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Sarah Kikel | Monday, September 21, 2020
Walsh (1909) is the elegant bride. With her three God Quad entrances, she is a regal princess, the dormers at the top jutting out like the peaks of her tiara. Though she used to be wilder in her earlier days, she has recently refined her image to a sophisticated facade. Extending long and stately in
Ryan Israel, Jake Winningham and Sarah Kikel | Wednesday, September 16, 2020
Two weeks into September and we are all ready to put on our sweaters and watch the leaves fall. With the spirit of football in the air, the weather slowly getting colder and the nights gradually getting longer, we see fall on the horizon. In preparation for the crisp autumn days ahead of us, Scene
Evan McKenna, Rebecca Fried and Sarah Kikel | Monday, September 14, 2020
In the spring of 1990, Notre Dame senior Brennan Harvath (‘91) had an idea: The Student Union Board would sell t-shirts to raise funds for AnTostal — and to unify the student body for the September season opener against Michigan. The idea was a success; over 9,000 shirts were sold, and sales reached over $17,000.
Evan McKenna, Jim Moster, Sarah Kikel and Adriana Perez | Monday, August 31, 2020
As the American civil rights movement enters periods of resurgence, Notre Dame often enters — and exits — the conversation by invoking a familiar image: former University President Fr. Theodore Hesburgh, hands interlocked with civil rights champion Martin Luther King Jr. at a 1964 rally. For many, the legacy of Fr. Hesburgh is inextricably linked
Sarah Kikel | Thursday, August 13, 2020
As college students who were used to daily freedom and spontaneity, suddenly being forced to return home due to COVID-19 was a difficult adjustment for us. Feeling disheartened by the unexpected changes, I turned to Anne Frank’s “Diary of a Young Girl,” hoping to be comforted by her ability to embrace life in hiding, during
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
Sarah Kikel | Friday, April 3, 2020
With classes being held online for the rest of the semester, you are undoubtedly devastated, kept up at night lamenting your failure to fulfill the fundamental item on your Notre Dame bucket list. No, not the Hesburgh Challenge — ring by spring. I get it. All year you were nervous, every day postponing that moment
Jim Moster, Sarah Kikel, Marirose Osborne and Nia Sylva | Monday, February 17, 2020
How’s your love life? This week, From the Archives shares some standout Observer content from Valentine’s Days past. There’s something for everyone — chocolate fever, polemics and, of course, heartbreak. Community members give Valentine’s Day wishlist Feb. 14, 1984 | Researched by Marirose Osborne In the week before Feb. 14, 1984, a group of Observer
Jim Moster, Sarah Kikel and Evan McKenna | Monday, January 27, 2020
On Friday, Notre Dame wrapped up its fifth-annual Walk the Walk Week, an event week created to engage the tri-campus community in conversations about diversity and inclusion. We all know the famous picture of Fr. Hesburgh standing arm-in-arm with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. at a civil rights rally in Chicago. But what other civil
Ryan Israel, Charlie Kenney, Matthew Kellenberg, Dessi Gomez, Hanna Kennedy, Jake Winningham, Ethan Utley, Mike Donovan, Sarah Kikel, Elizabeth Gregory, Willoughby Thom and Sara Schlecht | Thursday, December 12, 2019
It’s the grand finale: Scene’s official list of the top 20 albums of the year. Our writers have spent 2019 listening to countless hours of music, as our Spotify Wrappeds can confirm, and have taken this time before finals begin to reflect on the year in music by ranking our top albums. Each writer’s rankings