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‘Asian Allure’ cultural showcase celebrates finding community

By Claire Reid · Friday, Nov. 11, 2022

Growing up in the Philippines, junior Liyanna Baloca said she never labeled herself as “Asian.”

Rooney Center survey reveals worries about American civil war, partisan divides

By Kathryn Muchnick · Friday, Nov. 11, 2022

According to a new survey released by the University of Notre Dame’s Rooney Center for the Study of American Democracy, about half of Democrats and one-third of Republicans believe that the United States is on the brink of a new civil war — numbers that Matthew E.K. Hall called “shockingly high.”

NBC to broadcast ND women’s basketball game live in historic first

By Alysa Guffey · Friday, Nov. 11, 2022

The last time Niele Ivey stepped foot in Enterprise Center in St. Louis, Missouri, she won an NCAA championship as part of the 2000-2001 Notre Dame women’s basketball team.

Bishop Robert Barron to speak on campus, CCC presents on club funding

By Maggie Eastland · Thursday, Nov. 10, 2022

During Wednesday evening’s student senate meeting, the director of faith initiatives announced Catholic bishop Robert Barron is coming to speak on campus, and the Club Coordination Council (CCC) president said the clubs it funds could benefit from a greater share of Student Union funding.

First Gen Week brings students ‘back to the basics’ of self-care

By Liam Price · Thursday, Nov. 10, 2022

First Gen Family at Saint Mary’s is supporting first-generation students, a term describing students who are the first in their family to pursue a four-year degree, with “First Gen Week: Back To The Basics.”

Author Clint Smith speaks about history of slavery and writing

By Angela Mathew · Thursday, Nov. 10, 2022

The Atlantic staff writer Clint Smith spoke at the Smith Ballroom at the Morris Inn on Wednesday evening. Smith’s book, “How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning With the History of Slavery Across America,” was a #1 New York Times Bestseller and a 2021 National Book Critics Circle Award Winner for Nonfiction.

Tech ethics faculty fear focus on banning TikTok is misplaced

By Emma Duffy · Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2022

Brendan Carr, a commissioner of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), said the social media app TikTok should be banned in the U.S. The Council on Foreign Investment in the U.S. (CFIUS) has spent months negotiating with TikTok to determine if it can be divested by its Chinese parent company ByteDance creating bleak outlooks and the possibility of a ban.

Campus sees rise in catalytic converter thefts

By Kate Naessens · Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2022

As reports of catalytic converter thefts increase on campus and across the nation, deputy chief of the Notre Dame Police Department (NDPD) Bill Thompson said these crimes are nothing new.

Center for Social Concerns ends SSLPs, introduces NDBridge

By Tess Brennan · Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2022

The summer service learning program (SSLP) and its international counterpart (ISSLP) have been phased out by the Center for Social Concerns. NDBridge is the University’s new summer community engagement program, limited to rising sophomores. The previous programs were open to students in each of their three summers.

Glynn Honors opens new lounge in O'Shaughnessy, fosters scholarship

By Peter Breen · Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2022

On Oct. 27, the Glynn Family Honors Program celebrated the opening of its new, 1,500 square-foot lounge on the second floor of O’Shaughnessy Hall with apple cider and donuts.

Campus stages ‘The Winter’s Tale’ and ‘Steel Magnolias’

By Kelsey Quint · Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2022

Notre Dame students are taking the stage this weekend in two different shows. The department of film, television and theatre (FTT) will be staging Robert Harling’s “Steel Magnolias” at the Decio Theatre in the DeBartolo Performing Arts Center, Nov. 10-13. Elsewhere on campus, the Not-So-Royal-Shakespeare Company (NSR) will be putting on “A Winter’s Tale” at the Washington Hall Lab Theater, November 10-12.

State Department scholar lectures on activism, breaking stigma

By Chloe Coddington · Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2022

On Monday night, the Saint Mary’s College director of the Center for Women’s Intercultural Leadership, Emily Rose McManus, hosted Aanya Wig and her talk, “How To Break Stigma.”

University files brief defending affirmative action in Supreme Court cases

By Isa Sheikh · Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022

Last week, the Supreme Court heard two concurrent cases on the state of affirmative action in college admissions, Students for Fair Admissions v. University of North Carolina and Students for Fair Admissions v. President and Fellows of Harvard College. The petitioner in both cases — Students for Fair Admissions, a nonprofit that has taken issue with the race-conscious admission policies at UNC and Harvard — has argued that those policies constitute racial discrimination, especially against Asian-Americans.