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Berry: NCAA must go further in ‘free agency’ options

Mia Berry | Monday, September 30, 2019

When it comes to the name-calling game, the NCAA is losing in a landslide fashion. While the NCAA normally lets the criticism flow off like rain dripping off a raincoat, the cries became so loud the NCAA was forced to listen. The NCAA passed rules to look out for student-athletes, in the form of a

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Berry: Brey will have to adapt with young rotation

Mia Berry | Friday, November 30, 2018

Last year, injuries to Bonzie Colson and Matt Farrell offered a bleak glimpse into the future of Notre Dame basketball. The program that had won the ACC Championship and made a deep run in the NCAA tournament was gone. The build-up of hope and potential remained unmaterialized. As the Irish grow further and further removed

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Irish ride Burns, second half energy to victory

Mia Berry | Friday, November 9, 2018

A strong second half, spearheaded by senior forward Elijah Burns, helped Notre Dame to an 89-62 victory over Chicago State on Thursday night, moving the Irish to 2-0 to begin the 2018-19 season. Hitting three of its first four threes, Notre Dame jumped out to an 11-6 lead in the opening minutes of the game.

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Spruell evolves into renaissance man for ND

Mia Berry | Friday, November 9, 2018

When Devyn Spruell arrived on Notre Dame’s campus in the summer of 2015 to play football for the Irish, he continued a legacy of high standards and excellence that his father Byron started 30 years earlier. Byron Spruell — current NBA President of League Operations — was a team captain and offensive lineman for the

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Berry: WNBA needs to make changes

Mia Berry | Wednesday, October 31, 2018

It’s no secret that the WNBA, like most women’s professional athletic leagues, has been fighting for wage equality and relevance in today’s world. After years of fighting, many impromptu tweets and coincidental timing, the League finally has the opportunity to tackle both wage and relevance issues head on. The shift in the League started earlier

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Berry: LeBron isn’t enough for the Lakers

Mia Berry | Wednesday, October 10, 2018

The infamous J.R. Smith game-1 debacle and the Warriors’ eventual sweep of the Cleveland Cavaliers in the 2018 NBA Finals all but assured that there would be The Decision: Part II within the coming weeks. The Lakers won the sweepstakes the second time around, but unlike the promises of championships that came when he teamed

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Trump, Kavanaugh embody dominant male culture

Mia Berry | Tuesday, October 9, 2018

In the wake of the #MeToo movement, the most pronounced form of government hypocrisy has involved the way we treat women as a whole and those who have been sexually assaulted. I get it, almost every industry has shown some hypocritical actions in how it treats women, but the governmental sector seems to be the only

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Berry: Time to pick a QB

Mia Berry | Wednesday, September 26, 2018

The most asked and most controversial question every football offseason revolves around the quarterback position. It’s no surprise the most important asset for a football team comes with many questions, given that the person under center has the biggest impact upon whether your team wins or loses. Some teams are starting from scratch looking for

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Berry: Serena Williams isn’t blameless

Mia Berry | Wednesday, September 12, 2018

Controversy and upsets in a championship make memorable moments most sports fans live for, especially when one of the greatest athletes alive is involved. The U.S. Open was no exception to that this year, but the controversy surrounding Serena Williams and the chair umpire Carlos Ramos overshadowed 20-year old Naomi Osaka beating Williams — Osaka’s

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Irish secondary shines amidst Notre Dame’s offensive struggles

Mia Berry | Monday, September 10, 2018

On a cloudy Saturday afternoon in South Bend, where temperatures barely rose beyond 65 degrees, there was still one ray of light in Notre Dame Stadium. Despite lackluster weather and offensive play for the Irish, the defensive secondary of juniors Jalen Elliott, Alohi Gilman and Julian Love were dynamic in Notre Dame’s 24-16 win over

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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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Derick Williams and Hunter Brooke, two sophomore s Derick Williams and Hunter Brooke, two sophomore students campaigning to be Notre Dame’s next student body president and vice president, respectively, plan to “get sh*t done.”

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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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