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-28 posts tagged "Debate"
Clark Bowden | Thursday, February 18, 2021
Amidst billowing winds, sub-zero temperatures and blankets of snow, it can be difficult to remind ourselves of the astonishing promise and opportunity that four years of college presents us. Under these harsh conditions of snowing 10(!) consecutive days with the added cloak of the coronavirus, I am increasingly seeing students with their heads down —
Nia Sylva | Friday, October 9, 2020
The state of bipartisan political relations in this country is dire, to say the very least. Anyone who had the pleasure of witnessing last week’s mudslinging presidential debate knows that to be true. The disrespect that tends to abound in the public sphere — between the men and women who are supposed to be working
Clark Bowden | Thursday, August 20, 2020
Medicare for all, women should control their own bodies, Elizabeth Warren, people shouldn’t be able to purchase assault rifles, social justice reform, AOC, climate change is real and caused by humans, Bernie Sanders … Now that all the conservatives have stopped reading this column, the rest of us can finally talk amongst ourselves. Welcome to
Claire Rafford | Thursday, February 6, 2020
Diversity Council hosted its fourth-annual student government election debate on Wednesday evening in DeBartolo Hall. The debate asked the candidates to address issues of diversity and inclusion on Notre Dame’s campus. The candidates running for student body president and vice president this year are junior Noble Patidar and freshman Connor Patrick, junior Connor Whittle and
Alysa Guffey | Friday, November 15, 2019
Notre Dame and Navy will meet for the 93rd annual year on the football field Saturday. Friday afternoon, an entirely new rivalry between the two schools will begin in Hesburgh Library. Sponsored by the department of Film, Television and Theatre, the inaugural Notre Dame-Navy debate will take place from 1:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. in
Show Some Skin | Wednesday, November 6, 2019
Upon entering North Dining Hall on Tuesday, I lost my appetite. As my eyes scanned the responses scattered across the display board entitled “Should the U.S. enact Medicare for all?,” spanning from strongly disagree to strongly agree, I felt mixed emotions. Disbelief. Hope. Disgust. Anger. Shock. All of the above. The amount of times I
Letter to the Editor | Wednesday, October 9, 2019
In the recent flurry of viewpoints, lectures and signage displays, it seems that world- and nation-wide controversies are playing out at Notre Dame in a spicier way than usual. I am not some sage alum who has achieved enlightenment and views campus controversies from 40,000 feet. But here are a few noncontroversial truths: 1. American
Andrew Sveda | Monday, September 9, 2019
Australia has long been the go-to case study of the gun control debate. And why not? After only one mass shooting in 1996 (Port Arthur) did Parliament actually do something, rolling out sweeping gun control legislation (the NFA) including a mandatory gun buyback program and a ban on automatic and semi-automatic rifles and pump-action shotguns.
Mary Steurer | Tuesday, April 30, 2019
Sophomore Conrad Palor and freshman Patrick Aimone defeated Wake Forest to place first in the fourth-annual ACC Debate Championship Tournament on April 6 at the Smithsonian Museum of American History, clinching the first-ever victory for a Notre Dame team at the tournament. The championship round was featured as part of the 2019 ACCelerate ACC Smithsonian
Observer Staff Report | Wednesday, April 3, 2019
Notre Dame is one of six locations that applied to host the 2020 presidential election debates, the Commission on Presidential Debates announced Wednesday. Three cities will be selected as hosts by the nonpartisan organization, POLITICO reported. Other locations vying for the spots include Belmont University in Nashville, Creighton University in Omaha, the University of Michigan