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JP Spoonmore | Thursday, April 22, 2021
What once was just a small band in Michigan with three brothers, Greta Van Fleet has soared to the front of modern-day rock with vocalist Josh Kiszka’s incredible voice and his brother, Jake’s, sensational guitar skills. My first time hearing them was with my brother during Thanksgiving break of my senior year in high school.
Letter to the Editor | Tuesday, April 21, 2020
I know how to find an inmate. In Florida, you can go to the department of corrections site and look up inmates via a combination of their last name, first name and DC number. This DC number is a combination of six digits, or an alpha character followed by five digits, that is used for
Ryan Israel | Friday, November 30, 2018
Diane Park | The Observer` Everybody handles grief differently. Few people, however, handle grief by performing an interpretive dance set to Bruce Springsteen’s “Thunder Road” at a somber funeral. But it’s actions like this that make Officer Jim Arnaud (Jim Cummings), who serves as the centerpiece and driving force of the film named after the
Kelli Smith | Wednesday, October 10, 2018
A Campus Safety Summit featuring a panel of local law enforcement representatives was held in the LaFortune Ballroom on Tuesday evening to address issues such as sexual assault, the blue light phone system, racial profiling, excise police and general student safety. Hosted by Notre Dame Student Government and Notre Dame Security Police (NDSP), the event
Natalie Weber | Wednesday, March 22, 2017
In an effort to create conversations about policing, Yale University professor Vesla Weaver and her colleagues created spaces called portals where people can speak with others from different cities about their experiences with law enforcement in their communities. In a talk hosted Rooney Center for the Study of American Democracy and the Center for Civil and
Rachel O'Grady | Tuesday, November 1, 2016
In his experience with civil rights law, lawyer Bill Goodman has worked with a number of clients who have been the victims of police misconduct. “You can force government to answer for what they do wrong, and what is unjust, and you can force people in power to answer for what they do wrong as
Observer Editorial Board | Friday, January 30, 2015
We’ve read ESPN’s lawsuit against Notre Dame, and it has answered only some of our questions. Remaining legal questions will be debated and resolved at an upcoming trial. But whether ethical questions will be answered remains uncertain. At stake legally is the classification of Notre Dame Security Police (NDSP) as a public or private agency.
Letter to the Editor | Wednesday, December 10, 2014
Shortly after noon on Tuesday, I joined a group of students and faculty in a peaceful protest on the sidewalk between O’Shaughnessy Hall and DeBartolo Hall. We laid on the ground for 11 minutes in reference to the 11 times Eric Garner stated that he could not breathe as a New York City police officer used a
Observer Staff Report | Monday, November 10, 2014
The suspects involved in a weekend robbery on Notre Dame’s campus this weekend are still at large, and police are asking anyone with information to contact them immediately. The University released three photos Monday evening. The robbery took place at about 2 a.m. Saturday between the Morris Inn and Holy Cross Dr. NDSP emailed students
Observer Staff Report | Thursday, October 30, 2014
A shooting at an apartment complex in the 1200 block of South Bend Avenue on Wednesday evening left one man dead and another wounded, according to a report in the South Bend Tribune. The suspect in the incident remains at large and should be considered armed and dangerous, police said Thursday. Police named Brian Rankin, 28,