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18 posts tagged "Sorin College"

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Senate votes against banning pornography on University Wi-Fi

Liam Kelly | Thursday, March 9, 2023

On Wednesday evening, the Notre Dame student senate voted against a resolution to ban pornography on the University WiFi network. The resolution, SS 2223-15, was introduced by Morrissey Hall senator John Soza, Siegfried Hall senator Ayden Ellis, Sorin College senator Bobby Spence and Badin Hall senator Caroline Potts.  Speaking in favor of his resolution, Soza

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Sorin College welcomes students back following year-long renovation

Lilyann Gardner | Thursday, September 1, 2022

Sorin College, built in 1888 and named after Fr. Edward Sorin, C.S.C, finally welcomed new and returning students back inside its walls this August after fourteen months of extensive renovations.  Sorin residents spent the last school year living in Zahm House while construction crews built a new addition on the West Courtyard. This expansion of

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Residential Life to convert Pangborn to men’s dorm, renovate Sorin in upcoming year

Alysa Guffey | Monday, May 3, 2021

The Office of Residential Life has finalized changes and renovations in residential life for the upcoming academic year, including the transformation of Pangborn Hall into a men’s dorm, the complete renovation of Sorin College and a minor renovation of Welsh Family Hall. Primarily used as transitional housing for the past few years, Pangborn Hall will

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Sorin’s Kick-It for Kevin returns to compete, fundraise and kick off Secession Week

Isabella Volmert | Friday, April 16, 2021

One $50 dollar donation funds one hour of childhood cancer research. This year’s Kick-It for Kevin kickball tournament sponsored by Sorin College has already raised enough money to fundraise over 80 hours of research.  The teams, such as “We Won Beyonce, But Can We Beytwice?”, “Preston’s Prestigious Pack of Powerful Punters,” “Knott Losing” and many

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Zahm House to close, become transitional housing for Sorin College in upcoming year

Observer Staff Report | Monday, March 15, 2021

Zahm House will be used as a swing hall for students in residence halls undergoing yearlong renovations, according to an email sent from the Division of Student Affairs to the Zahm community Monday evening. Current Zahm residents can transfer to another men’s dorm or move off-campus, the message said. Students who are eligible to live

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Gratitude when things aren’t great

Stephen Hannon | Tuesday, October 6, 2020

The pandemic has changed just about every aspect of life at Notre Dame, and it’s easy to get caught up in thinking about how many things are worse now. We can’t visit friends in other dorms, and until recently, we couldn’t even go in the rooms of friends inside our dorms. Online classes make it

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“Students’ safety comes first:” Demonstrations against parietals continue, cautiously

Mary Bernard and Natalie Weber | Friday, November 22, 2019

A few minutes before 11 p.m. Thursday, as rain continued to sprinkle down, 17 students gathered outside Coleman-Morse to prepare for their second demonstration in Sorin College. Some lived on campus, some off. But they were united in a common mission: to rid the University of parietals and end hate speech on campus.  “We want

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Sorin College to undergo renovation during 2020-2021 school year

Observer Staff Report | Tuesday, April 16, 2019

Sorin College will undergo extensive renovations during the 2020-2021 school year, Jonathan Retartha, the University’s director of residential life for housing operations, announced in an email to Sorin residents Tuesday. The building’s renovation will follow the completion of Dillon Hall’s renovation during the 2019-2020 school year. Renovation work will begin in the summer of 2020,

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Sorin College celebrates 50th anniversary of secession from University

Erin Swope | Tuesday, April 9, 2019

While Sorin College has been standing on God Quad for well over 100 years, for a short period of time in 1969, in protest of the Vietnam War, the dorm did not consider themselves to be a part of the University. Declaring themselves no longer Sorin Hall, but Sorin College, the students who lived in

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Student establishes startup to help clean the air

Max Lander | Tuesday, August 21, 2018

The grass outside of Sorin College may not be greener than other places on campus, but the air may be cleaner thanks to junior Jake Drysdale and his startup company, Nanotech Smart Signs. The company uses nanotechnology to clean air and reduce pollution. Drysdale was inspired to improve the environment however he could after seeing

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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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