, Erin McAuliffe, Adam Ramos and Matt McMahon | Monday, April 4, 2016

  Matt McMahon, Erin McAuliffe, Adam Ramos and Kelly McGarry talk about the highs and lows of summer music festivals and respond to The New York Times’ claim that they’re not making plans for festivals this year.

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SceneCast: Comedy Central and Late-Night TV

Erin McAuliffe, Matt McMahon and Adam Ramos | Thursday, March 24, 2016

  In the midst of March Madness, Matt McMahon, Erin McAuliffe and Adam Ramos take on late-night and “other-time” TV (like Comedy Central’s “Idiotsitter”). In a time of abundant niche TV content and real-time comedic commentary via Reddit and Twitter, will late-night come to adapt its traditional end of the week/night model? This is Scene’s

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The definitive Girl Scout cookie power ranking

Matt McMahon | Thursday, March 17, 2016

It’s the most wonderful time of the year! No, it’s not because the five greatest holidays — 311 Day, Pi Day, the Ides of March, Opening Day of March Madness and My Birthday Day — all happen to fall mere days apart from each other. It’s because you can celebrate each holiday with a different

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Stand-Up Starter Pack

Kelly McGarry, Wei Lin, Jack Riedy, Matt McMahon, Adam Ramos, John Darr, Erin McAuliffe, Alexandra Lowery, Matthew Macke and Miko Malabute | Wednesday, March 16, 2016

  Netflix released “The Characters” on March 11, an eight-episode series that allowed comedians 30 minutes of creative free reign on Netflix’s budget and platform. Netflix has sponsored stand-up specials before, but the sketch-based project sees the platform investing in comedy at an even more involved level. To garner some hype for our favorite comedians, Scene

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The best college advice

Matt McMahon | Tuesday, March 15, 2016

I’m graduating in two months, and I want to leave behind some parting advice for anyone who has anywhere from just those two months to three or four whole years left in their time at college. In my almost four years at Notre Dame, I’ve noticed it is very easy to fall into routines. The

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‘Painting With’ Animal Collective

Matt McMahon | Monday, February 22, 2016

Over Animal Collective’s most recent 10 years as a band, the one-time Brooklyn darlings have systematically released a short EP or single between each of their major albums to bridge stylistic gaps and hint at the musical direction of their subsequent album. Collaboration with Vashti Bunyan on 2005’s “Prospect Hummer” bridged the acoustic freak folk of

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Scenecast: Kanyecast

Erin McAuliffe, Matt McMahon, Matthew Munhall, Adam Ramos and Jack Riedy | Saturday, February 13, 2016

The “The Life of Pablo” podcast preempting the “The Life of Pablo” — Scene stuck to our deadline. The Scene staff continues hYpE WEEK in the studio: Erin, Matt, Matt, Adam and Jack give their thoughts on the Yeezy Season 3 MSG event, album predictions and errant musings on Kanye’s multiple personas.   Listen and

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After a week filled with virtual panels and a Yom After a week filled with virtual panels and a Yom Hashoah Holocaust Remembrance prayer service, today marks the final day of Antisemitism Awareness Week.

In light of the recent increase in antisemitism, the Jewish Club at Notre Dame organized this event to both engage and educate the community about combatting this type of hatred.

On Wednesday, Notre Dame’s student senate unanimously voted to pass Resolution SS 2021-37, which calls upon the University to adopt the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s (IHRA) non-legally binding working definition of antisemitism — one that has been embraced by nations, international organizations and universities across the world.

“One of the purposes of the working definition is that it’s hard to combat something if you can’t name it, or understand what it is and define it,” said Jewish Club president junior Bella Niforatos about the importance of adopting IHRA’s definition.

After Tuesday’s incident — where a group of non-ND affiliated people zoom-bombed one of the presentations — Jewish Club secretary sophomore Blake Ziegler said the club received an outpour of support from different members of the community. To create a more inclusive space, he said Notre Dame should actively embrace its Jewish members.

“The best way the Notre Dame community can show solidarity with the Jewish community is honestly just engagement, education, learning more about Judaism, engaging your Jewish friends and family, being open to listening to them and their concerns and addressing them,” he said.

After this week, Niforatos said there is one thing the Notre Dame community should remember: “If you have a voice, then you should use it.”

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David Prior’s “The Empty Man” hit theaters i David Prior’s “The Empty Man” hit theaters in October 2020 and despite being a film by 20th Century, it received no advertising or fanfare whatsoever, which naturally resulted in the film having a remarkably short theatrical run.

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ICYMI: University President Fr. John Jenkins annou ICYMI: University President Fr. John Jenkins announced in a Wednesday email that Notre Dame will require all undergraduate, graduate and professional students to be fully vaccinated against the coronavirus in order to enroll for the 2021-2022 academic year.

“Our goal for the fall semester will be to have as many members of the campus community vaccinated as possible, thereby reducing the risk of infection on campus and in the local community,” Jenkins said.

The University will respect documented medical and religious exemptions to the vaccine, according to the email.

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No. 12 Notre Dame clinched a conference-leading fi No. 12 Notre Dame clinched a conference-leading fifth series win in ACC play this past weekend as the Irish grabbed two wins out of three at No. 17 Pittsburgh.

Irish head coach Link Jarrett said he was pleased with another good weekend against a quality opponent, as well as the progress his team has made so far this season.

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Pictured: Outfielder, Brooks Coetzee, junior
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On Friday, the University announced 1,771 were adm On Friday, the University announced 1,771 were admitted to the class of 2025 during the regular decision process. 
The restrictive early action process in December admitted 1,673 students. The university admitted a total of 3, 446 students. 
The Class of 2025 admissions had a record-low acceptance rate at just 14.6%
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📸: Peyton Stearns
Four years ago, junior Anna Rask traveled to the U Four years ago, junior Anna Rask traveled to the US-Mexico border as a volunteer for Kino Border Initiative. The conversations she had with immigrants not only astounded her, but also inspired her to become an immigration advocate, she said. 
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“I learned why they're here, why they're trying to come to the US and what they faced along the way -- just the horrible things that people have gone through -- and then seeing how politicians treat these people or how the actual border patrol treat people, it was shocking,” she said. “I was like ‘I can't let this stay on, I need to do whatever I can as an individual to help these kinds of people get a better life whenever I can contribute.”

Herself the grand-daughter of a Lebanese immigrant, Rask is now aiming to shed light on this issue as vice president of Notre Dame’s Student Coalition for Immmigration Advocacy (SCIA). Today’s #TriCampusTuesday features this group’s ongoing initiative: Immigration Week.
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Throughout the week, the tri-campus community will have the opportunity to “educate, advocate and celebrate” immigration through different activities. On Monday, participants shared a template highlighting why they stood for immigration on their social media platforms. Today, community members could take part in “Trivia Tuesday.” On Wednesday, SCIA will host a panel about strengthening advocacy on campus at 4 p.m. Thursday will include a collection of drawstring bags that will be donated to migrants leaving detention centers. Finally, Friday will feature a call-in campaign, through which participants will call on their peers to demand immigration advocacy from congressional leaders.
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