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Erin Farmer | Tuesday, February 28, 2023
When Mike Schmiedeler, ‘94 graduate in FTT and Marketing, finished his first feature-length independent documentary film “Don’t Turn Your Back on Friday Night” about musician Ike Reilly, he knew he wanted his first audience to be at Notre Dame. In his introduction to the screening, Mike credited Notre Dame and the job he got after
Kathryn Muchnick | Wednesday, October 12, 2022
Katherine Corcoran ’81, a freelance journalist and former visiting fellow for the Kellogg Institute, returned to Notre Dame Tuesday to launch her new book: “In the Mouth of the Wolf: A Murder, a Cover-up, and the True Cost of Silencing the Press.” Corcoran served as the Associated Press (AP) bureau chief for Mexico and Central
Greg McKenna | Thursday, January 13, 2022
As Mónica Flores explains, “En la vida y en la cancha” (“In life and on the field”) is not just a motto for C.F. Monterrey, one of Mexico’s most iconic soccer clubs — but rather a way of life. Flores, a former Notre Dame women’s soccer captain who graduated with a science pre-professional degree in
Letter to the Editor and Nelisha Silva | Thursday, December 12, 2019
As a young alum who cherished my senior year living off campus in addition to my three years on campus, I’m baffled by the University’s seemingly punitive policy proposals towards future seniors choosing to live off campus and am even more confused after reading The Observer’s reporting of the meeting with associate vice president of Residential
Letter to the Editor | Thursday, September 29, 2016
My life as a gay Catholic man, father, husband and Domer started many years ago being brought up in a traditional middle-class Irish Catholic family in the suburbs of Boston. Both my parents were school teachers who strongly valued hard work ethic, advanced education and bringing their children up in the Catholic religion. My life’s
Christopher Damian | Thursday, November 5, 2015
I deserved it. There’s no doubt in my mind that it was a decision of retributive justice. I had broken the rules, and removal from my dorm was a reasonable response. At the time I had a number of personal issues. I didn’t have the psychological, intellectual, social or spiritual resources to manage some of