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Observer Staff Report | Monday, April 6, 2020
In an April 1 letter sent to University faculty and staff and made available under the University’s COVID-19 resource website, executive vice president Shannon Cullinan announced upcoming financial measures the University will take in light of the economic repercussions caused by the pandemic. The letter noted that the lack of students returning to campus for
Alysa Guffey | Thursday, April 2, 2020
University President Fr. John Jenkins announced Monday commencement for the class of 2020 will be held virtually May 17 with an on-campus celebration postponed until Memorial Day weekend 2021. With the announcement released while the seniors of the graduating class are spread out around the world, some students felt robbed of their final goodbye to
Letter to the Editor | Wednesday, April 1, 2020
With all live sports being canceled, I have spent some of my free time following the WWE. Watching these athletes resolve everything with violence made me wonder, what if Notre Dame students had the talent, ego and recklessness of WWE stars? If such a universe existed, here are typical Notre Dame situations where all hell
Claire Rafford and Dessi Gomez | Monday, March 30, 2020
Picture this: it’s day who-even-knows of quarantine, social distancing, self-isolation — whatever you want to call it. You’re stuck inside, away from the comfortable chaos of the tri-campus community. You’ve watched absolutely everything good on Netflix, there’s no sports of any kind to distract from the world and you absolutely cannot play another round of
Hannah Thomas and Alysa Guffey | Monday, March 23, 2020
After learning the news that Notre Dame, Saint Mary’s and Holy Cross would not be returning to campus for the remainder of the semester due to the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, students across the tri-campus community reacted with a variety of emotions to the knowledge that seniors would lose their last memories on campus
Anna Galioto | Thursday, March 19, 2020
Everyone remembers the day their Notre Dame decision came out. For me, it was late March, and the Minnesota snow stood 2 feet tall outside. I was sitting in the hallway of my high school obsessively checking my email. I constantly refreshed Reddit threads, scouring the internet for new information regarding the admissions office’s answers.
G. Matthew Molinsky | Thursday, March 5, 2020
My early teenage years were a time when I began to take a stronger interest in my faith. It was also the time when I became more aware of the injustices in America. Interestingly, this led to my Catholic identity becoming a way to escape from my duties as an American. Having grown up saying
BridgeND | Thursday, November 14, 2019
“Political polarization” is a term that is often thrown around in the media and news. By definition, political polarization is the “divergence of political attitudes and ideas to the ideological extreme.” Polarization is the idea of “us” and “them,” and this ideology can and does cause confusion and tension between those with differing views. The
Ben Testani | Thursday, November 7, 2019
In the fall of 2018, Notre Dame struck a deal with Saint Joseph’s County to take over food safety inspections of its property. With dozens of food service establishments on campus, from the dining halls to hot dog stands in the football stadium, the University framed this arrangement as a way to relieve the overburdened
Letter to the Editor | Wednesday, September 18, 2019
My phone’s built-in news app proffered this piece by Ellie Gardey, an undergraduate student at Notre Dame, that was posted today. Gardey reports on current efforts by some students to reduce heteronormativity at Notre Dame. In case you haven’t seen that particular tongue twister before, Gardey has done us the favor of giving the Oxford