‘Mulan’ brings honor to no one
Disney live action remakes are a special kind of cinematic purgatory. Few of them are truly irredeemable; you can always count on lavish production design, ornate costumes and some solid VFX. But in...
View ArticleKelly gives final presser before season-opener vs. Duke
Notre Dame head coach Brian Kelly held a press conference Thursday in anticipation of Notre Dame’s season-opener against Duke, now under 48 hours away. One consequence of the current style of media...
View ArticleGame day: A moment of truth
Well, we’ve made it this far. The first football game is Saturday, and with football season usually comes lots of parties and other shenanigans. Unfortunately, if there’s anything that could start a...
View Article‘I want to see all you kids again’: South Bend student bars adapt to the...
The first Saturday home game of the Notre Dame football season normally brings a swell of students clad in green and gold to the bars in South Bend. With this year’s home opener also comes a source of...
View ArticleKyren Williams lights up Irish offense
At the risk of making a premature declaration one game into the season, it’s time to welcome Kyren Williams to the big leagues. One-hundred-twelve rushing yards, 93 receiving yards and two touchdowns...
View ArticleIn response to Brian Evans, CFO of GEO Group
In a recent letter to The Observer, Notre Dame alumnus and GEO Group CFO Brian Evans offers unsolicited advice on how students should focus their political energies. Mr. Evans is no stranger to...
View ArticleProvost leads Indiana COVID-19 Registry to gather data on impact of virus...
In collaboration with the Indiana Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute and researchers at multiple universities, Notre Dame launched the Indiana COVID-19 Registry Sept. 1 to better understand...
View ArticleCommunity mourns 9/11 during prayer service in the era of COVID-19
Nineteen years and 12 hours after the first plane struck the World Trade Center, the Notre Dame community came together to remember those lost to the tragic events of 9/11 in a prayer service at the...
View ArticleNotre Dame home win streak reaches highest since 1990 with win over Duke
It was a historic day for Notre Dame football. They extended their home win streak to 19 games, the longest run since 1990, with a win over Duke, and in doing so locked up their first-ever conference...
View ArticleTwo football players test positive for COVID-19
Two Notre Dame football players have tested positive for COVID-19 in the past week, according to a Monday tweet from the Notre Dame Football PR team. The release said the athletes are in isolation and...
View ArticleStudents react to first football game of season amidst pandemic
Notre Dame football returned Saturday with a win over Duke in Notre Dame Stadium on a game day like no other. With the campus largely closed off to spectators and fans, many traditions were banned or...
View ArticlePanel discusses Uyghur humanitarian crisis, steps for activism
The Liu Institute for Asia and Asian Studies hosted an engaging panel Monday with experts from institutes around the world entitled “Xinjiang and the Uyghurs: Religion, Oppression and Geopolitics.” The...
View ArticleWhat Jesus is doing
Ms. Weber recently published a column and asked, “What would Jesus do?” I would like to respond by sharing what Jesus is currently doing through the members of His Catholic Church, the Body of Christ....
View ArticleND research warns Indiana K-12 schools to enforce masks, safety precautions
A recent study conducted by researchers at Notre Dame modeled coronavirus transmissions in classrooms and cautioned Indiana K-12 schools to enforce mask wearing and limited capacity, or face grim...
View ArticleSmith: Go Pack go
So much for turmoil within the Green Bay Packers’ organization. After an offseason filled with questions surrounding the front office’s decision-making and the chemistry between star quarterback Aaron...
View ArticleSaint Mary’s to offer new program for ’Laudato Si’ anniversary
In light of Pope Francis’s announcement of the special anniversary celebration of the ‘Laudato Si,’ the Center for Spirituality of Saint Mary’s College is sponsoring a new study-faith-in-action...
View ArticleScene in South Bend: Local restaurants are ‘playing catch up’
On March 16, lights were dimmed, tables cleared and chairs stacked in restaurants across Indiana without a hint as to when life would return to dine-in businesses. Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb had...
View ArticleSaint Mary’s announces plans to begin screening testing
Saint Mary’s will begin screening testing Sept. 22, the College announced an update posted to the Live.Learn.Work. website. “Screening testing allows an organization to discover positive cases, in...
View ArticleNotre Dame cross country to begin season at Irish Classic
The Notre Dame men’s and women’s cross country teams are scheduled to start their 2020 season Saturday in the Irish Classic against the Louisville Cardinals. Although the season will look very...
View ArticleAbolish private prisons
To Whom It May Concern: We write in support of Notre Dame student and faculty advocacy to end Notre Dame’s investment in private for-profit prisons and to respond to the letter from Brian Evans (’90)...
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