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Emma Bacon | Thursday, February 25, 2021
The Saint Mary’s President’s Council on Sexual Violence hosted a virtual panel Wednesday about a diverse array of perspectives involving sex and sexuality, titled “Let’s Talk about Sex.” Hosted by Jamie Wagman, professor of gender and women’s studies, and Liz Coulston, director of the Belles Against Violence Office (BAVO), the panel invited professors Jessica Coblentz,
Serena Zacharias | Friday, November 15, 2019
With the aim of creating a space for vulnerable dialogue regarding questions of gender, race and sexual orientation, a number of groups on campus came together Thursday night to sponsor the second “Let’s Talk About Race” discussion in Geddes coffee house. In order to facilitate small group discussion, organizers prepared a set of questions to
Ashton Weber | Tuesday, February 26, 2019
Let’s talk about sex … and the soul. This week, Campus Ministry and the Gender Relations Center (GRC) are collaborating to present the first “Sex and the Soul Week,” featuring lectures, panels and discussions about the intersection of faith and sexuality. Kayla August, assistant director of evangelization for Campus Ministry, said there is a natural
Nora McGreevy | Tuesday, September 11, 2018
Each spring for the past seven years, through a series of performed, anonymous monologues, Notre Dame’s “Show Some Skin” has provoked and encouraged its audiences to reflect on issues of identity and difference, especially as they intersect with race, gender, class, sexual violence, LGBTQ+ life and mental health. Yet as Samuel Jackson, a junior who
Andrew Cameron | Tuesday, March 27, 2018
Catholic writer Dan Mattson spoke Monday on his struggle to reconcile his sexual identity with his faith. The talk was hosted by Students for Child-Oriented Policy and the “Irish Rover.” The first 30 attendees to the event received free copies of Mattson’s book, “Why I Don’t Call Myself Gay: How I Reclaimed My Sexual Reality
Selena Ponio | Thursday, February 22, 2018
This weekend, monologues that present a wide range of lived experiences, issues and raw emotions will be brought to stage with one promise to their authors: anonymity. These monologues, written by members of the Notre Dame community, will be performed onstage at the DeBartolo Performing Arts Center as part of the student production “Show Some
Madison Bollenbacher | Tuesday, November 28, 2017
PrismND will be hosting a Facebook livestream event Tuesday at 8 p.m. to address questions from the Notre Dame community related to allyship and LGBTQ issues. In an attempt to further their reach and better understand the issues that community members are facing, the organization decided to host a Q&A session. They created an online
Jordan Cockrum | Friday, November 18, 2016
Cassandra Hough, founder and senior advisor of the Love and Fidelity Network, hosted a presentation and conversation Thursday night entitled Body, Mind and Spirit. The presentation examined being a woman, having relationships and understanding sexuality in a Catholic context. “As I’ve seen in both my personal and professional life over the past decade, it is
Sydney Doyle | Tuesday, October 11, 2016
Christine Caron Gebhardt, director of Notre Dame’s Gender Relations Center (GRC), spoke at Saint Mary’s on Monday at a lecture titled “Embodiment: Our Bodies and Right Relationships,” an installment of Campus Ministry’s seven-part series examining sexuality from a Catholic perspective. Gebhardt said an individual’s self-image can have internal and emotional effects on a person, while also affecting
Letter to the Editor | Thursday, September 3, 2015
Editor’s note: This column was written in the spring of 2015 and is part of a two-part series. The second will be published on Friday, Sept. 4. My first year at Notre Dame, I had the privilege of writing in this newspaper and sharing my coming out story. In that article I came out as gay,