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Smells like teen spirit

Gabriel Niforatos | Tuesday, August 28, 2018

It’s hard to put into words really. The emotion and the circumstance all melding into one. On its face, it could be any summer party. Loud summer music washed over the park, wafting its way between dancing people and under tents that had been set up in futile attempts to block out the harsh New

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Students weigh in on mascot tryouts

Marek Mazurek | Wednesday, April 20, 2016

It is humid in the Pit in the Joyce Center early Tuesday evening. And full — but not quite crowded — as Notre Dame cheerleaders set up mats and begin stretching. A tall, clean-shaven man with red hair walks in the door and begins organizing the congregation. Meet John Doran, the Notre Dame Leprechaun. The one on the

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Students are ND

Catherine Owers | Thursday, September 3, 2015

For the past three seasons of football games I’ve attended in Notre Dame Stadium, I never really liked the “We are ND” cheer. Pushups after touchdowns? Yes. Dancing to “Rakes of Mallow” on shaky wooden bleachers? Love it. Singing the Alma Mater after games? Always. But cheering “We are Notre Dame” didn’t make sense to