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Isa Sheikh | Monday, February 27, 2023
The apartments at Fischer Graduate Residences have served as an residential option for transgender students, associate vice president for residential life Heather Rakoczy Russell told The Observer in an interview. Transgender students could be assigned to a dorm aligned with their assigned sex at birth, move off campus or “they have the option to live
Observer Staff Report | Monday, March 15, 2021
Zahm House will be used as a swing hall for students in residence halls undergoing yearlong renovations, according to an email sent from the Division of Student Affairs to the Zahm community Monday evening. Current Zahm residents can transfer to another men’s dorm or move off-campus, the message said. Students who are eligible to live
Observer Staff Report | Tuesday, May 5, 2020
In a Tuesday email to students, associate vice president for Residential Life Heather Rakoczy Russell announced Notre Dame will begin the move out process May 22. Students will have the option to retrieve their belongings through an in-person appointment or opt to have their belongings packed, stored or shipped. “In-person move out appointments (4 hours
Isabella Volmert | Thursday, March 5, 2020
Associate vice president of Residential Life Heather Rakoczy Russell spoke with the student body senate during Wednesday’s weekly meeting concerning the on-off campus differentiation policy. Rakoczy Russell met with the Hall Presidents Council (HPC) last week to discuss the same policy. The controversial policy was first proposed in April 2019 and was met with widespread
Observer Staff Report | Tuesday, March 3, 2020
During the last Hall Presidents Council (HPC) meeting, associate vice president of Residential Life Heather Rakoczy Russell walked hall presidents and vice presidents through an early draft of the on-off campus differentiation policy which is expected to come into effect in the fall of 2021, hall presidents said. Last April, the Division of Student Affairs
Letter to the Editor | Wednesday, January 15, 2020
Notre Dame claimed increased threats to campus justified revoking universal dorm swipe access. Public records indicate a decrease in cases handled by the Notre Dame Police Department (NDPD) between 2016 to 2018. Shortly before the fall semester began, director of residential life Breyan Tornifolio announced at the end of hall staff training that Notre Dame
Letter to the Editor | Thursday, December 12, 2019
As a young alum who cherished my senior year living off campus in addition to my three years on campus, I’m baffled by the University’s seemingly punitive policy proposals towards future seniors choosing to live off campus and am even more confused after reading The Observer’s reporting of the meeting with associate vice president of Residential
Observer Staff Report | Tuesday, August 27, 2019
Notre Dame students now only have Irish1Card access to their own dorms, director of residential life Breyan Tornifolio announced August 15 during a hall staff training, according to multiple people present at the meeting. The University eliminated student ID card access to all dorms starting this academic year, restricting students’ abilities to access any residence