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-24 posts tagged "fall 2020"
Angela Mathew | Friday, September 9, 2022
I started college in the fall of 2020, attending socially distanced classes and football games. As I ate dining hall meals out of disposable containers in my room while it got colder outside, I was determined to swallow my homesickness. One day that semester, I walked by Au Bon Pain in the library and was
Liam Price | Monday, January 24, 2022
Holy Cross’s Transition to Teaching program, which began in Fall 2020 in response to local teaching shortages, is set to graduate its first students this spring. The program consists of 24 credits of education-focused courses stretched out over three semesters, leading its students to a K-6 teaching certification. “The Transition to Teaching Program is essentially
Aidan O'Malley | Friday, December 3, 2021
This Saturday, Carroll Hall will host its signature holiday event, A Carroll Christmas, from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. Started in 1998 as a replacement for the Carroll Haunted House, A Carroll Christmas takes its name from the classic Charles Dickens novel, “A Christmas Carol.” “It just came about because, as our name suggests, it
Megumi Tamura | Wednesday, October 28, 2020
“The hamster wheel of life.” Do you ever read something that perfectly puts your thoughts into words better than you can? That’s how I felt when I was scrolling through Instagram and came across this phrase. This semester has consisted of its many ups and downs, but, overall, it’s been rough for a lot of
Willoughby Thom | Thursday, October 15, 2020
Fall has arrived — and girls, it’s time for a wardrobe change. We all know the transition between summer and fall is not an easy feat. As you pack up your vibrant summer attire, you must not pack style up with it. Oftentimes when the weather gets chillier, all we want to do is throw
Ella Wisniewski | Wednesday, October 7, 2020
“Jumping the shark” describes the moment when a piece of media, usually a long-running television series, gets completely derailed from its original content. The show usually gets gimmicky and overdone, experiences a drastic drop in quality and essentially becomes a shell of its former self. Jon Hein, radio personality and creator of the now-defunct
Iverson Sun | Thursday, October 1, 2020
Since the start of the fall semester, Notre Dame set many new health and safety guidelines, limiting the capacities and spaces for student meetings. Following these regulations, the Students Activities Office (SAO) reworked meeting guidelines and suspended most activities that would hold significant risk for transmission of COVID-19 during the two-week pause of in-person instructions
Madison Hansen | Friday, September 11, 2020
After waiting for months to hear if and when schools will return to normal, some tri-campus students are ready to take the stands at the long-standing tradition of Notre Dame football games. Football games have been a popular event for many students and alumni alike, but with many new regulations for the pandemic, some Saint
Observer Staff Report | Friday, September 4, 2020
Interim vice president of student affairs Gloria Roldán Jenkins informed students that the College would be returning to visitor guidelines established at the beginning of the semester, in an email sent to students Thursday. Jenkins said that tri-campus students will now be allowed to come to Saint Mary’s when given permission by their home institution.
Dane Sherman | Thursday, September 3, 2020
In a virtual town hall for off-campus undergraduate students Wednesday, University President Fr. John Jenkins acknowledged the shortcomings of the University’s preparation to reopen in light of COVID-19, but he said he believes the changes Notre Dame has undergone in the past few weeks will allow the University to be better prepared to keep students,