College Career Crossings office shifts to virtual programming for fall semester
The Career Crossings office at Saint Mary’s has provided students with resources, including group seminars, and focuses on developing skills related to resumes, interviews, LinkedIn, internships and...
View ArticleNo longer Here
I have been a University defender until now. Returning to campus, I believed, would be safe. Although there would be cases, these students would be isolated and, with the contract-tracing methods in...
View ArticleSaint Mary’s Campus Ministry adapts to COVID regulations, continues offering...
Despite the fear surrounding the global COVID-19 pandemic, Saint Mary’s Campus Ministry continues to reach out to the College community through planning liturgies and special events this semester. In...
View ArticleWAP: Women against patriarchy
Hip-hop, like most fields, is, tragically, dominated by men. But the last six months have been a different story; by and large, the best rap songs have come from women. These six songs, including...
View ArticleSaint Mary’s BAVO, Title IX coordinator discuss new Title IX policies
In May, U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos released new provisions to Title IX which hold educational institutions responsible for upholding anti-discrimination practices on the basis of gender....
View ArticleSpring 2021 study abroad programs intend to run, remain subject to change
The cancellation of Notre Dame study abroad programs began with Rome. Next, all students studying abroad in the spring were recalled to the U.S. Then, summer and fall study abroad programs were...
View ArticleCoolican: Jarrett clearly right fit for Irish baseball
When Link Jarrett was hired as the new Notre Dame baseball coach last July, I, like many other Irish fans, were surprised by the move. It was clearly the right time for a coaching change; Mik Aoki had...
View ArticleSaint Mary’s prohibits off-campus visitors for at least two weeks, places...
This report was updated Aug. 20 at 10:05 p.m. In an email to students Thursday afternoon, interim vice president for student affairs Gloria Roldán Jenkins announced the immediate change to the visitor...
View ArticleObserver Editorial: Don’t make us write obituaries.
When we learned the institutions within the tri-campus community intended to have students return for the fall semester, we experienced a variety of emotions — excitement to reunite with our friends,...
View ArticleUniversity to launch surveillance testing Friday
Surveillance testing on the Notre Dame student body will begin Friday, an email from the University COVID-19 Response Unit said Thursday. “Surveillance testing involves testing a random selection of...
View ArticleHoly Cross sees first COVID-19 cases since reopening
Two Holy Cross students have tested positive for COVID-19, College President Fr. David Tyson said in an email to the Holy Cross community Thursday. The students who tested positive have been placed in...
View ArticleTracking COVID-19 at Notre Dame
Since classes began Aug. 10, the number of COVID-19 cases continues to rise among Notre Dame community members. The Observer will update this page daily with new numbers from the University’s HERE...
View ArticleHoly Cross announces new suspension policy for safety violators
On Friday, Holy Cross College President Fr. David Tyson emailed the student body, announcing students who violate COVID-19 safety policies will be suspended from the College. “Any student(s) that is...
View ArticleTracking COVID-19 at Saint Mary’s
The Observer will update this page daily with new numbers from the College’s Live.Learn.Work dashboard. These numbers are based only on tests conducted both by Health and Counseling Services and...
View ArticleStudents create ‘HERE’s the Why’ Instagram account to advocate for social...
The tri-campus community has taken the fight to bolster student compliance to COVID-19 health guidelines into their own hands via social media. A student-run Instagram page titled “HERE’s the Why”...
View ArticleIf you give a fish a cracker, you’re bound to have an existential crisis
Maybe it’s nominal kinship — the tragic divide between hunter and the hunted — but I’ve always liked fish. I finally overcame my penchant for irresponsibility and adopted a betta fish this summer,...
View ArticleStop thanking Fr. Jenkins
When I initially planned this column, it was going to be a self-indulgent “we’re a family, so stop being selfish and wear your mask” piece. I planned to extrapolate the “Notre Dame Family” moniker and...
View ArticleMcGuinness: NHL playoffs, worth the wait?
The first round of the 2020 Stanley Cup Playoffs had just about everything hockey fans could ask for. Multi-overtime games, upsets of the two most recent champions, big hits and spectacular goals were...
View ArticleConboy outlines strategic plan through 2024
In a Monday email, Saint Mary’s President Katie Conboy outlined her strategic plan for the College, titled Reading and Writing Saint Mary’s: Creating the Path to 2024. “In the midst of our current...
View Article‘Overdue and necessary change’: student advocates react to changes in sexual...
On Feb. 29, 1996, the Ad Hoc Committee on Gay and Lesbian Student Needs presented a report to the vice president of student affairs with 12 recommendations to address the needs of LGBTQ+ students on...
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