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Claire Rafford | Tuesday, November 13, 2018
Notre Dame’s student senate convened for its weekly meeting Monday evening, hearing presentations regarding the Sexual Conduct and Campus Climate Survey and Hesburgh Library renovations, as well as approving a new constitutional amendment and nominating senators for the Constitution Committee. Junior and student government director of gender relations Elizabeth Boyle started the meeting with a short
Natalie Weber | Friday, November 2, 2018
Notre Dame’s student government began its annual Race Relations Week on Thursday and is working with various groups across campus to host educational and cultural events through Tuesday. Junior Mita Ramani, student government’s director of diversity and inclusion, said in past years, Race Relations Week events often conflicted with other programming. “This year, we decided,
Claire Rafford | Tuesday, October 23, 2018
Meeting for the first time after fall break, Notre Dame’s student senate meeting centered around the confirmation of a new director of social concerns to student government’s executive cabinet. Sophomore Kevin Gallagher was nominated for the position, in light of the former director’s resignation for personal health reasons the week before fall break, senior and
Marie Fazio | Tuesday, September 18, 2018
The student senate met Monday to discuss goals and possible projects in committee groups at their weekly meeting in Duncan Student Center. The meeting opened with a prayer and welcome by Fr. Pete McCormick, director of Campus Ministry. Following the approval of the minutes from last week’s meeting, which lasted over two hours, senior and
Nora McGreevy | Tuesday, September 11, 2018
Each spring for the past seven years, through a series of performed, anonymous monologues, Notre Dame’s “Show Some Skin” has provoked and encouraged its audiences to reflect on issues of identity and difference, especially as they intersect with race, gender, class, sexual violence, LGBTQ+ life and mental health. Yet as Samuel Jackson, a junior who
Claire Rafford | Tuesday, September 4, 2018
Notre Dame’s student senate convened for their weekly meeting Monday evening in Duncan Student Center, a change from last week’s meeting location in the Lafortune Student Center Ballroom. The meeting began with a presentation on parliamentary procedure from sophomore Halena Hadi, a Student Union parliamentarian. Hadi said parliamentary procedure was important for the senate to
Observer Staff Report | Friday, August 31, 2018
Show Some Skin and student government have partnered to lead “Notre Dame: Unfiltered” to connect students with campus resources surrounding important issues, the organizations announced in a press release Thursday. According to the release, the event “will share stories of identity and direct students to the many resources regarding race, socioeconomic status, sexual violence, mental
Nicole Simon | Friday, August 24, 2018
Notre Dame’s Flick on the Field is returning this Friday night to Notre Dame Stadium for the second year in a row. Co-directors of student life, senior Claire Marie Kuhn and junior Eduardo Luna, are leading the group behind the operation, a team that includes members from student government to the University’s administration. Seniors Gates
Jordan Cockrum | Friday, August 17, 2018
Members of Saint Mary’s Student Government Association (SGA) spent their summer preparing for the year to come, senior Madeleine Corcoran, student body president, said in an email. “This summer we have focused on planning orientation, Big Belle Little Belle, technology and transportation,” Corcoran said. “Orientation and [Big Belle Little Belle] start right away and both
Tom Naatz | Friday, August 17, 2018
When Notre Dame’s newest class arrives on campus during Welcome Weekend, they will not only be greeted by hall representatives waiting to unload packed cars, but also several student government and administrative groups ready to help them get involved in on-campus activities. The First Undergraduate Experience in Leadership program, or FUEL, is student government’s only