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College president and faculty discuss violence prevention and advocacy

Katelyn Waldschmidt | Tuesday, November 8, 2022

Editor’s Note: This story contains mentions of sexual violence. A list of sexual assault reporting options and on-campus resources can be found on the Notre Dame, Saint Mary’s and Holy Cross websites. On Monday night, the Saint Mary’s College community continued its ongoing discussion of sexual assault, violence prevention and advocacy with a panel of faculty for a question and

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Police investigating two reports of sexual assault connected to off-campus party

Observer Staff Report | Tuesday, September 27, 2022

The St. Joseph County Police Department is investigating two instances of sexual assault reported last weekend, according to an email from the Saint Mary’s campus safety department. Phil Bambenek, the College’s director of the campus safety department, said in the email the assaults appear to be connected to at least one student party that occurred

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Shots reported off-campus Sunday morning

Observer Staff Report | Sunday, October 24, 2021

Shots were heard southeast of Eddy Street Commons early Sunday morning, according to a safety information alert sent to the campus community Sunday. The incident occurred shortly after the 2 a.m. closing of Brother’s Bar at Eddy Street Commons, according to the email. According to the alert, the South Bend Police Department (SBPD) reported the

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E-scooter etiquette

Letter to the Editor | Monday, October 4, 2021

“Notre Dame Student Killed On E-scooter” That is one headline I never want to read, but unless some e-scooter or e-skateboarder riders change their driving habits, I fear we will read that someday. Last spring, I was teaching in Jordan Auditorium when, just before class, a masked-up student came to the front of the class

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Saint Mary’s parking lots overcrowded despite increase in parking pass prices

Meghan Lange | Wednesday, September 22, 2021

There has been a recurring scene at Saint Mary’s the past couple of weeks: cars parked on grass areas around campus. This scene has been the topic of many conversations between Saint Mary’s students. Many have complained about the rising price of a parking pass— from $100 to $185 — due to limited parking spaces.

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Saint Mary’s senior creates petition for improved campus safety, receives almost 1,500 signatures in three days

Maeve Filbin | Tuesday, January 28, 2020

Saint Mary’s senior Darby Harcourt created a Change.org petition for “an improved security system and additional cameras” on campus on Friday, the same day that police recovered the body of Notre Dame senior Annrose Jerry from St. Mary’s Lake. By Monday, almost 1,500 people had signed in support. Though the petition was created in the

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Campus safety deploys metal detectors to stadium gates

Tom Naatz | Friday, October 4, 2019

As students and fans made their way into Notre Dame Stadium ahead of the first two home games of the 2019 football season, they may have noticed an additional layer of security outside the gate. In the past, fans only underwent a bag check before having their tickets scanned. Now game patrons have to pass

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Suspended in the security gap

Letter to the Editor | Friday, September 27, 2019

Last Wednesday, Heather Rakoczy Russell explained to the Student Body Senate that the main cause behind the new Swipe-In Policy is student safety and security. Senators then raised the concern that swiping in provided the administration with a record of many people that enter a dorm, and it was here that Chief Keri Kei Shibata

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A modern myth: Boys from good families don’t rape

Jackie O'Brien | Friday, August 30, 2019

In July, yet another judge argued in favor of a young rapist, warning the survivor’s family that pressing charges would destroy the young man’s life. He had great grades, a nice family and was an Eagle scout. Perhaps, what he had done could be qualified as sexual assault, but rape? Never. This boy had taken

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NDPD warns of scam phone calls posing as law enforcement

Observer Staff Report | Saturday, July 27, 2019

The Notre Dame Police Department (NDPD) alerted the Notre Dame community in an email Saturday to phone calls from scammers posing as law enforcement attempting to blackmail individuals for money. The NDPD said its officers never ask individuals for payment or personal information over the phone. The scammers’ call appears to come from the NDPD’s

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