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From the Archives: Notre Dame soccer stars and the World Cup

By Spencer Kelly · Sunday, Dec. 4, 2022

Though the U.S. men’s national team bowed out of the 2022 World Cup over the weekend, football fever remains strong around the globe as the “world’s greatest sporting event” continues. It wasn’t the case this year, but Fighting Irish fans often have an extra reason to pay attention to the World Cup, as Notre Dame soccer stars have historically been well-represented on both men’s and women’s national teams.

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From the Archives: A history of the senior marshmallow toss

By Spencer Kelly · Sunday, Nov. 20, 2022

This past weekend, Notre Dame’s football game against Boston College featured an abundance of fluffy white objects flying through the air. A number of these objects were, of course, snowflakes; but following tradition, seniors also celebrated their final home football game by throwing marshmallows en masse.

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From the Archives: The final years of the Notre Dame Fieldhouse

By Spencer Kelly · Monday, Nov. 14, 2022

This week, the men’s and women’s basketball teams ramp up their seasons at the Joyce Center, their home since 1968. Before the current venue was built, however, Irish basketball played at the Notre Dame Fieldhouse, a structure formerly located next to LaFortune Student Center, and now home to the commemorative Fieldhouse Mall.

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From the Archives: Badin, Walsh and the first female dorms at Notre Dame

By Spencer Kelly · Monday, Nov. 7, 2022

In our edition celebrating 50 years of women at Notre Dame, we highlighted the often contentious nature of the coeducation process in the early 1970s. One aspect we couldn’t cover in detail was the decision over which of the men’s dorms would be converted to accommodate the new female students — a ruling arguably more controversial than the decision to go coed itself.

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