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Liam Price | Monday, August 29, 2022
As the football team gears up for their season opener against Ohio State on Saturday, fans will sing the “Notre Dame Victory March” as they root for the Irish. This year, however, the last two lines of the 114-year-old fight song will sound different. The song’s concluding lines previously sang, “While her loyal sons are
Observer Staff Report | Friday, June 3, 2022
One of the most well-known collegiate fight songs has been finetuned to honor women’s impact on the University. Copyrighted in 1908, the “Notre Dame Victory March,” will now reference both “sons and daughters” of the University in the penultimate line. University President Father John Jenkins announced the change Thursday during a gala celebration honoring the
Letter to the Editor | Friday, January 24, 2020
The Notre Dame fight song is quintessential Notre Dame. Every kid knows it. You probably knew it long before you even thought of coming to Notre Dame. Now it is time to bring the other half of the student body, namely its women, into that tradition. I imagine it must give Muffet McGraw pause to
Katie Hieatt and Annie Moran | Friday, November 1, 2019
I (Katie) was caught off guard when I sang the Victory March with the student body for the first time my freshman year. My parents, Notre Dame grads, were ecstatic football fans. I’ve known the song by heart since I was young. But when I sang the line, “While her loyal sons and daughters march