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Access-ABLE, Gender Relations Center aim to raise awareness on violence against people with disabilities

Claire Reid | Tuesday, April 20, 2021

In recognition of Sexual Violence Awareness Month, Access-ABLE of Notre Dame and the Gender Relations Center (GRC) have partnered together to host “No Longer Silent,” a tabling event seeking to raise awareness about the prevalence of violence against people with disabilities. Representatives from Access-ABLE and the GRC were stationed at tables on North and South

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North Lodge: Campus hodgepodge

Sarah Kikel | Thursday, March 4, 2021

In an age of elbow bumps, overflowing trash cans and social distance previously unimaginable, Notre Dame students begged for something more. The answer was Quad Lodges. Planted on both North and South Quads are metal-beamed structures with tarp roofs, glass walls and wood paneled flooring. However, somewhere behind the hand sanitizing stations and jumbo fans,

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Bring back the North Quad diagonal

Claire Rafford | Thursday, February 11, 2021

Picture this: You’re me, walking back from South Dining Hall at 3 a.m. several nights ago after a long night of proofing pages and forcing everyone else in The Observer office to listen to my music choices. As I exited the building, I was hit with a brisk negative eight-degree windchill and immediately began speed

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Two sexual crimes reported on campus

Observer Staff Report | Sunday, August 30, 2015

For the second time since the beginning of the new school year a week ago, Notre Dame students received a campus-wide email informing them of a sexual assault reported on campus. On Sunday afternoon, Notre Dame Security Police (NDSP) notified students that two sex crimes were reported on campus early Sunday morning. An incident of

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Juggling club offers campus entertainment

Emily McConville | Monday, April 27, 2015

On warm Friday afternoons, among the hammocks, grill-outs and Frisbee games, the Notre Dame Juggling Club gathers on North Quad with bags of tennis balls, clubs and plastic rings. They put on impromptu juggling performances for passersby and teach anyone who is interested how to juggle. The club welcomes students who “wish to advance

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Student government brings farmer’s market to quad

Bianca Almada | Thursday, October 9, 2014

North Quad will look like a farmer’s market Friday afternoon as part of a new student government initiative, Quad Markets, which brings locally grown produce, fresh pastries, handcrafted accessories and more to campus. “This is a great opportunity for Notre Dame as a whole to better connect with the South Bend community,” junior Lindsay Huth, Student Government communications

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Breen-Phillips, German Club host Oktoberfest

Carolyn Hutyra | Thursday, October 2, 2014

Breen-Phillips Hall (BP) and the German Club will bring a slice of Bavaria to North Quad on Friday with their Oktoberfest celebration, which will take place from 3-6 p.m. Juniors Annie Ekman and Meghan Gallagher, BP Hall Commissioners, are the head coordinators for the event. Ekman said she thinks the event will capture the spirit of the traditional