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5 posts tagged "campus reopening"

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Senate provides updates on planning for spring semester, winter break

Ryan Peters | Friday, October 16, 2020

The student senate gathered Thursday evening to provide updates on planning for the spring semester and winter break and to swear in a new senator. Chief of staff, senior Aaron Benavides announced the Student Advisory Group for Campus Reopening convened Wednesday evening. The group met with University President Fr. John Jenkins to discuss his appearance

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An open letter to the University’s leadership

Letter to the Editor | Thursday, September 10, 2020

Dear Provost Miranda, Fr. Jenkins and others, I am not an epidemiologist, and therefore am not writing to make an argument for or against remaining on campus. I pause, in the midst of planning for my return to in-person teaching, to make a simple request which could be granted at no cost to the University:

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A caution against false information in ‘Recalculating the risks’

Letter to the Editor | Thursday, August 27, 2020

Professor Alford et al. may be right that our community is better off by keeping the campus open. What I object to is how they reach this conclusion: specifically, their appeal to a Cornell research and a CDC survey as evidence that opening the campus is good. Both inferences are unsound, with the first case

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Kindness is within our control

Show Some Skin | Thursday, August 27, 2020

I spent a good portion of July spiraling. I ranted to those around me about how dangerous it was to pack thousands of college students into 1.2 square miles in the midst of a pandemic. I wore my family and friends out with a torrent of negativity. From the earliest of these rants, my mom

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Notre Dame announces health, safety protocols for reopening campus in the fall

Observer Staff Report | Tuesday, June 9, 2020

Notre Dame announced their guidelines and health and safety procedures for reopening campus for the 2020 fall semester in a statement Tuesday. The guidelines are based on “medical advice from local and national experts, including a team from the Cleveland Clinic,” and include measures such as rearranging classrooms, daily health checks, on-campus testing and a

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After a win against Louisville on Saturday, The Ba After a win against Louisville on Saturday, The Basement Breakdown, The Observer’s sports podcast, is back with some Pittsburgh predictions.  Some highlights from the stream include:

🏈Last Saturday’s 12-7 final score against Louisville (0:23)

🏈Taking a look around college football with Georgia falling to Alabama, Florida State getting its first FBS win against North Carolina and the Big Ten returning this weekend. (14:52)

🏈Fact-or Fiction. This episode’s hot takes include: ND’s first defensive touchdown coming against Pitt? Can the Irish produce a 100-yard rusher against the Panthers’ defense? Did the Louisville win actually give Notre Dame the blueprint for beating Clemson? (20:20)

🏈Predictions for this weekend’s game. (39:38)

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ICYMI: On October 17 over 200 people gathered in H ICYMI: On October 17 over 200 people gathered in Howard Park for the second Women’s March in South Bend this year. The march was organized by local attorney Jennifer VanderVeen who wanted to honor the life of late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. 

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