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34 posts tagged "Rome"

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I want to know you right this second

Kate Casper | Tuesday, September 19, 2023

Call it my cute, American ignorance, but I really believed Italian grocery stores would accommodate my need for ready-made vodka sauce. I really believed I could walk into Fantasia on Via di S. Giovanni and purchase a jar of that heavenly mix of onion, basil, tomato, garlic, parmesan and — you guessed it — vodka.

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Buckle your seatbelts, it’s time to study abroad

Sophia Michetti | Wednesday, September 28, 2022

I had a lot of expectations about how my study abroad was going to go, and none of them came to fruition the way I thought they would. Now, this isn’t to say I didn’t have the best time of my life — I definitely did. That being said, my study abroad experience taught me

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University leader and Holy Cross priest Richard Warner dies

Observer Staff Report | Thursday, September 22, 2022

Fr. Richard “Dick” Warner died Wednesday at the age of 83 at Holy Cross House, according to a University press release. Warner was a part of the Congregation of Holy Cross since 1962, the same year he graduated from Notre Dame, the release said. Warner became a part of the University’s Board of Fellows and

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Rome Studies Program to take place in abbreviated form over summer

Ryan Peters | Tuesday, May 11, 2021

The School of Architecture’s Rome Studies Program will take place in a shortened form over the summer, according to the dean of the School of Architecture, Stefanos Polyzoides. The program typically consists of third-year architecture students spending the entire academic year in Rome, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic students were not able to travel

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‘Baby:’ a story of love, not prostitution

Dasha Kudriavtseva | Monday, November 2, 2020

When you see the pink-colored poster for the Italian series “Baby,” the last thing you’d imagine is a story of underage prostitution inspired by real events, but the third season of the Netflix show continues to unravel the dark, hidden lives of a pair teenagers. The main character ‘baby,’ Chiara (Benedetta Porcaroli), is dissatisfied with

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Virtual lecture from Rome explores the influence of artist Raphael

Elizabeth Prater | Wednesday, October 7, 2020

The Nanovic Institute for European Studies hosted a virtual lecture Tuesday titled “Raphael in Rome,” where Ingrid Rowland, professor at Notre Dame’s School of Architecture, led a virtual lecture from her home in Rome and discussed some of her research of Raphael’s work in the Eternal City. The first half of the lecture commenced with

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Doctoral student researches history of Catholicism, American liberalism at Vatican archives

Adriana Perez | Wednesday, September 30, 2020

Between study sessions, doctoral candidate Susanna De Stradis takes breaks at a small, private courtyard cafe of the Vatican Apostolic Archive to drink coffee, meet other scholars and “zoom back to the present day.” De Stradis recently started conducting research into the Vatican’s archives for her dissertation during her third year as a doctoral student

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Third-year architecture students study Rome from afar

Trinity Reilly | Wednesday, September 16, 2020

Third-year architecture students learned they would not be spending the fall semester in Rome in mid-June, due to difficulties caused by COVID19. Junior Ava Longoria said many students were upset upon hearing the news, but largely unsurprised. “I was definitely disappointed, but with everything happening, I didn’t really expect to go,” Longoria said. “I knew

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Two Saint Mary’s students who opted to remain in Rome now living under lockdown

Maeve Filbin | Friday, March 27, 2020

For weeks, they’ve been watching the world from their apartment window. Beneath them, the streets of Rome are empty, except for the rare passerby carrying groceries or walking a small dog. Saint Mary’s junior Zoe Ricker and sophomore Sarah Tschida are two students who opted to remain in Rome when the College officially suspended the study

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Students reflect on study abroad programs cut short due to threat of COVID-19

Mia Marroquin | Friday, March 20, 2020

For many students, a semester abroad is characterized by months of growth and adventure, but those who studied abroad this semester had their experiences cut short as COVID-19 spread internationally. Due to the fast-paced nature of the virus, many students’ semester abroad came to a halt seemingly overnight. “There had been speculation that we would

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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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