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-Samuel Chan | Tuesday, April 21, 2015
Students can tantalize their taste buds Tuesday evening as celebrity chef Jet Tila flies in from Los Angeles to serve up a range of Asian favorites, with a special focus on Thai cuisine. Between 5 and 7 p.m. at both dining halls, the “Chef Jet Menu” will be a step up from the usual dining hall
Samuel Chan | Thursday, April 9, 2015
The Filipino-American Student Organization (FASO) will once again be holding its annual Fiestang Cultural Show but with a unique twist this year: It will bear the theme “Kapamilya: of the same family.” Attendees of the show, which takes place Saturday from 3 to 4:30 p.m. at South Dining Hall, will be able to enjoy “traditional
Samuel Chan | Thursday, February 19, 2015
Although the name may give the initial impression of computer crime, Notre Dame students participating in the three-week #hackINvTX Challenge are working for the good of the Indiana and Texas governments. Each state has presented its residents with two challenges in the hackathon, which comes to a close next Monday. In the case of Indiana, participants are required to either “create
Samuel Chan | Tuesday, February 10, 2015
The delicious scent of home-cooked food filled the air at Harper Hall on Monday afternoon as the Harper Cancer Research Institute hosted its second annual chili cook-off. With an admission fee of $10, attendees were welcomed to sample different varieties of homemade chili and vote for their favorites. A small bake sale ran concurrently to
Samuel Chan | Monday, February 2, 2015
Monday night marked a major milestone for the Design for America (DFA) candidate chapter at Notre Dame, as it entered round two of the four-step application process to become an official studio by hosting a creative workshop. The two-hour event at West Lake Hall focused on ways to reduce food waste in the dining halls,
Samuel Chan | Tuesday, January 27, 2015
Muslim students on campus have been benefiting from a new student-led initiative that brought halal meat to South Dining Hall in September 2014. The Notre Dame community includes “a handful” of Muslim students at the undergraduate level and many more at the graduate level, in addition to Muslim faculty and staff, according to Rosemary Max, director