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Maggie Eastland | Friday, March 24, 2023
For the last two decades, Notre Dame has enrolled 10.6% more men than women, on average. Reflecting that disparity, the University has admitted an average of 7.7% more men. Residential life housing ratios match that difference. The University has enrolled an average of 52.5% men and 47.5% women since 2002, according to Common Data Set
Observer Staff Report | Tuesday, November 29, 2022
In a press release Monday, Saint Mary’s announced that the Henry Luce Foundation awarded the College a 5–year, $498,000 grant to create the Clare Boothe Luce Assistant Professorship in Physics. “The grant will be used to hire an early-career female assistant professor in physics, adding a tenure track line that builds on the growing strength
Katelyn Waldschmidt | Monday, October 10, 2022
Saint Mary’s Feminists United club held a rally Saturday afternoon in front of Le Mans Hall to mark one month until election day. Echoing other women’s marches around the country also held Saturday, the rally centered around speakers who addressed the importance of women getting out to vote in elections. “We are trying to highlight
The Observer | Wednesday, September 7, 2022
lettertotheeditor | Wednesday, September 7, 2022
Fifty years ago I was a senior in high school beginning my college application process. One of the applications was to the University. Little did I know that I was going to be a “pioneer.” Campus was about half the size it is today. I wanted to go to the best university to give me the best future.
Maggie Klaers | Wednesday, September 7, 2022
When you hand a little kid a piece of paper and a crayon and tell them to draw “home,” it’s pretty likely that they will draw a triangle stacked on top of a square. Maybe they will add a chimney, a door, a tree and some windows. As we grow up, a lot of our
Bella Laufenberg | Wednesday, September 7, 2022
When Deborah Dell, known to her loved ones as Debi, arrived at the University of Notre Dame in 1972 with the first cohort of women, she entered with a sharp mind and a lot of determination. Now, almost exactly 50 years later, Dell is publishing a book, “Objects in the Rearview Mirror: A Social History
Claire Reid | Wednesday, September 7, 2022
This semester marks 50 years since women first stepped foot on Notre Dame’s campus as students. To honor this milestone, The Observer reached out to leaders from five student clubs that are either geared toward women or focus on advocating for women’s rights. Baraka Bouts Notre Dame Women’s Boxing club When Rachel Salamone was a
Liam Price | Monday, August 29, 2022
As the football team gears up for their season opener against Ohio State on Saturday, fans will sing the “Notre Dame Victory March” as they root for the Irish. This year, however, the last two lines of the 114-year-old fight song will sound different. The song’s concluding lines previously sang, “While her loyal sons are
Observer Staff Report | Friday, June 3, 2022
One of the most well-known collegiate fight songs has been finetuned to honor women’s impact on the University. Copyrighted in 1908, the “Notre Dame Victory March,” will now reference both “sons and daughters” of the University in the penultimate line. University President Father John Jenkins announced the change Thursday during a gala celebration honoring the