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Senate confers Student Union awards in second to last meeting

Peter Breen | Thursday, March 23, 2023

The 2022-2023 Notre Dame student senate convened for its second to last meeting Wednesday evening in the Mendoza College of Business. Student body president Patrick Lee offered his final State of the Student Union address and senators deliberated on four Student Union awards. After opening prayer, roll call and the approval of minutes, director of

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Notre Dame clubs struggle to make ends meet with CCC allocations, according to senate report

Liam Price | Wednesday, November 16, 2022

At last week’s Notre Dame student senate meeting, Club Coordination Council (CCC) president Connor Patrick detailed the disparity in funding between clubs and student government organizations during a report on club funding.  Each year, the student union’s Financial Management Board (FMB) sources its funds from a $95 student activities fee, interest on the Student Union

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Bishop Robert Barron to speak on campus, CCC presents on club funding

Maggie Eastland | Thursday, November 10, 2022

During Wednesday evening’s student senate meeting, the director of faith initiatives announced Catholic bishop Robert Barron is coming to speak on campus, and the Club Coordination Council (CCC) president said the clubs it funds could benefit from a greater share of Student Union funding. ‘Second most-followed Catholic priest’ to speak at Notre Dame Bishop Robert

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Senate rejects residence hall endorsement resolution, passes proposal to increase off-campus representation

Alysa Guffey | Thursday, March 31, 2022

The 2021-2022 senate convened for their final meeting Wednesday night, with senators pushing for amendments on residence hall endorsements and off-campus student representation. To start the meeting, student body president Allan Njomo delivered his final State of the Student Union speech — highlighting the accomplishments of the Union during his term while stressing that there

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Student senate bestows emeritus honors, commends Student Affairs

Liam Price | Thursday, March 3, 2022

Notre Dame’s student senate convened Wednesday on the second floor of the LaFortune Student Center. The meeting featured resolutions to bestow emeritus status on student body vice president Matthew Bisner and off campus president Thomas Davis and to commend the Division of Student Affairs for their work to provide housing for Gateway students in the

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Senate rejects referendum to poll student body on funding, elects incoming executives

Isa Sheikh | Thursday, February 24, 2022

The 2021-2022 Notre Dame student senate convened Wednesday night in the Notre Dame Room on the second floor of the LaFortune Student Center.  After opening with a prayer for peace in Ukraine, student body vice president Matthew Bisner moved on to executive announcements.  Incoming student body vice president Sofie Stitt made an announcement regarding executive

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Student senate discusses CCC funding, priest presence in halls

Heaven Carter | Thursday, December 2, 2021

The student senate kicked off their last meeting of the fall semester Wednesday evening on the second floor of the LaFortune Center. The agenda for the meeting consisted of a presentation from the Class Coordination Council (CCC) on funding and a debate regarding the need for the presence of priests-in-residence in dorms.  Student body vice

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Senate confirms Judicial Council president, Student Union treasurer

Siobhan Loughney | Thursday, March 11, 2021

The Notre Dame Student Senate assembled Wednesday evening to vote on nominations for Student Union treasurer and Judicial Council president, as well as several resolutions.  As the meeting began, the student body vice president, senior Sarah Galbenski, updated the senators on the state of COVID-19 restrictions on campus and the University’s vaccination site. Current restrictions

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Senate shoots down reallocation of funds resolution

Isabella Volmert | Thursday, February 20, 2020

After last week’s closed meeting, in which the Notre Dame senate heard and declined to overturn an appeal regarding the sanction of the Dugan-Pozas Garza ticket, it reconvened for its regular programming last night. The agenda included further debate over the allocation of funding between Student Union organizations and the Club Coordination Council (CCC).  First,

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From the Archives: A Notre Dame impeachment story

Jim Moster, Evan McKenna, Sarah Kikel and Mary Steurer | Monday, November 11, 2019

This week’s edition of From the Archives is all about impeachment — no, not the kind of impeachment you might expect. In 1973, student union director Jim Rybarczyk was unanimously impeached by the Student Body Board of Commissioners. His alleged crime? Siphoning off football tickets to sell to his student union colleagues. Rybarczyk’s impeachment was

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This Thursday, Feb. 16, the 93rd annual Bengal Bou This Thursday, Feb. 16, the 93rd annual Bengal Bouts will begin its preliminary rounds. A men’s boxing tournament that benefits the Holy Cross Mission in Bangladesh, Bengal Bouts seems to perfectly combine two integral aspects of Notre Dame’s identity: a passion for sports and a commitment to social impact.

This week, From the Archives takes a long overdue look at the history of Bengal Bouts. While this tournament predates the Observer by nearly four decades, we uncovered a selection of stories that capture at least a part of the rich history of this Notre Dame tradition.

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At Wednesday evening’s senate meeting, Briana Ch At Wednesday evening’s senate meeting, Briana Chappell, director of gender relations and LGBTQ+ advocacy, highlighted plans to edit the Moreau First Year Experience curriculum to promote values of diversity, equity and inclusion in her report on LGBTQ+ advocacy at Notre Dame this year.

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We asked you to Ask The Observer Sports Department We asked you to Ask The Observer Sports Department and you responded with the request: “Northwestern @ Notre Dame 2014 Football Breakdown”. That game was a heartbreaking loss for a Notre Dame team that had started 6-0 before stumbling down the stretch to a 7-5 record. A bowl game win over LSU salvaged some optimism for the program’s future, but that loss to Northwestern was a shocking result that contributed to one of the more appalling stretches of Irish football in the Brian Kelly era.

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Derick Williams and Hunter Brooke, two sophomore s Derick Williams and Hunter Brooke, two sophomore students campaigning to be Notre Dame’s next student body president and vice president, respectively, plan to “get sh*t done.”

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Sophomores Pablo Oropeza and Griffin McAndrew are Sophomores Pablo Oropeza and Griffin McAndrew are seeking to build stronger connections between the student body and student government if elected student body president and vice president, respectively. 

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Notre Dame students might recognize Daniel Jung an Notre Dame students might recognize Daniel Jung and Aidan Rezner from the student government Instagram page, but the two sophomores are ready to take the next big step to represent the student body.

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