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Observer Staff Report | Thursday, May 3, 2018
Notre Dame plans to construct new housing for married and parenting graduate students to replace the University Village and Cripe Street apartments, a report from the South Bend Tribune said Thursday. The 180-unit complex will be located on Cripe Street and is expected to be completed in August 2019. The Cripe Street apartments are scheduled
Tom Naatz | Wednesday, November 8, 2017
University President Fr. John Jenkins discussed Notre Dame’s contraception policy, the new housing requirements, the University’s sexual assault policies and other campus issues in his annual address to the faculty senate Tuesday. Jenkins addressed a recently settled lawsuit involving the University and the Department of Health and Human Services regarding insurance coverage for contraceptives that
Letter to the Editor | Friday, October 27, 2017
On Monday evening, Oct. 23, Erin Hoffmann-Harding met with the University Village community to further explain the University’s decision to cease providing housing for graduate student families. Despite her admirable patience and attempts at clarity and transparency, the reasoning and figures she presented offered little comfort to the crowd packed into the Beichner Community Center.
Letter to the Editor | Thursday, October 12, 2017
Dear Editor: It was surprising and disappointing to see The Observer publish a lengthy story earlier this week on the closing of University Village without giving the University an opportunity to comment. In an effort to provide context, perspective and clarification, I am writing to offer the following facts and information: University Village, Cripe Street Apartments
Courtney Becker | Monday, October 9, 2017
It wouldn’t be fair. This mantra is the reasoning John Affleck-Graves, executive vice president of the University, gave to residents of The University Village for Notre Dame’s plans to shut the Village down in June of 2018. The University Village is subsidized, on-campus housing provided for married graduate students and their families. The community has
Letter to the Editor | Wednesday, September 27, 2017
As Notre Dame plans to mandate six semesters of dorm life for undergraduates, it is eliminating University housing options for students with families. In June 2018, the six-building apartment community that serves graduate student families, University Village, is slated to be shut down with no replacement. As current residents of this beautiful and necessary place,