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Breen-Phillips Hall rector takes temporary leave of absence

Observer Staff Report | Saturday, January 14, 2023

In an email to Breen-Phillips Hall (BP) residents, director of residential life for rector recruitment, hiring and retention Breyan Tornifolio informed students that dorm rector Angie Hollar is taking a temporary leave from her role. “We expect her back by mid-April and will miss her while she is gone,” Tornifolio wrote in the email. Hollar’s

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From the Archives: Off-campus living over the years

Spencer Kelly | Monday, October 10, 2022

Though the fall semester is not yet halfway over, The Observer’s recent off-campus housing guide notes that “as October arrives, sophomores and juniors (and even first-years) begin to think about their off-campus migration.” To add some historical perspective to this trendy topic, From the Archives looked back at off-campus living over the years at Notre

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Flaherty Hall hosts first color run to benefit breast cancer research

Claire Reid | Tuesday, September 27, 2022

Runners on South Quad on Saturday morning will turn pink for a cause at Flaherty Hall’s color run, the Flaherty Fights 5K. “Flaherty Fights 5K is our revamped signature event supporting breast cancer awareness and research,” junior and Flaherty Hall vice president Karina Solman said. “In the past, we have done Flaherty Fights, a tabling

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Student senate discusses CCC funding, priest presence in halls

Heaven Carter | Thursday, December 2, 2021

The student senate kicked off their last meeting of the fall semester Wednesday evening on the second floor of the LaFortune Center. The agenda for the meeting consisted of a presentation from the Class Coordination Council (CCC) on funding and a debate regarding the need for the presence of priests-in-residence in dorms.  Student body vice

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University utilizes grant to promote mental health

Bella Laufenberg | Tuesday, September 21, 2021

The process of securing funds from Lilly Endowment Inc. started a year before pilot communities appeared in selected dorms during the spring 2021 semester. Christine Caron Gebhardt, associate vice president for student services, said she began developing a grant proposal in January 2020 before the COVID-19 pandemic struck campus. Before she started working on the

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Flaherty Hall hosts interhall cake decorating competition

Claire Reid | Monday, April 19, 2021

Friday evening, Flaherty Hall’s signature Flaherty Food Fights event turned the LaFortune Ballroom into the set of Notre Dame’s very own Food Network-style cake decorating competition.  For the event, teams of two from each dorm were tasked with decorating a two-layer vanilla sheet cake in 30 minutes using two random colors of icing along with

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Saint Mary’s move-in to take place over course of 6 days, students to register for 2-hour time slots

Observer Staff Report | Friday, June 12, 2020

In an attempt to maintain social distancing guidelines, move-in for Saint Mary’s residence halls will take place over the course of six days, beginning Aug. 4 through Aug. 9, the Office of Residence Life announced in an email Friday. Fall semester courses are scheduled to commence Aug. 10. Students will be sent a link to

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Holy Cross announces move out plans

Observer Staff Report | Saturday, May 2, 2020

In a Saturday email to students, Dean of Students Andrew Polaniecki announced Holy Cross will begin the move out process May 6. “Beginning on Wednesday, May 6, Holy Cross is able to provide Indiana residents access to residential halls for the retrieval of belongings from dorm rooms,” Polaniecki said in the email. “Then, beginning on

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Rectors coordinate move-out for Notre Dame’s 31 residence halls

Mary Steurer | Tuesday, March 31, 2020

On March 11, University President Fr. John Jenkins broke the news that the Notre Dame community would not be returning to the classroom after spring break — at least, not for a very long time.  In a campus-wide email, Jenkins announced campus would close March 17 and conduct classes online as a precautionary measure against

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Saint Mary’s to extend online learning through the end of spring semester, allowing authorized students to remain on campus

Observer Staff Report | Thursday, March 19, 2020

Saint Mary’s will extend online learning to the end of spring semester following Center for Disease Control (CDC) instructions to continue social distancing for the upcoming eight weeks, Interim President Nancy Nekvasil announced in a campus-wide email Thursday. There are currently no reported cases of COVD-19 at Saint Mary’s, according to the College’s updated FAQ

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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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