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16 posts tagged "Bangladesh"

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Bengal Bouts president Jack Phillips looks to prove himself in the ring

Peter Breen | Wednesday, February 15, 2023

Bengal Bouts president Jack Phillips came to Notre Dame to develop friendships in his dorm, Knott Hall, and to study finance, data science and sociology — not to relive his high school glory days back in Collegeville, Pennsylvania. But during his first year at the University, Phillips, like many who grow up playing sports, craved

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From the Archives: Bengal Bouts

Spencer Kelly, Lilyann Gardner, Thomas Dobbs and Cade Czarnecki | Monday, February 13, 2023

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

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BRAC book author lectures on the largest NGO you’ve never heard of

Peter Breen | Monday, November 21, 2022

Friday morning in the Hesburgh Center, author and former speechwriter Scott MacMillan delivered a talk on his new book, “Hope Over Fate: Fazle Hasan Abed and the Science of Ending Global Poverty.” Abed, an oil executive in East Pakistan, now Bangladesh, founded BRAC, originally the Bangladesh Rehabilitation Assistance Committee, in the early 1970s in response

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As captain, Kyle Mettler strives to make a difference in Bangladesh through Bengal Bouts

Nate Moller | Thursday, February 13, 2020

Kyle “Nemo” Mettler is a junior from Alumni Hall, and Bengal Bouts has allowed him to form some of his strongest relationships, raise money for the Holy Cross mission in Bangladesh and work with younger kids. Bengal Bouts has been an integral part of his Notre Dame experience, he said. “It has really changed everything

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Welsh Family Hall plans country-inspired fundraiser

Alysa Guffey and Kayle Liao | Thursday, October 10, 2019

Part of South Quad will be transformed into a rustic landscape Thursday as Welsh Family Hall presents its second-annual Hoedown Throwdown. The event will take place from 5 to 7 p.m. and will feature a variety of games and food including apple cider, donuts and kettle corn.  All proceeds from the Throwdown will benefit St.

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From feeding sheep to teaching in missionaries, students reflect on their ISSLP and SSLP experiences

Alexandra Muck | Friday, August 30, 2019

Students can apply every year to conduct a summer of service abroad or in the U.S. through the International Summer Service Learning Program (ISSLP) and Summer Service Learning Program (SSLP). This past summer, 68 students served over 80 organizations across 18 countries through ISSLP, Rachel Tomas Morgan, director of ISSLP, said in an email. In

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Bengal Bouts fighters reflect on service abroad

Joe Andrews | Thursday, March 7, 2019

While fans in attendance at last week’s Bengal Bouts finals believed they were witnessing the end of a four-month boxing season, the men in the ring, gasping and bleeding for a common cause, saw something quite different — another beginning to the larger, seemingly endless fight to protect Christian minorities in Bangladesh. According to Bengal

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Finding your passion

Letter to the Editor | Wednesday, October 10, 2018

I have no idea what I want to do with my life. Sometimes, I’m able to think up a possible post-graduate plan and career, but most times I just get lost in my thoughts and end up scrapping every plan. And living in Bangladesh for two months didn’t lay out the rest of my life

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Students participate in annual boxing tournament to support Holy Cross Missions in Bangladesh

Selena Ponio | Thursday, February 15, 2018

For senior Pat Gordon, what started off as an activity to get his mind off things transformed into a passion. “My mother passed away in high school, and I was upset, looking for an outlet. I walked into a boxing gym and fell in love with it,” Gordon said. Gordon said one of the things

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Schmelling finds brotherhood in bouts

Darcy Dehais | Friday, March 3, 2017

Senior Bengal Bouts captain Garrett Schmelling has come full circle this year. He is competing in the finals of the tournament Friday for the first time since his freshman year. However, over the course of his four years, he has found the relationships he has made with other boxers and the cause the fights support

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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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