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Margaret Hynds | Friday, May 15, 2015
As their tenure came to a close March 31, outgoing student body president and vice president Lauren Vidal and Matthew Devine reflected on their year in office, sharing in hindsight the issues that proved to be their greatest triumphs and challenges. In particular, the two said, they took pride in the wide range of programming
Lesley Stevenson | Wednesday, March 4, 2015
“Come, Holy Spirit.” When University President Emeritus Fr. Edward “Monk” Malloy stood before a capacity crowd at the Basilica of the Sacred Heart on Tuesday night, he invoked God’s guidance in illuminating the complex, dynamic life of University President Emeritus Fr. Theodore Hesburgh. Facing a congregation of Hesburgh’s family and friends and flanked by dorm
Rachel O'Grady | Thursday, February 12, 2015
On Wednesday evening, the Student Senate convened in LaFortune Student Center to discuss relevant issues and initiatives to the Notre Dame community. “We’re really focusing on trying to get the computer science class initiative through, [because] it would be a really positive thing,” Keough Hall senator and junior Kevin Coleman said. Passed unanimously by the
Mercedes de la Rosa | Monday, January 26, 2015
Students, professors, administrators and concerned individuals gathered Friday for the Higgins Labor Café conversation entitled “The Notre Dame Licensing Codes of Conduct,” a continuation of the ongoing conversation surrounding the possibility of allowing certain Chinese factories to begin producing official Notre Dame merchandise. The Labor Café, a biweekly event hosted by the Higgins Labor Studies Program of the
Paul Stevenson | Monday, January 26, 2015
Notre Dame’s student government has started a new initiative this semester called “Coffee Hours” in which students can invite their professors to Starbucks and the Student Government will pay for their coffee. Student body president Lauren Vidal said this initiative was on her mind even before she was elected for the 2014-2015 term. “When Matt and
Lesley Stevenson | Sunday, January 18, 2015
Since 2013, a committee of students, faculty and staff has been compiling data and researching the impact of the freedom of association policy in Notre Dame’s Licensing Codes of Conduct, more commonly called “the China Policy.” “This began in the late 90s when there was a lot of activity around sweatshops, and the previous president,
Catherine Owers | Friday, December 12, 2014
For one of the term’s first major policy initiatives, student body president Lauren Vidal and vice president Matthew Devine, both seniors, set out to augment late night student transportation on campus with the Student Nighttime Auxiliary Patrol (O’SNAP). O’SNAP allows Notre Dame Security Police (NDSP) student employees to use two Global Electric Motor (GEM) cars to
Emily McConville | Friday, December 12, 2014
On four Sunday mornings this semester and two last spring, student government sponsored Political Brew, during which members of student government and political clubs, as well as anyone interested in current events, gathered in the McNeill Room in LaFortune Student Center to watch and discuss NBC’s “Meet the Press.” Sophomore Elizabeth Fenton, who directs the National
Jack Rooney | Friday, December 12, 2014
In a February interview with The Observer, now-student body president Lauren Vidal said the top priority for her and vice president Matthew Devine, both seniors, was to promote service both on campus and in the community. “We really have this idea of service, and although we understand that’s a broad term, we really [prioritize] service
Katie McCarty | Friday, December 12, 2014
The Campus Life Council (CLC) has focused on student mental health issues on campus, according to student body president Lauren Vidal, chair of the CLC. “There is a national upward trend in student stress, and we have seen this spike mirrored in the lives of Notre Dame students,” Vidal said. “We began the year with