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Residential life associate VP speaks to senate about on-off campus differentiation policy

Isabella Volmert | Thursday, March 5, 2020

Associate vice president of Residential Life Heather Rakoczy Russell spoke with the student body senate during Wednesday’s weekly meeting concerning the on-off campus differentiation policy. Rakoczy Russell met with the Hall Presidents Council (HPC) last week to discuss the same policy. The controversial policy was first proposed in April 2019 and was met with widespread

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Residential life to announce official on-off campus ‘differentiation’ policy

Observer Staff Report | Tuesday, March 3, 2020

During the last Hall Presidents Council (HPC) meeting, associate vice president of Residential Life Heather Rakoczy Russell walked hall presidents and vice presidents through an early draft of the on-off campus differentiation policy which is expected to come into effect in the fall of 2021, hall presidents said. Last April, the Division of Student Affairs

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Respect committed residents, include off-campus seniors

Dessi Gomez | Friday, February 14, 2020

In realizing that I am very heavily leaning towards moving off campus next year, I’m going to take this Inside Column space to dig up the ‘Senior Exclusion Policy’ again. Although many talks, panels and surveys have been arranged since the initial announcement of what is formally known as the “policy differentiating on- and off-campus

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Senate brainstorms proposals, discusses ‘senior exclusion policy’

Andrew Cameron | Thursday, January 16, 2020

The Notre Dame student senate convened Wednesday for its first meeting of the 2020 spring semester. The minutes from the last Senate meeting (Dec. 11) were read and approved without objection. Student body vice president Patrick McGuire opened with several announcements. He welcomed the senators back from the break, then reminded the senate about the Martin

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Associate vice president for Residential Life discusses off-campus ‘differentiation’ policies

Genevieve Redsten | Tuesday, December 10, 2019

When Notre Dame alumni meet each other, associate vice president of Residential Life Heather Rakoczy Russell said their first question is not “What did you study?” or “When did you graduate?” but “Where did you live?” Notre Dame’s residence halls, she said, are a defining feature of the undergraduate experience. Even after students move off

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Senate discusses ‘senior exclusion policy’ plans with sophomore class council president

Jack Jerit | Tuesday, December 3, 2019

In its weekly meeting Wednesday, the Notre Dame student senate met to discuss the upcoming changes to residential policies announced last spring by the Division of Student Affairs — specifically, the “senior exclusion policy” which would prevent seniors living off campus from participating in hall sports teams, hall dances and other events. Daniel Feldmeier, sophomore

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Senate discusses residential life policy changes

Jack Jerit | Thursday, October 3, 2019

At their weekly meeting, the Notre Dame student senate met with the sophomore class council leaders to discuss the new policy regarding off-campus seniors’ ability to participate in formal dorm events. Members of the sophomore class council had been meeting with vice president for student affairs Erin Hoffmann Harding and associate vice president for residential

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Viewpoint Podcast: Episode Two

Observer Viewpoint | Thursday, September 26, 2019

Welcome back to the Viewpoint Podcast! If you’re tuning in for the first time, this podcast is an offshoot of The Observer’s Viewpoint section. Our goals for the podcast are to discuss important national and international issues and to deepen our understanding of how they affect our Notre Dame, Saint Mary’s and Holy Cross communities. We’ll be welcoming