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How I really became a Catholic

Patrick McKelvey | Friday, May 1, 2020

I’ve been lucky enough to be with the Observer since the beginning of my sophomore year. I’ve been a columnist with Viewpoint for almost as long. Every other week for three years, I’ve sent in a column with my musings on the state of the world. It was like clockwork. Rarely stressful. Almost always fun.

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When this is all over

Patrick McKelvey | Friday, March 27, 2020

I never played Bookstore Basketball before. I kind of wanted to, but I’m hilariously bad at the sport. I’ll play pickup from time to time, sure — I’d just never subject four other players to being on an actual competitive team with me. But I do love it. So when my friend Kyle asked me

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Farming isn’t easy

Patrick McKelvey | Friday, February 28, 2020

I have never — ever — planted anything. Not a tree. Not a flower. Not a tomato. I don’t think I’ve ever even been to a farm. And I don’t really want to try and go. Not because I don’t think it’s worthwhile, or because I don’t think it would be fun. Farms are beautiful

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What are the Oscars for?

Patrick McKelvey | Friday, February 14, 2020

I thought this was going to be an angry column. Of the nine movies nominated for Best Picture, I was very worried and very certain that “Ford vs Ferrari,” or “Marriage Story,” or “Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood” would win. It’s no secret the Oscars have struggled to capture audiences in recent years,

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Remembering Kobe Bryant

Patrick McKelvey | Friday, January 31, 2020

I’m a Knicks fan. I’ve been a Knicks fan my whole life. Outside of a few semi-magical seasons, I’ve been treated to two decades of bottom-of-the barrel, borderline unwatchable basketball. Sometimes a season will start out promising. But disappointment always rears its head by January. When you’re a Knicks fan, you learn to enjoy the

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Flags shouldn’t fly forever: Vacate the Houston Astros’ World Series title

Patrick McKelvey | Friday, January 17, 2020

In 2016, the Chicago Cubs traded top prospect Gleyber Torres for a half-season rental of New York Yankees closer Aroldis Chapman. It was a difficult decision for some — Torres was poised to be one of the greatest infielders in the game, and he was just 19 years old. While Chapman was indeed baseball’s best

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What makes a Christmas movie?

Patrick McKelvey | Wednesday, December 11, 2019

Every year around this time, movie fans around the world resume one of the most contentious and longest-lasting debates in film: is “Die Hard” a Christmas movie? The 1988 action (and maybe holiday) film directed by John McTierian and starring Bruce Willis, Alan Rickman and Bonnie Bedelia tells the story of John McClane (Willis), an

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CGI acting isn’t acting

Patrick McKelvey | Wednesday, November 20, 2019

Famous for his roles in “East of Eden” and “Rebel Without a Cause,” James Dean is one of the most celebrated actors of all time. His illustrious career, however, was cut short when he was killed in a car accident in 1955 at the age of 24. It was a tragic loss for his family,

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Investigate Jeffrey Epstein’s death

Patrick McKelvey | Wednesday, November 6, 2019

We definitely landed on the moon. Lee Harvey Oswald killed former President John F. Kennedy. Area 51 has nothing to do with aliens — and they had nothing to do with building the pyramids. Most conspiracy theories, especially most of the famous ones, are false. They have been thoroughly discredited by science, history or just

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American companies need to stand up to China

Patrick McKelvey | Wednesday, October 16, 2019

For many months now, hundreds of thousands of protestors have lined the streets of Hong Kong to denounce the erosion of their personal liberties at the hands of China. The city and China have a complex relationship, operating under a “one country, two systems” structure that allows (or is supposed to allow) Hong Kong to remain

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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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