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Letter to the Editor | Thursday, October 1, 2020
“I am invisible, understand, simply because people refuse to see me.” — Ralph Ellison, “Invisible Man” Recently Notre Dame students struck from class to learn about systemic racism in our community. Systemic racism in South Bend is hard to see. Here is a recent example. In this summer’s “Notre Dame Magazine,” there was a feature
Maria Luisa Paul | Monday, January 20, 2020
Two men joining hands stand firmly at Leighton Plaza. At times, people visiting the area pose next to them taking pictures. A historic snapshot, the statue featuring Martin Luther King Jr. and University President Emeritus Fr. Theodore Hesburgh permanently preserves an aspect of the civil rights movement in downtown South Bend. Created by local artist,
Mary Steurer | Tuesday, June 25, 2019
Women’s basketball head coach Muffet McGraw was awarded a Key to the City of South Bend in a Common Council meeting Monday in the County-City Building downtown. At the meeting, McGraw and the 2018-2019 women’s basketball team was recognized by a special resolution “honoring and thanking” the team for their “contributions to the South Bend
Claire Rafford and Colleen Fischer | Monday, April 15, 2019
The walls of the Studebaker building in South Bend — once filled with the sounds of factory employees at work — echoed with the cheers of supporters as South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg announced his bid for presidency Sunday afternoon. “My name is Pete Buttigieg,” he said. “They call me Mayor Pete. I am a
Observer Staff Report | Wednesday, January 23, 2019
South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg, a member of the Democratic party, announced in a video Wednesday morning that he is forming an exploratory committee as he considers running for president in the 2020 election. Buttigieg was first elected mayor of South Bend in 2011 and won re-election in 2015. In December, he stated he would not
Lucas Masin-Moyer | Wednesday, November 14, 2018
South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg is trying to rebrand the city as a center for innovation. “We have increasingly positioned ourselves as what we’re calling the ‘beta city,’” Buttigieg said. “The kind of place where an idea, whose time has come but nobody knows it yet, is ready to be tested in a place that
Morgan Johnson | Monday, October 1, 2018
Notre Dame welcomed 14 fellows Sept. 24 to the South Bend region as part of the Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative (YLAI) Professional Fellows Program. During their four week-long stay, the fellows will create professional connections with each other and their respective host organizations and between their home countries by working with companies in
Kelli Smith | Friday, August 31, 2018
Running through the city of South Bend on a typical week is a street labeled by the sign “Michigan St.” Located at the intersection of Michigan and Washington St., the sign can be found distinguishing one of the main downtown streets at the heart of South Bend. But this isn’t a typical week in the
Ciara Hopkinson | Tuesday, May 1, 2018
For the past two semesters, Ph.D. student Stacy Sivinski has taught “The Rhetoric of Place,” a Writing and Rhetoric course focusing on residents’ relationship with their communities and the concept of community identity. The class specifically focused on the South Bend community, exploring its current challenges and its future. “The class is kind of scaffolded
Observer Staff Report | Saturday, April 28, 2018
University President Fr. John Jenkins released a statement Friday condemning South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg’s decision to veto a measure that would allow for the construction of a Women’s Care Center facility near a proposed Whole Women’s Health Alliance clinic in South Bend. “The Women’s Care Center, on whose board I serve, gives women in crisis the support