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36 posts tagged "College Democrats"

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I was the Republican debater at the midterm debate. Here’s what really happened. 

lettertotheeditor | Wednesday, December 7, 2022

It has now been over a month since the midterm debate, and I regret to inform you that leftists on campus still have not quite recovered. Just this week, another opinion piece (if a glorified Reddit rant can be categorized as such) appeared in The Observer making laughably insane claims about my debate rhetoric and about

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Hate has no place here

lettertotheeditor | Wednesday, November 16, 2022

Last Wednesday, BridgeND hosted a debate between the College Democrats and College Republicans. What was intended to be an educational conversation and a model for civil discourse instead spiraled into a display of racist, transphobic and antisemitic rhetoric from the College Republicans’ representative. We believe that the College Republicans must be held accountable for their

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University groups hold student engagement opportunities on Election Day

Sam Godinez | Tuesday, November 8, 2022

On Tuesday, Nov. 8, the midterm elections will be held for all 435 seats of the House of Representatives, 35 out of 100 U.S. Senate seats and thousands of local elections in each state. With many students voting for the first time, the midterm elections are an indication of where the nation will head towards. 

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College Republicans and College Democrats trade jabs over inflation, abortion in midterm debate

Liam Kelly | Thursday, November 3, 2022

College Republicans representative Shri Thakur and College Democrats representative Blake Ziegler sparred over inflation, abortion and crime in a debate hosted by BridgeND ahead of the midterm elections. (Editor’s note: Ziegler is a Viewpoint columnist for The Observer) Ziegler spent much of the debate defending President Joe Biden’s presidency and highlighting “one of the most

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Students react to the reversal of Roe v. Wade

Emma Duffy | Monday, September 5, 2022

On June 24, 2022, Dobbs v. Jackson overturned the precedent set in Roe v. Wade. In the original Roe v. Wade decision, the U.S. Supreme Court established that women have the right to privacy with their doctor, and therefore states could not interfere with a woman’s choice to get an abortion. Dobbs v. Jackson ruled

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Under the Dome: How student leaders navigate rules and restrictions

Alysa Guffey and Bella Laufenberg | Monday, April 25, 2022

Editor’s note: This is the second story in a series examining how student groups run as part of the larger Notre Dame community. The first goal of the University, outlined in the student guide du Lac, is to “Ensure that our Catholic character informs all our endeavors.” To understand how the University upholds these Catholic

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Under the Dome: How student groups form and function at Notre Dame

Alysa Guffey and Bella Laufenberg | Tuesday, April 5, 2022

Editor’s note: This is the first story in a series examining how student groups run as part of the larger Notre Dame community. 32 residence halls. 354 clubs. 20 student organizations. Many students have found a home within the variety of student groups that thrive under the dome, but few understand how the University structures

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Notre Dame College Democrats, Student Coalition for Immigration Advocacy travel to Washington D.C.

Megan Fahrney | Wednesday, March 23, 2022

This month, members of the Notre Dame College Democrats and the Student Coalition for Immigration Advocacy attended Spring Lobby Weekend in Washington D.C. The event, organized by the Friends Committee on National Legislation (FCONL), gathered approximately 400 young adults from across the country to lobby for a pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants in the

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Tri-campus splits over Texas abortion law

Maggie Eastland | Monday, September 13, 2021

The tri-campus community, known for its active debate over abortion, remains divided over Senate Bill 8, a new law enacted in Texas that prohibits abortions after about six weeks, or once a fetal heartbeat can be detected.  The Supreme Court struck down an emergency appeal to stop the bill Sept. 1 in a 5-4 vote

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Students react to possibility of presidential impeachment

John Salem | Wednesday, October 9, 2019

After an anonymous whistleblower reported a concern in August to the House of Representatives and Senate Intelligence Committees about U.S. President Donald Trump soliciting foreign interference to better his chances in the 2020 election, the complaint was eventually passed along to the Justice Department. From there, on Sept. 24, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi announced

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This Thursday, Feb. 16, the 93rd annual Bengal Bou This Thursday, Feb. 16, the 93rd annual Bengal Bouts will begin its preliminary rounds. A men’s boxing tournament that benefits the Holy Cross Mission in Bangladesh, Bengal Bouts seems to perfectly combine two integral aspects of Notre Dame’s identity: a passion for sports and a commitment to social impact.

This week, From the Archives takes a long overdue look at the history of Bengal Bouts. While this tournament predates the Observer by nearly four decades, we uncovered a selection of stories that capture at least a part of the rich history of this Notre Dame tradition.

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At Wednesday evening’s senate meeting, Briana Ch At Wednesday evening’s senate meeting, Briana Chappell, director of gender relations and LGBTQ+ advocacy, highlighted plans to edit the Moreau First Year Experience curriculum to promote values of diversity, equity and inclusion in her report on LGBTQ+ advocacy at Notre Dame this year.

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We asked you to Ask The Observer Sports Department We asked you to Ask The Observer Sports Department and you responded with the request: “Northwestern @ Notre Dame 2014 Football Breakdown”. That game was a heartbreaking loss for a Notre Dame team that had started 6-0 before stumbling down the stretch to a 7-5 record. A bowl game win over LSU salvaged some optimism for the program’s future, but that loss to Northwestern was a shocking result that contributed to one of the more appalling stretches of Irish football in the Brian Kelly era.

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Derick Williams and Hunter Brooke, two sophomore s Derick Williams and Hunter Brooke, two sophomore students campaigning to be Notre Dame’s next student body president and vice president, respectively, plan to “get sh*t done.”

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Sophomores Pablo Oropeza and Griffin McAndrew are Sophomores Pablo Oropeza and Griffin McAndrew are seeking to build stronger connections between the student body and student government if elected student body president and vice president, respectively. 

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Notre Dame students might recognize Daniel Jung an Notre Dame students might recognize Daniel Jung and Aidan Rezner from the student government Instagram page, but the two sophomores are ready to take the next big step to represent the student body.

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