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From the Archives: The Notre Dame ‘uprising’ of ’99

Evan McKenna, Sarah Kikel, Andrew Cameron and Meghan Pryor | Monday, April 27, 2020

Notre Dame students tend to reserve mass displays of frenzy for Welcome Weekend events or football Saturdays, but one such display came April 26, 1999, both unexpected and unprecedented: a campus blackout and the student uprisings that followed. The events of that night remain largely enigmatic, but somewhere within the commotion and confusion lies a

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From the Archives: Echoes of the coronavirus crisis in our tri-campus history

Jim Moster, Meghan Pryor and Andrew Cameron | Monday, April 6, 2020

The escalation of COVID-19 into a global pandemic has plunged the world into a state of crisis. In an effort to curb the virus’ spread, colleges and universities around the world have suspended in-person classes indefinitely — including, of course, our own. The coronavirus is a global tragedy that few other world events since Notre

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From the Archives: King Kersten, oligarchist and student body president

Jim Moster, Meghan Pryor, Evan McKenna, Mary Steurer and Adriana Perez | Monday, February 24, 2020

Notre Dame’s student body elections have been host to plenty of too-strange-for-fiction tales. Here’s just one of them. This week, From the Archives tells the story of Bob Kersten (’74) and UnCandidate the Cat, the satire ticket that won. Bob Kersten and his cat advocate for oligarchy, restricted free speech February 22, 1972 | T.C.

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From the Archives: Before there was Mayor Pete…

Jim Moster, Andrew Cameron, Adriana Perez and Meghan Pryor | Monday, February 3, 2020

On Jan. 1, 2020, James Mueller took office as the new mayor of South Bend. Mueller served as chief of staff under former mayor Pete Buttigieg, who in wake of his bid for the presidency decided not to run for a third term. Buttigieg attended Mueller’s swearing-in ceremony, but he wasn’t the only local celebrity

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From the Archives: Christmas revisionism and satanic carols

Jim Moster, Mary Steurer, Evan McKenna and Meghan Pryor | Monday, December 9, 2019

Much of our holiday cheer comes from annual tradition. When Christmas songs start playing in the dining hall and colorful lights are strung up around campus, that’s when festivity truly begins. Traditions, of course, tend to evolve over time. This process of change can be natural, but sometimes Christmas fanatics take things into their own

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From the Archives: Ad Mania

Jim Moster, Evan McKenna, Sarah Kikel, Marirose Osborne, Erin Fennessy, Adriana Perez and Meghan Pryor | Monday, November 25, 2019

It’s difficult to separate American culture from American consumerism. Whether we’re eagerly anticipating Super Bowl commercials or mocking bizarre billboards on the highway, advertisements influence our perception of everyday life. Naturally, The Observer has helped provide a platform for this aspect of consumerism. This week, From the Archives takes a break from past topics like