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-Matthew McKenna | Friday, December 11, 2015
Club Coordination Council (CCC) president Marisa Thompson said the CCC is one of the most underutilized student government groups on campus. “When people want something done in their hall, they go to their Hall Council,” she said. “When they want some type of event programming on campus, they go to SUB. But when a club wants
Matthew McKenna | Wednesday, December 9, 2015
Saint Joseph County Public Libraries (SJCPL) and Hesburgh Libraries have formed a partnership that will allow Notre Dame students, faculty and staff to access public library materials. Lisa O’Brien, circulation manager for SJCPL, said the county’s public library patrons can place holds on materials for pick up at Hesburgh Library, and they can return most SJCPL materials to
Matthew McKenna | Friday, December 4, 2015
Professor of psychology, Daniel Lapsley, said the majority of teenagers violate the law in some way; he stole a Bob Dylan album when he was younger, but this behavior is not indicative of a teen at risk of a life of crime. Lapsley, who also serves as the chair of the Psychology Department, spoke in the
Matthew McKenna | Wednesday, November 18, 2015
The Kellogg Institute for International Studies and the Potenziani Program in Constitutional Studies hosted the book launch for the book, “Italian Constitutional Justice in Global Context,” on Wednesday afternoon. The book was co-authored by a group of four legal scholars that includes Paolo Carozza, a Notre Dame law professor, and Andrea Simoncini, a visiting fellow and
Matthew McKenna | Wednesday, November 11, 2015
To Tim Brown, the Heisman Trophy and the Hall of Fame induction are just means to the end of speaking to men and women about what it means to be an authentic person whose life is in line with God’s plan for them. Brown, a former Notre Dame football player and NFL receiver, gave the keynote lecture of
Matthew McKenna | Tuesday, October 27, 2015
In their first year hosting a fall concert, members of the the Student Union Board (SUB) wanted to host an artist from a genre of music they feel as been underrepresented in the past: country. Last night, SUB announced the fall concert will be a performance by country star Hunter Hayes with an opening act from
Matthew McKenna | Tuesday, October 6, 2015
Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy is trying his hand at “freshman philosophy” to redefine marriage in his Supreme Court opinion on same-sex marriage rather than relying on the words of the constitution and legal precedent, Ryan Anderson said. Ryan T. Anderson, the William E. Simon Senior Research Fellow in American Principles and Public Policy, gave
Matthew McKenna | Tuesday, September 22, 2015
Chilean Ambassador to the United States Juan Gabriel Valdés spoke with Kellogg Institute director Paolo Carozza about the evolving relationship between the United States and Chile, and the implications of this change on the respective countries, in a public conversation on Monday evening in the Remick Commons. Valdés said when he thinks about the relationship between
Matthew McKenna | Friday, September 18, 2015
Student government has worked with auxiliary services and Centerplate — the concessions vendor in the stadium — to create new options for students on game day, including lower soft drink prices and combination deals. Student body president Bryan Ricketts said stadium concession stand management contacted him over the summer to strategize ways to increase sales to
Matthew McKenna | Monday, September 14, 2015
It’s time to have a serious and realistic discussion about entitlement reform. Everyone agrees entitlement programs, which refer to governmental aid programs such as Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security and unemployment benefits, will have long-term effects on our economy and society. Nonetheless, this consensus isn’t able to keep entitlement programs from halting discussion for political reasons.