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16 posts tagged "Polar Vortex"

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Make it a warm girl winter

Evan McKenna | Wednesday, January 12, 2022

I’m a country bumpkin. You might not guess it from looking at me, talking to me or interacting with me in any way, but I hail from Morristown, Tennessee, a small town nestled in the foothills of the Smoky Mountains. Yeehaw. And I think I had a pretty authentic southern experience. There’s a cow field

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It’s too cold for this

Claire Rafford | Thursday, February 14, 2019

In the wake of the “Polar Vortex,” students of the tri-campus community experienced some of the most severe weather South Bend has seen in years, advancing the city’s weather status from its usual permacloud into a genuine frozen tundra. As everyone posted on their Snapchat stories about South Bend’s temperatures being colder than Antarctica and

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Polar Vortex: Tri-campus community closes as temperatures near record lows

Observer Staff Report | Tuesday, February 12, 2019

Maintenance staff persevere, keep working during Polar Vortex temperatures Saint Mary’s students, staff, faculty discuss safety measures taken during dangerous winter weather Cold weather causes multiple leaks, pipe bursts at University Holy Cross students share power-outage experience Notre Dame alumni discuss 1985 Polar Vortex-like temperatures

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Saint Mary’s students, staff, faculty discuss safety measures taken during dangerous winter weather

Gina Twardosz | Monday, February 11, 2019

Saint Mary’s College shut down campus from Jan. 30 to Jan. 31 in an effort to keep the College community safe amidst the dangerous temperatures. Yet, the Polar Vortex still managed to cause its fair share of problems.    Leonardo Sanchez, professor of social work, said that Saint Mary’s made the right call in cancelling

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Cold weather causes multiple leaks, pipe bursts at University

Mary Steurer | Monday, February 11, 2019

As the cold rolled in two weeks ago, pipe bursts flooded areas all around Notre Dame’s campus. First was the third floor of the Duncan Student Center. On Jan. 31, at approximately 2:50 p.m., a sprinkler main erupted, causing damage to floors one and two. All inside the building were required to evacuate. The damage

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Holy Cross students share power-outage experience

Jackie Navarro | Monday, February 11, 2019

Holy Cross evacuated students from the College’s residence halls after power went out across campus at about 6:25 a.m. the morning of Jan. 30. An alert was sent out to the community stating that residents would have to evacuate the dorms and board Notre Dame Transpo buses to North Dining Hall. Holy Cross senior Noemi

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Notre Dame alumni discuss 1985 Polar Vortex-like temperatures

Andrew Bennis | Monday, February 11, 2019

Notre Dame is rife with tradition, with so much that connects current students to those of the past. They walk many of the same paths across campus, study in the same spots and attend the same dorm events. But there is one Notre Dame staple so universal that it would be impossible to graduate without

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Upper vortex side

Patrick McKelvey | Tuesday, February 5, 2019

Every few years, when the low pressure system that surrounds the Arctic weakens, pockets of polar air can make their way farther south than they normally would. This is what happened last week, when a ‘polar vortex’ brought frigid temperatures to the midwestern United States. Not just frigid, actually—some states recorded temperatures colder than those

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Notre Dame meme page informs campus through comedy

Erin Swope | Monday, February 4, 2019

Currently sitting at 6,503 members, the Notre Lame Memes for Straight Edge Teens Facebook group is the spot for students to find “original content only, fire memes and true friends,” according to the group’s description. Anyone with a valid @nd.edu email address may join the group and, once accepted, can post in the group. Sophomore

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Observer Editorial: Impending election forces campus shutdown

Observer Editorial Board | Friday, February 1, 2019

A chill descended upon the tri-campus community Tuesday. With the incoming polar vortex providing a perfect excuse to cease activity of any kind, Notre Dame, Saint Mary’s and Holy Cross shut down until Thursday at 1 p.m., offering students, faculty and staff alike a brief respite to brace for the real storm ahead: student government

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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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