Notre Dame women’s lacrosse takes a swift win on senior day

Notre Dame women’s lacrosse hosted Cal Saturday afternoon, with Notre Dame winning 17-4 while celebrating senior day.

Notre Dame baseball falls to No. 13 UNC

The No. 13 Tar Heels traveled to South Bend to face the Irish in a vicious conference series, with the Tar Heels emerging victorious in all three games.

Back the Bend connects students with South Bend through annual day of service

Students gathered at Stepan Center on Saturday to participate in Back the Bend, an annual day of service organized by Notre Dame Student Government aimed at connecting students with volunteering opportunities across South Bend.

Second annual Death Penalty Abolition Week highlights exoneree stories

The University of Notre Dame hosted its second annual Death Penalty Abolition Week March 23-27, bringing together exonerees, attorneys and advocates to discuss wrongful convictions and the movement to end capital punishment.

Incoming hall presidents discuss initiatives for upcoming terms

On March 3, the 33 residence halls at the University of Notre Dame elected their hall presidents for the 2026-27 academic year. Following several weeks of campaigning, Judicial Council announced the election results for the 32 dormitories who opted in to the council’s voting system, with Duncan Hall being the sole exception to opt out.

Irish topple Vanderbilt 67-64, finally advance past Sweet 16

Everything is bigger in Texas, but the littlest player on the court made all the difference Friday afternoon in Fort Worth. Led by 5-foot-6 junior guard Hannah Hidalgo, No. 6 Notre Dame powered past No. 2 Vanderbilt 67-64 to advance past the Sweet 16 for the first time under sixth-year head coach Niele Ivey.

SMC student reports ‘unwanted physical contact‘ incident at off-campus Marathon Gas

Phil Bambenek, director of Campus Safety at Saint Mary’s, alerted students Friday morning via email of a “concerning” incident report involving a Saint Mary’s student at the Marathon gas station located on S Dixie Way, half a mile off campus.

Print Edition for Friday, March 27, 2026

Editorial: Let them eat over break

For tri-campus students who remained on campus during spring break, access to food was severely limited with the closure of three of the four dining halls across the tri-campus. Access was especially limited at Saint Mary’s College and Holy Cross College, which had no open dining halls over the week. 

No. 6 Notre Dame battles No. 2 Vanderbilt in Sweet 16

On account of its 83-73 victory over No. 3 seed Ohio State on Monday, Notre Dame women’s basketball will make its fifth-consecutive Sweet 16 appearance under head coach Niele Ivey in Fort Worth, Texas, as it faces No. 2 seed Vanderbilt. No. 6 seed Notre Dame hopes to finally get over the hump and earn an Elite Eight berth for the first time since 2019. The Commodores, meanwhile, eye their first regional semifinal win since 2002; plus, Vandy is likely motivated by last season’s first-round elimination after a 77-73 overtime loss to No. 10 Oregon.

Stachurski: Notre Dame should have a varsity women’s hockey team

Notre Dame’s hockey program has received recent attention in head coach Brock Sheahan’s first season, but Notre Dame has limited itself by only having a men’s team. Notre Dame has had a men’s Division I hockey program since 1968, but it has never had a varsity women’s team.

Through injuries and adversity, KK Bransford has remained a spark for Notre Dame

With the Irish preparing to compete in their fifth straight Sweet 16 in Fort Worth, Texas, head coach Niele Ivey and star junior guard Hannah Hidalgo said that they wouldn’t be there without one player. Despite seemingly middle-of-the-road counting stats of 7.5 points, 4.2 rebounds and 1.3 assists per game, senior guard KK Bransford has emerged as a spark plug off the bench since returning from injury Feb. 1.

‘As You Like It:’ A worthwhile Shakespearean adaptation at ND

Like most people, I am most familiar with “As You Like It” not for the contents of the play but more for a singular line from Act 2, Scene 7: “All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players.” So when I learned that the Not-So-Royal Shakespeare Company was performing it, I decided that I had to go see it. I have never seen a bad show from NSR and am happy to report that I still have yet to see one.

Offseason is off to a rough start for Notre Dame men's basketball

After a disappointing 13-18 season for Micah Shrewsberry and Notre Dame men’s basketball, Notre Dame is struggling to retain players with the transfer portal looming. Notre Dame battled injuries throughout the season that sidelined junior guard Markus Burton and senior forward Kebba Njie with season-ending injuries and freshman guard Jalen Haralson for four games. Notre Dame missed the conference tournament and suffered its biggest home loss in program history against No. 1 Duke on Feb. 24. The hope of salvaging a forgettable season in Micah Shrewsberry’s third year at the helm is contingent on player retention. So far, that’s not off to a great start in March.

Gloriously unhinged: PEMCo's “The Drowsy Chaperone”

Let’s travel back to the roaring ’20s with The Man in the Chair as he pulls us into a world of surprisingly talented tap dancing, in-sync musical numbers and dancing bananas. As someone familiar with the demands of the genre (shout-out to my favorite role Marty from “Grease”), none have been as chaotic while simultaneously comical as PEMCo’s “The Drowsy Chaperone.” And yet, one might wonder what hides between the amusing jokes and its vivacious characters?

Silicon Valley Needs You to Fear AI

In a series of lectures in 2025, Peter Thiel, co-founder and chairman of the defense analytics firm Palantir, attempted to map the modern history of artificial intelligence onto a Judeo-Christian end-times posture. He employed the literary lens of the Book of Revelation, where St. John bears witness to the core end-times prophecies that define Christian cosmology. Thiel described AI developers as having “conjured up a demon in whose existence they claim not to believe,” and broadly asserted the idea of a demonic dimension to AI that if entertained will quicken the arrival of the rapture. His claim is not that AI itself will become the Antichrist, but that it is an affordance to the Antichrist’s aims to displace the “human logos” and ready the world for its end.

Collins: The time is now for Ivey

Last month, I asked whether Notre Dame women’s basketball head coach Niele Ivey had hit her ceiling, given her failure to advance her program past four consecutive Sweet 16 appearances. At the time, Notre Dame was projected to be a No. 7 seed heading into March Madness, sporting an 18-9 record and a 10-6 mark in ACC play.

Why does no one talk about grief in college?

“If you are going through a hard time because your boyfriend broke up with you the week before the exam, email me and we will work something out.”

Lytle: Hannah Hidalgo is already the GOAT of Irish women’s basketball

Through three years in blue and gold, junior guard Hannah Hidalgo has submitted her legacy as one of the most iconic and proficient players in Notre Dame history. From her first game scoring 31 points and snatching three steals against No. 6 South Carolina, Hidalgo has been a force for Niele Ivey’s team. Starting each game she has been available to play, Hidalgo has sharpened her craft each season to become a more complete player and leader for Notre Dame. This season, leading a limited Irish team far beyond expectations, Hidalgo has broken defensive records en route to her third consecutive Sweet 16 appearance in Fort Worth, Texas, this weekend.

7 honorary degrees to be awarded at 2026 Notre Dame commencement

The University of Notre Dame has announced that seven individuals will receive honorary degrees at this year’s commencement ceremony.