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Observer Staff Report | Thursday, October 1, 2020
The University will begin to loosen restrictions as a result of a decrease in the number of positive COVID-19 cases in the community, vice president for student affairs Erin Hoffmann Harding said in an email Thursday. Students may begin to gather outdoors in groups of 20 or fewer, and indoor gatherings will depend on the
Renee Pierson | Wednesday, March 4, 2020
As a freshman at this university, I have had to take in a lot of new things in the past several months — football chants, dorm stereotypes, colloquialisms like “ring by spring” and “Menbroza” are just a few. You’d think I’d have wrapped my head around campus culture by now after almost six months as
Andrew Cameron | Thursday, February 27, 2020
The Dahnke Ballroom in Duncan Student Center will be alive with sights, sounds and smells from around the world Thursday. The annual Night Market, sponsored by the Taiwanese Student Association (TSA) and the Liu Institute for Asia and Asian Studies, will host booths offering a wide variety of cuisines, as well as performances and an
Riley Walsh | Tuesday, February 25, 2020
Before it was ever a student center, LaFortune Student Center, commonly referred to by students as “LaFun,” was Notre Dame’s Science Hall. Constructed in 1883, the Science Hall was host to scientific research decades before Joseph LaFortune donated the funds to transform the hall into the University’s first student center. Vice president for facilities design
Observer Staff Report | Thursday, January 31, 2019
Almost two hours after campus reopened on Thursday, a pipe burst in the Duncan Student Center at approximately 2:50 p.m., forcing all inside to evacuate. “Due to the cold conditions, a sprinkler main broke on the third floor, causing damage there and on floors one and two,” University spokesman Dennis Brown said in an email.
Nora McGreevy | Monday, April 16, 2018
WVFI, Notre Dame’s student-run radio station, will host its 6th annual 10-hour-long fundraising extravaganza, Radiothon, this upcoming Sunday, April 22. The event, which consists of recorded interviews, live interviews and music, begins at 12 p.m. and goes until 10 p.m., and will be broadcast on their online website. Dino Swan, a Dillon Hall senior and
Mary Steurer | Friday, April 6, 2018
This semester, RecSports moved to its brand-new location in the Duncan Student Center: the Smith Center for Recreational Sports. To ensure all students can take advantage of the center’s amenities, the Gender Relations Center is hosting Judgement Free Power Hour, a three-week weightlifting series geared towards helping gym newcomers grow more comfortable with exercise equipment,
Letter to the Editor | Thursday, April 5, 2018
“A gift from Joseph A. LaFortune, the Student Center is the most visited building on Notre Dame’s campus.” At least, this is what the University’s website says. This claim may have been true before the start of second semester, but with the opening of the Duncan Student Center, LaFun is effectively dead. On my trek
Letter to the Editor | Monday, March 26, 2018
After I read the suspiciously positive reviews of the Duncan Student Center that have appeared in this publication, I was somewhat frustrated. The primary reason I am frustrated is not that the Duncan Center was not built particularly well — though they did build a gym two stories above rooms that are largely made of
Lucas Masin-Moyer | Monday, February 12, 2018
Former Notre Dame head football coach Lou Holtz is a man of many talents. He led the Irish to the 1988 National Championship, was a commentator on ESPN for many years and has given speaking engagements around the world. One of his lesser-known talents is that he is a magician. Before a crowd gathered in