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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
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
Maeve Filbin | Monday, March 2, 2020
The Roman Forum sat empty under a clouded gray sky Sunday morning, the few visitors passing beneath the ancient stone arches wearing face masks. The Colosseum, one of the most visited monuments in Italy, was similarly vacant. Students from Saint Mary’s made their last rounds through their favorite historical spots in Rome Sunday, preparing to
Observer Staff Report | Saturday, February 29, 2020
Saint Mary’s students studying abroad at John Cabot University in Rome for the spring semester will be sent home, vice president for student affairs Linda Timm announced early Saturday morning in a campus-wide email. The announcement follows a report from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and the State Department, escalating the advisory against non-essential
Claire Rafford | Friday, February 28, 2020
This report was updated Friday at 10:04 p.m. Notre Dame is suspending its Rome programs and bringing the 106 Notre Dame students currently studying abroad in the Italian capital back to the United States, the University announced in an email to students Friday evening. The move comes as the coronavirus has proliferated through Italy. The
G. Matthew Molinsky | Thursday, February 6, 2020
During a six-week stint abroad in Rome, I fell in love with the European city. I lived in a two-bedroom apartment on the second floor of a seven-story apartment building in the neighborhood of Garbatella. Every day, I made the 15-minute commute by metro to the Notre Dame Global Gateway, located a few blocks from
Sara Schlecht | Tuesday, April 16, 2019
Rome is filled with fountains, some of them famous but many of them not. Numerous monumental fountains appear in movie scenes and on lists of “must-see” sites around the city. Even more fountains are located in less notorious piazzas and on random city blocks. These are often much smaller. Walking past some of them, it
Alexandra Muck | Friday, September 8, 2017
In 2016, Notre Dame purchased a villa in Rome to serve as a site for the Rome Global Gateway Program, and this fall marks the first semester Notre Dame students are living in the villa while studying abroad in Rome. Villa rector Justin Bartkus, a double Domer from the class of 2010 and the class of
Kelli Smith | Wednesday, August 30, 2017
This past summer, some students set their sights beyond the United States. Some turned to China, Israel or the United Kingdom. Others looked to Russia, Ireland or South Africa. A handful focused on France, Brazil or Italy. Despite the diverse range of locations, they all had something in common: all were part of Notre Dame International’s (NDI)
Letter to the Editor | Monday, May 1, 2017
I value the democratic process. I think the type of government the Founding Fathers established in the Age of Enlightenment is something to be marveled at as well as protected. The beauty in the government they created was that it was the amalgamation of some of the best attempts at democratic nations of the past.