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Observer Editorial Board | Friday, September 17, 2021
We all want this pandemic to be over. We all want to return to normal and experience a regular school year, and we’re so close: Notre Dame has a vaccination rate of 96% and Saint Mary’s is close behind with 91%. Those figures make our campuses two of the safest places in the country, with
Observer Editorial Board | Friday, September 3, 2021
With the success of last semester’s vaccination efforts at Notre Dame, Saint Mary’s and Holy Cross, our return this fall holds hope for a new school year in our tri-campus community. Now that we’re all settled in, have our rooms set up, and started to learn the names of other people in our sections, heads
Observer Editorial Board | Friday, May 7, 2021
The end of a school year is always bittersweet. Everyone knows at least one senior who will graduate this spring. But while we hate to see them go, we can’t wait to see them thrive. This year, the class of 2021 at Holy Cross, Saint Mary’s and Notre Dame has gone through the unimaginable: They
Observer Editorial Board | Friday, April 30, 2021
Life has been looking brighter in the tri-campus community lately — in more ways than one. The end of a long and difficult year is quickly approaching. The South Bend permacloud has finally given way to sunny skies. In the last few weeks, COVID-19 cases at Saint Mary’s and Holy Cross have decreased to reach
Observer Editorial Board | Friday, April 23, 2021
Editor’s note: This editorial includes discussions of sexual abuse and violence. A list of sexual assault reporting options and on-campus resources can be found on the Notre Dame, Saint Mary’s and Holy Cross websites. Last week, a conglomerate of tri-campus groups led by Saint Mary’s Belles Against Violence Office (BAVO) and Notre Dame’s Gender Relations
Observer Editorial Board | Friday, April 16, 2021
Ever since The Observer was established in 1966, our student journalists have strived to fulfill the promise and purpose of uncovering the truth and reporting it accurately. For instance, in 2015, The Observer broke the news of Fr. Ted Hesburgh’s death to the world. And this year, our coverage of the pandemic and campus life
Observer Editorial Board | Friday, April 9, 2021
Antisemitism is on the rise in America. A recent Anti-Defamation League (ADL) survey found that 63% of American Jews had experienced or witnessed antisemitism over the past five years — a 10% increase since last year’s poll. And Tuesday night, antisemitism made a horrific appearance on Notre Dame’s campus, at an event hosted by the
Letter to the Editor | Monday, March 8, 2021
To The Observer Editorial Board, I agreed with most of the points made in your editorial, “Where’s the transparency?” However, I was disheartened to see that you chose to throw in an unnecessarily mocking comment about Masses on campus when you asked, “Does a tabernacle help prevent coronavirus transmission?” I understand you made this comment
Observer Editorial Board | Thursday, March 4, 2021
The Notre Dame Division of Student Affairs sent a campus-wide email Feb. 17 in response to a spike in the number of COVID-19 cases among the student body. In the hopes of slowing the spread of the coronavirus, the University decided to halt all student organizations’ in-person meetings and activities through “at least Monday, March
Observer Editorial Board | Tuesday, February 23, 2021
After nearly a week of campaigning, three pairs of students will appear on the online ballot as candidates for Notre Dame student body president and vice president. In this unusual year, election traditions such as the debate and the gathering of petition signatures took a different form. Nonetheless, students will still be presented with the