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Campus Dining addresses menu cycles, new dining hall technology during senate meeting

Sophia Torcelino | Thursday, November 3, 2022

On Wednesday night, the Notre Dame student senate met in the Montgomery Auditorium at LaFortune Student Center to discuss campus enrichment activities, dining hall updates and amendments to the constitution regarding informed debate during meetings. During executive announcements, director of diversity and inclusion Jill Maudlin, gave a progress update on the initiatives completed thus far

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Could there be a hidden virtue in virtue signaling?

Julianna Conley | Wednesday, September 8, 2021

My sophomore year, I was a part of Pasquerilla East Hall’s Welcome Weekend team. Before the first-years arrived, our team convened in the family room, discussing best bed lofting techniques and reviewing the lyrics to our Jonas Brothers-heavy serenade. At the end of the meeting, the captains passed out name tags, t-shirts and LGBTQ+ “Ally”

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Author and web series host speaks on allyship at weekly lecture series

Gabrielle Penna | Monday, October 19, 2020

Media producer, author and speaker Austin Channing Brown spoke Friday afternoon on the importance of allyship between racial groups at the Klau Center’s weekly lecture series, “Building Anti-Racist Vocabulary.” Channing Brown is the author of bestselling book, “I’m Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness,” and she is also the executive producer

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Ally Week looks to promote support for LGBTQ Community

Thomas Murphy | Tuesday, April 9, 2019

In order to promote allyship and solidarity with the LGBTQ community, the Gender Relations Center is celebrating its fourth-annual Ally Week this week by hosting a series of events intended to raise awareness for the struggles faced by members of the LGBTQ community and educate students on how to be supportive. Events include service opportunities,

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Faculty, staff speak on the ‘Cost of Silence’ on college campuses

Alexandra Muck | Friday, November 10, 2017

Members of the Notre Dame faculty and administration discussed their experiences with diversity and how the Notre Dame community might encourage it on campus during the Cost of Silence Faculty and Staff panel Thursday night. Timothy Matovina, the chair of the theology department and former co-director of the Institute of Latino Studies, said people should

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Workshop explores impact, importance of language

Stephanie Snyder | Wednesday, October 4, 2017

Saint Mary’s students, faculty and staff filled the Student Center conference rooms Tuesday for “Language Matters: An Ally Workshop.” The department of gender & women’s studies, the Student Diversity Board and the department of psychological sciences sponsored the event in order to educate allies about civil rights issues and LGBTQ communities. Associate professor of psychology Bettina

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The careful balancing act of allyship

Diversity Council | Monday, February 13, 2017

For any of you readers who have seen the ‘Daily Show’ segment ‘Helper Whitey,’ you understand the reference. If you’re not as familiar with the term, let me satisfy your burning curiosity. Throughout the two-part skit, African-American correspondent Jessica Williams is repeatedly ignored and pushed around by the relatively oblivious white individuals she encounters. Fortunately,