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Notre Dame students, faculty participate in national walkout supporting sexual assault victims

Kelli Smith | Tuesday, September 25, 2018

Across the nation Monday afternoon, individuals participated in a national walkout and gathered in public places to signal solidarity with Christine Blasey Ford, a college professor who accused Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexually assaulting her when they were teenagers. On Thursday, Ford will testify about the alleged incident before the Senate Judiciary Committee.

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Students walk out of 2017 Commencement ceremony

Courtney Becker | Monday, May 22, 2017

The opening words of Vice President of the United States and 2017 Commencement speaker Mike Pence’s speech were drowned out by a chorus of boos from members of the audience at Notre Dame’s 172nd Commencement ceremony Sunday. Those boos, however, were largely in response to a group of approximately 100 graduates who chose to stand and exit

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Sanctuary campus walkout

Letter to the Editor | Wednesday, December 7, 2016

On Nov. 16, Notre Dame students participated in a walkout as part of the nationwide sanctuary campus movement. The purpose of this walkout was to exhibit solidarity and call on our president to publicly acknowledge Notre Dame as a sanctuary campus in support of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) students. As a sanctuary campus,