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Kathryn Muchnick | Tuesday, April 4, 2023
Students and administrators gathered in Dahnke Ballroom on Monday evening for the second meeting of the Student Life Council (SLC), which was reinstated earlier this year. The focus of Monday’s meeting was “diverse perspectives and inclusive experiences at Notre Dame” and the University’s diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) plan. Rev. Hugh Page, the inaugural vice
Gabrielle Beechert | Wednesday, March 8, 2023
Student club Show Some Skin staged their annual performance in Hesburgh Library’s Carey Auditorium last week, from March 2 to 4, to share anonymous narratives of students from the tri-campus community. The theme of this year’s performance was “Push.Back.” Both executive producer Anna Lee and executive director Madilynn O’Hara cited multiple reasons for choosing this
Bella Laufenberg | Monday, February 27, 2023
Hugh Page, current vice president for institutional transformation and an advisor to the president, described his life as “a call to service” in an interview with The Observer. Page was raised as a member of the Baptist church while growing up in Baltimore. He went to a Presbyterian seminary first but ultimately discerned a call
Dane Sherman and Blake Ziegler | Monday, February 13, 2023
“The God that holds you over the pit of hell, much as one holds a spider, or some loathsome insect over the fire, abhors you, and is dreadfully provoked: his wrath towards you burns like fire: he looks upon you as worthy of nothing else, but to be cast into fire” – Jonathan Edwards, 1741,
Emma Duffy | Friday, February 10, 2023
During the fall semester, the Notre Dame Student Government Department of Diversity and Inclusion, First Generation Low Income Initiative launched a new podcast. The new podcast, named ‘Golden Generation: First Under the Dome’, aims to assist first generation students throughout their college experience. The First Generation Low Income Initiative is a relatively new addition to
Bella Laufenberg | Thursday, January 26, 2023
On Thursday evening, hundreds of Notre Dame students, staff and faculty weathered the northern Indiana winter to gather in the Morris Inn Smith Ballroom. From the other side of the nation, president and CEO of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Derrick Johnson and other activists traveled to join them. Together, they
Gabrielle Beechert | Thursday, January 19, 2023
Over winter break, a petition advocating for the acceptance of American Sign Language (ASL) at the University of Notre Dame was posted on the Disability Justice ND Instagram account and circulated on social media. By signing the petition, students call on the university to accept ASL as fulfillment for the admissions requirement of taking two
lettertotheeditor | Wednesday, December 7, 2022
The University of Notre Dame has always been my dream school. I chose to attend this university over others because as soon as I set foot on campus, it felt like home. Notre Dame encourages us to do soul-searching and become who we want to be. In this, I finally came out and accepted myself
Liam Price | Wednesday, December 7, 2022
In the 2022 student body elections, Saint Mary’s student body president Angela Martinez Camacho campaigned with vice president Josie Haas on a seven-pronged platform. That platform included goals to promote inclusivity and diversity, continue community-building in the tri-campus and improve overall student health. Martinez Camacho said she felt that despite challenges, she thinks their administration
Angela Mathew | Wednesday, November 30, 2022
Nov. 26 marked 180 years since Fr. Sorin’s arrival in 1842 on the land now known as South Bend and as home to the tri-campus community. This land is the ancestral home of the Pokégnek Bodéwadmik, which are the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi, an indigenous nation. The Potawatomi migrated from north of Lake Huron and Lake Superior