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Religion’s death will be at the hands of politics

Blake Ziegler | Thursday, April 27, 2023

Religion is dying in the United States. When Gallup first began surveying religious membership in 1937, 73% of Americans identified as members of a church, synagogue or mosque. That figure remained roughly the same for the next six decades until the new century saw a steady decline. As of 2020, less than half of Americans

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Bud Light, ‘buycotts’ and our vicious consumerism

Stephen Viz | Thursday, April 20, 2023

First of all, let the record show that I am a Miller Lite man, as I only drink Bud Light if it’s free. Secondly, I want to make it clear from the get-go that this piece will avoid political pseudoscience, jargon, bigotry and opinion in addressing the obvious: Bud Light, Anheuser-Busch’s flagship alcoholic beverage, just

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Sharpening isn’t comfortable

BridgeND | Wednesday, April 5, 2023

The past 72 hours have been a blur. Alongside the typical slew of exams and papers, pretty much every organization that I’m involved in decided to hold a large event.  A few of the highlights: Thursday, I was a moderator for Bridge the Gap, a series of small group roundtable discussions hosted by BridgeND. Covering

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SMC Votes hosts event discussing faith, politics

Moira Quinn | Friday, March 31, 2023

Saint Mary’s students gathered Wednesday evening for SMC Votes’ “Politics and Pretzels” series to hear Angela Espada, executive director of the Indiana Catholic Conference (ICC), speak about the relationship between faith and politics. The ICC is the public policy voice of the Catholic Church in Indiana. According to the ICC website, it acts as “the

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Turning political apathy into empathy

BridgeND | Wednesday, March 8, 2023

I have been asked on numerous occasions about the political makeup of Notre Dame’s campus. Typically, my response is something along the lines of: “We have very passionate advocates at both ends of the spectrum, but many people fall somewhere in the middle.” There are two main reasons for this. On the one hand, some

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An open letter on academic freedom

Letter to the Editor | Monday, March 6, 2023

Universities across the country wrestle with what it means to maintain academic freedom and free speech under the weight of an increasingly polarized culture. Law schools have not been immune to the influences of cancel culture, with prestigious institutions making headlines such as “US Judge Won’t Hire Yale Law Clerks Citing ‘Cancel Culture’” and “Georgetown’s

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We need to talk about Canada

Letter to the Editor | Wednesday, March 1, 2023

Foreign meddling in democratic elections in North America sounds like a familiar story. This time, however, we do not need to rehash the particulars of the Mueller Report and allegations of Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential elections. No, this saga is playing out north of the border in Canada, and almost nobody in

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The value of the mass line

Pablo Lacayo | Wednesday, March 1, 2023

One of my favorite classes this semester has been Politics of China, a solid political science course dedicated to the history of Chinese politics since the establishment of the People’s Republic of China in the fall of 1949. I have been able to learn a great deal about China’s journey from near anarchy in the

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Governing beyond the R’s and D’s

BridgeND | Wednesday, February 22, 2023

I was watching Bill Maher’s show “Real Time” recently when Mr. Maher mentioned something that caught me by surprise: Numerous Republican governors in deep blue states have enjoyed indisputable success over the past half decade. According to Morning Consult, the three most popular governors in the U.S. last year — measured by approval ratings —

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Why we don’t see term limits in Congress

Blake Ziegler | Friday, February 17, 2023

On Tuesday, senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) announced that she would not be seeking re-election in 2024. This revelation should come as no surprise, as speculation about her departure from politics has been anticipated for some time now. Some prominent California Democrats even announced campaigns for Sen. Feinstein’s seat before the announcement, such as representatives Katie

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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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