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Studying abroad is not seeing the world

Ryan Peters | Wednesday, April 26, 2023

One week ago, I was walking through the Grand Bazaar in Istanbul when several shop owners approached me at once to lure me into their store to haggle for some overpriced knick-knacks. There were maybe seven or eight shops in this particular hall and at least five shop owners approached me. I must have looked

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Professor embroiled in abortion debate raises $9k for legal expenses

Maggie Eastland and Ryan Peters | Wednesday, April 5, 2023

Editor’s note: This article includes excerpts of strong language. When Tamara Kay posted a sign on her door advocating her office as a “SAFE SPACE to get help and information on ALL healthcare issues and access — confidentially and with care & compassion,” she unleashed a media firestorm that found its way to national headlines.

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Justice Brett Kavanaugh teaches seminar at Notre Dame London Gateway; Justice Amy Coney Barrett to teach seminar in coming weeks

Ryan Peters | Wednesday, March 29, 2023

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh recently taught a seminar at Notre Dame’s London Gateway, according to Notre Dame law professor William Kelley. The seminar, co-taught by Kelley and Kavanaugh, focused on advanced constitutional law and ran from March 6 through 10 and concluded March 21. Students discussed with Kavanaugh and Kelley how the Supreme

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An A- is an A

Ryan Peters | Friday, March 24, 2023

Notre Dame students are uptight. Sure, they like to have fun Thursday through Saturday. But when it comes to schoolwork, they are tightly wound. Like, really tight.  Yes, I understand I am a Notre Dame student. But for the purposes of this column I’m going to primarily refer to Notre Dame students in the third

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South Bend is the greatest city in the world

Ryan Peters | Wednesday, December 7, 2022

Whenever Notre Dame students talk about South Bend, there is always at least a hint of condescension. No one ever says “South Bend” with the same sincerity as “Chicago” or “Dallas.” There is always a touch of irony or a slight smirk accompanied with it.  Maybe it’s because so many of us are from the

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Ask The Observer: What happened to Quarter Dogs?

Ryan Peters | Wednesday, November 30, 2022

March 2020 marked the beginning of a two-month hiatus away from campus for Notre Dame students. It also marked the beginning of an indefinite, and potentially permanent, hiatus of a campus culinary staple: Quarter Dogs.  Quarter Dogs were hot dogs sold for 25 cents after midnight in Huddle Mart housed in LaFortune Student Center. Students

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Meet the Notre Dame alum leading efforts to return humans to the moon

Ryan Peters | Monday, November 14, 2022

When Jon Olansen was a child, he wanted to be an astronaut. This dream doesn’t pan out for most children, but Olansen, a Notre Dame alumnus, has come close to living it out. Although he personally will not be walking on the moon, Olansen has spent the past three decades enabling astronauts to travel to

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Former Notre Dame captain, Super Bowl champion Rocky Bleier recounts journey from Vietnam to NFL

Ryan Peters | Friday, November 11, 2022

One day during training camp in 1968, recent Pittsburgh Steelers draft pick Rocky Bleier had what he thought was the happiest day of his life — at least, at that point. Then Steelers head coach Bill Austin approached Bleier, the former Notre Dame halfback taken with the 417th pick. Austin told him that he received

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Manning brothers’ Halloween special showcases history of Notre Dame through haunted lens

Ryan Peters | Monday, October 31, 2022

“Notre Dame’s a university, but it’s also a story,” said Neil Zender, the show runner for “Peyton & Eli’s Spooky Adventure,” a Halloween television special featuring the Super Bowl champion Manning brothers. The special, which currently streams on ESPN+ and airs on ESPN2 after tonight’s “Monday Night Football” “Manningcast,” tells the story of famed Notre

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Rep. Liz Cheney hints at potential criminal referral for Trump in lecture at Notre Dame

Ryan Peters | Friday, October 14, 2022

U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) said Friday at her lecture at Notre Dame she thinks “there’s no question about the answer” regarding whether or not former President Donald Trump broke the law during the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol in 2021. Cheney, the vice chairwoman of the House Select Committee on the January

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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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