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Notre Dame forum marks 20 years since US invasion of Iraq

Liam Kelly | Monday, April 3, 2023

Leading American and Iraqi intellectuals criticized the United States for its invasion of Iraq during two “Aftermath” panels held at the University marking the 20th anniversary of the Iraq War. At the panel on Thursday evening, the guest scholars noted the damage done to the nation of Iraq, the entire Middle East and the United

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What we can learn from Pope Francis’ trip to Iraq

Vince Mallett | Friday, March 12, 2021

Last week, Pope Francis became the first Catholic pope to visit Iraq. Throughout his visit, he gave a series of remarks that repeatedly emphasized one theme: peaceful fraternity between different religious groups. The Pope pulled no punches and made no equivocations about the absolute need for peace in the search for justice, remarking in his

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George Mason professor explains reasoning behind U.S. invasion of Iraq

Lucy Lynch | Wednesday, October 10, 2018

George Mason University professor Ahsan Butt presented “Why did the U.S. invade Iraq in 2003?” to students and faculty Tuesday afternoon in Jenkins and Nanovic Halls. The presentation, named after Butt’s research paper of the same title, was presented by the Notre Dame International Security Center. Butt focused on one of the most commonly acknowledged

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Liberalism going global

Devon Chenelle | Monday, November 6, 2017

As IS swept across the Near East, an international consensus emerged: IS and its ideology must be wiped out. Helpfully, the Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia, America’s most pivotal ally in the region, proclaimed that IS and the ideas it represented “are not in any way part of Islam.” The stage for an ideological war

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A fool and his oil

Raymond Ramirez | Monday, October 3, 2016

Former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani recently appeared on ABC’s “This Week” and told host George Stephanopoulos that “anything is legal” in war. This rejection of the Geneva Convention and other international agreements delineating actions that constitute “war crimes” was in response to a question about Donald Trump’s suggestion that the U.S. should “take the

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Dominican sisters reflect on time with Iraqi refugees

Martha Reilly | Friday, April 1, 2016

While the U.S. State Department has issued a warning against travel in Iraq for American citizens, Dominican Sister Durstyne Farnan felt compelled to take on the danger and travel to the country in 2005, in order to demonstrate solidarity with the Iraqi Dominican nuns fleeing religious persecution. Farnan, along with Sister Arlene Flaherty, spoke at

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Iraq had WMDs

Stephen Raab | Monday, November 2, 2015

In Aesop’s Fable of “The Boy Who Cried Wolf,” a foolish shepherd repeatedly tells nearby villagers that a nonexistent wolf has come to attack his sheep. After failing to find the wolf, the villagers grow sick of his tricks. Unfortunately for the shepherd, a real wolf then appears, and when he tries to tell the

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Fighting for Christians throughout the world

JC Sullivan | Tuesday, April 21, 2015

A common refrain among Notre Dame students is that despite its virtues, the “Notre Dame bubble” can often isolate us from the rest of the world. It is admittedly easy to get caught up in the many interesting things that happen on the Notre Dame campus in a day and forget about the happenings of

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‘These are our brothers and sisters’

Jack Rooney | Friday, November 7, 2014

For months, the Islamic State group commonly referred to as ISIS has made shockwaves in the Middle East and around the world with its swift, merciless and religiously-motivated violence. On a recent trip to the Middle East, Notre Dame professor of theology Fr. Dan Groody witnessed the human face of the victims of the Islamic

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Plane and simple

Stephen Raab | Thursday, October 9, 2014

The Obama administration has overseen an eightfold increase in the number of attacks flown by unmanned aerial vehicles or “drones.” These small, pilotless aircraft have become popular with the U.S. Air Force for their ability to take on dangerous missions deep inside hostile territory while keeping American servicemen out of harm’s way. Yet the American

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This Thursday, Feb. 16, the 93rd annual Bengal Bou This Thursday, Feb. 16, the 93rd annual Bengal Bouts will begin its preliminary rounds. A men’s boxing tournament that benefits the Holy Cross Mission in Bangladesh, Bengal Bouts seems to perfectly combine two integral aspects of Notre Dame’s identity: a passion for sports and a commitment to social impact.

This week, From the Archives takes a long overdue look at the history of Bengal Bouts. While this tournament predates the Observer by nearly four decades, we uncovered a selection of stories that capture at least a part of the rich history of this Notre Dame tradition.

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At Wednesday evening’s senate meeting, Briana Ch At Wednesday evening’s senate meeting, Briana Chappell, director of gender relations and LGBTQ+ advocacy, highlighted plans to edit the Moreau First Year Experience curriculum to promote values of diversity, equity and inclusion in her report on LGBTQ+ advocacy at Notre Dame this year.

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We asked you to Ask The Observer Sports Department We asked you to Ask The Observer Sports Department and you responded with the request: “Northwestern @ Notre Dame 2014 Football Breakdown”. That game was a heartbreaking loss for a Notre Dame team that had started 6-0 before stumbling down the stretch to a 7-5 record. A bowl game win over LSU salvaged some optimism for the program’s future, but that loss to Northwestern was a shocking result that contributed to one of the more appalling stretches of Irish football in the Brian Kelly era.

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Derick Williams and Hunter Brooke, two sophomore s Derick Williams and Hunter Brooke, two sophomore students campaigning to be Notre Dame’s next student body president and vice president, respectively, plan to “get sh*t done.”

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Sophomores Pablo Oropeza and Griffin McAndrew are Sophomores Pablo Oropeza and Griffin McAndrew are seeking to build stronger connections between the student body and student government if elected student body president and vice president, respectively. 

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Notre Dame students might recognize Daniel Jung an Notre Dame students might recognize Daniel Jung and Aidan Rezner from the student government Instagram page, but the two sophomores are ready to take the next big step to represent the student body.

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