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Court rules Irish 4 Reproductive Health’s lawsuit against University, Trump administration can proceed

Observer Staff Report | Friday, January 17, 2020

Independent reproductive rights group Irish 4 Reproductive Health (I4RH) announced in a Friday email the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana will allow the organization’s lawsuit against Notre Dame and the Trump administration to proceed. The lawsuit was filed on the group’s behalf by the National Women’s Law Center — which released

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Paul Ryan: now your new favorite Notre Dame lecturer

Drew Lischke | Tuesday, April 16, 2019

Paul Ryan has officially been slated as a guest lecturer for the 2019-2020 academic term at Notre Dame. When asked for comment on being hired by Notre Dame as a guest lecturer, Paul Ryan said: “As an Irish Catholic from the Midwest, the University of Notre Dame has always held a special place in my

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Truth is always in style

Raymond Ramirez | Monday, April 15, 2019

In reporting, the news journalists have an overarching principle: seek out and report the truth. The main way to uncover the truth is to assemble relevant facts and convey them to the audience. If enough facts are reported supporting a consistent view of a subject — coalescing into a clear pattern — then the resulting

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Immigration lawyer speaks at Saint Mary’s regarding policy

Colleen Fischer | Wednesday, October 31, 2018

Immigration lawyer Cecilia L. Monterrosa came to Saint Mary’s to speak to students and other community members Tuesday about policies surrounding immigration. The conversation happened over pizza slices and lemonade and covered the constitutionality of some of the recent immigration policy implemented under the Trump administration. She broke down some of the simpler parts of

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Truth hurts; lies kill

Raymond Ramirez | Wednesday, October 3, 2018

I’m going to go out on a limb here and take a position that might put me at odds with a number of mainstream Americans: sins are bad. You remember sins, don’t you? Those are the things we are “heartily sorry” for, whether they were sins of commission — “what I have done” — or

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Professor discusses first year of Trump administration

Alexandra Muck | Thursday, February 8, 2018

Reflecting on the first year of the Trump administration and what it indicates about the future, professor of political science Gary E. Hollibaugh, Jr. said the president‘s largest accomplishments include the tax reform bill and his judicial appointments, during a lecture Wednesday night in Geddes Hall as part of the Pizza, Pop and Politics series presented

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Racism today

Show Some Skin | Thursday, August 31, 2017

On Aug. 11, racism marched explicitly and visibly through the streets of Charlottesville. According to the Washington Post, a group of around 250 people marched with torches through the University of Virginia, chanting, “Our blood, our soil,” amongst other Nazi slogans. Upon pressure to respond, President Trump condemned violence “on many sides,” sparking backlash from

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A call to condemn Antifa

Eddie Damstra | Thursday, August 31, 2017

President Trump’s response to the Charlottesville events was, to say the very least, not good. His now infamous “both sides” remark was at best recklessly irresponsible and at worst a source of inspiration for the alt-right. And while a couple of days later he explicitly condemned neo-Nazis, white nationalists and similarly disgusting groups of people,

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Statement of concern on threats to peace from members of the Kroc Institute

Letter to the Editor | Thursday, February 2, 2017

As scholars, practitioners and current and former students of the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies at the University of Notre Dame, we are writing to express our deep dismay and moral condemnation in response to the grave threats to international peace, justice and human security posed by recent proposals of the Trump administration. We

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Professors analyze Trump’s presidency, media

Lucas Masin-Moyer | Wednesday, February 1, 2017

The first 12 days of President Donald Trump’s term in office have been marked by a flurry of executive orders and nationwide protests. In response, NDVotes organized a Tuesday installment of its Pizza, Pop and Politics series and brought two University professors to discuss Trump’s time in office thus far, focusing on his consolidation of