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South Bend community celebrates MLK Day over breakfast

Peter Breen | Wednesday, January 18, 2023

More than 800 attendees filed into the South Bend Century Center exhibit hall to commence the city’s 37th annual day of celebration for Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day Monday. The 7:30 a.m. Community Service Recognition Breakfast, complete with vocal performances, award presentations and a keynote speaker, was the mere opening act in a lineup

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Father Jenkins, it’s not enough.

Letter to the Editor | Tuesday, June 2, 2020

On May 30, the University of Notre Dame published  “Statement by Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C., President, University of Notre Dame, on racial justice” on its official news site. Fr. Jenkins begins by stating that “George Floyd’s tragic death cries out for justice and a recommitment to fight racism.” He follows this by reminding us of

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What does Notre Dame stand for?

Ben Testani | Thursday, December 12, 2019

Everyone who has ever set foot on the campus of Notre Dame has seen the famous photo of Fr. Ted Hesburgh and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The two are locked in arms, standing together against racial injustice. The image is plastered around our University, iconic for what it represents. Less well known is a

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SMC club hosts ‘Day of Service’ with various service projects

Sara Schlecht | Monday, January 22, 2018

The Saint Mary’s Circle K Club gave students an opportunity to spend time serving others in an event called “Day of Service.” From 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday, students from the College as well as nearby Penn High School gathered for the event in Rice Commons. “The Day of Service is a way

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Rapper engages in activism through music

Lucas Masin-Moyer | Tuesday, January 24, 2017

From its roots in the Bronx in the 1970s til now, hip-hop and rap music has had its finger on the pulse of social issues in the United States. From Public Enemy calling to “fight the power” in inner-cities in the 1980s to Kendrick Lamar’s expression of what it means to be black in America

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Photographs illustrate chronology of Civil Rights movement

Ciara Hopkinson | Tuesday, January 24, 2017

The Snite Museum held a special exhibition on Monday afternoon of 17 photographs that capturing some of the touchstone moments of the Civil Rights movement as part of Notre Dame’s “Walk the Walk” Week. “On view are some of the seminal images that we have come to know as the images that tell the story

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Saint Mary’s celebrates MLK’s legacy with week of service

Alex Winegar | Tuesday, January 19, 2016

Saint Mary’s will celebrate the life of Martin Luther King Jr. this week with daily events on campus hosted by the Office of Civil and Social Engagement (OCSE). Events will incorporate service, the theme of this year’s MLK week at the College. The week kicked off on Monday with two on-campus community service projects in

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Lecture explores relationship between laws and justice

Rachel O'Grady | Tuesday, January 19, 2016

Although laws are created to form a more just society, Martin Luther King Jr. demonstrated that laws themselves can be unjust, according to Fr. Dominic Legge, an instructor in systematic theology at the Dominican House of Studies. “Sometimes it is possible that the positive law makes something legal that should be illegal. It certainly happened in

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Midnight march and prayer service honor Martin Luther King Jr.

Katie Galioto | Tuesday, January 19, 2016

Hundreds of candles shined through a cold winter night as Notre Dame students, faculty and staff congregated at midnight to celebrate the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. early Monday morning. The midnight march and prayer service was the kickoff event for the inaugural Walk the Walk Week at Notre Dame, a series of events designed

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University announces new MLK Day policy

Observer Staff Report | Wednesday, December 2, 2015

In an email to the student body sent Nov. 23, University President Fr. John Jenkins announced plans for the commemoration of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day on Jan. 18. All classes and campus activities from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. will be canceled to allow for student, faculty and staff participation in the events. After receiving

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On Thursday evening, hundreds of Notre Dame studen On Thursday evening, hundreds of Notre Dame students, staff and faculty weathered the northern Indiana winter to gather in the Morris Inn Smith Ballroom. 
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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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