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39 posts tagged "Joe Biden"

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‘Let’s go Brandon!’

Stephen Viz | Friday, November 4, 2022

If you are about to email my editor demanding that I be terminated from The Observer staff because I’m a fascist bigot, just hear me out before you do so.  But I hope that your first thoughts are more so of intrigue regarding my clickbait title, and as fortune favors the bold, let me explain my position. I

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‘We have the exact wrong fiscal policy’: Paul Ryan criticizes inflation response

Ryan Peters | Wednesday, September 21, 2022

Paul Ryan knew it was time to move on after 20 years in the House of Representatives. Two terms as the youngest speaker of the House since 1869 was enough for Ryan, who did not seek re-election in 2019. “My last two terms were Speaker of the House, which is such a consuming job that

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Voter turnout among University students increased 18.1% in 2020, election survey finds

Maggie Eastland | Wednesday, February 9, 2022

Despite voting challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, Notre Dame students flooded the absentee polls in the 2020 presidential election. Even though the majority live outside Indiana, students secured absentee ballots with help from campus civic engagement groups like ND Votes. According to a Center for Social Concerns (CSC) research report published January, 71.4% of

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What good does it do?

Ellie Konfrst | Monday, December 6, 2021

A week before Thanksgiving, Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt commuted the sentence of Julius Jones, a death row inmate set to be executed for a 1999 murder, in dramatic fashion. Advocates and attorneys for Jones spent weeks biting their nails after the Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board recommended his sentence be commuted at the beginning of

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Biden appoints Notre Dame alumnus Joe Donnelly ambassador to the Vatican

Observer Staff Report | Friday, October 8, 2021

President Joe Biden nominated Joe Donnelly, who holds two degrees from Notre Dame, as U.S. Ambassador to the Vatican. Donnelly earned an undergraduate degree in political science in 1977 and graduated from the Notre Dame Law School four years later, in 1981. He served as Indiana’s senator from 2013 to 2019 and will now oversee

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Year in Review: 2020-2021

Observer Staff Report | Friday, May 21, 2021

Notre Dame commits to reopening and announces initial protocols — May 26, 2020 In May, University President Fr. John Jenkins authored an opinion in the New York Times, taking a firm stance in favor of reopening Notre Dame in the fall with some changes, such as bringing students back two weeks earlier than usual, eliminating

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Four years in review: 2017-2021

Observer Staff Report | Friday, May 21, 2021

Tri-campus suspends in-person classes due to coronavirus pandemic — March 11, 2020 On March 11, 2020, Notre Dame, Saint Mary’s and Holy Cross announced the suspension of all in-person classes until at least April 13, replacing all courses with virtual teaching and other alternative learning options. All University and College-sponsored international programs were also canceled,

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Welcoming Joe Biden with open arms

Clark Bowden | Thursday, April 29, 2021

Ask any student at Notre Dame who their favorite Catholic President of all time is, and most will reply “Josiah Bartlett.” Many students wear “Bartlett for America” t-shirts and during campaign seasons it is not uncommon to see posters across campus supporting the fictional TV President. But it is time to recognize that a new

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Principles for thee, but not for me

Eva Analitis | Tuesday, March 30, 2021

One of the most remarkable things about politics is what it does to people, rather than for them. In a year when the stakes were enormously high, believing that our overarching goals were good, many of us at one point or another defended some pretty bad behavior on the part of politicians. In pursuit of

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Rethinking free college

Andrew Sveda | Monday, February 22, 2021

Should college tuition be free? For the past five years or so, Senator Bernie Sanders has been particularly vocal on this subject, going as far as to call free college a “human right.” But with the inauguration of Joe Biden, who supported a very generous free college program during his presidential campaign, what was once

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On a snowy South Bend night, Holy Cross men’s an On a snowy South Bend night, Holy Cross men’s and women’s basketball took on Roosevelt University in a double header at McKenna Arena.

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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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