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Scene in South Bend: The Brain Lair Bookstore

Hanna Kennedy | Tuesday, November 5, 2019

The Brain Lair. It’s an anagram for librarian and a fitting name for Kathy Burnette’s bookstore, located just five minutes from campus. Before opening Brain Lair Books, Burnette held positions as a librarian in local elementary and middle schools for almost 20 years. “I’ve always wanted to open a bookstore,” Burnette said. “I visited some

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Small children have no self-preservation skills

Marirose Osborne | Wednesday, March 27, 2019

I spent three years as a camp counselor at an art camp for small children. It’s an exhausting job, and the camp recently emailed me about working there again over the summer. I’m not going to, but the initial email sent me on a PTSD-infused stroll down memory lane. So now I feel the need

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Pizza, Pop and Politics examines right to recreation

Mike Dugan | Thursday, February 21, 2019

NDVotes hosted another discussion in its Pizza, Pop and Politics series Wednesday, featuring presentations by associate professor of American Studies Annie Coleman and professor in the Program of Liberal Studies F. Clark Power on the political history of sport. Beginning her presentation with a reflection on a reading recently used in a class she teaches

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The Oakland Elizabeth House

Diane Park | Monday, October 8, 2018

Oakland Elizabeth House (OEH) is a transitional residence located in Oakland, California that serves single mothers and their children who have suffered from poverty, homelessness and abuse. Providing housing and other resources like counseling and parenting classes for about 10 families, OEH particularly focuses on helping their residents find permanent housing, sustainable incomes and familial

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How to child

Erin Thomassen | Thursday, January 19, 2017

There are too many books on how to parent and not enough books on how to child. Parents take their job seriously, as reflected by the number of books written and read on the subject. When these parents were kids, why did they not care enough about being a good child to seek advice? Parents

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Mazurek: Control your children

Marek Mazurek | Wednesday, December 9, 2015

The following are quotations from Stephen Curry’s post-game press conference on May 27, 2015, after his Golden State Warriors defeated the Houston Rockets in Game 5 of the Western Conference Finals to advance to the NBA Finals. “Steph, when you talk to the Rick Barry’s and the forty years ago championship team, what did you

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Go Irish, not hungry

Susan Zhu | Monday, September 7, 2015

One time I ate 1,360 calories in one sitting. When it’s absurdly late at night and my brain is too tired to realize the stupidity of eating 1,360 calories in one sitting, it can happen. I also rarely step down against a bet that involves food — because come on, food’s one of the best

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Babysitting worries

Emily McConville | Thursday, January 22, 2015

Over the last weekend of winter break, my parents went to Florida for a much-needed vacation, leaving me, my brother and my seven-year-old sister, Brigid, home alone for five days. It had occurred to all of us that I am now technically an adult, so it fell to me to take care of Brigid from

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Children crossing in crisis: Do it for the kids

Brennan Lanier | Monday, October 6, 2014

This summer, immigration came to the forefront of the national psyche as we experienced an unprecedented surge of Central American children arriving at our border. The flow of children fleeing has slowed significantly since the summer, but the issue underlying the mass migration of 66,000 unaccompanied minors in the past year from the countries of

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Super Sibs club offers mentorship opportunities

Abigail Piper | Monday, September 22, 2014

Notre Dame provides a wide variety of service opportunities in which students can engage, yet one club in particular focuses on a highly-original opportunity. Super Sibs is a service club on campus that allows students who have siblings with disabilities to mentor children in the community who also have siblings with disabilities. Adam Kourajian, a Notre Dame

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University President Fr. John Jenkins announced in University President Fr. John Jenkins announced in an email on Tuesday that Notre Dame will open a mass vaccination site in partnership with the St. Joseph County Health Department. 

🏥 The site will be at the Compton Family Ice Arena and will be open Friday, March 26 and Saturday, March 27 from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.

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“So we talked about abortion and marriage and re “So we talked about abortion and marriage and religious freedom, and I don’t know how we could not talk about it. I mean, we have to be authentic teachers. We’re not going to be silent about the truths that we hold dear.”

Joseph R. Biden has become the second Catholic President in United States history, but his position on abortion is “one that cannot be condoned” according to Rev. Robert Dowd. 

“Other bishops think that, because he’s a conscientious Catholic whose faith is obviously important to him, we should strike a more positive tone, particularly at the outset of his presidency. After all, in many ways Biden’s positions are more in line with Catholic teaching than Trump’s, particularly when it comes to migrants, refugees, climate issues, poverty and inequality,” Dowd continued. 

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🗳 Not sure who to vote for in Wednesday’s stu 🗳 Not sure who to vote for in Wednesday’s student body presidential elections? 

Meet the candidates and the platforms they are running on below. 

Candidates Allan Njomo and Matthew Bisner plan to:
📚Expand sexual education materials.
💵Subsidize summer classes for low-income students.
📝Alter the non-discrimination clause to include sexual orientation and gender identity.
🏳️‍🌈Establish a Pride Fest.

Candidates Max Siegel and Zachary Holland plan to:
💵Increase club funding through outside grants.
🔈Amplify Speak4ND.
💲Raise student job wages.
🗣Promote sexual assault and racially-charged reporting.
🟢Expand GreeNDot training to the outside community.

Candidates Mabry Webb and Jacob Calpey plan to:
👥Create a Sexual Assault Response task force.
💵Increase funding for the UCC and subsidize off-campus referrals.
♿Make campus buildings more disability accessible.
🩺Increase awareness of STI testing.
Thank you all for sharing your ND love stories! Fr Thank you all for sharing your ND love stories! From class encounters to love at first sight at Hesburgh Library, swipe to read more shared experiences!
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