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39 posts tagged "history"

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The student body president does not matter

Ben Testani | Thursday, February 20, 2020

I love democracy. I have voted in the state and federal elections every year since I turned 18, dutifully mailing an absentee ballot back to Onondaga County from my home under the Dome. I encourage (some may say harass) fellow students to vote, regardless of political ideology, going so far as to download VoteWithMe last

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Saint Mary’s organizations host Black History Month events

Gina Twardosz | Tuesday, February 18, 2020

Black History Month is an important time to celebrate the achievements of black people while adding to a renewed sense of visibility and awareness for the black experience in America. Two Saint Mary’s organizations, the Black Student Association and the History Club, held events on Monday night to celebrate the historical and cultural contributions black

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Campus cemeteries serve as reminders of death, cycle of life

Ciara Hopkinson | Thursday, October 31, 2019

Located on the edges of campus, Notre Dame’s two cemeteries go largely unnoticed, serving instead as the backdrop of students’ everyday walks to and from campus. As home to not just one, but two, cemeteries, the University is distinct for this fact among its peers. Both the Cedar Grove Cemetery on Notre Dame Avenue and

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Scene Selections: Searching for Billy

Mike Donovan, Ryan Israel and Jake Winningham | Monday, October 14, 2019

As campus prepares for the Long Island legend’s fateful return, Scene will try its hand at the impossible — to define, as it were, a theory of Joel. Our theorists will look beyond the songs and into the soul of the man, the mystery, the myth, the whole, the Billy that is the Joel.  

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‘They Shall Not Grow Old’ may be the closest we get to time travel

Caroline Lezny | Thursday, October 10, 2019

New Zealand film director and producer Peter Jackson is best known for his work on the fantastical “Lord of the Rings” trilogy and its three prequel films concerning “The Hobbit,” but his most recent project is anything but otherworldly. It has been theorized by literary scholars that the fantasy of Middle-earth present in Jackson’s early

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Brittany Howard’s ‘Jaime’ mixes history with heart and soul

Nicole Bilyak | Wednesday, October 2, 2019

To some, Brittany Howard may seem like your typical gospel singer. To others, she is a rising icon in the music industry. Either way, she put a lot of heart and soul into her songs during her time with rock band Alabama Shakes, where she was the lead singer. Howard made her solo album debut

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HBO’s ‘Chernobyl’ and the power of Soviet socialism

Ryan Israel | Thursday, September 26, 2019

As the one and only “Game of Thrones” wound down on HBO, the premium cable channel churned out a slate of new shows and new seasons in an effort to maintain momentum. The acclaimed drama “Big Little Lies” returned for its second season in June, and new dramas “Euphoria,” led by Zendaya, and “Watchmen,” based

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From the Archives: The legacy of newspaper cartoonists

Jim Moster, Marirose Osborne, Sarah Kikel and Ellie Neff | Monday, September 16, 2019

Even as news publications across the country divest themselves of cartoonists, the cartoon scene on The Observer continues on.  This semester, Ian Salzman (’20) launched Sorin Elementary, a tri-weekly comic strip about a Notre Dame student who time-travels to meet his past self. Salzman joins a storied lineage of Observer cartoonists who convey both humor

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Notre-Dame cathedral, then and now

Nora McGreevy | Wednesday, April 24, 2019

In the Middle Ages, a group of composers in the Cathedral of Notre-Dame invented a new kind of sound: polyphony. Compared to the monophonic Gregorian chants of years prior, this new music consisted of multiple overlapping voices moving in distinct yet interwoven melodies. The innovation resonated throughout Western music for centuries. Like those medieval artists,

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Saint Mary’s commissions mural in honor of 175th anniversary

Kathleen Meyer | Wednesday, March 27, 2019

Saint Mary’s will be adding a new mural to its walls as part of a year-long celebration of the College’s 175th anniversary. Sophomore Jackie Rojas, a member of the mural committee, said she went to two interfaith conferences in Chicago last summer. She visited the Pilsen neighborhood of Chicago, which is known for greeting card

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