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-24 posts tagged "City of South Bend"
Colin Linnen | Monday, November 22, 2021
Four students participated in an internship through Notre Dame’s Center for Civic Innovation (CCI) this past summer to create affordable housing in the local community. According to its mission statement, the primary goal of the CCI is “to promote the common good by building partnerships between Notre Dame faculty, staff and community organizations that foster
Letter to the Editor and Nelisha Silva | Monday, October 11, 2021
Dear Editor, Readers of The Observer owe you a great deal of thanks for publishing Liam Finn’s response to the neighbor on East Washington. Mr. Finn’s missive illustrated said neighbor’s point better than anyone could have expected. It is disappointing that an alum of “greatest University [sic] in the world” would sneer at his erstwhile
Letter to the Editor | Wednesday, September 22, 2021
I know that college students have always, and will always, want to drink and party. However, that doesn’t mean there is nothing that can be done to make the situation safer for them and more tolerable for us neighbors. The primary focus should be on party houses (i.e. boarding houses) which have been grandfathered in,
Evan McKenna | Tuesday, August 24, 2021
Despite the 6:30 a.m. wake-up call, energy was high for the opening of a new grocery store in South Bend: Trader Joe’s. In the early hours of Friday morning, South Bend residents and tri-campus students began trickling into a freshly-paved parking lot off Howard Street. A line formed many hours before the scheduled opening and
Nola Wallace | Friday, August 14, 2020
This summer, our timelines flooded with COVID data, press briefings and George Floyd. His story, the camera footage and the public’s outcry rocked the world. Not only did it spark a modern-day civil rights movement, but it also jumpstarted an important discussion on the injustices of the modern day criminal justice system. As much as
Letter to the Editor and Nelisha Silva | Monday, March 2, 2020
Notre Dame does much good for our community. And South Bend, a city that is 26% African American and 15% Hispanic, has a future being quietly crushed. South Bend has a lead poisoning epidemic that exceeds Flint, Michigan, by some metrics. The response by city, county and state has been poorly organized. We have thus
Alysa Guffey | Wednesday, December 11, 2019
Last year, sophomores Matthew Nguyen and Lucy Suo saw a need in the South Bend community to provide assistance with adult education. They responded by offering their time to tutor literacy students in the program one-on-one. Now, Nguyen said, the pair is working to establish a sanctioned club by next semester for students in the
Colleen Fischer | Wednesday, February 27, 2019
For those looking for service opportunities at Saint Mary’s, volunteering organization Circle K International (CKI) is staged to make a return this semester. According to its website, CKI is the world’s largest collegiate service program, with more than 13,000 members. Recently, however, CKI at Saint Mary’s has been struggling for membership. Sophomore Carina Garza, president
Kay Bontempo | Thursday, February 7, 2019
The creative minds behind Evil Czech Brewery and Corndance Tavern have ventured into new territory with Jesús Latin Grill, a uniquely inspired Latin-fusion restaurant — but if you’re expecting typical chips and salsa or Chipotle-esque burritos, look elsewhere. The new eatery isn’t afraid to move past the classics, instead taking a fresh approach to Latin
Observer Staff Report | Wednesday, January 23, 2019
South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg, a member of the Democratic party, announced in a video Wednesday morning that he is forming an exploratory committee as he considers running for president in the 2020 election. Buttigieg was first elected mayor of South Bend in 2011 and won re-election in 2015. In December, he stated he would not