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The Holy Cross women’s soccer team finished their 2024-25 season 8-4-4, a vast improvement from their 5-11-1 record just a season prior. Under the leadership of first-year head coach Duma Magagula, the Saints advanced to the Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference (CCAC) semifinals for the first time in program history.
The Holy Cross men's soccer team came into their 2024 campaign not exactly sure what to expect. Led by senior captain Martin Von Thun, the Saints were predicted by most to finish mid-table in the Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference (CCAC). Despite a rocky start, head coach Omar Gallo’s squad exceeded all expectations, reaching the conference semifinals largely thanks to their stout defense.
On April 5, the University of Notre Dame canceled a keynote address scheduled to be given by Dr. Eman Abdelhadi at the 2025 Student Peace Conference organized by students at the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies.
The headline of a press release on Aug. 12, 2024, that read “Notre Dame Student-Athletes Wrap Up Most Successful Olympics In School History,” encapsulated the meteoric rise of Notre Dame’s swim and dive program under head coach Chris Lindauer. In only his second season at the helm, Lindauer’s group on the men’s side earned its first top-10 finish in program history and sent two athletes, ACC Swimmer of the Year Chris Guiliano and Tyler Christianson, to the 2024 Paris Olympics.
Head coach Martin Stone has trained Notre Dame rowing from the moment the University granted the team varsity status back in 1996. Since his hiring, he has brought the program to national prominence, winning 10 consecutive Big East Conference rowing championships and coaching several athletes who have gone on to compete in the Olympics.
In an interview with The Observer, her first in years, Saint Mary’s College President Katie Conboy discussed the College’s Revere and Revise strategic plan. The plan, which outlines a vision for the College through 2030, was developed following Conboy’s installation as the institution’s 14th president five years ago.
The Notre Dame men’s tennis team was far better than its modest 14-15 overall record might suggest. Playing in a gauntlet Atlantic Coast Conference, which boasts eight teams in the top 25, four in the top 10 and three in the top five, including No. 1 overall Wake Forest, the Irish sputtered to a 1-12 record. However, the vast majority of those losses were down-to-the-wire battles with the best teams in the nation.
Since taking over back in 2018, head coach Alison Silverio has set the Notre Dame women’s tennis program on a steady upward trajectory. In many ways, the 2024-25 campaign was a culmination of what she’s been building, as the Irish totaled their most overall wins (21) in the Silverio era and most ACC wins (nine) since joining the conference in 2013.
On April 17, First Gen Family, a student organization at Saint Mary’s College, held their first-ever pinning ceremony for first-generation seniors at Stapleton Lounge, where faculty and students were invited to watch. A pinning ceremony bestows pins on students to wear on their graduation robes at commencement.
On May 5, Saint Mary’s College announced Margaret Gower, assistant professor of religious studies and theology, as its new vice president for mission.
In head coach Salima Rockwell’s third year at the helm, Notre Dame volleyball continued to develop as a program on the rise, hoping to “build …[a] legacy” within the competitive Atlantic Coast Conference.
The Notre Dame fencing program has become synonymous with the word dynasty over the past decade, and rightfully so. The program is something of an anomaly. Their six national titles in eight seasons speak for themselves. In 2025, the Irish carried their storied legacy yet further, reigning supreme once again as national champions, firmly cementing themselves as one of the greatest dynasties in the history of collegiate athletics.
Although Notre Dame is synonymous with the age-old saying “the luck of the Irish,” it felt as if their 2024 men’s soccer team was often unlucky. Following an incredible run to the national championship in 2023 that ended with a 2-1 loss to Clemson, the Irish finished their 2024 campaign with a 7-5-5 record. The highs of those seven wins included a satisfying victory over the Tigers, a gutsy road win at Louisville and a seven-goal rout of Trine. The lows didn’t necessarily feel like lows. Instead, they were more reminiscent of tiny gut punches – small blows that over time took the wind from Notre Dame’s sails.
As seniors have begun to report their first destinations after graduation, associate vice president for career and professional development Ryan Willerton shared that the Meruelo Family Center for Career Development expects similar trends to previous years.
I won’t tell you that in a couple of weeks, “What dorm were you in?” will become an almost obsolete question, not the third thing you ask someone at a party. I won’t tell you that in a couple of weeks, when people ask about my education, I will tell them something in past tense: “I studied English at Notre Dame.” I won’t tell you that I won’t write for The Observer anymore, and I won’t live five minutes away from my people, and I won’t have the Grotto always accessible to me — rain or shine, night or day — to cradle me and shield me and bring me some semblance of peace.
The LGBTQ+ Center of Saint Mary’s College will hold their first Lavender Graduation Ceremony on Thursday, May 15, a ceremony for LGBTQ+ students and their families and friends to celebrate students’ achievements.
Seniors Katie Clem, Molly Minick, Piper Ogden and Bridget Walicki have been selected as valedictorians for Saint Mary’s 178th commencement ceremony. All four seniors will be speaking at the event.
“Maman died today. Or yesterday maybe, I don’t know.”
Down in the basement of South Dining Hall (SDH), from the men’s room to the entrance to our beloved newsroom, the walls are marked with arrows and the letters “DEMO” in permanent marker for demolition. It’s a pity, not only because the image that’s been published of a renovated SDH seems to perpetuate a soulless modern architecture that infects campus with white walls.
On May 2, from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., Saint Mary’s hosted its first annual Student Leadership Awards Ceremony at the Gillespie Conference Center. At the ceremony, six awards were presented to advisors, students and organizations recognized for their involvement and leadership on campus. Attendees were able to submit nominations prior to the event through Belle Tower.
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