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Peter Breen | Thursday, March 9, 2023
Notre Dame rowing celebrated the program’s 25th anniversary this fall. The team is now preparing for an ambitious spring racing schedule which sets off at the Louisville Cardinal Invitational Regatta on March 18. Head coach Martin Stone told The Observer that the Irish have been able to get out on the water — the St.
Jack Griffiths | Friday, November 11, 2022
Being a white man, I fit within the general population’s preconceived idea of what an autistic person looks like. When asked to picture an autistic person, many people will automatically conjure images of young white boys playing with trains. This conception overshadows the perspectives of those who do not fit this expected mold; in an
Isa Sheikh | Tuesday, November 8, 2022
Last week, the Supreme Court heard two concurrent cases on the state of affirmative action in college admissions, Students for Fair Admissions v. University of North Carolina and Students for Fair Admissions v. President and Fellows of Harvard College. The petitioner in both cases — Students for Fair Admissions, a nonprofit that has taken issue
Angela Mathew | Thursday, April 7, 2022
Sitting in the Leighton Concert Hall on March 25, I felt like I was on another plane of existence. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie was on stage in a gorgeous red dress, and I couldn’t stop smiling. I had never met the masters student with the glorious Afro sitting to my left or the young Nigerian
Liam Price | Thursday, February 10, 2022
The Saint Mary’s College Faculty Affairs, Inclusion and Retention Committee hosted philosophy professor Andrew Pierce and global studies professor Nell Haynes Wednesday for a virtual panel discussing the role of language in issues of race and immigration. Chilean Immigration Propaganda Haynes began with an analysis of anti-immigrant memes on social media in northern Chile. Though
Annemarie Foy | Tuesday, February 8, 2022
Author and advocate Bernardine Evaristo delivered the 2022 Hesburgh Lecture in Ethics and Public Policy on Monday. The annual Hesburgh Lecture in Ethics and Public Policy was established in 1995 by the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies to honor the mission of the Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C., president emeritus of Notre Dame. Each
Uyen Le, Adriana Perez, Spencer Kelly, Evan McKenna and Lilyann Gardner | Monday, February 7, 2022
Since 1947, the year the first Black student graduated from Notre Dame, the Black community continues to be a vibrant part of campus life. They have faced many adversities, from the effects of Jim Crow that reached the North, to the toll of police brutality, to the daily microaggressions made by classmates and faculty members.
Gracie Eppler | Wednesday, January 19, 2022
For the first time in its history, Notre Dame observed Martin Luther King Jr. Day as a University holiday, which also marked the beginning of the University’s annual Walk the Walk Week. The Observer asked the first-year class about their understanding of Martin Luther King Jr. Day and their thoughts on the University’s unprecedented observance.
Gracie Eppler | Monday, December 6, 2021
Professor Anna Haskins has come to many conclusions during her extensive research on social inequality — primarily that “stigma is sticky.” “An individual can be stigmatized, but this stigma doesn’t stay in one place,” Haskins said. “Stigma spreads.” Haskins is an Andrew V. Tackes associate professor of sociology and co-editor of “When Parents Are Incarcerated:
Eva Analitis | Monday, November 2, 2020
You probably feel pretty good right now. Following an especially contentious election cycle, you’ve secured your seat in the Oval Office for the next four years. After campaigning across the country these past several months, from the coasts to the heartland, you did it — you won. But this is no time to rest. Your