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Observer Staff Report | Tuesday, May 2, 2023
The Golden Dome atop Notre Dame’s Main Building will be regilded for the first time since 2005, the University said Tuesday in a press release. Adding a new layer of gold leaf to the 140-year-old Dome and its 17-foot-tall statue of Mary is expected to take five months. The project will begin immediately following Commencement
Liam Kelly | Friday, April 28, 2023
My favorite ending to a novel has to be the ending of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s masterpiece, “The Great Gatsby.” In the final scene of the book, Nick Carraway sits on Gatsby’s beach, looking forth across the bay towards the flashing green light at Daisy’s house. Nick reflects on how Gatsby “had come a long way,
Gabriel Zarazua | Monday, April 17, 2023
Editor’s Note: Gabriel Zarazua is a graphic designer for The Shirt. It’s the unveiling week for “The Shirt”! If you don’t know what The Shirt is, it is a project that began in 1990 to raise money for Notre Dame student activities. To help unify Notre Dame Stadium, students wear it for every season’s first
Jack Sirianni | Monday, February 6, 2023
As I step outside after completing a strenuous day of classes, I feel the frigid wind take my breath away in a way that has become all too common. As I hurriedly struggle to get my gloves on, I see that the sun has decided to make an unprecedented appearance and the sky is illuminated
Erin Drumm | Tuesday, March 1, 2022
Students and community members gathered at the Basilica of the Sacred Heart at 8 p.m. Monday night for a prayer service dedicated to the peace and safety of the Ukrainian people amidst the Russian invasion of Ukraine. University President Fr. John Jenkins invited the community to gather in prayer for Ukraine and shared a message
Gabriel Niforatos | Friday, April 16, 2021
I remember my first day of class at the University of Notre Dame vividly. I stood swaying in the blustery wasteland at the intersection of Debart and Fitzpatrick, clutching a note card in my hand with information on my classes and their starting times scribbled frenziedly. I was five minutes late, and despite numerous Google
Gary Caruso | Wednesday, March 4, 2020
My classmates nearly burned the Golden Dome. My class is the unique anomaly in the Notre Dame annuals. During the chaotic Vietnam War era, not only did we attempt to set the Golden Dome ablaze, but we also initiated a strike from classes, which University President Emeritus Fr. Theodore Hesburgh supported. We wore white t-shirts
Stephen Hannon | Tuesday, March 26, 2019
I’ve come to realize that I spend a fairly significant fraction of my waking hours walking — to and from class, the dining hall, the library, etc. I have also realized that it’s easy to fall into a rut when treading the familiar path between my dorm and those buildings. I have quickly figured out
Kelli Smith | Monday, November 13, 2017
Notre Dame Campus Ministry hosted its second freshmen retreat of the year last weekend at the Sacred Heart Parish Center. According to the Campus Ministry’s website, the retreat, titled “Tender, Strong and True” (TST), aimed to help first-year students integrate faith and the various aspects of college life. Christian SantaMaria, the assistant director of retreats
Megan Valley | Wednesday, January 18, 2017
At the heart of Notre Dame’s campus lies one of of the most iconic structures on any college campus in the world: the underwhelmingly-named Main Building, better known as the Golden Dome. If I remember what my tour guide said when I was a prospective student three years ago, Main Building didn’t always had such