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-23 posts tagged "voting"
Mary Szromba | Wednesday, April 1, 2020
I’ll admit, it’s been a real pain to transition to online classes and to keep up with ever-changing deadlines. I recently returned to my apartment in South Bend in an attempt to boost my productivity, but I’m not sure it’s had any effect. My parents are also working from home where they have to consistently
Andrew Sveda | Monday, February 24, 2020
Ah, the administration — that thing everyone loves to hate. It’s no secret. Go into Duncan or LaFun, start namedropping “Father Jenkins” or “Erin Hoffmann Harding” and you’re bound to hear some pretty impassioned rants. So when it came time to vote in the student body election over the past two weeks, I just assumed
Letter to the Editor | Friday, February 21, 2020
Growing up in Northern California, natural disasters always just seemed like an unavoidable fact of life. Some of my earliest memories of going to school include monthly earthquake and fire drills that ensured we were ready and prepared no matter what inevitable tragedy we were faced with. As we hid under our desks, we truly
BridgeND | Monday, February 17, 2020
The two remaining tickets will take the stage Tuesday night in the runoff debate before the student government elections Wednesday. The Ingal-Galbenski and Patidar-Patrick tickets place contrasting emphasis on how to most effectively improve the lives of students at Notre Dame. The Patidar-Patrick ticket stresses the importance of campus presence. Their campaign centers around transparency
Letter to the Editor | Friday, November 30, 2018
Single-issue voters dominate the U.S. political system, voting for candidates that pass their litmus test whether it be healthcare, abortion, immigration or gun control. Unfortunately, the winner of most elections are already decided due to a combination of legislation that skews the vote one way or the other; democracy is a prerequisite to representative policy,
Gina Twardosz | Tuesday, November 27, 2018
Editor’s note: Throughout the 2018 midterm election season, The Observer sat down with various student organizations and professors to discuss political engagement and issues particularly pertinent to students. In this ninth installment, Saint Mary’s students discuss problems they have faced while trying to vote. Leading up to the 2018 midterm elections, many Saint Mary’s students
Julianna McKenna | Wednesday, November 7, 2018
“However [political parties] may now and then answer popular ends, they are likely in the course of time and things, to become potent engines, by which cunning, ambitious, and unprincipled men will be enabled to subvert the power of the people and to usurp for themselves the reins of government, destroying afterwards the very engines
Observer Editorial Board | Tuesday, November 6, 2018
Voting matters, and your vote counts. On Midterms Day 2018, The Observer Editorial Board urges you, reader, to be a voter. This year’s Midterm elections arrive on the heels of some of the most polarized years in American politics, and the national divisiveness over politics has echoed throughout our smaller tri-campus community. Two weeks ago,
Letter to the Editor | Monday, November 5, 2018
This Tuesday, we have the mid-term elections. There have been reports that say that there is a good chance voter turn-up is going to be up this year, especially among younger voters. In a period that is marked by extreme partisanship, I think it’s more important than ever to reach out and ask that everyone
Amelia Love | Monday, September 24, 2018
ND Votes will be celebrating Notre Dame’s National Voter Registration Day with a festival event Monday evening at the Geddes Hall Coffee House and patio. The celebration is open to anyone, and it is the culmination of a week-long voter registration drive the ND Votes task force organized. “[The event will be] American-themed, with apple pie,