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Men outnumber women at Notre Dame for the past 20 years, University denies gender quota

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

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Saint Mary’s to add third physics professor with newly awarded grant

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

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Feminists United holds rally to encourage women’s voting

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

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Special Print Edition for Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2022 — 50th Anniversary of Coeducation

The Observer | Wednesday, September 7, 2022

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Coeducation 50 years in the making

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.

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To the women who make Notre Dame my home

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

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‘Objects in the Rearview Mirror’: The story behind the first women at the University

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

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Women’s clubs share their experiences

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

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Students, faculty react to updated ‘Victory March’ lyrics

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

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Notre Dame’s fight song updated to celebrate women at the University

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

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This Thursday, Feb. 16, the 93rd annual Bengal Bou This Thursday, Feb. 16, the 93rd annual Bengal Bouts will begin its preliminary rounds. A men’s boxing tournament that benefits the Holy Cross Mission in Bangladesh, Bengal Bouts seems to perfectly combine two integral aspects of Notre Dame’s identity: a passion for sports and a commitment to social impact.

This week, From the Archives takes a long overdue look at the history of Bengal Bouts. While this tournament predates the Observer by nearly four decades, we uncovered a selection of stories that capture at least a part of the rich history of this Notre Dame tradition.

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At Wednesday evening’s senate meeting, Briana Ch At Wednesday evening’s senate meeting, Briana Chappell, director of gender relations and LGBTQ+ advocacy, highlighted plans to edit the Moreau First Year Experience curriculum to promote values of diversity, equity and inclusion in her report on LGBTQ+ advocacy at Notre Dame this year.

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We asked you to Ask The Observer Sports Department We asked you to Ask The Observer Sports Department and you responded with the request: “Northwestern @ Notre Dame 2014 Football Breakdown”. That game was a heartbreaking loss for a Notre Dame team that had started 6-0 before stumbling down the stretch to a 7-5 record. A bowl game win over LSU salvaged some optimism for the program’s future, but that loss to Northwestern was a shocking result that contributed to one of the more appalling stretches of Irish football in the Brian Kelly era.

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Derick Williams and Hunter Brooke, two sophomore s Derick Williams and Hunter Brooke, two sophomore students campaigning to be Notre Dame’s next student body president and vice president, respectively, plan to “get sh*t done.”

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Sophomores Pablo Oropeza and Griffin McAndrew are Sophomores Pablo Oropeza and Griffin McAndrew are seeking to build stronger connections between the student body and student government if elected student body president and vice president, respectively. 

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Notre Dame students might recognize Daniel Jung an Notre Dame students might recognize Daniel Jung and Aidan Rezner from the student government Instagram page, but the two sophomores are ready to take the next big step to represent the student body.

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