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10 posts tagged "Online classes"

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Snow days

Isabelle Kause | Friday, January 27, 2023

A few days ago on my way across campus, instead of hurrying to get to where I was going like I normally do, I took time to admire the snow. I noticed how beautiful the Golden Dome looked as the snow fell down and how much people seemed to be embracing the moment. Being from

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University classes to switch online for next 2 weeks in hopes of halting spread of virus

Observer Staff Report | Tuesday, August 18, 2020

Undergraduate classes will move online for the next two weeks, until at least Wednesday, Sept. 2, and public spaces on campus will close, University President Fr. John Jenkins said in an address to the Notre Dame community Tuesday. After 89 students tested positive for COVID-19 yesterday and the number of total positive cases increased to

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Zoom: The hottest online matchmaking platform

Sarah Kikel | Friday, April 3, 2020

With classes being held online for the rest of the semester, you are undoubtedly devastated, kept up at night lamenting your failure to fulfill the fundamental item on your Notre Dame bucket list. No, not the Hesburgh Challenge — ring by spring. I get it. All year you were nervous, every day postponing that moment

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Notre Dame faculty, students discuss challenges, adjustments to remote learning

Claire Rafford | Thursday, March 26, 2020

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the tri-campus community will be engaging in distance learning for the rest of the semester. Online classes for Notre Dame officially began Monday. While all disciplines face challenges in adjusting to remote learning, courses with hands-on components face great difficulties in adjusting to online classes. Dean of the School of

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Coronavirus: the Freaky Friday solution

Danny McMaster | Tuesday, March 24, 2020

With the start of online classes this week, I fear that Notre Dame is making a huge mistake. Look, we had to cancel classes — it’s the right thing to do without a doubt. However, Notre Dame is taking a big misstep by turning the school to online classes for everyone. With the inevitable struggles of

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Students express dejection, uncertainty, optimism in face of permanent virtual semester

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

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Why Notre Dame should move to pass/fail

Letter to the Editor | Thursday, March 19, 2020

The past week has been one of the most destabilizing, frightening and saddest weeks of my life. Most of my friends can say the same. In the upcoming week, students are going to have to figure out how to get home and adjust to living in isolation. For many of us, the second half of

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Holy Cross moves to distance learning until April 13

Observer Staff Report | Wednesday, March 11, 2020

Holy Cross will suspend all on-campus activity until at least April 13 due to coronavirus, Holy Cross President Fr. David Tyson announced in an email Wednesday. Classes are set to resume online Monday, the email said. Holy Cross informed students of its decision amidst similar announcements from Notre Dame, Saint Mary’s and other Indiana universities.

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Saint Mary’s extends spring break to March 20, suspends all in-person classes while providing option to return to campus

Observer Staff Report | Wednesday, March 11, 2020

Saint Mary’s will extend spring break until March 20, providing faculty time to prepare online courses, the College announced in an email Wednesday. All in-person classes are suspended from March 23 to at least April 13, and students will be provided with online coursework. This announcement follows the suspension of all in-person classes at Notre

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Notre Dame cancels in-person classes until April 13, suspends all study abroad programs

Observer Staff Report | Wednesday, March 11, 2020

Notre Dame will suspend all in-person classes beginning March 23 through at least April 13, the University announced in a school-wide email Wednesday. All courses will be replaced with “virtual instruction and other alternative learning options,” the email said. All University-sponsored international programs are also suspended at this time. Students and U.S.-based faculty will return

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This Thursday, Feb. 16, the 93rd annual Bengal Bou This Thursday, Feb. 16, the 93rd annual Bengal Bouts will begin its preliminary rounds. A men’s boxing tournament that benefits the Holy Cross Mission in Bangladesh, Bengal Bouts seems to perfectly combine two integral aspects of Notre Dame’s identity: a passion for sports and a commitment to social impact.

This week, From the Archives takes a long overdue look at the history of Bengal Bouts. While this tournament predates the Observer by nearly four decades, we uncovered a selection of stories that capture at least a part of the rich history of this Notre Dame tradition.

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At Wednesday evening’s senate meeting, Briana Ch At Wednesday evening’s senate meeting, Briana Chappell, director of gender relations and LGBTQ+ advocacy, highlighted plans to edit the Moreau First Year Experience curriculum to promote values of diversity, equity and inclusion in her report on LGBTQ+ advocacy at Notre Dame this year.

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We asked you to Ask The Observer Sports Department We asked you to Ask The Observer Sports Department and you responded with the request: “Northwestern @ Notre Dame 2014 Football Breakdown”. That game was a heartbreaking loss for a Notre Dame team that had started 6-0 before stumbling down the stretch to a 7-5 record. A bowl game win over LSU salvaged some optimism for the program’s future, but that loss to Northwestern was a shocking result that contributed to one of the more appalling stretches of Irish football in the Brian Kelly era.

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Derick Williams and Hunter Brooke, two sophomore s Derick Williams and Hunter Brooke, two sophomore students campaigning to be Notre Dame’s next student body president and vice president, respectively, plan to “get sh*t done.”

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Sophomores Pablo Oropeza and Griffin McAndrew are Sophomores Pablo Oropeza and Griffin McAndrew are seeking to build stronger connections between the student body and student government if elected student body president and vice president, respectively. 

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Notre Dame students might recognize Daniel Jung an Notre Dame students might recognize Daniel Jung and Aidan Rezner from the student government Instagram page, but the two sophomores are ready to take the next big step to represent the student body.

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