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33 posts tagged "Hesburgh Library"

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Ask The Observer: What happens in the Radiation Research Lab?

Bella Laufenberg | Monday, December 5, 2022

Written by Bella Laufenberg, with contributions from Peter Breen and Spencer Kelly. The Radiation Research Lab is a enigmatic presence on the University’s campus. The imposing but unremarkable building, situated between Hesburgh Library and the Notre Dame Stadium, stands three stories tall on Library Lawn, mystifying many who walk past. Nuclear Beginnings The Radiation Research

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130 years of Notre Dame: Thomas Blantz, Edward ‘Monk’ Malloy speak on University history

Simon Vogel | Thursday, November 11, 2021

As part of the Notre Dame Book Festival, Notre Dame University Press hosted an informal question and answer session with Fr. Thomas Blantz and former University President Fr. Edward “Monk” Malloy in the Hesburgh Library Scholars Lounge Wednesday evening. Malloy’s memoir, titled “Monk’s Notre Dame,” was published in 2005 and recounts his relationship with Notre

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The writing on the wall (of Hesburgh Library)

Claire Miller | Wednesday, October 13, 2021

If the last few weeks have taught me anything about Notre Dame culture and student life, it is that anonymous speech readily embraced by the student body. In particular, much discussion has revolved around the use, and misuse, of Yik Yak, the anonymous social media platform. Then just last week, there were “free speech boards”

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Notre Dame’s Medieval Institute celebrates 75th anniversary

Marcelle Couto | Friday, September 24, 2021

This year, the Notre Dame Medieval Institute is celebrating its 75th anniversary since its inception in 1946. The Notre Dame Medieval Institute is the nation’s “largest and most prestigious” center for the study of the Middle Ages. It contains fifty faculty members from thirteen different departments and an incomparable library with a growing collection of

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Students enjoy versatility of new Library Lawn

John Salem | Tuesday, September 8, 2020

Library Lawn is the newest renovation to Notre Dame’s campus, as the grassy area between Hesburgh Library and Notre Dame Stadium— also known as Library Quad — has been transformed into a hangout space for all students to enjoy. The quad is dotted with Adirondack chairs, fire pits and umbrellas, allowing students to utilize the

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Senior spring

Ben Testani | Thursday, March 5, 2020

  When this week concludes, I will have a mere one-sixteenth of my time as an undergraduate remaining. The temperature has crept above 40° for consecutive days. The blinds in my house are open to let in precious sunlight. St. Patrick’s Day looms large, as Irish across campus prepare to celebrate the holiday on campus

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Keep Ugly Room ugly

BridgeND | Monday, February 3, 2020

At the tail end of fall semester, a petition was posted outside of the second floor area of Hesburgh Library where renovations are scheduled to soon take place. The petition, which read “Keep Ugly Room Ugly” amassed signatures by passersby in the last week of school, as students crammed into Ugly Room to study for

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Man charged with voyeurism after alleged incident in Zahm House bathroom

Natalie Weber | Tuesday, December 10, 2019

A 21-year-old man was charged with voyeurism Nov. 21 for allegedly pointing his cell phone camera at a student in a Zahm House bathroom stall, according to court documents obtained by The Observer. The man was previously enrolled at the University and has been identified as Benjamine Wears. On Sept. 22, around 3 p.m., a

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The 14th floor

Letter to the Editor | Tuesday, November 12, 2019

The button does not light up. I may press it again and again, and it does not light up. The LCD monitors on the elevators don’t even have an option for going where I want to go. It’s a location that students are naturally forbidden to enter: the 14th floor.  Has anyone noticed how the

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St. Edward’s Hall residents continue long-held game day tradition of storming reflection pool

Chelsey Boyle | Friday, October 11, 2019

At 7:30 a.m. on a Saturday morning, Notre Dame’s campus prepares for the coming football game. Tailgates are set up, families are walking around campus and students are planning for the long day to come, hopeful for another Irish victory. But outside Hesburgh Library, a different type of spectacle can be observed: St. Edward’s Hall

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Associate news editor Liam Price shares his unforg Associate news editor Liam Price shares his unforgettable experience as Saint Mary’s associate news editor in his latest inside column. 

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