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Student rapper releases first mix-tape

Hailing from Zahm Hall, Damek Mitchell, also known as Slank, is creating buzz as an underground rapper. The sophomore is part of E.O.P. Goon Squad, a group made up of friends from Louisville, Ky., Damek's hometown. Slank released his mix-tape, "Nikez and Nikeportz," earlier this year.

CripSlam ND talks about disabilities

Academic scholarship and fine arts performance collide Thursday in a unique three-part project at the DeBartolo Performing Arts Center called CripSlam ND. The event includes a pre-talk about disabilities in movies and in society, a performance of John Milton's "Samson Agonistes" and a post-performance panel and reception about the work.

Nandita Raman brings Indian movie theaters to ND

It would be safe to bet that 99 percent of students at Notre Dame have been to at least one movie theater in their lives. From that large pool, however, only a very small minority will have seen a film in India. Nandita Raman's award-winning "Cinema Play House," a series of 14 photographs of historic Indian movie theaters that are on display at the Snite Museum of Art through Dec. 4, offers these students a unique opportunity to learn more about the rise and decline of Indian cinema.

Fashion by Felicia

This fashionista has a confession to make: I own a pair of yoga pants. Shocking, I know, but I am human (although in most fashion boutiques I feel Divine, but that's another column). I try not to call too much attention to them in the hopes of one day redeeming myself in my inevitable future meeting with Anna Wintour, but there's no hiding it.

Growing Up Potter

Fate, and constantly pestering my parents, would have it that I was in the middle of a European tour when the seventh and final

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 on DVD and Blu-Ray

The end has finally come. Be it the end of your childhood or the end of those incessantly annoying fanatics who talk about horcruxes and Muggles, the end of "Harry Potter" on screen has arrived.

FTT presents new play at DPAC

In everything it does, Notre Dame loves being a campus of "firsts." This week the Department of Film, Television, and Theatre (FTT) will present the first workshop production of Anne García-Romero's newest play "Provenance," giving the Notre Dame community a chance to be its first audience.

Growing Up Potter

Fate, and constantly pestering my parents, would have it that I was in the middle of a European tour when the seventh and final "Harry Potter" book was released. It gave me quite a bit of pause when I realized those two dates coincided. Not enough to, say, cancel my trip to Europe, but enough to develop an uncomfortable feeling in the pit of my stomach.

We Got Cupcakes on Cupcakes

What the Heck is "Nemegt Uul?"

Steve Shiffman and the Land of No have a gimmick.

Growing Up Potter: Reflecting on "The Order of the Phoenix" Part 2

"I'll think about it."

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Viewing Catholicism Around the Globe

Rome, the Eternal Classroom

When students think of a classroom, they picture an area enclosed by four walls, with a door and perhaps a window and desks. However, for many of the Notre Dame students studying abroad in Rome at John Cabot University this semester, the opportunity to escape the confines of a building is presented in the form of "on-site" classes. Instead of being enclosed by four walls, the Eternal City itself becomes the classroom.

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Christmas coming early

Chorale: from Rome to the Dome

ND Chorale's concerts over the years have brought people together from all over to appreciate music: students, alumni, family, friends — even strangers in Vatican City taking pictures like paparazzi.

Growing Up Potter

I was desperate for "Order of the Phoenix" by the time it came out, and I wasn't the only one. In the three years it took J.K. Rowling to pen her fifth and longest installment, Warner Brothers had popped out the first two films. Pottermania exploded to depths neither Rowling nor her original fans could have imagined.

Notre Dame Style Spotter

Name: James Denue

She & Him make indie Christmas gold in third album

Baby, it's cold outside! With Halloween in the rear-view, and with Thanksgiving fast approaching, it is prime time to break out the Christmas tunes. With the Oct. 24 release of "A Very She & Him Christmas," ZooeyDeschanel and M. Ward are just in time with the Christmas cheer.

Growing Up Potter

"Goblet of Fire" was published when I was nine. Up until that point, I had been playing catch up with J.K. Rowling — I finished one book and then started tracking down the next, either by adding my name to the waiting list at my school's library or pestering my mother to buy it for me. Book four, however, was the start of the waiting process that would stretch through my adolescence.