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Andrew Cameron | Monday, April 16, 2018
Braving the cold and rain, students from the tri-campus community and other members of South Bend gathered Saturday to help with a variety of community service projects for the ninth annual “Back the Bend.” The event was a collaboration between the South Bend community, local universities and organizations — Notre Dame Student Government, Saint Mary’s
Gina Twardosz | Friday, April 13, 2018
Four South Bend experts who specialize in working with women and children experiencing homelessness and domestic violence spoke Thursday at Saint Mary’s to clear up misconceptions of homelessness and shed light on ways others can support the homeless population in South Bend. The panel, entitled “Finding Peace: Empowering Women and Children Experiencing Homelessness,” included Ebony Haynes,
Daniel O'Boyle | Thursday, April 12, 2018
For more than 600 Thursday nights, Club Fever stood as a light in downtown South Bend to the world. After tonight, Michiana’s self-proclaimed “hottest nightclub” will be no more. What will replace it? As of now, nobody knows. Thursday nights may never be the same (the vastly-overrated Finnies is far from an adequate consolation). Without
Martha Reilly and Tom Naatz | Monday, March 26, 2018
Across all 50 states, young leaders and activists helped to organize the first “March for our Lives,” aimed at enacting gun control reforms in the wake of the Valentine’s Day shooting in Parkland, Fla. One of these marches was held Saturday afternoon in downtown South Bend, where students from Notre Dame and Saint Mary’s marched
Nora McGreevy and Adam Ramos | Monday, February 19, 2018
“I don’t have an official title,” Jacob Titus told us before grudgingly referring to himself as the “owner” of West.SB. All three of us — Titus, Scene Editor Adam Ramos and Associate Scene Editor Nora McGreevy — were seated in a pristine white room, one of many new office spaces in the renovated Studebaker Building 113
Erin Grimes | Wednesday, January 31, 2018
Saint Mary’s hosted an event Tuesday called the Design Challenge. The challenge was a collaboration between various campus groups, including the Office of Civics and Social Engagement, the Career Crossings Office, the President’s Office, Bowman Creek Educational Ecosystem and Enfocus. Rebekah DeLine, director of the office of civic and social engagement, explained the Design Challenge
Gabriel Niforatos | Monday, January 29, 2018
Spending winter break in New Mexico, you notice things. Of course there is the characteristic smell right when you step off the plane, tired from the three-hour flight and mentally exhausted from studying for the finals push you just went through. It’s a blend of chile pepper, fresh air, juniper firewood and the teasing of
Nora McGreevy | Friday, January 26, 2018
I’ve been thinking a lot this year about how people relate to their hometowns. Part of this has to do with the fact that I was away — really away — from home for the first time ever last semester, for five months of study abroad. Coincidentally or not, hometowns featured in lots of the
Show Some Skin | Wednesday, January 17, 2018
Just weeks ago, the South Bend Community School Corporation Board unanimously (and remarkably quickly) passed Focus 2018, a strategic plan which shuts down area schools, adjusts hours of operation and redraws enrollment boundaries. Though hardly unusual, Focus 2018 has confounded South Bend residents through its rushed passage and apparent ignorance of the ill effects of
Tom Naatz | Monday, December 4, 2017
The University announced Friday that it will host Idea Week in partnership with the city of South Bend, the city of Elkhart and other local community groups starting April 21, 2018. The week is designed to showcase innovation and entrepreneurship in the South Bend area and will involve entrepreneurship events, a concert at the Purcell