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4 posts tagged "academic freedom"

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What JLEPP is about

Devin Humphreys | Wednesday, March 22, 2023

All the way back in July of 2020, before our time at Notre Dame Law School had truly begun, those in our class who had professor Richard W. Garnett for Criminal Law received his classic piece on the four layers of the law, each layer getting closer to the core of what this thing we

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An open letter on academic freedom

Letter to the Editor | Monday, March 6, 2023

Universities across the country wrestle with what it means to maintain academic freedom and free speech under the weight of an increasingly polarized culture. Law schools have not been immune to the influences of cancel culture, with prestigious institutions making headlines such as “US Judge Won’t Hire Yale Law Clerks Citing ‘Cancel Culture’” and “Georgetown’s

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Observer Editorial: Embracing the dual role of Catholic education

Observer Editorial Board | Friday, November 13, 2015

Before fall break, Saint Mary’s Belles for Life club hosted the Planned Parenthood Project, a national initiative by Students for Life of America, on campus. In response, Feminists United club constructed a display of 1,852 flags, each of which represented 10 Planned Parenthood services not related to abortion or contraception. Several students responded by creating

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A reflection on academic freedom

JC Sullivan | Tuesday, March 25, 2014

A recent Crimson column by Harvard senior Sandra Korn has stirred national controversy. Ms. Korn argues that universities should abandon academic freedom for a standard of academic justice. She concludes that “if we give up our obsessive reliance on the doctrine of academic freedom, we can consider more thoughtfully what is just.” I disagree with

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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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