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Gabriel Niforatos | Monday, March 4, 2019
The first time I saw Show Some Skin, it resonated with me on a deep level. One of the things that struck me the hardest was that there were other students just like me on campus, students who did not fit the “Notre Dame stereotype,” students who look like you and me. Students who are
Letter to the Editor | Monday, April 23, 2018
I still remember where I was, anxiously awaiting to see which of the 29 dorms I’d been chosen to live in, a dorm that would begin to define me in just a few short months. Being new to Notre Dame, I had saved one of the free campus maps in my bedroom for this exact
Letter to the Editor | Thursday, April 5, 2018
“A gift from Joseph A. LaFortune, the Student Center is the most visited building on Notre Dame’s campus.” At least, this is what the University’s website says. This claim may have been true before the start of second semester, but with the opening of the Duncan Student Center, LaFun is effectively dead. On my trek
Soren Hansen | Wednesday, February 14, 2018
On a cozy cab ride back to campus one November evening, a student leaned over, tapped me on the shoulder and asked, “Hey, you’re in my education class right? Aren’t you the one who argues a lot?” To many students at Notre Dame, this comment would probably have been an insult. In typical contrarian style,
Courtney Becker | Wednesday, January 17, 2018
After years of planning and construction, the Duncan Student Center officially opened to the entire Notre Dame community Monday. The new student center, which vice president for student affairs Erin Hoffmann Harding said is meant to complement the LaFortune Student Center, sits on the west side of Notre Dame Stadium and houses RecSports, the Career
Charlie Kenney | Tuesday, September 19, 2017
The University of Notre Dame has a lot of things. We have 8,624 undergraduates, we have an endowment of just over $10 billion, we have 11 football national championships and we have a main building with a dome that is covered in 23.9-karat gold leaf. We have all of those things and many more, but there
Courtney Becker | Tuesday, September 5, 2017
Editor’s note: This is the second story in a three-part series featuring the completed Campus Crossroads project. Today’s story focuses on the enhancements to student life resulting from the creation of the Duncan Student Center. In addition to upgrades to Notre Dame Stadium, the Campus Crossroads project will affect day-to-day student life — particularly with
Letter to the Editor | Wednesday, March 1, 2017
I have no idea, but I did recently catch the campus equivalent of the bubonic plague and have been trapped in my cinderblock home for the past 58 hours. This flu has wrecked me despite how high my blood-OJ content is. Besides taking time to figure out just how many bugs are stuck in my lighting
Rachel O'Grady | Tuesday, March 22, 2016
In response to student and faculty feedback, Notre Dame convoked an expanded committee in February to reform student parking on and off campus. According to an email sent to the student body Monday night from University Vice President John Affleck-Graves, the committee is composed of a diverse selection of members representing several groups on campus.
Megan Valley | Wednesday, January 20, 2016
An information session on new housing was held Tuesday night to elaborate on the email students received Jan. 13 detailing changes and renovations being made to housing on campus. The email said residents of Pangborn Hall will be moved to the new female dorm that’s currently under construction while Pangborn Hall will serve as a