Sewage hall
I still remember where I was, anxiously awaiting to see which of the 29 dorms I’d been chosen to live in, a dorm that would begin to define me in just a few short months. Being new to Notre Dame, I had...
View ArticleIrish running backs show promise as team looks to replace Josh Adams
What do you do when the inspiration for a whole branding of a Heisman campaign — complete with hats and a hashtag — leaves school early, declaring for the draft? Reload. That is what the Irish have...
View ArticleMulvena: Brandon Wimbush won the starting job in the Blue-Gold Game
Senior Brandon Wimbush put an end to the quarterback competition Saturday. Irish head coach Brian Kelly may not come out and say it, and the team may not even publicize that view at all in the coming...
View ArticleScene presents: Ladibree
Scene sat down in the WVFI offices to interview Briana Connor, a Notre Dame sophomore living in Lewis Hall — a.k.a. rapper Ladibree, or just “Bree” — about her career as a rapper, her influences, her...
View Article‘The Shirt’ revealed for 2018 football season
At last September’s Notre Dame-Georgia football game, head coach Brian Kelly noticed a problem. Not with his team, but with the apparel of the crowd. “As you looked around the stadium, you couldn’t...
View ArticleMore than 50 years of Observer staffer stories
For the fifth annual Notre Dame Day, we decided to get in touch with some of our Observer alumni to see what they’re up to now, in journalism and a number of other industries. We’ve featured just a few...
View ArticleNotre Dame defeats Georgia Tech, Clemson in final regular season matches
Notre Dame ended the regular season on a high note this weekend, winning two conference road matches. The Irish took down Georgia Tech on Friday 5-2 before defeating Clemson by the same score on...
View ArticleValedictorian Makenzie Duncan reflects on time at Saint Mary’s
Editor’s note: This is the second of a five-part series profiling the valedictorians of Saint Mary’s class of 2018. Saint Mary’s class of 2018 has made history as the first to have five students...
View ArticleSorin has bats?
A question I never thought I would be asking on freshmen move-in day. It was August 18 and my mind was filled with anxiety and excitement for the friends, football games and classes of college life....
View ArticleHope springs in FTT’s provocative production of ‘Spring Awakening’
The Patricia George Decio Theatre is dark. The stage is set with a step-down extension. There are books, lamps, chairs and tables haphazardly yet carefully placed around the perimeter of the stage...
View ArticleFormer Notre Dame lineman Kona Schwenke dies
Kona Schwenke, who played on Notre Dame’s defensive line from 2010-2013, died Sunday, the University announced in a press release Monday. “A four-year Monogram winner and defensive lineman for the...
View ArticleArchitecture faculty, students reflect on new facility
Notre Dame’s School of Architecture is known for being one of the few architecture schools in the country that teaches a classical style of architecture. When the School of Architecture leaves its...
View ArticleDavis Lamb leads Irish to sixth place finish at ACC Championship
The Irish have worked this entire season to put their skills on the line at the ACC Championship. The Irish were tied for second at 17-under after two rounds and ended tied for sixth with North...
View ArticleSUB seeks to relieve stress with AnTostal
The days leading up to final exams are often filled with stress and anxiety, but this week the Student Union Board (SUB) is hoping to use its annual AnTostal to alleviate students’ anxiety and...
View ArticleBerlin SONAR: Past, present, future
“Berlin SONAR: Past, Present, Future” is the celebratory culmination of a course predicated on the belief that one must immerse oneself in a city’s geographic, historic and architectonic to glean a...
View ArticleLocal exoneree shares journey, discusses justice system
The Notre Dame Exoneration Project invited local exoneree Ray McCann and his attorney, Greg Swygert, to share McCann’s story with Notre Dame students Tuesday at the Eck Hall of Law. The two discussed...
View ArticleIrish set for rematch with Demon Deacons in first round of ACC championship
Fourteenth-seeded Notre Dame arrived in Cary, North Carolina, on Tuesday to prepare for the beginning of its potential postseason run against 11th-seeded Wake Forest on Wednesday in the first round of...
View ArticleJ. Cole’s word is king on ‘KOD’
Patrick Star once uttered what has since become law: “When in doubt, pinky out.” And on the cover art of J. Cole’s newly released album, “KOD,” he, in agreeance with Patrick Star, stands a king with...
View ArticleGALA-ND/SMC awards annual student scholarships
This year’s annual LGBTQ student scholarships, funded by the Gay and Lesbian Alumni of Notre Dame and Saint Mary’s (GALA-ND/SMC), has been awarded to two sophomores at Notre Dame, Anne Jarrett and Tim...
View ArticleEnd-of-the-year ranks
Bittersweet describes this column best. On the one hand, this piece signifies a close to my column for the year. On the other, though, I get to rank all the things that couldn’t fit into one column on...
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