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10 posts tagged "empathy"

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Annual Mendoza, Deloitte Center Ethics Week focuses on empathy

Isabella Volmert | Monday, February 22, 2021

The 24th annual Ethics Week sponsored by the Mendoza College of Business and the Notre Dame Deloitte Center for Ethical Leadership concluded Friday after a week of panels, presentations and discussions focused around this year’s theme: Beginning with Empathy: Listening and Learning from Others.  The concept for this year’s theme emerged last summer in the

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A call for empathy from a gay Catholic

Letter to the Editor | Thursday, September 19, 2019

It’s that time of year again. Time for someone to write the good ol’ “Notre Dame is Catholic and its Catholicism makes it valuable and unique, which means its LGBT students better suck it up and shut up” letter to the editor. Surely, as has happened before, upon reading this, an LGBTQ+ person will write

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Restoring America’s crumbling civility

BridgeND | Wednesday, November 7, 2018

Even though I was just thirteen years old at the time, I distinctly remember being impressed by the statesmanlike behavior President Obama and Republican nominee Mitt Romney displayed over the course of their campaigns. The demeanor of both men inspired me to explore politics on a much deeper level, to try to understand actual policy

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Show Some Skin | Thursday, November 2, 2017

If we imagined that others had the capacity to empathize with us, would we set higher expectations for ourselves to speak up and reach out? Could we elevate the conversation? Perhaps one thing we can all agree on is that 2017 has not been the year for civility. The more we argue, the more things

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A farewell to charm

Ariel Dominguez | Wednesday, August 30, 2017

Admittedly, I have always held a contrived understanding of leadership. My adolescent mind would conjure images of Napoleon at the Saint-Bernard Pass valiantly mounting his steed, Caesar crossing the Rubicon, FDR delivering his first inaugural address; men who shaped the world in their image. Yet leadership necessitates more than drive and ostentatious charm. It requires

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Empathy

Cole Feldman | Monday, January 23, 2017

On an abnormally beautiful January Saturday in South Bend, six of us in the car headed for Rum Village. In the backseat with beautiful people, listening to beautiful music. I smiled, watching Maggie’s hand dance out the window. Her fingers leapt and twirled around a man on the street corner holding a cardboard sign: “homeless

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Stepping out of the shadow

Jack Rooney | Wednesday, October 5, 2016

The Belfast Peace Wall cast a cool shadow on an otherwise pleasant Saturday afternoon. The memories and experiences of conflict in the city, and in all of Northern Ireland, cast a much larger shadow over the entire island. Standing in that shadow last weekend, I finally and solidly arrived at a rather simple conclusion I

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Whose fault is it?

April Feng | Friday, February 19, 2016

It was a sunny afternoon in Washington D.C., and I was at my favorite Starbucks, holding a cup of hot chocolate with extra whipped cream. It was a busy day for the café shop. Every seat was occupied. As I looked for my favorite spot — the table in the corner next to the window

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Fight the globalization of indifference

Elizabeth Hascher | Wednesday, September 16, 2015

Here at Notre Dame, we tend to take great pride in being leaders. We are quick to point out the many ways in which we lead the country in academics, service and athletics, among other things. I, for one, am still not done bragging about that glorious 31-0 win over Michigan last year or the

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‘Dragon Age: Inquisition’ and Empathy

Gabriela Leskur | Monday, April 20, 2015

Bioware’s “Dragon Age: Inquisition,” the third installment in the “Dragon Age” series, won multiple Game of the Year awards at the end of 2014. But did the game deserve such praise? Ask any gamer their opinion on the matter, and you probably will not find a consensus on whether these accolades should have gone to “Inquisition.” And I,

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“So we talked about abortion and marriage and re “So we talked about abortion and marriage and religious freedom, and I don’t know how we could not talk about it. I mean, we have to be authentic teachers. We’re not going to be silent about the truths that we hold dear.”

Joseph R. Biden has become the second Catholic President in United States history, but his position on abortion is “one that cannot be condoned” according to Rev. Robert Dowd. 

“Other bishops think that, because he’s a conscientious Catholic whose faith is obviously important to him, we should strike a more positive tone, particularly at the outset of his presidency. After all, in many ways Biden’s positions are more in line with Catholic teaching than Trump’s, particularly when it comes to migrants, refugees, climate issues, poverty and inequality,” Dowd continued. 

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🗳 Not sure who to vote for in Wednesday’s stu 🗳 Not sure who to vote for in Wednesday’s student body presidential elections? 

Meet the candidates and the platforms they are running on below. 

Candidates Allan Njomo and Matthew Bisner plan to:
📚Expand sexual education materials.
💵Subsidize summer classes for low-income students.
📝Alter the non-discrimination clause to include sexual orientation and gender identity.
🏳️‍🌈Establish a Pride Fest.

Candidates Max Siegel and Zachary Holland plan to:
💵Increase club funding through outside grants.
🔈Amplify Speak4ND.
💲Raise student job wages.
🗣Promote sexual assault and racially-charged reporting.
🟢Expand GreeNDot training to the outside community.

Candidates Mabry Webb and Jacob Calpey plan to:
👥Create a Sexual Assault Response task force.
💵Increase funding for the UCC and subsidize off-campus referrals.
♿Make campus buildings more disability accessible.
🩺Increase awareness of STI testing.
Thank you all for sharing your ND love stories! Fr Thank you all for sharing your ND love stories! From class encounters to love at first sight at Hesburgh Library, swipe to read more shared experiences!
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Swipe through to take a look at how people have fo Swipe through to take a look at how people have found love under the dome!
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💖Happy Valentine’s Day!
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📸: Maria Luisa Paul
Maybe you found your significant other, met your l Maybe you found your significant other, met your lifelong friends or fell in love with yourself under the Dome — either way, we want to hear all about it! Love might be universal, but it is also a deeply personal experience. Share your on-campus love story by clicking on the link in our bio to be published on Valentine’s Day.
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“Scene writers made their lists; they checked th “Scene writers made their lists; they checked them twice,” producing this years Best Album’s of 2020. 

🎶Curious to see who made the list? Click the link in our bio to check out our picks!

📸: Ellie Dombrowski
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