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Observer Staff Report | Friday, May 17, 2019
Editor’s Note: A version of this story appeared in the print edition of The Observer on Dec. 3, 2018. Peggy Noonan — one of President Ronald Reagan’s speechwriters and a Pulitzer Prize-winning Wall Street Journal columnist — will deliver the 2019 commencement address at the May 19 graduation ceremony, the University announced Monday. “Peggy Noonan is universally admired
Observer Staff Report | Friday, May 17, 2019
Editor’s note: A version of this story appeared in the print edition of The Observer on April 1. The University announced in a Sunday press release it would award the 2019 Laetare Medal to Norman C. Francis — the president of Xavier University of Louisiana — during Notre Dame’s 2019 Commencement. In the press release, University President
Gary Caruso | Friday, April 26, 2019
Commencement is like a pinata bursting with an orchestrated cacophony of activities that jumble and swirl around the graduating students. By itself, the milestone elicits an array of emotions that range from pure glee to utter dread over departing Catholic Disneyland. On one hand, our graduates sail into the real world eager to embrace their
Andrew Rebholz | Wednesday, December 5, 2018
“Peggy Noonan is universally admired for the stirring prose, keen insight and the moral perspective of her commentary on America and the world,” University President Fr. John I. Jenkins. One might say too universally admired. Anger and Resentment, the twin pets of the public, have been on the rise these last few days, as seniors stir in a
Kelli Smith | Friday, May 18, 2018
Senior Andrew Grose has always loved languages. This love started in his hometown of Sheboygan, Wisconsin, where he trained for the national spelling bee as a middle schooler. After making it to the national stage twice, he discovered a passion within himself — studying language. “The most I got out of that [spelling bee] experience
Colleen Zewe | Friday, May 18, 2018
During her four years at Saint Mary’s, senior Melissa Henry served the College community as a volunteer in Circle K International (CKI), a Resident Advisor and as co-president of the college’s National Student Speech Language Hearing Association (NSSLHA). In April, Henry received a pleasant surprise in the mail — a letter informing her that she
Julianna McKenna and Maeve Filbin | Friday, May 18, 2018
On April 24, 12 Saint Mary’s students received awards in the fields of ministry and service at the Sister Rose Anne Schultz, CSC Mission Awards and Appreciation Dinner. Seniors Jessica McCartney and Veronika Hanks received special recognition for the Jane O’Rourke Bender Award. For consideration, students were asked to submit a form of artistic expression that
Letter to the Editor | Friday, May 18, 2018
Editor’s Note: This letter was originally published on December 7, 2016. Fr. Jenkins, It has been years since I last read an Observer article, and even longer since I wrote a letter to the editor, but today I found myself, drawn back, through social media: Friends had shared an article about whether Donald Trump would
Mike Donovan | Wednesday, May 16, 2018
If the class of 2018 can get Kanye’s “woopty scoop poops” out of their heads long enough, they might be able to recall the late summer day in 2014 when they arrived at Our Lady’s University — some humming along to Pharrell’s infectious earworm “Happy” and others still raving about Mac Demarco’s bid to become
Sara Schlecht | Tuesday, April 24, 2018
Editor’s note: This is the second of a five-part series profiling the valedictorians of Saint Mary’s class of 2018. Saint Mary’s class of 2018 has made history as the first to have five students graduating with the honor of valedictorian. Among these five students is senior integrative biology major Makenzie Duncan. Duncan was always interested