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This year, Notre Dame’s McDonald Center for Student Well-Being launched its pilot Peer Listening Program. The program, funded by a SAMHSA (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration) grant for three years, aims to provide peer-to-peer support for students in a confidential and non-judgmental space, offered by trained student listeners.
Under former defensive coordinator Al Golden’s high-pressure defensive system, Notre Dame’s defensive backs wreaked havoc on opposing passing attacks all throughout 2024. With a secondary that included NFL draft selections Benjamin Morrison and Xavier Watts, as well as talented young players in Christian Gray, Leonard Moore, and Adon Shuler, the Irish back half anchored a “bend, don’t break” defense that led Notre Dame to the national championship game.
The comfort K9 unit of Notre Dame Police Department (NDPD) is made up of Órla, a red fox Lab, and Finn, a golden blonde Lab. Their job entails walking around campus, attending events and responding to calls from students in need.
The Irish hold high expectations this season. There has not been a game where someone has not asked about or mentioned the College Football Playoff. I felt worried about the season after watching the first two performances against Miami and Texas A&M, but after watching two straight strong bounce-back games from the Irish, I feel stronger about what will happen going forward in the season. The main thing that has contributed to this success is the offense.
It’s happened: Your parents bought you season tickets for football. They promise there’s nothing like a Notre Dame football game. Just one problem: You've never liked football. You watch the Super Bowl mainly for the commercials, and your eyes glaze over whenever someone puts on the Bears or Lions or whatever your team is. But someone bought you the tickets, and you don’t want to disappoint them. Here’s how to enjoy a Notre Dame football game without knowing anything about football.
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The student senate convened for a meeting on Wednesday, approving the Judicial Council’s nominees for the Election Council and amending the bylaws for the Committee on the Constitution. The session began with an opening prayer, followed by a diversity workshop led by Ashley Avalos and Nneze Ekowa, senior fellows at the Multicultural Student Program and Services.
If the phrase “once in a blue moon” means rarely, then the phrase “once in a waning moon” should mean never. Ever since I learned about the moon phases in seventh grade science class, I’ve developed a habit of glancing up at the night sky to identify the phase and give myself a gold star for acing Mother Nature’s pop quiz. But over time, that trivia turned into something far stranger. In nine years of casual moon watching, I’ve noticed something deeply concerning: I have never seen a waning moon. Not once. Occasionally, I’ll catch a full or new moon, but between those phases, like Mr. Miyagi’s mantra, it’s all ”wax on, wax off.”
Four Notre Dame faculty members in the College of Engineering and the College of Science were honored with National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Awards — a mark of excellence for early-career researchers who integrate teaching, outreach and scholarship into their work. While each of the honored faculty works on very different problems, they all share a belief in curiosity, persistence and bringing both students and teachers into the journey.
After a 12-0 win over Calumet on senior night, Holy Cross College men’s soccer (5-5) fell to Loyola Chicago (4-3-3) at Loyola Soccer Park, 2-0.
This past week, Oura Health Oy, the company that sells the famous Oura ring, which tracks sleep, menstrual cycles, stress and more, reported raising $875 million in Series E funding, which is the fifth round of fundraising from a startup that has not declared for an initial public offering yet. For a private company, achieving Series E funding is exceptional, and for it to do so at such an exponential rate is even more unprecedented.
Coming off a win at the Canadian Collegiate Invitational in their last competition, Notre Dame men’s golf made the journey to Knollwood Club in Lake Forest, Illinois. At the course, Northwestern would host the annual Windon Memorial Classic, with a 16-team field competing over two days. The tournament began with 36 holes on day one, which the team left tied for second place on the leaderboards. The second day would not be as fruitful for the Irish as they fell three spots and finished fifth overall.
Saint Mary’s soccer opened MIAA play on the road Tuesday night with a 2-0 loss to Kalamazoo, the team’s first defeat of the season.
Since 2021, the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE) has published yearly college free speech rankings, surveying 68,510 college students in partnership with survey administrator College Pulse at 257 schools to gain insight into the state of freedom of expression on America’s campuses.
Notre Dame men’s soccer continued their seven-game homestand against Division III opponent Hope College on Tuesday evening. Freshman defender Alex Rosin opened the scoring first for the No. 23 Irish, only to be met with a Flying Dutchmen goal shortly after by sophomore forward Jackson Mindling. The Irish led 2-1 going into the second half thanks to a goal by freshman forward Luke Burton. Soon after, Hope junior defender Michael Dietz scored, allowing the Flying Dutchmen to tie the game at 2-2. In the 83rd-minute, freshman forward Ren Sylvester scored the game-winner for Notre Dame, allowing the Irish to scrape by with the win.
Last Thursday, the Debartolo Performing Arts Center screened the 2018 film “Little Forest” and hosted director Yim Soon-rye for a question and answer session. Yim also visited select film classes for intimate conversations. Film, television and theatre professor Cecilia Kim moderated the talk while a translator relayed Yim’s answers.
I am a hopeless coffee fiend. For years, I tried to quit. I aspired to be one of those health nuts who drinks the equivalent of eight cups of water a day, with a hint of lemon. Think Tom Brady. The longest I’ve managed to go without it, though, was two and a half weeks. On the day I caved, driving up to the Biggby Coffee in Roseland, those first few sips were pure heaven. The seas parted before me. Life had a purpose. A rhythm. A joy.
A legendary era of Notre Dame hockey came to a close last spring when Jeff Jackson stood behind the Irish bench for one final game, ending his 20 years as head coach. Jackson took control of the Irish in the 2005-06 season and has since brought the program to 12 of their 13 NCAA tournament appearances, including four Frozen Fours and two national championship games. Though in no way tainting the impact Jackson had on Notre Dame hockey, his closing few seasons were tough for the Blue and Gold, going 12-25-1 in 2024-25 and 15-19-2 in 2023-24. One of his previous players, Brock Sheahan, who skated for the Irish from 2004 to 2008 and returned as associate head coach in 2023, officially took the helm in March following Jackson’s retirement.
The American debate has disappeared. We have gradually witnessed the devolution of what used to be a respectful tradition of political discourse into a melee of personal attacks that veer far from actual policy. Debate functions as a platform for candidates to make crystal clear where they stand on issues and how they will make Americans’ lives easier – that has been obscured in recent years. The 2024 Trump-Biden presidential debate is a striking example of what debate has become: a catfight akin to an episode of “The Jersey Shore” and a slew of meme bits.
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