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Student Activities Office and Campus Dining to co-host ‘Halloween Spooktacular’

Meghan Cappitelli | Friday, October 30, 2020

To celebrate Halloween this year, the Student Activities Office (SAO) and Campus Dining will co-sponsor a “Halloween Spooktacular” event on Saturday. After the success of the Fall Fest, the two organizations are excited to host another evening of festive activities for students. Alicia Bates, assistant director of student programming for SAO, explained that this event

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Students experience long wait times at on-campus restaurants via Grubhub app

Claire Rafford | Thursday, September 3, 2020

With limited hours at the dining hall and less on-campus dining options during the campus shutdown and due to the pandemic, Notre Dame students are pivoting to ordering takeout from on-campus retail locations. However, this shift has created long lines and wait times at these locations via the Grubhub app, with some students experiencing wait

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Director of Campus Dining discusses North Dining Hall’s music, new initiatives

Emily Hunt | Tuesday, February 11, 2020

The daily music selection at Notre Dame’s North Dining Hall is one of its unique features. Varying from early-2000s hits to ’80s throwbacks, the diverse song selection contributes to the dining hall’s overall ambiance and has led to speculation as to whether the choices are deliberate. Every day, students eat, socialize and study at North

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Campus Dining unveils new meal plan with Flex Point roll over, more swipes per semester

Mary Bernard | Wednesday, February 5, 2020

This report was updated Feb. 5 at 9:18 p.m. The standard Notre Dame meal plan is getting a facelift. After more than 20 years of using a week-based meal plan, Campus Dining is unveiling a semester-based block meal plan to begin in the fall of 2020. The number of swipes will be allocated at the