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8 posts tagged "freshman"

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Lessons from our freshmen selves

Alexa Schlaerth | Thursday, September 15, 2022

It is almost 10 p.m. on a cold Sunday evening in December, and I am walking across the quad on my way home from a (somewhat frantic) Principles of Microeconomics TA review sesh, the likes of which I’ve never experienced before. It is chilly and dark, and the campus has a general “stressed out pre-finals”

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The transition into college

Erin Grimes | Thursday, September 21, 2017

College is different than I thought it would be, which, of course, makes sense as I have never experienced anything similar to what college is: leaving home and moving somewhere new, college classes, becoming an “adult.” Witnessing my older cousins going off to college, I had some idealized version of what college was going to

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Embrace the applause

Lauren Fox | Monday, August 28, 2017

If you do something embarrassing in the dining hall, expect a round of applause from onlookers to soundtrack your reddening face. Probably no one has escaped a dining hall fumble; so first-years, don’t worry too much when your time comes. Someone may bump into you and a cause a full glass of chocolate milk to

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Eight tips for a first-year student

Letter to the Editor | Thursday, November 3, 2016

Dear first year student, You made it. You’re in college! Now what? You’re living in a dorm with 200+ people, eating dining hall food every day and trying to balance classes with the exciting responsibility of finally living away from your parents. Also, you’re at Notre Dame. So add to that an intense football tradition,

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To freshman: It’s going to be ok

Courtney Phelan | Wednesday, September 14, 2016

You’re a few weeks into this college thing and you’re feeling overwhelmed. Maybe you’re feeling lonely and like everyone else already has more friends. Maybe you’re feeling the opposite of lonely, like you’re surrounded by people you don’t know and you don’t like and you don’t know how to get away from them. Maybe you’re

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Keep them close

Marek Mazurek | Wednesday, September 14, 2016

Like many of you, my first few weeks in college were a breath of fresh air. I could do what I wanted, when I wanted, with whom I wanted. And, I abused that freedom quite a bit, playing video games until 3 a.m. and drinking Diet Coke for breakfast. Wasn’t I so cool? Of course,

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Just freshman things

Michael Fliotsos | Tuesday, August 25, 2015

Another summer has come and gone, meaning those of us returning to campus will experience once again the drawstring-bag toting, loaded-cargo-shorts wearing, staring-at-the-Notre-Dame-mobile-app-map freshmen. Before you ask, no, this is not going to be a ‘freshmen are the most annoying thing ever’ column. Trust me, I would not have accepted an RA position if these things actually

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The places we will go

Matt Miklavic | Wednesday, August 27, 2014

Dr. Seuss once said, “You will come to a place where the streets are not marked. Some windows are lighted, but mostly they’re darked.”  Seuss, surprisingly enough, wasn’t referring to the netherworld of South Bend. Rather, he was speaking to the paths we will find and “The Places You Will Go.” His work and those

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This Thursday, Feb. 16, the 93rd annual Bengal Bou This Thursday, Feb. 16, the 93rd annual Bengal Bouts will begin its preliminary rounds. A men’s boxing tournament that benefits the Holy Cross Mission in Bangladesh, Bengal Bouts seems to perfectly combine two integral aspects of Notre Dame’s identity: a passion for sports and a commitment to social impact.

This week, From the Archives takes a long overdue look at the history of Bengal Bouts. While this tournament predates the Observer by nearly four decades, we uncovered a selection of stories that capture at least a part of the rich history of this Notre Dame tradition.

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At Wednesday evening’s senate meeting, Briana Ch At Wednesday evening’s senate meeting, Briana Chappell, director of gender relations and LGBTQ+ advocacy, highlighted plans to edit the Moreau First Year Experience curriculum to promote values of diversity, equity and inclusion in her report on LGBTQ+ advocacy at Notre Dame this year.

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We asked you to Ask The Observer Sports Department We asked you to Ask The Observer Sports Department and you responded with the request: “Northwestern @ Notre Dame 2014 Football Breakdown”. That game was a heartbreaking loss for a Notre Dame team that had started 6-0 before stumbling down the stretch to a 7-5 record. A bowl game win over LSU salvaged some optimism for the program’s future, but that loss to Northwestern was a shocking result that contributed to one of the more appalling stretches of Irish football in the Brian Kelly era.

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Derick Williams and Hunter Brooke, two sophomore s Derick Williams and Hunter Brooke, two sophomore students campaigning to be Notre Dame’s next student body president and vice president, respectively, plan to “get sh*t done.”

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Sophomores Pablo Oropeza and Griffin McAndrew are Sophomores Pablo Oropeza and Griffin McAndrew are seeking to build stronger connections between the student body and student government if elected student body president and vice president, respectively. 

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Notre Dame students might recognize Daniel Jung an Notre Dame students might recognize Daniel Jung and Aidan Rezner from the student government Instagram page, but the two sophomores are ready to take the next big step to represent the student body.

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