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Nora McGreevy | Wednesday, April 24, 2019
In the Middle Ages, a group of composers in the Cathedral of Notre-Dame invented a new kind of sound: polyphony. Compared to the monophonic Gregorian chants of years prior, this new music consisted of multiple overlapping voices moving in distinct yet interwoven melodies. The innovation resonated throughout Western music for centuries. Like those medieval artists,
Tajae Thompson | Thursday, October 25, 2018
The University of Notre Dame has historically been home to a predominantly white student body. Currently, both minority and international students comprise about 30 percent of its population. So it came as a shock to some when they discovered that the Snite Museum of Art would host “Solidary & Solitary: The Joyner/Giuffrida Collection,” a traveling
Letter to the Editor | Friday, August 17, 2018
Dear first years, On behalf of student government and then rest of the student body, welcome to Notre Dame. We’re Gates and Corey, and we’ll be serving as your student body president and vice president this year. In the coming weeks, as you settle into your dorms and get to know people who will become
Letter to the Editor | Thursday, September 14, 2017
To the Notre Dame faithful: “Do you want to be good or do you want to be great?” was a question often posed at the O’Neill family dinner table growing up, and while so simplistic in nature, it is a question I feel is applicable to the Notre Dame fanbase after contemplating what we all witnessed on
Letter to the Editor | Wednesday, March 22, 2017
“Living as an undocumented student is incredibly difficult because you’re never 100 percent secure or confident … because you know at any moment you could be taken away.” Julio Salazar, a junior, understands the plight of not knowing whether he would be able to continue living in the United States and excelling in our country’s
Eddie Damstra | Thursday, April 21, 2016
Notre Dame is unique from most any other university in the world. The University offers the integration of spirituality, academia and competitive sports at a level that is unmatched. Take a casual walk around campus and you could pass by people praying at the Grotto, students flocking into Hesburgh Library and workers continuing construction on Notre Dame Stadium. Spiritual
Letter to the Editor | Monday, February 23, 2015
The controversy surrounding the University’s decennial core curriculum review caught my attention before it crowded my newsfeed. From Facebook to the Washington Post, it seems the question has caught the attention of the masses as well. Reconsidering and resituating longstanding ideology in a modern context is integral to healthy, institutional development. Furthermore, the likelihood that
Letter to the Editor | Tuesday, November 18, 2014
Last March, residents of Zahm House discovered to their dismay that their traditional “five-man” and “eight-man” common rooms were going to be no more. This was a decision made by the Office of Housing, announced just 15 days before room picks. The Office of Housing claimed that the break-up of these common rooms was done
Clare Kossler | Tuesday, September 30, 2014
Philosophy professors Michael Rea and Samuel Newlands of Notre Dame and Laurie Ann Paul of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill were named co-directors of “The Experience Project” this summer, leading an initiative designed to encourage interdisciplinary exploration of the nature of experience. Newlands, an associate professor of philosophy, said the three-year-long, $4.8 million project funded
Dаsh Hоllаnd | Wednesday, April 30, 2014
The American Society for the Defense of Tradition, Family and Property’s demonstration Friday has sparked controversy within Notre Dame and our LGBTQ community. I know some people feel that debate about this topic is overblown, but let me describe the situation from another viewpoint. You see, I’m gay. This is news to almost all the