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Students bid to dine with campus celebrities

By The Observer · Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2013

More than 25 Notre Dame celebrities are on the menu tonight at Breen-Phillips Hall's 29th annual Meal Auction, where students can place bids for a chance to dine with illustrious campus figures such as Irish football coach Brian Kelly or basketball coach Mike Brey, among others.

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Men recall 'gradual' shift

By The Observer · Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2013

Editor's note: This is the next in a five-day series discussing the role of women at Notre Dame and Saint Mary's, in honor of the 40th anniversary of coeducation at the University this year. 

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Pope-Davis to leave ND

By The Observer · Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2013

Notre Dame's vice president and associate provost Don Pope-Davis will leave the University in July to serve as provost at DePaul University, according to a Wednesday press release. Pope-Davis was elected to his current position in 2007 and worked closely with undergraduate scholarship and research throughout his tenure, the release stated. He is the second Notre Dame vice president and associate provost to leave the University in the past two years to accept a position as chief academic officer at another Catholic university.

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Campus Ministry cancels Encounter

By The Observer · Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013

The Office of Campus Ministry cancelled the Notre Dame Encounter (NDE) retreat last semester in an effort to better serve the spiritual needs of students, associate director of undergraduate ministry Tami Schmitz said.

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Magazine founder speaks at SMC

By The Observer · Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013

As part of Love Your Body Week at Saint Mary's, Emily Raleigh, founder of the online magazine "Smart Girls Group," shared how the magazine began and why it is important for all girls to be smart girls.

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Hesburgh reflects on coeducation

By The Observer · Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013

Editor's note: This is the next installment in a five-day series discussing the role of women at Notre Dame and Saint Mary's, in honor of the 40th anniversary of coeducation at the University this year. 

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Alumna kicks off Love Your Body Week at SMC

By The Observer · Monday, Feb. 25, 2013

To mark the beginning of Love Your Body Week (LYBW) at Saint Mary's, Whitney Werner, creator of the BeYOUtiful self-esteem program, talked about body image Monday in Vander VennetTheatre in the Student Center.

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Students promote awareness for Relay for Life

By The Observer · Monday, Feb. 25, 2013

Purple hair extensions, purple clothing and purple desserts in the dining halls will flood campus this week to promote fundraising and awareness for the Notre Dame Relay for Life, which will take place Apr. 12 and 13.

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Alumnae offer career advice

By The Observer · Monday, Feb. 25, 2013

Four Saint Mary's alumnae visited their alma mater Monday to talk about professional networking and social media at a panel discussion in the Student Center.

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ND recognizes eating disorders

By The Observer · Monday, Feb. 25, 2013

In observance of National Eating Disorders Awareness Week, the University Counseling Center is promoting awareness of the dangerous effects of the pressure to look perfect.

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College offers new languages

By The Observer · Monday, Feb. 25, 2013

Beginning this fall, students enrolled in the international economics major will be able to choose five additional languages in their course of study, a change that will better position these students for careers in foreign operations, a press release stated Friday.

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First female undergraduates recall fall of 1972

By The Observer · Monday, Feb. 25, 2013

Class of 1976 alumna Diane Bourke didn't know what to expect when her parents dropped her off at Notre Dame in the fall of 1972. Not only had she enrolled at the University sight-unseen, but she would be a member of the first freshman class to include women.

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Finding common ground

By The Observer · Monday, Feb. 25, 2013

As a first-year law student in 1970, Kathleen Cekanski-Farrand was one of 12 women out of 250 in her class, part of only the third coeducational graduate class in the Law School.

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Sledding benefits fund

By The Observer · Sunday, Feb. 24, 2013

Students found a way to put South Bend snow to good use Saturday, racing down South Quad on improvised "dog sleds" for the third annual I-Domer-Rod to benefit the Declan Drumm Sullivan Memorial Fund.

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Capital Campaign begins

By The Observer · Sunday, Feb. 24, 2013

On Friday, Saint Mary's publicly launched "Faith Always, Action Now," its largest endowment campaign yet, hoping to raise $80 million for scholarships, professorships, academic programs and campus renovation projects.

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