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-58 posts tagged "Campus DIning"
Claire Reid | Monday, April 19, 2021
Friday evening, Flaherty Hall’s signature Flaherty Food Fights event turned the LaFortune Ballroom into the set of Notre Dame’s very own Food Network-style cake decorating competition. For the event, teams of two from each dorm were tasked with decorating a two-layer vanilla sheet cake in 30 minutes using two random colors of icing along with
Uyen Le, Spencer Kelly, Maggie Clark and Sofia CrimiVaroli | Monday, April 12, 2021
A universal part of the Notre Dame experience is students’ strong feelings concerning the dining halls. Whether you prefer the comfy booths of North Dining Hall or the classic wooden tables of South, allegiances run deeply. Regardless of opinions on dining hall superiority, we can all agree that the dining halls are often sites of
Emma Hamilton | Thursday, March 18, 2021
The student senate converged in Jordan Hall 105 Wednesday evening to hear from the Club Coordination Council (CCC) and vote on several resolutions. The meeting began with a presentation by members of the CCC, the body on campus that funds, supports and collaborates with clubs. They announced that they are currently in the process of
Ella Wisniewski | Wednesday, March 17, 2021
Since mid-February, I’ve been doing two things at least every day: abstaining from meat and watching “Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives” (the first of these being a Lenten promise, the second of these being out of an intrinsic, near-compulsive love for Guy Fieri). As a function of these two things, I’ve been thinking very deeply about
Maggie Eastland | Tuesday, March 9, 2021
During the month of March, the Notre Dame Student Government Department of Sustainability is encouraging Notre Dame students to eat less meat in response to environmental, health, labor and animal treatment concerns. Two students in the Department of Sustainability, junior Alexander Kuptel and senior Rhetta Eubanks wrote a letter to the editor about Meatless March
Megan Fahrney | Thursday, March 4, 2021
This February, the McDonald Center for Well-Being (McWell) and Campus Dining partnered to host virtual dinners through a program called Meet, Greet and Eat. The purpose of the four-dinner series was to give students the opportunity to meet new people while sharing a meal together. Katrina Conrad, assistant director at McWell, co-planned the program and
Adriana Perez | Friday, February 12, 2021
The cold temperatures and snow predicted for this weekend would be, for many, enough of an excuse to stay in and have a cozy movie night. But this Saturday, the Student Activities Office (SAO) has other plans for Notre Dame students: WinterFest. In fact, the weather “only helps to enhance the [WinterFest] theme and provide
Meg Lange | Thursday, February 11, 2021
From outdoor picnic tables to plexiglass dividers, Campus Dining at Saint Mary’s is continually changing. This semester the new addition is a heated dining tent on Library Green. Many students have mixed emotions on this new edition. “Overall I like it, I like that it’s an option without plexiglass, I think it’s fun, sitting outside
Izzi Barrera | Monday, October 26, 2020
Gregory Larson and Giuseppe Macerata, executive chefs for North Dining Hall and South Dining Hall respectively, are juggling much more than just ingredients this year. Maintaining safety for the campus community and kitchen staff, while also being responsible for providing fresh food, is no easy task. However, the campus dining staff is working hard to
Emma Bacon | Friday, October 9, 2020
In past years, campus dining at Saint Mary’s consisted of students cramming almost 12 people around a table, enjoying meals and studying for hours on end. Since August, dining at Saint Mary’s has looked a little different — students laying out blankets, eating on the grass or dining in a tent on the Student Center