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Katie Werner | Friday, May 7, 2021
Thursday evening, the student senate convened in Debartolo Hall for its last meeting of the semester. Members of the student government delivered updates on various meetings and elected two students to the Campus Life Council (CLC). First, director of student centers, activities and events Karen Kennedy announced a thank you notes drive for National Nurses
Bella Laufenberg | Friday, April 9, 2021
When Rachel Ingal and Sarah Galbenski first took office as the Notre Dame student body president and vice president in March 2020, they had no idea what the next year held for them. Ingal, a senior political science major and business economics minor, said she has always been involved with Notre Dame student government. When
Observer Staff Report | Wednesday, March 17, 2021
Juniors Emilee Skidgel and Katherine Cole were elected president and vice president of Holy Cross Student Government Association Tuesday, director of student activities Richard Storey announced in an email. Skidgel is a business major and sports management minor from southern California, and Cole is a biology major with minors in sports management and public health
Bella Laufenberg | Friday, March 12, 2021
Emilee Skidgel and Katherine Cole, Holy Cross Student Government Association (SGA) presidential and vice-presidential candidates respectively, are passionate about building community. Hailing from southern California, Skidgel is a junior business major and sports management minor. She is currently a resident assistant for James Hall and a junior class senator. Skidgel also works for Notre Dame
Letter to the Editor | Tuesday, March 2, 2021
Eating as much red meat as we do is bad for our nutrition, workers, animals and the planet. We, as members of student government’s Department of Sustainability, call upon Notre Dame to reduce its meat consumption. Why do we feel so strongly about this? First, reducing red meat consumption has clear nutritional advantages. While meat
Blake Ziegler | Wednesday, February 24, 2021
Welcome to election day, Notre Dame! I want to highlight something different about today’s ballot. Two weeks ago, the Student Senate approved a referendum to gauge the student body’s opinion on raising the required signatures for a petition to be referred to the Senate. The Committee on the Constitution envisions raising the required number from
Serena Zacharias | Tuesday, February 23, 2021
Juniors Allan Njomo and Matthew Bisner are committed to bold ideas. With an 11-page platform, Njomo and Bisner are one pair of three tickets vying for student body president and vice president respectively this election cycle. Njomo is a business analytics and political science major originally from Arlington, Texas. On campus, Njomo lives in Stanford
Observer Editorial Board | Friday, February 19, 2021
We’ve been back in South Bend for less than three weeks, and campus life is in full swing. Class of 2020 commencement celebrations have been postponed yet again, undergraduate COVID cases are rising and in-person student activities have been put on hold for the next two weeks. Here’s another thing to add to your list
Iverson Sun | Monday, November 2, 2020
Notre Dame student government will hold a mock election for the school Monday, before Election Day Tuesday. Due to COVID-19 concerns, voting will be online through Qualtrics. Student government will send out an email to the entire student body at 7 a.m. Monday, and the virtual polls will close at 6 p.m. Riya Shah, director
Adriana Perez | Wednesday, October 21, 2020
In light of news that the spring 2021 calendar for Notre Dame will not include a mid-semester break, and as the student body enters the eleventh consecutive week of classes, students have expressed concerns about another uninterrupted semester. Acknowledging current feelings of burnout, student government reached out to the student body asking for feedback “on