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University hosts flash panel in response to an earthquake-induced humanitarian crisis in Turkey and Syria

Tess Kesler | Thursday, February 16, 2023

The Nanovic Center for European studies hosted a flash panel Wednesday in response to the recent disastrous earthquake in Turkey and Syria, which left infrastructure destroyed and over 40,000 dead as governments struggled to provide aid. The panel was moderated by political rights and peace activist Avrum Burg, adjunct faculty in history for the University

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Trump pardons Notre Dame alumnus, 49ers owner

Observer Staff Report | Wednesday, February 19, 2020

Former San Francisco 49ers owner and Notre Dame alumnus Eddie DeBartolo Jr. was granted a full presidential pardon by President Donald Trump for a corruption charge, NBC News reported Tuesday. The corruption case involved Edwin Edwards, the former governor of Louisiana. DeBartolo pleaded guilty for failing to report a felony when he paid Edwards $400,000

Viewpoint

Donald Trump’s corruption

Letter to the Editor | Wednesday, December 5, 2018

Few people would defend corruption. And those few happen to be immensely wealthy. Multiple narratives are being told in this country about corruption, but it’s exceedingly easy to tell where they are coming from — just follow the money. Let’s start with a baseline definition of corruption, because America seems to have lost track of

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Finding your passion

Letter to the Editor | Wednesday, October 10, 2018

I have no idea what I want to do with my life. Sometimes, I’m able to think up a possible post-graduate plan and career, but most times I just get lost in my thoughts and end up scrapping every plan. And living in Bangladesh for two months didn’t lay out the rest of my life

Sports

Mazurek: Overhaul the NCAA

Marek Mazurek | Friday, September 29, 2017

How many straws does it take to break a camel’s back? If we’re talking about a conventional dromedary camel, then 1,320 pounds should do it. But if we’re talking about the overblown, incompetent, equally authoritarian yet powerless governing body of college sports, it seems that no amount of scandals and stupidity is enough. Yesterday’s announcement

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‘Blood on the Mountain’ digs into coal’s corruption

Tommy Anderson | Wednesday, October 5, 2016

Imagine a region in this world where the air you breath is poison, the water you drink is ghastly and the land you live on is subject to utter destruction. Cancer rates are 50 percent higher than the anywhere else and birth defects are 43 percent higher than the rest of the country you live

Sports

Hadley: Sochi creates a host of problems

Greg Hadley | Monday, February 10, 2014

If you’re like me, you’re exhausted with the endless snow and wind that keeps blasting South Bend. You’re looking for something – anything – to ward off the cabin fever that has set in. And if you’re like me, you have turned on the TV to watch the Winter Olympics, where the snow and ice