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20 posts tagged "drama"

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‘Another Round’: A brilliant exploration of a midlife crisis

Justin George | Thursday, April 1, 2021

“Another Round” is the latest film from writer/director and Dogme 95 co-founder Thomas Vinterberg. The film handles addiction in a manner that is more akin to “Trainspotting” than “Requiem for a Dream,” and falls firmly within the realm of dramedy and tragicomedy. “Another Round” centers on a group of high school teachers who all decide

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Huge drama column (not clickbait)

Ella Wisniewski | Wednesday, March 31, 2021

When I sat down to write this column, I first thought that I should do a big prank on you guys for April Fools’ Day. Then, I realized that I didn’t know if it was spelled April Fools’ or April Fool’s. And I thought to myself, Wow, this is gonna start a huge drama between

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Revisiting the case of ‘The United States vs. Billie Holiday’

Sophia Michetti | Wednesday, March 3, 2021

Hulu’s new movie, “The United States vs. Billie Holiday,” is a biography on one of the most famous singers of the mid-20th century — Billie Holiday — and her experience as a successful Black woman in the years leading up to the civil rights movement. The film follows Holiday (Andra Day) as she continues to

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‘Firefly Lane’ floats between suspense and sentiment

Dessi Gomez | Friday, February 26, 2021

I have not yet read one of Kristin Hannah’s novels in my lifetime, but Netflix’s adaptation of “Firefly Lane” has definitely put her on my radar.  The TV series changes quite a few plot points — as well as character roles and arcs — but Hannah’s touch still glimmers here and there. The story centers

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‘The Dig’ is a buried treasure

Sophia Michetti | Wednesday, February 24, 2021

Directed by Simon Stone, “The Dig” is an understated movie that will surprise all by how invested its audience will be. Based on a true story, the movie follows Edith Pretty as she hires excavator Basil Brown to dig in the fields on her property where she and her late husband believed something from the

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Welcome back, Bachelor Nation!

Sophia Michetti | Thursday, October 15, 2020

I didn’t realize how much I had missed Chris Harrison until he graced my TV screen last Tuesday night, introducing Clare Crawley as the lead for the sixteenth season of “The Bachelorette.” The Bachelor franchise has been a major component of American pop culture for as long as I can remember, and this season may

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‘The Devil All the Time’ entertains despite its sins

Aidan O'Malley | Tuesday, September 22, 2020

“The Devil All the Time” is bad. But boy, is it the best kind of bad! Worse than a bad movie, in my opinion, is a forgettable one. You know the kind I’m talking about — those movies that exit your brain the second the credits have rolled, the kind you see on cable a

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‘Barry’ is not what you think

Carlos De Loera | Monday, April 8, 2019

“Saturday Night Live” alum Bill Hader is hilarious and one of the best cast members in the famed NBC show’s recent history. His timing, ability to doing stellar impressions and inability to keep it together during sketches made him a favorite on the show. After leaving “SNL” in 2013, Hader continued to act in movies

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‘Sex Education:’ Bildungsroman for a sex-positive generation

Nora McGreevy | Tuesday, March 19, 2019

Otis Milburn, the high school-aged protagonist of the new British Netflix series “Sex Education,” dreads having new friends over to his house. It’s hard to blame the kid. His mother, Dr. Jean Milburn, Ph.D., is a sex therapist, and the Milburn home bears the evidence of her profession: sculptures and paintings of larger-than-life sexual organs, instructional videotapes

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‘A Simple Favor,’ a complicated movie

Cameron Sumner | Wednesday, October 3, 2018

“Was that supposed to be a comedy?” my friend Molly mused as we walked out of the movie theater last week. We had just seen “A Simple Favor,” the new movie directed by Paul Feig. The film, starring Blake Lively, Anna Kendrick, and Harry Golding (recent star of “Crazy Rich Asians”), left us somewhat perplexed.

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Last night members of the tri-campus community gat Last night members of the tri-campus community gathered to celebrate Take Back the Night, an international event dedicated to ending sexual assault and violence. The event featured a march, campus speakers, a prayer service and information for getting back to residence halls safely.
 
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ICYMI: Saint Mary’s to require COVID-19 vaccinat ICYMI: Saint Mary’s to require COVID-19 vaccination for student enrollment in 2021-2022 academic year

College President Katie Conboy announced in a Monday email that all students are required to receive the COVID-19 vaccine for the upcoming academic year. The vaccine will be added to the list of mandatory student immunizations beginning in the 2021-2022 term.

“There is so much yet to learn about the COVID-19 virus, and while we are encouraged by the progress made thus far, we still see areas for concern; in particular the variant strains and what they could bring,” Conboy said. “For this reason, among others, we are making the bold choice to mandate student vaccines.” 

According to Conboy, the College will offer exemption to the vaccine policy for proper medical and religious reasons.

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In the wake of the University’s announcement of In the wake of the University’s announcement of Zahm House’s disbandment, The Observer began an investigation into the dorm’s so-called “troubling culture.” 

The investigation revealed several incidents contributing to the administration’s decision, including Zahm residents’ disregard for and plans to alter COVID-19 tests as well as vandalism within and beyond the walls of the hall.

The Observer also obtained a series of email chains sent between roughly 200 Zahm residents from 2019-2020, in which students shared graphic and misogynistic jokes regarding sex and sexual assault.  

Read more about COVID-19 cases and plans to alter results, annual vandalism costs, the disputed culture of the dorm, the Zahm residents’ take on the dorm’s closure and what the final decision means for Notre Dame residential life on The Observer’s website. 

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📸: Isabella Volmert
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This week’s edition of From the Archives shares This week’s edition of From the Archives shares spirited stories of Notre Dame Campus Dining and the strong allegiances to North and South Dining Halls. Including food poisoning, food fights and marital rivalries, the dining halls’ eventful past adds to the history and tradition of Notre Dame. 

Read more about the story by clicking the link in bio. 
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Pictured: Mike Quigg, Barbara Quigg, Edna Anspaugh and Jim Anspaugh, NDH and SDH employees
📸: Observer archives, Jan. 31, 2003
After a week filled with virtual panels and a Yom After a week filled with virtual panels and a Yom Hashoah Holocaust Remembrance prayer service, today marks the final day of Antisemitism Awareness Week.

In light of the recent increase in antisemitism, the Jewish Club at Notre Dame organized this event to both engage and educate the community about combatting this type of hatred.

On Wednesday, Notre Dame’s student senate unanimously voted to pass Resolution SS 2021-37, which calls upon the University to adopt the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s (IHRA) non-legally binding working definition of antisemitism — one that has been embraced by nations, international organizations and universities across the world.

“One of the purposes of the working definition is that it’s hard to combat something if you can’t name it, or understand what it is and define it,” said Jewish Club president junior Bella Niforatos about the importance of adopting IHRA’s definition.

After Tuesday’s incident — where a group of non-ND affiliated people zoom-bombed one of the presentations — Jewish Club secretary sophomore Blake Ziegler said the club received an outpour of support from different members of the community. To create a more inclusive space, he said Notre Dame should actively embrace its Jewish members.

“The best way the Notre Dame community can show solidarity with the Jewish community is honestly just engagement, education, learning more about Judaism, engaging your Jewish friends and family, being open to listening to them and their concerns and addressing them,” he said.

After this week, Niforatos said there is one thing the Notre Dame community should remember: “If you have a voice, then you should use it.”

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📷: María Luisa Paúl 

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