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Observer Staff Report | Friday, September 23, 2022
Assistant coach for Notre Dame’s track and field team Adam Beltran passed away at 46 years old Wednesday after a battle with cancer, a University press release said. “While Beltran’s coaching accolades and fingerprints are all over the pages of the Notre Dame record books, it was his personality and striking humor that will be remembered
Claire Reid | Friday, April 22, 2022
Stanford Hall will host a 5K run and cookout Sunday morning in honor of Chris Westdyk, a former Stanford resident assistant (RA) and member of the class of 2019 who died in June 2019 after a long battle with cancer. Westdyk’s father and director of Campus Ministry Fr. Pete McCormick — Stanford’s former priest-in-residence and
Mary Ellen Woods | Thursday, October 7, 2021
The loss of any classmate and for any reason is a loss for all of us. When we lose someone to untreated mental illness, we are diminished all the more. Such is the story of our classmate, Joseph G. Slovinec, Jr. Joe died in January of 2020. He was living at the Pacific Garden Mission
Observer Staff Report | Friday, September 24, 2021
Karen Croake Heisler, a former film, television and theatre (FTT) professional specialist and internship coordinator, died Sunday due to cancer-related complications, according to the South Bend Tribune. She was 67. Heisler had been part of the FTT program for more than 25 years, teaching classes on sports, media and the business of television, and was
Uyen Le, Spencer Kelly, Christina Cefalu and William Kim | Monday, September 13, 2021
This past weekend marked the 20th anniversary of the tragic events of 9/11, a day that has made an indelible mark on U.S. history. Though many college students today are too young to remember that day, both local and national efforts allow us to continue to honor the lives that were lost 20 years ago.
Maggie Klaers | Monday, September 14, 2020
Nineteen years and 12 hours after the first plane struck the World Trade Center, the Notre Dame community came together to remember those lost to the tragic events of 9/11 in a prayer service at the Grotto Friday. University President Emeritus Fr. Edward Malloy shared his memories of the day and the response on the
Observer Staff Report | Monday, December 4, 2017
Dr. William Hickey, who served as the ninth president of Saint Mary’s from 1986-1997, died Tuesday at age 81 in Sanibel, Florida, according to an email College President Jan Cervelli sent to the College community Friday. A biology professor and nationally acclaimed insect geneticist, Dr. Hickey spent almost 40 years at Saint Mary’s — during
Selena Ponio | Thursday, March 17, 2016
Family, friends and members of the Notre Dame community filled the Basilica of the Sacred Heart Wednesday evening to honor the life of Theresa Sagartz, a junior and former resident of Pangborn Hall, who died last week in her off-campus apartment due to apparent natural causes related to a medical condition. University President Fr. John Jenkins
Letter to the Editor | Wednesday, November 11, 2015
My wife Sandy and I spent a couple of weeks in Italy earlier this spring. We had a great time, saw a lot of ancient and Middle Ages history, ate a lot of pasta and experienced a very different culture. Top on our list was of more recent history, a place we weren’t even looking
Letter to the Editor | Friday, March 6, 2015
To the Members of the Student Body, On behalf of the Congregation of Holy Cross, I’d like to thank each of you for the ways in which you honored the life of Fr. Theodore Hesburgh, CSC, these past few days. Your late night visits to the Basilica, participation in the wake, funeral Mass, procession to