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-8 posts tagged "Spanish"
Gina Twardosz | Monday, November 4, 2019
October’s over and, while some of your friends might have already started playing Christmas music, if you’re like me, you might still be looking to watch one last strange and creepy show to close out spooky szn. Undeniably, one of the most recent comedy series to completely hit the mark while still being creative and
Hanna Kennedy | Wednesday, April 10, 2019
The king is back. But this time, he’s not alone. Romeo Santos teamed up with an impressive array of well-known bachateros — Frank Reyes, Luis Vargas, Elvis Martinez and more — on his latest release, “Utopia.” Every track on the 12-song album is a collaboration with an artist Santos grew up admiring. The end product
BridgeND | Wednesday, September 27, 2017
Language is one of the most fundamental aspects of a culture. Siddhartha Gautama, “The Buddha,” famously said, “Words have the power to both destroy and heal.” This statement is exceptionally true; language has been famously cohesive as well as infamously divisive throughout history. Many a war has been fought to “unite” speakers of the same
Natalie Weber | Tuesday, April 4, 2017
On Sunday, the department of Romance languages and literatures kicked off its inaugural Romance Languages International Week with JeoparNDy, dance lessons and desserts from around the world. The week will sponsor a number of language events to help students get a taste of other cultures from around the world. Last year, the Italian department hosted an Italian
Natalie Weber | Thursday, January 26, 2017
The Center for Social Concerns (CSC) hosted a fair Wednesday night to connect students with over 30 South Bend service organizations and student-led volunteer groups. The fair allows students to find ways to interact with the South Bend community, Annie Cahill Kelly, director of community partnerships and service learning for the Center for Social Concerns,
Adam Ramos | Monday, October 5, 2015
As far as the “American Dream” goes, my father has lived through it all. After losing almost all of their possessions to a communist Cuban regime, his family packed what little they could carry and arrived in U.S, the land of opportunity, when he was just three years old. What would come proved to be a
Clare Kossler | Thursday, October 1, 2015
Spanish classes at Notre Dame do not take place exclusively in the classroom. Since 2010, the department for romance languages and literatures together with the Center for Social Concerns (CSC) has offered various community-based learning (CBL) Spanish courses, in which students participate in service in the South Bend community to complement what they learn in
J.P. Gschwind | Wednesday, November 5, 2014
Northwestern University professor of musicology Drew Edward Davies analyzed villancicos, which are traditional liturgical poems and hymns popular from the 15th to 18th centuries in Spain and Latin America, and their portrayal of African figures and culture at the Hesburgh Center for International Studies on Tuesday afternoon. The Kellogg Institute sponsored Davies’ lecture, entitled “Africa and Africans