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Observer Staff Report | Wednesday, November 4, 2020
Editor’s Note: All election results reported here are from the Associated Press. Results are recent as of 3 a.m. Wednesday. Alabama Republican Tommy Tuberville won the Senate seat in Alabama, ousting Democratic incumbent Senator Doug Jones. Of the seven House seats, six went to the Republicans and one to the Democrats. Alaska As of 3
Maggie Eastland | Tuesday, October 27, 2020
Citing interruptions to lesson plans and added stress due to the coronavirus pandemic, several Notre Dame students drafted a petition calling for students to have the option to designate their classes as pass/no-credit. As of late Sunday night, over 1,320 students signed the Google form petition, representing more than 15% of the undergraduate student body.
Maggie Eastland | Friday, October 2, 2020
Thursday evening, the Notre Dame student senate gathered to discuss student union investments, coronavirus education, support for Title IV and the petition for Fr. John Jenkins resignation. The meeting began with an update from Student Advisory Council on campus reopening. Major changes include indoor dining, which will begin in the dining halls Monday. More locations,
Observer Staff Report | Thursday, September 24, 2020
Senior Michael Dugan, who serves as Dillon Hall’s senator, has resigned from his student government position effective 6 p.m. Thursday, at the start of the senate meeting scheduled to take place at the same time. (Editor’s Note: Dugan is a former News Writer and Systems Administrator at The Observer.) The decision to step down comes
Isabella Laufenberg | Friday, September 11, 2020
The Notre Dame student senate met in person Thursday evening. This week’s meeting was centered around an address from vice president for student affairs Erin Hoffmann Harding. Hoffmann Harding spoke about campus reopening and the restructuring of student gathering spaces on campus including social spacing of Duncan and LaFortune student centers, and the introduction of
John Brach | Friday, September 4, 2020
At its weekly meeting Thursday, Notre Dame’s student senate focused on questions related to an account created last year which set aside approximately $200,000 of unused Student Union funds when the spring semester was cut short due to COVID-19. Senate order 2021-02, which created the COVID-19 Response Financial Account, stated that when student activities returned
Dane Sherman | Friday, August 28, 2020
The third senate meeting of the academic year convened via Zoom Thursday evening to discuss the current state of Notre Dame affairs. The session began with a reminder from senior student body vice president Sarah Galbenski. “I know that folks might be experiencing a little bit of extra mental health stress right now,” Galbenski said.
Alysa Guffey | Friday, August 14, 2020
Student body president and senior Rachel Ingal opened the first student senate meeting of the academic year Wednesday night with a call to action and responsibility for student leaders in the midst of the pandemic. “We would really like if you guys could join us on this journey of this interesting semester, … and that
Isabella Volmert | Thursday, April 30, 2020
Meeting virtually for the final time before the summer break, the Notre Dame student senate made many decisions Wednesday night. Last week, the senate heard a presentation from Judicial Council president, junior Matthew Bisner over why he, many of his predecessors and many in the current student government believe the governing body to be in
Isabella Volmert | Thursday, April 23, 2020
In a Zoom meeting, the Notre Dame student body senate discussed the possibility of reorganizing the entire student body government, a topic which has been extensively discussed in the past as well. To begin, junior student body president Rachel Ingal delivered her state of the union address, in which she recognized the hard work and