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Letter to the Editor | Monday, November 22, 2021
As we approach the Thanksgiving holiday, we take the time to rest and reflect on core questions of sanctuary. What does it mean to feel safe and welcomed in a family? What does it mean to be home? On the grounds of its 2013 decision to admit undocumented first-year and transfer students and its firm
Shannon Lipscomb | Friday, November 19, 2021
The sustainability department of Notre Dame student government partnered with GreeND to hold a protest Thursday evening encouraging the University to stop investing in the fossil fuel industry. Over 50 students braved the cold to attend the event. The attendees marched from DeBartolo Quad to North Quad, equipped with signs and chants to attract attention.
Heaven Carter | Thursday, September 23, 2021
The Notre Dame student senate gathered Wednesday evening on the second floor of LaFortune Student Center to discuss the climate surrounding diversity on campus, a nomination for assistant student union treasurer, a discussion on proposed student activities break days and a resolution supporting Saint Mary’s students and community members. Student body vice president Matthew Bisner
Evan McKenna | Wednesday, September 15, 2021
On Monday evening, one DeBartolo lecture hall was filled with the voices of Notre Dame student government’s famous firsts. Among them, a certain trio marked a steady progression of representation for the group’s highest office: David Krashna ’71, the first Black student body president, Brooke Norton Lais ’02, the first female student body president and
Simon Vogel | Wednesday, September 8, 2021
Notre Dame students gathered in the Basilica of the Sacred Heart on Tuesday evening for a healing and memorial prayer service organized by student government as a part of the “Glad You’re Here” event series in observance of National Suicide Prevention Week. Upon entering the Basilica, attendees were provided with candles for a lighting at
Mia Moran | Wednesday, September 1, 2021
Last Wednesday, student government announced the University’s full observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day for this academic year. The announcement followed the senate resolution calling for its full observance passed last March and a Letter to the Editor addressing how MLK deserved more than a photo in June. The process for the full observance of
Isabella Volmert | Monday, August 30, 2021
Student government is the name and “onward” is the game this year for student body president Allan Njomo, vice president Matthew Bisner and chief of staff Alix Basden. The administration started its term in the spring semester of 2021 and now, as the new semester starts, plans to focus on bringing back Notre Dame’s traditions
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